In Modu, at the Xiao family headquarters, everyone was discussing how to operate the new company, Triumph Jewelry, in the future. Only Lu Ming stood apart like an outsider, silently in the corridor.
Strangely, after Lu Ming's phone rang, he only answered it without saying a word.
No matter how anxious the woman on the other end was, Lu Ming did not utter a single sound.
After listening to the other person's explanation, Lu Ming directly hung up the phone.
At this moment, Jiang Mengxin walked over and asked curiously, "Lu Ming, who were you talking to?"
Lu Ming replied with a smile, "A friend."
"What kind of friend? Why did you only listen and not speak?"
"He's a chatterbox, I couldn't get a word in."
"Oh." Jiang Mengxin didn't think much of it and turned to leave.
Suddenly, Lu Ming called out to her, "Mengxin!"
"Yes?" Jiang Mengxin turned around and looked at Lu Ming, "Is something wrong?"
Lu Ming hesitated for a moment, then asked, "We've been in Modu for several days, and we haven't heard any news from Jinling. I wonder how the Jiang family is doing?"
He asked about the Jiang family, but in reality, he was asking about Xun Rong.
Lu Ming already knew that Xun Rong was in crisis, but he couldn't see even a hint of worry on Jiang Mengxin's face!
Jiang Mengxin was stunned for a moment, then said without hesitation, "The Jiang family is fine, nothing has happened."
She was hiding it!
Jiang Mengxin deliberately concealed the trouble Jiang Lan was facing!
Lu Ming was very disappointed.
He thought that no matter how cruel Jiang Mengxin was, she would at least have some sisterly affection for her own sister; but unexpectedly, Jiang Mengxin completely disregarded the dangerous situation Jiang Lan was in.
Or perhaps, the danger Jiang Lan was currently facing was exactly what Jiang Mengxin wished to see.
Heh.
Three words: Bad woman!
"Oh, it's good that nothing happened." Lu Ming quietly looked out the window, and did not say another word to Jiang Mengxin. He had completely given up on her.
Jiang Mengxin let out a cold laugh and slowly walked away.
After she was completely gone, Lu Ming took out his phone again, composed a text message, and sent it directly to Asura, with the content: Dispatch X Task Force to rescue Jiang Lan!
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Jinling, Xun Rong.
An hour passed quickly. The snake man, She Yong, slammed the table hard and roared, "Manager Jiang, time's up! Where's the 30 million?"
Then, he snapped his fingers, and his subordinates slightly lifted the lids of the iron cages.
Vipers scrambled to swim out.
She Yong roared, "If you don't pay, I'll release the snakes!"
"Wait a moment!"
Finally, Jiang Lan, accompanied by He Zhizhou, came down from the elevator and approached She Yong.
Jiang Lan glared at She Yong with burning anger, reluctantly took out a bank card and handed it to him, gritting her teeth, "Thirty million, here you go!"
She Yong chuckled, took the card, and immediately had a subordinate check it. They confirmed that there was indeed 30 million in the account.
After the confirmation, She Yong snapped his fingers again.
The subordinates firmly pressed down the iron cages and locked the latches.
"That's more like it," She Yong chuckled. "This is the right attitude. Manager Jiang, you've become a VIP of our family. Remember to come and train often. I'll reserve the best equipment for you, hahahaha."
She Yong blew a kiss at Jiang Lan, arrogantly raised the bank card, and swaggered out of Xun Rong.
He was utterly lawless!
But there was nothing Jiang Lan could do about him.
Jiang Lan's body trembled with anger, but she had to suppress the rage in her heart.
He Zhizhou patted her shoulder and whispered, "Endure it. Lu Ming and President Jiang are not here. We must endure. During this time, there is only one thing we need to do – survive."
Jiang Lan nodded. She understood the reasoning.
If she hadn't understood the implications, she wouldn't have given up thirty million.
It was just... so frustrating!
If Lu Ming were still here, would someone like She Yong be worth bothering with?
Thinking about it made her furious.
She Yong had his subordinates load the cages of snakes into the vans and prepared to drive away.
Before getting into the car.
She Yong waved the bank card in the air and said with a smile, "Manager Jiang, thank you."
This trip was a huge success for him.
But at this moment, an accident occurred. Suddenly, a buzzing sound came from the sky.
Everyone looked up in unison and saw three helicopters flying in from a distance! And on the body of each helicopter was a huge 'X' carved into it.
"Huh?" She Yong was stunned. "What's going on?"
He had never heard of helicopters being allowed to fly in the urban area of Jinling, let alone three of them!
And the conspicuous 'X' was also confusing.
Just as She Yong was wondering, something even more unexpected happened. The cabin door of one of the helicopters opened, and a giant 'fishing net' was scattered from it.
The mesh of this fishing net was very fine, very small, and extremely resilient.
The giant fishing net trapped the vans and She Yong and his men. Before She Yong could react, the cabin doors of the other two helicopters opened, and ropes were lowered. Six soldiers descended along the ropes to the ground.
These six soldiers all had a large 'X' on their backs.
They were armed with firearms and unleashed a volley of precise shots into the vans. They didn't hit anyone, but they accurately disabled the latches of the iron cages.
Then, they continued to fire, and through the impact of the bullets, they knocked over all the iron cages onto the ground.
At the same time, three soldiers took out large iron nails that had been prepared and used special tools to firmly pin the fishing net to the road!
This...
She Yong finally reacted and roared in terror, "Who are you? You can't do this!"
Can't do this?
Heh.
One of the soldiers pointed to the large 'X' on his back and said, "We are the X Task Force, ordered to protect Xun Rong! Anyone who dares to touch Xun Rong will die!"
"What?" She Yong was completely panicked. He never expected Xun Rong to have such a powerful organization behind it.
The X Task Force, he had never even heard of it, but the strength they displayed was terrifying.
She Yong shouted, "How can this be? Weren't we told that Xun Rong had no protection and could be bullied at will? Why would the X Task Force suddenly appear? What's going on?"
It wasn't just She Yong who was confused; even Jiang Lan and Yuan Chengji were bewildered. No one knew who this powerful and mysterious organization that had suddenly appeared belonged to.
But none of that mattered anymore.
What mattered was that the snakes had been released!
The latches were broken, the cages overturned, and all the snakes inside slithered out! Hundreds of venomous snakes instantly covered the vans!
And She Yong and his men were all trapped within the giant fishing net.
There was nowhere to escape.