The Ice King's Little Trouble Maker

Chapter 359 - 331: You Seem to Be the Enemy’s

During the Xi Mei celebration, the entire hotel was booked out.So the back mountain was very quiet, with only a few of them getting up early to hike.

The originally peaceful back mountain suddenly erupted with gunfire, startling the birds away.

Not long after, helicopters from the Gu Family circled overhead, and they quickly surrounded the mountain, conducting a carpet search to capture anyone involved.

Gu Yanjing drew the enemy fire.

Qiao Yuxian circled around to capture the others.

The Gu Family helicopter prepared to land overhead.

The people hiding in the mountains who hadn’t been discovered yet quieted down.

The one holding the Barrett also quieted down, watching as Gu Yanjing got closer with each appearance, yet every shot went wide.

He packed up his gun and left.

He hadn’t walked very far before he ran into Qiao Yuxian.

Qiao Yuxian was sitting on a rock, her right ankle resting on her left knee.

Below the rock lay a pile of equipment.

She was checking the equipment one by one, and then the Barrett was brought to her.

Qiao Yuxian’s eyes lit up.

The sniper froze when he saw her and instinctively reached for the pistol at his waist.

But Qiao Yuxian didn’t give him the chance to react.

She quickly moved forward and delivered a flying knee strike to his waist.

The sniper’s hand, which was grabbing the gun, blocked her knee, but he still stumbled back a couple of steps.

Qiao Yuxian followed with a horizontal kick, a side kick... landing blow after blow on him.

The Gu Family members who had discovered them stayed back, impressed by Qiao Yuxian’s moves, not daring to intervene, waiting on the side.

By the time Gu Yanjing arrived, Qiao Yuxian had already pinned the man to the ground.

She was pulling the Barrett off him.

Gu Yanjing hadn’t expected her to circle around and get there so quickly.

According to his plan, the Gu Family should have encountered the sniper first.

Gu Yanjing caught his breath and went to help Qiao Yuxian.

But Qiao Yuxian, holding the fabric strap wrapped around the Barrett, refused to let go, pulling the gun off him and hugging it close.

Gu Yanjing: "......"

The Gu Family members moved in to restrain the sniper.

Gu Yanjing instructed them to take the man away.

Qiao Yuxian hugged the Barrett, holding it like a treasure: "Look."

Gu Yanjing watched her.

Qiao Yuxian showed him the gun: "Look at the body, see these lines, feel the weight, check the scope..."

Gu Yanjing didn’t look at the gun, just at her happy, excited face.

"And check this out," Qiao Yuxian pointed to the pile of things under the rock.

Gu Yanjing glanced over. There were various guns, knives, all sorts of messy things. At a first glance, it looked like a pile of scrap metal.

He didn’t know how she managed to collect so much along the way and still get there so quickly.

Qiao Yuxian knew what he was thinking and explained without being prompted: "There’s a small slope on that side, once you cross it, it’s really close."

"Are you hurt?" Gu Yanjing didn’t see any injuries, but her clothes were a bit dirty.

"No injuries." Qiao Yuxian, holding the Barrett with one hand, gently rubbed her left buttock with the other, whispering, "But I did get a bump climbing over the slope, hurts a little."

Gu Yanjing, lowering his gaze, took a closer look.

Qiao Yuxian shied away, saying, "Don’t look. If you look, others will know. Embarrassing. Just hurts a little, nothing serious."

Gu Yanjing didn’t say anything.

Qiao Yuxian insisted, "Really, nothing serious."

Gu Yanjing wanted to say more, but his phone rang.

It was a call from Lin Huai Shu.

He answered the call.

Lin Huai Shu said: "Yanjing, everything’s okay on our side. Can you give the phone to my sister-in-law, let her say a word to Lech?"

Gu Yanjing put it on speaker.

Lin Huai Shu called out: "Sister-in-law. Say something to Lech."

"Sis, sis, are you alright?" Qiao Lech’s voice was trembling badly.

Qiao Yuxian wasn’t too familiar with Lin Huai Shu’s skills, but she trusted Liu Zhou and Yuan Wei.

With both of them there, she felt confident in dealing with the sniper.

But she’d forgotten that she was used to this kind of life. Qiao Lech had never been exposed to these things.

"Lech, I’m fine." Qiao Yuxian said, "Don’t be scared, you go down the mountain with Liu Zhou and the others, we’ll meet at the foot."

"Okay." Qiao Lech replied, "Sis, I’m, I’m fine. Don’t worry, be safe."

"Alright."

After the call ended, Gu Yanjing and Qiao Yuxian headed down the mountain.

Qiao Yuxian handed the Barrett to the Gu Family members, asking them to take it back.

Gu Yanjing also had them take back the stuff she’d grabbed along the way.

Qiao Yuxian intended for them to just dispose of it.

But Gu Yanjing asked them to take good care of it, to bring it back and store it properly.

After all, these were spoils of war, they should be kept.

The sun rose, and although they didn’t catch the sunrise at the mountain top, seeing it from the mountainside was barely good enough.

They reached the foot of the mountain, where Liu Zhou and the others were already waiting for them.

Lin Huai Shu was with Qiao Lech, chatting to help calm her down.

Perhaps because as a child, Lin Huai Shu had been Qiao Lech’s only support, she listened to his words, and her anxiety and fear gradually eased.

By the time Qiao Yuxian arrived, Qiao Lech was already much calmer.

"Sis." Qiao Lech ran to her side as soon as she saw her, checking her over, "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

Even though she hadn’t been exposed to these things before, she understood that those people were after Gu Yanjing today.

The two of them were in the most danger.

"I’m fine. Not hurt," Qiao Yuxian said, "Were you scared?"

"Yeah." Qiao Lech nodded, looking down.

Qiao Yuxian touched her head, wanting to say something, but ended up saying nothing.

Her grandparents had tried their hardest to protect the entire Qiao Family, keeping them away from these things.

But as they still bore the Qiao name, some things were unavoidable.

"I’m alright now. Just scared before, but not anymore," Qiao Lech said.

Qiao Yuxian smiled, then glanced at Lin Huai Shu.

She hadn’t expected Qiao Lech’s mental state to be so good.

After what happened with Jiang Shouzhuo, Qiao Yuxian had always been worried about her mental health.

She had only just started getting better.

Today’s scare had her worried along the way that Qiao Lech would regress.

But she hadn’t, she seemed okay.

Qiao Yuxian looked at Lin Huai Shu again, thinking: It seems mental guidance is crucial, but who conducts it is even more important.

Childhood experiences made Qiao Lech subconsciously reliant.

She would instinctively think that person was trustworthy.

Like a beam of light.

When she trusted the wrong person, she depended on Jiang Shouzhuo.

Now that she trusted the right person, she relied on Lin Huai Shu just as much.

"Today’s mess was my fault." Lin Huai Shu suddenly said: "I was the one who suggested we go hiking."

The hotel’s security measures were well-established, covering half the mountain.

Only the back mountain wasn’t.

Because He Tu hadn’t considered that anyone would get up early and go hiking.

"You could be mistaken for the enemy," Gu Yanjing said calmly.

Lin Huai Shu had been up all night, knocking on doors at dawn, asking them to go hiking.

Such behavior was precisely what you’d expect from the enemy, leading them into a trap for total annihilation.

Lin Huai Shu: "......"

"If I may," Yuan Wei chimed in, "What Gu Yanjing said makes sense too. If we hadn’t gone out, those people in the mountain wouldn’t have been able to storm the hotel, they would’ve had to slink back home. But... they were targeting Gu Yanjing, we’re all victims here."

Gu Yanjing said nothing after that.

Qiao Yuxian lightly tapped Yuan Wei with her foot: "Who do you think you’re talking to?"

With his wife on his side, Mr. Gu was inwardly pleased, but he didn’t show it, keeping a straight face.

Yuan Wei became meek: "My brother-in-law."

Liu Zhou chuckled.

Lin Huai Shu also laughed and said: "Ah, Old Chu got away with it. Let’s go back and make him treat us to a big meal."

"Not a bad idea," Yuan Wei perked up, "I do love a free meal."

"Come on." Lin Huai Shu said, "Let’s go back, wash up, and have a nice meal to calm ourselves."

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