Chapter 102 Shut up, if we're going to die, we'll die together.
Gu Mingxia pushed Liu Yan aside again and kept backing away until she reached the corner of the wall, where she helplessly squatted down with her arms wrapped around her shoulders.
"Xiao Yan, Liu Yan, get out of here! Get out of here!"
Shouting with all her might, Gu Mingxia's eyes were bloodshot, and she bit her lip desperately, but her gaze was fixed on Xiao Yan.
This was the man she had always loved, and he had arrived at this moment. Xiaxia felt truly warm inside.
Just like fifteen years ago when her mother passed away, Xiao Yan was by her side. That warmth had stayed with her for many years. Now, he had given her warmth once again. Gu Mingxia felt that she had not loved the wrong person or misjudged him all these years!
"Xiaxia, I won't leave!"
Xiao Yan stood up from the ground, walked quickly to Gu Mingxia's side, squatted down, took her hands, and hugged her in his arms. The tenderness in his eyes was so intense that it almost melted her heart.
But the thought of all the bombs planted in this abandoned villa made Gu Mingxia's emotions instantly overcome her reason. She forcefully broke free from Xiao Yan's embrace, ripped open her suit jacket, and found several time bombs wrapped around her waist. The stopwatch on the bombs was ticking away, and the time was clearly visible decreasing little by little.
"See? I heard those people say that the bombs planted here are cluster bombs. If the one on me explodes, it will immediately detonate all the bombs planted in this basement, and then this villa will be reduced to ruins! Another possibility is that the snakes or rats in this basement might touch the bombs, which could also detonate them all! Xiao Yan, listen to me, you quickly take Liu Yan and these people and leave. I... I don't want you to die here with me!"
Gu Mingxia's words startled Xiao Yan, who blurted out the answer.
"Damn it, that old bastard Feng is playing us for a fool!"
They initially thought he had only planted a time bomb on Gu Mingxia, but they never expected that he had also planted bombs in all the basements of the villa! Even more unexpectedly, he had planted the most difficult-to-defuse type of cluster bomb!
Xiao Yan's face was cold, but when he turned to look at Gu Mingxia, his face was still full of affection. He slowly walked towards Gu Mingxia, but Gu Mingxia just watched him back away with tears in her eyes.
She couldn't bear to watch the man she loved most die with her. Life was always more exciting than death, so how could she bear to let her little Yan'er risk her life to die with her?
"Xiaxia, have you forgotten? You once said that I would always be your little swallow! If you die, whose little swallow will I be? Xiaxia, you also said that you would always be by my side, are you going to break your promise now?"
Xiao Yan's words were filled with deep affection, but to Gu Mingxia they sounded like a thousand different emotions! She closed her eyes, forcing back her tears. For her, there was no way she could bear to see Xiao Yan die with her!
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry! But Xiao Yan, you need to leave quickly! We're running out of time!"
The ticking of the stopwatch constantly reminded Gu Mingxia that if they didn't leave soon, none of them might make it out. Despite her reluctance, she had to prepare for the worst.
"Liu Yan, you should hurry and leave with Xiao Yan, it's really dangerous here! And you guys... I don't know you, but I'm very grateful that you came to save me. However, let's go!"
There wasn't much sadness in Gu Mingxia's tone. Her calm demeanor, which had initially made her heartbroken, was simply because she had come to realize one thing: no matter how heartbroken she was, she couldn't change her current fate!
Perhaps Heaven truly couldn't bear to see her happy, which is why her mother died fifteen years ago, her younger brother died four years ago, and now it's finally her turn? Gu Mingxia didn't want to accept her fate, but what could she do?
"Zheng Liu, you take Liu Yan and your men and leave immediately! I'm staying behind!"
Xiao Yan walked to Gu Mingxia's side, held her hand tightly, looked at Liu Yan who was still crying and Zheng Liu who looked thoughtful, and said firmly.
He had lost Xiaxia for seven years. Those seven years were like living hell for Xiao Yan. He could endure the torment, poverty, and struggle in a foreign land. The only thing he couldn't bear was not having Xiaxia by his side.
For those seven years, Xiao Yan, filled with longing for Xia Xia and the beautiful memories of the thirteen years they had spent together, managed to suppress the urge to return and find her.
It had only been seven years since they last met, and Xiao Yan felt like he was going crazy back then. What if he never saw her again for the rest of his life? Xiao Yan couldn't imagine such a life. As long as he was with Xia Xia, he would do anything, whether in life or... in death!
With Xia Xia by his side, he is truly Xiao Yan! Without Xia Xia, he is nothing but a walking corpse! He never wants to relive that life again. This time, regardless of life or death, they must be together!
"Mr. Xiao, actually, when I was a mercenary, I defused cluster bombs!"
Zheng Liu looked at the cluster bomb on the ground, frowned and pondered for a long time before finally speaking. But those words ignited Xiao Yan's hope. He looked at Gu Mingxia with surprise and saw the same desire to survive in her beautiful eyes as he did.
"Really? How do we dismantle it?"
"This kind of cluster bomb has three wires: red, yellow, and blue. One wire is connected to a stopwatch, one to the mother bomb, and the other is connected to all the sub-bombs. To disarm such a bomb, you only need to cut the wire connected to the stopwatch first, and then cut the wires connected to all the sub-bombs. Then you will be safe!"
"Then how do we dismantle it?"
Xiao Yan quickly asked a question, while Zheng Liu looked closely at the cluster bomb on the ground, his brows furrowed.
"In the most conventional cluster bomb configuration, the red wire connects to the fuse, the blue wire connects to the stopwatch, and the yellow wire connects to the sub-bomb. However, from my observation, this cluster bomb has been modified. The red, yellow, and blue wires are not connected to the fuse in the conventional way. Moreover, modified cluster bombs generally have one thing in common: if you cut the wrong wire, the stopwatch will start timing at ten times the speed, and if you cut the wrong wires, the bomb will automatically detonate!"
Zheng Liu's words shattered the hopes that Xiao Yan and Gu Mingxia had just rekindled. Xiao Yan unconsciously tightened his grip on Gu Mingxia's hand. Gu Mingxia felt the cold sweat on his palm, gently pulled her hand away from his, and looked down at the dirty ground.
"Xiao Yan, you should all leave. There's less than half an hour left. If you don't leave now, you really won't be able to leave this summer resort! I love you, so I don't want you to come with me to your death!"
She still had many things left to do, but life cannot end without regrets. Her end was less than half an hour away, and she was destined to leave this world with endless regrets.
Gu Mingxia looked at Xiao Yan with deep affection, her face showing no trace of sorrow. She stood on tiptoe and kissed his thin, bloodless lips, then smiled gently.
"Little Swallow, if I die, remember to find out the real cause of my mother and Adong's deaths, and then tell me at my grave!"
It was a bright and cheerful smile, but to Xiao Yan and Liu Yan, it looked incredibly sad. If they could live, no one in this world would want to die!
"I won't help you! You should be the one to investigate the cause of your mother's and Adong's deaths!"
Xiao Yan said these words coldly, then looked at Zheng Liu and Liu Yan, his thin lips parting once again.
"Zheng Liu, take them all and get out of here! Be quick! Once you're out, drive to a safe place and then call me. I'll start defusing the bomb then!"
"Mr. Xiao, let me do it!"
"Get lost! I don't need your help to save my woman, so get out of here now!"
Seeing that there were still 28 minutes left, Xiao Yan impatiently yelled at Zheng Liu. Liu Yan wanted to step forward, but Zheng Liu subconsciously pulled her back. He gritted his teeth, took out a pair of scissors from his backpack, and placed them on the ground.
"Mr. Xiao, remember this: red triggers blue stopwatch, yellow bomb. Cut the stopwatch wire first, then cut the bomb!"
After saying that, he gritted his teeth, grabbed Liu Yan who could no longer walk, and walked away without looking back. Liu Yan, heartbroken, kept turning back to look at him, but couldn't say a word.
"Hurry up, all of you! Don't waste my time!"
Xiao Yan looked at Zheng Liu and the others' backs and shouted loudly again. Gu Mingxia looked at Xiao Yan and reached out to cup his somewhat ferocious face.
"Little Swallow, you shouldn't have stayed. You really should have gone with them. You know, if you cut the wrong wire, you might only have two minutes to live. Then you won't be able to leave even if you want to!"
Gu Mingxia's words filled Xiao Yan with endless irritation. He reached out and slapped away her hands that were cupping his face, glaring at her fiercely.
"Shut up! Don't mention letting me go again! You remember this: if you're going to die, I'll die with you!"
After saying that, he picked up the scissors that Zheng Liu had put on the ground, and then began to examine the time bomb strapped to Gu Mingxia's waist.
About five minutes later, Xiao Yan's phone rang. When he answered, Zheng Liu's rapid voice came through.
"Mr. Xiao, remember this: red triggers blue, yellow triggers! Follow this pattern to figure out the connection between the three modified wires!"
"good!"
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Yan looked at Gu Mingxia with a tender expression, his hands steadily holding the scissors.
"Xiaxia, do you believe me?"
"Yes, I believe you! No matter what, I will always believe you!"
After Gu Mingxia finished speaking, she kissed Xiao Yan on the forehead and looked at him with a smile.
"Okay! I'll start cutting!"
Xiao Yan silently recited the connection pattern of the three lines Zheng Liu had told him, then calmly looked at the bomb at Gu Mingxia's waist, took two deep breaths, and looked up at Gu Mingxia with a gentle smile.
Without hesitation, the scissors in his hand cut the blue wire on the bomb. The stopwatch on the bomb started ticking rapidly, and the time instantly changed from twenty-five minutes to two minutes and fifty seconds!
"Little Swallow, I believe you! Don't be nervous, we still have two minutes!"
"good!"
Xiao Yan took a deep breath, then looked at the time on his watch. The scissors were already under the red thread. Time passed second by second, and finally, with two seconds left, he exerted force, and the red thread snapped with a crack.
Ten meters away from the villa, Liu Yan leaned against the car door, her eyes fixed on the dark, abandoned villa. Fifteen minutes had passed, and Xia Xia and Xiao Yan still hadn't come out.
"Zheng Liu, they'll be alright, right?"
"Yes, Mr. Xiao and Miss Gu will be alright..."
Before she could finish speaking, several loud explosions were heard, and then the villa was engulfed in flames. Liu Yan felt her mind go blank and ran forward a few steps.
"Xiaxia... Xiaxia..."
I am a despicable cluster bomb.
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