Chapter 1408 - 1409: Counterattack 3
Looking at the unbelieving expression on Mu Tiantian’s face, Shen Tiancheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and his deep, magnetic voice sounded again.
"The gunshot incident at the City Hospital reported by the news is just the tip of the iceberg. The escaped bandit is the brother of a mercenary killed by Bai Chenyao five years ago. After his escape, he shot Bai Chenyao, indeed as reported by the news, for revenge!"
"As for Lu Chengkuan, Commander Lu, he has been connected with mercenaries for over a decade. Five years ago, it was his first attempt to take Bai Chenyao’s life, which failed. After five years, upon receiving news about the drug lord Thunder Eagle at Qi Mountain, how could he pass up such a perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone?"
Mu Tiantian: "..."
Mu Tiantian seemed a bit dazed as she listened to what Shen Tiancheng said afterward.
Although she didn’t understand much, what she could be sure of was that there were issues at the upper echelons of Xia Country.
These matters, which were very remote and distant to her as an ordinary citizen, suddenly became near at hand because of her relationship with Bai Chenyao.
After a long while, Mu Tiantian looked at Shen Tiancheng, her voice carrying a tremor.
"Why are you telling me this?"
Shen Tiancheng, having eaten his fill, wiped his hands with melting snow, and smiled at Mu Tiantian, whose shocked and incredulous expression was filled with disbelief.
He reached out, gently caressing her white and tender cheek.
"Because"
"I’m full, I’ll go take a break first!"
Mu Tiantian abruptly cut off Shen Tiancheng’s words, putting down the half-eaten roasted leg of lamb in her hand, quickly stood up, and swiftly entered the cave.
Watching Mu Tiantian fleeing almost like an escape, Shen Tiancheng, sitting by the fire pit, raised his alluring lips again, his beautiful lip lines forming an attractive and wicked curve.
"Little Sweetheart... the more you act this way, the more I feel..."
Shen Tiancheng didn’t finish his sentence, instead gazing deeply in the direction of the cave, his lips maintaining a wickedly charming smile, lost in thoughts unknown.
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Shengjing, military district compound.
Lu Chengkuan was relaxing in his study, reading the newspaper. Suddenly, the desk phone rang.
Glancing at the time, a faint smile flickered in Lu Chengkuan’s eyes. He held the newspaper in one hand and picked up the receiver in the other.
"It’s me!"
Upon hearing the report from the other side of the phone, Lu Chengkuan’s smile gradually disappeared.
"Are you sure?"
"Affirmative!"
Lu Chengkuan’s calm expression turned stormy instantly. Staring at the newspaper, which discussed Mu Qinghan handing over Kang Yun Group’s board authority to his only son Mu Yi, he pressed his lips together.
"Mercenaries typically operate under secrecy, we haven’t received any updates, there might have been a leak, send someone to investigate further!"
"Yes, Commander!"
Lu Chengkuan narrowed his eyes, resembling a night eagle preparing to hunt, with his voice carrying a bit of coldness.
"Get in touch with Shen Tiancheng, tell him to ignore if he encounters any!"
"Yes, Commander!"
After hanging up the phone, Lu Chengkuan sat on the reclining chair, his brows losing their usual warmth, instead exuding a few shades of gloom and hostility.
He hired a total of three groups of mercenaries to enter Qi Mountain, regardless of whether Bai Chenyao reached Thunder Eagle’s lair, as long as mercenaries spotted Bai Chenyao’s traces, they would shoot to kill.
The location where the first batch of mercenaries disappeared was near the marsh forest inside Qi Mountain; at that time Bai Chenyao was indeed there, and he also received accurate information that those people truly died at Bai Chenyao’s hands.