Chapter 286: Is He Trying to Kill Me to Silence Me?

The whistling wind in his ears woke Zhu Jingyao up.

As he opened his eyes, he was met with the pitch-black, churning river water whipped up by the wind, and the neon lights reflected in the water not far away, as if two split worlds were constantly pulling at him.

Zhu Jingyao held his breath and focused, only then realizing he was bound hand and foot, with a large stone tied to the other end of the rope at his feet.

And the person grabbing him from behind was about to throw him into the river.

The rustling river wind made the clothes on his body snap loudly, and the sound of the surging river was like a death knell.

He suddenly understood: they were going to kill him!

"Who are you people!"

No one would ever come to this road at night, and with road construction signs standing nearby, no vehicles would pass by either; they could kill him without anyone knowing.

The Bodyguard holding him sneered, "Death is at your doorstep, and you're still worrying about who we are?"

"If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for knowing too many secrets."

The other party pushed him forward, and Zhu Jingyao almost fell into the river; he struggled to steady himself, "You've got the wrong person, I don't know any secrets at all."

Another Bodyguard barked sternly: "Why are you wasting words with him? Push him down so we can go back and report."

Zhu Jingyao's breath hitched, "Who sent you?"

"Want to die knowing why? Fine." That Bodyguard walked forward, his face full of ruthlessness; he walked up to Zhu Jingyao and said word by word: "Genetic Engineering."

The four words made Zhu Jingyao's expression change abruptly, "He wants to kill me to silence me?"

"That's right, only when you're dead can he be without any worries."

The Bodyguards exchanged a look, and someone immediately came over, holding a black plastic bag to cover Zhu Jingyao's head.

After his vision was gone, Zhu Jingyao's other senses were magnified countless times; he listened to the sound of the surging river, his heart beating fast, but he had to calm down—he had only just learned that Zhu Yuan was in Licheng, he hadn't found her yet, hadn't brought her home yet, how could he die!

"Does he think that if I die, he can rest easy?" Zhu Jingyao said coldly, "I hold his leverage in my hands, I have the original DNA Sequence of that child, and my computer is set up so that if I don't update the email sending time within twenty-four hours, the email will be automatically sent to Sheng Yu. Only I hold the secret key to the email; none of you can open it."

He said calmly: "Is he not afraid?"

The Bodyguards' expressions changed, and they looked at each other!

"What did you say!"

Zhu Jingyao was pulled tightly from behind, and the black plastic bag on his head was ripped off; the river wind tousled his hair, and his eyes were exceptionally calm, "Let me speak to him on the phone."

The moment his voice fell, several cars suddenly sped toward them on the other side of the warning sign.

Seeing this, the Bodyguards here immediately drew their pistols, and the lead Bodyguard waved his hand, "Get him into the car!"

However, before they could even get into the car, those cars stopped rapidly, the doors opened, and countless Bodyguards swarmed toward them.

The moment the gunfire rang out, the Bodyguards quickly shoved Zhu Jingyao into the car; someone had just climbed into the driver's seat when suddenly, with a bang, a bullet hit the tire, and another bullet hit a Bodyguard.

Hearing a scream, the Bodyguard who had been pinning Zhu Jingyao fell to the ground.

Zhu Jingyao's hands and feet were tied, and he used all his strength to twist his body, trying to break free from the hemp ropes on his hands and feet.

Gunshots continued to ring in his ears; Zhu Jingyao tried his best to sit up, looking around with a solemn expression, not knowing whose men the other group was.

Suddenly the car door was pulled open, and Zhu Jingyao's expression changed drastically.

His arm was pulled over, the hemp rope on his body was cut by a Swiss Army knife, and Zhu Jingyao saw a face he recognized.

Enzo grabbed him and said sternly: "Come with me!"

Zhu Jingyao immediately understood that the other group of people were Sheng Yu's men!

Enzo took Zhu Jingyao to dodge the hail of bullets, with several Bodyguards holding guns to protect them, fleeing all the way to the other side of the road.

Once across the road, Enzo shoved Zhu Jingyao into a car, and the driving Bodyguard immediately started the vehicle.

Only then did he have time to cut the rope on Zhu Jingyao's wrists, looking back at the riverside, "Safe now."

"Why are you in Yucheng?" Zhu Jingyao knew he was Sheng Yu's subordinate and also knew he had a good relationship with Zhu Yuan.

Enzo's expression was tense, "I'll take you to see someone and you'll know."

The car sped forward.

Zhu Jingyao was still shaken by the scene just now, but he was exceptionally calm; Enzo tilted his head to look at him and took a bottle of water from the side to hand to him.

"Thank you," Zhu Jingyao said in thanks.

Enzo didn't mind, "You are Miss Zhu's brother, no need to thank me."

Zhu Jingyao's expression darkened slightly; the way this was said, why did it sound like his Yuanyuan had a relationship with Sheng Yu?

He didn't touch that bottle of water.

The car soon stopped at a clubhouse.

Zhu Jingyao was led inside by Enzo, bypassing a long corridor, and stopped outside a private room.

Enzo raised his hand and knocked on the door three times; Situ opened the door from the inside.

Zhu Jingyao saw at a glance the man standing under the banana leaves by the window, tall and upright, wearing a black shirt, as if half of his body had melted into the dim light.

"Why are you in Yucheng?" Zhu Jingyao asked defensively.

He walked in and stood behind Sheng Yu.

The man turned around slowly, a burning cigarette held between his fingertips, "Why did they grab you?"

Sheng Yu's powerful aura made one have to submit; Zhu Jingyao's black eyes were deep, "I think they must have grabbed the wrong person; I don't know them at all."

"Is that so?" Sheng Yu flicked the ash, sneered, and glanced at Enzo.

Enzo's expression was solemn, "Young Master Yu, I recognize a few of the faces; they are Sheng Hongyao's men."

Sheng Yu stared at Zhu Jingyao.

Zhu Jingyao pursed his lips, and the fingers hanging at his sides flicked slightly.

It was nervousness and a guilty conscience.

Even a genius, someone who had never experienced these things, would be betrayed by micro-expressions.

Sheng Hongyao, it really was him.

Sheng Yu walked to the tea table, sat down, and crossed his long legs casually. "Why did Sheng Hongyao want to kill you to silence you?"

"I don't know."

Zhu Jingyao looked at the composed man. "You still haven't answered me, why were you in Yucheng?"

Why was it that when he was kidnapped, Sheng Yu just happened to appear in Yucheng?

Sheng Yu stubbed out his cigarette and looked up at him. "Because the person who kidnapped you wasn't Sheng Hongyao at all, but me."

Zhu Jingyao's pupils dilated slightly.

Sheng Yu chuckled. "But it's too late for you to argue now; I have already obtained the result I wanted."

"Enzo, take him away and lock him up for twenty-four hours."

He would find someone to explain things to Zhu Laoyezi; after all, if he appeared before the old man now, he would be kicked out.

Zhu Jingyao suddenly realized completely that he had fallen into Sheng Yu's trap!

Why Enzo appeared at the critical moment must be because he was keeping in touch with the Bodyguard by the river; because when he said he wanted to speak with the mastermind, they couldn't let him speak to the so-called mastermind, which was why they appeared at that exact moment.

It was he who had lost his composure, but he also hadn't expected Sheng Yu's schemes to be so deep!

Wanting to keep him under house arrest for twenty-four hours was to get that automatically sent email!

Enzo took Zhu Jingyao away.

Sheng Yu poured himself a cup of tea; when Qiao Mai brought up Genetic Engineering, he had thought of Zhu Jingyao.

Back then, he had had Situ investigate all of Zhu Jingyao's background, just to see what kind of person the "good brother" in Zhu Yuan's mouth was, and if he was worth her going to such lengths to save.

He never forgot information about a romantic rival, so naturally, he hadn't forgotten that Zhu Jingyao's former major was Genetic Engineering, and that modifying DNA was a theory he had proposed.

He guessed that a rigorous top student like Zhu Jingyao would definitely leave himself a backup plan, and sure enough, he had actually kept the DNA Sequence belonging to Youyou.

"Was anyone injured tonight?"

"No, everyone wore bulletproof vests in advance," Situ replied.

To make the act realistic, they had to make preparations in advance.