"What's wrong?" Li Ying turned Xiao Feng's face to her and asked with lip-reading, "Why did everyone stop talking?"

"How would I know?" Xiao Feng replied with lip-reading as he took Li Ying's hands off his face.

Indeed, Xiao Feng wasn't particularly conservative, but knowing someone for less than two hours and casually touching their face felt a bit too much.

Most importantly, this wasn't the time or place to be thinking about such things.

Li Ying didn't understand English, but Xiao Feng did, and precisely because of that, he felt that something was off.

But where exactly the problem was couldn't be determined just by listening.

Just as Xiao Feng hesitated about peeking out for a look, the hooked nose man laughed sinisterly, "The drugs have been handed over, where's the money?"

Lin Zhiyan said expressionlessly, "As soon as I see the results, the money will naturally be yours."

After speaking, she looked at Lin Jiaxuan with concern, "How are you feeling? Do you feel any discomfort?"

Lin Jiaxuan was about to move but found her legs felt like they were filled with lead, unable to lift.

Moreover, she could clearly feel her muscles rapidly stiffening, as if being frozen.

This situation immediately made Lin Jiaxuan realize something was wrong. While the drugs before were ineffective, they never caused this immobility. She wanted to cry for help but found she couldn't even open her mouth.

At the critical moment, Lin Jiaxuan used the last bit of her strength to reach into her pocket, felt her phone, and pressed the power button five times. Afterward, she couldn't even move her fingers.

Lin Jiaxuan's actions triggered the SOS function that most modern phones have. Pressing the power button five times sends an emergency message along with the location to pre-set contacts.

The next moment, Lin Zhiyan received an SOS message, and so did Xiao Feng on the second-floor platform and Mu Shihan from the criminal police team.

"What did you do to my sister?" Lin Zhiyan's eyes were filled with killing intent after seeing the message, a knife appeared in her hand.

"Don't be nervous." The hooked nose man chuckled twice, "Her muscles are just stiff, temporarily unable to move. As long as you cooperate, I assure you your sister will be fine."

"Despicable!" Lin Zhiyan shouted, her hand holding the knife trembled from exertion.

The hooked nose man sneered, "We may be despicable, but isn't your Blood Nightmare also in the business of blood trades? Who's to say who."

Lin Zhiyan had no intention of debating this matter. Her only concern was her sister's safety.

If Lin Jiaxuan could speak, she would surely plead for her sister to leave quickly, but now she couldn't move, not even blink, and could only be a bystander.

"What do you really want me to do?" Lin Zhiyan asked coldly. She had realized it was too late, or perhaps even knowing something was wrong, hope for her sister's recovery would have brought her here.

"There's a saying in Huaxia, 'haste makes waste.' You will soon know what we want to do." The hooked nose man clapped his hands, "You can show yourselves now."

Footsteps sounded on the third floor as a group of seven or eight people emerged from behind the distant wall. Lin Zhiyan's face changed immediately, "How can it be you?!"

Her voice was full of disbelief, as if something unexpected had happened, and Lin Zhiyan said this in Chinese.

The voice reached the second floor, and Li Ying immediately drew her gun, ready to rush out.

After hanging up on the little girl's call, Xiao Feng texted back, saying he received Lin Jiaxuan's SOS and was on the scene. He instructed her to tell Miao Yueqian not to send anyone to avoid alerting the enemy.

Having done all this, Xiao Feng turned to Li Ying and with lip-reading said, "When I rush up, don't follow immediately. Only reveal yourself after confirming it's safe, otherwise, if we all get caught, there won't be anyone left to call for help."

Li Ying understood that now wasn't the time for heroics. Judging by Xiao Feng's explosive speed without a running start, his fighting prowess was undoubtedly superior. She nodded in agreement.

On the third floor, Lin Zhiyan was breathing deeply to calm her anger, looking at the few people who emerged, "Miao Zhuang, Han Qi, Zhang Mingguang..."

Lin Zhiyan named them one by one, her gaze sweeping over them, then raised her voice to question, "Have I ever wronged you?"

The people she named were once her trusted confidants, whom she had promoted, which was why she couldn't control her emotions now.

"That's a good question. Are you not aware of what you've done?" someone boldly retorted.

Lin Zhiyan shook her head, gritting her teeth, "Go ahead, tell me, how have I wronged you?"

At this point, a short man impatiently said, "What's the point of beating around the bush? I'll be direct. We've risked our lives with you, and yet you sisters take the lion's share. Isn't that a fact?"

"So you've long colluded with those foreigners?" Lin Zhiyan picked up on the strange tone, frowning as she asked.

"So what if we have?" the short man replied dismissively.

Lin Zhiyan closed her eyes, taking a deep breath and said, "Alright, let me ask, who pulled you out from a pile of corpses? Who avenged you?"

Truthfully, she had saved the lives of those standing here. It was for this reason she trusted them, but it seemed even a life-saving grace paled in comparison to immense profits.

The hooked nose man watched coldly, a mocking smile on his face as if enjoying a captivating show.

Those questioned remained silent, a hint of guilt passing through their eyes.

Moments later, someone stepped forward and shouted, "You saved us, yes, but that doesn't mean we're your dogs for life. Besides, after toiling for you so long, we've repaid your favor and owe you nothing."

With a tired sigh, Lin Zhiyan cast aside her dagger and turned to the hooked nose man, "I'll give you the money now, just let my sister go."

"There's no rush." The hooked nose man smiled and looked at Lin Zhiyan's former subordinates, "They probably haven't finished their business, right?"

Listening to this dialogue from the second floor, Xiao Feng was at a loss for words. It was a miracle how Lin Zhiyan could develop Blood Nightmare to this level with such naivety!

Of course, this was also why he had no huge ill will toward Blood Nightmare. With the organization's actions and style, it was a breath of fresh air within the industry.

Beside him, Li Ying looked conflicted. She likely realized that Xiao Feng's translation to her was fake, as many aspects didn't connect logically.

The flow was like asking "Have you eaten?" and the response would be "I just came out of the bathroom," lacking even basic logic. Who talks like that?

And precisely that caught the attention of everyone on the third floor, who looked alertly towards the stairway, "Who!"

The next moment, everyone saw a young man with medium-length messy hair and handsome features come up, calmly saying, "It's me."

"Xiao Feng?!" Lin Zhiyan shouted in disbelief.

Hearing the exclamation, Lin Jiaxuan, who was initially anxious, felt an immediate sense of relief, as if Xiao Feng's name itself had some calming magic.

"Are you here to die?" the hooked nose man sneered.

Xiao Feng smiled, shaking his head, "In the vast land of Huaxia, there's no place for you nobodies to run rampant!"

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