Chapter 569 The Star-Plucker (Thirty-Six)
Shen Fanxing pointed upstairs: "It looks like something has collapsed. Mr. Zhu, are you sure you don't want to go up and take a look?"
Zhu Wenliang pushed up his glasses: "It's okay, it's nothing..."
Before he could finish speaking, the butler rushed in and whispered a few words in Zhu Wenliang's ear, at which point Zhu Wenliang's expression changed drastically.
His eyes turned sinister. He turned to look at Chen Fanxing and said to the butler, "Keep an eye on them and don't let them wander around."
After saying that, the person hurriedly left.
The butler waved his hand, and suddenly several burly men appeared out of nowhere, each carrying a weapon.
Su Li turned pale with fright and quickly hid behind Shen Fanxing: "What happened?"
Shen Fanxing glanced at her: "What are you afraid of? Didn't you come of your own accord? How much money did Zhu Wenliang give you?"
Su Li stammered, barely able to finish her sentence: "No, I didn't expect this either, Fanxing...we're not going to die here, are we?"
Shen Fanxing pushed her away in disgust: "Shut up, I'm not going to die with you."
Then he went over and sat down in the chair, flipping through the things on the desk.
Su Li looked at the men standing at the door, her legs trembling, and she shuffled closer to Chen Fanxing: "Fanxing..."
Shen Fanxing turned away and ignored her.
There was constant commotion outside, including various roars and screams.
Finally, there were gunshots.
Startled, Su Li scurried under the desk and grabbed Shen Fanxing's trouser leg, asking, "Fanxing... what happened?"
Two of the people at the door left after hearing the gunshot, while the other two remained motionless, staring at them.
Shen Fanxing grabbed Su Li's hair: "You come out here! Are you scared now? Why didn't you think of that when you called me here? You've framed me time and time again."
Su Li was pulled out, sobbing, "I didn't! I didn't expect it to turn out like this. If I had known, I definitely wouldn't have brought you here, Fanxing. Believe me, I really didn't mean to hurt you this time."
Ignoring everything else, Shen Fanxing stood up and dragged Su Li out, saying, "I don't care. If I don't survive today, neither will you."
Su Li instinctively resisted, and the two began to tear at each other.
The man at the door saw the two women suddenly start fighting and shouted, "You two better behave yourselves!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Su Li was pushed over by Shen Fanxing.
The two people at the door were caught off guard; one tried to dodge, while the other instinctively reached out to stop Su Li.
Taking advantage of their distraction, Shen Fanxing had already reached them. Before either of them could understand what was happening, they were hit twice and fell to the ground.
Su Li was so frightened that she took several steps back.
Shen Fanxing shouted at her, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and close and lock the door. Are you really waiting for someone to come and arrest us?"
Su Li nodded repeatedly, hurriedly closing the door and locking it. But even that wasn't secure enough, so she pushed two heavy chairs over to block the doorway.
Shen Fanxing, carrying the inkstone she had just taken from the desk, squatted down and gave the two of them a couple more rubs to make sure they wouldn't die, but they wouldn't wake up for a while either.
Picking up their items that had fallen to the ground, he asked Sully, "Do you know how to use them?"
Su Li raised her hands high: "How could I do that? Shen Fanxing, that's illegal."
Shen Fanxing scoffed: "Haven't you done enough illegal things?"
Carrying his gun, he went to the window and looked outside. Zhu Wenliang, the housekeeper, and several other men were confronting a group of police officers.
Shen Fanxing couldn't understand why they didn't just kill Zhu Wenliang directly.
Su Li also came over, trembling. She glanced at the situation outside and became even more frightened: "Who exactly are they? Isn't Zhu Wenliang a businessman?"
Shen Fanxing observed for a while and said, "He's not just a simple businessman. He's probably also smuggling cultural relics and committing treason."
Su Li's legs went weak: "Won't this implicate us?"
Shen Fanxing threatened Su Li: "Of course! Look at the situation outside. They could have just killed Zhu Wenliang, but they're delaying the shooting. Guess why?"
Su Li had no idea: "Is it because we're hostages?"
Shen Fanxing nodded: "That's rare. You were smart for once. Yes, it's because there are hostages, but not us."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "Moreover, there are explosives buried around the house, and also in the study."
Su Li sat down abruptly on the ground, her voice trembling with fear, "Explosives? Fanxing, do you know how to defuse explosives?"
Shen Fanxing frowned: "Sister, it's explosives. Are you kidding me? If I knew how to use them, I could fly to the sky."
After saying that, he looked outside again. Zhu Wenliang was negotiating with the police, but the windows of the villa were too soundproof, so he couldn't hear what they were saying at all.
However, it was clear that Zhu Wenliang was already very agitated.
If this continues, we might all perish together.
Shen Fanxing turned around and began to search for places in the house where explosives might be hidden.
Seeing Shen Fanxing rummaging around, Su Li went over to help her rummage around as well, and was about to pick up the porcelain bottle containing the scrolls on the desk.
Shen Fanxing turned around and stopped her: "Don't move!"
It was too late; Su Li had already picked up the bottle.
Shen Fanxing sighed, "Really! Don't move, there's a bomb inside."
Su Li gasped, her arms trembling, "What do we do? What do we do?"
It felt like the porcelain vase was about to fall over at any moment.
Shen Fanxing also lacked the spirit of selflessly saving others: "You must hold on tight, maintain your balance, and don't move around. Just wait for the police to come and rescue you."
Su Li started sobbing, "Fanxing, I don't want to die yet, please find a way to save me."
As he spoke, he tried his best to keep his body from trembling and to maintain the balance of the porcelain vase.
Shen Fanxing really didn't know how to do this: "Hold on tight and don't move. There's nothing I can do to save you. I can only wait."
Su Li was filled with regret. She hadn't even asked Shen Fanxing what she was looking for before coming over to help her search haphazardly. If she had known this would happen, she would have just sat still on the ground.
She regretted her greed and her cooperation with Zhu Wenliang, saying that she had now dug herself into this mess: "Fanxing, I'm sorry, I really didn't know it would turn out like this. I... Zhu Wenliang said that as long as I asked you to take a look at the feng shui, he would give me 50 million."
"You know I desperately need money right now. With 50 million, I can make a comeback and stop living a life of hiding."
Shen Fanxing frowned: "Stop making noise."
As she spoke, she went to the door and listened to the commotion outside. There were hurried footsteps coming this way.
Shen Fanxing pressed herself against the door, carefully trying to discern the sounds outside.
There were sounds of fighting, and after a while, footsteps approached the study.
As she listened, her eyebrows lifted, and she couldn't help but feel happy.
When the footsteps stopped at the door, Shen Fanxing quickly moved the chair by the door, happily opened the door, and pulled the person inside.
Zhou Zhiyun, dressed in camouflage, was somewhat surprised to see Shen Fanxing.
Because her face was covered in face paint, Su Li didn't recognize her at first: "Fanxing, what are you doing..."
Zhou Zhiyun saw Shen Fanxing and Su Li: "What are you doing here?"
Hearing the voice, Su Li recognized it and immediately burst into tears: "Captain Zhou, please save me..."
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