Chapter 684 -684: You better not play tricks on me
After pondering for a while, as she shuffled around with her flashlight, Zhou Peitian suddenly appeared before her!
Xu Chaomu’s heart leapt, startling her into stepping back several paces.
“What are you doing? I’m telling you, don’t you dare have any cunning ideas, or else, I won’t wait for Shen Chi to come, I’ll kill you right now!” Zhou Peitian’s tone was cold and brutal.
“I was just going to the bathroom, President Zhou, do you also have a habit of peeping at people when they go to the bathroom?”
Zhou Peitian sneered, “You’d better not have any cunning ideas.”
“Of course, I wouldn’t dare. I’m pregnant. How could I possibly risk my child?” Xu Chaomu asserted righteously.
Behaving this way indeed dispelled the doubts in Zhou Peitian’s mind. He cast her a suspicious glance before he turned and left.
Watching Zhou Peitian’s retreating figure, Xu Chaomu patted her chest and heaved a long sigh of relief.
After leaving the bathroom, she returned to her room, switched off the flashlight, and contemplated the problem again in silence.
The explosives were an unseen menace. To soak them, she had to wait for Zhou Peitian to be away and make sure he didn’t notice anything.
In that case, the best time to act was while he was asleep.
But her heart was still afraid; what if he woke up…
It was unfortunate that she didn’t carry anything with her, not even a single sleeping pill.
At this moment, Zhou Peitian began humming a little tune in the courtyard, drinking and singing joyfully.
Xu Chaomu knew that Shen Chi would definitely be arriving soon.
Before his arrival, she had to soak all the explosives.
While she was considering this problem, she heard Zhou Peitian’s snoring.
He had actually fallen asleep. Xu Chaomu was pleasantly surprised!
She quickly crawled to the window and stealthily observed everything outside.
Zhou Peitian was asleep on the stone table; there was unfinished wine and food on it. He was sprawled out, and it was unclear whether he was drunk.
Xu Chaomu took the opportunity to go to the bathroom several times, but Zhou Peitian didn’t wake up.
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Now was the perfect chance!
On one of her trips to the bathroom, she secretly filled a mineral water bottle and carefully poured it over the explosives outside the room.
It was night, and unless one looked carefully, it was impossible to notice the explosives were wet.
While she was doing these things, she was extremely tense.
She feared Zhou Peitian would suddenly appear before her, in which case she’d surely die a terrible death.
Perhaps because she was careful enough, Zhou Peitian did not wake up even after she had doused all the explosives with cold water.
She breathed a sigh of relief and hurried back to her room.
If Shen Chi could make it tonight, then these explosives would surely be unignitable.
But if the time dragged on, she could not guarantee that anymore.
This time, luck was on her side, and Zhou Peitian stayed asleep. After completing all these tasks, she sat in her chair, too anxious to sleep.
…
After speaking with Zhou Peitian on the phone, Shen Chi immediately called Xiao Mo to arrange the deployment.
He instructed Xiao Mo to bring enough people to stake out Plum Blossom Mountain’s base discreetly, careful not to spook the quarry.
Later, Zhou Peitian sent him a text; a cash ransom of five million was no problem, and he was all set.
Plum Blossom Mountain was tall; he didn’t know where Zhou Peitian and Xu Chaomu were.
At night, the sound of flowing water could be heard everywhere, a gentle murmuring. The night view in the mountains was beautiful, but no one had the luxury of enjoying it.
Shen Chi carried a gun, drove up the winding mountain road, with five million in cash on the passenger seat.
“President Shen, please be careful,” Xiao Mo said.
“Hmm, stay at the base of the mountain.”
“Alright, I’ll hold the position.”
Shen Chi kept driving up along the winding road, his facial features taut, his gaze sharp and focused ahead, relaxing not even for a moment.
The winding mountain road was very tricky, and as he drove, he took note of the surrounding conditions.
Halfway up, he called Zhou Peitian.
Zhou Peitian was deep in sleep; his phone rang, and Xu Chaomu was the first to notice it.
She was like a frightened bird, startled by the slightest movement.
All the more so because the phone’s ringing in the quiet mountain was very clear.
Zhou Peitian didn’t wake up, and Xu Chaomu almost wished she could go out and answer the call for him.
After the phone had rung for quite some time, Zhou Peitian finally picked it up groggily.
He grunted gruffly, “Hello.”
“Where are you? I’m here,” Shen Chi spoke in a low voice.
“You’re here? Don’t move, drive to the south side of the mountain and turn on your headlights,” Zhou Peitian said.
Shen Chi maintained his composure, “Okay, you come out.”
Shen Chi turned on all the lights of the car. From Zhou Peitian’s words, he deduced that the man was at a higher location.
As expected, Zhou Peitian took his phone and walked outside; before leaving, he locked the door to Xu Chaomu’s room!
Xu Chaomu was startled—had Shen Chi arrived so quickly?
Zhou Peitian went outside and saw, indeed, Shen Chi had arrived, alone.
“Alright, is the money ready?” Zhou Peitian asked.
“Five million.”
“Hm, not bad. But I’m not in a rush to use this money. How about this, you sleep at the base of the mountain tonight, and if I’m in a good mood tomorrow, I’ll tell you where I am, how about that?” Zhou Peitian suddenly laughed insidiously.
Shen Chi’s knuckles whitened as he gripped the steering wheel, his teeth clenched, “Zhou Peitian, you’d better not play tricks on me!”
“President Shen, I’ve told you, don’t threaten me, it’s useless. Who am I, Zhou Peitian, afraid of?”
“Where is Chaomu?” Shen Chi asked.
“She’s doing well, but if you don’t behave, I can’t guarantee she’ll stay that way,” Zhou Peitian laughed heartily.
Without waiting for Shen Chi to speak, he hung up the phone.
Shen Chi, a man so proud, had such a day; his heart secretly throbbed with pleasure.
“Just wait down the mountain, you son of a bitch!” Zhou Peitian cursed into the phone.
Halfway up the mountain, Shen Chi certainly wasn’t going to just sit and wait. He lifted his head and silently recalled the direction of the sound.
He was sure that they were even further up.
He drove the car around the winding mountain road, heading up.
At this moment, it was already one o’clock at night.
Calm as he was, his palms sweated profusely, dampening the steering wheel.
He was definitely not going to let Zhou Peitian off easy!
The night outlined his striking facial features. His thin lips, slightly pursed, exuded a fatal chill. At that moment, his whole body was frigid to the bone, and his face was laden with grimness.
He gripped the steering wheel tightly and sped upwards.
He had no idea where Zhou Peitian might be; after driving further up, he made another call to Zhou Peitian.
Zhou Peitian had dozed off again, woken by the call, and was very impatient.
“Shen Chi, stop calling me! I’m sick of you!” Zhou Peitian cursed.
“Zhou Peitian, I want to hear Chaomu’s voice.”