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Chapter 182: Chapter 182: The Attacker
Han Yi couldn’t help but feel it was all a farce.
This woman had approached him, adamantly saying she had something very important to tell him alone. Usually, he couldn’t be bothered with this sort of thing, but seeing that the woman was brought by his sister’s friend, he patiently listened. Yet, he hadn’t expected it to be such ludicrous talk.
Han Yi turned to leave, having no desire to waste any more time.
Liu Ling hurriedly caught up, urgently saying, "Don’t you want to know who started those rumors? It was Su Xue, Su Xue had told me about you and your sister long ago, I didn’t believe it. She must be trying to slander you, right? I know you are very strong! As long as you keep me, I will do whatever...
Han Yi stopped in his tracks. Liu Ling felt a surge of hope and quickly followed him, just in time to see Wei Jie and Han Jiaojiao around the corner. Liu Ling opened her mouth to say something but found herself speechless.
Han Jiaojiao looked awkwardly at Liu Ling and said, "We’ve known for a while it was Su Xue spreading those rumors, and even if we didn’t, my brother could find out soon enough without your help."
"I..." Liu Ling seemed not to hear Han Jiaojiao’s words; she stared blankly at Wei Jie, her body trembling slightly, her pretty face pale, "I’m sorry... I... I’m too scared, Wei Jie, I don’t want to go through it again, I’m sorry..."
"But I have already taken you out of Beicheng..." Wei Jie said in a hoarse voice, his expression sad.
"It’s no use!" Liu Ling cried uncontrollably!
She knelt on the ground, hysterically shouting, "Even going to Lingchuan is the same! We are not strong enough! Even if we go to Lingchuan, the same things will happen, you simply can’t protect me! We will always be running, from one base to another! I’m sick of it! I don’t want to live like this anymore!"
Han Jiaojiao felt somewhat sad. She was angry at Liu Ling’s offer, but perhaps more than that, she felt sorrow and helplessness.
She didn’t know when Liu Ling had developed these feelings, but Han Jiaojiao was certain that Liu Ling didn’t love her brother; she was just blindly following power for a sense of security, willing to forsake her last shred of self-respect.
This was a situation best left to those two to deal with.
Han Jiaojiao wanted to shout for her brother to leave, but then she saw Han Yi staring blankly at her. Following his gaze downward, she noticed a small red dot on her chest.
Huh? When did it get dirty?
Han Jiaojiao reached to wipe it and immediately realized something was wrong, hearing Han Yi’s shout—
"Get down!!!"
Han Jiaojiao was a split second too late; she was already being fiercely pushed aside by Wei Jie!
Whoosh, whoosh!
Two bullets hit where she had just been standing, kicking up dust.
Wei Jie grabbed Han Jiaojiao and rushed into a nearby restroom, bullets following close behind their heels! Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
—This attack was clearly aimed at Han Jiaojiao!
When the gunfire stopped, Han Yi immediately yelled, "Jiaojiao! Are you alright?"
Han Jiaojiao, both shocked and angered, was supporting Wei Jie in the restroom. After hearing Han Yi’s voice, she shouted back, "Brother, I’m fine! Wei Jie’s calf has been hit!"
Upon hearing Wei Jie was hurt, Liu Ling hurriedly attempted to run over but was abruptly grabbed by the collar by Han Yi; he bellowed, "Stay here if you don’t want to die!"
Liu Ling, intimidated by Han Yi’s fierce demeanor, froze in place and dared not move.
Yan Xiao, Xiao Jian, and others came over, asking in succession, "Brother Han, what happened? We heard gunshots!"
"Someone’s been sniping!" Han Yi cursed and then shouted, "Jiaojiao, don’t come out just yet."
"Got it," Han Jiaojiao responded, already starting to bandage Wei Jie’s wounds, her Ability silently activated to help stop the bleeding.
Outside, Han Yi used Mental Search to quickly scan the area and immediately located a car parked a thousand meters away, undoubtedly carrying the sniper. The person was lying motionless on the car roof, apparently waiting for Han Jiaojiao to come out and take another shot.
"Xiao Jian! Yan Xiao! You two, drive there, a thousand meters north! Bring me back the person!" Han Yi gritted his teeth, sweeping his gaze towards the crowd as he fiercely ordered, "Changyuan, gather everyone for me!"
The crowd immediately sensed that something was amiss, showing varied expressions.
A thousand meters, a half-minute drive, but it seemed the other party sensed something wrong as well, thus almost at the same time as Yan Xiao and Xiao Jian set off, the other party hurriedly drove away.
When Yan Xiao and Xiao Jian returned, their expressions were far from good.
"...Brother Han, we lost them."
Han Jiaojiao, leaning on Wei Jie, slowly walked out of the restroom, with Hao Boming and Zhou Yan quickly moving to support Wei Jie.
Lu Changyuan looked at Wei Jie, then at Han Yi, and asked, "What happened?"
Why would someone attack Han Jiaojiao?
Han Yi’s face was extremely grim, and upon hearing the question, he didn’t speak but instead measured up everyone at the scene with his eyes, his gaze so terrifying that no one dared meet his eyes.
Eventually, Han Yi’s gaze settled on someone. That person, stared at by Han Yi, began sweating profusely, legs trembling incessantly. Han Yi suddenly grabbed his collar, yanked it fiercely! The man staggered, and Han Yi delivered a powerful kick!
Bang! —
The man flew out, smashing harshly against the bumper behind him!
Yan Xiao’s heart skipped a beat, thinking, "Brother Han hasn’t been this furious in a long time..."
Han Yi’s aura radiated an intimidating chill as he slowly enunciated, "I have never tolerated traitors among us!"
Lu Changyuan signaled with his eyes. Understanding his meaning, Yang Qi and Zhou Xiaoliang immediately stepped forward to search the man, quickly finding a satellite phone.
Lu Changyuan sneered, "I don’t remember issuing this thing to you." Lu Changyuan provided everyone with a radio communicator, and only military personnel might use satellite phones nowadays.
Yang Qi spat and demanded, "Speak! Who gave you this!"
Every time before setting up camp, Han Yi would use "Mental Search" to ensure there were no imminent dangers. This meant that when they set up camp, the sniper wasn’t present yet. After the camp was set, someone used the satellite phone to direct the sniper, who arrived nearby upon receiving the coordinates. 𝓃𝓸𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
The man took a while to catch his breath, clearly having been significantly affected by Han Yi’s kick. Trembling violently as he lay on the ground, he pleaded, "Brother Han! I really didn’t know it would turn out like this! The person who contacted me just wanted to know the exact location. If I had known they were going to harm Miss Han, even if I had a hundred guts, I wouldn’t have dared to agree! Brother Han! Please forgive me this once, I was momentarily bewitched! Brother Han..."
Zhou Xiaoliang couldn’t help but kick him, cursing, "Are you f***ing new to this?! Who are you trying to fool!"
To ask for specific locations out of the blue, would the other party do something benevolent? The opposite side probably explicitly told him they would teach Han Jiaojiao a lesson, but he probably harbored hope, thinking even if Han Jiaojiao died, he could still follow Han Yi as if unaffected, not missing out on any benefits from the sniper.
This vain hope was clear to most people present, each displaying distaste.
Han Jiaojiao walked up to Han Yi, silently watching the man cry bitterly on the ground.
Yang Qi asked, "Brother Han, how should we handle this?"
Han Yi, with a menacing look, glanced at the man, then walked away, arm in arm with Han Jiaojiao, without saying a word.
Lu Changyuan scoffed, "The old rules. Have you forgotten what we did in the south?"
Xiao Jian, with disgust, said, "Take him far away, don’t dirty the place."
"Yes."
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