Chapter 83 My husband is here!

In less than ten minutes, the entire banquet hall of Utopia was lit up.

The power had been restored, and Ji Mian could hardly open his eyes due to the strong light. He subconsciously put his hands in front of his eyes to block them. However, the tall foreign guards mistook this as an act of resistance, and seven or eight black gun muzzles were immediately pointed at him.

Ji Mian touched his nose and quickly explained in English that it was just irritating and not meant to be provocative.

Then, Ji Mian hid among the hostages and slowly observed the situation around him.

After the lights were turned on, the entire Utopia Banquet Hall could finally be seen clearly.

In the hall, most people were stumbling around, but they didn't look injured.

However, the images of many people were no longer glamorous. They were taken aside by armed police and divided into different teams.

Ji Mian's gaze fell on the booth again. There was a white-skinned man with blue eyes, a hooked nose, dressed in a suit and tie, smoking a cigarette, looking relaxed and comfortable. He seemed to be the mastermind of this terrorist attack, a gangster boss from Country Y. His name, Sari, appeared in the original novel of "Stranger Tenderness".

The best thing was that no one was hurt, and Ji Mian breathed a sigh of relief.

Several of Sari's bodyguards searched the crowd for a while and then found Su Luoyu out of the crowd.

Su Luoyu was not in good condition, looked a little tired, and glared at Sarri fiercely.

Sarri was visibly excited when he saw him.

Su Luoyu communicated with Sarri in English. Ji Mian had passed the CET-6 in English, so it should be no problem for him to have a normal conversation.

But Su Luoyu and Sari were too far away from him. Even when Ji Mian pricked up his ears, he couldn't understand what they were talking about.

Judging from their expressions, Su Luoyu's conversation with Sarri was unpleasant.

Because soon, Sarri's face fell and he looked unhappy.

After a while, a young Asian man, speaking in unstandard Chinese, conveyed Sarri's request: "Gentlemen, ladies. We have no ill intentions. You can tell from the fact that we were in the dark just now and did no harm to anyone."

The crowd began to whisper, and Surrey's men fired another shot. After the screams, the hall returned to silence.

The young Asian man continued, "Our boss would like to borrow some money from you. Ladies and gentlemen, I believe you will be willing to support our boss's charity. From now on, our staff will bring their pockets to each of you in turn. Please place any valuable jewelry you are wearing into your pockets."

Some people in the crowd breathed a sigh of relief, while others looked reluctant.

After all, this is a large-scale comparison dinner, and many internet celebrities and young stars are also present. What's more, they have spent a lot of money to rent expensive jewelry. If they give it away, they will directly bear millions of debts!

But he had no choice but to give it to her, as the bag was already in front of him.

In order to save their lives, many wealthy businessmen hurriedly urged their lovers or wives to take off their earrings and necklaces and throw them into their pockets.

Sarri watched the scene with satisfaction until the bag walked in front of a young man. The man turned pale with fear and replied in unstandard English: "I... I don't have anything valuable..."

The person in charge glanced at him and replied to Sarri in English. Sarri frowned, and the next second, Sarri snatched the gun from the bodyguard's hand and shot directly at the penniless young man.

The young man's eyes widened in horror, and then he fell in a pool of blood with a look of disbelief.

Screams suddenly filled the entire hall. At the same time, gunshots rang out again and the hall became quiet again.

After several bodyguards dragged the young man's body, which had already cooled to a crisp, away, the young Asian man who had delivered the message wiped his hands with a handkerchief and said, "Everyone, you've seen this. This is the result of not supporting our boss. I hope everyone will behave themselves. We don't want to hurt you. I'm deeply sorry for this gentleman's death."

After something like this happened, no one dared to play tricks and they all wanted to give the most valuable things they had to Sarri.

Sari watched the scene with satisfaction, then set his eyes on Su Luoyu.

Su Luoyu closed her eyes, seemingly unable to accept what was happening before her eyes.

Similarly, Ji Mian couldn't accept it.

"Mr. Sari," suddenly, the door to the Utopia Banquet Hall was pushed open, and Li Jue calmly appeared in the hall. Seeing Su Luoyu, his eyes darkened. "My friend did something wrong. Did he offend you?"

Following Li Jue in were more than a dozen bodyguards, who immediately clashed with Sarri's team.

In "Strangers' Tenderness", the protagonist Gong Li Jue's status is of course very high. He also has a certain degree of fame internationally and is a person who is well-connected in both the black and white worlds.

At least someone will give him some face.

When Sarri saw him, he smiled and said, "Boss Li, long time no see. I didn't see your friend. Is there some misunderstanding?"

Li Jue looked at Su Luoyu. Su Luoyu didn't care about the cold war with Li Jue at this time. As a powerless lawyer, he could only rely on Li Jue at this time.

"Li Jue! Ask Sari to release all the people!" Su Luoyu said anxiously.

The appearance of Li Jue gave many wealthy businessmen hope, and everyone turned their attention to him.

Sarri looked at Su Luoyu playfully, and seemed unwilling to let her go.

Before Li Jue could say anything, the people from Surrey suddenly tied up Su Luoyu and forced him to kneel on the ground.

There was a "bang" sound, and I felt pain just from hearing the sound.

Li Jue's expression changed instantly.

At this moment, a man walked out of the crowd slowly and said gently, "Mr. Surrey, I think we can have a good talk."

Ji Mian widened his eyes slightly, looking at Fu Chenyu in the crowd, thinking: When did he get into the crowd?

Ji Mian knew Fu Chenyu's true identity, so he naturally knew that Fu Chenyu could not be one of the people being threatened.

He is the boss of Wheel of Fortune and the leader of the dark web, Fox. With Sarri's status, it is not enough to even carry his shoes.

Ji Mian thought for a moment and guessed that Fu Chenyu must be finding it very interesting and was playing some game again.

He couldn't help but complain, thinking that a naughty kid is a naughty kid, and he really dared to treat so many lives as a joke.

Although Sarri knew Fox, he didn't know what Fox really looked like. Now he only regarded Fu Chenyu as Li Jue's man. He smiled and said, "Let's talk. How do you want to talk?"

Fu Chenyu said, "Mr. Sari, if you just need money, why bother mobilizing so many people?"

Sarri laughed out loud: "I not only want the money, I also want this person!"

After saying that, he lifted Su Luoyu's chin with his gun.

At this moment, Ji Mian finally confirmed it. Damn it, the villains in "Stranger Tenderness" really like to talk like this!

The young Asian man lowered his head and whispered in Sarri's ear, "Boss, they're trying to stall for time until Interpol arrives. We need to move quickly."

Sarri's face changed and he winked at his men.

Before everyone could react, an Asian youth suddenly snatched a little girl from the crowd. The little girl's mother screamed, cried and fainted. Her father rushed forward yelling, and after a short struggle, his leg was shot and broken by Sarri.

Blood was gushing out and no one at the scene dared to breathe.

Li Jue's face turned even darker, while Fu Chenyu seemed to be thinking about something.

Sarri showed a cruel smile, asked his men to hold the little girl in their arms, and said, "I can let you go. But before that, I want to play a game with you."

Ji Mian's expression became serious. The girl screamed and called for her parents. The Asian young man slapped her and asked her to be quiet. Ji Mian silently clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

Sarri glanced at Su Luoyu, then at Li Jue, and smiled, "Boss Li, don't say I don't give you face. I'm going to give you face today. Choose between Su Luoyu and this little girl. Only one person can survive."

Li Jue's eyes instantly blew bloodshot. Sarri, as if the scene wasn't chaotic enough, glanced at the crowd and said politely, "Or, anyone who wants to come up and exchange this girl can do so."

There was silence, and no one dared to come forward to exchange hostages.

The little girl's mother fainted and her father fell to the ground due to excessive blood loss. She looked at everyone with wide eyes and trembling.

"This is a matter between you and me, Sari. Don't hurt innocent people." Su Luoyu closed her eyes.

Sarri acted as if he hadn't heard what he said and said, "I'll give you ten seconds. After ten seconds, if no one is willing to exchange hostages, I'll shoot."

He played with the gun and slowly began to count down: "Ten, nine, eight, seven—"

"Wait." Ji Mian sighed helplessly and walked out of the crowd: "Let go of that girl, I'm willing to exchange hostages."

The moment he walked out, Li Jue and Fu Chenyu were stunned.

Ji Mian raised his hands to indicate that he had no weapons.

Li Jue's lips trembled, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

The person whom he had searched almost every corner of Jianjing but still couldn't find, unexpectedly appeared at the auction of Deep Sea Star.

Before he could think about anything, Li Jue yelled uncontrollably, "Ji Mian! Are you crazy?"

Ji Mian pretended not to hear anything. However, Sarri, seeing Li Jue's disgraceful look, asked with interest, "You also know Boss Li?"

Ji Mian avoided the main point: "Not really."

"Ji Mian!! Get down here! You fucking bastard!" Li Jue cursed fiercely, trying to go up and pick up Ji Mian.

This idiot—this idiot was really going to piss him off to death!

It’s a pity that Ji Mian didn’t give him any chance at all.

Before Li Jue came up, he quickly exchanged hostages with the little girl.

Besides rescuing the little girl, Ji Mian did this for another important reason.

That is, the little girl's location is the closest to the Deep Sea Star. He must find an opportunity to get the Deep Sea Star directly!

As for Fox and Li Jue, they were about to say goodbye anyway, so he didn't have to worry about anything.

Ji Mian's gaze fell on the Deep Sea Star, and his eyes became much deeper.

Sari looked at Jimian as if he were looking at an unpolished gem.

Even Sarri, who had seen many top beauties, had to admit at this moment that Ji Mian really had the capital to drive men or women crazy.

Let’s look at Ji Mian’s performance. Does this little beauty seem to have any relationship with Li Jue?

Ji Mian and Su Luoyu, one was kneeling, as cold as moonlight, and the other was standing, as gorgeous as cinnabar.

Wouldn't that be more interesting?

Sarri seemed to have discovered something interesting and looked at Li Jue with great interest: "Boss Li, can we make a choice now?"

Li Jue wanted to kill Sari, but he knew that the more he faced this kind of choice-between situation, the more he could not show his respect for Ji Mian.

Otherwise, judging from Sari's character, he would definitely kill Ji Mian without hesitation - after all, he was interested in Su Luoyu, but not Ji Mian.

The corner of Li Jue's mouth twitched. Sarri said, "Do you still need to discuss this?"

However, when it came to his lips, Li Jue still couldn't say that he chose Su Luoyu.

What should Ji Mian do? He's so stupid and ignorant...

Then, no one noticed that Fu Chenyu's eyes had become as calm as water, and he looked at Sarri as if he was looking at a dead person.

At this critical moment, someone in the crowd screamed, and then a burst of gunfire rang out.

The sound of gunfire came from almost all directions, even breaking the ceiling.

The huge chandelier fell down, and the scene was in a mess. Ji Mian's eyes lit up, and he seized the opportunity and threw the tall bodyguard who was holding him hostage over his shoulder to the ground!

Li Jue, who had just rushed over to save Ji Mian in the chaos, was stunned when he saw Ji Mian throw a 1.9-meter-tall man over his shoulder with his bare hands. His expression twisted in shock: ...

What the fuck?!

Ji Mian didn't notice Li Jue at all. After knocking the bodyguard to the ground, he went straight to the Deep Sea Star!

But at this moment, Sari reacted in an instant. He rolled on the ground, picked up the gun from the ground, and shot in the direction of Ji Mian.

After Ji Mian dodged, Su Luoyu suddenly appeared in his eyes, and Sarri's gun was also aimed at Su Luoyu.

Fu Chenyu had a calm expression and took two steps at a time from the stage to the stairs.

The difficult problem of choosing between the two was placed before Li Jue and Fu Chenyu.

——You can only save one of Ji Mian and Su Luoyu.

Su Luoyu couldn't help but speak. After all, she wasn't a well-trained police officer like Ji Mian. She was still afraid when faced with danger. She shouted in fear: "Li Jue!"

Li Jue was distracted for a moment, grabbed Su Luoyu's arm, and hugged him tightly in his arms.

At this moment, Ji Mian didn't know what to feel in his heart, everything seemed to be in slow motion.

The black hole of Sari's gun was facing him, and Li Jue was hugging Su Luoyu. All this was exactly the same as his dead end in "Stranger Tenderness".

The Deep Sea Star was right in front of him, and the bullet had already been fired. Death was approaching him infinitely, and Ji Mian suddenly fell into extreme despair.

Even a little earlier, he could have obtained the Deep Sea Star.

The sound of the trigger being pulled had already sounded. At the end of his life, Ji Mian couldn't help but shed a tear and shouted helplessly: "Fu Chenyu..."

I'm sorry, I broke my promise.

"Um."

A familiar voice sounded beside his ears, and Ji Mian was suddenly embraced in an extremely familiar and warm embrace.

The next second, a bullet passed by his shoulder, and the gun in his hand was instantly grasped by a big hand, and then snatched away swiftly. Then a gunshot rang out, and Sari's terrified expression appeared in Ji Mian's eyes - and a bullet hole with blood gushing out suddenly appeared on his forehead.

The man hugging him continued, "Mianmian, if I had come any later, I would have been a widower for the rest of my life."

Ji Mian's nose felt sore, his eyes suddenly turned red, and his hands tightly grasped the man's clothes.

The man sighed and said, "You really make it easy for your husband to find one."