Xu Qianli stumbled over a stone and fell to the ground, ending up on the ground alongside Lan Jiao.
Without thinking about anything else, he scrambled up and pulled Lan Jiao behind a tree for cover.
Two gunshots rang out, startling many people in the County Committee Organization Department. They stepped out of their offices to look around, mostly unaware of what had specifically occurred; they only saw Xu Qianli and a beautiful woman clumsily hiding behind a centuries-old tree in the courtyard.
Outside the County Committee Organization Department, an ordinary white car was parked.
The car window slowly rolled up and then it drove off into the distance.
Having narrowly escaped death, Xu Qianli, still shaken, quickly made a phone call to Wu Kai, reporting the situation and his recent encounter.