Chapter 186 Sharing One Face
According to Li Xiaozu's itinerary, after visiting the Four Seas Corporation in the morning and dining at the hotel, he would leave the East Sea and begin his return trip at three o'clock in the afternoon.
From the first probe to last night, the female assassin had appeared to kill him.
This indicated that they were definitely a well-organized group with clear divisions of labor. They surely wouldn't give up easily on assassinating Li Xiaozu.
But why, had there been no movement at all?
Which link had he possibly missed?
Qin Yu felt extremely uneasy, always sensing something amiss, yet he couldn't pinpoint what it was.
This feeling was very uncomfortable.
"Uncle Li, this is Vice President Jin Kaize, Zhou Mingtian!"
At this moment, Yan Mingyu brought over two of the company's vice presidents to toast.
"Mr. Li, hello!"
The status of the two vice presidents in the company was second only to Yan Mingyu's, making them very influential figures within the organization.
They would definitely accompany him at today's luncheon for Li Xiaozu.
"President Jin, President Zhou, hello!"
Li Xiaozu stood up and politely clinked glasses with the two vice presidents. Discover stories with empire
"Everybody has worked hard today, I, Yan Mingyu, thank you all!"
Yan Mingyu held a glass of red wine, signaling everyone to raise their glasses together.
"President Yan, it's no trouble at all!"
Seeing that today's tasks were essentially accomplished, a relaxed expression appeared on everyone's faces.
After toasting together, Yan Mingyu returned to Pei Luoyan's table.
"President Jin, President Zhou, cheers!"
Perhaps out of politeness, Pei Luoyan also raised her glass with the two vice presidents.
Qin Yu glanced over briefly before returning to eating his food in small bites.
He had already tested her; Pei Luoyan absolutely had no knowledge of martial arts, even if she wanted to pull some trick, she wouldn't cause much of a stir.
A short while later.
Pei Luoyan's cheeks were slightly flushed from drinking as she carried a glass of red wine over to Li Xiaozu's table.
After all, Li Xiaozu was a well-known businessman, and female stars most desired to have capital support behind them. It was within reason for her to take the initiative to toast Li Xiaozu.
Moreover, since Qin Yu had removed the "dangerous person" label from her, he didn't stop her as she approached.
"Mr. Li, I've long admired your name. Here's a toast to you!"
Pei Luoyan said as she slightly bent forward.
"Miss Pei, I'm a fan of your songs too!"
Li Xiaozu stood up, being a normal man, he was definitely pleased when a beautiful female star came to toast him.
Holding his glass, he clinked it with Pei Luoyan's.
However, just as he held up his glass and tilted his head back to gulp it down, an unexpected change occurred.
Pei Luoyan's wrist flicked, and a Silver Needle flashing with cold light appeared.
Whoosh...
Thud...
It pierced into Li Xiaozu's chest.
A fatal blow!
Both fast and accurate!
"Mr. Li!"
Suddenly, everyone was stunned.
Even Qin Yu felt his head buzzing, unable to process what had happened for a moment. Hadn't he tested Pei Luoyan? She had absolutely no foundation in martial arts; how could she have assassinated Li Xiaozu right under his watch?
"Bang!"
Li Xiaozu's female secretary also recovered, reaching out with both hands, grabbing toward Pei Luoyan's shoulders, trying to subdue her.
But then, in an astonishing turn, as a flash of blood-red crossed Pei Luoyan's eyes, two streaks of cold light passed, and the secretary's wrists were slashed open.
Blood instantly surged forth.
How had she become so formidable?
Qin Yu was well aware of the female secretary's capabilities; her combat strength was only slightly less than his own.
"Grandpa, save him!"
After shouting loudly, Qin Yu rushed toward Pei Luoyan.
Whoosh whoosh...
There was not a hint of panic on Pei Luoyan's face, as she waved the sharp ox-ear knife in her hand, forcing the unarmed Qin Yu to retreat, unable to get close.
"Goodbye!"
With a curl of her lips, Pei Luoyan turned and quickly ran towards the window.
Thump...
After smashing open the window, she jumped straight down from the second floor.
Damn...
By the time Qin Yu got to the window and looked down, a black SUV had already blended into the traffic.
"Qin Yu, how could this happen?"
Yan Mingyu's face was also filled with panic.
No one had expected that, despite their vigilance, they would be caught off guard and Pei Luoyan would succeed.
"President Yan, she's not Pei Luoyan!"
Qin Yu furrowed his brow, speaking in a grave tone, "It should be that during the so-called fan asking for her autograph, they switched. The real Pei Luoyan indeed doesn't know kung fu; she's just a smoke bomb to confuse us and make us lower our guard.
And the real female assassin, who looks almost exactly like Pei Luoyan, took advantage of the chaos to replace her, walking into the hotel with everyone. Because, last night when I went home, I had a fight with that female assassin, who is very skilled in martial arts and looks almost identical to Pei Luoyan!"
"Let's not worry about that for now, let's check on Uncle Li's condition!"
Yan Mingyu's mind was in turmoil. If Li Xiaozu really died on her territory, not only would she lose a powerful ally, she would also face interrogation and even revenge from the Li family.
"Alright!"
Qin Yu accompanied Yan Mingyu to the side of Li Xiaozu, who was lying on the ground.
Grandpa Qin had used Silver Needle to seal the acupuncture point on his chest, temporarily stopping the bleeding.
"Call an ambulance. He's quite fortunate, his heart is on the right side, so this stab wound is not fatal!"
Grandpa Qin said, lifting his head.
"Ah? That's great!"
Yan Mingyu showed a look of surprise.
She had been bracing herself for the worst, preparing to face the wrath of the Li family when things suddenly took a turn for the better!
Soon.
The ambulance from Haikang Hospital was parked downstairs.
A group of doctors and nurses came up, gave Li Xiaozu and his secretary a quick first aid treatment, and then carried them down.
As for Pei Luoyan's two bodyguards, who came from the Black Tortoise security firm and did not participate in the assassination, Yan Mingyu did not give them a hard time.
Subsequently, everyone except for the two elderly men rushed to the hospital.
At that moment.
In the black SUV, there were practically two Pei Luoyans who looked exactly alike sitting inside.
"This identity as a celebrity can't be used anymore. However, you've used it for over ten years to complete over a dozen difficult missions for the organization; you've done well enough!"
Pei Luoyan, who was fiddling with the sharp ox-ear knife, said to the celebrity Pei Luoyan.
"Can I finally be myself now?"
The celebrity Pei Luoyan touched the edge of her chin, and surprisingly peeled off a mask as thin as a cicada wing.
If Yan Mingyu were here, she would be shocked.
Because the face of the celebrity Pei Luoyan was nearly ninety percent similar to hers.
"That's not for me to decide,"
The assassin Pei Luoyan shook her head in response.
The real celebrity Pei Luoyan didn't actually look alike her at all; they simply used an ancient face-changing technique to make it seem as if they were identical.
Usually, she would hide in the shadows, and the two of them would share one face, cooperating with each other to complete various difficult assassination tasks for the organization.
This secret was something most people would never have suspected.
"Sister Yan!"
At that time, a woman with black-rimmed glasses in the passenger seat turned around and said with a frown, "I just hacked into the hotel's surveillance system, Li Xiaozu isn't dead!"
"What?"
The assassin Pei Luoyan's face immediately turned ugly.