Chapter 46: Revenge (VII)
It was the same London night as Charlie's, but Liang Xi had no wine. He took a cup of black tea in his small apartment, looked at the computer screen and thought: Who broke the other piece of glass?
Don't think left, the 24 hours of Liu Zhen's criticism is enough for Liang Xi to live for a month. Liang Xi is not thinking about the glass, but the person who broke the glass. If the drunkards did not lie and they only broke a piece of glass, then it means that two people from different camps sneaked into the villa he rented last night. Was it rape? Although he is handsome, he doesn't seem to be that handsome. Was it robbery? A robber with a conscience should also know who gives money to whom.
Liang Xi speculated that there were several reasons why the drunkard's accomplice sneaked into his villa. Assassination, kidnapping, theft. After the incident in Villa No. 11, the drunkard's accomplice found that he had moved into the villa under his real name. The accomplice was inexplicably attacked by a group of mysterious people, and the drunkard's accomplice hoped to get the answer from him. Because his income did not match the price of the villa he moved into.
But who is the other person? Liang Xi couldn't figure out the other person's purpose. Whether it was robbery, assassination, kidnapping, as long as they were targeting him, they would have nothing better to do than to choose the time when he went to the villa. After eliminating all possibilities, Liang Xi speculated that his abnormal behavior alarmed the other party. Thinking of the various interest circles he was involved in, Liang Xi concluded that there was only one possibility: John's death.
No matter what the other party's intentions are, if they didn't succeed yesterday, they may do it again today. But since it is only a possibility, Liang Xi cannot ask Liu Zhen, Baker and others for help. Moreover, asking them for help may alert the bad guys who are ready to take action.
Liang Xi reached into the keyboard drawer on the table, fumbled upwards for a while, and took out a revolver. This gun was the gun that John's father carried when he served in the army during World War II. Two years ago, after two burglary and murder cases occurred near Liang Xi's residence, John gave this revolver to Liang Xi. Liang Xi refused this. John told Liang Xi, I don't want you to be trapped in the room by a few people with knives, waiting desperately for them to break through the door and cut your throat. In the end, Liang Xi accepted the revolver and went through the procedures to legally own the revolver.
Liang Xi checked the time, it was 7:40 p.m. Liang Xi used his computer to download a TV series, playing it while downloading, and turned on the external speakers. Then Liang Xi put the gun in the drawer, set the alarm, and went to bed without turning off the lights.
More than three hours later, Liang Xi was awakened by the vibration of his cell phone. Liang Xi got out of bed, turned off his computer, speakers, and lights, took his gun, and sat on a chair facing the door.
If there are visitors, 1am is a good time. But Liang Xi can't sleep until 1am, because he always goes to bed before 11am. This is the thinking of Liang Xi, the detective. There is a high probability that there will be no visitors, after all, a lot of things happened during the day. But as a detective, since he has made a guess that there is a low probability of visitors in the near future, he must be prepared.
Liang Xi sat in a chair, using various ways of thinking such as assumption, inference, and reverse reasoning to think, and could only guess that it was related to John's death. He could not figure out the purpose of the intruder. He remembered that one of the glass smashers used a floor lamp, so Liang Xi saw the death mask on the other person's face. He was not sure whether the drunk accomplice smashed the glass with a floor lamp or a potted plant.
Feeling sleepy, Liang Xi drank some cold black tea to refresh himself. At 1:20 a.m. , with the help of the sleep light, Liang Xi saw the door lock slowly turn. Liang Xi was very nervous and scared. The surge of adrenaline made his hands tremble and his heart panic, but Liang Xi still raised his gun and aimed.
The door was gently pushed open a crack, and a black-robed man wearing a death mask crouched and walked in quickly. He didn't expect to be greeted by a bullet. As soon as the gunshot rang out, the death mask rolled back and closed the door in one go. Liang Xi immediately hid in the bedroom, closed the door, and leaned against the wall to call the police.
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“I was shot.”
"Who did it?"
"Liang Xi."
"Location."
"Listen, after the gunshot, several people saw me running out of the apartment building. There was my blood at the scene."
"I'll take care of it. Where are you?"
"The woods south of Monument Park."
"I'll get the paramedics over right away. You can't go to the hospital."
"I know."
Karin put her phone aside and pressed her thigh with her hand. Her blood was everywhere in the car. Karin couldn't understand why Liang Xi would ambush her. Assuming Liang Xi was awakened and resisted with a gun, she could understand even if he killed her. But the moment she opened the door, Karin found that Liang Xi was ambushing her. Karin couldn't accept that a strictly trained agent was ambushed by a civilian. She didn't tell anyone about this break-in, and she was the only one who would betray her. Karin couldn't figure it out at all.
The medical staff provided by Mark were two women in their forties. They helped Karin into the van to prepare for the operation. Because Karin was undercover, the operation only used local anesthesia. There were not many examination facilities. They talked to Karin during the operation and judged Karin's condition from the conversation with her.
"John's adopted son? Liang Xi?" A woman took out a bullet with her pliers: "I ordered a .22 bullet. It seems that today is your lucky day."
Karin endured the pain, her whole body soaked with sweat on the operating table. Karin asked, "What happened to John's adopted son?"
The woman began to sew up the wound: "A lot of people have a misunderstanding of John, thinking he's just a very smart detective."
Karin: “Actually?”
The woman said, "He is actually a very smart detective. Don't you think it's strange that he and his wife had an adopted child who was not legally related to them when they were in their fifties? Given their conditions, it would not be difficult for them to adopt a child."
The woman said, "I know Mary. To be more precise, my mother and Mary are friends, and our families live in the same community. So I know that Liang Xi is a young man that John likes very much. John is a very scary person. He can't use a gun, and he can't fight, but he can predict your behavior. Unless you want to get rid of him, you'd better not provoke him, because you have no idea what's going on in his mind, and how many of your secrets he can get from your words and deeds."
The woman said, "I know you are not convinced, but you will understand if you think about it from another angle. Liang Xi will never be able to reach your fighting level. He doesn't even know where your next punch will hit or why your legs are so fast. It's just like I can't understand why John can see the secrets I'm hiding and why he can know the direction of things."
Another woman said, "She doesn't want to admit that she is not as smart as Liang Xi."
The woman said, "I advise you not to play the game of using your own weaknesses to counter the strengths of others."
Karin said, "I don't think I'm stupid."
The woman said, "Even if John's IQ is higher than that of an average person, it's not that high. What's terrible about him is his logical thinking, observation, judgment, and reasoning abilities."
"Thank you for your teaching. I will keep it in mind." The anesthetic effect gradually wore off, and Karin was left standing still after flushing the wound with alcohol again. Even so, she did not cry out in pain, and still tried to maintain a calm tone when talking to the two of them.
The woman praised: "As expected of MI6."
"Thank you for the compliment."
The woman said, "If it was Liang Xi lying here, I guarantee that the whole of London would hear his screams. So don't underestimate yourself. You have your abilities, and he has his abilities."
