Chapter 421 Hostage

The moment a smell of blood hit me.

The man who rushed out fiercely strangled her with his elbow, and something sharp and cold pressed against the side of her neck.

It's a knife.

Wang Yuanling was forced to raise his head, breathing became extremely difficult, and every breath he took was accompanied by a tremor of fear.

She looked forward.

The laziness and indifference on Gu Zhou's face had long since disappeared, replaced by a heart-pounding sinisterness.

At this moment, those deep eyes were like the sea before a snowstorm, rolling with tremendous anger and a kind of... tension that was almost panic-like and that Wang Yuanling had never seen before.

"All of you step back! Otherwise I will kill her!" The man's roar exploded in his ears.

Gu Zhou's fingers holding the cigarette suddenly tightened, and the burning cigarette butt was instantly flattened. The burning pain did not seem to distract him in the slightest.

He stared at the knife on Wang Yuanling's neck, his jawline as hard as a rock: "Let her go." His voice was terribly deep, and he spoke each word with a warning.

The man laughed sarcastically, "Aren't you going to kill me? Fine, I'll kill her first, then I'll commit suicide. When the news of the two bodies at the Gu Group becomes a hot topic tomorrow, I'll see how you, President Gu, will explain it!"

Wang Yuanling swallowed softly in her throat and tried to persuade the man who was strangling her from behind: "Brother... calm down... killing me won't solve the problem... think about yourself... think about whether it's worth it..."

The man felt as if he had hit a sore spot. "Calm down? Is it worth it?! They just wanted to beat me to death! Since they don't treat me as a human being, then fine, let's all fight to the death! No one will have an easy life!"

He was very emotional, and the pressure on his neck and the threat of the blade suddenly intensified.

She could even feel as if her skin had been cut slightly.

Wang Yuanling groaned in pain.

Seeing the glaring red on her slender white neck, Gu Zhou's pupils suddenly shrank, and he shouted: "I am the one who wants to kill you, it has nothing to do with her. If you let her go, I will let you go."

Wang Yuanling's eyes paused slightly.

"I stole your core research and development data! That's your lifeblood! You must be dying to tear me into pieces! You'll let me go? I don't believe it!"

He strangled Wang Yuanling and nervously took a half step back, with the blade close to her bleeding wound, and vigilantly glanced at the security guards around who were trying to get close.

Gu Zhou had a gloomy face.

Qin, the special assistant who had been following Gu Zhou closely, stepped forward with a serious expression on his face. He frowned and asked in a deep voice, "The group has treated you well, with a high salary and a good position. You have even been offered a position as a core member of the R&D department. Why did you do something like this that would harm the interests of the group?"

"Not bad? Ha!" He laughed as if he'd just heard a ridiculous joke, his laughter tinged with sadness. "Yes! High salary and a good position! But so what? My wife is lying in the hospital, waiting for a stratospheric price for a targeted drug to save her life! That new project in the group's R&D department... the one that could save her... why did you stop it?! Why?! Just because there's no immediate profit potential?!"

He roared, and the hand that was strangling Wang Yuanling trembled violently. The blade left another shallow bloody mark on her neck, causing her to gasp in pain.

This scene crushed Gu Zhou's nerves. He could hardly maintain his sanity. His fists were clenched, his knuckles turned white, and he took a step forward uncontrollably.

This move.

The man's emotions exploded immediately, and the tip of the knife seemed to want to stab Wang Yuanling's neck. He yelled, "I'm warning you not to come over here! If you come over again, I'll kill her right now!"

Gu Zhou's face changed slightly. He suppressed the violent storm in his heart and spoke slowly, with the force of negotiation: "If you are in trouble, you can tell the group. The group will not stand by and watch you die. Now, give me your wife's medical records and the attending physician's information. The medical fund under the Gu Group will intervene immediately. I, Gu Zhou, guarantee with my reputation that I will use the best resources to save her. If you put down the knife now, everything is still in time."

As he spoke, he took a half step forward extremely slowly, almost imperceptibly, his eyes sharp as a hawk, his muscles tense like a beast ready to pounce on its prey at any moment.

When the man heard the word "wife", his body stiffened noticeably, as if his pain point had been suddenly hit.

Wang Yuanling keenly caught this subtle change, pursed his dry lips, and softened his voice: "Brother, I testify that I heard everything Mr. Gu said just now. Since he said he wanted to help you, he will definitely do it. Your wife is still waiting for you, don't do anything stupid."

The man's eyes flickered violently, and he was obviously in great struggle and hesitation.

Gu Zhou stared at the dangerous knife, glanced sideways, and gave Special Assistant Qin a sharp look.

Qin Tezhu understood what he meant and quietly took out his cell phone, his finger hovering over the emergency dial button.

Wang Yuanling saw Gu Zhou moving forward inch by inch.

Her eyes flashed, and she was worried that the man would notice, so she continued to persuade him: "Brother, have you ever thought about what would happen to your wife if something happened to you? Do you have the heart to let her hear you make an irreparable mistake and cry alone on the hospital bed?"

"I, I..." The man's deepest fear was touched, his voice choked, his face painful and hesitant.

Gu Zhou was getting closer and closer to them.

Wang Yuanling raised his eyes and met Gu Zhou's calm and deep gaze.

Their sights intertwined and collided silently in the air.

Although there were no words, he seemed to instantly understand the determination and instructions contained in the other person's eyes.

A strange sense of security quietly suppressed the panic in her heart at this critical moment of life and death.

Even though the cold blade could cut off her life at any time, she was inexplicably and absurdly convinced that... she would be fine.

She calmed herself down and continued to persuade the man behind her: "Have you never thought about this: if something happens to you, who can your wife rely on? Who can she rely on to take care of her? Who will pour water for her when she is bedridden? Who will bring her food? Who will accompany her day and night? Haven't you thought about these things?"

Wife, one sentence after another.

It became a sharp knife that stabbed the man.

His voice was trembling and shaking: "I don't want to, I don't want to."

Suddenly, he seemed to be ignited by something, and his voice suddenly rose sharply. The hand holding the knife instinctively and uncontrollably pointed at Gu Zhou: "They forced me to do this! It was them!"

Now is the time!

The deadly tip of the knife finally left Wang Yuanling's fragile neck.

A cold light flashed in Gu Zhou's eyes, and his body suddenly pounced out like a black lightning filled with power.

Wang Yuanling's heart instantly rose to his throat, and the only thing in his sight was the figure that rushed towards him desperately.

Time seemed to be stretched countless times.

Gu Zhou's movements were faster than one could imagine, with a determination to risk everything.

His target was extremely clear—not to seize the knife, but the arm that was strangling Wang Yuanling!

He was like a cheetah that suddenly jumped up, and he accurately crashed into the narrow gap between the man and Wang Yuanling. His powerful arm gripped the man's knife-holding right wrist tightly like an iron clamp!