Hearing this, Zhu Chen finally made a move, turning around and quickening his pace downstairs. Ji Lin'an took my small pistol and hid it in his pocket to open the door. Both Qianliyan and I unconsciously swallowed hard. We only relaxed a little after Ji Lin'an carefully opened the door and confirmed that no one was outside.
Qianliyan lay on the ground, muttering about traditional Chinese culture, before suddenly spewing out a string of profanities: "What a lunatic!"
I got up and jogged to catch up with Ji Lin'an. We slowly walked downstairs. When we got to Zhu Chen's door, Ji Lin'an knocked. After knocking for a while without any response, Ji Lin'an turned to me and said, "Zhu Chen is probably asleep. Otherwise, let's just forget about it and play tomorrow."
I said, "Okay, I should have called him earlier. We could have played mahjong and had a bit of a gaming experience."
Ji Lin'an said in a comforting tone, "Tomorrow, so you can have a gaming experience."
After saying that, Ji Lin'an immediately pulled me back to the room. We checked the surveillance footage to confirm that Zhu Chen hadn't left the room before we finally felt relieved. Qianliyan sat up cursingly, "Is this kid out of his mind? Does he have some kind of fetish? He's standing at the door like a ghost, not moving at all."
I frowned: "Something seems off about Zhu Chen since he came back this time; he's acting strangely."
Ji Lin'an nodded: "There's only one way to deal with Zhu Chen right now: bind with him. Once we're bound, we won't receive any intrusion messages. Just like Su Su said, give Zhu Chen an opportunity. Su Su, get up a little later tomorrow. Tomorrow morning, Qianliyan and I will get up and bind with Zhu Chen. We'll go out in disguise to complete the kill mission, leaving Zhu Chen at home to protect you. Qianliyan and I will go to Villa No. 5. You can find an opportunity to teleport there and bring us back to hide. As soon as Zhu Chen finds an opportunity to hurt Su Su or copy Su Su's skills, we'll make our move."
After listening attentively to Ji Lin'an's plan, Qianliyan and I nodded solemnly. Ji Lin'an then said, "It's getting late. You two should get some rest. I'll keep watch tonight."
Qianliyan looked at Ji Lin'an with an admiring expression: "Our Brother Ji is really handsome, smart, and kind-hearted. You keep watch for the first half of the night, and then you wake me up for the second half so I can take over and let you rest."
Ji Lin'an laughed and said, "It's okay, I can sleep after I deal with Zhu Chen tomorrow."
Qianliyan looked at Ji Lin'an gratefully: "Okay, Brother Ji is great, I'm going to sleep now."
I grabbed the pillow with the telescope and threw it at him: "You said what I wanted to say! Go to sleep now."
After turning off the lights, Ji Lin'an lay half-reclined on the bed, staring intently at the monitor on his phone. I moved closer to Ji Lin'an, hugged his waist, and fell asleep.
The next morning, Ji Lin'an woke us up: "Zhu Chen, get up. Let's get ready to move in. Do you remember what we talked about last night?"
I nodded sleepily to Qianliyan. Ji Lin'an and Qianliyan changed their clothes, and I put the ultra-thin full-body bulletproof vest that Qianliyan had modified under my pajamas. I watched them go downstairs. About twenty minutes later, I heard Ji Lin'an's voice through the invisible earpiece: "We're going out. Be careful. It will probably take us another two minutes to get to Villa No. 5."
I tapped my earpiece lightly, my entire body tense, wondering when Zhu Chen would suddenly attack. I opened the monitoring app that Ji Lin'an had installed on my phone. Zhu Chen was strolling in the garden. The two minutes felt incredibly long in my tense state, until Ji Lin'an said in my earpiece, "We've arrived. You can come over now."
I immediately got up and teleported to Villa No. 5 to bring the two of them home. I saw Zhu Chen still in the garden on the monitor, while Ji Lin'an and Qianliyan hid their guns in the closet. I continued watching the monitor. A few minutes later, Zhu Chen entered the house from the garden with a strange smile on his face and walked upstairs step by step. I became more and more nervous, and my hand unconsciously touched the pistol under my pillow.
As Zhu Chen walked from the downstairs surveillance camera to the upstairs surveillance camera, I turned off my phone and pretended to be asleep when he was almost at the door. Zhu Chen quietly opened the door, and I immediately opened my eyes lazily: "Why are you back so soon?"
I pretended to rub my eyes: "How come it's you?"
I pushed myself up by putting my hand under the pillow: "Why didn't you knock before coming in?"
Zhu Chen smiled and walked towards the bedside: "I wanted to see if you were awake."
I frowned: "I went straight downstairs as soon as I woke up. If I didn't go downstairs, I'm still sleeping."
Zhu Chen suddenly reached out to me: "I've suddenly noticed that you've become more beautiful and have a better temperament than before."
I instinctively backed away and reached out to push Zhu Chen away, saying, "Isn't what you're saying obvious?"
Instead of getting angry, Zhu Chen laughed: "That little bastard Ji Lin'an got a good deal. We haven't done 'that' in a long time. Don't you miss the times you used to be with me?"
After saying that, Zhu Chen suddenly stood up and tackled me to the ground. At the same time, Ji Lin'an and Qianliyan rushed out of the closet and fired several shots at Zhu Chen's back. Zhu Chen was hit. When he was shot for the first time, he quickly got up and flashed to the door of the room, firing a shot at Ji Lin'an. Ji Lin'an immediately clutched his chest. Zhu Chen quickly moved to a new position and fired a shot at Qianliyan, hitting him in the shoulder. Seeing this, I pulled out a gun from under the pillow to kill Zhu Chen, but the gun was gone. I turned to look at Zhu Chen. The gun in his hand was mine. He flashed towards me and grabbed my shoulder, ready to leave. As if sensing that he would do this, I held on tightly to the edge of the bed. Ji Lin'an raised the gun again and fired at Zhu Chen. One shot, two shots, hitting Zhu Chen in the chest and shoulder. By the third shot, Zhu Chen had disappeared from our sight.
I looked around at the room, a complete mess, riddled with bullet holes. Even with a silencer, the repeated gunfire in that small space still left my ears ringing. In a daze, I looked at Qianliyan and Ji Lin'an lying in pools of blood on the floor. I scrambled and rolled to Ji Lin'an's side. Qianliyan was wounded in the shoulder, and Ji Lin'an's wound was in the chest. I knew Ji Lin'an couldn't wait any longer, so I immediately dragged him into the medical space and activated the medical robot to perform surgery. During the surgery, I was ejected from the space by the system. I collapsed to the ground, weakly laughing, "So even when the robot is performing surgery, unauthorized personnel are not allowed in."
Suddenly, the person with the clairvoyant eye moved to my side, looking at me with a terrified expression: "You..."
I looked up at Qianliyan and clearly saw tears welling up in his eyes. I followed his gaze to my chest. I was wearing a navy blue nightgown, but now it was stained crimson with blood. The nightgown clung tightly to my chest, revealing two horrifying bloody holes. I froze, and a tear rolled down my cheek...
I looked helplessly at Qianliyan. Qianliyan's expression was complex—sadness, anxiety, and above all, despair. The medical space only allowed one surgery a day, and that single opportunity had already been given to Ji Lin'an. I was beyond saving; I could die at any moment. If I died after Ji Lin'an's surgery, would Ji Lin'an still be alive? If…
There are no "what ifs" anymore. I woke up from the future scene covered in sweat. When I saw Ji Lin'an and Qianliyan, I couldn't stop the tears from falling. Seeing this, Ji Lin'an hugged me and gently patted my back. I gradually calmed down and broke free from Ji Lin'an's embrace. I opened the replay of the future scene for Ji Lin'an and Qianliyan to watch. I really didn't want to describe the scene again.
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