The car quickly arrived at the scene and stopped a few hundred meters away.

Besides Zhan Yin, Zhan Jingting also arranged for two bodyguards to stay behind to "protect the lady."

"Yes, Master Zhan!"

Qiao Wanwan watched Zhan Jingting get out of the car, but before he had gone far, an explosion suddenly occurred in the house!

"Bang!"

Qiao Wanwan shuddered in fright, "Jing Ting!"

"Don't be afraid, I'll go take a look!"

Zhan Jingting rushed inside quickly.

Qiao Wanwan waited anxiously in the car, but unexpectedly, the gunshots from inside the house carried further and further away.

"What happened?" Qiao Wanwan was extremely anxious. "No, I'm worried, I have to go and see!"

"No!" Zhan Yin hurriedly grabbed her. "My uncle said you have to stay in the car, Wanwan. If you get out, my uncle will blame me for not protecting you, and I'll be dead!"

Qiao Wanwan thought for a moment and could only nod, "That's right, I will listen to Jing Ting and ensure my safety."

"Uh-huh!"

As the gunshots gradually faded, Qiao Wanwan was anxious, unsure of what was happening outside, but could only wait patiently in the car.

About ten minutes later, Zhan Jingting returned to his car.

"Jingting!" Qiao Wanwan hurriedly grabbed his arm and asked, "How are you? Are you hurt?"

"I'm fine."

Qiao Wanwan breathed a sigh of relief. "Have you seen Zaozao? Where is she?"

“They escaped, they were taken away a long time ago,” Zhan Jingting said. “The explosion just now wasn’t aimed at us, they blew up a wall to escape.”

"Is everyone alright? Are there any casualties?"

"Yes, the doctors who came with us are already trying to save him."

Qiao Wanwan was extremely worried. "What should we do now?"

“They had a lot of heavy weapons in their vehicle. Chasing after them would increase casualties, and we might not be able to save Zaozao. We have to give up for now.”

"Okay, safety first. Let's take the injured person to the hospital for treatment first."

"good."

Zhan Jingting didn't let Qiao Wanwan go to the hospital with him; instead, he took her back to the hotel first.

Qiao Wanwan took a hot shower, and when she came out, Zhan Jingting had just hung up the phone.

"Jingting, who's calling?"

"Jiang Dong, report the situation."

"How about it?"

"The injuries weren't serious, but two bodyguards couldn't be saved."

Qiao Wanwan was heartbroken!

"Wanwan, don't be sad." Zhan Jingting hugged her. "Nobody wants this to happen."

"I'm sorry..." Qiao Wanwan leaned against his chest, "It's because I didn't take good care of my sister that so many people have been implicated."

"Their casualties are much heavier than ours; fourteen of them have died. If nothing unexpected happens, they have almost wiped out their forces."

Qiao Wanwan looked up at him. "You arranged for several groups of people to attack separately today. Did you anticipate that the other side would also have reinforcements?"

Zhan Jingting remained noncommittal. “Our bodyguards observed that He Songling was taken off the car early, but they didn’t see him. So I speculate that He Songling probably didn’t meet up with them, but he should be nearby and able to support them at any time, which is why I made this arrangement.”

Qiao Wanwan nodded. "Luckily you were prepared, otherwise our casualties might have been even more severe."

"Wanwan, I know what you're thinking." Zhan Jingting gripped her shoulders. "If you could, you'd rather bear it yourself than have your subordinates get hurt or die for you."

"There are no 'what ifs' in this world. No matter how heartbroken I am, I can't bring them back to life!" A cold glint flashed in Qiao Wanwan's eyes. "All I can do is kill these people as soon as possible to avenge them!"

"We're closing the gap, and we'll succeed soon," Zhan Jingting comforted him. "Don't think about anything, just get a good night's sleep, okay?"

"Um."

......

Meanwhile, in the dense forest on the other side of the city, several exhausted people were sitting on the ground resting.

“We can’t go on like this,” He Songling said. “Our men are either dead or wounded, and we are no match for Zhan Jingting. If we continue to fight him head-on, we will only be wiped out.”

"Boss, what do we do now? I'll do whatever you say!" one of the injured men said. "Even if you want me to die together with Zhan Jingting, I won't complain!"

"If you could successfully take everyone down with you, and kill Zhan Jingting and Qiao Wanwan, would you still need to sit here? I would be worshipping you." He Songling glanced at him and said, "Don't even mention you, even if I went there, I might not be able to do it."

The subordinate said, "Brother He, didn't you use explosives when you went in to kill Ah Cai last time? You can do it!"

"Do you think the security measures personally set up by Zhan Jingting would give me a chance to bring in explosives?" He Songling said coldly. "Real explosives can't be brought in at all. I used fake ones, but they weren't sure if they were real or fake, so they didn't force me to, which is why I managed to escape by chance."

"Even if I could bring real explosives in, Zhan Jingting and Qiao Wanwan are very cunning now and will not appear at the same time. If one of them is killed, the other will only be angry and come to kill us sooner! Can't you see that if Cheng Zaozao hadn't been in our hands, he wouldn't have needed to lift a finger today and could have killed us with just a few bombs?"

His subordinates were speechless.

"How could Zhan Jingting know my hideout?" the masked man leaning against the tree suddenly said. "This hideout is extremely well-hidden, and they didn't follow us along the way. How could they have caught up with us so soon after we arrived?"

He Songling frowned, seemingly lost in thought.

The masked man opened his eyes, his ghostly gaze fixed on him. "Are you sure you killed Ah Cai?"

He Songling recalled the details, "Because I couldn't bring a gun in, I could only inject him with poison, but before I could do it, Jiang Dong shot at me. I grabbed his gun and fired a shot at A Cai. Although it was through the blanket, I'm sure I shot him in the heart. You know my marksmanship; there's no way I could have missed, unless..."

The masked man continued, "Unless they were prepared in advance and put a bulletproof vest on Ah Cai, or Ah Cai's heart is on the right side."

"...So, I haven't confirmed whether Ah Cai is really dead. It's very possible that he's still alive and betrayed you."

"Smack!"

The masked man threw a stick into the fire in front of him. "Traitor! Is this the loyal subordinate you told me you wouldn't kill?"

Everyone: "......"

“Don’t be so absolute,” He Songling said. “Actually, when I went to kill him, Qiao Wanwan said that A Cai didn’t reveal anything and was indeed loyal to you. However, I agree with your decision. There was a risk that he would talk if he were alive, and the dead are the most trustworthy, so I went to kill him.”

"But you failed," the masked man said coldly. "Do you know how much this has delayed my plans?"