The realization that you can't escape is more terrifying than any nightmare...
The person who came didn't look like Viktor at all, but only Daniel, or rather Viktor, would call Tangtang "tantan".
Viktor was wearing colored contact lenses, a wig, and a fake beard. Plus, he had just recovered from a gunshot wound, was extremely thin, and his voice was much hoarse, so it was normal that Mickey didn't recognize him.
The examination was very short, no more than ten minutes. Yu Tang knew she couldn't show anything unusual, as Mickey was still outside the door.
She asked softly, "Will it get better?"
Victor replied, "It will be soon."
Viktor left the ward with a normal expression. Only Mickey was with Yu Tang in the sanatorium. He had come to check on Yu Tang's situation, and according to the instructions of KX, he could not alert the enemy.
Since Yu Chaoxian wouldn't be back until 10 p.m., they planned to set up an ambush along the distance between the airport and the sanatorium. At that time, Yu Chaoxian, whose own life was in danger, would definitely not be able to take care of Yu Tang.
At that time, we can both capture Yu Chaoxian and send Yu Tang away, killing two birds with one stone.
In KX's view, the problem now is that Yu Tang cannot be taken away in advance. If Yu Chaoxian finds out that Yu Tang has had an accident and is not in the sanatorium, Yu Chaoxian will definitely not come here again, and then Yu Chaoxian's actions will be difficult to control.
But only Victor knew that if Yu Tang were in danger, Yu Chaoxian would come to her first. But no one in KX believed him. How could such a heartless, cold-blooded demon risk his life for a little girl?
Therefore, the team leader gave the order that the rescue of Yu Tang should take place after the arrest of Yu Chaoxian.
All we can do now is wait.
It was not even 8 p.m. when Yu Tang told Mickey that she was not feeling well and went back to her room to rest early.
Mickey vaguely understood that Yu Tang was feeling unwell and wanted to rest because of her period, so he told Yu Chaoxian about Yu Tang's need to rest as usual.
The hands of the clock on the wall turned second by second, each swing like a tap on Yu Tang's taut nerves.
It was already 9:55. Yu Chaoxian got off the plane at 10:00. She opened the door a crack and saw that Mickey was still downstairs.
Five minutes left.
Her escape plan is about to begin or end.
Yu Tang packed a few things, not many items to take, just a small bag containing cash, a data cable, and some tissues. After she finished packing, she suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the door.
Mickey knocked on the door.
Yu Tang glanced at the time; it was just past ten o'clock, five minutes past.
Yu Tang opened the door, and Mickey said with a solemn expression, "Our boss has been ambushed. I'm going to provide support. Miss Yu, please wait here for us to return."
The sanatorium is a safer place than taking Yu Tang there.
Yu Tang subconsciously wanted to ask something—that Yu Chaoxian's ambush was no accident—but when the words reached her lips, she didn't know what to ask. She simply nodded and said, "Then you should be careful too."
Suddenly, it all clicked. Yu Chaoxian was ambushed, so there was no way he'd come back for her. Anyone facing mortal danger would instinctively run for their life. No wonder Victor waited until night to take her away; now that Mickey was gone too, she could finally leave without any worries!
Not long after Mickey left, Yu Tang's phone rang. When she saw the caller ID, the smile on Yu Tang's lips disappeared. It wasn't Victor, it was Yu Chaoxian.
Yu Tang hesitated before pressing the answer button. Yu Chao first called out "Tangtang," and just then, she heard a voice behind her call out, "Tangtang!"
She turned around at his call, and there was Victor dressed as a doctor!
Upon seeing Viktor, Yu Tang immediately hung up on Yu Chaoxian, missing her last chance to reconcile with him.
In the pitch-black night, Mickey's SUV had just sped along the desolate highway when a Toyota suddenly rushed out from a side road and rammed into the rear of his car with perfect aim!
Mickey quickly reversed the car, turned the steering wheel sharply, and the tires screeched against the road.
The Toyota's window rolled down, and a dark gun barrel was aimed at the SUV. The bullet shattered Mickey's rear window, and shards rained down onto the back seat.
Yu Chaoxian was in danger, and Mickey didn't have time to waste on the other side. He also knew perfectly well that the attack was a ploy by the other side to delay his time to support Yu Chaoxian.
Fortunately, this off-road vehicle came from the base and was loaded with a lot of weapons and equipment.
"You're asking for it!" Mickey's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and his thick arm had already raised the rocket launcher.
Without hesitation, without warning.
Bang—the blast struck the Toyota directly. The blast wave overturned the roadside guardrails, and the Toyota was thrown high into the air, where it was blown to pieces in the flames.
If they can't even handle him, how can they expect to ambush the boss? Mickey stepped on the gas pedal without looking back.
At this moment, the black Bentley drove from the airport to the nursing home.
There were hardly any people on this stretch of highway at night. Chen Diao and Mingming entered the tunnel one after the other. Yu Chaoxian closed his eyes to rest in the back seat. This transaction was fairly successful. At least when passing through Yehai, the Yu family's cargo ship would not be inspected or attacked by "pirates." Future business would be much smoother.
On a desert highway at night, two black Bentleys drove at a constant speed with a good distance between them. Mingming in the car in front observed the undulating sand dunes on both sides through the car window.
Suddenly, a cloud of dust rose from the distant hillside. Chen Diao instructed over the walkie-talkie, "Mingming, watch your left side."
A sudden cloud of dust enveloped the car in front; all you could see was sand and dust, you couldn't see anything at all.
A gunshot shattered the silence of the tunnel, and Mingming's windshield shattered instantly!
Another shot was fired from the other side soon after. This bullet nearly hit the fuel tank, but Mingming swerved the steering wheel to dodge it.
Mingming reported over the walkie-talkie: "There's an ambush at the three o'clock position!"
Chen Diao immediately slammed on the brakes and contacted backup. The man in the back seat opened his eyes. What a coincidence, he was ambushed on his way back from the airport? No one could possibly know his itinerary, and even those he had arranged—Mickey, Chen Diao, and Mingming—would never betray him, otherwise they wouldn't have waited until now to strike.
It was even less likely that Ivan and Ajin would agree; they didn't even know his itinerary.
Upon hearing that Chen Diao had arranged for Mickey to come over, Yu Tang was now the only person at the sanatorium. Thinking of that night when Yu Tang sat alone on the bench, like an unwanted puppy, Yu Chaoxian called her.
Unfortunately, before the man could utter the words "I'm not afraid," she hung up the phone.
Yu Chaoxian stared at his phone screen, glanced at the message he had sent to Yu Tang that morning, and a strange feeling suddenly welled up in his heart.
Besieged on all sides, with three Toyotas relentlessly pursuing the Bentley in his rearview mirror, Chen Diao couldn't linger in the tunnel, or he'd be trapped. There wasn't a single piece of cover in the tunnel; being trapped meant being a sitting duck.
Mingming rushed out to clear a path, with Chen Diao following behind.
"A bunch of bastards, trying to ambush your grandpa!" Chen Diao cursed the entire family before flooring the gas pedal.
Caught off guard by the sudden attack, they were clearly at a disadvantage; no matter how fast the car was going, it couldn't dodge the bullets. Yu Chaoxian squinted, looking at a reflective spot on the tree.
A flash of cold light from a sniper scope streaked past.
Yu Chaoxian picked up the gun beside him, opened the car window a crack, and his pupils contracted for a moment. The sniper hiding in the tree was hit and fell straight down, rolling into the yellow earth.
Mickey and his reinforcements wouldn't arrive for at least another twenty minutes. And those twenty minutes would be enough for a meticulously planned assassination to be carried out.
Chen Diao was drenched in a cold sweat. Every dead person on the ground could have ended up like them. If the boss hadn't spotted the sniper, they'd be rolling in the dirt right now... Chen Diao didn't dare think about it for another second.
Three gunmen emerged from behind the dunes, their submachine gun muzzles flashing in the darkness under their cover. In an instant, bullets rained down on the Bentley, striking it and sending sparks flying. The bulletproof glass cracked into a spiderweb pattern under the continuous impacts, and the doors were covered in a dense network of dents.
Yu Chaoxian frowned, gripping his gun, and quickly gave the order: "Get out of the car and take cover!"
The Bentley braked sharply, and Yu Chaoxian and his two companions quickly got out, forming a defensive formation against the car doors. Gunshots rang out from all directions in the darkness, and spent shell casings clattered to the ground, mingling with the dust.
Meanwhile, the road to the airport was much brighter, and the journey was peaceful.
The car was cramped, but Victor could smell Yu Tang's faint fragrance.
Yu Tang sat in the passenger seat, and with each distance they drove, her mood lightened a little.
Viktor, in the driver's seat, removed his colored contact lenses, wig, and glasses, returning to his original appearance. However, Viktor looked nothing like a child anymore; only his misty blue eyes, upon closer inspection, still retained a resemblance to his childhood self.
Yu Tang silently thanked her mother once again, feeling as if she had been saved by fate. When they were little, her mother had taken good care of Viktor. Back then, Viktor's family was very busy, and he often ate instant noodles. Her mother would have her invite Viktor over for meals, and that's how their friendship developed. In return, Viktor would tutor her in Russian. Elementary school friendships are the most genuine and pure, and Yu Tang figured Viktor was helping out of consideration for their childhood bond.
The car had been driving for almost twenty minutes, and she would arrive at the airport in another half hour. Yu Tang had already bought a ticket for the last flight on her phone.
Upon learning of Yu Tang's desired destination, Victor suggested, "Tangtang, why don't you come with me to Russia? If you need any help, I can easily look after you."
Yu Tang shook her head and decisively rejected his suggestion.
"Thank you, Viktor. You've helped me so much. I'm too sorry to have troubled you. I'd like to plan my own path from now on," Yu Tang said sincerely. Although she hadn't explicitly told Viktor about her relationship with Yu Chaoxian, she felt that Viktor had obviously already guessed it.
Yu Tang pulled her collar up again to cover the marks Yu Chaoxian had left on her collarbone.
"Why are you being so polite with me? Are we getting too distant?" Viktor tried to lighten the mood and reduce her tension. "Aunt Shen took good care of me back then. If you need anything from me, just let me know, and I'll help you."
Yu Tang smiled gratefully at him, then looked at the dark night outside, feeling uneasy.
The roar of helicopter engines echoed in the night. Chen Diao had run out of bullets; he glanced up at the familiar AH-6 helicopter. Support had finally arrived, and Chen Diao breathed a sigh of relief.
Mingming was driving a car riddled with bullets when it overturned on the side of the road. He hadn't been this humiliated in years. The last time was when his boss beat him up on the island, turning him into a monkey running around in the trees.
Thinking of this, Mingming glanced back at Yu Chaoxian. The boss's expression was much worse than it had been on the island. It was just a few ambushes, nothing compared to the mercenaries on the island. Why did the boss look so bad?
Yu Chaoxian's voice was deep, and he quickly gave instructions over the communicator: "Ivan, descend, Mickey, block the Toyota behind, and Ajin, use your machine gun to take out the Land Rover in front."
"receive."
"receive."
"receive."
Ivan abruptly descended the helicopter, the rotor blades whipping up dust from the road. Mickey, who had boarded the helicopter mid-flight, simultaneously opened fire with the onboard machine gun. The machine guns spat fire, a dense hail of bullets weaving a line of fire ahead of the pursuing convoy, instantly blasting several black bullet holes into the asphalt.
Toyota dared not pursue any further and hurriedly turned the steering wheel backward, but unfortunately the car was instantly enveloped in a bloody mist, and his teammate had already been shot through the body.
The next second, he was also pierced by a hail of bullets.
A-Jin piloted the helicopter, flipping it sideways until the fuselage was almost parallel to the ground. He fired a burst of bullets at the lead vehicle in pursuit. The Toyota's windshield shattered, and it crashed into the guardrail at an angle. The gasoline leaking from the fuel tank was ignited by stray bullets, exploding into a fireball.
The explosion was deafening but quickly dissipated with the wind, and the tunnel returned to deathly silence, with only the faint sound of blood dripping from the cracks in the pipes.
After dealing with the vehicles lying in ambush ahead, A-Jin's helicopter hovered steadily above Ming-Ming's vehicle.
Just a second before the vehicle exploded, Mingming climbed the rope lowered by the helicopter, sat down in front of the cabin door, set up his sniper rifle, and fired precise shots, taking down the snipers lying in ambush in the trees one by one.
"Leave one alive."
Yu Chaoxian's voice came through the communicator.
"Hiss—" The sniper in the tree fell to the ground before he could stop firing, his blood and brains splattering onto the asphalt road, gleaming eerily under the streetlights.
After Chen Diao got out of the car and finished inspecting the vehicles, he said, "Boss, the mercenaries are from the Americas, and the ones behind them are from the Russian KX organization. These two really are working together."
If it weren't for Mickey's helicopter arriving in time, this ambush would have been really tricky; the enemy was clearly there to kill Yu Chaoxian.
The Toyota that was chasing them has now been burned to a crisp.
There was a light in the distance in the night. Yu Tang looked up and saw something strange: fireworks were being set off on a rainy night.
Victor, in the driver's seat, reassured Yu Tang, "Don't worry, you're safe. Trust me."
Yu Tang calmed down a bit and said, "I also tried to sneak away once before, but he caught me as soon as I got off the plane. I don't know how he did it."
Viktor frowned slightly after hearing this. It sounded like Yu Chaoxian could keep track of Yu Tang's schedule at any time. There was only one possibility that could do that.
He suddenly reached out to Yu Tang: "Let me see your phone."
Viktor looked around at the phone, his gaze finally settling on the SIM card slot. Having been an undercover agent for many years, he was intimately familiar with all methods of surveillance.
Yu Tang asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"
Victor quickly retrieved the card, and sure enough, there was a small tracking device inside the card slot. He hadn't expected Yu Chaoxian to go to such lengths, monitoring Yu Tang's movements at all times.
Upon learning that her phone had a GPS tracker, Yu Tang suddenly pictured the man's face in her mind. She remembered being in the car when Yu Chao first handed her a new phone, a faint smile playing on his lips, but his eyes were unfathomable.
"Do you like it?" He seemed to have asked her that question back then.
Looking back now, it wasn't a gift at all, but a shackle.
The realization that she couldn't escape was more terrifying than any nightmare. In a daze, Yu Tang seemed to feel the man's hot breath on her neck as he embraced her from behind, and the suffocating feeling of his arms restraining her.
As if she had a premonition, Yu Tang quickly urged Victor, "Throw it away, let's go!"
Just then, Victor received a message on his phone that the mission to capture Yu Chaoxian had failed.
The car, which was supposed to be heading to the airport, gradually veered off course.
Yu Tang looked around. The road here was familiar, but it was definitely not the road to the airport. Instead, it led to... the base.
"Daniel, aren't we going to the airport?" Yu Tang looked into Victor's misty blue eyes. Perhaps, no one stays the same forever.
Viktor didn't dare look Yu Tang in the eye: "I'm sorry, I used you. As long as you're here, he will definitely come." He had already sent his location to the organization, and he was certain that Yu Chaoxian would come because Yu Tang was here.
Even if the destination would threaten Yu Chaoxian's life, he would definitely come for Yu Tang's sake. Victor wasn't confident in his guess, but he knew that Yu Chaoxian would never allow anything that threatened Yu Tang's life.
Viktor had secretly followed Yu Chaoxian before, and he was certain that Yu Chaoxian had other hiding places, which were the bases where Yu Chaoxian smuggled weapons, but he was never able to get any closer.
This place is sparsely populated, so there's no need to worry about harming civilians. The opposite side is still the cliff where he fell last time, so there's no way to escape. It's the most suitable place to surround and ambush Yu Chaoxian.
Viktor drove over based on his memory and wanted Yu Tang to give him directions. Otherwise, the team would send someone else to ask Yu Tang to lead the way. If Yu Tang refused, she would be treated differently.
"Is the base located up ahead?" Viktor gripped his gun tighter and approached Yu Tang...
The helicopter landed smoothly, and Mickey was the first to grab the rope and descend to Yu Chaoxian's side.
Behind him were burning vehicles, the flames reflecting on Yu Chaoxian's cold profile. He checked Yu Tang's location, sneered, "Good, very good, this little aunt just doesn't learn her lesson."
Yu Tang didn't learn his lesson, and he was also at fault.
Even if you like her a lot, you can't always do whatever she wants. She's been spoiled rotten and doesn't know her place.
Yu Chaoxian looked up at Mickey and asked, "Before you left, did she ask you to leave me any messages?"
Mickey knew, of course, that "she" referred to Yu Tang. He carefully recalled Yu Tang's every move and finally shook his head to confirm, "No."
Knowing he would be in danger, she didn't even offer a word of concern, and now she's recklessly running away. She couldn't possibly run that fast alone; she must have help, and she's heading towards the base. Yu Chaoxian's expression remained unchanged, but those around him immediately sensed a sudden drop in the surrounding atmosphere.
Yu Chaoxian instructed Mickey, "Take those people to the basement level."
Mickey asked in surprise, "Don't we need to go to the sanatorium to pick up Miss Yu first... Could it be that Miss Yu secretly left?"
Ah Jin subconsciously looked down, feeling inexplicably uneasy.
Hearing the conversation, Mingming was shocked. No wonder the eldest brother looked so bad. He thought he had tamed his aunt, but in reality, his aunt would leave whenever she had the chance.
Mingming shook his head and sighed. This time, he had no way to save Yu Tang. Last time, he could persuade Yu Chaoxian to give Yu Tang some space, but now it seems that if he gives her some space, Yu Tang will run away! So he might as well step back and watch the show, and follow Mickey.
"Mingming".
Suddenly, her name was called. Mingming turned around and saw Yu Chaoxian smiling. "Is the boss furious? He's still smiling."
"There's something I need you to do," the man said slowly, giving his instructions.
Mingming looked at Yu Chaoxian with a half-smile in his eyes, but upon hearing Yu Chaoxian's command, his pupils dilated slightly, and he gripped the gun in his hand tighter.
Yu Chaoxian strode into the car and said to Chen Diao, "Go after them."
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The author says: The first time, after hearing "Tangtang" twice, Yu Tang walked towards Yu Chaoxian without hesitation; this time, after hearing "Tangtang" twice, Yu Tang hung up on Yu Chaoxian without hesitation.
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