Shortly after the battle began, Wang Qiao and Wu Lide took the elevator back to the 14th floor.
Wu Lide anxiously stood in front of the phone, calling the WD Investigation Bureau every two hours.
But the person on the other end of the phone kept saying, "Wait a little longer, we are trying our best to communicate."
Wu Lide had been waiting from day to night, for far too long, and was on the verge of losing patience several times, only to be repeatedly evaded by the WD Investigation Bureau's inability to provide a definitive answer.
He paced restlessly around the room, sighing every now and then.
Wang Qiao stayed by his side, her gentle voice seemingly able to soothe the soul, "I just instructed Hou Yifan to turn off all the lights in the main city. Without light, and with the rain tonight, the people down below should organize a return to defense soon. At least there shouldn't be any problems tonight, so don't worry."
As she spoke, she pulled Wu Lide to look out the window. By the faint light from the few lights downstairs, they could see that the fierce battle had stopped shortly afterward.
Wang Qiao's delicate hand brushed across the man's chest, patting it gently. "Lide, don't be so tense."
She pulled Wu Lide up again and made him sit in the office chair, then rubbed his temples with her cold fingers.
"In this situation, no news is good news. It proves that the WD Investigation Bureau is still trying to help you. Look, they're still answering your calls, right? That proves you're very important to them, they haven't given up on you, and they will definitely help you..."
The woman's voice, like a siren's song, gently brushed past Wu Lide's ear, allowing the man's tense nerves to relax for a rare moment.
After several sleepless nights, accompanied by the unusually quiet sound of rain outside the window, Wu Lide gradually became drowsy.
Time ticked by, and the clock in the office began to tick.
"Lide, Lide? Are you asleep?"
Wang Qiao's voice grew softer and softer, as soft as a requiem, pulling Wu Lide into a dream.
The woman massaged him with decreasing pressure until her fingers left his head.
After confirming that the man was asleep, she dialed the phone on Wu Lide's desk.
"Ring ring ring—"
After an unknown amount of time, a sudden, urgent phone call woke Wu Lide from his dream.
The man was startled and quickly looked at the clock. When he realized that he had only slept for half an hour and the sky outside was still pitch black, he was relieved.
He answered the phone almost instinctively, his excitement evident in his eyes, and his hands were even trembling uncontrollably.
Wang Qiao also looked at him expectantly, as if she had been startled awake.
The man's expression grew increasingly cheerful as he listened to what was said on the other end of the phone.
"Really? Are you telling the truth?" Wu Lide stood up abruptly, his voice trembling with excitement.
He then placed one hand on the table and said earnestly, "I will fully cooperate and pick up your goods at the usual place! When will your unmanned helicopter arrive?"
"Three o'clock? Isn't three o'clock too late?"
"I know you need time to mobilize resources, but time waits for no one. Those people could break through our defenses at any moment!"
"Yes... okay... I understand, so I guess I owe you a favor!"
After a long pause, Wu Lide hung up the phone.
His mood had clearly brightened; he excitedly slapped the table, hugged Wang Qiao tightly, and then let go.
"Hahahaha, hahahaha, Heaven hasn't forsaken me!"
Wang Qiao quickly asked, "How is it?"
Wu Lide said, "WD's drone helicopter will arrive on the rooftop at 3 a.m., so our people can be ready to receive it."
It was almost 3 a.m., and for everyone in Plum Blossom City who had been struggling to stay afloat out of fear of death, every second felt like an eternity.
Wu Lide, along with all the senior executives, as well as Li Quanyou, Hou Yifan, and others, waited on the rooftop long in advance for the arrival of a batch of weapons, the "heroes" of the "disaster" two years ago.
Once they have guns and bombs, they can, like they did two years ago in Block City, lead the remaining members of Plum Blossom and scare away those so-called righteous people outside.
When the time comes, only those who ally with them will survive.
They waited excitedly, wishing they could pierce through the distant clouds to see the unmanned helicopter that might appear at any moment.
The rain was still pouring down, but even with his trousers soaked, Wu Lide didn't feel cold. His only thought now was the WD Investigation Bureau, the only one who could save him from this predicament.
However, as time passed, the light from the horizon gradually shone on the earth. Although the sun was still hiding in the clouds, everything underfoot was already exceptionally clear.
The rain lessened, turning from a downpour into a light drizzle.
Water continuously flowed down the edge of the rooftop, like a water curtain, giving this "golden diamond" a unique charm.
However, the group on the rooftop of the main city had no interest in appreciating the beautiful scenery. Some looked towards the horizon in despair, unwilling to believe it; others looked at Wu Lide with complex expressions, tinged with doubt.
Wu Lide rushed to the office like a madman, dialing the phone again and again in a near-frenzied state.
However, all he received in response was a busy signal.
Wang Qiao stood by, watching quietly without saying a word.
The other residents of the main city, who had not seen their leader since early morning, were in chaos, filled with fear and their discussions grew louder.
"Look at the rooftop!"
Someone shouted, and everyone's eyes turned upwards. They saw that, apart from the top two leaders of Plum Blossom City, all the named leaders were standing there.
Seeing the situation downstairs, Wang Qiao quickly said to Wu Lide, "Lide, we can't let morale drop. You need to show up as soon as possible!"
Wu Lide gritted his teeth, handed the phone to Wang Qiao, pulled out a piece of paper with WD's contact information written on it, and said to Wang Qiao, "Keep calling here until you get through. I'm going up now."
He then ran back to the rooftop and arranged for the others to come downstairs to stabilize morale.
At this moment, Wang Qiao, who was still in Wu Lide's office, did not look at the note. Instead, she chuckled and sat down in her office chair in her high heels.
Wu Lide's contact person didn't answer the phone, so it must have been her doing.
She had already discerned from Wu Lide's repeated phone calls which faction the person on the other end belonged to, and then she arranged for her people to temporarily block that person's line.
As for the phone call Wu Lide received later, it was actually someone she had arranged to call him.
The purpose was to reassure Wu Lide and drag things out until now.
Just as Wang Qiao closed her eyes to rest, she heard the sounds of Qiao Qiao, Huang Chunling, and others speaking through a loudspeaker outside the window.
"People of Plum Blossom City, listen up! Hand over the mastermind behind this, Wu Lide! The rest of you, surrender your weapons and you will not be killed!"
The woman curled her fiery red lips into a smile; her partner's move was certainly timely.
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