Chapter 746 - 654: Feng Mu’s Madness—Here’s the Root

Chapter 746: Chapter 654: Feng Mu’s Madness—Here’s the Root

"Amazing!!!!"

Inside, Lou Duan was overwhelmed with a tide of emotions he couldn’t express or share with others.

He could only pour this almost searing excitement entirely into the cold numbers.

He opened his e-wallet, transferring the vast sums of money he could access, even embezzle, into his personal account on the website, like throwing sacrifices into an abyss.

After all, those funds were wasted sitting in a public account. Better to use them to fund a great future enterprise and even avoid taxes legally.

Having done all this, Lou Duan felt even less like sleeping.

The excitement, like rocks after the tide has gone out, revealed the cold, hard anxiety beneath, somewhat like the emptiness after taking the Awakening Liquid.

The oppressive silence in the study seemed to gain weight, pressing heavily on his shoulders.

Lou Duan was waiting for news that Qian Huan had awakened.

He needed to find out as soon as possible what attitude Wang Xinfa would have toward this matter.

This attitude would be the most critical barometer for assessing his future situation.

Would it signal an all-clear, a return to safety, or an escalation of danger with a storm brewing?

Of course, Lou Duan wouldn’t be foolish enough to just stare at the computer screen and wait. A few trusted subordinates had already been dispatched like a net.

Being cautious, he didn’t let his men enter Jade Garden but instead had them observing license plates on vehicles coming and going from the perimeter.

If Qian Huan awoke smoothly, he guessed Wang Xinfa would definitely go to Jade Garden.

Time passed second by second in the deathly silent study.

Lou Duan’s fingertips unconsciously tapped on the cold desktop, making a monotonous "da da" sound.

The night outside the window shifted from light to dark and back again.

Unknowingly, several hours passed, and he waited and waited, but no news came of Qian Huan’s awakening.

Lou Duan began to mutter to himself:

"Does the surgery take this long? Hasn’t Qian Huan woken up? Could he have died right there on the operation table?! Can Zuo Bai be trusted?!

Could Zuo Bai have deliberately failed the surgery out of spite, getting Qian Huan killed?!!"

Lou Duan’s heart clenched. He had paid a lot to have the website send the person over, and he was genuinely afraid Zuo Bai might have let Qian Huan die.

If that were really the case...

The thought sent a chill down his spine, as images of white, sterile restroom tiles flashed unbidden in his mind.

Li Hanyu, that crazy woman, would love to drag the whole world down with her if she could. Lucky for him, she couldn’t, but she could definitely drag him along.

"Damn it!!!"

A tinge of regret seeped into his heart. He had been so focused on placing the order that he forgot to note in the "delivery" remarks to ensure a friendly delivery process.

Could this be a fatal oversight?

Lou Duan was at his wit’s end, unable to do anything but wait anxiously.

He didn’t even dare to touch the phone, much less call Li Hanyu’s number himself, fearful that he might answer only to hear an invitation like "let’s die together."

The more he waited, the more disturbed Lou Duan’s mind became. A foreboding premonition quietly sprouted within him, growing stronger by the minute.

Then another hour, as lengthy as a century, dragged on.

Yet whether Qian Huan was alive or dead remained unknown.

Then Lou Duan’s agonizing wait for news of Qian Huan’s awakening was shattered by another unexpected bombshell.

"Station Chief Lou, the police cordons... Jade Garden has been cordoned off and declared off-limits.

A large number of constables from the Patrol Office have sealed off Jade Garden. Oh, I saw a Member of Parliament’s car go in, and Bright Group President Lu’s car just arrived in sync.

Wait a moment, something seems to be getting carried out from Jade Garden... Ahem, rest assured, we’re at a distance, err, they’re all covered with white sheets, it looks like a row of corpses..."

Upon finally receiving reports from his subordinates via phone, Lou Duan was left in shock.

After all, whether Qian Huan was awake or dead, could it warrant such a scene?

Could Li Hanyu have lost her mind and done something? If she did, what could she possibly have done to merit such a lockdown on the entire Jade Garden?

This time, Lou Duan didn’t have to wonder for long. His subordinates quickly followed up with more information, dispelling his doubts.

—The special agent has encountered an incident!

Lou Duan: "???"

The good news: it probably wasn’t Li Hanyu who did something;

The bad news: This mess is worse than if Li Hanyu had gone mad and done something.

After a brief moment of numbness, Lou Duan didn’t suspect that the special agent’s incident was related to Li Hanyu.

Even if he did suspect, his first thought would be to primarily suspect—could this have been done by the website?

Lou Duan’s suspicion was chillingly reasonable given the website’s illustrious track record.

His heart clenched fiercely, sending his thoughts spiraling into a whirlpool of speculation.

The first time he was completely won over by the "website" was due to that "accident" at the Eighth Academy, wasn’t it?

To help him silence a trivial person, turning it into a flawless "accidental incident," the means that "website" employed were... insane and extravagant!

The "website" unleashed more than a dozen terrifying, bloodthirsty "monsters" without warning during a live broadcast, transforming the closing ceremony of the Martial Arts tournament into a blood-soaked massacre.

In the aftermath, sanitation workers used high-pressure hoses and strong cleaning agents to scrub for three days and nights, yet still couldn’t fully erase the bloodstains from the ground.

To cover up for killing a single person, the website had no hesitation in slaughtering a group of people without a second thought!

Now you tell me, doesn’t that count as a "perfect" accidental incident?