Soon, the group reached the dock where the cargo ships were unloaded. As long as they could rush from the warehouse to the dock and board a ship, they could get out of this crisis.
It was rare that he still had four lackeys with him at this moment. One of the lackeys had already been injured earlier.
Once they got here, they couldn't move forward any further. As soon as they tried to move in the direction of the dock, silenced guns fired at them from all directions. Judging from the situation, there should be quite a few policemen lying in ambush around.
"It seems we've really been surrounded by the cops," Long Tao took out a gun at some point. "Can Miss Cheng swim?"
Yan Xia frowned, completely not reacting to what he was up to. Before she could answer, Long Tao said again, "It seems you can. Then let's go."
Suddenly, Long Tao grabbed Yan Xia's clothes and picked her up like a chick. With his other hand, he grabbed a lackey and used their bodies as shields. He rushed from the warehouse door towards the railing of the dock in quick steps.
The sound of bullets hitting flesh came into Yan Xia's ears. Grabbed by the collar by Long Tao, she could clearly feel the wind whistling past her ears and the bullets whizzing by. The sea was silently calm, without a single ripple. The lackey who was shielding them was hit by several bullets and was thrown away by Long Tao the moment they reached the railing.
He jumped into the water with Yan Xia with a splash, creating a huge splash. Zhou Qi and the other lackeys behind them also jumped into the sea.
Yan Xia could feel the seawater pouring in, constantly filling her nose and mouth. She had a moment of suffocation but soon held her breath and opened her eyes. The others around her were all struggling to swim towards the nearby ship.
Only then did she realize what Long Tao had in mind. To avoid risks, he even deliberately lowered his height in the water to avoid being hit by bullets.
She just didn't know if the earpiece and the pinhole camera that Shangguan Yao had given her were waterproof. After being soaked in the seawater like this, they were probably useless.
All her clothes and hair were soaked and loose. Yan Xia looked back and found that Zhou Qi was still following behind.
Just for that moment, she clearly saw a black tattoo on the part of his arm near his shoulder. Her heart skipped a beat. Suddenly, she remembered that Wen Liang, who Lu Qianzhou had once sent to protect her safety, seemed to have the same pattern in that position.
She was stunned for a moment, and bubbles came out of her mouth.
Seeing her looking back at him, Zhou Qi suddenly swam towards her at a faster speed and grabbed her to swim forward together.
With his help, Yan Xia also struggled to swim forward.
No... it should just be a coincidence. There couldn't be such a thing. Wen Liang was Lu Qianzhou's man. After betraying and running away, he had disappeared without a trace. And this Zhou Qi was Third Master Lu's man. The tattoos on them were just an ordinary mark. They couldn't be the same person.
She forced this absurd thought in her mind back.
Because the distance was too far, it was almost impossible not to take a breath on the way. Yan Xia was the first one who couldn't help but float up from the water to take a breath. She reached out to wipe the seawater off her face and gasped for air.
Immediately afterwards, the others underwater also popped their heads out. There were lights shining on the sea. As soon as they popped their heads out, their positions were immediately locked.
However, just as Long Tao was about to reach the ship, the ship suddenly roared and drove away directly.
At the same time, he clearly saw a person standing on the ship. The man was dressed in black, leaning against the railing casually, wearing a cap with the brim pulled down very low. With his lazy posture, one could vaguely see his deep eyes and perfect jawline under the brim of the cap.
The faint smile and the delicate facial features. Who else could the man on the ship be but Lu Qianzhou!
The ship being driven away meant that Long Tao's plan had been seen through, and this last way out had also been cut off.
One of the lackeys exclaimed, "The ship has left, boss. The man on the ship seems to be Lu Qianzhou! It seems that it's really him who cooperated with the police and betrayed us. Otherwise, how would the police know our trading time and location!"
Long Tao's face was very gloomy, but he didn't easily comment.
On the contrary, when Yan Xia heard Lu Qianzhou's name, her face turned a little paler. Her heart was pounding like a young girl in love. She was both afraid of seeing the person she loved and eager to see him at the same time.
She stared closely at the person on the ship. From a distance, she could only see a vague figure. She couldn't confirm if it was really Lu Qianzhou just like this.
At this moment, she hoped so much that the person wasn't Lu Qianzhou. She still had so many things to say to him. She couldn't just watch him admit his crimes and be arrested and imprisoned.
At this moment, her rationality was divided into two sides.
On the one hand, she thought that a stubborn person like Lu Qianzhou should not be able to make peace with Shangguan Yao and reach an agreement to come here. After all, as long as he was willing, he could find thousands of ways to escape legal sanctions. But she was just afraid that Lu Qianzhou had come for her. In order to protect her, he had compromised.
After knowing what kind of deep hatred Lu Qianzhou had put down for her, she had no doubt about his feelings for her.
If it really came to that moment, he would compromise for her in front of everyone.
On the other hand, she thought that the possibility of that person being him was very high. Making up for one's mistakes was better than continuing to make them. Moreover, he hadn't really committed any unforgivable heinous crimes. Maybe he had suddenly figured it out.
While she was lost in thought, Long Tao suddenly reached out and lifted her out of the water. Yan Xia was soaking wet and struggled to climb onto the path from the dock to the warehouse.
All she could hear was the sound of gurgling water. The earpiece in her ear was probably broken because of the water and there was no sound at all.
Then, the others in the water also climbed up.
"Mr. Long," Yan Xia said anxiously, "if Lu Qianzhou has really betrayed us, then we're probably in trouble today..."
"It's not a big problem," Long Tao still spoke with the confidence of a king. "As long as Miss Cheng is here, even if he wants to betray us, he will still leave some leeway. He won't let the police kill us all."
Yan Xia suddenly felt uneasy. Long Tao's overly calm attitude really made people have to think too much.
At the end of their rope, he could still be so calm. Shouldn't he make good use of the few remaining lives at hand and fight a bloody path out of here?
Moreover, these things were already out of control. It wasn't something that Lu Qianzhou could control. Why did he think that as long as she was here, there was still a chance of a turnaround?
There were lackeys on both sides surrounding him to protect him. He suddenly got close to Yan Xia. Yan Xia only felt something hard pressing against her waist. She didn't know if it was a gun or a dagger.
Her breath caught in her throat.
"Mr. Long..."
"Miss Cheng, this is good for both of us. At a critical moment, you're my amulet." She was also his last ace in the hole.
In this posture, he pushed Yan Xia towards the warehouse. In the early morning, there were no transport workers on the dock. The sky was a dark blue.
As she walked, Yan Xia looked down and saw that Long Tao was directly pressing a gun against her waist.