Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 342 - 341: It’s All About the Courage

Chapter 342: Chapter 341: It’s All About the Courage

The four minions at the entrance of the cave collapsed at the call, clutching their knee caps that poured blood, wailing miserably with their boss.

The cave suddenly lit up.

"Don’t move, Public Security!"

Lin Nianhe glanced at the entrance with a dagger in hand, then immediately smiled.

"Brother Yuncheng! You’ve come!"

She said excitedly, and inadvertently turned the dagger thirty degrees in her grip.

Zhang Changjiang howled like a pig on the chopping block.

Su Yuncheng stepped into the cave with a gun in hand, its dark muzzle pointing at the four men on the ground: "Dare to move, and I’ll blast you."

His voice was chilling, with the distinct solemnity of someone who had seen battle.

The four minions immediately dared not move, even their sobbing became cautious, unless they really couldn’t help it, they didn’t want to make a sound at all.

All the way here, Su Yuncheng had thought of ten thousand possibilities, but he never expected Lin Nianhe to just take a knife and stab the criminal.

He scanned the scene inside the cave.

The two kids were okay, the four minions had their knee caps shattered, and the leader had a knife embedded in his right shoulder.

The only one completely unharmed was Lin Nianhe, who came alone to save them.

Su Yuncheng was silent for a while before walking to Lin Nianhe’s side.

He caught sight of the dagger fully sunk into flesh and let out a sigh after furrowing his brow: "Ancestor, you’re quite strong."

Lin Nianhe blinked, wiping the blood from her hands onto Zhang Changjiang’s clothes, and said with innocent eyes: "I had no choice, he said he was going to chop off Shanshan’s hand, I got anxious."

As they talked, the Public Security officers who came with Su Yuncheng had already surrounded the cave, with some coming to bind the four terrified minions.

Lin Nianhe let out a breath of relief, and without waiting for Su Yuncheng to speak further, she asked: "How did you find this place?"

Su Yuncheng wanted to lecture her, but his mouth uncontrollably answered her question: "I ran into Wang Shumei and Wen Lan on the road. There aren’t many places on this mountain to hide, and you left traces, not hard to find."

He was professionally trained and had rich field experience; he could tell at a glance whether the tracks were fresh or old, and who might have left them.

Lin Nianhe nodded: "Wasn’t there anyone guarding the train station?"

Su Yuncheng: "Uncle Liu took Feng Wei there."

"Then..." Lin Nianhe pursed her lips, and asked weakly, "Have you eaten?"

She really couldn’t give Su Yuncheng a completely reasonable explanation for this matter.

After Zhang Changjiang’s arrest, he would surely inform on her, so what should she say then? To say that this is just a repercussion of the Bai Bo incident, who with a double-digit IQ would believe that?

Su Yuncheng’s IQ is more than in double digits, right?

"I haven’t eaten."

Su Yuncheng replied briefly, pulling out a handkerchief and handing it to her, thinking for a long time and then dropping what he thought was the harshest line on her: "Wait up, I’ll settle accounts with you later."

Lin Nianhe: "Okay."

Lin Nianhe looked at him with eyes full of moved feelings.

Brother Cheng is giving her time to come up with a story slowly!

Su Yuncheng: "...!"

What is she trying to do with such a moved and reliant gaze at him?

So... she’s still frightened, it’s normal for a scared girl to stab someone with a knife, right?

Su Yuncheng intended to grab Zhang Changjiang’s hand and twist it back, but his hand landed on Lin Nianhe’s head.

He rubbed her head, his tone becoming gentle again: "Go be with Niuwa and the others first, wait for me to finish up, and I’ll come get you."

Lin Nianhe: "...?"

What kind of mental journey had he just gone through in those few seconds?

It’s a pity not to inherit this face-changing art as an intangible cultural heritage.

She was bewildered as Su Yuncheng ushered her to Niuwa’s side.

Su Yuncheng didn’t forget to comfort her: "Don’t be afraid."

Zhang Changjiang: "Brother, which eye of yours saw that she was scared?"

He was so in pain that his face was ashen. He wouldn’t bother to speak if he hadn’t been so distressed.

Su Yuncheng withdrew his gaze and, upon looking at Zhang Changjiang again, his eyes were brimming with boundless fury.

He didn’t remove the dagger to prevent the guy from bleeding out on the way. He grabbed Zhang Changjiang by the throat and demanded coldly, "Human trafficker?"

Zhang Changjiang was grasped by the neck, struggling to breathe.

Not only was his breathing labored, but his choices were difficult, too.

Admit that he’s a kidnapper? That would definitely land him in jail.

Claim he’s involved in abduction? That would also certainly land him in jail.

Since both options were problematic, then—

Zhang Changjiang glanced at Lin Nianhe, who was untying the two children, twitched his mouth, and lifted his chin, "I... I run an underground market... this girl has goods, I came to talk business with her..."

Since he was bound to be caged either way, might as well drag someone down with him!

He wasn’t blind; this officer must have some involvement with Lin Nianhe.

If he wished to deal with him, then he would cling to Lin Nianhe and not let go, insisting on going down together!

If he wished to protect Lin Nianhe, not only could he not drive himself to a dead end, but he must also coax him honestly, or else he could retaliate with a report.

What did he have to fear, being in this situation?

Zhang Changjiang’s words prompted the Public Security officers busy in the cave to unconsciously pause and look up at Lin Nianhe.

Just as Lin Nianhe finished untying the ropes binding Niuwa and Zheng Shan, she innocently looked up upon hearing this, "It’s about that previous matter. I don’t know where he got the information and came to me... I don’t know the details."

Zheng Shan was there, she didn’t want to bring up Bai Bo.

Her explanation was vague, but Su Yuncheng understood, as did the other officers.

The police station in Lan County wasn’t big, with at least two-thirds of the people here having previously been involved in the Laoer case; they were quite familiar with the Bai Bo case.

Although many things felt off, now wasn’t the time for questioning.

Everyone returned to their tasks, without a word of unnecessary chatter.

Su Yuncheng glanced at Zhang Changjiang and understood what he was aiming for.

Annoyed, Su Yuncheng tightened his grip on Zhang Changjiang’s throat and tossed him to a colleague, instructing, "Keep a close watch on him on the way back, wait for my interrogation."

"Got it, Captain Su."

The responding officer promptly cuffed himself to Zhang Changjiang.

With a dagger in his shoulder and the muzzle of a gun against the back of his head, Zhang Changjiang had no hope of escape and was escorted out of the cave by two officers.

Who knows what was going through his mind when he suddenly had an epiphany, stopped in his tracks, and turned to look at Lin Nianhe:

"I get it now, Zheng Lirong is a ghost! So are you! This is a trap you dug for me!"

Lin Nianhe: "Ah yes, yes, you’re right."

She saw off Zhang Changjiang with a look reserved for an idiot, with countless retorts she wanted to make.

What kind of thought process would it take to say that Zheng Lirong was a ghost!

If Zheng Lirong was one of Public Security’s own, then what was Bai Bo’s conviction? Sacrificing one’s own family for justice?

She couldn’t figure it out. Really, how could someone with single-digit IQ manage such a big operation? Was it because his 140 pounds of weight came with 139 pounds of guts?

Lin Nianhe’s mind was filled with turmoil, as she noticed Su Yuncheng walking towards her out of the corner of her eye.