The two figures vanished right in front of them, and both n sobered up instantly from their previous drunkenness. They hadn’t expected that Tangtang and Guoguo, the sisters, would actually dare to jump off the roof.
"Third Bro, they really jumped. What should we do now? What if soone dies?" Fourth Master Wu said sowhat panicky.
Third Young Master Hu leaned out the window, trying hard to see the ground, but there were no streetlights on Tongzi Road, so he couldn’t see what was happening on the ground.
"What’s there to panic about? What’s this got to do with us? They chose to jump by themselves. None of us pushed them. Why is it our problem?" Third Young Master Hu said, forcing himself to appear calm, though his face was grim.
In truth, he was quite anxious at heart, but he didn’t show it. His mind was filled with only one thought: how to avoid bla, how to escape suspicion.
Although the tongzi building was truly a no-man’s land, a death was no small matter. Petty thefts, the police station could ignore; neighborhood argunts, the police station could also turn a blind eye, but two living, breathing people, the police couldn’t overlook.
Third Young Master Hu, with cold hands and feet, warned Fourth Master Wu, "I’m telling you, we must keep this matter locked inside us today. Not a word to anyone, take it to the grave if needed. Rember, their deaths have nothing to do with us, and we weren’t here today, understand?" Third Young Master Hu said, staring into Fourth Master Wu’s eyes.
"I understand, I understand." Fourth Master Wu nodded hurriedly.
"But we were here after all. What if soone saw us co in?" Fourth Master Wu thought for a mont and still felt uneasy, so he said, a bit flustered.
"Can’t you be a bit more useful? This is a no-man’s land. Do you think anyone around has nothing better to do than testify for these two strangers? So relax, as long as you don’t talk, and I don’t talk, no one will know about this. Even if this eventually can’t be contained and gets exposed, don’t we still have him?" Third Young Master Hu shifted his gaze to another man still unconscious.
This man was none other than one who had co with them tonight.
But now, it was clear that Third Young Master Hu intended to pin all the bla on this man.
Fourth Master Wu hesitated, "Isn’t it kind of wrong to do this? He’s our partner, and he’s already unconscious. How can we pin it on him?"
Fourth Master Wu’s mind was a jumble. He didn’t even know what he was saying, but he could only keep talking to shift his focus. Only by distracting himself could he feel a bit less panicked.
Upon hearing Fourth Master Wu’s words, Third Young Master Hu, without a word, raised his hand and smacked the back of Fourth Master Wu’s head.
"Are you really this stupid? There are only three of us in this room. If the police ask, and we can’t dodge it, if we don’t pin all the bla on him, should we put it on you?" Third Young Master Hu jabbed a finger at Fourth Master Wu’s forehead, using a tone that expressed frustration at his incompetence.
Third Young Master Hu’s words were like a hamr, striking Fourth Master Wu’s head hard, very effectively breaking through his confusion.
"You’re right, you’re right," Fourth Master Wu nodded repeatedly, quietly agreeing with Third Young Master Hu.
But when his gaze fell again on their brother lying unconscious on the floor, he felt a twinge of struggle.
But people are naturally selfish. When it cos to choosing between oneself and others, people will always choose themselves rather than others.
Especially since this wasn’t a trivial matter. It was a murder case, and if things went wrong, they could face execution.
"I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’ll take care of your family. I won’t let them down. Your parents will be my parents, your siblings will be my siblings. I’ll take good care of them," Fourth Master Wu said, wiping sweat off his face, which had appeared without him realizing it.
After speaking, he turned his gaze to Third Young Master Hu, "What do we do next?"
At this point, Fourth Master Wu was completely confused. His mind was a ss, with no clarity on anything, only knowing to follow Third Young Master Hu’s lead, doing whatever he was told, like a compliant puppet.
"What are you still standing there for? Run! If soone catches us, it won’t be easy to explain," Third Young Master Hu urged.
"What about him?" Fourth Master Wu pointed to their brother, still unconscious on the ground, and asked.
"Are you stupid? Only by leaving him here can the two of us be safe. If we take him, we won’t be able to explain anything," Third Young Master Hu said, his eyes coldly fixed on the man on the ground.
If possible, he wouldn’t even want to take Fourth Master Wu, who was just a burden tied to him like a ticking ti bomb.
But leaving him here would only bring trouble for himself, so he had no choice but to take Fourth Master Wu along.
The brother lying on the ground could only hope for his own good luck. After all, who asked him to be so unthinking, coming with them here tonight, with no caution at all, easily taken down by two won. If bla had to be placed, it could only be on his own bad luck.
Very quickly, Third Young Master Hu led Fourth Master Wu out of the tongzi building.
Although Fourth Master Wu’s legs were shaky, when it ca to escaping, he still managed to stubbornly make his way down the path.
Luckily, the tongzi building’s residents were indifferent, so leaving from where Tangtang and Guoguo had their rented room, they encountered no one, astonishingly smooth.
Perhaps due to psychological reasons or sothing else, they didn’t dare take the path where Tangtang and Guoguo had jumped, choosing another route instead.
At night, with no streetlights, they could only walk in the pitch black with the aid of faint moonlight, the night wind gusting, making the hairs on their backs stand up.
They even seed to hear the sound of won weeping eerily in the air, making Third Young Master Hu and Fourth Master Wu clutch their arms tightly, their expressions tense as they looked around.
"Third Bro, you don’t think there are ghosts here, do you? What if they turn into ghosts and co after us?" Fourth Master Wu said in a voice on the verge of tears.
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