Chapter 1032: Chapter 1037: Negotiation
Xuanyuan Pavilion is the name of a building, but it is also the name of a manor. The manor is located in a picturesque valley outside the sixth ring road in the western suburbs of Beijing. More than ten small buildings surround the main building like stars around the moon, forming a circular manor called Xuanyuan Pavilion.
When Su Zi woke up, she found herself on the rooftop of the main building of Xuanyuan Pavilion. Under the moonlight, she saw only a kindly old man in front of her, smiling at her.
"Who, who are you? How did I end up here?" Su Zi asked the old man in shock and panic. She only remembered seeing a person in black before fainting, then feeling a pain in her neck, and inexplicably arriving here.
"Miss Su, don’t be afraid... I mean no harm to you..." The old man’s voice was very gentle, almost magically soothing, making people involuntarily want to believe his words.
Upon hearing the other party’s kind voice and that he could call out her surname, Su Zi felt a bit calmer. After all, as a daughter of the Su Family, she had her pride and believed there wouldn’t be many who dared harm her, especially when the other party knew her identity, they would be more cautious.
"What do you want? I can make my father meet your demands... as long as you don’t make things difficult for me, I can pretend none of this happened! You know my identity, so you should trust my promise!" Su Zi said seriously to the old man.
"Of course, I naturally believe what Miss Su says..." The old man looked at Su Zi, smiling appreciatively, and said calmly, "But, Miss Su, you are thinking too much. I don’t want anything from you. I just hope you can quietly stay here for one night. It’s that simple."
The old man’s demeanor was very gentle, but Su Zi felt unusually uneasy. She knew that the other party, having done this, if he did not make demands of her, would likely make demands of the Su Family directly...
This was not a good sign!
Feeling uneasy, Su Zi hugged her knees and sat down on the arranged blanket, realizing that she wasn’t restricted in her movements, a small blessing in a dire situation.
Su Zi began to discreetly observe the surroundings, looking for an opportunity to sneak down from the building...
"Miss Su, no point in searching. This place is 28 meters from the ground, a delicate Miss like yourself can’t get down by yourself..." The old man saw through Su Zi’s intentions and said flatly.
Su Zi was slightly stunned, then her face changed instantly, and she said to the old man with great grievance, "Grandpa, I just have a stomach ache and want to use the bathroom, isn’t that allowed?"
The old man was slightly stunned himself, not expecting Su Zi’s lie to be so perfectly natural, not looking like a lie at all, with expressions and tone perfectly in place.
"Bathroom?" The old man shook his head slightly, regretfully saying to Su Zi, "I’m sorry about that. Either you hold it, or you take care of it here. I’m 78 years old, you need not worry about me doing anything to you..."
Su Zi’s face turned pale as she said angrily, "Grandpa, that’s too absurd. I am the eldest Miss of the Su Family, and you’re asking me to use the bathroom on the rooftop in the cold weather, are you joking? Besides, even if you’re a hundred years old, you’re still a man, and it’s shameless to say such things! It’s an elderly disrespect!"
The old man was a bit taken aback, indeed feeling slightly convinced by Su Zi, for the eldest Miss of the Su Family couldn’t be treated shabbily even under such circumstances as a hostage...
He was pondering whether to meet Su Zi’s request when suddenly his ear twitched, sharply hearing the sound of a car approaching in the distance...
Raising his eyes in surprise, the old man saw it was actually a special police vehicle, frowning slightly.
"They came this quickly..." The old man muttered to himself, and without stopping, swiftly walked to Su Zi’s side, grabbing her small hand...
"Ah, what are you doing?" Su Family exclaimed in panic, looking at the old man.
"Miss Su, if you don’t want to die, stay quiet..." The old man dragged Su Zi down a few meters from the rooftop via a nearby stairway, locking her into a small enclosed room, sternly instructing, "Miss Su, there’s a bathroom in this room, you can use it, but it’s best not to do anything that would cause regret for everyone..."
After speaking, the old man closed the heavy door, leaving Su Zi inside, and quickly dashed down the stairs to meet the incoming people.
The police vehicle was now being driven by Xue Qingyi, with several restrained SWAT officers neatly "placed" in the back, each looking grim and intimidating...
At this point, Lin Feng had also unlocked Wang Jiasheng’s handcuffs, while threatening him, "Wang Jiasheng, you also want to rescue Su Zi, I won’t say more about anything else! You should know what to choose! Help me or leave these people and Su Zi behind and escape, it’s up to you!"
Wang Jiasheng looked at Lin Feng with a gloomy expression, feeling extremely frustrated. Although he hated Lin Feng, he hadn’t expected Lin Feng to unlock his handcuffs, and was momentarily unable to adapt...
"I’ll save Su Zi, but don’t think I’m succumbing to you!" Wang Jiasheng said to Lin Feng in dissatisfaction, then gently rubbed his sore wrists, adjusted his appearance slightly, and spoke to Lin Feng in a deep voice after seeing the injuries on his face in the rearview mirror, "I won’t forget what you did to me today!"
"Whatever..." Lin Feng shrugged, smiled, then stealthily leapt out the car window, disappearing into the night, intending to find Su Zi himself, unwilling to waste time with those old hands from organizations.
When Xue Qingyi drove the car to the front of Xuanyuan Pavilion, she immediately saw more than twenty men in black under the leadership of an elderly man of probably seventy or eighty, arrayed in a neat formation, coming forward.
"Oh, I wondered who could be coming over this late at night. Turns out it’s Colonel Wang, Wang Jiasheng, it’s a rare guest indeed!" The old man’s expression was initially surprised upon seeing Wang Jiasheng, then smiled somewhat unnaturally, pretending to be enthusiastic.
Wang Jiasheng immediately recognized something abnormal about the old man, and the long-suppressed resentment by Lin Feng finally burst forth, "Zhan Zhengguo! Don’t think that with the Zheng Family protecting you, you can act with impunity, there are some things that absolutely cannot be touched, no matter what, yet you dare abduct Chancellor Su’s daughter, you must be courting death! I’m giving you one chance now to hand her over, or I’ll have Xuanyuan Pavilion leveled..."
The old man was initially stunned by Wang Jiasheng’s aggressive questioning, then burst into hearty laughter, "Colonel Wang, coming over at this late hour, surely you’re not here to tell jokes, right? You say I’ve abducted Chancellor Su’s daughter, do you have any evidence? And speaking of leveling Xuanyuan Pavilion, with just this toy car behind you and a few little brats not skilled in martial arts? Tsk tsk... and to think you’re a practitioner, I’m really worried about your intelligence!"
