The King of Urban Mercenaries
Chapter 53 - 53 53 The Crimson Rose

53: Chapter 53: The Crimson Rose 53: Chapter 53: The Crimson Rose In the West Suburb of Zhonghai, there is a vast side-by-side villa complex commonly known as Liyuan Villa Complex.

Ordinary people only know that the villas here are very expensive, so expensive that the money many people earn in a lifetime might not even be enough to cover a year’s living expenses here.

On the surface, it seems to be an upscale villa complex, undoubtedly an affluent area.

In reality, it’s the headquarters of Thorny Rose, one of the three major gangs in Zhonghai.

Many people, including the members of Thorny Rose themselves, prefer to call it Rose Manor.

After the black Benz drove into Rose Manor, it stopped in front of a villa on the outskirts of the complex marked with a red cross.

The crew-cut young man, supporting Qiao Hui, had just gotten out of the car when medical personnel hurried out of the villa with a stretcher and swiftly carried Qiao Hui inside.

From their practiced movements, it was clear that this was not the first time they had done this.

In fact, the villa with the red cross was a medical facility established by Thorny Rose within Rose Manor.

Although it was just a medical facility, its medical equipment was on par with some of the larger national hospitals.

The medical staff were also hand-picked industry elites.

Watching Qiao Hui being carried away by the medical personnel, the crew-cut young man heaved a sigh of relief.

He was just an ordinary member inside Thorny Rose, while Qiao Hui held a much higher position.

If something serious happened to Qiao Hui, him, tagging along on the mission, would inevitably be punished.

Now, with Qiao Hui being taken into the medical facility, his life was certainly saved.

As long as Qiao Hui didn’t die, the higher-ups naturally wouldn’t punish him too harshly, a minor figure.

“How did Qiao Hui get hurt?”

Just as the crew-cut young man was about to find a corner to take a drag of a cigarette, a clear and beautiful female voice sounded behind him.

With refined features, delicate brows and eyes, and ear-length short hair that added a brisk charm to the girl, her full chest stood out proudly under the tight white T-shirt.

Unfortunately, her long and beautiful legs wrapped in black leather pants prevented one from glimpsing their fair smoothness.

At the instant he heard the voice, the crew-cut young man subconsciously shivered, hurriedly turned around, and upon recognizing the girl, tentatively spoke, “Sis Lili?”

Seeing that the girl showed no dissatisfied expression, the crew-cut young man then confidently recounted the whole incident involving Lin Fei to her.

The young girl addressed as Sis Lili by the crew-cut young man, after hearing his account, parted her cherry lips and asked, “When Lin Fei threw you out of the hospital room, did Qiao Hui not fight back?”

“I don’t think he did,” said the crew-cut young man subconsciously.

Seeing his Sis Lili frown slightly, he quickly reviewed the scene in the hospital room in his mind and stated firmly, “No, I’m sure Qiao Brother didn’t fight back then.”

The girl then asked a few key questions related to Lin Fei and Qiao Hui’s reactions, sweating the crew-cut young man until he was dripping, before she stopped and walked into the medical villa with furrowed brows.

Watching the girl’s figure disappear into the medical villa, the crew-cut young man took several deep breaths before he could relax.

His front and back were soaked in cold sweat, which evidenced the mental pressure the girl had imposed on him.

Being able to enter the medical villa without any injuries was enough to highlight the girl’s status.

Inside Rose Manor, there were only two ways to get inside the medical villa.

One was to be seriously injured and carried in by the medical staff of the villa.

The other was if one had a sufficiently high status, such as a high-ranking official of Thorny Rose.

Clearly, the young girl termed Sis Lili by the crew-cut young man belonged to the latter.

Because this young girl, Lili, was the personal bodyguard and assistant to the Chairman of Thorny Rose, commonly known as the confidant.

As the Chairman’s confidant, she naturally had access to most areas of Rose Manor.

Inside the medical villa, after the medical staff had completed suture surgery on Qiao Hui, the girl approached his bedside.

“How are you feeling, Team Leader Qiao?”

Qiao Hui still looked pale, but compared to his state in the Mercedes, he had definitely regained some color.

He moved his lips to muster a smile, “It’s nothing serious, I’ll recover after resting for a few days.

Are you Resplendent or Lilting?”

The girl pulled over a chair, flashing a charming, teasing smile as she winked at Qiao Hui, “Guess who.”

“You’re making it tough on me, you know.

You and your sister are twins and you like to sport the same hairstyle.

I’m not the Chairman; how could I possibly guess.”

Qiao Hui smiled bitterly, and from his words, it was clear that the girl sitting beside his bed had a twin sister.

The young girl Lili gave Qiao Hui a playful glare, “Okay, I won’t tease you anymore.

It’s Lili.

The Chairman sent me to get an update from you.”

Upon hearing this, Qiao Hui’s demeanor became instantly grave, he said in a serious tone, “This time our Hawk Group made a misjudgment; the probing and framing action failed.

I strongly suggest abandoning all subsequent probing plans and have you—no, have the Chairman personally…”

“Have the Chairman personally step in?

Group Leader Qiao, aren’t you taking this Lin Fei too seriously?

It shouldn’t be necessary for the Chairman to get involved, we sisters meeting with him should suffice to honor him,” interrupted Lili, slightly discontent, clearly thinking Qiao Hui was placing too much importance on Lin Fei.

“You don’t understand.

If I am not mistaken, even if the Chairman made a move, he might not be willing to meet,” sighed Qiao Hui, confiding his thoughts to Lili.

Even so, a person like this might not possess as much strength as Lin Fei.

Lin Fei, only in his twenties, already had the capability equal to or even beyond that of the deputy head of a special reconnaissance battalion.

In Qiao Hui’s view, even if Lin Fei didn’t possess any special identity, with his strength alone, should he decide to join the military, he would unquestionably be highly valued by the armed forces.

Rising to prominence, Qingyun, was just a matter of time.

It was with this in mind that Qiao Hui regretted organizing this probing initiative against Lin Fei.

“You must tell the Chairman when you return that we cannot afford to make an enemy of a person like this if we cannot be friends,” Qiao Hui concluded, solemnly cautioning Lili after revealing his thoughts.

Seeing that Lili seemed somewhat unconvinced, Qiao Hui, despite the pain in his abdomen, sat up to look her in the eye, “I know what you’re thinking, but let me tell you something: firearms aren’t omnipotent.

Never mind Lin Fei, even if it were just me, after my wounds have healed and with ample preparation, you wouldn’t even get the chance to shoot in my presence.”

Qiao Hui’s words carried significant weight, and Lili took notice.

After helping Qiao Hui to lie down again, Lili, with a pensive expression, left the medical villa and headed deeper into Rose Manor.

At the front door of a centrally located European-style villa within Rose Manor, Lili stopped.

She pulled out a card, swiped it, and walked into the villa.

The villa’s decor wasn’t ostentatiously luxurious, yet it exuded a discreet sense of opulence.

“Lili, Group Leader Qiao isn’t seriously hurt, is he?”

Standing next to the living room sofa was a young girl with the same pretty face, the same bobbed hair, and even the same clothing as Lili.

But the person who inquired was not this almost identically carved from the same mold twin sister.

Instead, it was a seductive woman with wine-red long hair sitting on the sofa, fiddling with teaware.

In the woman’s delicate hands was a set of antiquated purple sand tea ware.

If one were to only look at the woman’s jade-like hand and the tea set, one would indeed sense a quaint, antique charm.

However, this presupposed ignoring the brightly polished nails on the woman’s hands.

Doubtless, the woman was beautiful, and a beautiful woman making tea with a purple sand pot should offer an elegant and delightful sight.

In reality, the sight of this woman making tea was indeed captivating, but far from being elegant, it was filled with a different kind of allure.

This was mainly due to the woman’s own temperament; she was indeed beautiful, but not in a classical way.

Her beauty was the flawless kind found in a mature woman.

The one who asked Lili was indeed her.

Lili and her twin sister stood together, looking up with respect at the woman playing with the tea set.

Lili responded reverently, “Chairman, Group Leader Qiao is all right.

However, he insisted that I bring a message to you.”

From Lili’s words, it could be discerned that this mature beauty, capable of enchanting most men, was none other than Xue Mei—the current Chairman of the Thorny Rose, the most mysterious of Zhonghai’s three major crime syndicates.

A rose blossomed with blood.

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