CHAPTER 980: CHAPTER 980: CHAIN ACCIDENTS

Just at this moment, Li Qiao received the first encrypted email.

She tapped the code to decrypt it, glanced at her phone, "I’ll talk to you later."

Li Qiao ended the call and quickly adjusted her breathing to call Shang Yu.

The call was connected swiftly, the quiet receiver sounded the man’s consistently magnetic voice, "Been waiting anxiously?"

Li Qiao composed herself and asked softly, "A little, are you still busy?"

"Hmm, had to handle something urgent. Sleep if you’re tired, or wait for me if you’re not, okay?"

Li Qiao smiled and agreed, hung up the phone, her expression turning solemn.

In the blink of an eye, Wu Minmin’s call came in, "Qiaoqiao, something’s not right, something seems to have happened at Liao Mountain."

"What’s happening?"

Wu Minmin tucked the phone against her shoulder, constantly switching surveillance videos, "All signals from monitors within 300 meters of Liao Mountain’s perimeter have been lost, your husband’s car can’t be tracked either, it seems there’s a jamming device around, who knows which bastard did it."

Li Qiao took a deep breath, looking at the encrypted emails continuously returning in her inbox, after cracking them one by one, her expression restored to calmness, "It’s okay, I’m going over."

"I’ll have Ah Da take you there, take my husband too, just in case something really happens, you’ll have some support."

Li Qiao closed her laptop, returned once more to check Shang Yu’s vital signs on the wristwatch program, the alarm signal was still flashing incessantly.

She pursed her lips, swiftly took off the hospital gown, changed into a simple black tracksuit, turned off the light, and walked out of the ward, "Cover for me, handle the surveillance around the hospital."

Wu Minmin replied, and seconds later, exclaimed quietly, "Damn, the road to Liao Mountain is under military lockdown?"

"Who ordered it?" Li Qiao paused at the door, quickly thinking of countermeasures.

Wu Minmin was silent for a moment before responding, "It’s the Military Department."

"Got it, go to bed early."

...

Twilight fell, a black bulletproof car with the license plate number K312 exited the hospital’s underground parking lot.

The car wound through the streets, speeding off in the opposite direction of Liao Mountain.

Elsewhere, in the Liao Mountain region.

Three roads within a hundred-meter range were all barricaded, surrounded in lockdown.

Nobody was around, just a few military vehicles stationed beside the barricades.

Suddenly, three black sedans approached from a distance, the lead vehicle ignored the barricades, forcefully breaking through the checkpoint, charging into Liao Mountain’s main street as if it were an empty area.

The barricades were destroyed, causing a surge of hidden currents.

In less than twelve minutes, the three cars stopped in Liao Mountain’s central area, Liuyun bypassed the car hood and opened the rear seat’s door.

Under the dim streetlights, shining leather shoes stepped out of the vehicle, followed by the gradual appearance of Shang Yu’s tall, ink-black figure.

In front of the central area, was a flat military district, used on ordinary days to fend off foreign sneak attacks.

The man’s handsome face was half-lit, with one hand in his pocket as he strolled forward, completely ignoring the danger quietly closing in from behind.

Liuyun and Zuo Xuan accompanied Shang Yu, a group of three, exuding an aura akin to a thousand soldiers.

"Young man, quite audacious."

In front of the bungalow door, Xiao Hongdao stood against the light, holding a cane in one hand, smiling and praising in a deep voice.

Shang Yu slightly raised his eyes, his gaze cold like stars, curling his lips evilly, "I must give you some respect."

Xiao Hongdao pointed an index finger in the air at Shang Yu, "You’re actually much more interesting than your father, but I wonder about your tactics."

The man nodded, his aura sharp and formidable, "You’ll see tonight."

"Then... let’s wait and see!" Xiao Hongdao leisurely laughed, then raised his forearm, and from the bungalow behind him emerged two bodyguards, holding a blond, blue-eyed woman in captivity.

It was Margaret.

Shang Yu enigmaticly pressed his lips down, "Do as you wish."

Xiao Hongdao eyed Margaret with contempt, "Heard that? The savior you imagined is merely here to watch you meet your end."

Margaret was deeply agitated, yet stubbornly shot daggers at Xiao Hongdao.

She had been careless, not expecting Xiao Hongdao’s wolf-like ambitions, to actually abduct her on the plane.

According to the original plan, she should have already returned to the British Imperial to complain to her father, but unfortunately... a fluke happened.

Xiao Hongdao tapped the ground with his cane, then raised his head, "Take her to Xiaoyan’s room, don’t let them out before she’s pregnant."

At this moment, Liuyun’s eyes flickered with evident surprise.

Wasn’t Xiao Yeyan taken away by the International Drug Enforcement Agency? How could he be here?

Facing this unexpected change, Shang Yu remained expressionless as he watched Margaret being dragged away, his thick eyebrows slightly relaxed, speaking arrogantly, "That’s it?"

Xiao Hongdao seemed tired of standing, and as he turned his head, Yin Zhihong brought over a wheelchair.

He slowly sat, propping his cane aside, "Shang Shaoyan, you’ve only been concerned with saving Li Qiao’s family, seems... you’ve overlooked Shang Zonghai."

Shang Yu pulled out a cigarette from his pocket, a hint of impatience on his brow, "If you could eliminate him, you wouldn’t have waited until today."

Xiao Hongdao laughed coldly, his expression full of gloom, "Like father, like son; you and your dad are equally arrogant."

"Get to the point, what are your intentions." The man lowered his head to light the cigarette, his entire being wrapped in an aura of arrogance.

Xiao Hongdao rubbed his eyebrows, nodding to himself, "Alright, a quick resolution will save a lot of time. Young man, hand Li Qiao over to me, and I’ll release those seven lives."

"Are you dreaming?" Shang Yu skipped the courtesies, his deep eyes bursting with intense fierceness.

Xiao Hongdao’s voice was low and carried a trace of age, "Then what’s to be done, you ruined my son, shamed the Chairman Family, took all the benefits, it’s only fair that I demand justice, Old Yin, what’s the situation at the airport?"

Yin Zhihong’s head was lowered, reporting methodically, "The Crown Prince and Head of Shang Family encountered a car accident on the way, the scene has already been sealed off, but ambulances can’t get in."

Xiao Hongdao feigned dissatisfaction, glancing at him, "Is it that severe?"

"Yes, there was a seven-car pileup on the airport expressway, the emergency route is also blocked, difficult to implement rescue in a short time."

Xiao Hongdao amusedly smiled, "Why not send a helicopter then?"

Yin Zhihong continued to answer, "Emergency helicopters from major hospitals in Naypyidaw have been temporarily requisitioned, none are available in the city."

Xiao Hongdao regretfully sighed, "It’s fate. The Crown Prince of the British Imperial implicated by the Parma Shang family head’s death, seems war between the two nations is inevitable."

Shang Yu coldly and starkly stared at Xiao Hongdao, his gaze increasingly deep and dark, "Always heard the Old Duke is ruthless, you certainly live up to that description."

"What counts as ruthless?" Xiao Hongdao supported his forehead with one hand, slanting a glance at the man, "To achieve great things, one must make choices. Without ruthlessness, how can matters be accomplished? Precious time is wasted here, better think of a way to rush to the airport, maybe you can see your father one last time."