Super Soldier in the City-Chapter 1411 - 1460: Desperado

There’s still no news from home, Meng Xiaofei has been missing for three days now. The women can only helplessly worry, unable to do much to help. Chu Xiaoyao uses hacker techniques to not only invade the phones of the Sun Family but also the Song Family. Though she intercepted some information that related to Meng Xiaofei, it was all trivial — mostly gloating or harsh words from the other side, and they couldn’t confirm if these two families had anything to do with Meng Xiaofei’s kidnapping.

The other women were at an even greater loss, they could only watch Li Yifei and Lin Qiong fighting outside. After learning about Li Yifei’s situation, Xu Shanshan immediately decided to go to the provincial city to help him, but Li Yifei firmly refused. The family was more important, with only Jiang Ningxiang as a pregnant woman staying behind; Li Yifei couldn’t be reassured. If it were only the Sun Family, Li Yifei wouldn’t care, but now there’s a more powerful, mysterious gang involved, Li Yifei had to be wary.

Home is the base camp, Li Yifei even took half of the security out, which left home rather vulnerable.

Xu Shanshan was very upset, but she did not blame Li Yifei, instead, she resented those who kidnapped Meng Xiaofei.

The women vented their accumulated grievances on the Sun Family, the big tree of the Sun Family was finally about to topple, seemingly unable to withstand even a gust of wind. But at this moment, a huge amount of funds suddenly injected, helping the Sun Family boost its stock index, lifting the market, and suppressing the Li family’s stocks.

The initial funds were only one billion, and the Li family didn’t pay much attention. Because during that period, the Li and Sun families were fiercely competitive, external funds large and small were also exploiting opportunities, and the Li family didn’t care. Their aim was to defeat the Sun Family, and they tolerated others profiting a bit on the side, whether it was a few million or tens of millions in funds, even hundreds of millions, some earned, some lost significantly. After all, the Li family didn’t consider their feelings and inform them when to sell or when to buy. But it’s the first time funds of one billion appeared in one go. They only thought it was a certain family that couldn’t resist and wanted to take a share when the Sun Family was about to fall.

But an hour later, another billion was injected, causing a sudden change in the stock market. Only then did the women realize something was wrong, a capital giant had infiltrated. As they listened to feedback from the lower levels, they began to formulate countermeasures. Obviously, the other party was bailing out the market, while the Li family was desperately suppressing the Sun Family’s stock market. They absolutely could not allow the other party to save it, otherwise, the Sun Family would resurrect.

Every hour, ten billion yuan was injected, under nearly infinite financial support, the Sun Family’s stock surged to the highest on that day. Statistics showed nearly fifty billion was injected, a rare occurrence even in domestic business battles. Even if one has money, it isn’t spent like this. Fifty billion, what a concept; some listed companies only have several billion at most, or over ten billion in scale. The injection of fifty billion revived the Sun Family’s stocks.

The women devised several strategies in succession to cope with this sudden crisis.

They didn’t tell Li Yifei about this, they just wanted him to focus on tracking clues and rescuing Meng Xiaofei as soon as possible.

Li Yifei had wrapped Meng Xiaofei’s necklace around his arm and was resting. He hadn’t rested much these past few days, and even with a fit body, he was finding it hard to bear. Lin Qiong saw his dark circles and eye bags and felt distressed, of course, she was almost the same. She forcibly pressed Li Yifei to lie down, kissed him on the mouth, got a coat to cover him, and let him sleep for two hours.

Currently, several leads were being followed up, but there wasn’t much happening, so Li Yifei listened to Lin Qiong’s advice and didn’t insist, sleeping in the car.

This nap didn’t last long before he was awakened by commotion. Li Yifei opened his eyes, sat up to look outside the car window. Lin Qiong was shouting at the phone about something. Li Yifei rubbed his face, opened the car door, and stepped out, realizing it was already evening.

He walked over to Lin Qiong, who was saying into the phone, "Control the scene, don’t act impulsively, wait for me to arrive."

After hanging up the phone and seeing Li Yifei, Lin Qiong said, "They’ve already found the sniper, hiding in a small clinic, currently in a standoff with our people. But... there are six hostages in the clinic."

"I’ll go with you," Li Yifei immediately said.

The two took a car to the small clinic surrounded by police, where police snipers were in place, and assault and demolition teams were prepared — the hostage situation made them cautious since those were six innocent people.

On the way, Li Yifei and Lin Qiong learned that indeed, the sniper was shot, the bullet hit the lower back. Although it wasn’t a fatal spot, a cut on the hand can be very painful, let alone a bullet wound on the back. The sniper disguised and came to the small clinic with the help of companions, not daring to go to a larger hospital. This clinic happened to be a black clinic, capable of handling abortions or minor surgeries, so the sniper came here.

Currently, two people were found, these two kidnapped six hostages. The opponent had sniper rifles and pistols, possibly other weapons, even grenades or similar lethal weapons.

The surrounding people had been evacuated, civilians cleared out, and the area secured. When Li Yifei and Lin Qiong arrived, the provincial city leadership were at the scene negotiating with the opponents.

The opponents were desperados, not only carrying lethal weapons but possessing excellent psychological quality. Furthermore, in the clinic, they were adept at finding cover, making it difficult for the police snipers to find good positions to shoot. The adversaries were very skilled.

Li Yifei arrived at the scene, observed for a while, and asked for the clinic’s map. Civilians who had been to the clinic had roughly drawn it.

Forcing entry would inevitably endanger the hostages, but stalemating like this wasn’t good for them either. The opponent had only one request: let them go, and they would ensure the hostages remained unharmed; otherwise, they’d rather die and take the six hostages down with them.

In so many people surrounded, letting the hostages walk away would be a joke, so of course the police wouldn’t agree. The provincial leader in charge, Yue Yonggui, was the provincial public security director, Director-General level, very high-ranking, and extremely tough, threatening with a loudspeaker. Li Yifei frowned as he listened.

"Who among our people has good shooting skills?" Li Yifei asked Lin Qiong in a low voice.

Lin Qiong thought for a moment and found a sharpshooter, who was Mile City’s best marksman, had won several first places in provincial competitions, and happened to come to the provincial city to assist in the case.

Li Yifei looked at him and asked, "At this distance, are you confident you can hit one of them?"

The sharpshooter didn’t answer immediately but first looked at the scene. After a minute, he nodded lightly and said, "At this distance, I’m very confident. But among the two inside, I can’t kill both; if one’s left, the opponent will immediately harm the hostages."

Li Yifei furrowed his brow and said, "I’ll take care of the other one; you only need to hit one. But you have to tell me in advance which one you’re targeting!"

The sharpshooter hesitated for a moment, then said, "You’re going to snipe with me?"

Li Yifei picked up the makeshift map, pointed to the back door, and said, "No, I’ll sneak in through the back door. I’ve seen that it’s a glass door, and I can smash through it. You lock onto your target, notify me simultaneously with your shot, then I’ll rush in and handle the other one."

The sharpshooter quickly shook his head and said, "No, it’s too risky. If it fails, the hostages’ safety can’t be guaranteed."

Li Yifei said, "To resolve this quickly, it’s the only way to do so. The longer it drags on, the more danger the hostages are in."

"Alright, I agree. But what about the gun?" The sharpshooter had a standard police gun, not a sniper rifle. Standard police guns certainly couldn’t achieve sniper results.

So this matter could only be left to Song Ranmin to arrange. Yue Yonggui was very dismissive of Mile City’s police, not just due to superiority in rank but also because they had been causing a fuss in Mile City recently, irritating Yue Yonggui. It’s his territory, letting outsiders mess around made Yue Yonggui internally rage.

But he didn’t curse out loud, just made things difficult for Mile City’s police. Now, when Song Ranmin came over asking to borrow a sniper rifle, claiming they had an excellent sharpshooter, Yue Yonggui got more irked, directly saying, "Are you suggesting the provincial police are only good for nothing and are inferior to your Mile City’s police?"

Under the roof, one must bow, Song Ranmin smiled and said, "Director Yue, that’s not what I meant. It’s just that our sharpshooter has great shooting skills, and if you lend him a gun, maybe he can be helpful. Rest assured, once arrested and hostages rescued, the credit will be the provincial city’s, we won’t fight for it."

Only then did Yue Yonggui snort, cock his mouth, nodded his chin, and said, "Go, get him one. But let me declare, without orders, no one is allowed to shoot. If anyone dares violate this, I’ll fire him."

Song Ranmin took the gun and said, "Alright."

The gun was given, but it was an old weapon, poorly maintained, quite different from the sniper rifles used by other marksmen. The old gun’s stability was poor, prone to issues, and it seemed Yue Yonggui did it on purpose. Even with fewer guns on site, it wouldn’t be so unreasonable to give an old one.

But unfortunately, the opponent’s rank was too high, he deliberately made things difficult, and Song Ranmin had no way, he couldn’t possibly send someone back to Mile City to get a gun and return, could he? That would mean it’s after dark afterward.

The gun was handed to the sharpshooter and Li Yifei, who glanced at it and understood the situation. The sharpshooter took the gun, checked it carefully, nodded and said, "The gun’s fine, the parts are decently maintained, can be used. Plus it’s only one or two shots, so it doesn’t matter much." fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm