Arranged marriage, love blossoms; a fiercely devoted soldier dotes on her alone.

"Hello! Who is this?"

Qin Huanhuan answered the phone and pretended not to know who it was.

Actually, she had Lin Ruoxi's phone number saved in her phone, otherwise she wouldn't have known that it was Lin Ruoxi calling.

Lin Ruoxi on the other end of the phone genuinely thought Qin Huanhuan didn't know who she was, so she said, "Qin Huanhuan, this is Lin Ruoxi."

Qin Huanhuan feigned surprise and exclaimed, "Oh my, it's Miss Lin! It's like the sun has risen in the west! May I ask what brings you here, Miss Lin?"

Lin Ruoxi said calmly, "Qin Huanhuan, don't be sarcastic with me. I know you've been holding a grudge against me for slapping you and sending people to deal with you last time, but that was just a small lesson. Qin Huanhuan, I want to meet with you and have a talk."

Without hesitation, Qin Huanhuan refused, saying, "I'm sorry, I'm very busy. Miss Lin, please tell me what you need over the phone."

"Meeting is out of the question, and besides, I don't want to see you."

Lin Ruoxi probably didn't expect Qin Huanhuan to refuse so decisively. After pausing for a few seconds, she said, "I think it's better to talk things out in person. Qin Huanhuan, I have something to tell you. If you don't come out to see me, I can't guarantee that your sister, your mother, and your stepfather who keeps causing trouble and courting death won't encounter any unexpected accidents."

Upon hearing this, Qin Huanhuan immediately flew into a rage and wanted to explode.

There are still such despicable and shameless women in the world...

When they can't arrange a meeting, they resort to verbal threats...

Suddenly, Qin Huanhuan was startled, as if she had thought of something. She looked at her younger sister, who was half-lying on the hospital bed playing on a tablet, and suddenly realized that she had not seen her mother, Liang Yanhong, since she entered the VIP ward.

So she asked softly, "Ai'ai, isn't Mommy here?"

Ai'ai didn't even look up and said, "Mom came this morning, then went out after receiving a phone call."

"Thump!"

Qin Huanhuan's heart sank, and she quickly asked, "Aiai, did Mom say anything to you before she left?"

Ai'ai looked up and thought for a moment before saying, "Mom said she was going to get something and would be right back. Hmm, why isn't Mom back yet?"

At that moment, Lin Ruoxi said on the other end of the phone, "Qin Huanhuan, you're looking for your mother, right?"

"Then whose voice is this?"

Immediately, Liang Yanhong's pained sobs came through the phone: "Huanhuan, please don't come over! Mom's alright. Take care of your sister. It doesn't matter if Mom dies."

"Slap! Slap!"

"uh-huh!"

Qin Huanhuan clearly heard the sound of a slap across the face, and her mother's muffled groan of pain...

My fears came true.

Qin Huanhuan immediately shouted anxiously, "Lin Ruoxi, don't hit my mother! Release her immediately or I'll call the police! This is restricting her personal freedom, this is illegal detention, this is a crime, do you know that?"

However, Zhang Yingbao's pleading voice came through the phone again: "Huanhuan, please agree to meet Miss Lin, otherwise your mother and I won't survive. Please don't call the police, if you do, your mother and I will be dead before the police arrive!"

Qin Huanhuan didn't care whether Zhang Yingbao lived or died.

To be honest, I'd love for him to die sooner rather than later.

At this moment, Lin Ruoxi said coldly, "Qin Huanhuan, you have no choice. Don't try to play tricks on me. You have ten minutes to get to the Anxiang Tea Restaurant opposite the People's Hospital. If you're late, you'll bear the consequences. Oh, and by the way, a friendly reminder: don't call the police. If I dare to do that, I've made thorough preparations."

"Thud!"

Lin Ruoxi hung up the phone before Qin Huanhuan could speak.

Qin Huanhuan was truly panicked now. When had she ever seen such a scene? This was even more serious than the attack she and Hua Ying had been attacked at night last time.

Qin Huanhuan quickly dialed back, but the call was disconnected as soon as it connected. She tried to call back several times, but the same thing happened.

"Phew~~".

Qin Huanhuan took a few deep breaths to calm herself down. She knew that it was especially important not to lose her composure at a time like this.

Qin Huanhuan knew that calling the police now was useless. Lin Ruoxi had just said that she was prepared. With her status, strength, and connections, she could easily find someone to take the blame and shirk all responsibility.

"What do we do now?"

"What do we do now?"

Qin Huanhuan kept asking herself...

Suddenly she remembered Lin Ruoxi's last words: she had to get to the tea restaurant across from the hospital within ten minutes, or else…

Oh my god, three minutes have already passed.

Qin Huanhuan turned and ran towards the door, saying to Zhang Aiai, "Aiai, stay in the room and don't go anywhere."

Inside the room, Zhang Aiai saw her sister run out like a madwoman, wondering what had happened.

She vaguely heard her sister say a few words on the phone, and it sounded like her parents were still crying and shouting on the other end.

Zhang Aiai sat there in a daze for a while, then suddenly remembered what her brother-in-law had told her.

"You can call me if you need anything."

Zhang Aiai immediately picked up her phone and called Xiao Zhan…

Five or six minutes later,

Panting and sweating profusely, Qin Huanhuan ran across the street to the Anxiang Tea Restaurant and asked the waiter, "Which room is Lin Ruoxi in?"

The waiter pointed upstairs and said, "Miss Lin is in the VIP room on the second floor."

"Thanks!"

Qin Huanhuan lifted her leg and ran upstairs...

at the same time,

In a small conference room in a building in the No. 14 compound on East Chang'an Street, the door was heavily guarded, and the atmosphere inside was tense and oppressive.

Sitting in front of Xiao Zhan were Chen Hongwei, Xia Keke, Xiao Huai'an, and Yu Bo, as well as Zhang Xiangdong, director of the Interpol China National Central Bureau, and Wu Weimin, an official from the Foreign Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Xiao Huai'an then introduced, "We recently achieved a major breakthrough in 'asymmetry' in the fields of three-nanometer chips and quantum encrypted communication. Now, our quantum encrypted communication, codenamed 'Fuxi,' can generate 'one-time pad' quantum keys that are unbreakable and cannot be eavesdropped on."

"Our samples have passed the military's evaluation and acceptance. The next step is to begin mass production, and they will soon be applied to the latest military communication equipment. Once the 'Fuxi' system is applied to our military command network, the US's proud global surveillance system 'Prism,' as well as its globally deployed signals intelligence network, will become deaf and blind overnight."

"Some time ago, the spies tried to steal the three-nanometer chip technology and the 'Fuxi' system, but failed. Their main person in charge fled in panic after the plot was exposed. Actually, we intentionally let them escape, and there were reasons for that."

"Director Chen Hongwei will explain the specific details to everyone."

Chen Hongwei stood up and said, "According to the latest intelligence we have, the US military used this analogy in an assessment report: 'If China's "Fuxi" quantum communication system is successfully applied, it's like being in a global poker game where we not only can't see the opponent's hole cards, but we can't even know if the opponent has played a card.'"

Zhang Hongwei paused for a moment, then said, "Therefore, the US Congress is doing everything in its power to prevent our military from using the 'Fuxi' system. As a result, they have formed a secret interagency task force composed of high-ranking officials from the CIA and NSA."

"According to intelligence, this secret operations team, codenamed 'Eagle Claw,' planned to create chaos and seize our 'Fuxi' system and three-nanometer chips through assassination, theft, or even a forced attack. If that failed, they intended to destroy them completely. However, after a detailed risk assessment, all their plans were deemed too risky and likely to leave evidence, so they were rejected."

"Ultimately, the 'Eagle Claw' action team devised a crazy and daring plan: to kidnap Xiao Zhan and use him as a hostage to obtain the 'Fuxi' system and the core technical parameters of the three-nanometer chip. Even if they couldn't stop us from using the 'Fuxi' system, they could at least understand, decipher, and master some of its technical parameters."

Xiao Zhan found it utterly ridiculous and couldn't help but scoff, "Holy crap, these bastards want to kidnap me? Are you kidding me?!"