Clown Game
Chapter 342 - 329 Rescue

Chapter 342: Chapter 329 Rescue

"You mean... this?" Song Xuan pulled out a necklace from her pocket and tossed it to Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao caught the necklace, swung it in front of his eyes twice, then jerked his head towards Mrs. Liu, "Follow me."

This abrupt action dumbfounded Mrs. Liu, "What for?" she asked reflexively.

But by that time, Chen Xiao had already walked out of the medical room, and she had no choice but to follow.

Outside in the corridor.

Chen Xiao leaned against the wall in a graceless manner, "You want to save him?"

"Obviously."

"Why?"

"Why? He’s the field agent I’m responsible for, am I supposed to just watch him die?"

"Heh heh... If it were me soaking there, you definitely wouldn’t be in such a hurry."

"No, I would! I’d be quick to yank out the IV!" Mrs. Liu obviously didn’t want to waste time arguing with Chen Xiao, angrily threw out a remark, and turned to leave.

"Hey, don’t go yet, I mean... I can save him." Chen Xiao quickly called her back as soon as he saw her reaction.

Sure enough, she paused, turned back, "Save him?" She asked skeptically. In fact, under normal circumstances, she would have dismissed anything Chen Xiao said about saving Bai Xiong as nonsense... but in this situation, her instincts had her grasping at any chance, even one offered by Chen Xiao...

"How would you save him?" Mrs. Liu furrowed her brows.

"Of course, I have my own way, but I can’t tell you."

"Bastard!" She cursed angrily, "Disappear now! If you cause any more trouble, I can’t guarantee what I might do!" She spoke in a suppressed voice, her lips visibly trembling with rage.

However, Chen Xiao didn’t care and continued nonchalantly, "Ah, I understand how you feel. I don’t want to provoke you at a time like this either, but you know, the medical team has already said there’s no progress with him. You know how those people always hold back their words, but what they mean is clear, Bai Xiong is not going to wake up."

Mrs. Liu looked down, the angry expression disappeared, and instead, there was a sense of desolation hidden beneath—she wrapped herself in anger, in her work, in her unapproachable demeanor... "So, you’re saying, save him?"

Chen Xiao nodded, "Yes, save him! Do you know how hard it is for me to find a teammate? Not to mention Bai Xiong’s skills, if he really dies, then all I’d have left in my team is Song Xuan. And no offense, but then I’m guaranteed to die real proper, that damn woman has been on my case for more than a day or two."

"But if the medical team can’t do anything... And what are you going to do exactly? Why won’t you tell me!"

"Hmm... Don’t get hung up on that question anymore. I’m not telling you for a reason. Oh, right, I still need your help."

"What help?" Mrs. Liu’s expression tensed up again, sensing something was off.

Chen Xiao straightened up slightly, "It’s quite simple... I need you to sign off, discontinue his medical assistance, stop his recovery liquid now, and then, hand him over to me..."

"Impossible!" Mrs. Liu yelled, "That would kill him!"

"So what? Even if he stays alive?" Chen Xiao said contemptuously, "Just soaking in that tank? No thoughts, motionless? Like a specimen, are you planning to let him continue like this forever? Until eventually, you let time ravage your spirit and his body beyond recognition, exhausting the last bit of hope, then send him off?"

"..." Mrs. Liu remained silent, she certainly understood, but people often don’t think about these things at such times, preferring selective evasion, ignoring, deceiving themselves. Chen Xiao was like a child who didn’t understand courtesy, utterly indifferent to others’ feelings, ruthlessly tearing open these hidden wounds, leaving no room for sentiment, blood streaming.

"He is registered under your management, so you should have the authority to stop his rescue, right? Well, that makes things easier. Do you want to continue deceiving yourself, or do you trust me, who has always been unreliable? Or, to put it more bluntly, do you want to watch him die or take a chance?"

"Can you guarantee it?" Mrs. Liu asked faintly.

"No!" Chen Xiao replied without a shred of sympathy.

Mrs. Liu fell silent for a long time...

"Fine!"

...

...

Several hours later.

Top floor rooftop of Shell Street apartment building. The wind was strong.

Chen Xiao, Boss Xiao Yu, and Xiao Nan stood side by side. In front of them, Jingjing was slowly pulling up a heavy-duty rope used for hauling heavy items during renovations.

Although Jingjing was strong, her arms were not long, and wearing a maid outfit made this physical task very inconvenient, so her pulling speed was very slow.

"I mean, we’re blatantly pulling up a dead person to the rooftop; won’t that arouse suspicion?" Boss Xiao Yu said with a troubled face.

"What dead person, he clearly still has breath in him, okay?" Chen Xiao immediately became unhappy when he heard this, and turned his head to retort loudly.

"Ah? Maybe I’m just inexperienced, but with that appearance, not only would I believe he’s dead, but if you said he’s almost turned to slime, I’d believe it too!"

"Hmm..." Hearing this, Chen Xiao actually hesitated for a moment, "Ah, whatever, as long as he’s not dead, that’s what counts. Besides, there are no taller buildings nearby, so he probably won’t be noticed. Even if he is noticed, no one will bother to call the police. Even if someone did call the police, I can just apply for a permit now, and not just for dragging a corpse, but even killing someone in the street would be fine!"

"Alright, alright, you’re amazing," Boss Xiao Yu stopped Chen Xiao’s boastful talk in pain.

By then, Jingjing had finally pulled the rope up entirely.

Attached at the end was a large metal box, rectangular and resembling a coffin.

In this coffin lay Bai Xiong.

In the past few hours, Mrs. Liu had finally bitten the bullet and stopped the rescue measures for Bai Xiong, while what Chen Xiao did was simple: he hung a necklace around Bai Xiong’s neck, then threw him into the large metal box and had a few people carry it onto the subway, and that was it.

Mrs. Liu had no idea what he was planning, but seeing the necklace being put on Bai Xiong, whose body was constantly cracking, seemed to have slowed down a lot, brought her a slight glimmer of hope.

Of course, Chen Xiao really didn’t want Bai Xiong to die just like that, especially since they were about to embark on a major event soon, and he definitely couldn’t accept losing a teammate at such a time.

Thus, he dragged the nearly dying body of Bai Xiong to Shell Street and made a phone call to gather a few people from the café, leaving his cousin to mind the shop.

Afterward, the scene in front of them unfolded.