"Brother, what are you doing?" Chen Ke asked in confusion, "Are you going to let her smoke?"
I didn't have time to explain. I pointed at the woman in the white vest and said coldly, "If you're not responsible for yourself and want to commit suicide by poison, I'll hang your 'poetic body' in the town square for three days to let people take pictures as souvenirs and post them on their Moments. You know, we're quite close to Shabia, and I have the ability to do this!"
"Ah, no wonder her mouth was moving. She was planning to commit suicide!" Chen Ke suddenly understood.
"If," I continued, seeing that the woman in the white vest seemed moved, "you choose to surrender and submit to me, I will not only guarantee your personal safety, but also, no matter what reason you have for wanting to commit suicide, such as if your family members are controlled by your organization and forced you to commit suicide, we will do our best to help you resolve your worries. I hope you can believe us."
After this, the woman in the white vest was further touched. I saw her eyes getting wet. Had I guessed correctly?
"Do you agree? If you agree, I'll take the thing out of your mouth," I said.
The woman in the white vest hesitated for a few seconds, blinked her eyes, and two tears were squeezed out. I gently raised my hand to wipe away her tears, but her tears only flowed uncontrollably, streaming down. She started to cry loudly.
Fearing she might break the poison packet or something in her mouth, I quickly took out half a pack of cigarettes and was about to pry her mouth open again when the woman in the white vest herself used her tongue to push a small green capsule from behind her teeth and spat it onto the carpet.
I carefully picked up the capsule, confirmed it wasn't broken, and then threw it into the trash can.
"Go take a shower," I said.
Chen Ke helped the woman in the white vest up from the floor. Sobbing, she looked at Daji, the master who had rendered her completely unable to fight back. She lowered her head and walked towards the bathroom. I gave Daji a look, and she understood. She picked up the half-pack of cigarettes, took out a lighter from my pocket, pulled over a chair, and sat by the bathroom door, leaving it slightly ajar.
Chen Ke went to find a change of clothes and sent them in to the woman in the white vest.
Yaoyao, Chen Lu, and Bing Bing came over and asked what was going on. I briefly explained. Yaoyao pondered for a long time but couldn't figure out who this person was. We could only wait for her to finish her shower and confess herself – I had said all that, so she should, right?
"Yaoyao, for safety's sake, keep an eye on the downstairs," I said, pointing to the window. The park was right below the floor-to-ceiling window, and one could see it clearly without any obstruction from Xiang Qi Shu.
"Okay," Yaoyao went to the window to watch. After a while, she turned around and said, "I've spotted two demons entering the park."
"What kind of aura?" I asked, too lazy to activate it myself.
"Two green auras, their strength is decent," Yaoyao said.
I went to the window, and Yaoyao described the clothing of the two demons. I quickly found them. They were talking by the rockery at the park entrance, glancing around from time to time, likely looking for the woman in the white vest.
"Another one's here," Yaoyao said.
I activated Xiang Qi Shu and saw it too: a great demon with a blue aura was approaching in a car from a distance.
Soon, the great demon with the blue aura met up with the two great demons with green auras. After a brief discussion, the three of them split up in three directions to search.
I analyzed that the last message sent by the woman in the white vest had most likely revealed this location.
"Will they check the surveillance footage?" Yaoyao asked.
"Possibly, we should act quickly." I went to the bathroom door and knocked.
The sound of water stopped from inside. "What is it?" the woman in the white vest asked.
"If you need us to rescue your family members, you'd better hurry. Your companions have already started looking for you in the park."
"Ah, okay, I'll get dressed and come out!"
"There's a bath towel inside, no need to change," I said.
"Okay."
A moment later, the woman in the white vest came out wrapped in a bath towel. I hadn't expected it, but she had a very good figure like this – slender yet plump, truly resembling a girl who exercises every morning.
"Where are they?" the woman in the white vest asked.
I took her to the window and pointed them out.
The woman in the white vest, no, the woman in the white towel, subconsciously took two steps back.