Chapter 48: Peace and Smoothness
After a while, Qiao Qinglu finally calmed down. She stood up and bowed deeply to Captain Liu, Ke Bin, Zhou Xiaohai and the others who had escorted the two back. "Thank you, thank you."
Captain Liu stepped forward and helped Qiao Qinglu up. "Qiao Zhizhi, this is what we should do. Ke Bin and Zhou Xiaohai will stay here to continue to protect your safety. Feng Yuan and He Linqing still have to deal with the aftermath and won't be back for a few days."
After saying that, Captain Liu got into the car and Qiao Qinglu and the others entered the yard.
Qiao Qinglu took the steamed bun to wash up first. The couple would sleep with the steamed bun tonight.
Qiao Qinglu let Mantou rest his head on her right hand, and gently patted Mantou's back with her left hand. She said, "Mantou, you're finally back. Mom missed you so much. I'm sorry I'm not your hero and didn't save you the first time."
Mantou rubbed his little face against Qiao Qinglu's hand, and imitated his mother with his right hand, patting her back. The little adult said, "It's okay, Mommy. I'm very cute, Mommy is also cute, and Daddy is also cute. Uncle is so awesome, 'whoosh', Mantou is back."
"Yeah, we are all very grateful to uncle. Are you sleepy, Mantou? Take a nap first and we can talk about it tomorrow, okay?" Qiao Qinglu said.
Mantou said: "Mantou is not sleepy, Mantou does not want to sleep, Mantou does not want to be alone."
Qiao Qinglu burst into tears. "Mom and Dad are here, Mantou is not alone. Mantou, wake up. When you wake up, Mom and Dad, Doubao Tangyuan, Aunt Qiu and the uncles will all play with you, okay?"
Mantou still had his eyes wide open and muttered softly, "Don't sleep."
Qiao Qinglu didn't say anything, just patted his back gently. After a while, Mantou was so sleepy that his eyelids were fighting and he finally started snoring.
Qiao Qinglu carefully pulled her right hand out, tucked the quilt in for him, smoothed his hair, then turned to look at Xiao Qinyun and asked him about the details of the rescue that night.
Xiao Qinyun put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Just like I told you, we had anticipated the other side's moves and made good preparations. Captain Liu also prepared his men, so everything went smoothly.
Initially, I met with Team Leader Liu. We analyzed tonight's transaction and determined there was a 70% chance the other party wouldn't bring the steamed buns. After all, they needed to keep a backup plan in case the information I provided was flawed. So, we settled on a strategy of "fake trade, real rescue."
Next, I went to the machinery factory and brought back fake project data. Afterward, Ke Bin and I went to the intersection. Some of Captain Liu's men sneaked directly into the yard to rescue Mantou, while others squatted at the intersection to cover us.
At the transaction site, I gave the other party false information, and they gave me a "fake steamed bun." Then Captain Liu's men rushed out. Seeing their plan had failed, they tried to escape, but unfortunately, all the roads were blocked. With nowhere else to turn, they decided to fight to the death and shot me in the chest.
Luckily, I was wearing a bulletproof vest, and Captain Liu's men finally caught them all. They'll probably be interrogated next to see if any of them managed to escape.
Qiao Qinglu touched his chest anxiously, "Where did you get hit? Why don't you go to the hospital? Even if you were wearing a bulletproof vest, you would still be injured at such a close distance."
Xiao Qinyun grabbed her mischievous little hand and said, "I'm really not sure. He missed the heart, but it felt like a punch in the chest. Captain Liu's people checked me out and they're fine. But if you touch me again, I'm not sure."
Qiao Qinglu quickly retracted her hand. This man was too indecent.
The old man and the children have returned safely. Thank you to all the gods and Buddhas. I hope that my family will be safe and sound in the future. With this beautiful wish, Qiao Qinglu fell asleep soon.
Xiao Qinyun didn't fall asleep. He held his wife's hand and thought a lot.
He recalled the incident two years ago and this time. No matter which time, the terrorists were targeting him, and in the end, they targeted his children.
He was glad that they had made preparations in advance two years ago and caught the bad guys in the trap; he was even more glad that this time, because of the triplets' telepathy, they predicted Mantou's situation and location in advance and successfully rescued Mantou.
He couldn't imagine what would become of his home if he didn't find Mantou, or if something unfortunate happened to Mantou.
Finally, he looked at Qiao Qinglu and gently kissed her forehead.
Thank you, Qinglu, thank you for coming to me and thank you for giving me three lovely children.
From now on, I will definitely stand taller and never let you get hurt again.
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