Chapter 81: How Mindless Are You? (Requesting Recommendation Votes)
Chapter 81: Chapter 81: How Mindless Are You? (Requesting Recommendation Votes)
Not sure of the situation inside the factory, Zhou Yan asked why Lin Xi didn’t answer, so she had to let Wang Xian wait while she went over to check.
Rounding the corner, Zhou Yan cautiously glanced into the factory. If she noticed anything amiss, she would immediately return, take Wang Xian, and climb over the wall to leave.
"Uh..."
There wasn’t a group of kidnappers pointing guns at Lin Xi. He was standing alone inside the factory, looking relaxed as he greeted her. Zhou Yan was utterly baffled at that moment.
Approaching the entrance, she didn’t want to bother with Ren Hao and the others who were keeping very quiet behind a police car. Zhou Yan walked into the factory with a puzzled expression.
Inside the factory, it was somewhat chaotic, with bullet marks everywhere, as if a fierce gunfight had taken place.
The weakened kidnappers, barely conscious, were lying on the ground one after another.
Zhou Yan’s mouth dropped open wide enough to fit two duck eggs, as she looked at Lin Xi incredulously.
After a while, she couldn’t help but look Lin Xi up and down. This guy, just as when they came, was completely uninjured. Is he even human?
"Did you do this?" was Zhou Yan’s only question at the moment.
"Just a little handwork!" Lin Xi replied.
"..." Upon hearing this, Zhou Yan felt as if ten thousand horses were stampeding through her mind, only to have another ten thousand come right after.
Those lying on the ground weren’t just ordinary people.
Could regular folks have such complete weaponry, or even any at all?
Hence, Zhou Yan concluded that these people were formidable and likely a mercenary group from a war-torn area, given their audacious confrontation with the police.
And yet, such a group was taken down in less than ten minutes by a single person, completely unscathed!
Zhou Yan couldn’t help but want to curse!
Lin Xi, at this moment in Zhou Yan’s mind, was nothing short of a freak.
A moment later, Zhou Yan gathered up all the scattered guns on the ground to prevent anyone from suddenly recovering and posing a threat, though the possibility was minimal.
Because Lin Xi had just said that for at least an hour, these people wouldn’t be able to fight, but she stuck to caution as a principle.
It was only then that the old police officer on Ren Hao’s side noticed something was off. He sneaked a peek into the factory and saw Zhou Yan and Lin Xi inside.
Although he didn’t recognize Lin Xi, Zhou Yan was famously known.
After clarifying the situation with Ren Hao, Ren Hao immediately stood up. He found that indeed, apart from Zhou Yan and Lin Xi inside, there was no one else.
Regardless of where that group of kidnappers went, Ren Hao quickly gathered his men and rushed into the factory. Upon seeing the kidnappers lying dead inside, Ren Hao and the others were all stunned.
He turned back to glance at the bullet-ridden police car, certain in disbelief that the shootout indeed happened.
Could it be that the two of them handled it?
Ren Hao didn’t dwell on this question any further and instructed his men to cuff all the kidnappers without leaving a single one, ignoring Zhou Yan and Lin Xi.
He also told his men to search the entire factory, and in no time, one of them brought Wang Xian over.
Seeing Wang Xian unharmed, Ren Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately pulled out his phone to make a call, unreservedly saying,
"Chief, it’s all taken care of."
"Miss Wang? Yes, found her, found her. Rest assured, we’ll definitely send her back safely."
"And the kidnappers? Yes, yes, they’re all cuffed, won’t let a single one escape."
"Our people are fine, not a single one got hurt, but all the police cars are wrecked. I really don’t know where they got these weapons from, the firepower was just too strong. If not for that, we’d have rescued Miss Wang already."
"It was me, I had my men cover while I charged in from the side, captured their leader and disarmed them one by one."
"Thank you for the compliment, Chief. It’s our duty to fight crime and rescue hostages, an obligation we can’t shirk."
"Mm, mm, goodbye, Chief!"
Ren Hao hung up his phone, looked at the gathered firearms, and said to a young police officer beside him, "Move all those guns out, wait for the people from the bureau."
"And for these kidnappers, you four move them all out, then stand guard after you’re done."
"You two, more experienced ones, stay with me to thoroughly inspect the place and see if there are any important clues."
After saying this, Ren Hao noticed all his subordinates were stunned into inaction.
"Cough, cough, cough."
It was the old police officer who reacted first, coughing loudly several times.
Only then did the others snap back to reality and start following Ren Hao’s instructions, though inwardly they all deeply admired Ren Hao’s audacity.
Just now, Ren Hao made the call right in front of everyone, his excitement seemingly over the top.
Zhou Yan almost couldn’t resist saying, "What’s it to you!"
However, as far as his subordinates were concerned, they simply buried their heads in their work, avoiding eye contact for fear of showing any strange expressions.
According to Ren Hao, the entire mission of saving the hostages and taking down the kidnappers was all his credit. No, there was a bit of credit for them too.
But they were fully aware of what just happened, feeling somewhat sympathetic towards Lin Xi and Zhou Yan.
Still, it wasn’t their place to handle or interfere in this matter.
Not to mention that Ren Hao was their superior and the director’s current favorite, someone they neither wanted nor could afford to offend.
Besides, when Ren Hao had his feast, they’d at least get the leftovers.
"Ren Hao, have you no shame!" Zhou Yan had met someone even more shameless than Lin Xi. If not for their mutual status as police officers, she would have intervened physically.
For someone like Ren Hao, she could take down five at school!
People like him just needed to be taught a lesson, beaten up a few times to behave.
Ren Hao ignored her directly, instead coldly facing Lin Xi, saying, "Kid, stop hindering our investigation here, you’ve got ten seconds to leave, or don’t blame us for being rude!"
"Okay." Lin Xi replied.
On the surface, he appeared as calm as ever, seemingly unaffected by Ren Hao’s words, though inside, Lin Xi was a bit angry.
Angry not only at Ren Hao’s previous shamelessness but more so at his initial arrogance, alerting all the kidnappers to the police’s arrival.
Without knowing the specifics regarding the kidnappers, nor the safety status of Wang Xian, his actions had made Wang Xian potentially the biggest victim.
However, thankfully Wang Xian was unharmed, otherwise, Lin Xi truly wouldn’t know if he could restrain himself from taking him down.
"Ten."
"Nine."
"Eight."
"Six." As Ren Hao counted to this point, he noticed Lin Xi taking a step forward, thinking he heeded his words. Internally, he sneered, "Weren’t you so tough? Not so much now, are you!"
But the next moment, Ren Hao’s expression changed.
He realized Lin Xi wasn’t heading for the door but coming towards him.
In less than five seconds, Lin Xi stood before Ren Hao, whose face was looking rather unpleasant. Then, to everyone’s surprise, he raised his hand and gave Ren Hao a slap across the face.
"Slap."
The slap resounded, almost sending Ren Hao flying. Only then did Lin Xi speak coldly, "Just how brainless are you?"
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