After climbing so many steps, the two of them finally made it to the top. Guan Xiujie sighed with genuine relief.

"I'm exhausted. I only realized how tall this mall is after not taking the elevator. Hey, I really didn't expect it to be so easy for us to sneak in?"

To be honest, he's always been good at multiple-choice questions from suspects and figuring out the design of murder mechanisms/methods. This kind of exciting moment of infiltrating a crime scene is a first for him.

It was so exciting! My heart was pounding!

But Yu Ling didn't care about such trivial matters at all. She spoke without even taking a breath, and coldly replied:

"Heh, of course it's easy. After all... the robbers here didn't actually intend to get money. They probably never even thought about getting a ransom or robbing the mall, let alone murder. They only got the idea to make a quick buck after being held captive here."

That's why they focused their defenses on the hostages and the police, and their infiltration was overlooked by the amateur robbers.

Guan Xiujie raised an eyebrow: "Oh?"

Are you still acting?

Yu Ling couldn't help but roll her eyes and said impatiently:

"Alright, stop pretending. Although I was a bit tactful with that officer outside, as a renowned detective, you should have already deduced the truth of this matter, right?"

For example, the police's strange attitude, and the robbers' lax discipline—everything was too obvious.

"Yes, that's right, although not as soon as you thought."

Guan Xiujie and Yu Ling talked as they moved in through the wide-open doorway, then found the nearest hostage and huddled together, whispering to each other.

"No matter what, the robbers here are all going to die eventually, so we have to get everyone out of here safely before the person behind it all comes to their senses. But... I'm really curious, how did you guess that?"

"Let's talk about this kind of boring topic after we get out."

After Yu Ling finished speaking, she took out a pair of small folding scissors from her pocket and began to scan Chen Yang's position. She found that he was a bit far away from her, but quite close to the position of the robber leader. She then made a plan in her mind.

"Hey, have you seen Officer Chen?"

As Yu Ling asked, she handed the small pair of scissors to Guan Xiujie, who was standing nearby. Her pupils appeared calm and expressionless, yet a dangerous aura lurked within them. The thought of legally beating someone up made the blood in this body boil. He instructed...

"Find an opportunity to go over and untie Chen Yang's ropes. When the kidnappers finish their discussion and start taking the hostage, you two remember to watch my signals."

Putting aside the fact that Yu Ling is still a murder suspect, her confident and fearless demeanor in this dangerous den of robbers makes her seem particularly reliable, which makes Guan Xiujie think highly of her.

"Okay, I'm going now. Be careful."

Guan Xiujie obediently went, but at the same time, he also noted down in his mental notebook that Yu Ling would carry a small self-defense weapon with her, and labeled it as dangerous.

Just kidding, climbing so many floors without batting an eye, and always carrying a self-defense weapon—it's hard to believe he doesn't have violent tendencies or violent fantasies. He's definitely a dangerous individual! But... he doesn't seem too bad.

Guan Xiujie then turned his attention to Chen Yang's direction. Under the watchful eyes of several robbers, he first checked the surrounding layout. After ensuring that his actions wouldn't attract too much attention, he quietly moved towards Chen Yang's direction.

Chen Yang's hands were now tied behind his back. Although his mouth wasn't stuffed with anything, he was quiet, just like all the other hostages. They must have all been intimidated by the kidnappers.

"Yo~" Upon arriving at the location, Guan Xiujie gave a mocking greeting, mimicking Yu Ling's tone towards him earlier. He whispered sarcastically behind Chen Yang, "Officer Chen, what's wrong with you? What happened to you? Tsk tsk tsk, is this any good?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang opened his eyes slightly. He had been feeling heavy-hearted, his eyelids drooping as he reluctantly lifted them. But now he was startled awake; that voice… it sounded so much like his mischievous detective friend!

As he was thinking this, he glanced behind him again, and lo and behold—it wasn't a hallucination? His best friend had actually appeared?!

Chen Yang was extremely shocked. He had a mixed feeling, both moved by his friend's selfless rescue and deeply worried about their safety.

His voice was slightly hoarse as he said:

"Xiujie, how did you get in here too? This is no joke!"

"Hey! It's me, how about it? Surprised? Unexpected? Are you completely in awe of me now?" Guan Xiujie plopped down behind Chen Yang, picked up the small scissors Yu Ling had given him, and started working. After untying Chen Yang, he said, "Tch, what's the rush? If I wasn't confident, would I dare to come? Don't worry."

He didn't trust himself, but he trusted Yu Ling completely, who could lie to the police without batting an eye. He'd seen her figure under her clothes, and experienced her strong embrace—that waist, wow! That back, wow! Those firm muscles, oh my! In short, they were all amazing!

If this guy can't even beat the robbers in terms of fighting skills, then he and Chen Yang together are destined to be doomed.

Putting aside everything else, Guan Xiujie is quite good at judging people. Although he always guesses wrong about Yu Ling, Yu Ling is a demon! Anyway, he trusts Yu Ling and is confident that his accurate judgment of people will never lead him to make the wrong bet!

Some of the other hostages also noticed the brief interaction between Guan Xiujie and Chen Yang, but none of them bothered to say anything. After all, what idiot would be so foolish as to betray their own people for the kidnappers?!

Those who were closest to the scene, having only vaguely heard a muffled "Officer," kept their mouths tightly shut, afraid of becoming like the villains on TV who always mess things up at crucial moments and delay the rescue.

Finally, it was the robbers who heard the commotion and turned to look. However, they didn't stop them, since their leader was still arguing with his accomplices in the broadcast room.

The leader of the robbers was already in a hurry, but he wasn't in the broadcasting room and couldn't use his voice to get the police's ears outside. He could only repeat himself over and over again: "As long as they guarantee that they will not sentence us to death and will provide personal protection, we can consider releasing those hostages without a ransom."

Henchmen: When did our boss become so easy to talk to?

I don't believe it! You must have misheard!