Qiao Chuchu hid behind the door, still savoring her recent actions.
【I’m such a badass.】
【If this were a movie, my theme music would already be playing.】
【It’s a shame no one can witness my heroic moment—only I can savor it in detail.】
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Pei Yuan sat in the car, driving with Pei Che toward Qiao Chuchu’s last known location.
Pei Yuan’s palms were drenched in sweat as he calmly dialed Lou Tingsi’s number: “Lou Tingsi, do you have a moment?”
The other end of the line was filled with clanging noises, clearly in the midst of a firefight.
The sound of gunfire echoed incessantly, and Lou Tingsi’s amplified voice came through the receiver: “Mr. Pei Yuan, what’s wrong?!”
Pei Yuan: “? Why is it so noisy? Are you on a battlefield?”
Lou Tingsi, hiding behind cover with bullets whizzing past him, couldn’t hide his irritation: “I was in the middle of a deal, and the other side tried to double-cross me! I’m fighting back now! If you have something to say, just say it!”
Pei Yuan’s lips twitched: “Qiao Chuchu has been kidnapped. I was wondering if you could investigate the kidnappers’ information—anything at all. But I guess you’re in no position to handle this right now.”
It seemed like Lou Tingsi could barely save himself.
Lou Tingsi shouted through the chaos: “No problem! Call my son! I’ll send you his number!”
Pei Yuan: “? Your son? Isn’t he only ten years old?”
Lou Tingsi, crouched behind cover, sent him a message: “Sent it! Call him! He can handle it!”
As soon as he finished, a bullet grazed his cover!
Lou Tingsi roared: “Damn it! I’ll take you all down!!!”
With that, he decisively hung up.
Pei Yuan: “…”
Pei Che, who was driving, glanced at him: “What did Lou Tingsi say?”
Pei Yuan, still reeling, replied: “He told us to contact his son. He’s busy in a gunfight and can’t deal with this right now.”
Pei Che’s calm expression cracked slightly: “A gunfight? Will he even make it out alive?”
“I don’t know.” Pei Yuan leaned back weakly, feeling like he was about to run a fever again. Reluctantly, he called Lou Yuejue: “What kind of people does Xiao Ba have around her? They’re all so bizarre. We’re the only normal ones.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Buxian drove past them in his white G-Wagon.
Pei Buxian rolled down the window, revealing the heads of a Doberman, a Cane Corso, a Rottweiler, and a Tibetan Mastiff.
A car full of aggressive dogs!
Pei Yuan: “?”
Pei Che: “?”
Pei Buxian, driving with a ferocious expression, yelled at them: “Why are you driving so slowly?! Hurry up and save Xiao Ba!!!! If you take any longer, her body will be rotting by the time you get there!!! Move it!!!!!!”
After his outburst, Pei Buxian started sobbing: “Wuwuwu… my Xiao Ba… if anything happens to her, I won’t live either!!!”
His window slowly rolled up as he drove off, crying.
Pei Yuan: “…”
Pei Che, expressionless, continued driving: “From a doctor’s perspective, I’d say our family isn’t exactly normal either. So let’s not judge others.”
Pei Yuan’s lips twitched again as he resignedly waited for Lou Yuejue to answer the call.
When the call connected, he got straight to the point: “Lou Yuejue, this is Pei Yuan. I need your help with something.”
Lou Yuejue’s voice on the other end was listless: “First, I don’t like being called a kid. Second, if you need my help, don’t call yourself ‘uncle.’ I call Qiao Chuchu ‘sister,’ so you’re just ‘brother.’ Don’t mess up the hierarchy, brother. Just say what you need.”
Pei Yuan: “…”
He regretted not raising a younger brother who could handle dirty work. Now he had to beg the Lou family!
He cut to the chase: “Your sister has been kidnapped. I need to know her current situation.”
Lou Yuejue shot up from the couch: “Why didn’t you say so earlier?!”
Pei Yuan: “…”
Lou Yuejue opened his laptop and put the phone on speaker: “Send me the address.”
Pei Yuan took a deep breath and sent the address: “What can you find?”
“Everything.” Lou Yuejue’s fingers flew across the keyboard: “If they have surveillance, I can even hack into their system and see the live feed.”
Pei Yuan and Pei Che exchanged glances, their expressions filled with disbelief.
Pei Yuan couldn’t help but ask: “Are you really that good?”
Lou Yuejue shrugged: “It’s basic skills for a novel’s child prodigy. After all, I’m the backup suitor for Xia Xuechun. Isn’t it normal for me to know hacking?”
His eyes lit up: “Got it. I’ll send the video link to our group chat. You can see the surveillance footage by clicking on it.”
Pei Yuan quickly opened the link.
Lou Yuejue spotted Qiao Chuchu: “Qiao Chuchu is hiding in the kitchen!”
Pei Yuan’s breath hitched as he stared intently at the screen.
In the footage, Qiao Chuchu was curled up behind the door, her eyes darting around.
Pei Yuan’s grip on the phone tightened, his body trembling involuntarily.
This was too dangerous!
Qiao Chuchu, hiding behind the door, heard someone say: “Old Ten, what’s taking you so long in the kitchen? Did you die in there?!”
A man walked into the kitchen as he spoke.
Qiao Chuchu’s body instinctively went into combat mode. The moment the man appeared, she pounced from behind and snapped his neck with a crisp crack!
The man collapsed into her arms.
She quickly covered him with firewood.
The whole sequence was seamless!
Lou Yuejue exclaimed: “What the hell?!”
Pei Yuan’s heart was about to leap out of his throat!
Pei Youchuan commented in the group chat: 「Has Qiao Chuchu quit being a manga artist to become an actress? Did she just snap a man’s neck?」
Pei Buxian sent a voice message filled with expletives: “Your sister’s been kidnapped, you idiot! Stop talking nonsense!!!”
Pei Youchuan: 「？？？？？？？」
Pei Mu: 「？？？？？？？」
Pei Ci: 「？？？？？？？」
Pei Fengnong glanced at the surveillance footage and drove toward the location.
Everyone in the group chat who was free turned their attention to the screen.
Qiao Chuchu took a deep breath and picked up another gun.
【There’s only one room left. Sneaking around won’t work—I need to strike first.】
【The system says I never miss a shot, so with two guns, I’m doubly unstoppable. If I shoot their shoulders, they’re done for!】
She summoned her courage, picked up her phone, and opened a music app.
She needed some empowering BGM!
In the room, a man pinned Lin Qing down: “Start recording the video!”
Suddenly, a blaring DJ track erupted from another room:
“I’m the queen, shining bright! If you love me, come on, if not, don’t flaunt! Put away your little tricks, sweet talk is for little girls! I’m the queen, shining bright!”
The boss: “?”
The other men: “?”
Pei Yuan: “…”
Pei Che: “…”
Lou Yuejue: “…”
Pei Buxian: “…”
Pei Fengnong: “…”
Pei Youchuan: “…”
Pei Mu, Pei Ci: “…”
Lin Shen: “…”
