Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 614 - 456, This road leads to death, just like six years ago (second update)
As soon as she heard his voice, Shi Nian’s eyes quickly became wet.
She understood the intent behind his deliberately light tone. Just like six years ago, he always used this method to ’talk’ to her, wanting to make her relax and laugh.
She sniffled and asked in the direction the voice came from, "Are you okay? Up there... were you injured?"
He chuckled lightly: "Silly woman, ask another stupid question like that and I’ll hit you."
She knew the situation, yet his words made her laugh uncontrollably.
It was a confidence in him, believing that even if there were four people above, they wouldn’t be able to take him down; but... she couldn’t help but worry.
However, in this empty basement, her somewhat restrained laughter was exceptionally loud in Huangfu Huazhang’s ears.
With Tang Yanqing, even her little sounds were different. As if she was once again the young girl of the past, able to laugh innocently and freely, without worrying about her age or others’ perceptions.
Just like that smile he fell in love with at first sight many years ago, the laughter he had pursued all these years, obscured in the dust.
She hadn’t laughed like this in front of him again.
He was once again a little lost.
Fortunately, Shi Nian, though genuinely expressing herself, was mindful of his feelings. Relieved, she quickly stepped forward to stand behind him: "Any progress, sir? Mr. Tang is also here. Together, we’ll surely succeed."
Only then did Huangfu Huazhang point the flashlight beam at the third bomb. Shi Nian looked and couldn’t help but gasp.
The basement was like a giant echo chamber, so Shi Nian’s gasp also reached Tang Yanqing’s ears. He quickly asked, "What happened?"
Huangfu Huazhang took over the conversation and said softly, "Didn’t you ask me earlier what I saw? Now I’ll tell you, listen carefully: This is a compound bomb. The trigger isn’t just the wire, there’s a keyboard added to it. Before cutting the wire, the correct pre-set code must be guessed."
"The wire + keyboard setup isn’t just one layer; there are three layers in total. Only by cracking each layer one by one can we reach the actual layer with the wire."
Tang Yanqing’s ears buzzed.
Shi Nian couldn’t help but say, "Wire + keyboard, reminds me of the previous door lock and bomb, is George combining earlier tricks?"
Shi Nian’s words made the two men on and below the ground narrow their eyes. The two of them almost in unison said, "The door lock code is the first layer of the password!"
After saying this in unison, Shi Nian laughed. The two men each irritatedly raised an eyebrow.
Huangfu Huazhang stopped speaking, focusing on entering the previous door lock code on the first layer password keyboard.
Sure enough, the first layer of password passed smoothly, revealing five wires!
Shi Nian cheered quietly, also signaling the Tang Brothers.
Tang Yanqing asked, "What’s the next fun trick?"
Shi Nian cautiously peeked and frowned. This time an extra black wire was added, making up five wires.
Adding one more wire increased the difficulty level again.
Shi Nian informed Tang Yanqing of the situation. Tang Yanqing asked immediately, "How much time left?"
Shi Nian checked and frowned, "This timer itself also seems designed. The timer on the previous bomb was 5 minutes; the paused time was 3 minutes. It’s been way over 3 minutes from then to now, and if this bomb’s timing matches the previous, we’d have been blown to pieces. So, while it still shows 5 minutes, I think it’s in a cycle timing mode."
Tang Yanqing also felt a jolt: "Any evidence?"
Shi Nian glanced southeast and blurted out, "’Peacock Flying Southeast, Five Miles One Hesitation.’ So cycle timing should use ’5’ as the unit."
Huangfu Huazhang added, "The wires being five should not be a coincidence. Looks like this set of mechanisms is designed so that opening one layer of wire + keyboard resets to a 5-minute timer."
The three said this and fell silent, fully focused on the meaning of the five wires.
Tang Yan Xi inserted, "Shi Nian, I heard you scream in the headset earlier, what happened?"
Tang Yan Xi also knew Shi Nian wasn’t one to panic easily, there must be a reason she couldn’t help but scream.
Being questioned, Shi Nian blushed a little, cleared her throat, "Sorry, I just... got scared by a rat."
Earlier, she stood outside the cell door, focused on Huangfu Huazhang, when something soft and warm moved on her foot. Not thinking, she touched it, and startled, couldn’t help but scream.
Hearing this, Tang Yanqing couldn’t resist teasing, "Was it tailless?"
Shi Nian could only smile helplessly. At the 5-minute life-or-death moment, they were still helping her relax.
But speaking of mice, she then thought of her cat.
If there was a cat around, she wouldn’t be afraid of mice.
Thinking of this, she quickly shook her head. She was thinking too far ahead.
Tang Yanqing, despite joking, kept his eyes firmly on the stopwatch on his phone. Then he said to Huangfu Huazhang, "Big cousin, the extra black wire is something you haven’t seen before. Also, for you and the underground condition, black holds a special metaphor." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
Huangfu Huazhang squinted his eyes.
That’s right, he has always presented himself in black clothing, always feeling like he belongs to the darkness.
"So," he said slowly, "for this step, we should cut the black line."
No time for hesitation, as soon as Huangfu Huazhang spoke, his hand moved swiftly to cut the black line.
The timer indeed stopped!
Shi Nian couldn’t help but jump up and give Huangfu Huazhang a high-five.
Getting closer to the target, only two layers of traps left.
After a brief pause, the timer, just as Shi Nian had predicted earlier, reset to five minutes.
Shi Nian took a deep breath: "The second layer, let’s start with the password."
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After the initial excitement, facing the password again at this moment, both Shi Nian and Huangfu Huazhang felt a moment of confusion.
Regarding the password, in attempts to unlock the door, Huangfu Huazhang had almost exhausted all memories from the past. The most painful and significant date had already been used, so what other special date could be more important than those numbers?
In the darkness, Shi Nian suddenly glanced at Huangfu Huazhang.
Huangfu Huazhang felt a stir in his heart and asked calmly, "What do you think?"
Shi Nian took a deep breath: "...I have a hunch, but first need to confirm with Mr. Tang: is there any connection between the incident our family experienced six years ago and Mr. Tang?"
Finally, it’s time to talk about this matter.
Finally...
Huangfu Huazhang breathed cautiously, ribs faintly aching.
Indeed, the day his mother killed his father wasn’t the most painful memory for him. He endured the pain brought by those numbers, but he couldn’t face the current problem.
The timer ticked, leaving him at most three minutes.
If he couldn’t face it, he would have to watch as she was blown to pieces.
He gritted his teeth and suddenly raised his eyes to meet hers: "Yes."
Shi Nian felt a chill envelop her: "Then try entering that time."
Shi Nian was gambling too; she didn’t specify which time. There were several relevant times from the incident six years ago: the day she was kidnapped, the day her father died; or perhaps the day they first met in the darkness...which one exactly, she was gambling with Huangfu Huazhang.
Despite knowing, if they lost, the result would be the explosion of the bomb!
She had to find clarity.
Huangfu Huazhang’s fingertips trembled slightly, but he resolutely turned and punched in a series of numbers.
Shi Nian saw it, saw it!
The date he entered was the day she was kidnapped!
How could she forget that date?
Seeing this number, she stared blankly at Huangfu Huazhang’s back, her entire body trembling uncontrollably.
If the one who took her was only Gu Yong, and if everything happened just as Huangfu Huazhang had said, only utilized by George and his brother later, then perhaps he shouldn’t have known the day she was kidnapped.
After all, that date was only related to Gu Yong, wasn’t it?
The password was unlocked, revealing the second layer’s five hidden wires.
But Huangfu Huazhang felt no joy in his heart.
He clearly sensed Shi Nian’s gaze trembling and chilling, falling on his back.
He took a deep breath and commanded himself to focus on the wires.
Not much time left on the 5 minutes of the second layer.
The brief silence in the basement also reached Tang Yanqing’s ears.
He didn’t hear what question Shi Nian asked Huangfu Huazhang, imagining Shi Nian had deliberately lowered her voice while asking. His heart tightened with tension as well.
The incident six years ago, none of the three of them could truly face it calmly.
