"Huh? Sir, are you talking to ?"
Fang Zi was still unwilling to give up. He had concealed himself so perfectly; how could anyone have discovered him?
Yin Shixiu was soone he knew about. But no matter how skillfully this man played the business ga, when facing him, Fang Zi didn’t believe Yin Shixiu could pull off any tricks!
After all, each profession has its specialization!
That’s what Fang Zi thought.
As a result, Yin Shixiu took a deep breath, his gaze shifted from him to the vast "deadly silent" lawn within the cordon.
He said softly,
"A soldier who’s undergone rigorous training will always stand out among ordinary people, no matter how well disguised. I’m not a soldier, but my father spent his life on the battlefield. Do you think I’m familiar enough with soldiers?"
Fang Zi conceded.
"Mr. Yin..."
"What’s the situation inside? Is there any chance to rescue them?"
"To be honest, it’s not optimistic. There are quite a few criminals, and with the hostages mixed in, emotions are already extrely unstable at this point."
"What about them?"
"Who?"
Yin Shixiu glanced sideways at Fang Zi.
Fang Zi quickly cleared his throat and said,
"Among the rcenaries holding the hostages is one who knows Mrs. Yin, maybe we can use that."
Yin Shixiu furrowed his brows. A rcenary acquainted with Xiao ng?!
Fang Zi quickly explained,
"I don’t know the specifics. It’s true that I can contact the captain, but the situation is critical. We only exchange necessary and useful information."
"We still need to learn more about the situation inside the church. Acting rashly will definitely be a losing proposition."
Yin Shixiu said steadily,
"Pass on a ssage from to Ming Xu—proceed according to one’s capability, do one’s best."
"Okay."
"Can I be of any help?"
Yin Shixiu was asking Fang Zi.
Fang Zi originally planned to say no, but on second thought, there actually was sothing,
"If we could get two helicopters to support us..."
"Do you have any specifications for the helicopters?"
Yin Shixiu asked in a hurry.
Fang Zi was montarily stunned, then raised his brow slightly, "Yes."
Fang Zi laid out the basic requirents to Yin Shixiu. If Yin Shixiu could gather everything in the shortest ti, it would be a strong assurance for their potential actions afterwards.
Yin Shixiu was incredibly relieved that, at this mont, he could still do sothing!
Otherwise, even if he ground his teeth to dust, he could only watch and wait.
Yin Shixiu turned to prepare everything according to Fang Zi’s list of needs, but Fang Zi stopped him again.
"What else do you need?"
"No, I just wanted to say, your wife is with the captain. If you have anything to say to her, you can—"
"No, and don’t let Ming Xu or Xiao ng know."
"..."
Fang Zi was puzzled by this.
"That woman... when I’m not around, she’s especially strong. When I am, she becos particularly fragile. She’s surely holding on with great difficulty, and I don’t want her to cry."
"...Oh."
Fang Zi responded, then watched Yin Shixiu slip away from the crowd.
He actually hadn’t finished saying everything; if you don’t say sothing to your wife now, what if, just what if...
There’s always a ’what if’ in this world, isn’t there?
Fang Zi didn’t understand Yin Shixiu’s emotions at this ti, he just continued doing his contact work.
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anwhile, inside the church, it was still dead silent.
Despair and fear filled everyone’s eyes and hearts.
"Mommy, Shuangshuang is a little hungry..."
Shuangshuang nestled in Su Xiaong’s arms, uttering in slight discomfort...
While Shuangshuang was calling out for food, on the other side, although Prince Huang remained silent, Shan Mingxu could clearly hear the child’s stomach growling several tis.
Currently, it seed only the children still felt hunger.
It’s not that the adults didn’t feel hunger, just that for these adults, other feelings had far outweighed the sensation of hunger.
Xiao ng hugged Shuangshuang tightly, whispering in the little girl’s ear,
"Once we get out, mommy will take you to have a feast."
"Mommy, Shuangshuang wants to eat biscuits..."
Shuangshuang suddenly said, and Su Xiaong imdiately thought of when Shuangshuang and Huanghuang had just begun teething, and she would buy biscuits for the little ones to nibble on.
Because of this, her husband had even given her a good scolding.
If Yin Shixiu were here now, she would proudly say to him,
"See, they really love to chew on biscuits!"
For just a mont, Su Xiaong quickly shook her head; it’s better if he’s not here.
"Yes, once we’re out, mommy will buy you biscuits."
Shuangshuang nodded.
Shuangshuang and Huanghuang always had big appetites, as if they could never eat enough. Before the wedding ceremony, the little ones did eat sothing.
But from the ti the incident started until now...
Listening to the church bells, it had been nine hours.
Shuangshuang only started crying out for food now; that’s already strong enough.
Create understanding in children under three years old about what they’re experiencing right now? Not very likely.
But they could sense danger, hear others crying, and realize that the uncles with big guns were the bad guys.
Despite Shuangshuang’s normally noisy nature, from the ti the incident occurred to now, she was uncharacteristically well-behaved.
And Prince Huang continued to maintain his silence.
Han Tan would occasionally pass by them, and Su Xiaong had found the opportunity to speak with him.
She had no other requests, just to see if Shuangshuang and Huanghuang could be sent out...
Han Tan said nothing. He saw a trace of bitterness in Su Xiaong’s eyes.
Yet he still would do nothing.
Shan Mingxu’s little gestures had long been in his sight. Knowing Shan Mingxu’s identity, it wasn’t hard to guess what he might do next.
Han Tan could see Shan Mingxu using Morse code to communicate with people outside, and Shan Mingxu knew Han Tan had discovered this.
Can’t say he wasn’t nervous at all, since he knew so little about Han Tan.
However, they were already in the most dangerous situation; doing sothing or doing nothing made little difference.
Shan Mingxu had basically figured out the layout of the church.
The spot where Xiao ng and the kids were leaning was against a wooden spiral staircase, which should lead up to the top of the church.
But the wooden staircase was completely exposed to the criminals’ view; it wouldn’t take much to spot even a mouse moving on it, let alone a person.
Unless he could silently take out all nine people inside the church except for Han Tan, including that Chinese leader!
No, maybe even Han Tan would have to be taken out!
Otherwise,
it would definitely be impossible for Su Xiaong to lead Shuangshuang and Huanghuang up the spiral wooden stairs to the churchroof.
Fang Zi asked Yin Shixiu to prepare helicopters, just in case this plan succeeded against all odds, the helicopters would significantly increase the success rate of the rescue operation!
After all, it was a slightly more cautious thod compared to gunfights or fire attacks.
Shan Mingxu leaned against the wall; his expression wasn’t much different from the other hostages, only the steady and rhythmic tapping of his index finger on his right arm.
In his ear were a series of codes sent by Fang Zi, which he swiftly decoded into text.
The mont he deciphered it, his index finger froze—Uncle.
Shan Mingxu didn’t have ti to be amazed at how easily his uncle found his ally in such a short ti.
Proceed according to one’s capability, do one’s best...
This pair of seemingly contradictory words wrapped around Uncle’s complex and tangled emotions at this mont.
Shan Mingxu was no longer an inexperienced and reckless youth. These eight simple words were Uncle’s way of entrusting him to protect Aunt and the younger siblings, as well as his unwillingness to burden him with too much pressure...
Uncle is always like this...
Even in such a thrilling and chaotic mont, he still tries to manage everything without error.
Shan Mingxu glanced at Aunt beside him; she was still softly coaxing the Shuangshuang in her arms, doing her utmost to comfort her daughter.
Her face showed no fear, her eyes no panic.
Her composure, rational maturity, filled Shan Mingxu with genuine admiration and astonishnt.
Su Xiaong was no longer the naive little girl from years ago; she... truly was different now.
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