Chapter 298: Chapter 298: Drops of Blood
Four people left the place familiarly in light vehicles.
This was all thanks to Su Baobao’s memory.
He not only remembered the location but also knew that there were no guards there.
All along the way, they were not discovered by anyone.
Lin Pu had thought before coming that this mission would definitely be tough, but he didn’t expect it to be so easy.
They had just arrived and found the person effortlessly.
“Uncle Siyang, through this deck, on the right side of the ship’s hull, the third one, that is a good yacht, the rest are broken,” the little guy whispered in Xing Siyang’s ear.
Xing Siyang gave Lin Pu a look to have him check it out first.
There must be guards here.
Lin Pu nodded.
Then, Xing Siyang raised his hand and pressed the communication earpiece on his ear.
Then, he said in a deep voice, “Luo Lang, cut all the surveillance footage on the ship, but don’t let the other party realize it, try to buy some time.”
“Received, Captain Xing!”
Xing Siyang looked at Jiang You and said, “Xiao You, you and Xixi stay here first, and don’t move rashly.”
Jiang You nodded, “Mmm.”
Jiang You and Su Baobao tried their best not to talk or move arbitrarily, not causing any trouble for them.
…
At this time, on the deck, several people were still in a standoff.
Although Su He and others were verbally eager to see Su Yimo and Jiang You, they never asked Lou Ziang to bring the people out.
Tang Sirou always felt it was strange.
This was not Su He’s style, nor Jiang Yan’s way of doing things.
She always felt that they were more like buying time.
Could it be that they had other people on this cruise ship?
“Ziang, why don’t you bring them out?” She asked Lou Ziang.
Su He furrowed her brows slightly.
She looked at Tang Sirou with a smile that was not quite a smile, and said, “Miss Tang, you really are everywhere.”
“You never miss any exciting scenes; it seems you are quite idle.”
She directly interrupted the conversation between the two.
“Didn’t the lesson last time leave a deep impression on you? Yet you still dare to collude with Lou Ziang!”
“Or do you not want your other hand as well? Do you want to experience the pain of amputation again?”
Su He’s words startled Tang Sirou, her body unconsciously trembled slightly, and her arm began to ache uncontrollably.
The images from before flashed through her mind, and a wave of fear swept from the depths of her heart.
Ever since that time, she even feared hearing the name “Su He” for a while.
Su He’s ruthlessness was no less than any man present.
She subconsciously touched her right hand, which she had been nurturing for half a year, now only just beginning to recover somewhat, but it was no longer as nimble as before.
Because the doctor said that she had missed the best treatment period for her arm and returning it to its original condition was basically impossible.
And all this was a gift from Su He!
Now she even dared not meet Su He’s gaze.
The fear on her face and the avoidance in her eyes already revealed her fear of Su He.
Lou Ziang saw this very clearly.
He was somewhat surprised by what Su He had just said because he was unaware of what had happened to Tang Sirou before.
Initially, he avoided inquiries from Jiang Yan and the police so much that he almost never asked about anything outside.
He did not even inquire about Mr. and Mrs. Lou.
Lou Ziang’s gaze unconsciously glanced at Tang Sirou’s hand.
He reached out his hand and held her somewhat trembling right hand.
“Do you want revenge?”
He suddenly asked her a question right next to her ear.
Tang Sirou was startled and turned her head to glance at him.
She didn’t believe at all that Lou Ziang would seek revenge for her and vent her anger because it was not realistic.
They indeed had a past, but it was merely mutual exploitation.
Yet tonight, he had been showing her a deeply affectionate demeanor, which made it hard for her to discern whether his affection was genuine or fake.
But she was well aware that her heart believed more in the falsehood.
Still, she nodded slightly, “Is that possible?” she asked tentatively.
Lou Ziang smiled with a curl of his lips, “Of course, it’s possible.”
Then, he turned his gaze toward Su He and said with a light smile, “Since sister-in-law is unwilling to accompany us, let’s change the method.”
“Since Ms. Sirou once lost a hand for my sister-in-law, then sister-in-law should sever one of her hands and give it back to her. As long as you cut off your hand, I will have someone bring my nephew and sister out for you to see.”
Jiang Yan’s deep and dark eyes stared at him, cold as ice water, devoid of any warmth.
“Lou Ziang, do you really think you still have a chance to escape today?”
Just at that moment, Xu Xinyi suddenly burst out and shouted towards Lou Ziang: “Christian, Jiang You has run away with that child!”
Due to these words, Lou Ziang’s expression changed.
Jiang Yan and Su He, however, looked at each other without speaking.
A chilly light erupted from Lou Ziang’s eyes, and he looked at the three people standing opposite, “Did you bring anyone else on board?”
“You can see for yourself, there are only the three of us.” Su He seriously played dumb, “Before we got on board, you checked multiple times, how could we have brought someone else on?”
Lou Ziang narrowed his eyes slightly.
And at that moment, Xu Xinyi added, “I saw two men take them away!”
She had just finished speaking when she was met with several intense stares.
She inadvertently encountered Su He’s ghostly cold eyes, and she felt a chill down her spine, and her hair stood on end.
“Send someone to check!”
Lou Ziang’s expression was dark as he signaled one of his subordinates.
“Yes, boss!”
Three minutes later.
A man in black came running back with a troubled expression.
“Boss, the people are indeed not in the room anymore, I’ve sent someone to look for them. There’s no issue spotted in the surveillance yet, and no boats have approached nearby, they should still be on this ship.”
Lou Ziang’s expression grew even darker, and his black eyes were deep and ominously chilling.
He said in a cold, coarse voice: “Send someone to check the lifeboats!”
“Yes!”
While Su He and others remained unusually calm.
At this moment, if Lou Ziang still couldn’t understand, then he was truly foolish.
They had been stalling for time all along!
Yet he had taken so many precautions, how could his people have gotten on board?
On the other side, Xing Siyang and others had already lowered the lifeboat.
But just as he was turning around to receive Jiang You and Su Baobao, Luo Lang’s voice came through the earpiece: “Captain Xing, hurry up and leave, someone is coming, they must have noticed!”
Xing Siyang: “Alright, I got it!”
He turned back and led Jiang You and Su Baobao out, handing them over to Lin Pu.
“Lin Pu, you go ahead and take them away from here, I’ll go handle the people!”
“Received, Captain Xing!”
As Xing Siyang turned to leave, Jiang You held his hand with some worry and said, “Siyang, be careful yourself.”
“Uncle Siyang, you have to be careful,” Su Baobao also advised him.
Xing Siyang patted the little one’s head.
“Alright, I know, you guys leave first.”
The two had just boarded when someone behind them shouted, “There they are, catch them!”
Although Xing Siyang is now in the criminal police team, before he joined the criminal police, he was from a special force.
So, these few people were just a piece of cake for him.
In less than two minutes, he had dealt with them all.
“Captain Xing, we have found the items,” came the voice from the headset again. “But it is tricky, these explosives are placed near the fuel tanks at both the front and rear of the cruise ship, and they are all timed. Once their remote control is activated, we’ll only have five minutes to evacuate, which is hardly enough.”
Once the cruise ship explodes, these five minutes to evacuate will be as good as none.
Not only that, there are over two thousand tons of diesel on this ship. Once it explodes, this area of the sea will be polluted.
Xing Siyang slightly furrowed his brows and said sternly, “Start disarming them! Disarm as many as possible!”
“But prioritize safety, retreat first if things go south, life is most important!”
“Yes, received!”
Then, Xing Siyang took the clothes from one of the black-clad men on the ground, who was roughly his size.
Changing into their clothes would also make it easier for him to act.
Soon, Xing Siyang made his way to the top deck.
That remote control must be on Lou Ziang, such an important item couldn’t possibly be handed to someone else.
He hid in a corner, from where he had a perfect view of everything happening outside.
At that moment, the atmosphere on the deck was tense.
Originally, they had agreed with Su He and others, to signal them once Jiang You and Xixi were found.
But now the situation has changed, and they can’t let Lou Ziang realize that people are no longer on the ship.
Otherwise, he would definitely start the countdown at all costs.
Now the question was how to notify Jiang Yan and the others.
Even though he had changed into their clothes, walking over and standing there brazenly might raise suspicions.
“Chen Yan, how much longer do you need?” Xing Siyang asked in a lowered voice.
Next, an urgent voice came from the headset, Chen Yan was currently concentratedly and carefully disarming the explosive packages.
These things were tricky to handle!
Chen Yan: “Captain Xing, I’m not sure, this is more problematic than expected! We can’t just disarm it directly, we have to dismantle the timer’s internal setup to know which wire is the correct one.”
“Captain Xing, give me a bit more time, I’ll try to solve it as quickly as possible.”
Xing Siyang: “Okay, I understand.”
“Wu Lei, have the snipers in the air ready, once he takes out the detonator, shoot!”
Xing Siyang said in a lowered voice again.
“Received, Captain Xing!”
Xing Siyang looked a bit solemn, as this was the only method available at the moment.
Then, a black-clad man appeared, walking up to Lou Ziang, he whispered something into his ear.
The man immediately exploded in anger: “Useless!”
Standing nearby, Tang Sirou heard what the black-clad man said, he mentioned that Jiang You’s and Su He’s son had been rescued.
Tang Sirou couldn’t help but think that Su He’s son was indeed lucky to have escaped death so many times.
Suddenly, Lou Ziang’s eyes turned red and sinister as he looked towards Jiang Yan and others.
He gritted his teeth and said: “Very well! If that’s the case, then no one here is leaving alive today!”
“With your burial, my long planning wouldn’t be in vain!”
He had returned, intent on taking Jiang Yan’s life, having prepared for a fight to the death.
First of all, the least comprehending person was Tang Sirou, who looked at him and asked, “What do you mean?”
She did not want to die!
Just as she attempted to leave his side, Lou Ziang swiftly grabbed her back, pulling her close.
“Where are you going?”
“Lou Ziang, if you want to go insane, don’t drag me into it!”
Initially, she thought that he was planning to take her away.
But who would have thought, now he has become even more ruthless and extreme.
Lou Ziang kept her confined by his side, ignoring her protests.
He turned to look at Su He and others, giving a weird smile: “Jiang Yan, this is what you owe me, you’ve destroyed my home, destroyed my life, now only your life can compensate for it!”
Jiang Yan looked at him with a slight coldness in his eyes, “Lou Ziang, you are good at playing the blame game, just too bad your brain doesn’t work that well!”
“All of this is the result of your own greed and your twisted jealousy. You brought this upon yourself. How is this related to me? From beginning to end, I never stole anything from you, nor did I ever intentionally provoke you. What you have, I have more of; what you don’t have, I still possess.”
“I have never envied or been jealous of your life or family, simply because I despise it! So, what is there on you worth my effort to destroy? Nothing, right? Everything is just your wishful thinking! If it weren’t for your repeated provocations, do you think you even deserve my attention to deal with you? You don’t deserve it! So how can you say that I owe you anything?”
“If you want to die, no one will stop you! But, whether you can take my life is not for you to decide!”
Sometimes, the harsh truth can be the most devastating!
“…”
Lou Ziang’s face turned ashen, his lips twitched, and he almost ground his teeth to pieces.
And the hand he used to hold Tang Sirou tightened even more.
Tang Sirou felt as if her waist was about to break!
Xu Xinyi remained silent after she spoke those previous words.
She didn’t see Jiang Yan’s face clearly at first, but she did later.
She recognized the leader of the Jiang Family. After all, Xu Yinghui had repeatedly warned her not to provoke the Jiang Family because they were not to be offended. Not just the Xu Family, but no family in China could afford to offend them.
It was at that moment she realized that Jiang You might be related to the Jiang Family.
Why else would Christian capture Jiang You? It was not because of her.
From the moment he coldheartedly hung her there, she knew this man did not fancy her!
At this moment, Lou Ziang took out a small controller from his pocket.
He grinned and said, “Tell me, if this cruise ship explodes, do you think you can escape in time with your speed?”
“Even if you manage to jump into the sea, the elderly, women, and children on board will not be able to escape. They are doomed to be blown to pieces, and you will be the murderers!”
As Lou Ziang spoke, he pointed at them and burst into insane laughter.
Just as Lou Ziang finished his statement, Xing Siyang received a message.
“Captain Xing, we just discovered there are a group of women and children on board.”
Xing Siyang was stunned for a moment.
“How many people?”
“Seven women, twelve children.”
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At this moment, Xing Siyang felt like cursing!
“Lou Ziang, I think you are really f*cking insane!”
Gu Beiyan also felt like cursing at this critical moment!
Who would have thought that there were other hostages on the ship, especially innocent children.
Lou Ziang stretched his lips into a creepy, ferocious smile.
“Kneel down! Apologize to me!”
“If I feel good, I might let one of them go!”
He had kept an ace up his sleeve, just in case!
—
“Wu Lei!”
“Captain Xing, I have locked onto the target.”
“Remember, knock the remote control out of his hand, do not let him have the chance to press it. Prioritize the safety of the people on the ship!”
“Received!”
“Wait for my command.”
“Okay!”
Now, Su He and Jiang Yan were at their most passive; they couldn’t do anything.
At this moment, Lou Ziang’s mental state had nearly reached madness.
“Jiang Yan, I am going to count to three, and if you don’t kneel, I will push the button!”
“…”
“3…”
“2…”
Right when Lou Ziang’s ‘2’ fell, Tang Sirou felt the heat on her cheek as drops of blood splattered onto her face.