Chapter 240 Let go of Zhizhi, come at me if you have a problem.
Zhizhi's little brain was working at lightning speed, and she started to roast people with her sharp tongue.
"Ye Ze, you can't keep up the act anymore, can you? Because I could tell your voice was off."
Ye Ze outside the door frantically pried open the lock.
His voice no longer had the carefree and dashing quality of the past, but instead carried a hint of gloom and madness.
"I told you I'm Jiang Yan's friend, why won't you believe me? Being so smart isn't a good thing. You should be a little dumber; maybe then I might consider letting the three of you go. Now..."
In the end, Ye Ze couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
Now, he is determined not to let go of this last piece of leverage.
If he could take Zhizhi hostage, he would have a real chance of assassinating Jiang Yan.
What if Jiang Yan, this engineer, were to disappear from this world?
Then he would have completed his mission. He could simply go to any coastal area, find a small, dilapidated boat, and return to his hometown.
I don't have to put up with this nonsense here anymore.
Deng Qiu acted even faster, first using a small cabinet from the bedside to block the doorway.
Then they found towels and stuffed them into the gaps in the doorway.
Ye Ze seemed to sense the commotion inside, and a hint of ferocity appeared on his usually nonchalant face.
"Stop resisting. I'm telling you, it's no use. If you don't cooperate and come out obediently, believe me, I'll just break this lock and go in. Zhizhi, think carefully, your parents won't be able to live."
"I advise you to come here obediently. You know, my target has never been you, but Jiang Yan."
"Give up! It's impossible!"
Zhizhi shouted towards the door while urging her parents to quickly open the window and run.
The guesthouse they were staying in was on the second floor, with a window facing the street. Ye Ze was waiting at the door, wondering if the owner on duty had heard the commotion.
We don't know when the rescue team will arrive.
Rather than being caught and put in a passive position, it's better to immediately find a way to escape.
As the cub thought about it, it began to clench the window, preparing to jump.
"Hey!"
Deng Qiu lowered her voice and grabbed the child.
That's too high. Even an adult would be injured if they jumped, let alone such a small child.
'Bang!'
A loud smashing sound followed.
Ignoring everything else, Zhizhi immediately told her father to throw the blankets and mattresses out the window.
These preparatory movements, though not very useful, are better than nothing and being thrown directly into the hard ground.
Jiang Anchao first made Deng Qiu jump down.
He held Zhizhi and sat by the window, thinking about the best angle to ensure the child wouldn't get hurt.
In the blink of an eye, the door lock was broken open.
When Zhizhi saw Ye Ze running towards her, she pushed her father away forcefully.
"Jump! Daddy, you go down and catch the nest!"
Jiang Anchao was suddenly pushed down. Years of training had given him extraordinary reaction speed, and he only suffered a slight tear in his pants when he jumped down.
He opened his arms and shouted to Zhizhi, "Come down quickly, I'll carry you!"
"Um!"
Zhizhi mustered her courage, but looking at the distance that was so much higher than her, she couldn't help but feel afraid.
Finally, she closed her eyes tightly and jumped.
The expected wind and weightlessness did not occur; instead, she felt as if she were suspended in mid-air.
"Zhizhi!"
The heart-wrenching screams of her parents came from below her.
Zhizhi opened her eyes in a panic and found herself suspended in mid-air, while Ye Ze was holding onto her cotton-padded coat tightly.
The cub's eyes narrowed sharply, and it began to struggle desperately.
A ferocious glint flashed in Ye Ze's eyes. "Why are you running? I caught you anyway. Behave yourself."
Zhizhi's face turned pale instantly.
With almost the slightest effort, Ye Ze scooped Zhi Zhi into his arms.
He scooped the child up and held him under his arm, pressing something cold, hard, and dark against the child's head.
As he swaggered out of the guesthouse, all the pedestrians scattered in panic.
Jiang Anchao immediately wanted to rush up and fight him to save the child.
But Ye Ze wasn't afraid of him at all. "If you're not afraid of misfiring, then come over here."
He flicked his wrist as a threat, a cruel smile playing on his lips.
"Commander Jiang, I heard in Suzhou that you're the best fighter. I wonder, is it your reaction time that's faster, or mine?"
"Don't do anything reckless!"
Jiang Anchao's heart nearly jumped into his throat in that moment of tension.
He pleaded, "You can have anything you want, but can you spare the child? All you want is a hostage to control Jiang Yan, right? Can you exchange me for Zhizhi? I'm his brother, and we've even switched identities. If I die, he won't be able to move an inch in the research institute. Don't hold a grudge against the child, just take me as a hostage, and I promise I'll cooperate!"
Jiang Anchao feels like he's going crazy.
He could probably understand and remain calm no matter what anyone did.
But whenever children are involved, his rationality and manners are completely forgotten.
Jiang Anchao became extremely careful with his breathing, afraid of angering Ye Ze.
"You know, Zhizhi and Jiang Yan have never gotten along, but it's different for me; after all, he's my sister..."
He still wanted to continue to let Ye Ze go.
But Ye Ze simply wouldn't buy it.
Even when Ye Ze heard Jiang Anchao say these words, his smile was full of disdain.
"Do you believe these words when you say them yourself? Jiang Yan is always in Beijing and never bothers to go back to his home. The only time he returned to Suzhou in all these years was not to spend time with you or to reunite with your parents, but for this child."
Ye Ze raised an eyebrow slightly, seemingly looking at the exquisitely beautiful little girl in his hand with some curiosity.
"Actually, I also find it strange. She's just a girl. What's so good about her? It's just that her mouth is annoying. With Jiang Yan's status, if he wants to remarry or have another child, there will definitely be better candidates. But when I saw Zhizhi's face, I suddenly understood why."
On the empty street, Ye Ze's voice sounded particularly cruel in the biting cold wind.
"Her face looks very much like her biological mother, Ji Enning."
"Think about it, a child left behind by a deceased wife, with a face that looks seven or eight parts like her. I have to say, Jiang Yan is really a romantic. The look of fear on Zhizhi's face now is exactly the same as when I took Ji Enning away. They both have big eyes, looking pitiful and cute."
Ye Ze spoke casually, revealing an even more cruel truth.
Zhizhi shuddered violently, then gritted her teeth, "You were the one who caused Mom to be abducted a second time and sent to Sangjiapo!"
“Yes.” Ye Ze shrugged. “Jiang Gong is such an important talent. Our senior management has tried to recruit him many times, even offering him incredibly generous benefits, but he just won’t accept them. What’s the use of someone who pretends to be aloof and only knows how to serve this poor and weak country? Rather than not getting him, it’s better to destroy him.”
Zhizhi was very close to Ye Ze at that moment.
She could clearly smell that familiar yet strange spice scent on Ye Ze.
She remembered smelling a similar scent in Han Yubin's correspondence.
A multitude of conflicting pieces of information swirled around in her little head.
Zhizhi tried her best to calm down and think things through carefully.
Everything Ye Ze did was for Jiang Yan. Now that he's on the street, as long as he can buy some time, his uncles will definitely bring people to rescue her.
Yes! They will definitely come!
Zhizhi suppressed her fear and whispered, "Mom used to trust you a lot, otherwise she wouldn't have been so easily deceived by you. You took advantage of her kindness and pushed such a good woman into the abyss. Ye Ze, don't you feel guilty?"
"Every night when you sleep, when you wake up in the middle of the night, can't you hear her painful struggles?"
"You keep saying that's your hometown, and you miss the cherry blossoms there. But haven't you been rooted in this land since you were a child? Your accent is a genuine Beijing accent. You're a true Beijinger. You say you long to go back to your hometown, but can you still speak the local dialect?"
"Shut up!"
Ye Ze's forehead twitched suddenly. He was clearly annoyed that the cub had seen through his thoughts.
"What do you know? My mother accidentally left me here! My roots are in my hometown! I'm not from the capital, who would want to stay here!"
Ye Ze gritted his teeth, "Do you believe that if you say another word, I'll kill you?"
During their standoff.
A pitch-black sedan sped towards them recklessly.
Jiang Yan staggered out of the car.
He held a handkerchief in his hand, and although he was wearing a black Zhongshan suit, his thin body couldn't support the clothes at all.
He stared at Ye Ze with a cold expression.
"Let her go! If you have a problem, come at me!"
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