Chapter 229 - 225: The Frustrated Zhu Hong

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Chapter 229: Chapter 225: The Frustrated Zhu Hong "Fatty, do you have a disposable phone?" "What for, don’t you have your own phone?" Although he asked, Hu Fei fished out a compact mobile phone from Santana’s storage box and tossed it to him. Watching the suit-clad bodyguards patrolling outside the underground parking lot, Ling Chen’s lips quirked up as he dialed a number. After a short while, he ended the call, rolled down the window, and threw the disposable phone out. "Alright, let’s find a spot to enjoy the show." "You really are cunning, kid." Ling Chen grinned: "Thanks for the compliment." About twenty minutes later, four police cars, with sirens flashing, sped down the road and stopped next to the office building. Right after that, the car doors opened and a spirited female police officer dashed out first, holding a handgun with both hands and raising it to her chest, and she sternly shouted at the suit-clad bodyguards outside the building, "Don’t move! Raise your hands." The bodyguards looked at each other, clueless as to why a bunch of cops had suddenly appeared. "Officer, we haven’t broken any laws. What right do you have to arrest us?" one of the bodyguards said in a deep voice. "We received a tip-off that someone here is carrying guns without authorization." Hearing this, the faces of the bodyguards changed instantly, and they began to back away. Seeing their reaction, Xia Mutong sneered: "Seems we got the right people. Handcuff them all." Faced with the barrels of guns, the bodyguards dared not make any rash moves, obediently raising their hands above their heads. At Xia Mutong’s signal, several police officers immediately rushed up, handcuffed their hands, and then went for their waists. "Captain Xia, jackpot." Xia Mutong nodded, it seemed the tip-off was correct – these people were indeed carrying guns. "You guys guard the exits, Zhao Gang, you take a team to the underground parking lot, no vehicles are to leave, the rest follow me into the building. According to the tip-off, there should be more than just these men." "Yes!" Across the road from the office building, Ling Chen and Hu Fei sat inside the Santana, watching the bodyguards being taken away through the car window, grinning broadly. "Zhu Hong would be pissed if he knew you dealt with him this way." Ling Chen smiled: "Whose fault is that? I’ve said it before, Zhu Hong is a smart guy, but he doesn’t like to use his brain much. Others learn from their mistakes; he knowingly repeats them. Knowing that this is Huaxia, he still dares to carry guns in public. Isn’t that just asking for trouble?" Xia Mutong’s team worked efficiently; in less than half an hour, the bodyguards in the building had all been apprehended. They needed two vehicles to take all of them back. ... In a luxurious villa in East Sea City. "What did you say?" Zhu Hong stood up abruptly from the sofa, his arm holding the phone trembling slightly with extreme anger. "Useless, all of you are useless!" He yelled angrily, lifting his arm and smashing the phone to the ground, venting his fury. After a while, he took a deep breath, his rage gradually subsiding, then turned and walked into his study, pulled out a satellite phone from a drawer, and dialed a number. At this moment, in a temporary room arranged by Hu Fei for Ling Chen, they were gathered in front of a safe, carefully studying it. "Fatty, do you have any experience with this?" "I deal with intelligence, not a secret agent, you should be the one good at this." Ling Chen scratched his head. He knew how to crack safes, but this one had triple locks. The digital lock was easy to handle, but the retinal and fingerprint scans were tricky. "Fatty, go and prepare the tools, let’s just pry it open." "Okay, wait for me." Not long after, Hu Fei walked in with a big bag from outside. Welding machine, cutter, all the tools were well-equipped. Ling Chen rubbed his hands together, took up the drill, and got busy. Since it was unknown what was inside the safe, Ling Chen didn’t dare use too aggressive a method, for fear of damaging the contents. After drilling for about half an hour and changing several drill bits, they finally made a thumb-sized hole in the top of the safe. Ignoring the sweat on his body, Ling Chen took the pinhole camera handed over by Hu Fei and stuck it into the hole. The camera had night vision capabilities; although it was pitch black inside the safe, everything could still be seen clearly. Through the image displayed on the screen, Ling Chen carefully controlled the camera, moving it deeper inside bit by bit. After a while, he spotted several documents enclosed in folders inside the safe. Unfortunately, they were covered with folders, and the contents inside were not visible unless taken out. Just as he was about to continue drilling, the pinhole camera suddenly captured something. More precisely, it was an electronic control device installed inside the safe. Seeing that electronic control device, Ling Chen immediately broke out in cold sweat on his forehead. Damn, lucky for me, or it would have been all for naught. He pulled out the pinhole camera and tossed the equipment aside, then sat down on the ground, shaking his head in resignation. Seeing his chagrined expression, Hu Fei asked, "What’s wrong?" "We can’t touch this safe anymore." "Why not?" "It has a monitoring device installed inside, and the compartment has sensors. Once the sensors are triggered, the self-destruct mechanism will activate, and all the documents will be destroyed. We were lucky just now; the drill didn’t touch the sensors inside the compartment, otherwise, our efforts would have been wasted." Hu Fei was stunned, "So what do we do? After all the trouble to get it here, are we just supposed to give up?" "Don’t rush, there’s not completely no solution, as long as we get through the fingerprint and retinal scans, we can open it." "Fingerprints are easy to deal with, but retinas... unless you bring him here." Ling Chen touched his chin, his mind whirring, thinking of a viable plan. Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he asked, "Fatty, what time is it?" "It’s almost ten." Ling Chen got up hurriedly and picked up a jacket, saying as he walked, "Let’s talk about the safe tomorrow, I’ve got something else to do, you can head back by yourself later." He had promised Nanrong Wanqing last night that he would meet her tonight; he couldn’t break his promise. He took a ride to Wealthy Manor and, just like last night, he sneaked over the wall into the backyard and then climbed onto the second-floor balcony. Looking at the pitch-black room, he muttered to himself, could she be asleep? After thinking for a moment, he gently pushed open the glass door and slipped inside. Approaching the bed, he saw the bedding slightly bulging; Nanrong Wanqing was lying on her side, her breathing even, clearly fast asleep. Thereupon, he tiptoed to the bed, leaned over to Nanrong Wanqing’s ear, and softly called out, "Wanqing."

Chapter 229 - 225: The Frustrated Zhu Hong

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