0p0 Chapter 240 The Current Situation of the Rescue Team
Chapter 240 The Current Situation of the Rescue Team
The Chu family and the Ling family also have an old relationship. Grandpa Ling Yang and Old Man Chu are friends, but the younger generations don't have much contact with each other.
The two old men once joked that if Mrs. Chu gave birth to a daughter, they would arrange a marriage for her with Ling Yang.
It was just a casual remark at the time, and no one took it seriously. Besides, the older generation attaches great importance to rules. According to seniority, Chu Miaoling is from Ling Yang's father's generation, so when they meet, they have to call her aunt. It is impossible for the two of them to do that.
Later, Mrs. Chu died of complications during childbirth, and no one mentioned the incident again.
Chu Miaoling heard the news from somewhere and has been pestering Ling Yang since she was a child, saying that she wants to marry him. She is smart enough to please Ling Yang's mother in order to control Ling Yang.
What's funny is that Ling Yang's good mother only cares about money and not people.
Just as Chu Miaoling fell in love with Ling Yang, there were several women who wanted to win Ling Yang over through Ling's mother. Ling's mother accepted benefits from each of them and treated them as daughters-in-law. A group of women were coaxed into being happy and took the initiative to give money and gifts.
Little did they know that they were actually cash cows for Ling's mother.
Ling's mother got the benefits, but Ling Yang got the bad reputation.
People in the Beijing circle, whether they knew it or not, all believed that Ling Yang was a complete playboy.
As a result, Ling Yang started out on his own when he was a teenager. Over the years, he has only been home a handful of times.
Ling's mother didn't just sell her son. As long as there was anyone valuable in the family, or anyone wanted to ask her for help, she would accept it and use it to make a profit. She was a real businessman.
She is as shrewd, mercenary, and calculating as a businessman, but lacks human conscience and feelings.
She received a lot of benefits, but also encountered a lot of troubles at home. However, she acted as if she didn't see them and continued to do as she pleased.
Ling's father can tolerate such a person because he is a real philandering scumbag. This is also one of the reasons why Ling Yang is considered a philanderer, because like father, like son.
Ling's father has at least eight women outside of his home, and his private life is extremely chaotic, which has caused Mr. Ling to be sent to the hospital several times due to his anger.
But no matter how he spent money outside, Ling's mother didn't care. As long as the money was enough, Ling's mother would help Ling's father to cooperate. This made Ling's father very satisfied, so he let it go. Even when Mr. Ling asked to divorce his wife, Ling's father pretended to obey.
The couple joined forces and made the Ling family a laughing stock in Beijing. Old Master Ling was so angry that he wanted to kick them out of the Ling family, but the Ling family was their basis for a good life, so how could they leave? They kept staying in the Ling family and refused to leave no matter how they were kicked out.
Ling Yang, the couple's only child, is neither loved by his father nor by his mother. He has lived with his grandfather since childhood and is unfamiliar and repulsive to the concept of home.
And all the women like Chu Miaoling, no one knew how Ling's mother coaxed them, but they all firmly believed that Ling Yang was not a prostitute, and that her reputation was ruined because of her father. They felt so sorry for Ling Yang that they kept rushing to her side.
Relying on the fictitious engagement, Chu Miaoling regarded herself as the main wife and was even more persistent. She even refused to give in even after Ling Yang got married.
Ling Yang was really fed up with her.
However, because she had a face similar to Tu Shan, Chu Miaoling gave in to her and indulged her in every way, which made her feel that Ling Yang had feelings for her and was forced to distance himself from her.
"Brother Ling Yang, I'm sorry. I know it was my mistake that hurt everyone, but I didn't mean to do it. Please don't be angry."
Ling Yang gave her a cold look and said, "Sorry can't make up for anything. If you really feel sorry, just do your job well. Don't cause trouble for others, and don't do meaningless things."
After saying that, he left, regardless of what Chu Miaoling felt while standing there.
"Captain, we can't stay here for long. Several groups of people have already passed through here to explore, and they will be here soon." The team's military advisor Qu Dai came to find Ling Yang with a simple topographic map he had drawn.
"Captain, look, there are three ways out of this no-man's land. The one we came in through is blocked by pursuers, and the one to the southeast is controlled by external forces. They have set up checkpoints and are waiting for us to fall into their trap.
The northwest route is controlled by the largest gang organization in the no-man's land.
If we want to get out, we have no choice but to try this one.”
Ling Yang frowned: "Negotiation?"
Qu Dai nodded: "We can only negotiate."
The local forces are complex and they are not familiar with them. It is impossible for them to force their way in with just a few people.
The probability of negotiation is not high. The people who are chasing and blocking them are most likely already in contact with them. If the other party's bargaining chips are high enough, they might even be offered as bargaining chips.
Ling Yang's brows furrowed even tighter.
They were hiding in a sewer in the southeast. Trying to reach the northwest exit was like trying to break through a barrier in the sky. It was very difficult for a group of old, weak, and sick people to get through.
"You'll be in charge here tonight. I'll take someone out to investigate the situation.
If necessary, we must separate, and whoever can go first will go first."
Ling Yang has already prepared for the worst.
Qu Dai's heart sank. "Captain, did they receive our distress signal?"
Ling Yang exhaled: "Even if I receive it, I may not be able to catch up in time."
If a small, lightly armed force came to rescue, they might be able to make it in time, but just a few people coming would not be of much use.
But if a large force came, the journey would be slowed down and it would be too late. They would have no time.
Qu Dai bit his back teeth. He knew the result, but he still couldn't help but have expectations.
The mission was originally going smoothly. They arrived in Country Y and received the mission objectives without any accidents.
When they returned, problems came one after another, troubles one after another, as if someone was watching them and arranging troubles for them.
They once suspected that there was a traitor in the group, but the brothers had been through life and death together for nearly ten years and it was impossible for them to betray each other.
They also observed the only stranger, Chu Miaoling, and found nothing unusual.
As for the group of people being rescued, they didn't even have time to escape, and they had no time, energy or ability to cause trouble.
They couldn't figure out what went wrong.
After sending the last distress signal to the organization, they hid here for five days.
I dare not go out, dare not make any move, I am out of ammunition and food, and I have to go out in a day at most, even if I am not found.
But to go out is to die.
Qu Dai couldn't understand why. He had rescued returning scholars before, but he had never been hunted down like this.
Why were there so many people intercepting them this time? Were they targeting these experts and scholars? Or was it someone else?
These people are indeed precious, but not so precious that so many people are fighting for them.
On a lawless night, the sea breeze with a fishy and salty smell was blowing.
Night is quiet and homecoming in other places, but it is restless and carnival here.
Ling Yang and Hao Dafang climbed out of the sewer, disappeared into the darkness, and blended into the crowd.
In the sea, Tu Shan bared his teeth and tore open the net woven with diamond ropes, cursing loudly.
What a beast! The entire sea area is blocked by this dark net woven with diamond ropes. Not to mention using hands, even a knife cannot cut it.
If an ordinary person wanted to go to or from the island by water, he would be stopped and killed in the sea in minutes. No wonder the guards at sea looked so relaxed. Fortunately, she was not an ordinary person.
She tore another net with her bare hands. Fortunately, she came, otherwise who could save people? The rescue team must still be trapped on the island, and no one knows what the situation is now.