Chapter 306 Dangerous Road
Jia Ba was shot and fell from the cliff halfway down the mountain. Most people would have broken bones and tendons if they had such an experience. However, Jia Ba felt that the scratches of sharp stones, weeds and branches could keep him awake. After being blocked by a sapling, he picked up a sharp stone without hesitation and cut the aorta in both arms, then sucked out the blood. He didn't know if this would work, but it was a psychological comfort.
After a short rest, his vision was still blurry , and other physical discomforts had improved. This was definitely not a place to stay for long. Jia Ba staggered to his feet, but due to the sloping terrain and his top-heavy body, he fell again. Jia Ba simply used his hands and feet and rushed up the slope to the road at the foot of the mountain like a wild beast.
“Squeak—”
A Land Rover turned sharply and braked suddenly, thus avoiding hitting Jia Ba.
As soon as the car stopped, a burly man rushed out of the car, cursing: "Are you looking for death? Don't get me into trouble if you do! Are you blind or have a bad heart?"
Jia Ba sat in the middle of the road, covered in blood, sneering. He struggled to stand up and walked towards the blurry figure in his sight, expecting to break the other person's neck in the next second.
The big man was shocked when he saw Jia Ba's appearance: "You are not really going to commit suicide, are you?" He subconsciously supported him.
Jia Ba felt that the other party was very strong, and his strength had not recovered yet. Moreover, if he killed the driver, he would not be able to drive the car, so he changed his mind and said casually, "I fell down."
The big man looked at him carefully. The man had wounds all over his forehead and chest, and his trouser legs were rubbed into rags. He said with emotion: "You fell very evenly. You are lucky to be alive."
Jia Ba said with a mysterious smile: "Your life is greater than mine."
The big man said, "Stop talking nonsense. You've fallen like this, go to the hospital right away. I'll take you to the city."
Jia Ba climbed into the passenger seat and said, "Let's go."
The big man grumbled in dissatisfaction, got in the car and started. After driving for a while, he reached out from the back seat and found a half-empty bottle of mineral water that no one knew who had drunk it. He then grabbed the tissue box and handed it to Jia Ba: "Wipe it off. If you go into the city like this, the police will arrest you, right?"
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Jia Ba wiped his face with water, then tilted his head back and drank it all up.
The big man said, "What happened to you? Why are you so miserable? What are you going to do next?"
Jia Ba said, "I was thinking that, too." He touched his pocket and found that his phone was gone. He stretched out his hand and said, "Give me your phone."
The big man gave him a sidelong look, and finally slapped the phone in his hand, curling his lips and saying, "You can't even say a polite word."
Jia Ba dialed a number, which was for Ono Taro. After the call was connected, he went straight to the point: "It's me, Jia Ba. I'm desperate now. Can you arrange for me to go abroad?"
At this time, Ono Taro was under Chiang Kai-shek's surveillance. He picked up the phone and listened to what Jia Ba said. Suddenly, he began to speak long paragraphs in Japanese, expressing a questioning and negotiating tone. Chiang Kai-shek pointed at him and said, "Speak Chinese!"
Ono Taro said in Chinese: "Do you understand? I will go to Japan with you, but you have to do what you want to do well."
Jia Ba realized that Ono Taro was asking for payment from him, so he said, "I can return the money you paid me for the goods."
Ono Taro's eyes lit up and he said, "Very good, it seems you understand what I mean." He put down the phone and whispered to Lao Jiang, "I told them not to forget to bring the contract."
Jia Ba suddenly said, "You know my identity, right? So I remind you of two things. First, don't try to deceive me. Second, I can't go abroad through normal channels."
The big man turned his head and looked at him.
Ono Taro glanced at Lao Jiang who was sitting across from him on the sofa and said, "My situation is the same, but we will return to Japan."
Jia Badao: "Where should I meet you?"
Ono Taro covered the phone and asked Lao Jiang: "They asked where the meeting was to take place."
Lao Jiang said, "There is a hotel in the airport. I have booked room 308. Let me know when they arrive."
Ono Taro said, "Airport Hotel Room 308, let me know when you arrive."
After Jia Ba hung up the phone, he felt something was wrong, as if things were going too smoothly. He put the phone in his pocket.
The big man said, "Dude, that phone is mine!"
Upon hearing this, Jia Ba threw the phone to him and said with a grim smile, "Then hold it for me first."
A trace of anger flashed across the big man's face, but he suppressed it with great effort, snorted and said, "You are really a rude person. If I had met someone like you before, I would have taken action just now."
Jia Ba felt that he had recovered a lot, and said calmly: "Then why didn't you do it?"
The big man said, "I've suffered before. When you're in the underworld, you never know what kind of tough guys you'll run into. Take me for example. I used to park my car randomly, and I happened to run into a nosy guy. And I ran into him twice. Can you believe it?"
Jia Ba said: "Are they numerous?"
The big man said, "It's not about the number of people. I can't win anyway. Later I figured it out. I'm not a vicious person. I just have a lot of minor flaws. If I have any flaws, I can correct them. In the future, I will behave properly and others will look up to me, and I will get into less trouble."
Jia Ba said expressionlessly: "This man saved half of your life."
The big man said casually, "That's not the case."
Jia Ba said, "Stop by the road. I'll go to the bathroom." This was the last stretch of road into the city, and he felt like he could drive...
The big man said, "Hold on for a while. There's a gas station up ahead. I can buy something."
"I can't hold it anymore."
The big man said to himself: "Hold it for five minutes."
Five minutes later, they arrived at a suburban gas station. The big man got out of the car and walked into the store. He turned his head to look at Jia Ba and asked curiously, "Aren't you going to the bathroom?"
Jia Ba leaned back in his chair and said, "I'm not going."
The big man went into the store by himself.
Jia Ba noticed that the big man did not take out the car keys, but he did not take any action. If someone called the police in this place, his whereabouts would be exposed soon. The excuse just now did not work, so he would just look for another opportunity next time.
The big man got into the car carrying a bunch of things, threw a cheap T-shirt and a bottle of water to Jia Ba, and then continued driving on the road.
Jia Ba changed his clothes, unscrewed the water and took a sip. He was on the verge of life and death just now, and now he finally had the energy to think about something else. He suddenly realized that this was the normal way for people to get along with each other. He never let down his guard when he was getting along with Du Heng and Lei Yuanzheng. He suddenly remembered that Lei Yuanzheng patted him on the back just now and said, "Don't die easily." Maybe it was a kind reminder, or maybe it was a malicious warning, but he never regarded these people as comrades. In fact, he envied Li Changgui and Asan and Asi. They followed a master and once faced death and annihilation, but they lived and died together, and never worried about the black hand behind them. In normal times, they could joke with each other and expose each other's shortcomings. In dangerous moments, they fought bravely and took the lead to block guns for each other. Thinking of himself, he was also a golden guard of the strongman tribe, and he could have lived such a life. At least, he didn't have to live the current life.
For a moment, Jia Ba didn't know whether he was feeling regret or hatred, and suddenly he burst into tears.
The big man patted him on the shoulder and said, "Not really, not really, brother. Everyone has their own way to go."
Jia Ba wiped his tears, suddenly regained his composure and said, "Send me to the airport."
"You're not going to the hospital?"
"I'm fine."
The big man said, "Okay, send the Buddha to the west."
The big man drove the car to the airport, and Jia Ba said, "Go to the parking lot. I have something to tell you."
"You are such a troublesome person!" the big man muttered, but still did as he was told.
In the open space of the parking lot, Jia Ba stared at the big man without blinking, as if hesitating and struggling about something. People were coming and going around, but no one would pay special attention to a certain car.
The big man was annoyed by the stare and cursed with a smile: "Damn it, can't you bear to leave me?"
Jia Ba suddenly snatched his phone, entered a , and said coldly: "In a day or two, go to Changsheng Street to find a man named Zhang Nianzu and tell him that I have a child with a woman in Yunnan - it's a boy, and the number on your phone is the woman's number."
The big man said, "Why are you telling me this? Just go by yourself."
"I can't go. Tell Zhang Nianzu one more thing: I will pay him back in my next life." Without waiting for the big man to say anything else, Jia Ba opened the door and got out of the car. He bent down and took one last look inside the car and said, "You are so lucky." After that, he walked away without looking back.
The big man looked at his receding back and said angrily , "Damn it, you didn't even give me a thank you in the end!"
Jia Ba was walking on the road when he suddenly burst into laughter. His smile was hideous and desperate. Just now in the parking lot, he almost attacked the kind-hearted man who accompanied him all the way. He knew that he was a complete scumbag, but he still hoped to do something in his life that he would not regret.
