Late at night.
Bai Jing, who was lying on the sofa with her clothes on, suddenly opened her eyes and sat up.
The room was pitch dark, and she couldn't see anything.
She suddenly shouted coldly, "Who!"
*Bang.*
The next second, the living room lights were turned on.
The door had been opened silently. Lin Huai stood inside, with his subordinates outside.
He looked at Bai Jing with a smile.
He sneered, "How could anyone bear to let a beauty like you sleep on the sofa? It's a waste of resources."
"Beauty, I'm truly sorry to disturb you so late."
"Our boss wants to see you. Come with us."
As he spoke, his eyes roamed over Bai Jing unscrupulously.
Bai Jing's pupils contracted. Seeing the room card in Lin Huai's hand, her pretty face became covered with frost.
The hotel receptionist had actually given the room card for cleaning to this man. Looking at their attire, they were exactly the same as the people who had apprehended Fan Meng in the mall.
She knew who his boss was without even thinking.
It seemed that although she and Li Chonglou didn't want to cause trouble, trouble wouldn't let them go.
She immediately pretended to be flustered and shouted, "Not interested. Get out quickly, or I'll call the police!"
"Call the police?" Lin Huai's smile faded, and his eyes were filled with a sinister look. "You can try. Don't refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit."
"Our boss said it doesn't matter if you live or die. Because you are a great beauty, I'll be merciful and cherish you. Don't be ignorant."
With that, he waved his hand, and the subordinates from outside entered one after another.
One of them kicked open the bedroom door with a bang.
He roared inside, "Get up!"
However, Li Chonglou on the bed remained motionless, as if he were dead drunk.
The man immediately showed impatience. He rushed to the bed in three strides and yanked off Li Chonglou's quilt.
As the quilt was pulled off, he felt a dark mass pounce towards him.
The next second, his vision filled with stars, and he lost consciousness, falling silently to the ground.
Li Chonglou gently caught the bodyguard and laid him on the floor.
He silently walked to the door.
He didn't go out.
Instead, he waited to see what would happen.
He tried his best not to reveal his martial arts skills in front of others. This was Fan Lei's warning to him before they left.
Therefore, before Bai Jing heard any movement, he had already reacted to the intrusion.
But he pretended to be asleep and didn't move.
Fortunately, Lin Huai's attention was on Bai Jing and he didn't bother with the bedroom.
In his eyes, the gaunt man in the surveillance video was a weakling, not worth mentioning.
Bai Jing, on the other hand, was a bit dangerous. But he had a gun. If she really didn't cooperate, he would give her a bullet.
With the Fan family's influence, cleaning up the mess would be no problem.
"Who sent you?" Bai Jing quietly pressed the miniature recording device on her body and asked, while secretly observing everyone.
She was thinking of the simplest and quickest way to deal with these scum who were disturbing her rest.
However, she soon realized that she couldn't.
These people were completely different from the ones she encountered during the day. Every one of them maintained a vigilant posture, glaring menacingly.
It wouldn't be a problem to take down two or three of them, but she would definitely be restrained by the others.
After all, this was inside the room, and the space was not vast. Moreover, they should have known her combat abilities by now.
Looking at the leader's waist, it was bulging, as if he were hiding a handgun.
She couldn't help but secretly feel that things were bad.
This was troublesome.
"You'll know when you see him. Stop talking nonsense, are you coming or not?" Lin Huai's eyes became even more ferocious, preparing to use force.
Unexpectedly, Bai Jing immediately softened and resigned herself, saying, "I'm coming. You have too many people, I'm scared."
"Tie her up." Lin Huai felt secretly pleased.
A subordinate stepped forward, holding a rope and preparing to tie her up.
Just then, Bai Jing suddenly attacked. With a twist of her hands, she spun 360 degrees in the air and fell heavily to the ground.
The rope also fell into Bai Jing's hands.
*Slap!*
The rope whipped like a whip, its end cracking the air. It lashed fiercely at Lin Huai's chest.
It directly tore his clothes apart, and he was sent flying out of the door, knocking over several subordinates.
The others reacted, but their movements were far from matching Bai Jing, an elite special forces soldier.
With the rope in her hands, she was like a deadly whip.
With a flick and a wrap, another person cried out and was sent flying.
They had no power to fight back.
Bai Jing, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, flipped and twirled, taking down nearly ten people.
But at this moment, Lin Huai struggled to his feet, reached for his waist, pulled out a pistol, and raised it high, aiming at Bai Jing.
His eyes exploded with malice, and he cursed, "You damn bitch, die!"
Saying that, he fiercely pulled the trigger.
Almost simultaneously, Bai Jing also noticed his movement and saw the dark muzzle pointed at her.
Her pupils dilated rapidly, and her pretty face turned pale.
She desperately wanted to stop him, but the distance was too great, and there was no time.
It was completely over!
Even she couldn't dodge a gunshot at such close range.
But even if she were to die, she had to protect Li Chonglou and ensure the mission's success.
In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Bai Jing's mind, her eyes devoid of any fear.
Taking advantage of the last opportunity, she straightened the rope in her hand and threw it like an arrow straight towards Lin Huai.
*Bang!*
The gunshot rang out, and the entire hotel corridor echoed with the reverberation.
The bullet shot out of the muzzle. Bai Jing faced death without joy or sorrow, accepting her fate.
But at this moment, a dark shadow appeared in front of her.
*Clang!*
The sound of metal clashing exploded, and the dark shadow blocked the bullet, sending it tumbling several times in the air.
With a clang, it fell to the ground.
It was the Wu Zixu portrait mirror that Li Chonglou had shown Tong Zhaolin earlier that day.
The center of the mirror had been pierced by the bullet, and a large pit had formed.
But it had successfully blocked the bullet.
*Slap!*
The next second, the rope thrown by Bai Jing hit Lin Huai directly in the face.
Although the rope was soft, its force was not weak. The power Bai Jing put into the throw was immense.
Lin Huai was hit directly in both eyes, blood splattered everywhere. Without even a scream, he fell to the ground, unconscious.
His eyes were gushing blood, and it seemed they were ruined.
It happened in the blink of an eye.
Bai Jing, resurrected from certain death, was stunned. She stared blankly at the bronze mirror, her mouth agape.
The few remaining bodyguards had no idea what had happened. They only felt a sharp pain in their heads and all fell to the ground.
Immediately after, several batteries fell to the ground.
Li Chonglou walked out of the room holding a remote control. He had actually used the batteries to bash them unconscious.
Without even looking at the unconscious bodyguards on the ground, he rushed to the bronze mirror with a look of heartache and picked it up.
Seeing that the center was damaged and the bullet was still embedded in it, he gritted his teeth and said angrily, "These scoundrels! Destroying cultural relics is an unforgivable crime."
"Bai Jing, I'll leave them to you. Don't say you don't have the authority. Teach them a good lesson!"
This shout finally brought Bai Jing back to her senses.
Seeing Li Chonglou holding the mirror, she felt a mixture of emotions, both crying and laughing.
This guy actually cared more about the mirror than her.
But his life had saved hers, which was an undeniable fact.
He was truly a man full of contradictions.
Bai Jing really wanted to thank him, but being naturally proud, she held back her impulse.
She picked up her phone and dialed the police.
Soon, the police arrived at the scene and handcuffed all the unconscious bodyguards.
At the same time, Li Chonglou and Bai Jing were taken back to the police station.
Before being interrogated, they were released, without even needing to give statements.
Li Chonglou naturally knew that Fan Lei was pulling strings behind the scenes.
As for the Fan family's bodyguards, they probably wouldn't get out of prison for several years. After all, their mission was of utmost importance, and these scumbags could not be allowed to leak any information.
Returning to the hotel, it was already past three in the morning.
Neither of them felt sleepy, so they simply sat in the living room and chatted.
"What were you thinking? Using a bronze mirror to save me? What if you missed?" Bai Jing hugged a pillow and looked at Li Chonglou with her head tilted.
"I wouldn't miss," Li Chonglou replied confidently.
"What do you mean you wouldn't miss? Do you think you're a precision computer? Can you calculate ballistics, environment, and speed so flawlessly?" Bai Jing deliberately argued, "I know you woke up long ago. Why didn't you come out? Why did you have to wait until that guy fired?"
At this moment, she seemed to have shed the arrogance and coldness she had when they first met.
This indicated that she had begun to regard Li Chonglou as her equal.
Perhaps, even slightly above her.
"I didn't want to expose myself too early. No one knew he had a gun," Li Chonglou said with a wry smile. "Besides, with your skills, it shouldn't be difficult to deal with those people."
"After this incident, the Fan family will definitely have extreme doubts about both of our identities."
"There will be more trouble in the future."
Just as he worried, trouble had already surfaced. The Fan family was already a big problem. Now that they were involved, with Fan Keli's personality, he would never let this go.
He would definitely use more powerful methods to deal with them.
Even if those bodyguards were interrogated and revealed who ordered them, it might not be enough to touch Fan Keli.
Li Chonglou wasn't afraid of the Fan family, but he was afraid that the Fan family would cause Tong Zhaolin to have other suspicions about him, thus delaying the mission's progress.
"Fortunately, Tong Zhaolin has nothing to do with the Fan family. With the police's help in maintaining secrecy, he shouldn't get the news so quickly," Bai Jing said, her expression turning serious. "Moreover, after this incident, even if the Fan family causes trouble again, they'll have to wait for a while. Otherwise, they'll attract the police's attention and trap themselves."
She originally felt wronged and wanted to vent her anger on Li Chonglou.
But she was brought back to the main topic by Li Chonglou's few words.
After speaking, she felt something was wrong. She had actually lost control of the conversation to Li Chonglou.
This was almost impossible.
In terms of psychology, she was an expert in the Eagles, so how did she unknowingly fall into Li Chonglou's trap?
This guy, how many more surprising aspects of himself had he not yet revealed?
"Well said. Then you should get some sleep. I'm going back to my room." Li Chonglou didn't want to continue chatting. Once a woman like Bai Jing shed her pride, she could be very troublesome.
He then quickly returned to his room.
Bai Jing's pretty face turned pale with anger, and she fiercely threw the pillow at the door, "Li Chonglou, are you even a man?"
"You have no consideration for a woman at all!"
If it were another man, he would surely offer her his bedroom.
But Li Chonglou acted as if she didn't exist, monopolizing the bedroom and sleeping soundly while letting her sleep on the sofa.
What a dense, straight man!
Just you wait, I'll deal with you later.
Seeing that there was no response, Bai Jing made a resentful resolution.