Chapter 283: Chapter 283

It was a call from Tang Junyi.

"Ninth Master, you don’t need to worry about the situation in Shangjing City. Just take good care of yourself."

"Can you ensure An Yan won’t get hurt?"

The other person was silent for a moment before saying, "Is she that important to you?"

"Yes. If anything happens to her, I’m not sure I can stay sane."

"Then just go! Let Lu Feng and the others take you to the island!"

"Can you guarantee her safety?"

"Ninth Master!" Tang Junyi was also furious. "I assure you, no matter what, her life will be spared! As for anything else..."

He was the Ninth Master’s most trusted man. With the Ninth Master away, the Li Consortium was under his control.

He had never imagined that Gu Xiu, his most trusted chief secretary, would conspire with the Li Family and betray both him and the Ninth Master. Now, the opposing side was adamant about the Ninth Master’s death and had even factored the state’s power into their plans.

So, the Ninth Master absolutely mustn’t return! He especially couldn’t afford to have an episode in Shangjing City!

"I want her safe and sound!" Li Tianyao said.

Safe and sound meant not even a single scratch.

Realizing this, Tang Junyi said bluntly, "But if you come, you both might die tonight! You know this is Shangjing City! And we, at least nominally, are just businessmen!"

"Sir, if you don’t come, I’ll have room to negotiate. After all, An Yan is an innocent who hasn’t broken any laws. I believe I can ensure her life is spared."

"What’s the Li Family’s situation now?" Li Tianyao asked.

"Li Minghao has locked it down; no one is allowed in or out! Communications have also been cut. Everyone in the Li Family is staying put!"

The sprawling Li Family, with nearly two hundred members, all retreated into their homes the moment Li Minghao gave the word. Not a single person was willing to stand up for Li Tianyao and oppose Li Minghao. Heh.

Li Tianyao said, "This is exactly the result I wanted!"

It was only then that Tang Junyi suddenly understood: Li Tianyao’s actions were actually meant to protect the Li Family! But little did he know that while he was trying so hard to protect the Li Family, someone within it wanted him dead! And this person was none other than the biological father of Li Qingqing, the sister he doted on most! What a joke!

After a moment, Li Tianyao said, "You don’t need to do anything. Just wait and see the outcome."

With that said, he hung up directly without waiting for a response.

The other side was clearly trying to use the little girl’s predicament to lure him to Shangjing City. If he refused to go, it was obvious what she would face.

She was his little girl! It wasn’t anyone else’s turn to bully her!

After making arrangements, Li Tianyao’s plane took off.

An Yan and her group had all been captured.

The parents huddled in small groups, naively thinking that capturing An Yan would definitely bait Li Tianyao, and then their children would be saved.

Zhao Meng, wearing a leather jacket, frowned as he listened to their hopeful discussions. The ones who arrested An Yan and her group were indeed real police officers. However, after apprehending them, they weren’t taken to the police station. Instead, they were locked in the hospital’s basement. This was very strange!

"Honey, why didn’t you do anything just now?" Zhao Meng’s wife whispered in his ear.

Zhao Meng said, "Didn’t you see the problem? That person deliberately pressed his neck against An Yan’s knife. And as for that Teacher Du—if they were really in the right, why did they only dare to speak while hiding in the crowd?"

"What do you mean...?"

"I trust Li Tianyao!" Zhao Meng said. "I’ll find a way to help An Yan shortly. If I can get on her good side, our daughter might still have a chance!"

"Oh, okay. Go ahead then."

Zhao Meng’s wife was a clever woman! After speaking, she took the opportunity to chat with the parents next to her, providing Zhao Meng with cover so he could slip away easily.

Zhao Meng didn’t take the elevator but descended via the stairwell.

On the second sub-level, he saw two guards by a door, dressed in hospital security uniforms and holding weapons. Above their heads were surveillance cameras!

Zhao Meng slid his phone through a crack in the door and filmed the entire corridor. There were four cameras, one in each of the four corners.

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"Command, surveillance on sub-level two has been damaged!"

The masked man stared at the surveillance footage. When An Yan took out an Acupuncture Needle, he initially thought she was going to treat her companion’s injuries. To his surprise, she shot the needle through the peephole of the security door, aiming at a camera.

However, the two cameras she disabled were in diagonally opposite corners. The other two were on the same wall as their room door!

A smile touched the masked man’s lips. "No matter. There are still two left, aren’t there? I’m curious to see how she’ll disable these."

The security guards turned off their intercoms, and both looked up at the two remaining cameras.

An Yan adjusted the angle of her wrist. Unfortunately, the remaining two cameras were in her blind spot.

She had to rely on luck now!

An Yan took a breath, channeled her Inner Strength into the Acupuncture Needle, and, trusting her judgment, flicked the needle out.

The two guards watched as the needle, glinting coldly, flew towards the western camera. However, she miscalculated; it missed the target and struck the adjacent wall.

"This woman is incredible! A flying needle embedding itself in the wall!"

The two guards clapped sportingly. "Try another one!"

An Yan was speechless.

Zhao Meng, hiding outside the door, immediately zoomed in on his phone’s screen and saw the still-vibrating silver needle! Now he understood how An Yan had damaged the cameras.

After a moment’s thought, he turned and quietly went upstairs to a nurses’ station. From a disposal room’s trash can, he retrieved two used syringe needles.

Hearing the guards’ voices outside, An Yan knew she had missed.

It must have been an issue with the angle.

The cameras were installed in the corners of the same wall as the door. For her needle to hit them successfully from the peephole, the angle of trajectory needed to be between two and three degrees. To achieve such an angle, she needed to increase her distance from the door.

An Yan calculated as she stepped back!

To maintain the Acupuncture Needle’s angle and ensure it passed through the peephole successfully, she had to...

As she focused on her calculations, Mu Enyu’s gaze followed her incessantly. Mu Enyu was terrified, but seeing An Yan so calm, she felt she shouldn’t be. She had insisted on following An Yan; she couldn’t become a hindrance when they faced trouble!

"Hm." An Yan turned to her and asked, "What’s up?"

"If you want a smaller angle of incidence, you need to consider the peephole’s depth. For your needle to pass through it, the minimum angle is determined by the peephole’s diagonal."

An Yan nodded and said, "You’re right."

Given the limitations of the peephole, to succeed, she would need to enlarge the hole slightly.

An Yan took a scalpel from the medical kit and carved a slanted notch into the peephole, thereby allowing for a shallower angle of attack.