Chapter 191: Growing Suspicion
"Eh? What’s going on with these two brothers, how come two grown men still have so much left after drinking for so long?" Zhao Lei noticed something was off.
"Oh, maybe they just don’t like drinking."
Chen Tianlong hurriedly tried to defuse the situation, but at the same time gave Zhao Bing a look. Zhao Bing took a deep breath and became alert.
Just then, suddenly the sound of a microphone rose in the hall. Everyone quickly looked up, only to see that the birthday party was about to begin. In the center of the hall, on a small stage, the host was testing the sound.
"Ahem... hello hello hello... ah ah ah... hello hello hello..."
Two minutes later, a tall and handsome middle-aged man once again took the microphone and stepped onto the stage. This was the host of the birthday party.
"Ladies and gentlemen, friends, good evening. Welcome to the birthday party of Miss Zhang Yufei. Now the party officially begins, let’s invite our Miss Zhang Yufei to say a few words."
As soon as the host finished speaking, thunderous applause erupted in the hall.
It’s not surprising; there were at least over three hundred people attending today. Even though the hall was quite spacious, it would have been too crowded otherwise.
At this moment, everyone gathered together, surrounding the stage, intending to catch a glimpse of this eldest daughter of the Zhang family. Zhang Yufei had come out before, but at that time with light makeup and dressed quite casually.
Tonight, many strangers came, and their intentions were simple. Master Ma went through so much trouble to widely send out invitations, not only seeking a good match for his daughter but also as a cry for help.
People in the business world knew that the Zhang Family, the Hao Family, and the Liu Family had suffered severe losses in the past six months. They had little liquid capital, and without timely replenishment, it could soon lead to economic stagnation.
What this represented, perhaps everyone knew in their hearts.
"Honored guests, good evening. Today is this little girl’s birthday. I am truly grateful for your kindness and attendance. Tonight, please enjoy the food and the colorful games. Thank you all."
Zhang Yufei quickly finished her pre-prepared lines and rapidly got off the stage.
To be honest, she really disliked this kind of scene. Going on stage to make an appearance, seeing a bunch of men with their lustful and eager eyes, made her feel like she was selling herself, as if asking, who wants to buy me?!
Watching Zhang Yufei quickly get off the stage, Chen Tianlong frowned, feeling as if he missed something. Why wasn’t Zhang Yufei so happy?
Logically, if it really was her birthday party tonight, she should be the happiest one. But just now, Chen Tianlong clearly felt that Zhang Yufei was not that happy.
However, at this time, suddenly among the crowd, a dark smoking object appeared, scaring everyone into lying on the ground.
"Boom..."
A crisp sound rang out, and in an instant, the entire hall was filled with thick smoke. Following a ground explosion, a lightning-like flash illuminated the entire hall.
Everyone felt their vision go white and could not see anything.
"Damn, it’s a flashbang combined with a smoke bomb! Not good..."
Chen Tianlong immediately reacted, quickly closing his eyes and starting to use his extraordinary sensing power, while simultaneously operating his unknown Heart Method Mantra.
After a few seconds, Chen Tianlong opened his eyes. It was a bit blurry in front of him, but he could still see clearly.
At this moment, several people appeared in front of him, not just two, but four.
One of them looked familiar, even though he was masked, that body shape, it seemed like Chen Tianlong had seen them somewhere before.
Indeed, the two were from the Capital City’s Celestial Wolf Gang, the undying Dao, and Hao Jian from South Sea City, along with two of Dao’s subordinates.
After the four of them did all this, they quickly ran in the direction Zhang Yufei had left. Chen Tianlong was shocked and hurried to circle around from behind.
Just now, on the table for eight, Zhao Bing and two colleagues went over to watch the commotion, leaving Yang Fan and Zhao Lei.
Zhao Lei drank too much water and just went to the bathroom, and this incident happened here.
Yang Fan, covering his nose, crawled on the ground, recalling that Chen Tianlong had just been watching the stage, and the explosion was right near there. He was suddenly worried and wanted to see what was going on.
However, the crowd was in chaos right now, with everywhere in a stampede. After being stepped on a few times on the thighs, Yang Fan had to crawl back under the table.
Although he was an Ancient Martial Artist, the uniqueness of his body made him afraid to use his strength.
Otherwise, it would cause big trouble, so at this time Yang Fan, like an ordinary person, still had to be very careful in the face of bullets and the like.
For a moment, the scene was incredibly chaotic, just like a terror attack, not knowing if there were any casualties.
Zhao Bing, as a soldier, reacted quickly. He and Zhou Qiang covered their mouths and closed their eyes, starting to move away from the thick smoke. This gang of thugs was really smart; if it were just a smoke bomb, it would have been nothing.
But they deliberately threw several of them.
And that wasn’t the main issue. Smoke bombs would at most make people unable to see for a short time and are irritating to the nose. But the subsequent flashbangs completely blinded people, like being struck blind.
If there were only a few people here, these actions would obviously last at most five minutes, but this time it’s different. There were over three hundred people gathered here, and it was in one room. The smoke dispersed slowly, easily causing panic.
Therefore, the person who designed this plan was very meticulous, considering all the details and using all possible circumstances on the scene to achieve a better effect for themselves.
Clearly, Hao Shuai succeeded, and did so very well.
Yet, he didn’t expect there was still one person who wouldn’t be affected by this scenario, and that person was Chen Tianlong.
With his eyes closed, Chen Tianlong had as strong a sensing ability as if they were open. The secret mantra taught by his master was indeed useful. Although he always felt it was just a small part, it was powerful.
It could absorb others’ Powerful Qi and grant him a super sensing power, allowing him to perceive all surrounding energy even with closed eyes.
So, he ran toward Zhang Yufei’s direction and quickly caught up to her.
Just now, as Zhang Yufei walked away, she found something wrong behind and just turned to see what was happening. Suddenly, she saw a figure sprinting from the smoke.
Before she could react, her hand was grabbed, and only then she realized it was Chen Tianlong.
Chen Tianlong grabbed Zhang Yufei and began to run towards the stairs; he wanted to take her up to the second floor.
"Bang! Bang!"
A burst of gunfire rang out, hitting the stair railing, with two "pfft" sounds. Chen Tianlong looked out toward two windows, only to find that there were two snipers aiming at the staircase.
Luckily, he reacted quickly; otherwise, he would have been almost shot dead.
That’s right, outside were the snipers ambushed by Hao Shuai, one being Zhou Qianghan, the other a sniper expert he hired. If Zhang Yufei hadn’t been blocking Chen Tianlong’s back just now, he might have been shot dead.