"Damn it!" Lin Ze cursed when the female practitioner slipped on the floor to dodge him when he almost caught her. He immediately turned and ran after her when he saw her escaped. "Don't lose her!" he yelled when he caught sight of Qiu Shisi who jumped down from the roof of the store next to the clothes store.
"No need to tell me!" Qiu Shisi said as they ran after the female practitioner.
"Make way!" Lin Ze yelled to the crowd who were stunned after the female practitioner ran past them.
"Your uniform is really convenient – " Qiu Shisi said as they ran after the crowd finally parted to make way for them. " – but also inconvenient." He said as they looked at the female practitioner who was running very fast, using the people around her to block their way.
"Why inconvenient?" Lin Ze asked.
"Didn't you notice that she ran after she saw your uniform?" Qiu Shisi asked.
Lin Ze frowned since he also now realized this. "Why? Are officers forbidden to buy clothes?" he asked.
"Not, of course. But, your uniform is not only eye-catching, but also because it bids no good." Qiu Shisi said.
Lin Ze understood what Qiu Shisi meant. That is, they catch criminals.
"I heard from my subordinates that the female practitioner tied up a family of three and occupied their house, where she used to hide." Qiu Shisi told Lin Ze. "She must have thought that she was found out and so she ran away after she saw you." He said.
Lin Ze's eyes widened in both surprise and disbelief. "Why didn't you tell me?!" he asked as he looked at Qiu Shisi with his eyes full of accusation.
"I didn't expect for you to wear your officer uniform today." Qiu Shisi said.
Lin Ze gnashed his teeth in anger. He will catch the female practitioner today is a personal business so he shouldn't have worn his officer uniform. But, today is a working day so it has become his habit. He didn't expect that this would be his blunder.
"Sorry." He apologized.
Qiu Shisi shrugged and sped up. He jumped on top of a carriage that passed before he jumped in front of the female practitioner to stop her. The female practitioner saw him and ran to the side before pulling someone and pushed them towards him.
"Tch!" Qiu Shisi clicked his tongue in annoyance as he apologized to the person before he ran to follow her, with Lin Ze following closely behind.
"My god!" the people exclaimed when they saw them two running after the woman.
"Wait... that one is an officer... what about the other one?" someone asked and pointed to Qiu Shisi.
"Aside from the officers... there is only other one, an organization, that wears uniforms as approved by the emperor – " somebody spoke.
Their eyes widened in realization. "Huichen?!" they exclaimed in excitement. After all, even though Huichen is a famous organization, but they are extremely low-profiled.
The officers could be seen parading on the streets but Huichen doesn't. So now that they saw someone from Huichen, they became excited.
"That uniform looked good! Better than the officers!" they said. Then, they noticed some figures leaping above the roofs. "Hey, look!" they said and pointed.
The other people who were listening turned and saw that the uniform is different from the officers' uniform.
"They are from Huichen, too!" they exclaimed in surprise.
"Is the government and Huichen cooperating?!" somebody asked.
"Then, that woman that they are chasing must be a big criminal!" they said and immediately passed the word to the other people to help Lin Ze, Qiu Shisi, and the Huichen members who were catching up.
Meanwhile, the female practitioner is running with all her might while cursing. "Damn it! I knew that they found me!" she said and pushed away the people in front of her.
"Everyone, make way!" Lin Ze yelled. "Immediately leave! Don't get caught up!" he said as he jumped on the carriage.
"Ah!" the passenger exclaimed from inside.
"Sorry!" Lin Ze apologized and immediately jumped away when he caught up with the female practitioner.
"Arh!" the female practitioner felt her sleeve was caught and she decisively tore her sleeve with her dagger!
"Damn it!" Lin Ze cursed as he threw the torn sleeve and ran after the female practitioner again.
"Hey!" Qiu Shisi called. "Are you that too much of a gentleman to not pull her outer clothes?!" he asked and frowned at Lin Ze as he looked at him with a dissatisfied gaze.
Lin Ze could have caught the female practitioner but he didn't pull her clothes to pull her along with it!
"Are you Huichen a bunch of hooligans?!" Lin Ze glared at him.
"She is not an ordinary woman!" Qiu Shisi hissed as he ran, ignoring Lin Ze.
"This is the capital!" Lin Ze reminded him.
"You – !" Qiu Shisi was about to speak when he suddenly stopped speaking. His feet almost froze had his feet not subconsciously running.
"What's wrong?" Lin Ze asked. Then, he saw Qiu Shisi was looking at the carriage running at the front, nearing the female practitioner.
Lin Ze was about to ask what happened to Qiu Shisi when they suddenly saw the female practitioner jumped at the carriage.
"Not good!" Lin Ze exclaimed as he immediately sped up.
But, surprisingly, the carriage stopped itself!
"Why did you stop?!" the female practitioner roared at the passenger of the carriage before she pulled him out of the carriage. Her face is twisted in anger.
Lin Ze, who was running, abruptly stopped when he saw the person the female practitioner grabbed. His eyes widened in shock, and he felt his heart stopped.
"Stop!" The female practitioner said as she placed the knife on the passenger's neck.
Lin Ze has already stopped, while Qiu Shisi slowed down and finally stopped. They are staring at the person the female practitioner held hostage.
"Don't run after me, or I will kill him!" the female practitioner said as she slowly stepped back with the hostage with her.
Lin Ze's face has lost its color as he stared at the person's veiled and calm face as if there was no knife on his neck. "Meng Xing..." he muttered under his breath as his heart pounded fast due to fear.
The Huichen members on the roofs also stopped. Their eyes widened in horror when they saw their boss was held hostage!
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Meng Xing: *flat tone. Ahhh... help... *indifferent face
Lin Ze: Meng Xing! I am coming to save you!
Qiu Shisi and Huichen members: are you treating us as air?!
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