RITAAB 88.2

PART 2

The soldier replied, “We can go in after the mist dissipates, or we can wear this.”

The soldier handed Qin Jiulin a gas mask. They were clearly well-prepared. Qin Jiulin didn’t want to waste any time, so he put it on and quietly infiltrated the villa with the soldiers.

The entire villa was silent, everyone lying unconscious on the ground. There shouldn’t be any problems for now. Qin Jiulin listened carefully, but he was currently in his human form, and his senses weren’t that strong.

He thought for a moment, saw that the mist had dissipated, and took off his gas mask. Then, he transformed into a giant tiger and paced back and forth near the basement entrance. Soon, he heard rustling sounds.

It sounded like the rubbing of clothes or whispers. In short, there must be someone down there. In that case…

Qin Jiulin couldn’t make a big commotion yet, so he left the unlocking to the soldiers behind him. The soldiers were clearly experienced veterans and quickly opened the door using a method Qin Jiulin was familiar with. What came into view were many elderly people, women, and children.

Qin Jiulin thought, “There must be families of ordinary beast tamers here as well, right?”

Another certainty was that there must be people here who had been bribed by Zhou Lie, since the best surveillance was internal. He had seen Zhou Lie use this tactic countless times in his previous life, so they had to take their targets and leave as soon as possible. If they delayed and were discovered by Zhou Lie, things would become much more difficult.

Perhaps the soldiers’ heavily armed appearance was a little intimidating, as many people cowered. The environment in the underground garage was also quite poor. Everyone huddled against the wall, the floor covered with bedding, everyone sleeping on the ground. Due to the long-term lack of ventilation, there was a strange smell inside.

These people didn’t seem to be in good spirits, but fortunately, there was no immediate danger. Qin Jiulin noticed some restless eyes darting around and immediately nudged a soldier beside him with his tail.

The soldier quickly announced, “Families of Lin Lou, Duan Shuangshuang, and Song Wennan, please come forward, come with us immediately! We don’t have much time, hurry up and come with us! We are members of the regular army of this base!”

Yan Fang had initially intended to remain uninvolved, but she hadn’t expected the people they brought to be looking for them. It seemed they were indeed the regular army, as there was only one regular army in Modu!

Without hesitation, she stood up, holding her daughter. “It’s me. Lin Lou is my husband, and these two children, this is Duan Shuangshuang’s younger brother, and this is Song Wennan’s daughter. We’re here!”

Qin Jiulin glanced over and indeed caught a faint scent of Lin Lou on Yan Fang and her daughter. Perhaps because they hadn’t seen each other for a long time, the scent was very faint.

The giant tiger nodded at the soldiers, and the four were quickly taken away. The children were carried by the soldiers, and Yan Fang quickly followed. Their retreat was swift. Within a minute, they had withdrawn from the villa.

At that moment, Qin Jiulin transformed back into his human form, put on his clothes, and felt his phone vibrate. But he didn’t have time to reply to the message now. He would wait until they reached a safe place.

By the time they had all left the villa complex, Zhou Lie was about to call Gao Siyang. But just then, he received some messages. After reading them, he roared, “They’ve escaped! Those bastards actually dared to escape! Chase them! Hurry up and chase them!”

“Absolutely can’t let them escape, absolutely not!”

Zhou Lie’s face was flushed with rage. “What happened? Where are those two brats! Didn’t I tell them to watch them carefully? How could they lose the hostages and still be nowhere to be seen?!”

As for those two young masters, they must be out fooling around with women, or rather, looking for beautiful women to fool around with. In short, it was one of the two, easy to guess.

“General, the two young masters seem to have gone out for some fresh air. Should we call them back?”

Zhou Lie ordered, “Call them back, of course, call them back!”

At that moment, he suddenly realized something. “No good, Wu Feiyang and Liu Zhongyuan are just diverting our attention!”

It was precisely because of Liu Zhongyuan’s presence that he had sent many of the beast tamers guarding the villa complex to secretly watch the front. But he hadn’t expected to fall for this trick!

After getting far away from the villa area and reaching a safe location, Qin Jiulin sent a message to Wu Feiyang.

Upon seeing the message that the operation was successful, Wu Feiyang immediately said to them, “The people have been rescued. Are you coming with us now, or will you come on your own later?”

Duan Shuangshuang and Song Wennan were stunned for a moment before reacting. No wonder they had made such a big fuss. It was all to divert attention.

Overjoyed, they immediately expressed their desire to leave together. To them, nothing was more important than their families. With their abilities, they could earn back everything else later.

Moreover, they didn’t care about anything Zhou Lie had given them.

“Let’s go, let’s go now. We don’t want to stay here another second!”

Wu Feiyang replied, “In that case, follow me.”

Just like that, Liu Zhongyuan transformed back into his human form, and Wu Feiyang led everyone away within two or three minutes. The villa complex once again fell into an eerie silence, except for the angry roars coming from the villa in the distance, which sounded like Zhou Lie.

When he was so furious, would they be safe reporting what happened here? Maybe they should wait a little longer?

Soon, Duan Shuangshuang and Song Wennan saw their families!

Song Wennan carefully picked up his daughter. “Nana, Daddy missed you so much! Are you alright? Did they bully you? Were you hungry? Did they not give you anything to eat or drink?”

Song Nana was only six years old. Even though she had been comforted with the promise of seeing her father, she was still a little scared. But after seeing her father, she relaxed and burst into tears in his arms.

Even the tough men around them felt like crying. The child didn’t even dare to cry out loud. Duan Shuangshuang hugged her younger brother. He was the oldest of the three children, but only nine years old.

Although he was a little man, he still felt scared after being safe. “Sister…”

Duan Shuangshuang stroked his hair. “It’s alright, Ahao. Sister will protect you from now on. Nothing like this will ever happen again. You are a true little man. You were so brave before!”

Now only Yan Fang, holding her child, remained. “Um… how is my husband now…?”

Liu Zhongyuan explained, “Lin Lou is currently waiting for our news in a valley outside the base. If he had come back with us, he would have had to see Zhou Lie immediately. To avoid alerting him, we had him stay outside.”

Qin Jiulin said, “Right, let’s take you to your accommodations first. Don’t worry, the places arranged for you will definitely be guarded and patrolled by military personnel. There absolutely won’t be any problems.”

“Thank you,” they replied.

Before they left, Qin Jiulin added, “By the way, you know Cheng Lin, right? Lin Lou also has a Cheng Lin with him. The Cheng Lin we captured attacked us but was severely injured. If you’re interested, you can come with us to see her.”

Duan Shuangshuang and Song Wennan paused slightly, then smiled. “Of course we want to. But can we settle the children in first?”

Qin Jiulin replied, “No problem. You can leave the children with Ms. Yan Fang for now. We’ll leave Cheng Lin to the three of you to deal with.”

Both Duan Shuangshuang and Song Wennan bowed to them. In fact, Cheng Lin’s strength wasn’t much. Her only forte was poison. It was because of her poison that even with their powerful beast forms, they couldn’t fight her directly. Being poisoned, although the effects were unknown, would cause boils and pus.

They were variant beast tamers with strong recovery abilities, yet it still took them three or four days to recover from even a small amount of the poison. It would be even worse for ordinary people.

Now that Cheng Lin had been severely injured and captured, it must have been Liu Zhongyuan who did it. After all, Qin Jiulin was a giant tiger, no matter how powerful, he couldn’t directly confront a poisonous creature.

And indeed, they were right.

After memorizing the location of their new homes, they entrusted the two children to Yan Fang.

“Sister Fang, my brother and Wennan’s daughter will be in your care for now. We’ll be back with Lin Ge later, don’t worry.”

Yan Fang replied, “Okay, then you guys go and come back quickly. I’ll give the three little ones a bath, then make a meal, and save some for you too.”

“Thank you, Sister Fang.”

The soldiers had already returned, and Wu Feiyang had also left. Many soldiers were patrolling the complex, even stationed on the rooftop. Moreover, next door was the residential area specifically for soldiers and beast tamers. If anything happened, the resting beast tamers would rush over immediately.

Therefore, there was no need to worry about Zhou Lie daring to bring people here to cause trouble, and he didn’t know yet that the hostages had been placed here.

After saying goodbye to Wu Feiyang and Liu Zhongyuan, Qin Jiulin took Duan Shuangshuang and Song Wennan and left the base, arriving at the place where Lin Lou was resting. Not far away lay a tightly wrapped Cheng Lin.

Of course, Cheng Lin could transform into her beast form, but even then, she couldn’t escape. First, Lin Lou was watching her, and more importantly, she was seriously injured with multiple fractures.