Following the man's trouser pocket, I took out his phone and looked at it.
The screen displayed an incoming call from "Manager Luo".
Undoubtedly, it must be Luo Qiwen.
Recalling the crazy, almost lawless things Luo Qiwen had done to help Ying Baolin secure the Rui Chi Casino, I immediately felt a headache coming on.
Unlike Jiang Xiaowan, who acted with reason and evidence, Luo Qiwen was a woman who would stop at nothing to achieve her goals.
Given the same task, she only cared about the result, never the methods.
Since Ying Baolin had sent her to handle this matter, it was clearly a veiled signal to me.
That is, the consequence of stubbornly resisting to the end would be either a slim chance of survival or… certain death!
While I was lost in thought, Luo Qiwen's call had stopped vibrating, and the screen now showed "Missed Call".
Although I hadn't hung up or answered, I knew in my heart that Luo Qiwen had likely deduced from the unanswered call that the vanguard had probably met with disaster.
Once she made that inference, then…
"Quick! Get out of here with me!!!"
With that, I immediately signaled everyone to gather their belongings and then led them through the fire escape stairs on the other side to retrieve our car from the hotel's rear parking lot.
Regardless of whether Luo Qiwen had stationed guards at the hotel's rear parking lot, with the heavy encirclement inside and out, the immediate priority was to break through the blockade using a four-wheeled vehicle.
...
Fortunately, the hotel's rear parking lot was separated from the residential complex by only a single high wall.
Perhaps it was this very fact that made Luo Qiwen lower her guard.
Believing we had no possibility or strength to escape over that high wall, she hadn't deployed any personnel to guard the parking lot.
We boarded the car without any trouble.
Unfortunately, the sense of security the Enclave provided lasted for less than the time it took to press the accelerator.
As soon as Han Jinlun started the car and crashed through the parking barrier set up by the hotel owner to drive out, we were immediately surrounded by several other seven-seater vehicles.
Since Luo Qiwen dared to risk her life to keep me, it meant she was determined not to stop until she achieved her objective.
If a major commotion were to erupt, with Ying Baolin's methods, it would likely be our side that suffered the most.
Just as I was repeatedly cautioning Cheng Minglang, Luo Qiwen outside the car door had already begun her countdown.
"Three!"
"Two!"
"One!"
Just as Luo Qiwen reached one, and I was about to give up resisting and get out of the car, I suddenly heard a clear and ethereal female voice exclaim, "What's going on here so early in the morning? Are you filming a gangster movie?"
The moment the voice fell, I looked up.
It was… her!