I took out my cell phone in pain and struggled to call Cao Da, who almost immediately got through and asked me with concern if I had succeeded. I said I had my neck cut off and asked him to come over. I said I was in the fourth or fifth lane on the right side of the hotel. I couldn't remember.

I lay on the ground, and the pain behind me was so bad that I tried to touch it with my hands several times, but dared not touch it. At this time, I dared not move, for fear that my head would fall off.

Within a few minutes,...