Lin Qingtong took a deep breath and forced herself to sit up. Wang Meili hadn't been dealt with yet, so she absolutely couldn't let her guard down.

Thinking of this, Lin Qingtong walked in the direction Wang Meili had left.

"Wang Meili!"

Lin Qingtong's voice was hoarse from coughing as she called out.

Inside the pitch-black warehouse, no one answered Lin Qingtong's words; only her echoes kept ringing in her ears.

Her heart tightened, and she grabbed an extra wooden shelf from the nearby furniture, dragging it behind her with a dull thud.

Seeing that the surroundings had become pitch black, Lin Qingtong did not shout, but instead raised the stand to prepare for an attack.

She had only taken two steps when a sharp gust of wind ripped through the air.

The wooden frame in her hand suddenly broke, and Lin Qingtong squatted down and quickly moved to the side.

Using the light from the lightning outside, she could see that the person who came was not Wang Meili.

Instead, it was a burly man with an unfamiliar face.

The burly man was carrying an iron hook stick, usually used to close roller shutters, which was more than enough to deal with Lin Qingtong.

Lin Qingtong frowned, not expecting Lin Jiaorui to be so ruthless as to put the bodyguards in the warehouse as well.

If I hadn't put out the fire, would the other person have perished in the flames along with me?

Just as she was thinking this, she suddenly realized something was wrong, and her expression changed drastically.

No, that person definitely wasn't here just now.

If he were there, he wouldn't have let himself knock Wang Meili unconscious with electricity, so there's only one possibility—

They entered the warehouse through another door.

Because the warehouse was too dark, the two groups were facing off. Lin Qingtong moved slowly, and could vaguely hear the other side's faint footsteps.

Suddenly, the footsteps stopped abruptly.

Lin Qingtong swallowed hard, her whole body tense.

The disparity in strength between her and that burly man was enormous.

If we were to confront them directly, it would be very dangerous.

Lin Qingtong then surveyed her surroundings and, drawing on her familiarity with the warehouse, quickly devised a response plan.

She gently took out the decorative ball next to her and smashed it on the opposite side.

With a loud crash, the cardboard box collided with the wood.

Footsteps suddenly sounded, probably the burly man heading in that direction.

Lin Qingtong took out the furniture lubricant from the corner and splashed it on the ground.

Then he picked up many small balls and kept throwing them at other places to confuse him.

At the same time, he slowly retreated in the direction the strong man had come from, while using the ball to create a path, making it seem as if he was escaping in that direction.

Sure enough, the burly man's attention was completely drawn to the small ball.

Lin Qingtong's heart pounded nervously, and her throat itched terribly, as if some feather was causing the commotion.

At that moment, she couldn't care less about anything else; she was simply backing away, searching for a way out.

Soon, she saw the half-open door, and outside it was pouring rain.

The wind whistled in through the gap, and Lin Qingtong felt incredibly fortunate that it was a typhoon day.

Otherwise, given how well the door was hidden, I probably wouldn't have been able to find it myself.

She managed to squeeze through the gap, closed the warehouse door, and blocked it with something before finally breathing a sigh of relief.

But the next second, a cold weapon pressed against her waist, its sharp edge radiating a chilling sensation even through the fabric.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Meili's sinister voice rang out.

"I didn't expect you to escape."

Upon hearing this, Lin Qingtong slowly opened her arms, turned her back to her, and asked in as gentle a tone as possible.

"I just saved you, why are you targeting me?"

Wang Meili's tone was clearly somewhat frantic, and she increased the pressure on her hands.

Lin Qingtong suddenly felt a slight stinging pain in her waist.

"I cooperated with you just now because I was in there too, and I wanted to survive."

“But it’s different now. If I catch you and hand you over to Lin Jiaorui, I can get another 200,000.”

"When the time comes, we'll buy a property, and my son and daughter will be able to live a peaceful and worry-free old age without having to worry about food and clothing."

Upon hearing this, Lin Qingtong scoffed, feeling that Wang Meili's description was too naive.

How could everything be solved so easily?

She'll inevitably slip up if she makes a move, and it's only a matter of time before she's found.

Lin Qingtong didn't say anything to provoke her, but instead asked with a smile.

“It’s typhoon season now, and you won’t be able to get a taxi to hand me over to Lin Jiaorui.”

Wang Meili waved her hand dismissively, "It doesn't matter. As long as I tell her that I've caught you and tied you up, she'll send a car over immediately."

The wind howled, billowing Lin Qingtong and Wang Meili's clothes, making their voices sound like fragments.

Lin Qingtong remained calm as she looked at her, though her voice was somewhat hoarse.

"You took so much money from Lin Jiaorui? Do you think she'll let you off the hook?"

"Moreover, as long as you are here, it proves that she attacked me. This is a time bomb that will cause trouble sooner or later."

Wang Meili fell into deep thought upon hearing Lin Qingtong's words, but she did not back down from her weapon.

Compared to Lin Qingtong's nonchalant words, all she wanted was money.

If she didn't want the money, she wouldn't have done such a thing while guarding the warehouse.

Lin Qingtong slowly turned around. Wang Meili held a sharp long knife in her hand and pressed it against Lin Qingtong's neck, speaking in a fierce tone.

"Don't move, or my blade won't hold back."

"It would be such a shame to cut a pretty girl like you."

Her slightly insincere words made Lin Qingtong feel nauseous.

Some people, no matter how much you help them, you can never change them.

She will only bring trouble upon herself.

Wang Meili pushed Lin Qingtong all the way out of the warehouse, shouting, "Let's go!"

The moment I stepped outside, a fierce wind rushed towards me, carrying a chilling and terrifying aura.

The leaves on the trees on the street outside were almost blown in one direction, and a few even showed signs of collapsing.

The torrential rain lashed down in the air like diagonal lines, and even though the streetlights illuminated the scene clearly, everything seemed precarious and filled with a suffocating terror.

At that moment, there was hardly anyone on the street. Wang Meili called Lin Jiaorui to explain the current situation.

"I've captured Lin Qingtong. What do you think we should do with her? Didn't we agree before that she had to be delivered to you in person to be considered a valid arrest?"

Lin Qingtong stood among them, glancing at Wang Meili behind her. She knew that Wang Meili was making a phone call to Lin Jiaorui.

The conversation between the two reached her ears clearly. Wang Meili was probably fearless and not worried at all that Lin Qingtong would hear it, since the person was already in her hands.

Lin Qingtong's gaze darkened as she surveyed her surroundings, only to spot several black cars speeding towards her from a distance.