Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

Chapter 325 - 299: Initiating Negotiations

Qian was not the type of pampered woman the salamander had imagined, completely different from the information he had.

"Who exactly is mixing personal feelings in handling issues? We will discuss this once we’ve concluded this affair. I’ll come back and find you alone. Your current task is to stay here and wait for us!"

Yu Minglang said forcefully. Everyone else exchanged glances in silence. The little boss had never been like this before. What on earth did the salamander do to provoke Yu Minglang...

There was no time to think more, the time was too tight.

After Yu Minglang issued an order, his people quickly dispersed, reaching their respective positions according to his instructions.

Meanwhile, Qian exchanged a glance with Yu Minglang, holding hands, facing this crucial moment together.

The crime scene was on the rooftop. In winter, the temperature wasn’t too low, the sun was bright, and the sky particularly blue. If it weren’t for the evil man frightening the child into silence, the scenery here would indeed be worth stopping to admire, you could see very far.

The man was holding a child hostage, with one leg on this side of the safety net and the other standing on the building’s edge, shielding the child in front of him. The child was pale and trembling with fear.

Our people were standing at the door trying to reason with the villain.

But the villain would not listen at all.

"Bring those two women over immediately! If they don’t come, I’m going to do something bad!"

Qian and Yu Minglang arrived just in time to hear this sentence.

Yu Minglang worriedly looked at Qian. She shook her head, indicating that she wasn’t affected, and signaled Yu Minglang to stay at the rooftop door. The villain couldn’t see him, but he could observe the villain.

The villain became even more agitated seeing another woman come up.

"Who is this? Back off, back off, or I’ll jump with this child!"

Qian raised her hands, indicating she wasn’t carrying anything.

"I’m the girl you’re looking for," Qian said loudly.

"You?" The villain looked at Qian skeptically.

"No! You’re trying to trick me, this isn’t the two women at all, it’s an impersonation! Bring the person I’m looking for, or I’ll push them!"

Yu Minglang was infuriated hearing him so arrogant.

"Watch your words, obstinate resistance won’t benefit you in any way. This place is filled with our people, the only thing you can do is confess obediently." Yu Minglang took the megaphone from the justice hero’s hands and warned aloud.

"Say that again, and I’ll push her down, quick, call them!" The villain threatened to push, and Qian spoke up.

"I really am the person you’re looking for, I can recount the events of that day, do you want to hear?"

"You, come over here, but don’t get too close to me!" The villain remained vigilant.

He dared not let Qian stay too far, nor get too close.

Qian kept her hands raised high, approaching him slowly. When Yu Minglang came up, he had put a mini earphone in her ear.

"Mei, don’t get any closer, just stand right there!"

Yu Minglang quietly reminded. Qian was now about 10 meters away from the villain, and she was about 10 meters away from Yu Minglang as well. Minglang estimated his sniper’s position, the distance was just right. If the adversary tried anything radical, he could immediately order a shot to protect his Mei.

"What evidence do you have to say you were caught with Jingjing? Are you not someone they found to deceive me?"

"If I were someone they hired to trick you, may calamity fall upon my family. I truly am the girl who had an incident with Jingjing. I heard you wanted to see me?"

Jingjing was the girl who went missing with Qian and Shi Yu, but she wasn’t as fortunate as Qian — she had a drastically different fate.

As Qian spoke, she carefully observed the man.

He looked to be in his twenties, dressed rather fashionably, not too bad-looking, with stubble on his chin. Even from that distance, Qian could feel the despair and bewilderment in his eyes.

Of course, Qian also didn’t overlook the child being held hostage by him.

"Why should I believe you?" The man thought that Qian’s demeanor didn’t match the person he was looking for at all, as Qian was too composed.

"I can recount what happened to your fiancée these past days, things that even those people don’t know. Do you know how they hit her? Do you know she tried to escape but was surrounded and beaten by a group of strong men? There are other horrible things I dare not mention. Her mental state isn’t good, something she probably couldn’t tell outsiders. Do you believe me now?"

Qian thought for a moment and pointed to her head, saying, "Look, I have an injury here, and my leg is crippled, all injuries from that side. Do you believe me now?"

Actually, she slipped while taking a bath.

"It’s you! You heartless woman who let others die!" The man’s emotions suddenly surged, clutching the child even tighter.

Yu Minglang immediately became alert, but Qian whispered into her earphone.

"Don’t move!"

The situation was completely under Qian’s control, even the man’s reaction was within her expectations.

Under these conditions, infuriating the villain was also a strategy.

"You’re surrounded now; there’s no chance for you to escape. You can look down to see how many vehicles have arrived here."

Qian used negotiation tactics from psychology, first provoking the opponent, then applying pressure.

The villain glanced down and indeed saw a crowd of flashing vehicles.

"Your rage is directed at me. I know you aren’t afraid of death, you just want to die with me. Release the child you’re holding, she is innocent, and I’ll negotiate with you."

Qian began negotiating terms with the man.

"No! You people are too cunning! If I release her, you’ll run away! Countless people would rush in and take me away! It’s despicable. When Jingjing was in danger, why didn’t they come so fast? All they do is bully honest people!"

The man had completely lost all rationality. The things he said were more extreme and illogical.

"How do you know they weren’t fast? It only took just over 50 hours from the time of disappearance to rescue. You calculate the distance between the two locations, the return journey alone takes a lot of time."

"Don’t twist the facts. If it weren’t for you two cunning women, how could Jingjing have suffered so much? Why? Why, when you were caught as well, could you come back unharmed while she suffered so?"

The villain rambled incoherently, his speech choked with emotion.

Though he lived with Jingjing, they never went all the way. He thought marriage was the last boundary, but the villain seized the opportunity, taking that away, leaving him unable to accept reality.

Qian continued negotiating.

Yu Minglang, while constantly monitoring Qian’s safety, quietly asked his men.

"Qiao Zhen, how far are you from the child?"