CHAPTER 263: CHAPTER 151: CHAOS

Yu Xiaonan, amidst the crowd, caught sight of that extremely loathable face. What a waste, for a fine man like Lu Yimo to look like such trouble waiting to happen.

Halfway through Ding Ling’s speech, the emotions she had labored to muster were interrupted by Lu Yimo’s "last-minute invitation." Had it been anyone else, Ding Ling would have unleashed a torrent of curses, but the one who had interrupted her was none other than Lu Yimo, second only to Lu Xun, and her favorite.

Simon, hiding in the bushes, was also stunned. Upon clearly seeing the approaching Lu Yimo and Xia You, he was filled with indignation. As he was considering whether to change his aim, the moment Simon had been waiting for arrived.

"Mr. Lu, and this lady colleague of yours. The opening dance is supposed to be led by..." Major General Ding awkwardly emerged from the crowd, reminding them not to forget the opening dance should be led by the "birthday girl."

"Careful," Xia You pulled away from Lu Yimo and threw herself to the ground. Major General Ding was still in a daze when the bullet grazed their shoulders; through her clothes, she could feel an intense burning pain.

"Brigadier General," Lu Xun was the first to draw his gun, while Lin Yi immediately shielded Xianxian behind him.

The crowd was still a mix of clamor and screams when, from the still-musicless loudspeakers, a ticking sound started to emit.

A figure dashed out from the bushes, headgear of a special operative on, gun pointed at Major General Ding, who in a reflex, used Xia You as a shield. His military rank was much higher than hers, so using Xia You to take a bullet wasn’t really a big deal.

"Nobody move," a slightly husky female voice accompanied by the ticking noise pierced everyone’s ears, "Let’s listen to some music first."

With Simon’s appearance, more than a dozen figures sprang out from the garden, producing a laptop.

Lin Yi and Wuyue grew serious, and the gun in Lu Xun’s hand tightened its grip.

The laptop’s screen got clearer and finally rested on the interior of a building.

"Tick, tick, tick..." Soldiers from the Armed Department started to sweat coldly; to them, this sound was eerily familiar.

"There must be several members of the Armed Department here, isn’t this music beautiful? Yes, that’s the sound of a bomb," the sniper Simon aimed his gun at Major General Ding.

"Bombs... My God," people began to stir, trying to rush out of Ding’s garden.

Dozens of snipers had taken up strategic positions in the garden. The security personnel previously arranged seemed to have vanished into thin air.

"Now I see why it looked familiar, isn’t that the interior of the Octagonal Building of the military region?" The crowd, mainly from the Rand Military District, recognized the building right away.

Xia You watched the shifting video while keeping an eye on Major General Ding beside her, thinking this old rogue should have been allowed to be shot earlier. But the sniper was too merciful, failing to take the shot.

As the video image moved downward, both Wuyue and Major General Ding widened their eyes. The Octagonal Building was staffed tonight, but the entire Underground Prison was devoid of any patrol staff.

"Such an ugly woman," now the crowd knew they were temporarily safe; the situation seemed like a real-life cops-and-crooks show, as an ugly woman suddenly appeared in the video.

"Major General Ding... Wuyue... you didn’t expect... to encounter me in this way, did you..." Ji Shanshan’s appearance brought a wave of surprise, but Xia You felt a chill in her heart. Major General Ding’s hands around her tightened, trembling slightly.

Wuyue frowned and gestured downwards with her fingers.

"No need... to question... I have waited for this day... four years... I’ve planted... bombs... in the Octagonal Building..." Ji Shanshan emerged from the Underground Prison, placing white devices that could emit the beeping sound on the walls while walking. According to Ji Shanshan and her cohort’s plan, they wanted to plant bombs in Ding’s Mansion as well. However, the security for this event was managed by Wuyue and Lu Xun, whose thorough inspections had made the security practically foolproof.

The Armed Department personnel knew what those devices were, and so did Major General Ding and Wuyue. These people were truly vicious; unable to act at Ding’s Mansion, they now threatened lives using the entire duty staff of the Octagonal Building.