I Got Rich in Period Fiction
Chapter 277 Ambush

Chapter 277: Chapter 277 Ambush

He Xiuyu’s gaze carried a smile, his heart reluctant to part, yet also filled with some pride.

He couldn’t help but recall the night Qiao Qingyu had crawled into his bed, those bright eyes in the half-dream, half-awake moments.

He curved the corners of his mouth, saying that no matter how different Qiao Qingyu was now from the past, he didn’t care because he knew she was always Qiao Qingyu, the same King Qiao who had once roamed the Qiao Family Team.

He had always liked her, she was the person he held most dear.

The roadsides were not endless fields; there was a stretch of hill after hill, and although the hills were not craggy with strange stones, they were barren of any grass.

But once past these hills, one could see people bustling in the fields.

The autumn scenery was always the most beautiful.

The poplar leaves turned golden yellow, the maple leaves became fiery red, and even if the Barley Grass was somewhat yellowed, it still composed a picturesque autumn scene.

Autumn always brought a sense of joy from harvesting.

Sometimes when the wind was strong, tumbleweeds could blow over from the sandy areas.

Although its name sounded pleasant, it also had a nickname, the ’wanderer of the grassland.’

He Xiuyu drove very steadily, and although the road was bumpy, Qiao Qingyu and He Xuerong could not feel it; their car was driving on the desolate hill.

Suddenly, completely unguarded, there was a loud ’bang’; the road they were traveling on was blasted open, the jeep flipped several times in the flames, and with a ’boom’, it landed in a ditch by the road.

If not for He Xiuyu’s quick reaction, if not for Qiao Qingyu having a Space Device, then this modern tale would have ended here.

But in the blink of an eye, when an unusual vibration came from beneath the car, He Xiuyu suddenly threw himself to the back, shielding Qiao Qingyu and Rongrong under him as the world seemed to spin and collapse instantly.

Almost instinctively, Qiao Qingyu pressed down on the red mole on her index finger, and by the time the jeep had flipped several times into the ditch, she had already pulled both of them into the space.

The shock left He Xuerong unconscious.

The environment inside the Space Device was not unfamiliar, He Xiuyu checked He Xuerong first and, discovering she was only unconscious, breathed a sigh of relief. Qiao Qingyu was terrified, so much that she hadn’t even reacted yet; everything was an instinctive action.

Inside the Space Device, He Xiuyu couldn’t know what was happening outside, but he understood what had occurred. They had been ambushed, likely with landmines or bombs planted on the road with the intent of taking his life.

Looking at Qiao Qingyu’s somewhat vacant eyes, he reached out his hand, and even though his heart was pounding, he still comforted her in a low voice, "Thank goodness, thank goodness, we’re all right. Do you know what’s happening outside?"

At that moment, the family of three sat on the ground of the space, He Xuerong cradled in Qiao Qingyu’s arms, while He Xiuyu’s face was also unusually pale, beads of sweat visible on his forehead. Qiao Qingyu finally regained her composure bit by bit and, suppressing the wild beating of her heart, sensed the surroundings and said, "There’s gunfire outside."

That is to say, not only were there landmines or the like, but guns had been fired to completely eliminate their presence.

"What do we do?"

"You and Rongrong stay here for now, I’ll go out."

"No, you can’t go out, it’s too dangerous out there."

"We must capture a live one this time. The thorn will never be removed if we don’t pull it out," He Xiuyu’s voice had become somewhat hoarse as he spoke.

It had been a peaceful era for a long time, although one case after another had been experienced, it was still the first time they encountered something like this.

Qiao Qingyu laid Rongrong on the ground, thought about the specific position, and controlled the space to move several dozen meters to the left, then pulled He Xiuyu out of the Space Device.

After they emerged, they were on the backside of a hillside, close to the slope, with an overturned jeep not far ahead.

They hadn’t left the base for long, and with sounds of explosion like that, the base’s security would definitely hear it, so they just had to hold on for ten minutes before Director Lin would arrive with backup.

He told Qiao Qingyu to quickly return to the space, and Qiao Qingyu worriedly whispered, "It’s too dangerous. You don’t even know where the enemy is hiding. What if you get shot? Flesh and blood can’t withstand a bullet."

He Xiuyu looked at Qiao Qingyu’s anxious face and ultimately decided not to risk going alone.

Just as Qiao Qingyu was pulling He Xiuyu to enter the space, a woman’s voice from behind the hillside reached them, "Go check if they’re dead."

Yu Jing!

He Xiuyu and Qiao Qingyu exchanged a look, incredulous, yet filled with anger.

He Xiuyu told Qiao Qingyu to enter the space immediately, while he, like a leopard, pounced toward the back of the hillside. His movements were swift and sharp, as if he had practiced countless times with perfect precision and not a hint of deviation, tackling a woman and a man on the downslope.

Qiao Qingyu entered the space, then picked up a stick and came back out, rushing up to hit the man, striking right at his knee joint. The man knelt on the ground, staring at He Xiuyu and Qiao Qingyu with eyes wide with terror.

He never imagined that the two people who should have been tens of meters away inside the jeep would appear at their ambush point.

What’s more, they were merely on the other side of the hill?

Why was this?

What exactly had happened?

How did these two people crawl out of the jeep that had been smashed out of shape?

All of this happened in the blink of an eye; Yu Jing kicked at He Xiuyu. Even though Yu Jing was specially trained, she was facing someone who was also specially trained, and moreover, a young man. Thus her kick missed, and then He Xiuyu swiftly returned a kick.

The speed was so fast that both Yu Jing and the other man had no time to make a sound.

And at this moment, three or four jeeps were thundering out from the base.

He Xiuyu acted quickly and efficiently, knocking out Yu Jing and the man to prevent them from committing suicide or trying anything else.

The situation was hair-raising, yet it was over in just a few minutes. They say life and death can happen in an instant, and it indeed was no lie.

When Director Lin arrived at the scene with his team, anxious and frightened, the middle of the road had already been blown open with three or four large holes, and the jeep had been flipped over.

Qiao Qingyu took out the still-unconscious Rongrong from the space and handed her over to He Xiuyu, who placed her in the jeep Director Lin had driven. Director Lin’s face was pale, he hadn’t expected such an incident to happen.

The audacity was too great, truly outrageous, with no regard for human life at all.

Last year, Qiao Qingyu had already had some suspicions about Yu Jing. Today, suspicions had finally been confirmed, and he regretted not acting sooner. Unforgivable, utterly unforgivable.

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