Chapter 3: On-site Cave Exploration

  Mei Yu Yan was not alone, there was a tall and handsome young man following her, opening the way for her with a flattering smile.

  Qian Dabing, a young man, is the physical education teacher at Ping'an Middle School. With his good looks, he often flirts with female teachers and pretty students, even got one of them pregnant and then dumped her. His reputation is really bad. If it weren't for his connections with school leaders, he would have been fired long ago.

  Qian Dabing's appearance has undoubtedly confirmed the news revealed by insiders, and also made countless boys anxious, fearing that the beautiful female teacher would be blinded by infatuation and fall into Qian Dabing's trap.

  "Are you Mei Yu Yan?" At the edge of the warning line, Captain Gao blocked Mei Yu Yan's path.

  "Not bad." Mei Yu Yan replied with a melancholic expression.

  "The hijacker has been demanding to see you, your current behavior is crucial." After confirming the identity of the other party, Captain Gao instructed: "I hope you can calm down the emotions of the hostages as much as possible and avoid any actions that may provoke him. Let him abandon his hijacking and harming of the hostages as soon as possible."

  "I'll try my best." Mei Yu Yan pinched her pale finger joints and nodded vigorously.

  As soon as Mei Yu Yan crossed the warning line and walked towards Zhao Tiezhu, Captain Gao furrowed his brow but did not stop her. Instead, he instructed a nearby police officer: "Get the sniper ready. The order from above is to shoot to kill if the hijacker cannot be persuaded to surrender within five minutes."

  "Yu Yan, don't go any closer. That man is a madman, you'll be in danger if you get too close." Qian Dabing grabbed Mei Yu Yan's arm.

  "Let go! Qian Laoshi, you and I are just colleagues, my affairs have nothing to do with you." Mei Yuxuan turned her head to look at Qian Dabing, contrary to her usual gentle and weak temperament, her eyes firmly said.

  Qian Dabing suddenly became tongue-tied, his hand unconsciously loosening its grip. Mei Yuxuan didn't look at him again and walked heavily towards the opposite direction.

  "Looks delicate and weak, but unexpectedly has a lot of guts." Qin Lang couldn't help but nod secretly as he stared at Mei Yuxuan.

  At this time, Mei Yu Yan dared to come over regardless of the danger, and indeed gave him a new look.

  Looking at Qian Dabing, Qin Lang couldn't help but find him ridiculous. He had long seen through Qian Dabing's actions of holding onto Mei Yuxuan, which wasn't out of genuine concern for her safety, but rather his fear of getting close to Zhao Tiezhu, the fierce bandit. Now that Mei Yuxuan was walking over, he was hesitating and didn't dare follow her again.

  For people like this, Qin Lang always looked down on them with disdain.

  "Stop right there."

  Zhao Tiezhu suddenly spoke up.

  Mei Yu's body trembled, and she couldn't help but stop in her tracks. She looked at Zhao Tiezhu and took a deep breath before saying: "Tiezhu Ge, your family has been kind to me, and I've always remembered it in my heart. However, emotional matters can't be forced. Why must you do this?"

  Zhao Tiezhu burst into a mad laugh, "Why did I do this? It's because you forced me to!"

  Two lines of clear tears rolled down from Mei Yu Yan's eyes, flowing on her delicate face. She stretched out her hand to wipe away the tears and sobbed: "Tie Zhu Ge, things have developed to this point, I don't want to explain anything anymore. All the mistakes are mine alone. Let that student go, he is innocent. If you're angry, take it out on me."

  "Mei Yu Yan, don't spout nonsense. If you really want to save this student, then agree to one condition: marry me. Otherwise, stop pretending to be a good person." Zhao Tiezhu said menacingly.

  "You're daydreaming!" Qian Dabing suddenly walked to Mei Yuxuan's side and shouted at Zhao Tiezhu: "You don't even take a good look in the mirror to see what kind of scallion you are, yet you think you can marry Yuxuan? A toad thinking it can eat swan meat!"

  "Shut up, you! You hit me this morning and I haven't settled the score with you yet. If you dare to speak again, I'll kill you, kill your whole family!" Zhao Tiezhu saw Qian Dabing, as if he had received a huge stimulus, his eyes blazed with fire, his face twisted, his voice hoarse, and he shouted violently.

  Qian Dabing's face flashed a hint of fear, but thinking of Zhao Tiezhu's next fate, he calmed down and completely ignored the safety of his opponent and the hostage, instead turning to persuade Mei Yuxuan.

  "Damn it, Qian Dabing is so provocative to the guy behind me, isn't he openly trying to ruin my life?" Qin Lang gritted his teeth and stared at Qian Dabing, taking a grudge against him.

  If it weren't for being controlled by others at this moment, he really wanted to go up and slap that person's mouth.

  The police also realized that Qian Dabing's approach would only further provoke the hijackers and harm the hostages, so they immediately stepped forward and pulled him off the stage.

  Without the interruption of Da Bing, Mei Yu Yan firmly said to Zhao Tiezhu: "Tiezhu brother, I promised you, let him go."

  "It's no good."

  Zhao Tiezhu shook his head, "No proof, just empty words."

  "What can I say to make you believe me, Brother Tiezhu?"

  "We can settle this on the spot and get the formalities done right away, as long as you agree. I'll let him go immediately."

  "Alright, I promise you, we'll get married on the spot." Mei Yu Yan nodded without hesitation.

  Zhao Tiezhu heard this answer and his emotions seemed to calm down a bit, but the next second he suddenly became agitated again as if he had thought of something.

  "No way, getting the certificate doesn't mean anything, I must have your body today! After we get the certificate, we'll consummate our marriage in the back classroom, with so many people as witnesses, it's a done deal, you can't deny it!"

  A murmur of disapproval suddenly spread through the crowd as Zhao Tiezhu's demand pushed the atmosphere on site to another extreme.

  Mei Yu's face turned red and hot, looking extremely embarrassed.

  "What's wrong, not answering anymore?" Zhao Tiezhu thought of the various things over the years and suddenly became angry, "Mei Yuxuan you this cheap woman, didn't you agree to marry me? Not letting me come up is one thing, but now that we're married, you're still not willing? Let me tell you, it's not easy to take advantage of Zhao Tiezhu. I'm putting my words here, when you're alive, you're a member of the Zhao family, and when you die, you're a ghost of the Zhao family!"

  As he spoke, his knife flashed towards Qian Dabing: "I will kill you in front of your adulterous husband!"

  Everyone present frowned upon hearing such slanderous words.

  Mei Yu Yan clenched her teeth and said: "Ge Tie Zhu, don't worry, I'll agree to what you say, just tell me how to do it."

  Zhao Tiezhu was suddenly satisfied, and as soon as he thought of Mei Yuxian's appearance about to be stripped naked, he was like a demon possessed, his desire boiling over in an instant, even the knife on the hostage's neck was slightly pushed away.

  The tall team captain, who had been paying attention to the changes in the field, saw this scene and his eyes lit up. He raised his hand to look at his watch and found that five minutes had passed, so he quietly made a gesture in a certain direction.

  The sniper who had been hiding in ambush saw this gesture and quickly entered the sniping state, aiming at Zhao Tiezhu's head.

  Just as the sniper was about to pull the trigger, Zhao Tiezhu suddenly changed his expression and pointed at Mei Yuxian, saying: "You dare to deceive me, you shameless woman."

  He suddenly grabbed Qin Lang's neck and hid his vital points behind Qin Lang's body, quickly retreating backwards.

  While retreating, he also shouted: "Damn it, you cops have the guts to shoot, I'd rather die than be a scapegoat."

  "Impossible, how did he discover the sniper? Is this guy crazy but has a sixth sense that's extraordinary?" Captain Gao was shocked beyond words.

  Actually, Captain Gao guessed correctly. Zhao Tiezhu indeed possessed an extraordinary sixth sense, especially when it came to danger, he had a keen perception.

  It was precisely because of this that when the sniper took aim at him, he unexpectedly had a sense of awareness, his eyes scanned around and actually allowed him to discover the existence of the sniper.

  "I didn't cheat you." Mei Yu Yan was completely unaware of what had happened, and seeing Zhao Tiezhu's actions, she could only strenuously argue.

  "You scoundrel, I'm telling you, even if I die and become a ghost, I won't let you off."

  Zhao Tiezhu would no longer listen to anything, the police's sniper operation caused him to lose control of his emotions again, reaching the verge of explosion.

  He used Qin Lang as a meat shield, forcing the sniper to dare not open fire rashly. In a short period of time, he successfully dodged the sniper's lock-on and retreated into an empty classroom in the teaching building.

  Throughout the whole process, Qin Lang looked as if he had been scared silly and was being manipulated at will.

  But in fact, Qin Lang has been doing regular breathing exercises all along, his abdomen shrinking and expanding ceaselessly, quietly gathering his strength, nurturing his spirit and waiting for the opportunity to burst forth.