Ning Bingyu, this older brother of Ning Bingyu, has a typical academic style when it comes to hiring; he believes that professional expertise is the best.
The Ning family's bodyguards are either professional mercenaries hired at high salaries from foreign Blackwater companies, or professional fighters who fight in underground boxing matches and no-limited combat, or even traditional martial arts assassins from gangs that have existed in Hong Kong since the Qing Dynasty.
Jeffrey and Jenny are both professionals, so why would they make such a basic mistake?
Ah Heng was taken aback, and his brows furrowed instantly.
Yes, she had sparred with these Hong Kong government bodyguards before, and they were all extremely skilled.
Professional bodyguards use hand gestures and their bodies instinctively to shield themselves from gunshots and knives.
Even if it means getting injured, we must protect our target; otherwise, why would the employer pay such a high salary for nothing?
"The possibility is actually not high, buddy. Are you sure Madam Ning is seriously injured?" Aheng suddenly narrowed his eyes.
She glanced warily at Jeffrey, who was sitting in the passenger seat, and gently tapped her brother, who was driving, on the driver's seat with one hand.
The young man immediately became alert and slowed down his car.
Jeffrey was taken aback and suddenly realized that Ah Heng had suspected him.
His expression immediately turned serious. He turned to look at Ning Yuan and raised his hand to swear—
“Miss, I saw with my own eyes the doctor come out and say that Madam’s injuries were serious and her life was in danger! If I, Jeffrey, have uttered even a single lie and have been bribed, may my whole family die a horrible death in Hong Kong!”
If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have been in such a hurry to find the prostitute!
Ning Yuan's delicate eyebrows furrowed: "I don't doubt you. I'm asking you, what was my mother's condition like before she went to the hospital? Did you see my mother go into the operating room with your own eyes? Were there any other abnormalities?"
Jeffrey is a Hong Kong government official, someone raised by the Ning family. Even if the other party has a long reach, it should be difficult for them to control him.
Jeffrey hesitated slightly. "This...we saw the Second Madam enter the treatment room in a wheelchair with our own eyes, and the doctor told us to wait outside."
"Later, a doctor suddenly came out and said that the second wife had internal bleeding and had been taken to the hospital operating room. I was a little surprised at the time, because the wife only looked a little disheveled and had back pain."
But he wasn't a professional doctor, so he could only follow the doctor's judgment.
Jeffrey said, "But when I went into the treatment room, I didn't see the second wife. I followed the doctor to the operating room on the third floor. The doctor had been gone for half an hour when he came out of his office."
He said the second wife was seriously injured and could have an accident at any time, so he needed to notify the family to come to the hospital immediately, so I...
Ning Yuan's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and she abruptly said, "Aheng, turn the car around, we're not going to the hospital!"
The others were stunned. The car had already driven halfway, so why did Ning Yuan suddenly decide not to go?
Ah Heng asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"
Ning Yuan shook her head, looking somewhat uneasy at the blazing sun outside the window: "What Jeffrey said makes me feel uneasy. I... I feel... my godmother might not really be in any danger, at most she's being controlled, and her goal is to deal with me. But I don't understand where they plan to strike after they tricked me out!"
"Don't be afraid, we'll get you to the hospital! Once we get there, I'll contact Xiao Liuzi, and we'll find out what happened!" Aheng said earnestly.
Ning Yuan frowned slightly: "I still feel like something's not quite right... They definitely can't do anything in the hospital, but if they were on the street, are they so sure they could stop us?"
From the compound to the hospital, there is a stretch of road with few cars and people, but they are about to enter the main road with more people.
This sudden sense of danger reminded her of Tang Jun, and also of the feeling of offending highway robbers in Guangzhou.
“If you feel something is wrong, we’ll listen to you and go back to discuss it!” Aheng said earnestly.
Ning Yuan hesitated for a moment, about to speak, when she suddenly heard Foreman Li, who had been silent all along, sigh—
"I've already advised you not to come out, not to come out, but why won't you listen to me?"
Then a strange and eerie smell wafted out.
Aheng's pupils shrank instantly, and he suddenly slammed an elbow strike toward Foreman Li's head!
Foreman Li raised his hand and decisively blocked her attack.
But Ah Heng was about to plunge a dagger into his lower abdomen when the lightning-fast, deadly move suddenly slowed down.
Ah Heng's eyes glazed over, and his hand loosened, unable to hold the dagger: "Aerosol... nerve paralyzing agent!"
"Thump!" The dagger fell into the car.
"As expected of someone from your brigade, you even recognize some of these good stuff smuggled in from abroad." Foreman Li nodded.
The young man in the driver's seat was slumped on the seat, and the Jeep, out of the driver's control, began to swerve.
Ah Heng also stumbled forward, but Foreman Li grabbed Ah Heng by the collar and pulled him back onto the stool.
He swiftly leaned into the driver's seat, grabbed the steering wheel, and took control of the jeep.
The car began to slow down steadily.
These days there aren't many cars on the road, and it was during rush hour, so there weren't many people around. People just glanced at the car and didn't pay any more attention to the unusual activity.
Before long, the car slowly turned onto a quiet side road with few people and stopped, brushing against the bushes on the side of the road.
Ning Yuan leaned against the window, her whole body numb. She wanted to open the window, but she had no strength.
She could only watch helplessly as Foreman Li got out of the car, dragged the paralyzed but conscious Ah Heng, the driver, and Jeffrey out of the car one by one, and then threw them into the drainage ditch next to him.
There was hardly any water in the ditch now. Several people were thrown in, and they all glared angrily at Foreman Li.
Ah Heng wanted to curse, but his voice was so soft that he couldn't raise it at all.
"We've known each other for a while now, playing cards together for so long. I won't kill you. If someone finds you, they'll naturally rescue you." Foreman Li smiled apologetically.
Jeffrey bit his lip until it bled, but the pain did nothing to help.
Foreman Li shook his head at him: "Don't bite it. This thing is neurological. There's no antidote. It's useless. I took the antidote beforehand."
As he spoke, he took off his worker's hat, threw it casually on the ground, and turned to walk to Ning Yuan's back seat.
Ning Yuan leaned against the window, looking at him coldly, her voice weak: "Why..."
Foreman Li looked at her and said calmly, "Consultant Xiao Ning, this nerve aerosol will only cause nerve paralysis. I think you should take a nap."
As he spoke, he took a handkerchief, poured some chloroform on it, and covered Ning Yuan's nose and mouth with it.
Ning Yuan wanted to say something more, but she couldn't help inhaling chloroform, and her vision went black instantly, plunging her into darkness.
Li Gongtou got into the car and sped away.
...
Ning Yuan had a dream in which she felt like she was at the seaside.
With the sound of waves crashing against the shore, Rong Zhaonan sat in a rocking chair by the house, his long legs crossed and gently swaying, his head down as he read a book.
She stared at him for a long time, somewhat dazed, unsure of where she was, and feeling as if the person in front of her was a complete stranger.
"Rong... Zhaonan..."
She called softly.
The other person paused, stopped rocking in the chair, put down the book, stood up, and walked towards her.
She looked at him with somewhat unfocused eyes: "You..."
He sat down, his long arm supporting his face beside hers, and lowered his head to look at her tenderly at a distance almost close enough to kiss her.
Then he reached out and gently stroked her cheek, brushing her stray hairs behind her ear: "You're awake, hmm?"
He was so close to her, the faint scent of pine wafting from him and reaching her nose.
Ning Yuan suddenly opened her eyes, her dazed gaze instantly focusing: "Who are you!"
She tried to step back, but found that she had only moved her body slightly.
The tall man sitting next to her had a resolute and handsome face, with long, arched eyebrows and eyes as cold as stars.
His face, which should have been that of a handsome star in a magazine, inexplicably carried a cold and ruthless air between his brows, giving him a strange, craftsman-like quality.
But she felt that gaze was familiar, reminding her of…
The man slightly curled the corners of his lips: "Ah, Consultant Ning, you don't recognize me?"
Ning Yuan paused, then suddenly spoke: "...Foreman Li...or should I call you the eldest son of the Xiang family?"
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