Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 618 - 460. Promise me, don’t look back ()
Almost at the same time, intuition surged forward.
James!
Who else understands George better than James?
Tang Yanxi’s mind raced: Why is James here at this time?
Is he here with good intentions or bad?
At this moment, the situation in the basement with the three people is already on the brink of disaster. If James comes with bad intentions, then his presence will only make their situation more difficult!
Tang Yanxi took a deep breath and made up his mind.
Since he temporarily can’t help the three people in the basement, he’ll take care of George and the brothers James instead.
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He resolved to take action and was just about to get up, when suddenly he noticed the light coming through the crack under the door dimmed. Instinctively, he looked over, unexpectedly seeing a pair of eyes in the crack!
A pair of blue eyes, yet inside them burned red flames, paradoxically.
These eyes were an inheritance from the Ford family.
Tang Yanxi’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly got up.
The person outside reacted swiftly as well; just as Tang Yanxi was rising, the door opened from the outside.
"Opened," correctly, it was nearly silently opened, rather than kicked open.
In this land where good and evil can’t be distinguished, any action that draws too much attention is unwise. Moreover, this building is the only one that has survived on this land of ruins, enough to prove that the owner of this building, as well as the people living here, have very complex backgrounds.
Obviously, the two people outside were also aware of this issue, so they didn’t simply kick open the door but used technical skills to unlock the lock.
Tang Yanxi quickly assessed the situation: James had just crouched down to look through the door crack, precisely to cover his partner, and while Tang Yanxi was distracted, that person used technical skills to unlock the lock.
Given the level of the lock on this building’s door, if James’s partner could open it so smoothly and silently, it shows that he is a technical expert. Although he obeys James, he is clearly a master in a more specialized field.
As soon as these thoughts flashed through Tang Yanxi’s mind, the door had opened. He stepped forward towards the two people, first securely closing the door.
Then, turning around, the three people in the room were already standing in a tense triangle, each staring intently at the other.
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Tang Yanxi had already figured out that one of them was James, so his gaze quickly scanned across the other woman.
The woman was lean, dressed in local attire. Her fingers were long and steady, displaying traits of technical expertise.
James squinted his eyes to observe Tang Yanxi, furrowing his brow, "Why is it you?"
Tang Yanxi couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow at the tone.
James’s tone had caution, yet surprisingly, no hostility!
What’s going on?
James looked left and right, "Where is Tang Yanqing?"
Tang Yanxi frowned, "What do you mean, you’re here in this room not to find George, but our Mr. Xiao Tang?"
James snorted, "No time to explain, tell me where he is?"
Tang Yanxi couldn’t help but be cautious, so he asked, "What do you want, tell me first."
James gritted his teeth, suddenly pointed to his partner, "He is the genius bomb designer under my brother."
Tang Yanxi was startled, "You’re here for the bomb?"
James squinted his blue eyes, "So, Lawyer Tang, hurry and tell me your brother’s whereabouts."
"Here." Tang Yanxi grabbed the arm of the designer, led him to the computer desk, took hold of the phone, and said in a deep voice, "Yanqing, I found the bomb designer."
Then he already raised his hand to point the gun at the skinny tall man’s head, "The last wire, how should it be cut?"
The man nervously glanced at James, who nodded.
Only then did the man stutter and say, "No matter how you cut it, it will explode."
"What did you say?!"
On the other end of the phone, Tang Yanqing and Tang Yanxi both exclaimed.
The man nodded, "George instructed me this way. For the last five wires, whether you guessed correctly and cut all five together following logical deduction or cut them one by one, they will all explode."
"George only wants a game, and the result of the game can only lead in one direction. That’s why I designed it this way."
In the basement, Huangfu Huazhang and Shi Nian also heard the sound. But neither of them could scream like the Tang brothers; they were both beyond speaking.
Huangfu Huazhang calmed down first and shouted, "How dare you lie!"
Tang Yanxi immediately understood and grabbed the designer by the neck: "Yeah, you’re lying! You said cutting them one by one would trigger an explosion, but they’ve already cut two below, and it hasn’t exploded yet, has it?"
"I’m not lying!" The designer trembled all over in fear: "That’s how it’s really designed. Only, cutting all at once and one by one will have different detonation timings. Cutting all five at once will cause an immediate explosion; cutting them one by one might delay the explosion if you’re lucky."
"Because this bomb is buried in the cell, George previously requested me to modify the circuit, connecting the bomb’s activation circuit with the door lock circuit, so that unlocking the door would awaken the bomb with a set of codes... Therefore, the circuit modification results in each lead responding at different speeds."
"Even if two have been cut without explosion, a detonation is still bound to happen!"
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At this moment, everyone was breathless.
Tang Yanqing lay on the red soil, his whole body seemingly ignited by the sunlight. He silently stood up, knowing exactly what he had to do.
Even in the final moment, he would still open the tunnel door and throw himself in.
This time, even if it meant death, he needed to be with her. Never to be separated again.
Meanwhile, in the basement, as Huangfu Huazhang listened to the designer, he suddenly looked up at the cell door.
At this moment, James, angered, rushed forward and growled at the designer: "I got you here, not to say this!"
The designer shivered again and quickly blurted out a string of words with his eyes tightly shut.
"Due to the circuit modification, each lead responds at a different speed. This means if chosen properly, you might get a slight delay before detonation. And in the case where the five leads are incomplete, and some are already cut, temporarily opening the tunnel door won’t immediately detonate the bomb."
"But!—But, the time delay is only 2 seconds. If the tunnel door stays open for more than 2 seconds, the bomb will explode completely!"
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Shi Nian could no longer breathe, nor think.
seconds, two people, how could it be possible to pass through?
But Huangfu Huazhang had already swiftly leapt up from the ground, embraced her, and dashed towards the door.
In his arms, Shi Nian was somewhat shocked.
Was this still the same man born with a leg ailment, making it hard for him to walk for years?
If he normally walked without a cane, his leg would ache. Now, burdened with her, running so wildly, wasn’t he running on sharp blades?
Moreover, even if Mr. Huangfu could carry her to the door. With only 2 seconds, even if they were together, how could they ensure they’d pass smoothly?
Ha, George was truly ruthless, and Heaven seemed to be playing a cruel joke.
At this last moment, a glimmer of hope seemed to appear.
But only 2 seconds, was no different from having none at all.
Shi Nian only shouted in the direction of Tang Yanqing: "... Listen to me, you must go. Outside, there’s Jieyou, my mom, and Nisha’s two daughters... Please don’t do anything foolish with me, I beg you to live on. For me, take care of them for a lifetime."
Tang Yanqing’s tears also fell, and he roared, "Don’t even think about it!"
But Huangfu Huazhang didn’t stop; he was already at the tunnel door with Shi Nian!
The door could only be opened for 2 seconds.
seconds.
He put her down, his legs felt as heavy as if filled with lead, and were gripped with knife-like pain.
But he tried to smile at her with effort.
"Don’t be afraid, my little girl. 2 seconds is short, but it’s enough."
"Listen to me, when I ask Tang Yanqing to open the gate later, you must go up quickly. Don’t look back."
Shi Nian was a little stunned, as if fragments of memories were churning, piercing her heart.
She immediately shook her head: "No. Sir, your leg just bore the weight again, so later it won’t support me. Let’s have Mr. Tang pull you up first, and I’ll be below helping you!"
"Don’t say silly things." He laughed, deliberately stretching his leg in front of her: "My leg is fine. There are only 2 seconds, you can’t hold me up from below, it would waste time. If we switch, it would be different, I can easily send you up, and the remaining time is enough for me to get up myself."
For some reason, Shi Nian suddenly started to cry.
Tears flowed down one by one: "Then why don’t you want me to look back? Don’t say it like that, it scares me!"
Don’t look back, as if looking back would mean never seeing him again.
He smiled, smiling tenderly: "You’re overthinking. I ask you not to look back because looking back itself would waste time. And once you turn, your movements will stop, so I tell you not to look back."
