Chapter 72

"Impossible!" Qingchen said to Li Tongyun.

The little girl looked up in fear at the ceiling of the living room, her body gradually shrinking into the sofa.

No matter how precocious she was, she rarely encountered such a situation.

The shadow of the last time when two thugs broke into their home had not yet completely faded, and now there were thugs again.

Li Tongyun instinctively wanted to turn off the TV with the remote control, but Qingchen stopped her.

The sky darkened quickly in autumn, and they had turned on the lights early.

The thugs must have noticed this, which is why they pretended no one was home.

Qingchen patted the little girl's hand and mouthed silently, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Li Tongyun wiped her tear-streaked eyes and nodded.

Everything in the room seemed to continue normally, with no changes.

Qingchen turned and went to the kitchen, gesturing for Jiang Xue to continue cooking.

He wrote on a piece of paper for Jiang Xue to see: "The thugs are upstairs. From now on, we all must act as if everything is normal. Don't panic; they won't think you're downstairs."

The building had four floors and eight households. The thugs wouldn't be so crazy as to search the entire building.

When Jiang Xue patiently finished cooking and brought the dishes into the living room, she wrote on the paper, trying to suppress her fear: "What should we do now?"

As soon as she spoke, the sound of shattering glass came from upstairs, followed by heavy footsteps passing directly over their heads.

Qingchen's heart sank; it was the weight of a mechanical prosthetic limb.

An ordinary person couldn't make such heavy footsteps.

Slowly, a strange scraping sound came from the ceiling.

Qingchen searched his memory for a similar sound... it was the sound of a zipper touching the ground.

At that moment, someone was lying on the floor listening!

It was like a demon had descended behind you in the darkness, breathing softly, exhaling the smell of blood.

Qingchen sat on the sofa without moving. At this moment, there was no need to act rashly; it was best to wait quietly for them to leave.

In the forest, if you are the prey and face a seasoned hunter, you must first learn how to hide your scent.

Don't take risks, because they have guns.

When the sound of the zipper scraping the floor came again, the person lying on the floor upstairs seemed to get up and the heavy footsteps moved toward the kitchen.

The TV was broadcasting the news, and the host's clear voice echoed in the room.

Qingchen wrote to Jiang Xue: "Contact Kunlun on WeChat. Don't call, they might hear."

Jiang Xue took out her phone, set it to silent mode, and sent a message to Lu Yuan.

To their surprise, Lu Yuan did not reply.

Qingchen wrote: "Forget about Kunlun for now, just wait patiently."

Li Tongyun huddled in her mother's arms, her emotions gradually calming down. She gently tapped the porcelain bowl with her chopsticks, making the normal sounds of eating.

At that moment, the sound of a door opening came from the hallway, and they heard Hu Xiaoniu and others talking as they went upstairs.

Qingchen, Jiang Xue, and Li Tongyun exchanged glances, all realizing what was happening.

It was Hu Xiaoniu and the others, definitely going upstairs to visit Jiang Xue's home!

Knocking on the door.

Then Wang Yun: "Aunt Jiang Xue, are you home?"

Immediately, a sudden cry and the sound of a collision came from upstairs, followed by the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.

The sounds came quickly but disappeared just as fast, as if the thugs had quickly ended the fight.

Then they slowly dragged the four people into the room.

Qingchen was shocked; he had underestimated the suspect's combat ability.

Even if Hu Xiaoniu and the others were still ordinary people, they shouldn't have been taken down so quickly.

"What should we do? Should we save them?" Jiang Xue wrote in fear.

If those four students encountered the thugs, everyone could guess what would happen.

Qingchen looked at Jiang Xue, then at Li Tongyun.

The little girl suddenly pulled on his sleeve and wrote on the paper in a wobbly hand: "Brother Qingchen, you must have a way. You're so smart."

The little girl paused in her writing and continued: "But you must be safe."

Qingchen sighed. Hu Xiaoniu and the others were probably not dead. Given the suspect's style, they would likely see the time travelers as assets and wouldn't easily harm them.

...So there was still time.

He suddenly closed his eyes, and his pupils narrowed in the darkness behind his eyelids.

The information elements that had appeared in his mind were being reviewed one by one.

If someone asked him what the past held,

Qingchen would calmly inform them that it held treasures they had forgotten.

"According to reports, nine suspects are still at large..."

"Hello, do you know Liu Dezhu..."

"Four transfer students came from Haicheng..."

Qingchen suddenly seemed to have found something.

What had Liu Dezhu told him in the isolation room?

"Kunlun learned of the Ezhou people's movements and ambushed outside the school in advance..."

"The person in charge, Zheng Yuandong, said someone would protect me."

Qingchen suddenly opened his eyes, turned his back, and took out his communication device to send a message to Liu Dezhu: "Take a taxi to No. 4 Xingshu Road, 12th floor, and wait there. Go now!"

Liu Dezhu immediately replied: "Boss, what's going on? Why am I waiting there?"

Qingchen replied evasively: "Remember to tell Hu Xiaoniu that the first transaction is complete and he should pay a gold bar."

Liu Dezhu was stunned when he received the message. What did this mean? Why was it suddenly about Hu Xiaoniu?

But he still replied: "Okay, I'm leaving now."

Qingchen finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to harm Liu Dezhu.

Instead, he suddenly realized that while a minor time traveler like Jiang Xue might not be able to contact Kunlun, Liu Dezhu certainly could.

This wasn't about Liu Dezhu contacting Kunlun himself, but rather that Kunlun was already lying in wait around him.

Qingchen needed Kunlun, not Liu Dezhu.

Slowly, the faint sound of a girl crying came from upstairs, as if someone had woken up.

...

In the Xinglong neighborhood, several Kunlun agents guarding Liu Dezhu's building were chatting.

They saw Liu Dezhu sneak out of the building, look around, and quickly run out of the neighborhood, getting into the back seat of a taxi waiting at the gate.

A Kunlun member whispered into his earpiece: "Attention, attention, the sparrow has taken off, the sparrow has taken off, the sparrow is in the eagle's car."

In the mysterious night, Liu Dezhu, sitting nervously in the back of the taxi, said: "Master, to No. 4 Xingshu Road, please hurry."

Lu Yuan's voice came through the earpiece: "Everyone follow. The sparrow has given the address, something is wrong. Wrench, Hawthorn, speed up and find a hiding spot in advance."

Liu Dezhu didn't notice that his actions had set many nerves on edge.

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