Chapter 325: I Only Say It Once

Although Li Yan’s "call-out" was in international language, Yurong immediately recognized his voice. She smiled wryly, guessing that Li Yan must have understood the situation inside and wanted to lure these people out, but if these people went out, what about his own safety?

Anthrax virus lockdown, he dared to sneak in; terrorists released tear gas, smoke bombs, and explosives, he dared to rush in to take her away... But this time, he’s facing armed assassins! Even though she’s an ordinary person, she sensed hostility in the air, those armed men exuded a chill that spread from their very bones.

Right now, what she wanted to do was to warn Li Yan not to come in!

But just as she was about to speak, she felt a touch on both arms!

Zhang Tianyi was no doubt worldly, maybe not born from gunfire, but familiar with gunfights. In the line of assassins’ guns, although he appeared weak, he was indeed very calm. He knew Yurong’s attempt to warn Li Yan was futile and might interfere with him, disrupting his plan. Since Li Yan had made it here, reached the door, and opened it, he had evidently gotten past the outside; his hesitation to enter suggested he had anticipated armed assailants inside.

The other hint came from Yue Yao, who, upon hearing Yurong say there was trouble at home, expressed her intention to accompany her. When Yurong tried to call Li Yan (unsuccessfully), Yue Yao went to change clothes and brought along her small handgun. Arriving here, she knew the Zhang Family had fallen, she was a moth to a flame by going in, but Yurong was desperate to see her parents, and she couldn’t speak against it, just followed inside.

Her handgun had low firepower, and faced multiple experienced assassins, she had no defense, only able to feign weakness and panic while trapped in the living room. She herself waited for a chance, not for her own action, but for Li Yan’s arrival, to seize a joint opportunity!

Could Li Yan be unable to handle these assassins?

In Yue Yao’s heart, that was impossible!

Now hearing Li Yan’s call-out, whether it was in jest, mocking, or confusing the assassins, she felt they should cooperate with him, not interfere. When noticing Yurong’s usual concerned response might urge him not to enter, she quickly reminded her.

Yurong was also astute. From her father’s and Yue Yao’s reminders, she fell silent. She could only pray in her heart that Li Yan wouldn’t recklessly come in, hoping he would detect something amiss and report it first. Ideally...

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These highly-paid tasks were taken up by two separate organizations, each deploying several assassins.

Although Li Yan wasn’t targeted for death, Liu Chen’s hatred was so intense he insisted on completing the task, thus prompting Fang William to raise the stakes against Li Yan. This was because Liu Yuyang had previously failed an attempt to kill Li Yan, and Liu Chen, a successful businessman, knew a business that had already failed once, without increasing the stakes to ensure success, would name a third chance unlikely.

But Liu Chen’s assurance led the leaders of the tasked organization to question. Compared to Zhang Tianyi, Li Yan was indeed a regular person, so why did neutering him carry a much higher price than killing a major corporate chairman? They also assumed that since the employer’s strongest hatred lay with Li Yan, Zhang Tianyi was incidental, but cautiously, fearing this target had extraordinary qualities, thus among peers, arranged for an S-level assassin to lead.

Because the S-level assassin was stationed, the other organization tasked with a separate yet related mission didn’t wish for their action to alert the specific arrangement; nor did they want their operation disturbed. Following the S-level assassin’s suggestion, they agreed to a joint operation, explaining why they didn’t just kill and leave alone, acting first before proceeding together as organized.

Now aside from the three outside, there are three armed assassins inside the living room. One S-level and two A-levels. As Li Yan drove in, they had all become aware, which is why another A-level assassin was deployed against the two B-level ones outside. Yet despite waiting for various circumstances, none occurred, rather the target came barreling through the door.

This all conveyed one realization—they understood—the outside-speaking target came prepared! Able to break through their three assassins’ outer line, enough to prove his strength!

Perhaps, the previous S-level assassin participated!

What puzzled the inside S-level assassin was he felt that the previous executing S-level assassin should have remained stationary, the murderous intent hadn’t changed, no reason none would know if it reached the door.

Anyhow, the three allies outside possibly faced grim fate!

With just a gesture, the remaining three split into two fronts, one A-level assassin unlocked the gun’s safety, maintaining a safe distance, targeting the "soft and vulnerable group of four" on the sofa. The other two assassins occupied the most favorable positions, their focus and aim at the door.

"What? You don’t believe me? Look at what this is!"

Li Yan’s voice rang again, perhaps because of the level of international language issues, or concerns about the hostage inside, to not provoke the assassins, he spoke slowly. As he finished, an item slid rapidly from the door direction, directly across.