"Come on! If you've got the guts, just do it!" Long Tao's facial muscles twitched slightly, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes. "If you don't care about Miss Cheng's life at all and want everyone in the warehouse to be buried with me, then come on!"
He was fearless.
He thought he had been well-prepared, but he didn't expect Cheng Yanxia to have made such preparations in advance. She framed him in such a way. Since she was unkind, don't blame him for being unjust!
The pain spread from her palm to her brain. Yanxia tried her best to hold back her cries, with fine sweat covering her forehead.
After Zhou Qi had thrown the wooden box full of money, he was controlled by two of Long Tao's henchmen. Both she and Zhou Qi had guns pointed at their temples and had no power to resist.
At this moment, the man who looked very much like Lu Qianzhou and had been standing on the boat before walked into the warehouse from outside. The difference was that this time he not only wore a cap but also a mask, covering his whole face.
Shangguan Yao still coaxed patiently, "Long Tao, your accomplice has confessed all your criminal acts to us. I advise you not to make any useless resistance and try to get a lighter sentence."
But Long Tao certainly wouldn't believe such absurd words.
At this moment, both he and Yanxia's attention were on the man who looked like Lu Qianzhou.
As they got closer, at this distance, she was already sure that the man was Lu Qianzhou. She couldn't mistake him. Her hand hurt, but her heart hurt even more. He finally came.
Yanxia couldn't help but suspect that the accomplice of Long Tao that Shangguan Yao had just mentioned was Lu Qianzhou. Did he choose to confess everything for her?
"That money isn't mine. Someone framed me. When did the police start doing such underhanded things?" Long Tao held Yanxia hostage and stepped back slowly. "Does Miss Cheng think it's all over like this? I've said that even if I'm going to die, I'll take you all with me."
The two henchmen held Zhou Qi hostage and protected him from behind, while Long Tao held Yanxia hostage and faced Shangguan Yao, walking fearlessly towards the outside of the warehouse.
The warehouse he chose was the closest one to the port. It was built above the sea. After walking out of the warehouse, a few more steps forward and crossing the railing would lead to the sea.
"I've already fired one shot. I don't mind firing a second one. Get out of the way, or I can't guarantee Miss Cheng's safety." He slowly exerted force on his hand. Yanxia could even hear the friction sound when the trigger was slowly pulled.
Everyone looked at each other. After a moment of weighing, they slowly made way for him.
Long Tao then said, "I want a boat. I'll naturally release Miss Cheng after I get on the boat and reach a safe place."
Things had come to this point. How could Shangguan Yao give up at this moment?
He gritted his teeth and said, "Long Tao, you're already on the international wanted list. You can't escape! Release the hostage immediately, or you'll only add to your crimes. You're a smart man. You should be able to tell the pros and cons."
He walked quickly but with restraint.
The man who looked like Lu Qianzhou stood at the door, motionless all the time, just looking in their direction.
Just as Long Tao was holding Yanxia hostage and approaching the door, the other policemen in the room were closing in on him step by step.
Excessive nervousness made Long Tao forget to observe the situation outside. Finally, when he reached the door, the man who looked like Lu Qianzhou grabbed his gun firmly and made a powerful upward cut. With a bang, the bullet hit the warehouse door.
The two henchmen behind him were about to fight back when they were knocked down by the policemen who had been lying in ambush at the door for a long time and were pressed to the ground, losing their ability to resist.
Long Tao was also grabbed by two policemen on both arms and pressed against the door.
Yanxia was then protected in Lu Qianzhou's arms.
She looked up blankly and saw his familiar eyes under the brim of his hat and above the mask. Her heart trembled involuntarily.
"Lu Qianzhou..." She murmured his name and couldn't help seizing the opportunity to ask, "My... My father, did he ever do something to your mother..."
Lu Qianzhou's gaze darkened slightly.
However, before she could finish the whole sentence, Long Tao behind suddenly lay on the ground and laughed maniacally and venomously.
"I didn't expect the police to do such a thing as framing others. How despicable!" He struggled. At the moment when the policemen relaxed their guard, he took out a red remote control from his pocket.
"Since that's the case, then all of you should die!"
After saying that, he frantically pressed the button on the remote control.
"Be careful, Chief!"
At the last moment, Shangguan Yao protected the chief and rushed a few steps outside, crossing the railing and jumping into the sea. But during those few steps of rushing out, the fleeting fire and impact still burned Shangguan Yao's clothes to ashes, and his back was burned, with a large area of red flesh.
At the same time, Lu Qianzhou hugged Yanxia and quickly jumped over the railing into the sea. They were closest to the railing, so they suffered the least impact and injury.
With a splash, Yanxia and Lu Qianzhou jumped into the water together.
Hundreds of boxes of flour in the warehouse exploded simultaneously. The noise was almost earth-shattering, and even the ground trembled.
The whole port was in flames. None of the other policemen left in the warehouse survived. Together with Long Tao and a few henchmen, they were all buried in the warehouse.
Gurgle...
Diving into the water again, Yanxia had some difficulty breathing.
The man had always protected her well. Yanxia opened her eyes. His hat had floated on the water surface, but the mask was still on his face.
She felt a little sad. She didn't expect to see him again in such a situation. She still had a lot to say to him and many questions to ask him, but she hadn't asked them yet, and in the sea, she couldn't say anything at all.
She suddenly reached out and removed the mask on Lu Qianzhou's face, revealing the facial contour under the mask. Just as she had guessed, it was indeed Lu Qianzhou...
For some reason, her tears suddenly welled up. The wound on her hand was still oozing blood, which dissipated in the sea water, but she didn't care about anything. She just held onto Lu Qianzhou tightly and refused to let go.
Why was he so stupid? Why was he so persistent and insisted on bearing all this alone?
If he had told her everything earlier, maybe they would still have been separated for a few years. But at least she wouldn't have separated from him with inexplicable hatred. Even if she had known earlier that her father was such a despicable person, she could still have borne it.
But his stubbornness prevented him from speaking. He didn't want to tell anyone about his mother's once unbearable past for others to sympathize with or despise him.
He was even more afraid of making her sad, which led to their long separation.
Yanxia opened her mouth to say something, but suddenly choked on water and felt very painful.
Lu Qianzhou pulled her closer, kissed her lips in the water, and gave her a breath. Then he swam towards the distance and stopped not far from the warehouse. A secondary explosion might occur at any time. It was really too dangerous.