Chapter 146 Qin Lie has gone mad! He only wants his wife and children.
"Minister! Target building detected! Life detectors show multiple life signals inside! Concentrated on the third floor!"
The communicator crackled with the urgent reports of technicians.
"Attention all personnel! Prepare for a surprise attack!"
Qin Lie snatched the assault rifle from his adjutant, released the safety, and charged ahead with bloodshot eyes.
Behind him were dozens of real elite soldiers drawn from the "Snow Wolf" special forces!
Everyone was fully armed and exuded a murderous aura, like tigers released from their cages!
"Minister! Wait! The situation is unclear! You can't be at the forefront!" the adjutant shouted anxiously, trying to stop him.
"Get out of my way!"
Qin Lie shoved him away, his voice hoarse like that of a wounded beast.
He won't listen to anything right now!
He had only one thought in his mind: to find Jiang Wu and his child!
They must be seen alive! Dead... No! They cannot die! They absolutely cannot die!
The thought of this possibility made Qin Lie's heart feel like it was being gripped tightly by a poisoned hand, causing him so much pain that he could barely breathe.
The "Soul-Tethering Charm" in his hand was emitting a faint warmth, and its blood-red pointer was firmly pointing in a certain direction on the third floor.
This is his only hope now!
As Qin Lie rushed up the rusty steel stairs, his combat boots thumped loudly under his feet, each step feeling like a blow to everyone's hearts.
The corridor was a mess, filled with debris and thick dust left from the fire.
The air was filled with a pungent smell of rust and mildew.
The special forces soldiers quickly took up advantageous positions, their dark gun barrels warily aimed at every corner of the corridor.
Without pausing, Qin Lie rushed straight to the office indicated by the pointer.
The door was ajar.
A strong smell of blood and an indescribable strange odor wafted out from under the door.
Qin Lie's heart sank!
Without the slightest hesitation, he kicked the door hard!
"Bang!"
The old wooden door let out a mournful cry as it was kicked into pieces!
The sight behind the door made everyone who rushed in gasp in shock!
Three men were curled up on the ground in an extremely bizarre posture, their bodies soaked in cold sweat as if they had been pulled out of the water.
Their eyes were wide open, bloodshot, as if they had seen the most terrifying thing in the world.
Their mouths were open, but no sound came out of their throats, only a series of wheezing sounds like broken bellows.
Their bodies were convulsing uncontrollably, their faces contorted with pain and fear, veins bulging on their cheeks.
This doesn't look like a subdued kidnapper at all.
They look exactly like three evil spirits suffering torture in the eighteenth level of hell!
"What...what's going on?" A young special forces soldier's voice trembled with fear at the bizarre scene.
Qin Lie's heart skipped a beat.
He recognized the leader as Zhao Jianjun!
But... who did this to them?
Where is Jiang Wu?
Where are his children?!
Just then, Qin Lie's keen ears caught a faint sound of a child's breathing coming from the other end of the corridor.
He turned his head sharply and charged in that direction like a cheetah that has locked onto its prey!
It was a storage room.
A large padlock, violently damaged, hung on the door.
Qin Lie's heart leaped into his throat, and he kicked the door open again!
"boom!"
The door panel tilted inwards.
The sight behind the door completely froze the man who had just been like a demon from hell.
In the corner of the storage room, Jiang Wu sat quietly on a pile of fairly clean quilts.
She was holding their two children in her arms.
Qin Zhan and Qin Zhao slept peacefully, their little faces even bearing a sweet smile, as if they were just having a beautiful dream.
Jiang Wu gently draped her coat over them.
She heard the loud banging of the door being broken open and slowly raised her head to look at Qin Lie standing in the doorway.
There was no panic, no fear, and not even the joy of surviving a disaster on her face.
There was only a calm, deep-sea-like expanse.
She just looked at him quietly, as if she had been waiting there for a very long time.
This scene is incredibly powerful and indescribably impactful!
On one side are fully armed, menacing special forces soldiers, and on the other side is a dilapidated, filthy, and dangerous abandoned factory.
On the other side, a gentle mother is holding two sleeping angels, peaceful and serene, as if creating her own world and keeping all filth and danger at bay.
Looking at the scene before him, Qin Lie felt as if all his strength had been drained away.
The overwhelming rage and boundless fear that had sustained him as he charged forward all the way vanished instantly, like a punctured balloon.
Instead, he was overwhelmed by a surge of fear and heartache that nearly drowned him.
The assault rifle in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.
This iron-willed soldier, who remained unfazed even when facing a hail of bullets on the battlefield, suddenly felt his legs buckle and almost collapsed to his knees.
He stumbled forward and clumsily, desperately, pulled his wife and children into a tight, tight embrace.
His body was trembling violently, so much so that Jiang Wu, who was in his arms, could clearly feel it.
"I am coming……"
He buried his face deep in Jiang Wu's neck, greedily inhaling her familiar and comforting scent.
Hot, rusty tears, which he could no longer hold back, gushed from his bloodshot eyes and soaked her clothes.
"I'm sorry... Xiao Wu... I'm so sorry..."
"I'm late..."
His voice was choked and hoarse, filled with endless self-blame and lingering fear.
If he had been a little faster... if he had found them sooner... his wife and children wouldn't have had to endure those hellish hours.
Jiang Wu leaned quietly against his chest, feeling his strength that seemed to be melting into her bones, and feeling his scalding tears.
Her heart, hardened and frozen by anger and killing, seemed to melt away at this moment with these scalding tears.
She reached out and gently, very gently, patted her husband's broad, trembling back.
"It's not too late."
Her voice was soft yet clear, reaching Qin Lie's ears.
"You've come at just the right time."
Qin Lie stiffened upon hearing this.
He slowly raised his head and looked into his wife's calm, unwavering eyes.
A huge question, one he dared not ponder, instantly entangled his heart like wildly spreading vines.
Just right?
Nearly an hour passed between her making the phone call and her arriving with her team.
For that entire hour, she was alone with her two children, facing three vicious kidnappers.
What exactly did she do?
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