The Baby I Lost Is Actually with My Ex-Husband!-Chapter 168 - The Great Escape

Chapter 168: Chapter 168: The Great Escape

Chapter 168: Chapter 168: The Great Escape

Huo Tingdong suddenly fell silent.

Dieter’s words couldn’t have been more blunt.

Now, Lin Qi was on the Perseus.

If he resorted to force, unless he blew up the Perseus along with Lin Qi and all the people on board, there was nothing he could do if Dieter insisted on not turning her over.

Dieter said, “Underneath the deck of this ship is full of explosives. Do you think by hiring mercenaries from the Xiao organization and purchasing these armed ships, you can threaten me? Even if all the armed cruisers you have are equipped with cannons, what of it? If you dare, fire your cannons at this ship, blow it and your beloved woman to the bottom of the sea, how about that?”

Huo Tingdong suddenly fell silent.

Lin Qi was his Achilles’ heel.

Now that Lin Qi was still in his grasp, Huo Tingdong naturally didn’t dare to act rashly.

Huo Tingdong’s breathing grew heavier as he said slowly, “Dieter, as long as you release her, any conditions can be negotiated.”

Dieter said, “Ha! It seems this woman is very important to you. Otherwise, how would someone as arrogant as you be willing to sit down and negotiate with an old man like me? Even if you want to negotiate, let me ask you, do you have enough bargaining chips?”

Huo Tingdong asked, “What do you want?”

Dieter said, “You know I do business. I only recognize money, nothing else! I will send someone to pick you up right away, and we will sit down and have a good talk face-to-face. However, remember, you come alone, no extra people allowed.”

After saying that, he cut off the satellite communication.

Huo Tingdong’s eye muscles twitched fiercely.

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Beside him, Mo Ke said worriedly, “Mr. Huo, don’t make any rash decisions. That Dieter is old and cunning; it’s too dangerous for you to meet him alone!”

Huo Tingdong turned to Mo Ke and asked, “Do we have any other options now?”

Mo Ke shook his head: “No.”

Huo Tingdong said, “Then, aside from sitting down and negotiating with him, we have no other choice.”

Whoever holds Lin Qi has the power of speech.

Dieter was shrewd, knowing well the lengths Huo Tingdong went to, bringing a dozen cruisers all the way to the Atlantic Ocean, he understood how much this woman weighed in his heart. Therefore, with such an important bargaining chip in his hand, he felt even more fearless.

Huo Tingdong said, “Mo Ke, don’t worry for now. I know Dieter; he wants money, not lives. If I can meet the conditions he’s proposed, he will not make things difficult for me.”

In the past, Huo Tingdong had dealings with Dieter, and they had crossed paths in the business arena.

Dieter was Jewish, a financial tycoon of the Western capital markets.

But in the world of capital, murder left no bloodstains.

Dieter had once been defeated by him and had since vanished from the public eye, unexpectedly establishing the “Black Mass” organization and becoming the head of a crime syndicate.

Essentially, crime syndicates are also in business, only dealing in unclean trades.

Dieter’s love for money had never changed.

Soon, a group of men in black arrived on the deck and came before Huo Tingdong: “Mr. Huo, our leader invites you.”

Huo Tingdong turned to the people behind him and said, “The rest of you, stay here on standby. If I don’t come out after two hours, execute Plan B.”

Plan B…

Upon hearing this, Mo Ke nodded grimly.

Hopefully… there would be no need to execute Plan B!

…

The deck was crowded.

Gunshots that made one’s heart skip a beat sounded from time to time.

Within the throng, Lin Qi and Lili got separated.

She had to backtrack, but just as she reached a corner, she saw a group of fully armed men running toward her from the opposite direction.

“There’s someone!”

Lin Qi’s expression changed in a flash, and she turned to run. Passing by a door, she tried turning the lock, and to her surprise, the door opened. She immediately slipped inside and locked the door.

Quickly, a woman’s scream came from the room.

“Ah!”

Lin Qi looked in the direction of the noise.

In the room, there was a large bed, and on it lay a naked man and woman; the blond, blue-eyed woman began screaming in panic as soon as she saw Lin Qi.

The man seemed to be a crew member of the ship; as soon as he saw Lin Qi, he immediately rolled off the bed, reaching for the weapon hidden in the bedside table.

Lin Qi was quick to act, drawing her gun and firing at the man’s hand.

The shot was slightly off, not accurate enough, hitting the lamp instead.

The man flinched, pulling back his hand, and Lin Qi fired a second time, hitting his arm. Struck by the bullet, the man covered his bleeding shoulder, pleading to Lin Qi, “Don’t… don’t kill me!”

Lin Qi ordered, “Get back on the bed!”

She aimed the gun at the man, ensuring he obediently crawled back onto the bed, then cautiously approached the bedside table, hooked her toe around the drawer, and pulled out a spare gun.

Lin Qi threatened, “Don’t scream, don’t move! Otherwise, I’ll shoot!”

She didn’t want to kill anyone unless absolutely necessary. It wasn’t that she was soft-hearted, but she didn’t want to get her hands dirty.

However, if they posed a threat to her, she wouldn’t hesitate.

Lin Qi noticed there was a balcony in the room, one that connected to other balconies.

She considered for a moment, then, keeping a watchful eye on the two people on the bed, she backed up to the balcony.

Suddenly…

She saw a watch with Roman numerals on the lampshade.

The Roman numerals corresponded one by one: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…

She suddenly thought of the collar around her neck.

In that instant, she began to doubt why the decoder had not been able to unlock the collar around her neck…

19…

19…

Because the numbers on the collar were in Western print, the number 1 did not have a clear upside-down distinction, and 6 and 9 were easily reversed if turned over.

In other words…

The reason the decoder couldn’t unlock her collar could very well be… she was wearing the collar upside down.

The numbers on her collar weren’t “19,” but “61”…

At this realization, Lin Qi suddenly understood the fundamental reason why her collar wouldn’t open.

61!

Her code was 61!

Lin Qi became excited.

Lili had the decoder.

She must find the decoder as quickly as possible, then unlock her collar.

Lin Qi went to the balcony, climbed onto the sill, ready to swing over to the balcony of another room, when suddenly, she heard Lili’s voice.

“Help… help…”

It was Lili…

Lin Qi looked down; directly below the balcony was the second-floor deck.

It was safe to jump down from this height.

Biting her lip, Lin Qi leapt from the balcony.

With a “thud,” she landed steadily on the deck, but her ankle twisted like a lightning strike, feeling like a needle prick.

Lin Qi twisted her ankle with her hand, stood up, and followed the sound of Lili’s voice.

Around the corner of the corridor, Lili was being dragged by her hair by a fully armed crew member. Lin Qi caught up and shot “bang” at the back of the man’s head.