"Don’t move!" Just as Zhu Hong was about to escape with Chen Quan, dozens of ard detectives suddenly burst forth from the surroundings of the office building, completely surrounding Zhu Hong and Chen Quan.
Facing the dark gun barrels, Zhu Hong imdiately halted his steps, threw Chen Quan, whom he was holding, to the ground, and slowly raised his hands.
"Cuff them." A detective quickly stepped forward, handcuffing Zhu Hong’s hands and, in passing, also placed a pair on Chen Quan who was on the ground.
"Zhu Hong, you didn’t expect this, did you?" A voice ca, and Xia Mutong appeared from the crowd, staring coldly at Zhu Hong.
"It’s you?" Zhu Hong’s gaze turned somber as he looked at Xia Mutong, "How did you know I was here?"
"I have my ways, naturally. You should know what cris you’ve committed. Even if it’s not the death penalty this ti, it’s at least life imprisonnt."
Zhu Hong frowned and remained silent; he hadn’t expected to be caught by the police.
"Take them all into the car." Xia Mutong waved a hand, signaling to the others to take Zhu Hong and Chen Quan away.
"OK!" In the hospital room, Hu Fei laughed and high-fived Tang Guolun, "Ling Chen, how was it? My arrangent wasn’t bad, was it? Hmph! With Zhu Hong falling into the police’s hands, let’s see how he gets out of this one. After so much effort, we finally took care of that guy Zhu Hong."
In contrast to the excitent of Hu Fei and Tang Guolun, Ling Chen appeared much calr. He glanced at the screen showing Zhu Hong being taken away and said sowhat perplexedly, "Don’t you find it strange? Why would Zhu Hong take such a huge risk to break into that laboratory to steal cell culture fluid? Even if that thing is of great use to him, with Zhu Hong’s cautious nature, he would certainly plan everything in advance. However, from today’s actions, it seems Zhu Hong didn’t do much preparation, which is a bit out of character for him."
Tang Guolun thought for a mont and said, "Maybe Zhu Hong thought no one had discovered his whereabouts. And with Chen Quan by his side, that was his greatest reliance. With a master from the Heavenly List protecting him, he wouldn’t feel he was in danger."
Ling Chen shook his head and said, "Zhu Hong isn’t soone overconfident, especially knowing Beijing is my territory and still daring to move so conspicuously. It must be because that thing is very important to him." Saying this, Ling Chen turned to look at Hu Fei and asked, "Was Zhu Hong caught by the Beijing police?"
"Exactly! I only passed Zhu Hong’s information to Xia Mutong. If we couldn’t catch him ourselves, we’d depend on the police for assistance."
Ling Chen pondered for a while and said, "Even though Zhu Hong has fallen into the hands of the police, we still can’t let our guard down. You all know what kind of person Zhu Hong is. Soone might secretly rescue him. How about this? I’ll make a call to the people in Beijing later to try to keep Zhu Hong under our surveillance."
"That’s a good idea. If you want to personally solve this problem, you might as well take so ti to go to Beijing."
"We’ll see about that."
"Alright, if there’s nothing else, we’ll head back first. You get so rest." After saying this, Hu Fei packed up his laptop and left with Tang Guolun.
Not long after the two left, Jiang Hao ca in from outside. In matters like this, Jiang Hao was quite tactful. Although he was Ling Chen’s brother and one of Ling Chen’s n, he wouldn’t ask about things he shouldn’t know. Just like earlier, he chose to avoid the situation.
After resting for two or three days, Ling Chen’s injured cheek had scabbed and peeled off, with most of his body recovering. To the hospital doctors, this was nothing short of a miracle. In their view, severe burns on Ling Chen required skin grafts and costic surgery, with no possibility of returning to his original state. Ling Chen’s change astonished them. If not for Ling Chen’s identity, these doctors would likely have researched him.
That day, just after lunch, Ling Chen was about to take a short break when Tong Zhentian and He Ziyun appeared in his hospital room.
"Elder Tong, Mr. He, what brings you here?" Ling Chen quickly got up from the bed.
"You should stay lying down, no need to be so formal."
"It’s alright," Ling Chen smiled and said, "My body has almost fully recovered. If Xiaozhu wasn’t worried about my health and insisted I rest a few more days, I’d have been discharged already."
Once Tong Zhentian and He Ziyun were seated, Jiang Hao, whose leg and foot had mostly recovered, promptly brewed two cups of tea, handing them to the two elders, before greeting Ling Chen and leaving the hospital room.
"Elder Tong, why didn’t you just call if you had sothing to discuss? You didn’t need to trouble yourselves to co in person."
Tong Zhentian began, "Firstly, we wanted to visit you, and secondly, we have sothing important to discuss with you."
"Is it still about the Martial Arts Association?" Ling Chen imdiately guessed Tong Zhentian’s intention.
He Ziyun nodded and said, "Indeed! These days, Elder Tong has been running around for this matter but to no avail. As we feared, the Heavenly chanism Pavilion made thorough preparations regarding this matter. Several martial arts seniors have expressed their stance. If they are selected for the martial arts committee, they will treat each martial arts academy fairly and never abuse their power for personal gain. However, we all know that these are just empty courtesies. Them saying this ans they’ve reached a consensus with the Heavenly chanism Pavilion."
Hearing this, Ling Chen frowned slightly and asked, "Elder Tong, is there no way to convince them to side with us?"
"It’s futile." Tong Zhentian sighed helplessly, "If it were earlier, perhaps we could tempt them with benefits. But not now. Our greatest reliance was martial arts secrets, but since the Heavenly chanism Pavilion revealed their depths, our advantage has vanished. I suspect the Heavenly chanism Pavilion promised them a great deal of valuable items, so they are willing to join their camp."
Ling Chen pondered for a while, feeling sowhat heavy-hearted; this was his most worriso scenario, and it had co to pass. If they couldn’t secure five spots, they would be at a disadvantage in future competition. Thinking of this, Ling Chen spoke, "I have sothing that might work."
"What is it?" He Ziyun and Tong Zhentian asked in unison.
"Nine Elents Pill." Ling Chen slowly uttered, recalling the ti when Ji Gang, while serving the God Organization, had kidnapped Ling Kun and threatened Ling Chen to exchange the Nine Elents Pill for Ling Kun. To that end, Ling Chen went to the Heavenly chanism Pavilion and participated in the internal competition of the Yangxin Pavilion as Su He’s disciple, ultimately defeating Wang Hao to acquire a Nine Elents Pill.
Later, with the assistance of the Heavenly chanism Pavilion, Ling Chen luckily rescued Ling Kun, preserving that Nine Elents Pill, which was never used. Perhaps, offering the Nine Elents Pill could persuade those martial arts seniors to join their own camp.
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