freenovelworld Chapter 224 My Mother Was a Heartthrob in the 1980s
Chapter 224 My Mother Was a Heartthrob in the 1980s
"Mr. Ma, you must be aware of Li Cheng's current situation. The Li family's word doesn't count."
Li Yang said calmly.
"Of course I know, but if you're all gone, wouldn't Li Cheng be able to make the decisions?"
Ma Ping raised an eyebrow and gave Li Yang and the others a meaningful look.
Just then, before Li Yang and the others could react, Ma Ping gave a signal to the person next to him. In no time, the Li family members, along with Si Qingzhou, were locked in a room that Ma Ping had prepared in advance. Several time bombs had already been placed in this room.
At first, the group didn't notice, until...
"Brother, why does it keep beeping here?"
"I asked fearfully," Li Rui asked.
Li Yang and Si Qingzhou exchanged a quick glance and blurted it out together.
"It's a bomb!"
"What? What should we do then? Big brother, think of something quickly!"
Upon hearing that it was a bomb, tears streamed down Li Rui's face uncontrollably; she hadn't had enough of her life of luxury yet.
"Qingzhou, come a little closer."
Upon hearing this, Si Qingzhou made a concerted effort to move towards Liyang.
"Press my belt buckle here and it turns into a small knife. Just press it forward three times and then twist it backward."
Si Qingzhou nodded upon hearing this and tried her best to reach out and grope to operate according to Li Yang's instructions. The two cooperated well, and in just a few breaths, the ropes binding them were untied.
Li Yang gently twisted his wrist and then untied the ropes binding his mother and the other woman.
"Son, don't worry about me. If you have the chance, take Qingzhou and Ruirui and escape together."
Mother Li looked desperate; she knew this time the odds were against her.
Li Yang fell silent, a rare occurrence, because he was unsure whether he could escape successfully this time.
It was already 8 PM. Li Yang and Si Qingzhou had identified the locations of the bombs, and there were 59 minutes left in the countdown.
The hearts of everyone locked in the room sank.
Meanwhile, Jiang Rang spotted the two people just as they were about to make their move. Because of his inexplicable feelings, Jiang Rang still subconsciously wandered over here after get off work.
Instead of meeting the person they were looking for, they encountered two suspects who appeared to be arsonists.
At that moment, Qiangzi and his companion were talking furtively, unaware that their conversation had been overheard by Jiang Rang, the captain of the Third Brigade.
"Brother Liu, isn't Si Yan a bit strange? The lights in this room have never been turned off. Doesn't she ever rest?"
Qiangzi asked in a low voice.
"Are you stupid? What do you mean by rest? It's only this late. If you want to rest, you'll have to wait half an hour."
"But she never turns off the lights, which makes it difficult for us to move around."
Qiangzi looked at Brother Liu beside him with a troubled expression.
"You don't need to tell me, I've already thought of that. I've locked the front door, so even if she finds out, she can't escape."
Brother Liu said fiercely.
"Hey, hey, it has to be Brother Liu."
Qiangzi smiled ingratiatingly.
But before his smile could fade, he was knocked unconscious by a chop to the neck.
"who?"
Brother Liu frowned and asked warily, but he couldn't see anything in the dark.
Before he could react, Jiang Rang had already kicked him.
The two were exchanging punches and fighting fiercely.
However, Jiang Rang was superior in skill. In no time, Brother Liu was pinned to the ground by Jiang Rang and handcuffed in a few moves.
After handcuffing the two, Jiang Rang anxiously pried open the large lock on the person called Brother Liu's lock, but after searching inside, he still couldn't find Si Yan'en.
For some reason, Jiang Rang's heart suddenly started pounding with unease.
Si Yan had already teleported to the vicinity of the abandoned building the moment she sensed that Si Qingzhou was in danger, using the energy of the system Xiao Qi En.
[Host, I sensed it. Si Qingzhou is in a closed room on the second floor of this building.]
How many people are inside?
Si Yan asked coldly.
[There's no one else in the building except Si Qingzhou and the three members of the Li family. The others are in the white building to our left.]
What do they want to do? Why were they left alone inside?
Si Yan frowned slightly and asked.
Let me see.
The system Xiaoqi didn't know the specific reason either, but after he understood it, he exclaimed in surprise.
[This is bad, host! Those people have planted a bomb, and it's less than thirty minutes until it explodes.]
【What? 】
Si Yan's expression changed, and she stared intently at the building in front of her.
Meanwhile, Ma Ping and his companions were enjoying their drinks.
"Mr. Ma, this bomb is an imported one. We're only 500 meters away. Will we be affected by the blast?"
Kobayashi, who was doing this for the first time, asked nervously.
"Haha, Xiao Lin, is this your first time doing something like this? Don't you know that our boss Ma has used this bomb many times? Don't worry, it's perfectly safe here."
Liu Tao, Ma Ping's confidant, joked with a smile.
"Yes, it's my first time, but it's an honor to have this opportunity."
As Xiaolin spoke, he glanced at Ma Ping.
"You've got a way with words, kid. Don't worry, the bomb won't get here. Come on, have a couple of drinks with me."
Upon hearing this, Xiaolin quickly sat down next to him.
"Brother Tao, what if they manage to escape after we've all left?"
After taking a big gulp of wine, Xiaolin asked curiously.
"They can't escape. We've locked the main gate. Besides, if someone tampers with the lock, the alarm will go off. Who would come to this remote corner?"
Liu Tao said nonchalantly.
Just as Kobayashi was about to nod with a smile, he heard a piercing alarm sound.
"Bang!"
"Oh no, someone has tampered with that door."
Liu Tao suddenly stood up and said something with a grim expression.
"What's the rush? That lock isn't something just anyone can open. But just in case, Liu Tao, you take some men and keep watch at the intersection down below."
After thinking about it, Ma Ping made the arrangements as he went along.
Si Yan was indeed no ordinary person; the lock that others couldn't open was very simple for her.
The four people, who had been looking desperate, were overjoyed when the door opened, but their despair returned the moment they saw Si Yan.
"Mom, how did you get arrested too? Where are the people outside? Are you hurt?"
"Si Yan, did they hurt you?"
Li Yang asked nervously as well.
They all overlooked why only Si Yan appeared.
"There's no one outside, let's go, now is not the time to talk."
Si Yan grabbed Si Qingzhou and ran towards the door. At this moment, no one had time to wonder how Si Yan had found them. Everyone ran towards the door, and the sound of bombs behind them grew louder and louder.
The countdown is about to end.
Beep, beep, beep...
"boom!!!"
Just as Si Yan and her friends reached the bottom of the stairs, the bomb upstairs exploded. Debris flew everywhere, forcing them to take cover on the slope outside the main entrance on the first floor. They waited until the explosion subsided before continuing their journey towards the main road.
"Mom, how did you get here?"
Once they reached the main road, Si Qingzhou finally had time to ask questions.
"I'll tell you about this later; we're in trouble now."
Si Yan looked into the distance with a solemn expression. Ma Ping's subordinate Liu Tao led more than a dozen men out from the intersection ahead.
"President Li, you're really lucky. Even at a time like this, someone still comes to save you."
After Liu Tao finished speaking, he glanced at Si Yan casually, but he was stunned by that one glance.
"It's so beautiful..."
Seeing this, Si Qingzhou quickly shielded Si Yan behind her.
"President Li is quite the ladies' man."
As Liu Tao spoke, she glanced meaningfully in Si Yan's direction.
“I have already called the police, and they will be back soon. I advise you not to do anything rash right now.”
Si Yan slowly walked out from behind Si Qingzhou.
"Heh, quite the boast, beautiful lady. You probably don't know the power of our Boss Ma. So what if the police come? As long as you're gone, there's no way they can do anything to us, no matter what. Brothers, don't you agree? Haha..."
Liu Tao asked his subordinates smugly, completely disregarding Si Yan and the others.
But they didn't know that Si Yan had already come up with a plan to deal with them.
While they were still some distance away, Si Yan gently moved her fingers, and soon a tremor came from the mountain to her left.
"There are falling rocks, let's go back quickly."
Seeing this, Si Yan grabbed Si Qingzhou and ran back, with the Li family members following closely behind.
Liu Tao and his dozen or so men were buried by the falling mud and rocks before they could even react.
After Si Yan and the others stopped, they looked back and the two figures were gone. They could only faintly hear voices coming from the mud and rocks.
"Serves him right, God has eyes."
Li Rui said with satisfaction.
“We’ll take the right path down the mountain. We need to be quick, there’s still a group of people up there.”
Li Yang glanced at the mountain and quickly addressed the group.
At this moment, several police cars came down the mountain, and Jiang Rang was among them. He had just received the call to go to the scene after he returned. Even though he was not clear about the situation, as soon as he heard that the person who reported the case was named Si Yan, he went to the scene with the police.
Seeing that there was no longer any threat, Si Yan and the others quickly ran down another path down the mountain.
They hadn't run far when they saw the police cars speeding towards them. Si Yan and the others relaxed considerably, and Li Rui, standing to the side, burst into tears of joy.
"Great! Great! We're saved!"
But before she could be happy for long, she heard the sound of bullets whistling through the air behind her.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Be careful, light boat!"
Si Yan reacted immediately and quickly pulled Si Qingzhou behind her, but when she tried to move to the side, she found that her body was out of control.
By the time she regained consciousness, the bullet had already struck her body.
"Mom! Mom, how are you? Don't sleep, please, please don't sleep!"
Si Qingzhou held Si Yan's body in anguish, but Si Yan knew she had to leave. It was the consciousness of the main god that took over her body at that moment, which was why she couldn't dodge the bullet.
"Qingzhou, you must take good care of yourself from now on..."
Si Yan's voice grew weaker and weaker; she could no longer control her body. Before she lost consciousness, two heart-wrenching cries rang out.
"Si Yan!"
"Si Yan!"
No matter how much Li Yang and Jiang Rang called out, Si Yan's eyes never opened again.
Ma Ping and the others who fired the shots have all been arrested by the police. It's not that Ma Ping didn't want to run away, but he knew that if he didn't deal with the Li family, he wouldn't be safe either.
Realizing that things couldn't be changed, Ma Ping tried to escape through the secret passage, but suddenly found himself unable to move.
It turned out that Si Yan used her abilities to control them at the end; otherwise, they wouldn't have cooperated so obediently. She should have known they had guns.
"Doctor! Quick, come quick, someone here has been shot."
Several doctors got out of the ambulance following the police car, carrying resuscitation equipment.
"The pupils are dilated, Captain Jiang, there's no point in trying to save the patient."
After doing everything possible to save him, the doctor still regretfully told him the news.
Li Yang trembled uncontrollably as he looked at Si Yan with her eyes closed. He thought there was still a chance, but she never gave him one.
Jiang was in pain, but he still had work to do, though his eyes involuntarily reddened.
After that day, Si Qingzhou never contacted the Li family again. He also harbored resentment towards Li Yang, but his mother had done it to save him...
Li Yang turned into a workaholic, not only taking over Ma Ping's company in a very short time, but also sending Li Cheng to prison. He also donated a lot of money to University A.
He felt indebted to Si Qingzhou, but Si Qingzhou didn't want to see him right now, so this was the only way he could make amends.
Si Qingzhou was depressed for a while, but Yan Xinran stayed with him day and night to help him through it. At the same time, the movie starring Si Yan was about to be released.
"Qingzhou, Auntie's movie has been released. I bought tickets. Let's go see it."
Yan Xinran spoke cautiously, thinking that Qingzhou would feel much better watching her mother's vivid image in the movie.
“Let’s go take a look. This is the first time in so many years that Mom has shown such a liking for something.”
Si Qingzhou choked up as she spoke.
Si Yan's face appeared not long after the movie started, and the audience in the theater erupted in excitement when they saw her clearly.
"Wow, she's so beautiful! What's her name?"
"My goodness, as expected of Director Zhang, his movies are always guaranteed to be good, and his casting is superb. But who is the female lead? Is she a newcomer?"
"I don't know, do you know?"
"I know, it is..."
The intermittent chatter from the movie theater reached Si Qingzhou's ears, and she couldn't help but secretly shed tears. If her mother knew how much everyone liked her, she would be so happy.
In just a few days, Si Yan became famous throughout the country, but when everyone learned that she had passed away, they all expressed their regret.
The newspapers also published articles calling her a fallen gem.
Xiao Qingqing left even earlier than Si Yan. When you have money and status, of course a man will love you. But if you lose these things because of you, can he still love you?
Liu Fengru fared no better. Not only was all the money she brought with her swindled away, but she also inexplicably became paralyzed, living a life of unbearable suffering.
As for Si Yan, she was taken to the next dimension by Xiao Qi the moment she left.
My mom runs a resort hotel in the apocalypse.