Chapter 36: To Plan and Schem

  Tang Xiaosheng was not dead before, just pretending to be dead.

  He knew that if he clashed head-on with the twenty or so people, he would have no chance of winning, and could only resort to a desperate move, pretending to be dead to see if he could escape.

  However, playing dead is not an easy task, but a technical activity.

  When he was kicked in the waist by the scar-faced man, Tang Xiao Sheng did not feel no pain, on the contrary, at that moment, he felt as if his intestines had been kicked out, a wave of heart-wrenching and lung-splitting pain came from his waist.

  Despite this, he remained motionless, without making any painful sounds, and his face didn't even show any signs of pain.

  The reason he can do this is all about two words - acting skills.

  In the past six years, Tang Xiaosheng has spent more than five years playing extras and has played various roles, including over 300 times as a dead person, accumulating extremely rich experience in playing dead people.

  He has learned to remain dead in various extreme situations. Not all actors who have played corpses have this skill, but Tang Xiaosheng is extremely serious about acting and strives for realism. In order to play the role of a corpse well, he spent a lot of time studying medical books on nerve reactions, so that he could better control his body's reactions.

  Of course, no matter how good the acting is, when playing a dead person, there will also be signs of life. But why did Scar suddenly discover that Tang Xiaosheng had no pulse and even no heartbeat?

  The reason is simple, because Tang Xiaosheng practiced the "Reversal of Meridians Method".

  When the scar-faced man took his pulse, Tang Xiaosheng had secretly activated the "Reversal Pulse Technique", swapping the pulse to other parts of the body, making it seem like there was no pulse on his hand.

  Similarly, when the scar-faced man checked Tang Xiaosheng's pulse, Tang Xiaosheng also activated the "Reversal Pulse Method", transferring the pulses around his heart, thus presenting a false death state. In fact, the heart was still in the chest, and the pulse still existed, but the surrounding pulses were transferred, so the position that could feel the pulse had changed and was no longer on the left side of the chest. When the scar-faced man touched Tang Xiaosheng's chest, he naturally couldn't feel a pulse.

  It was by relying on his own acting skills and "Reversal Pulse Method" that Tang Xiaosheng finally managed to deceive Scarface and narrowly escape.

  After Scarface and more than 20 thugs left, Tang Xiaosheng knew that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time. He hastily left the alley and hailed a taxi back home immediately.

  After returning home, when Little Dragon Girl learned that he was being pursued and killed, she was heartbroken. First, she used the Jade Bee to dissolve the blood stasis on his back, and then she worked her internal energy to treat his injuries, continuing until after 11 o'clock at night.

  Although Tang Xiaosheng's injury was not serious, Little Dragon Girl still felt guilty and thought that this matter was entirely caused by her. If it weren't for her, Xia Bai wouldn't have found thugs to deal with Tang Xiaosheng either.

  "It's all my fault, I almost got you killed..." Xiǎo Lóng Nǚ kept blaming herself, and as she spoke, she choked back a sob. If it wasn't for Táng Xiǎo Shēng's quick thinking tonight, she might have really died under the mob's blows. Every time she thought about it, she felt deeply guilty.

  Tang Xiaosheng couldn't help but feel a little scared when he thought about what had happened tonight, but as an optimistic person, he comforted himself by thinking that since he hadn't died in the disaster, maybe good fortune would follow. He reassured Long'er, "Don't think nonsense, this has nothing to do with you. Besides, I'm fine now."

  "I'm just afraid that something even more terrible will happen again in the future, it's all because I'm useless and always causing trouble for you..."

  Tang Xiaosheng grabbed her hand and interrupted: "Fool, do you and I need to be separated so clearly?"

  Xiao Long Nu was silent for a moment, her fine eyebrows furrowed: "Xia Bai probably won't give up easily, if all else fails, let me go find him..."

  "Dragon son, you mustn't do anything foolish." Tang Xiaosheng had already guessed her thoughts.

  With the martial arts skills of Little Dragon Girl, it can be said that secretly killing someone is an easy task, and killing Xia Bai would not be difficult either. If Xia Bai died, all troubles would also be resolved, on the surface, it seems like a good choice. However, Tang Xiao Sheng still does not allow her to do so.

  Now is a society ruled by law, murder is against the law, and intentional murder is even more serious. Even if the means of murder are very clever and can avoid the attention of the police, once you have killed someone, from then on you will be a criminal, living in fear for the rest of your life, never having a good day. Because you may deceive others, but you cannot deceive yourself.

  The law net is loose but doesn't leak. Who can guarantee that their actions will never be discovered by the police? If you want to keep it from being known, don't do it in the first place.

  Tang Xiaosheng also hated Xia Bai, but he wouldn't let Little Dragon Girl take this risk. In a society governed by law, one must learn to use the law to protect oneself. In his heart, he had already thought of a countermeasure that could bring Xia Bai to justice through legal means, and this countermeasure required the assistance of the police.

  After finishing dressing his wound, Tang Xiaosheng dialed Lin Shishi's mobile phone.

  Lin Shishi lived next door, and after learning that he was being pursued by someone, she rushed over immediately. After briefly understanding the situation, she asked: "Why do you think Xia Bai is the mastermind behind this incident?"

  "Recently, I had some conflicts with Xia Bai."

  Tang Xiaosheng then briefly told the story of the event, introducing the relationship between Xia Bai and Long Xiaoxue, as well as the interests behind this relationship. Of course, he didn't mention a word about Long Xiaoxue being possessed by the spirit of Little Dragon Girl.

  Lin Shishi analyzed: "According to your words, if Xia Bai cancels the engagement with Long Xiaoxue, he will likely lose the opportunity to inherit the Long Group's assets. It was precisely because of this reason that he took the risk and decided to take action against you."

  Tang Xiaosheng nodded.

  "It's just speculation at this point, we have no evidence." said Lin Shishi.

  "You're right, what we need most now is evidence. I have a way to get evidence out of Xia Bai's mouth." Tang Xiao Sheng then told her his idea.

  Tonight, the thugs who chased and killed Tang Xiaosheng were hired by Xia Bai. In theory, these thugs can become evidence. However, even if the police catch these thugs, it's likely to be difficult to find evidence from them that the mastermind behind the scenes is Xia Bai.

  Because Xia Bai would not be stupid enough to reveal his own identity information to the thugs, and these thugs basically only recognize money, not people. As long as someone gives them money, they will do things, as for who the employer is and what their purpose is, this is not something that concerns the thugs, nor should it be something they should know.

  It's probably unrealistic to let the thugs testify against Xia Bai, at most it will only scare them and make Xia Bai more vigilant.

  Since the plan to let the thugs testify is not feasible, in order to find evidence, we can only start with Xia Bai. Tonight, the thugs mistakenly thought they had killed Tang Xiao Sheng and left in a hurry. I believe Xia Bai will soon learn from them that Tang Xiao Sheng has died.

  Tang Xiaosheng thought this was a piece of information that could be used, he wanted to pretend to be dead and continue to deceive Xia Bai into thinking he had really died. Then, he would let Little Dragon Girl meet with Xia Bai and lead him home. Given Xia Bai's importance to Little Dragon Girl, he would definitely keep the appointment.

  As soon as Xia Bai arrived at the appointment, Tang Xiaosheng suddenly appeared again and pretended to be a ghost to intimidate him. If Xia Bai saw Tang Xiaosheng die and come back to life, his emotions would definitely collapse, and in this situation, it was the best time to interrogate him, and it would be easy to get the truth out of his mouth, and the evidence of the crime would naturally surface.

  After listening to Tang Xiaosheng's idea, Lin Shishi was taken aback for a moment, and her fine eyebrows were raised: "The method you mentioned is also too mysterious, it feels like acting in a TV series."

  Tang Xiaosheng smiled: "From your perspective, is this approach feasible?"

  Lin Shishi thought for a moment and asked: "It can be tried, but I don't have the power to make this decision. I need to ask the leaders in the bureau first."

  "Alright, we'll wait for your news."