Lin Xi was the captain of the Imperial Guard's Bordered Yellow banner and Shen Xingyue's direct superior. She was elegant and refined.
How could she be impersonated by a rude, uncivilized girl with only a pretty face and a strong preference for her brother?
"Alright, Miss Lin, stick close to me. I drive like lightning!"
"Hmph..."
I jogged back to the Mercedes. This car was a Mercedes S500L, a luxury vehicle worth nearly two million yuan. Stepping on the gas, I could feel the horsepower was at least 400. With my driving skills, I couldn't push this car to its limits; I didn't deserve it.
However, I had seen the tail of the fake Lin Xi's car earlier. It wasn't an S-class, but an E260. The E-class was much slower, and it was a lower trim, probably only around 200 horsepower. Plus, she had two people in her car. How could she compete with me?
Unsurprisingly, after I guided her car onto the correct road, I accelerated rapidly. Relying on my familiarity with the road and knowing where the turns and inclines were, I managed to leave her car far behind within about three kilometers.
Seizing the opportunity, I pulled over and reversed into a dirt road that formed a sharp angle with the main road, concealing myself. I then called the leader of the Fucheng Shakespeare group in the abandoned village.
"Comrade Sun, are you still in the village?"
"Yes, Director Wu."
"Are you still ambushing in the original position?" I asked again. Earlier, from the mountaintop, I had observed their formation using my energy sensing technique. It was a C-shaped pocket formation, with a total of six people. Five were in fixed positions, spread out in five directions, and the sixth person was a mobile sentry. Hidden by the dense foliage, he was perched on a large tree beside the only road into the village. Once he jumped from the road and stood in the middle, it would form a closed hexagonal formation. I wasn't well-versed in ancient formations, but was this the legendary "Hexagonal Plum Blossom Array"?
"We haven't moved an inch. What's wrong, Director Wu? Is there something?" Old Sun was very alert.
"In a while, I will lure a black Mercedes into your encirclement. There are three people in the car; they might be enemies, or they might be reinforcements, but the former is more likely. Prepare for battle. If a fight breaks out, only injure, don't kill. Understand?"
"Understood, Director Wu!"
"Be careful not to hit me. I'm also a Mercedes, with a Jining license plate. They have a Beijing plate."
"Yes, I saw your car when you went out. Don't worry, we won't get it wrong."
I hung up the phone and then called Sha Wuji, telling him about encountering the fake Lin Xi and instructing him to bring those helpers down to the abandoned village quickly. Sha Wuji and his group also had six people, so placing one person at each ambush point would create a double layer of security.
"Ok!"
Just as I finished speaking with Sha Wuji, I heard the sound of a car engine slowly approaching on the mountain road next to me. They were chasing quite closely!
I immediately rushed out of the small road and pursued them, flashing my hazard lights twice as a signal.
The Mercedes slowed down and pulled over. I drove alongside it and rolled down my passenger window.
"Where did you go?" the fake Lin Xi asked suspiciously.
"Sorry, my stomach was upset just now, and I needed to use the restroom. I didn't want you to see, so I turned onto a side road to relieve myself. Shall we continue?"
"Stop the car," the fake Lin Xi said.
"What's wrong?"
"Stop the car! I want to check your phone!" The fake Lin Xi pulled out a handgun from somewhere and pointed it at me!
It wasn't my cleverness, but my fear. My feet tensed, and I stomped on the accelerator. The car shot forward like a rocket. The violent acceleration pressed my head firmly against the headrest. A bullet grazed the back of my head, piercing the headrest. I felt the heat of the bullet as it tore through the headrest foam. I wondered if it had caught fire!
After driving a few dozen meters, I recalled that she was using a handgun, and its effective range wouldn't be that far. Only then did I slightly ease off the accelerator, preparing for a turn. After the bend, I touched the back of my head; there was no blood. I then adjusted the rearview mirror to look at the headrest behind me. It had a slanted, oval-shaped hole. I wasn't sure of the headrest's internal structure, but the bullet seemed not to have penetrated completely, as the rear window glass on the bullet's extended trajectory remained unbroken.