novelraw Chapter 445 - 459: You are destined to meet me, there is no escape.
Chapter 445 - 459: You are destined to meet me, there is no escape.
"I really hate the way you confine me here, Liao Tingxiao. I saved your life when you were in An City, for heaven’s sake. Please let me go home quickly."Han Xi didn’t want to stay here a second longer; this unfamiliar environment only made her miss Lu Jinghan more.
"Can’t you feel the kindness I’ve shown you?"
"I should have let you bleed to death back then. I thought I saved a life, but turns out I saved a demon."
Liao Tingxiao stood up from the bed, half-leaning on the bedside table: "Perhaps this is an arrangement predestined by fate. You’re meant to encounter me, there’s no avoiding it."
Han Xi took a deep breath, deciding not to speak with Liao Tingxiao any further since, no matter what, there’s no way he would let her go.
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Feng Yi had already acquired weapons—though they only had about twenty people, they were all former Special Forces soldiers, with top-notch combat skills.
Once they had their bulletproof vests on, Lu Jinghan set off.
Fu Bin drove steadily following the tracker’s location but found a dense forest. Before the car could enter, Lu Jinghan told him to stop.
"I think this must be a trap; Xiao Xi’s tracker must have been discovered."
Fu Bin and Feng Yi also sensed something amiss and immediately went on alert.
"Fu Bin and I will find a vantage point; you all spread out and hide, get ready to act."
Everyone followed Lu Jinghan’s instructions, finding their hiding spots. Feng Yi fired a few shots into the air, and sure enough, gunfire erupted from within the forest.
Lu Jinghan and Fu Bin followed the sound, pulled the trigger, and took the enemy down with one shot.
Zhang Chao led his men in a gunfight with Lu Jinghan’s team; they also had a sniper. Lu Jinghan surveyed the surroundings and gestured to Fu Bin.
Fu Bin understood, aimed at the person below, took them down, then swiftly hid. Sure enough, a bullet flew towards Fu Bin’s position, Lu Jinghan aimed at the eight o’clock direction, pulled the trigger, and directly shot their sniper dead.
Without sniper cover, Zhang Chao was like a bird without wings, only left to be beaten. At last, he had no choice but to flee with his remaining men.
While clearing the battlefield, Feng Yi found someone still alive, grabbed him, and prepared to take him back to their temporary base for interrogation.
Lu Jinghan took a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and dialed Liao Tingxiao’s number on his phone; the call was quickly answered.
"Mr. Lu, you called so soon; seems my men failed."
Lu Jinghan exhaled a puff of smoke, his deep voice carrying a chill: "You better let Xiao Xi go, or things won’t be so simple when I find you."
"Mr. Lu, are you threatening me? Don’t worry, Xiao Xi is fine with me; I’ll take good care of her."
Han Xi knew the call was from Lu Jinghan; she pulled out the needle from her hand, enduring the pain, and got off the bed: "I want to talk to Jinghan."
Liao Tingxiao frowned, looking at her hand still bleeding: "What are you doing? Why did you pull out the needle when you were fine?"
Han Xi stubbornly looked at Liao Tingxiao, weakly repeating her previous words: "Give me the phone; I want to talk to Jinghan."
Lu Jinghan, on the other end, faintly heard Han Xi’s voice and shouted into the receiver in worry: "Xiao Xi, is that you?"