Chapter 31: Chasing Light in the Eternal Night
Mo Xiaohan was still waiting for the perfect moment to make these stalkers disappear one by one in an "accidental" way. His plan was like a poisoned net, quietly tightening. Unexpectedly, before the net was tightened, the hungry wolves hiding in the shadows took the initiative to rush forward.
On this day, Mo Xiaohan was supposed to accept the invitation from the Prime Minister's Office. It was a top-level meeting that could not be postponed, and it was related to the signing of a security agreement on cross-border trade channels.
Although the so-called meeting is just a formality to give face to the senior management, the process must be completed in detail. Even if he is extremely reluctant, he must be present in person.
As he was tying his tie in front of the mirror, his eyes swept out the window. Ruan Xingchen was sitting under the awning in the garden, wrapped in an ice silk sun-protection jacket, watching the maid Pin pruning branches. The sunlight fell on the top of her head, soft like a layer of gauze.
This is an advanced treatment plan developed by the psychologist based on her condition - gradually expanding social boundaries in an absolutely safe environment.
She no longer spent time alone with Mo Xiaohan, but began to try to contact the strictly screened servants in the manor, using low-intensity interactions to slowly dispel her vigilance against the outside world.
Mo Xiaohan retracted his gaze, tied his tie tightly with his fingertips, turned around and said to A Tai who was waiting beside him in a deep voice: "Let's go."
Before leaving, he once again instructed the captain of the manor guards: "Tighten the defense line three times. Anyone who approaches suspiciously will be killed without mercy."
The convoy had just driven onto the Rama VIII Bridge, with the shimmering waves of the Chao Phraya River still flowing outside the car windows, when the in-car encrypted communicator suddenly sounded a shrill alarm.
"Boss! The manor's security system has triggered the highest level alarm! Unknown personnel have broken through the third line of defense!" The captain's hoarse roar came from the headset, and the background sound was mixed with faint gunshots.
Mo Xiaohan's face instantly turned as gloomy as a cold pond, his knuckles knocking against the leather seat with a dull thud: "Turn around! Go back to the manor!"
At this moment in the manor, Ruan Xingchen was unaware of the murderous intent quietly tense outside. Her eyes were following Pin's movements - the other party was squatting on the edge of the lawn to tidy up the ground light wiring. His blue overalls were stained with grass juice, making him look particularly fresh.
Suddenly, Ruan Xingchen heard a rustling sound in the bushes.
A man in a gardener's uniform stood up from behind a holly bush, looked up, and gave her a strange grin.
"Ms. Ruan?" His English was thick with a Golden Triangle accent. "Someone asked me to bring you a message—"
Before he finished speaking, a cold light flashed from his sleeves, and before Ruan Xingchen could react, he was suddenly knocked to the ground.
"Bang!"
The sound of gunfire and glass breaking rang out at the same time. Mo Xiaohan, who was pressing on her, groaned, and warm liquid dripped onto her neck.
"Close your eyes." Mo Xiaohan pressed her into his arms that smelled of gunpowder, and the crisp smell of absinthe mixed with the smell of blood enveloped her.
"Count to one hundred, then open your eyes." He covered her eyes, his voice frighteningly calm.
This was followed by more gunshots, screams, and the dull thud of heavy objects falling to the ground.
When Ruan Xingchen was picked up, she smelled a strong smell of blood.
Mo Xiaohan's suit jacket was soaked in blood, and there was a knife wound on his left arm so deep that the bone was visible. The "gardener" was lying in a pool of blood, with a black bullet hole between his eyebrows.
"Don't look." He adjusted his posture to block her view, his voice incredibly gentle, "Let's go back to the room."
While the doctor was stitching Mo Xiaohan's wound, Ruan Xingchen curled up in the corner of the sofa, shaking uncontrollably.
She should be afraid of this man with blood on his hands, but the moment he was injured, the pain in her heart was too real to ignore.
"Xingxing." Mo Xiaohan, who had finished bandaging her, walked over to her and squatted down. "Are you scared?"
She shook her head, then nodded, tears suddenly welling up in her eyes: "Why...why would someone want to kill me?"
Mo Xiaohan gently wiped away her tears with his uninjured hand: "Because they want to hurt me by hurting you."
This sentence is like a key, suddenly opening a memory box——
In the early morning outside the medical tent, the young man was pinned to the ground by the black-clad bodyguards. He struggled and shouted, "I'll be back! Ruan Xingchen! Wait for me!"
Ruan Xingchen suddenly grabbed Mo Xiaohan's collar: "You... when you were a child, were you..."
Before she could finish her words, a severe headache came over her. She hugged her head in pain, and the fragments of memory receded like the tide.
Mo Xiaohan immediately pressed the call bell, and the doctor rushed in to give her a sedative. At the last moment before she fell into darkness, Ruan Xingchen tightly grasped his fingers: "Don't go..."
Late at night, after confirming that Ruan Xingchen was asleep, Mo Xiaohan walked into the underground conference room. Twelve surveillance screens lit up at the same time, showing various important strongholds in Southeast Asia.
"Within three days," he ordered coldly at the screen, "I want all forces involved in today's operation to disappear."
The cadres on the screen stood up in a collective voice: "Yes, Boss!"
A-Tai handed over the tablet: "U Ne Win has just been transferred to the safe house, and Khun Sa is gathering his private army."
Mo Xiaohan looked at the real-time satellite image, a cruel smile on his lips: "Let them know——"
"If you touch my light, be prepared to be swallowed by the eternal night."
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