When A Snail Falls In Love

Chapter 44.2

When Xu Xu returned to her room, she organised her data, and took a call from Sun Po asking her to obtain General Po's signature on the faxed sheet of information. Since it was still bright outside, the city was in a safe state, Xu Xu didn't think she had to trouble Ji Bai for this matter. She called Tisza and took two soldiers with her to locate Po.

The car drove along deserted roads. By the roadside, the Kachin soldiers were patrolling. The entire city had come under Po's control. The military liaison officer said that Po had gone to visit the prison where they were temporarily holding the criminals. When Xu Xu reached the prison, the sky was already turning dark.

As Xu Xu and Tisza walked through the prison gates, they saw a mass of troops by the side of the training grounds, from far away. A man was kneeling, and it looked like there was another person lying on the ground. Xu Xu was taken by surprise, and strode over with big steps.

As they approached, the situation became clearer. The man on the ground was a soldier, with blood spouting out from his neck. He was already dead. The kneeling man was a member  of the Chinese mafia. Xu Xu remembered recording his data. Po was standing at the forefront of the mass of people, wearing a light gray army shirt and dark army trousers. He looked more solemn than before, and somewhat less hostile.

When he saw Xu Xu and the sheet of paper in her hand, he knew she was looking for him. He smirked at her and said: "Wait." He then drew his gun and aimed it at the head of the Chinese criminal.

Xu Xu immediately rushed up front: "What are you doing!?"

The soldiers surrounding them all stared in stupefied silence at this little Chinese girl who had roared so unexpectedly. Po turned his head, glanced at her, and smiled coldly: "This man killed one of my soldiers in his attempt to escape."

Xu Xu looked at the body splayed on the ground, and said: "We will investigate and ascertain his guilt. If he is guilty we will certainly punish him accordingly. However, you may not take the law into your own hands."

The people surrounding them all hushed. The eyes of the fearful and trembling criminal held a spark of hope: "Yes, that's right, you can't give out punishment without proper approval . . ."

Po looked at Xu Xu and lowered his gun. Xu Xu stared directly at him. Unexpectedly, he reached out and took the document from Xu Xu's hand: "You need my signature?"

Xu Xu: " . . . . Yes."

He took the pen, quickly signed his name and returned the paper to Xu Xu. Xu Xu had just received it when, out of the corner of her eyes, she saw that he had swiftly raised his gun again!

"You can't!"

Too late. Po forced the gun barrel into the mouth of the criminal. With a 'bang', a spray of blood exploded from the back of his head. His mouth was a bloody mess while his eyes stared at nothing as his body toppled stiffly backwards.

Xu Xu was only aware of the pulse beating rapidly in her temple, while her face had become unsightly. Po simply threw his gun at his assistant and left, ignoring her completely.

Xu Xu looked at his retreating back, then turned and walked away. In a while, Tisza caught up with her, and said through an interpreter: "I have just queried the troops, what he said was true. That man deserved to die. You don't have to be angry."

Xu Xu did not say a word, but once in the car, she made a phone call: "Sun Ting, I have to report something to you . . . "

   ——

Back at the hotel, Xu Xu was still unable to calm down.

These past few days, the task force had barely had any contact with Po. He had been staying at a villa in the city centre, leaving the arrests to the direction of his subordinates. Only Sun Ting had occasionally run into him. In addition, his troops had worked very well with the task force and each soldier's combat skills were fierce and impressive. As a result, everyone's impression of him was a rough, fierce, pragmatic military man.