Chapter 214: Escape

At that moment, a mishap occurred.

Just as Le Huizhen was filming with the camcorder the doctor and the bandits crouching nearby, the doctor could no longer hold on.

"No filming!"

The doctor shouted, released the rabbit he had seized, and reached for the camcorder.

The doctor's gang had avoided capture for years not only because they could rig bombs to buy time, but also because no photos or footage ever got out.

If Le Huizhen's footage fell into police hands, their faces would be exposed and they would inevitably be wanted.

Then, wherever they hid would no longer be safe.

Le Huizhen instinctively dodged, stepping back two paces to avoid the doctor's outstretched hand.

Before she could speak, the rabbit, who had pretended to be seized, reached behind his waist, drew a handgun, and pointed it at her.

"Careful!"

Li Jie, whose attention was drawn by the doctor's shout, saw the rabbit raise his gun and immediately fired toward him.

At the same time, the bandits who had been crouching on the ground scrambled to pick up the weapons they had previously dropped.

Another round of gunfire broke out in the exhibition hall.

Bang bang bang bang

Gunfire erupted.

Li Jie shielded Le Huizhen as they retreated to the wall.

Chen Mo protected the nearby Jocay, raising his gun to return fire while pulling back toward the exit of the exhibition hall.

There were still over a dozen bandits inside, while Chen Mo and his two companions were only three; in a head‑to‑head clash they were hopelessly outmatched.

"Retreat first!" Chen Mo shouted toward Li Jie and Shen Guodong.

At first, the bandits guarded the doorway, leaving those inside the hall with no escape, so everyone obediently crouched on the floor.

But previously the bandits had been clustered together; now the entrance was unguarded, and the instinct to survive made them unable to stay put.

Except for a few hit by stray bullets or whose legs had gone weak with fear, those nearer the doorway began to rush toward it.

Soon, Chen Mo and his group all fled the exhibition hall.

Inside the hall, the doctor's true identity was exposed, and he stopped pretending, ordering the rabbit beside him, "Go, retrieve the camcorder from that woman's hands."

The rabbit, hearing the command, immediately led a few bandits in pursuit.

A bandit ran up to the doctor and said, "Doctor, we can't reach Fei Fei; the monitoring room may have a problem."

The doctor frowned, "Send a few brothers to check, and also help me contact the police."

Chen Mo and his group ran down several flights of stairs before stopping.

Besides the three of them, Jocay, Le Huizhen, and Long Wei's father had joined them; the other people who escaped the hall had long since scattered.

Chen Mo thought briefly, then said in a low voice, "Let's go, we should first meet up with A Jin."

After the group exited the stairwell, they pressed the elevator button.

Confirming the elevator still functioned and no bandits were inside, they stepped in and rode straight down to the basement.

When they reached the monitoring room, Gao Jin was there, along with Long Wei.

The doctor's woman, Fei Fei, lay on the ground, her chest rising slowly—she seemed to have been knocked unconscious.

"A Wei!"

"Dad!"

Father and son Long Wei embraced each other excitedly.

"Mo Ge, you finally made it."

Gao Jin kept his eyes on the CCTV, fully aware of Chen Mo's movements.

Chen Mo patted Gao Jin's shoulder and sat at the CCTV control console.

"What about the bandits? Have the police still done nothing?"

"The hall's bandits have already made contact with the police; what they discussed is unclear, but just now a bandit threw a corpse down."

Chen Mo glanced at the clock; since the bandits' actions began, more than half an hour had passed.

Including the delays, the code expert should soon crack the password.

Chen Mo checked the hall again on CCTV; Cao Charlie had indeed been shot and was lying on the floor.

The TV producer, Bai Chi Li, who had been staying by Le Huizhen's side, was now being threatened by the doctor, standing at the window as if about to push him out.

Chen Mo thought for a moment, then said to Li Jie behind him, "Guodong, wake that woman up and have her identify the doctor."

Before Shen Guodong could act, Li Jie stepped forward and gave the unconscious Fei Fei a hard choke.

The intense pain jolted Fei Fei awake.

Without waiting for her response, Li Jie yanked her collar and hauled her before the monitor.

"Tell me, which one is the doctor?"

Fei Fei, being a woman and just roused from unconsciousness, had no strength to resist Li Jie.

But faced with Li Jie's pressing question, she chose to stay silent.

Seeing this, Li Jie immediately clamped his hand around Fei Fei's neck.

Chen Mo could tell that once the doctor was involved, Li Jie became impatient; normally he wouldn't treat people that way.

"A Jie, don't rush, asking like that…"

Chen Mo pointed at the doctor on the screen and asked, "Is this person your leader, the doctor?"

Li Jie twisted Fei Fei's head with his hand, forcing her to look at the person Chen Mo indicated.

"Tell me, is it this person?"

Fei Fei kept her mouth shut, but her eyelids involuntarily twitched.

Li Jie accurately caught that slight oddity in Fei Fei.

"It's really him! I'm going to kill him!"

Speaking, Li Jie threw Fei Fei from his hand and turned to leave.

"Wait!"

Chen Mo hurriedly stood up and shouted to stop Li Jie, while Shen Guodong also hurriedly stepped in front of Li Jie.

"There are so many people in the exhibition hall; going alone now is just suicide."

"If you want revenge, just follow my arrangements!"

After saying that, Chen Mo looked at the few people who had come with them.

Jocay was still looking at him admiringly, while Le Hui Zhen secretly hid her camcorder.

"This woman is truly damn dedicated, still filming at a time like this."

"Miss, please hand over the tape in your camcorder."

Chen Mo reached out his hand to Le Hui Zhen.

Although they killed the robbers, they are all Triad Society members, so their identities are sensitive.

If Le Hui Zhen's recording fell into the police's hands, they would likely be targeted by the police.

Although Le Hui Zhen was unwilling, facing Chen Mo she had no room to resist.

After taking Le Hui Zhen's videotape, Chen Mo looked again at Shen Guodong and Li Jie.

"A Jie, Guodong, get your phones on line, leave one for A Jin."

At the same time, Chen Mo also called Gao Jin.

"A Jie, Guodong, you two act together, I'll act alone; we'll first clear out the lone robbers in the hotel, then lure the people in the exhibition hall out and take them down."

"A Jin, help us monitor the closed-circuit TV; if anyone approaches us, notify us by phone."

They had no walkie-talkies, so they could only use phones as walkie-talkies for now.

"Also, remember to delete the closed-circuit TV footage of us before the police arrive."

Gao Jin nodded heavily: "I understand."

Finally, Chen Mo looked at the remaining people.

"It's too dangerous outside; just wait here, don't run around. Long Bo, keep an eye on them."

Without waiting for Long Bo to speak, Long Wei leapt out: "Don't worry, I'll protect them—I'm really strong!"

Not to mention having to go out and face danger, there are two beautiful women here with him; Long Wei feels there's nothing better than this right now.

Long Bo gave Long Wei a speechless look and replied: "Okay, you also be careful."