The glaring light illuminated the room.
Elena raised her hand to cover her eyes, adjusted to the light in the room, and opened her eyes to see the scene not far away clearly.
The girl who was supposed to stay in Beijing held Sai Lan hostage. She had a stern look on her face and a small pistol in her hand. She stood there like a sharp sword, with the momentum of one man blocking a thousand.
She has short, sharp black hair, and her delicate facial features dilute the toughness brought by the short hair, making people pay more attention to her appearance.
"Aunt Lan!" Elena's expression changed slightly and she wanted to step forward.
Qiao Nian pressed the muzzle of Sai Lan's gun inside, signaling Sai Lan to speak.
"Aunt Lan, don't you want to say a few words?"
Sai Lan had never been threatened in her life, but Qiao Nian was right about one thing: she valued her life, or at least thought her own life was more important than Qiao Nian's.
Even if Qiao Nian hurt her and couldn't leave the island, Sai Lan was still unwilling to risk her life to play a gambling game.
So when Qiao Nian used the gun to remind her, she shot a cold look at the woman who wanted to come forward and shouted, "Don't come over."
"..." Elena was not afraid of Qiao Nian, but she was extremely afraid of Sai Lan. She stopped abruptly and dared not move forward.
Sai Lan's expression was not good, and she said coldly: "Listen to her and don't cause trouble."
Elena clenched her fists, her eyes flickered with reluctance, and she called out, "...Aunt Lan."
Sai Lan only gave her a cold warning look and said coldly: "Why, do you want me to die here? It seems that I forgot to remind you. There are surveillance cameras in this room. If something happens to me here, she can't get away, and you can't get away either."
Elena's heart skipped a beat, and for a moment she didn't dare to meet her gaze, and explained herself awkwardly; "Aunt Lan, I don't have that idea."
Sai Lan ignored her and tried to talk to the girl who was controlling her from behind: "You are Wangchuan's girlfriend, put down the gun first, and we can sit down and talk slowly."
"Aunt, we are not fools, you don't have to play tricks on me." Qiao Nian gestured for her to move to the side. Sai Lan was forced to obey and moved away from the position facing the door, to an angle where even a sniper rifle could not aim.
Qiao Nian then asked her to stop: "You can ask someone to deliver the letter."
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Elena hurriedly found the old man who was still talking to someone downstairs, leaned close to his ear and told him what had happened upstairs.
"What did you say?!" The tenth elder's veins popped out, and he noticed that the people around him were looking at him. In an instant, he suppressed all his emotions and returned to his normal state.
He smiled and greeted the person he was talking to, "Sorry, I have something to take care of. I will visit you at your house another day."
"Please go ahead and do your work first." The other party walked away tactfully.
The old man lowered his gleaming eyes, turned to look at Elena who came over to report the news, and tried his best to control his temper.
"Are you serious?"
Elena nodded: "I dare not lie to you."
The Tenth Elder turned around and was about to go upstairs, but then stopped and turned his sharp gaze back to her, narrowing his eagle eyes and asking, "Have you seen Wangchuan?"
Elena was stunned. The old man's eagle eyes were as sharp as hooks, piercing through her mind and striking her soul. The pressure on her neck was so heavy that she couldn't lift her head.
"No."
After Elena suddenly came back to her senses, she answered affirmatively again: "I only saw her alone in there, I didn't see Mr. Ye."