Chapter 115: Negotiating the Past
"Chen Tianlong... what are you doing...?"
"Hehe, Mr. Lin, there’s no time now, right?"
Lin Batian hesitated to speak. He didn’t know why, but he had a sense of trust in this Chen Tianlong. Looking at his eyes, he felt as if his daughter could be saved.
"Alright, here’s my phone. It has the call from the kidnappers. I’ll arrange a car immediately... Wushuang is in your hands!"
"Ok! I guarantee the mission will be accomplished!"
Chen Tianlong got up, turned around, took Lin Batian’s phone in his hand, and hurried off.
Sure enough, at the entrance of the building, Mo Wenwen drove up in a black Audi, waved to Chen Tianlong after getting out. Chen Tianlong didn’t delay, took the keys directly, and smiled slightly: "Miss, you’re very beautiful!"
Then he closed the car door and drove swiftly toward the destination.
Mo Wenwen’s cheeks flushed slightly, looking at the departing BMW with an indescribable feeling. She had been working here for so long and rarely had someone like Chen Tianlong complimenting her; he was the first.
The Celestial Wolf Group was originally a medium-sized company’s workplace. After people from the Celestial Wolf Gang came a few days ago, they fully acquired it and rapidly merged it into the Tianlang Group in just three to four days.
As evening approached, Chen Tianlong’s car stopped near the Celestial Wolf Group. He didn’t enter the building as it wasn’t necessary; it was rush hour, and monitoring the garage entrance was sufficient.
Chen Tianlong took out Lin Batian’s phone, dialed the kidnappers’ number, and the phone was immediately answered by a middle-aged man’s voice: "Have you decided?"
"Where are you? I want to come over and talk to you personally!" Chen Tianlong was a master impersonator. During previous special training, many skills had to be mastered, and imitating accents was an essential skill.
For acquaintances, it might be hard to deceive them, but for a complete stranger, it was undoubtedly very useful.
There was silence on the other end of the line, as if waiting for some instruction.
After about thirty seconds, the voice over the phone said again: "Okay, Xiangjiang Hotel, I’ll call you when you arrive."
With that, the caller hung up.
Chen Tianlong sneered coldly. This man’s tactics were too weak, yet he dared to challenge him with such simple tricks.
Sure enough, in about two minutes, a black business van emerged from the garage with four people inside, two of whom were wearing large sunglasses. They were obviously bodyguards. Chen Tianlong smiled with satisfaction and began to follow them.
This trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain might work on others, but it ran into Chen Tianlong by chance.
At this moment, there could be no one else besides their boss who could drive out of the company in a business van, accompanied by bodyguards.
Following the business van from a distance, Chen Tianlong was unhurried. After all, he had all the equipment ready this time; rescuing a person was not a difficult task for him.
As expected, contrary to their words, the business van was not heading to any Xiangjiang Hotel but veering towards the outskirts of the South Sea city. After half an hour’s drive, it reached a wasteland, crossed a dirt road, and entered a small forest.
This was the secret base of the Celestial Wolf Gang in South Sea City.
The Celestial Wolf Gang mainly gained significant profits through smuggling, drug trafficking, and some underworld dealings, while their facade was running a large company.
Following here, Chen Tianlong was surprised to find such a secretive place. Without tracking this vehicle, finding their hidden base would indeed be difficult.
Once he entered the small forest, Chen Tianlong had to abandon his car to avoid alerting them. In any case, there was already a large batch of buildings ahead, likely the destination.
So Chen Tianlong parked the car in a small wooded area. It was basically invisible under the night sky.
After locking the car door, Chen Tianlong began walking forward. Through the small forest, he saw tall walls ahead, evidently a large courtyard.
At that moment, two people were standing at the courtyard entrance, holding submachine guns, giving off a tense military camp-like atmosphere.
Seeing this, Chen Tianlong frowned; it seemed that the Celestial Wolf Group still had some power with complete firearms and ammunition.
After pondering a bit, Chen Tianlong didn’t enter through the main entrance but chose to climb over the wall. Observing for a moment outside the wall, he noticed the wall was fitted with an electric grid, which was very dangerous.
"Wow, these guys are pretty thorough, even setting up an electric grid." Chen Tianlong smiled faintly, then looked around and saw a small pile of wood beside him, not sure what it was for.
Chen Tianlong walked over, picked up a three-meter-long wooden stick, then stepped back a few paces. Taking a deep breath, he suddenly accelerated, used the stick to brace against the ground, and leaped over the electric grid on the wall.
After landing, Chen Tianlong looked around and found many people still going about at the base. Not far away was a building, about five floors high, which he guessed must be the base’s office building.
With no one looking, Chen Tianlong dashed to the side of the building, stuck close to the wall to observe any movement.
He saw the black business van he had followed was parked in front of the building, with lights on only on the first three floors. The top two floors were apparently unoccupied.
After considering for a moment, Chen Tianlong took out a rope launcher from behind the building and shot it, catching onto the rooftop railing. Chen Tianlong smiled slightly and quickly climbed up along the rope.
The night was quiet, no stars in the sky, replaced by a crescent moon.
Under the mottled moonlight, Chen Tianlong began to move down to the fourth floor, checking each room. Finding no one, he went directly to the third floor.
The third floor was brightly lit. Just as Chen Tianlong was about to creep over to take a look, his phone started vibrating.
Startled, Chen Tianlong quickly took out his phone and withdrew upwards immediately. It was undoubtedly the kidnapper’s call, trying to trick him into going to that hotel appointment and sneakily pull a stunt.
With simultaneous actions, Lin Batian couldn’t refuse even if he didn’t want to agree.
To buy time and prevent Lin Wushuang from getting harmed, Chen Tianlong answered the call and said: "Sorry, my car just broke down a bit, could you please give me another twenty minutes? I’ll be there soon!"
"Damn it, are you fooling me? Believe it or not, I’ll kill your daughter immediately?" The voice on the line clearly sounded furious.
"No, really, the car broke down... I wouldn’t dare joke about my daughter’s life."
"Hmph, you’d better be. I’ll give you fifteen minutes. If I don’t see you, you can expect a body bag!"
"Alright, alright, I’ll definitely be there!"
After hanging up, Chen Tianlong sneered coldly without a moment’s delay. He must find Lin Wushuang within fifteen minutes, or when they sense something amiss, they will immediately notify this place to strengthen security. Escaping with Lin Wushuang then would not be easy.
Wearing a night suit, Chen Tianlong moved stealthily along the walls outside the third-floor rooms, discreetly observing the activity inside the rooms.
As expected, at the very edge of the third floor, two henchmen stood outside a room. Although they didn’t have guns in their hands, their robust bodies clearly indicated they weren’t ordinary people.