After ninety-nine online romances, I finally met my ex in person when school started.

The encrypted phone in my pocket suddenly vibrated.

Zhu Xun Chuan put his arm around Jiang Yao with one hand, took out his phone with his right hand, and answered a video call.

The screen flickered, and Gu Qinghan's face appeared.

She must have just finished showering; she was wearing a black silk nightgown, the neckline slightly open, revealing glimpses of her delicate, fair collarbones. Gold-rimmed glasses perched on her nose, and the aloofness of her gaze from the lecture hall had faded, replaced by a languid allure.

The background shows the bedroom of a large penthouse in the China World Trade Center.

"It's getting colder in Ice City. How sharp are the knives from the North?" Gu Qinghan's voice was calm, but the concern in his tone was unmistakable. "The Municipal Public Security Bureau's Special Police Brigade has already assembled. I've used my connections to get the cross-provincial operation application approved within half an hour. I'll take my men and fly over there."

The ruthless and decisive nature of the iceberg-like counselor is always accompanied by the stench of authority.

Zhu Xun Chuan looked at the woman on the screen, a slight smile playing on his lips. "No need."

"Zhu Xunchuan, now is not the time to be reckless. Since Jiang Tao dared to force us to abdicate, he must have some dirty hands." Gu Qinghan frowned slightly, adopting the tone she usually used to reprimand her students, exuding an unyielding queenly aura.

Zhu Xun Chuan interrupted her directly.

"Women should refrain from interfering in men's affairs." Zhu Xun Chuan's tone was cold and domineering. "Bringing officials into the venue is a slap in the face to the Jiang family, and also a slap in my face."

"Furthermore, the Kyoto City Police Department's cross-regional enforcement is clearly not in accordance with regulations. Can Harbin just stand by and watch?"

Gu Qinghan was taken aback, and the rebuttal she had prepared got stuck in her throat.

"Be a good girl and take good care of the home in Kyoto. Keep the bed warm." Zhu Xun Chuan's voice softened, carrying a highly aggressive teasing tone. "I'll hand you that final report in person when I get back. Get clean and wait for me."

On the screen, the aloof tutor, revered by countless students and unattainable to the wealthy young men of Kyoto, had his ears visibly flushed red.

She bit her lower lip, forced herself to remain calm, pushed up her glasses, and snorted coldly, "I'm back alive. I don't want to be a widow at such a young age."

The video call ended.

Zhu Xun Chuan put his phone back in his pocket. The only way to deal with these arrogant, privileged young women was to use a stronger hand to suppress them in their area of ​​expertise, making them willingly submit.

Just then, an unfamiliar number called. The location was Harbin.

Zhu Xunchuan pressed the answer button and turned on the speakerphone.

"Has the young lady arrived yet? I heard that my brother-in-law from Kyoto is quite skilled; he severed the tendons of my good-for-nothing brothers at the airport." A rough and mocking male voice came from the other end of the phone.

Jiang Tao. Jiang Ting's adopted son, and the mastermind behind this rebellion.

Jiang Yao lifted her head from Zhu Xun Chuan's arms, her eyes instantly turning extremely fierce.

Jiang Tao continued feigning concern, "The hospital is in complete chaos right now; even a nurse isn't safe. I advise you to hand over the black jade ring as soon as possible, lest the old man pass away peacefully."

Zhu Xun Chuan remained expressionless, not even lifting his eyelids.

"Wash your neck and wait for me."

Seven words. No fluff whatsoever.

Zhu Xun Chuan hung up immediately and blocked him.

Xiaobai walked over from the direction of the emergency exit. She took off her heavy coat, revealing her extremely dangerous curves in her black combat suit.

She opened her palm. A tiny, pure black communicator lay in her fair hand.

"It was on that doctor just now." Xiaobai's voice was flat.

Zhu Xun Chuan picked up the communicator. He flipped the casing over. On the back, a row of extremely small Russian abbreviations was laser-engraved.

It's exactly the same as the "Siberian Grey Wolf" text message on the Maybach.

These armed foreign hyenas have already infiltrated the interior of the rescue building.

A murderous glint flashed in Zhu Xunchuan's eyes.

Right in this very second.

"drop--!"

Inside the glass window, the vital signs monitor by Jiang Ting's bedside suddenly emitted an extremely piercing long beep.

The previously gently fluctuating green heart rate curve instantly became a lifeless straight line! The red warning lights flashed wildly.

The tightly closed door to the sterile ward was violently flung open from the inside by two doctors.

"Critically ill! Ventricular fibrillation!" The doctor, drenched in sweat, yelled down the corridor, "Prepare 200 joules of defibrillation, quick!"

"Critically ill! Ventricular fibrillation!"

Outside the intensive care unit on the sixth floor of the emergency building, a piercing alarm shattered the deathly silence of the corridor. Doctors, drenched in sweat, roared as nurses pushed a trolley through the door.

Jiang Yao bit her lip hard, her whole body limp. If it weren't for Zhu Xun Chuan's rock-solid arm around her waist, she would have already knelt on the ground.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" The attending physician of Bingcheng No. 1 Hospital anxiously pushed aside the Jiang family loyalists who were blocking the door.

Just then, a huge roar came from above the building, making the glass on the entire floor vibrate.

The military helicopter landed directly on the rooftop helipad of the emergency building.

Immediately afterwards, the fire door to the emergency exit was kicked open violently. Twelve top experts dressed in Peking Union Medical College Hospital uniforms, carrying the most advanced portable life support equipment in the country, rushed into the corridor like an elite special forces unit.

"We are the special medical team from Peking Union Medical College Hospital!" The head doctor, with his graying hair, strode forward, shoving aside the attending physician from Harbin. "Cardiac arrest, take over defibrillation, prepare for cardiopulmonary bypass! All personnel not part of this team, step back!"

The doctors in Harbin were stunned. The Peking Union Medical College Hospital's special medical team? These people usually treated the highest-ranking officials in Beijing; how could they possibly be parachuted into the northern border in the middle of the night?

The expert team operated like precise gears, giving the doctors in Harbin no time to react, and took direct control of the entire emergency room.

Less than five minutes later, the piercing alarm stopped. The straight line on the monitor started jumping again, turning into a faint but steady wavy line.

"His life has been saved. Blood supply to his brain has been restored." The director of the Peking Union Medical College Hospital walked out of the ward, took off his mask, and looked respectfully at Zhu Xunchuan standing behind him, his gaze sweeping over everyone else. "Mr. Zhu, the patient's condition is stable, and he can be transferred to Beijing at any time."

The Jiang family's die-hard supporters in the corridor were stunned.

Jiang Yao's extremely tense nerves completely relaxed at this moment. She turned around, wrapped her arms around Zhu Xun Chuan's neck, tilted her face up, and her watery peach blossom eyes were filled with unyielding tenderness and infatuation.

"Honey, thank you." Her voice was soft and sticky. In front of more than a dozen subordinates, she stood on tiptoe without any hesitation and kissed Zhu Xun Chuan hard on the cheek.

Zhu Xun Chuan wrapped one arm around her slender waist, his fingertips gently stroking her back, while his other hand ruffled her hair. "We're family, why are you saying these things?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a hall master covered in blood ran up from the end of the corridor.

"Young Miss! Something's happened at headquarters!" The hall master gasped, "Jiang Tao and his men have cornered several uncles at the Guan Gong Hall, forcing them to hand over their seals! There's also a bunch of Russian mercenaries outside with firearms, and the brothers can't hold them off!"

Jiang Yao's delicate demeanor while nestled in Zhu Xun Chuan's arms vanished instantly, replaced by the ruthlessness of a powerful heiress. A murderous glint flashed in her eyes as she pushed Zhu Xun Chuan away and reached for her thigh with her right hand.

She fumbled for a hole, realizing she had forgotten to bring her butterfly knife.

"Let's go! Call the remaining brothers outside and come with me to the main hall to clean house!" Jiang Yao turned and rushed towards the elevator.

P.S.: I'll be giving away another 52. Thanks to [晚来生] for the amazing certification! Thank you, baby, and I wish you great fortune! (I only received 67 from that certification! I'm using it all for giveaways!)