"Xiao Fen..." Su Ran finally walked up to Xiao Fen, squatted down and opened her arms. Xiao Fen threw herself into the teacher's arms and burst into tears.
"Don't cry, don't be afraid. The teacher is here, and there are many PLA soldiers here too. You will be fine." Su Ran touched Xiaofen's head with heartache and kept comforting her.
With Su Ran's comfort, Xiaofen finally stopped crying.
"Xiao Fen, how did they catch you?" Su Ran wiped the tears from her face and asked.
Xiaofen shook her head and cried, "I was on my way to school when I was caught."
"So when were you arrested?"
"Yesterday, teacher, I couldn't take the test today..."
"It's okay, it's okay. Do you know how many people have arrested you?"
"I only saw two."
“This phone…”
"A bad guy with a scar on his face gave it to me and asked me to give it to you."
Su Ran took the phone, held Xiaofen's shoulders, and said softly: "Xiaofen, listen to the teacher. We are in some trouble now, but you have to believe in the teacher. The teacher and uncle will definitely be able to solve this problem. You will be able to go home safely soon, so you have to listen to the teacher now."
Xiaofen nodded vigorously.
"Stand here and don't move. Don't move unless the teacher tells you to. Got it? Solving the problem takes time, so you have to be patient and brave. Xiaofen has always been the bravest child, right?"
"Okay." Xiaofen sobbed.
Although she was scared, she had to listen to her teacher.
Su Ran returned to the car with her cell phone in her hand. She felt like she had just walked through hell and her hands were shaking.
As soon as Han Dong took the phone, it rang. Han Dong answered it while holding her hand.
He didn't have time to think about why he should do something or not, he just did it after thinking about it.
His hands were always warm, but now they were as cold as hers. He held them so tightly that her bones ached. However, it was this pain that brought her soul back from hell to the world. This powerful comfort gradually calmed her frightened heart.
"Captain Han." A stiff Yan dialect came from the other end of the phone.
"X." Han Dong's voice was cold and hard, and the two words almost popped out from between his teeth.
"Using a child as a bargaining chip, what kind of hero is that?"
There was laughter from the other side, as if someone had heard a funny joke: "Captain Han, I'm not a hero. In your words, I should be a devil."
"Tell me, what do you want?"
"My request is very simple. First, ask your people to stop the action immediately. Second, let Robert and Jon leave. If you do these two things, I will release them immediately. Otherwise, you will bear the consequences yourself."
Han Dong said: "I can promise you the first one, but I don't have the final say on the second one. However, I will pass your request on to someone who has the final say."
"I'll give you three minutes."
The phone was hung up.
Han Dong's eyes were grim as he informed the brothers in car number two to stay put. Li Wei led his men to continue. X thought they only had two cars, so it depended on whether Li Wei and his men could find the sniper as quickly as possible. As long as the sniper was dealt with, X would have no chance of escaping.
Immediately afterwards, Han Dong called Director Ni.
"What happened?" Director Ni asked anxiously as soon as the phone was connected.
When Su Ran went out to get her cell phone, Han Dong had already reported the situation here to Director Ni.
Han Dong explained X's request.
Director Ni hesitated for a long time and said, "Han Dong, Robert Jon is on his way to the airport. Our people have gone to intercept him. This top-secret chip is very important. Robert Jon has a special talent. He has a super memory. We cannot rule out that he has read the information in the top-secret chip. It is entirely possible that he has remembered the complex and obscure information in it. Even if only a small part of it is leaked, it will cause immeasurable losses to the country."
Han Dong said calmly: "I understand."
If he were Director Ni, he would make the same choice.
"You guys try to protect the child as much as possible and buy time. My people will probably take more than 20 minutes to arrive."
Han Dong hung up the phone, released Su Ran's hand, and said to the three people in the car with a cold and determined look in his eyes, "We can only rely on ourselves to rescue the child. Get ready to fight."
"Damn it, let's fight them." Wei Lun said gritting his teeth.
Three minutes later, X called on time.
Han Dong continued to use the policy of delaying: "The leaders of the Security Bureau cannot make a decision on this matter. He needs to ask his superiors for instructions again."
"I don't have that much patience. Who knows if this is just a delaying tactic on your part?" X was very unhappy.
"You should know, Robert. Jon is involved in stealing our country's top-secret information. We must be extremely cautious in dealing with this matter."
There was silence for a moment. “I’ll give you another three minutes. If you still don’t get a response, your leader will come and collect your bodies.”
"Ten minutes." Han Dong bargained.
"Five minutes." X hung up the phone.
Han Dong contacted Li Wei: "Where are you?"
"Captain, I've seen your car and I'm searching, but the woods are too dense. If he opens fire, we'll be able to find him quickly."
"Got it. He'll shoot in five minutes. Pay attention."
"receive."
"Hummingbird, where are you now?"
The hummingbird is in car number two.
"Captain, we are on the mountain, waiting where we are."
"Okay, the battle will start in four minutes, so pay attention."
"Captain, but the sniper hasn't been found yet." Hummingbird said worriedly.
The captain said that the battle would begin, which meant that the captain would have to act under the threat of enemy sniper rifles, which was too dangerous.
"Follow my orders." Han Dong said without hesitation. This battle was inevitable.
Su Ran had been quietly listening to him on the phone and giving orders, and only then did she ask, "What about Xiaofen? She has a remote-controlled bomb strapped to her body."
The monkey who had been silent the whole time spoke up: "I have been observing the bomb on Xiaofen. We just need to cut the red line. The problem is that X won't let us get close to Xiaofen again."
With the captain's ability, he should be able to dodge the bullets and run to Xiaofen, but there was nothing he could do once the enemy pressed the remote control and he still couldn't save her.
Su Ran was delighted: "Are you sure it's ok to just cut the red thread?"
Wei Lun said: "Monkey is the best bomb disposal expert in our team, the Demolition Man."
"Then I'll go." Su Ran said without hesitation.
"No." Han Dong also refused without hesitation. He had already let her take a risk once, and he absolutely could not let her take a second risk.
"Are we going to watch Xiaofen die? I can't do it, and neither can you. If you go, you will die, and Xiaofen will die even more. Only I can go. Instructor Han, contact X and tell him that I am bringing a bottle of water to the child. The child can't hold on any longer."
Han Dong stared at her quietly, and once again fell into a struggle between his conscience and his desires. Actually, the method she mentioned could be tried, but...
Seeing that Han Dong was holding the phone and not calling X, Su Ran simply snatched it away and pressed the call back button.
It was too late for Han Dong to snatch it back, the call had already been made.
"Hello, Mr. X?"
When X heard that it was a woman, he sneered, "Ms. Su Ran."
"Mr. X, can I give the child a bottle of water? She is very scared and keeps shaking. I am afraid she can't hold on."
"Ms. Su Ran, I admire your courage. I'm sorry, I can't agree to your request."
"Mr. X, I must deliver water to the child. If you don't agree, you can just beat me to death. Then Mr. Robert Jon will be dead too." Su Ran didn't bother to talk to him, hung up the phone, and said to Wei Lun: "Is there any water? Give me a bottle of water."