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

at this time!

Upon hearing Xiao Zhan's words over the phone, Deng Zhi was immediately alarmed. He realized that Xiao Zhan knew about his relationship with Yan Wenlong. However, at this moment, he absolutely could not say that he didn't know Yan Wenlong, but he also couldn't directly admit that he did...

Then Deng Zhi asked in return, "Oh, it's Yan Wenlong, right?"

This sounds like he's confirming a name.

Xiao Zhan: "It's Yan Wenlong."

Without hesitation, Deng Zhi replied, "Okay, I'll let you know as soon as I hear news about him."

It can be said that Deng Zhi is very good at handling emergencies; it would not be an exaggeration to describe him as meticulous.

In any case, Xiao Zhan's sudden attack did not achieve the desired effect.

Deng Zhi then asked, "Xiao Zhan, is there anything else?"

Xiao Zhan said politely, "Brother Zhi doesn't have any more, thank you Brother Zhi!"

Deng Zhi chuckled twice and said, "Hehe! No need to be so polite, I'm happy to help. I have some things to take care of here, I'll contact you later. Goodbye!"

Deng Zhi hung up the phone after he finished speaking.

As the top dog in Beijing, he was used to hanging up on people. Even if it was someone else asking him about this, he wouldn't bother to answer and would just hang up.

The instant he hung up the phone, two intense killing intents flashed in Deng Zhi's sharp eyes...

"Bang!"

Deng Zhi tossed his phone onto the coffee table, looked at Wanyan Ruoxi and Wanyan Ruolan sitting opposite him, and asked coldly, "Have you two secretly cooperated with Yan Wenlong?"

Wanyan Ruoxi shook her head and said, "No, I saw him a few times when I was managing the business at the Lin family. I haven't seen him since I left the Lin family. Isn't he Huang Pengfei's advisor?"

"What happened to him?"

Wanyan Ruolan shook her head and said, "I'm not familiar with him."

Seeing that neither of the sisters had any private interaction with Yan Wenlong, Deng Zhi's expression immediately softened.

He looked at Wanyan Ruolan and said, "If Yan Wenlong comes to Xiaotangshan Hot Spring Resort to find me, you must tell me in time. Also, do not meet with him without permission when I am not here. There are many people outside looking for him right now."

"He's stupider than a donkey, getting involved with foreign spies. This time, even a god can't save him."

The two Wanyan sisters exchanged a glance and said in unison, "Understood, we will not have anything to do with such people."

Deng Zhi nodded, his gaze softening slightly as he looked at Wanyan Ruolan, and said with a smile, "Come soak in the hot spring with me to relax."

Wanyan Ruolan stood up and said, "Then I'll go and make the preparations."

The clever Wanyan Ruolan knew that Deng Zhi had something to say to her sister; otherwise, she wouldn't have asked her to call her sister over earlier.

as predicted,

After Wanyan Ruolan left…

Deng Zhi's gaze sharpened again as he looked at Wanyan Ruoxi and asked, "I heard that you two sisters have both changed back to your birth parents' surnames?"

Wanyan Ruoxi nodded and said, "Yes, I want to cut ties with the past before starting anew."

Deng Zhi sneered, "You don't want everything you've lost anymore?"

Wanyan Ruoxi's eyes flickered a few times, then she sighed softly and said, "Ah, what's lost is lost. I've figured it out. What's more important than life?"

"Now I can be with my sister and live a simple life without any worries. Life is full of disappointments, so why bother pursuing so-called fame and fortune?"

Deng Zhi smiled and said, "If you're telling the truth, it means you've seen the light. If you're just putting on an act for me, you'll regret it later. Xiao Zhan is someone you can't afford to offend. Wanyan Ruoxi, cherish what you have!"

After Deng Zhi finished speaking, he stood up and walked out.

Behind her, Wanyan Ruoxi's eyes flashed with a barely perceptible sharpness as she said, "Mr. Deng, I know what to do. Thank you for your guidance, Mr. Deng!"

"Thump!"

The elevator finally stopped. It was pitch black all around, and a pungent smell hit us.

Shirley gripped Yan Wenlong's arm tightly and whispered, "Where are we?"

She was overwhelmed by the stench and couldn't breathe.

Yan Wenlong listened intently and said, "This is the municipal sewage network. Only in this way can we escape from the building, and only in this environment can we evade the pursuit of police dogs and the search by drones from the sky."

Shirley then realized that Yan Wenlong was smarter and more cunning than she was, and his escape method alone was superior to hers.

After their eyes adjusted to the darkness, Yan Wenlong pulled Shirley out of the elevator, then groped his way to the wall next to them. There was a storage area for equipment reserved for maintenance workers to repair the sewer pipes. He opened it and took out a powerful flashlight.

A beam of light illuminates the darkness…

Shirley saw herself standing in knee-deep, black sewage, the murky water emitting a nauseating stench…

Various kinds of household garbage floated in the sewage. Watching this garbage drift past her, Shirley felt a wave of nausea and began to vomit...

Yan Wenlong took out a small canvas bag from the wall, opened it, took out a new cell phone, quickly assembled it, and said to Shirley, "Your special cell phone can no longer be used. If you use it, the National Security Bureau's tracking system will lock your location within three seconds."

Shirley knew all this, of course; she had taken apart the special phone after discovering she was being followed.

Because it was a special spy phone used by the CIA, it couldn't be left at the scene.

Shirley covered her nose and asked, "Where are we going now?"

Yan Wenlong: "You'd better come with me. As long as you don't cause any trouble, I guarantee you can evade the National Security Bureau's pursuit. We'll escape once things have calmed down."

At this point, Shirley was desperate and said, "If you take me away from here, I'll follow you, be your woman, and bear your children."

Yan Wenlong sneered, "Having children is one thing, but people like us are better off without children."

"Otherwise, our children will be our weakness."

Shirley then realized that she had really misjudged him.

It turns out Yan Wenlong was the real ruthless one...

Yan Wenlong pulled Shirley along and said, "Let's go, this isn't a good place for romance."

at the same time!

In Yan Wenlong's room.

Xiao Zhan squatted on the ground, carefully observing the slightest clues left by Yan Wenlong and Shirley, and then made his way to the bathroom.

Xia Keke said, puzzled, "That's strange. The elevator was blocked, and the fire escape was guarded. How did these two grown people escape from there?"

"Xiao Zhan, what are you doing in the bathroom?"

"Is it possible for someone to hide here, given how open and transparent the area is?"

"Moreover, the windows in high-rise buildings are all sealed, with only a crack for ventilation, so jumping out of a window to escape is simply impossible."

suddenly,

Xiao Zhan crouched down to examine the bathtub closely, then pressed his ear against it before standing up and pointing at Xia Keke, saying, "Do you think it's possible that the bottom of the bathtub is hollow?"

Xia Keke exclaimed in surprise, "How is that possible?"

Xiao Zhan pointed to the wall and said, "The fire escape is right outside the bathroom wall, right?"

Xia Keke looked around and said, "It seems so."

Xiao Zhan: "The fire escape is right next to the garbage chute!"

Xia Keke nodded.

She had looked at the building's architectural diagram in the lobby when she came in.

Xiao Zhan said to Zhang Guoqiang, "Go find a sledgehammer and smash the bathtub. You'll know whether I'm right or not after you smash it."

quickly,

Zhang Guoqiang brought in a sledgehammer.

"Bang bang bang!"

In just a few moments, the bathtub was smashed to pieces. Peeling back the broken tiles, a dark hole was indeed revealed beneath the bathtub.

"Hiss..."

Apart from Xiao Zhan, everyone present gasped in shock.

Xia Keke gave a thumbs up and said, "Xiao Zhan, you're amazing! How did you know there was an escape route under the bathtub?"

Xiao Zhan pointed to the cave entrance and laughed, "Hahaha, I also know there's an elevator inside the cave."

Upon hearing that there was an elevator, Zhang Guoqiang immediately wanted to jump down...

Xiao Zhan darted forward and grabbed Zhang Guoqiang to stop him, saying, "The elevator has already gone down. If you jump now, it's no different from suicide. You'll be smashed into a pulp."

"hiss……."

Zhang Guoqiang was immediately terrified and broke out in a cold sweat...