Chapter 188: Taking Hostages

"The person looking for you is not me," Yanyan said, her eyes filled with extreme panic. "It's these two... brave gentlemen behind me."

Chang Yu immediately grew alert. Past Yanyan's shifted body, he clearly saw two figures clad entirely in black robes standing behind her.

One of them was holding a handgun, the muzzle of which was pressed firmly against Yanyan's waist, leaving her too terrified to even twitch.

As it turned out, she had been taken hostage!

In a flash of insight, Chang Yu suddenly understood the current situation.

Yanyan must have bumped into these two fellows on her way out and was subsequently taken hostage by them.

With the armed men holding a gun, Yanyan dared not resist and had led them all the way to Zhao Dasheng's residence.

Chang Yu turned his head to look at Zhao Dasheng and remarked, "Doesn't your residential compound have top-notch security? With a whole team guarding the place twenty-four hours a day, how did these two get in?"

Zhao Dasheng's expression turned somewhat awkward, a complex mix of difficulty and embarrassment.

"I am definitely not paying next month's property management fees," he said through clenched teeth. "With this level of security, I shouldn't pay a dime!"

"Right, let's refuse to pay this time no matter what!" Chang Yu actually still had the mood to chime in.

"Hey, you two! Is this really the time to be discussing that?" The black-robed man holding the gun felt completely ignored and immediately snapped with indignant fury, "Would you please get your heads straight and understand the current situation? You do realize I have a hostage in my hands, right?!"

"No, no, please don't!" Now Zhao Dasheng was genuinely panicked; these two clearly meant malicious business.

If they actually ended up harming Yanyan, Zhao Dasheng could guarantee that tomorrow's newspaper headlines would feature a story about a certain young woman having a late-night rendezvous with the prominent entrepreneur Zhao Dasheng, only to be gunned down right outside his doorstep.

Good grief!

If this matter wasn't handled properly, it would deal a devastating blow to his reputation, and he might even be invited down to the police station for a chat.

"You two must be exhausted from your late-night visit, right? Come, come, let's step inside and talk."

Zhao Dasheng retreated several steps, clearing the doorway of his home, and gestured to the two black-robed fellows. "It's too crowded with eyes outside, how unseemly."

Black-robed Man A: ???

Black-robed Man B: .....

What on earth is wrong with this slightly bald, fat man? they thought.

Your woman is in our hands!

Why are you acting so calm?!

At least put on a terrified expression for us to see!

"If you don't want this woman blown away by a bullet, I advise you not to try any little tricks. No matter how fast you move, you won't outpace my bullet." Black-robed Man A tightened his grip on the gun, prodding Yanyan forward step by step.

Though somewhat baffled, the two fellows accepted Zhao Dasheng's invitation and stepped into the house.

Chang Yu and Zhao Dasheng exchanged glances, both remaining silent with tacit understanding. They even slowly raised their hands and retreated toward the living room.

Neither of them wanted the woman to lose her life due to a momentary blunder on their part, so for now, they obediently cooperated.

"Director Zhao, you have to save me! I've been with you for so many years after all, you can't just stand by and let me die." Though she dared not struggle, the beauty in the cheongsam still cried out for survival.

"If you have any business, direct it at me. Let Yanyan go." Zhao Dasheng was a smart man, and with Chang Yu present, he felt a measure of confidence.

"Mr. Zhao is certainly a straightforward man. Actually, my brother and I harbor no malicious intent in coming here tonight." Black-robed Man B pulled a stack of flyers from the back of his waistband and slapped them down onto the table.

"We simply want you to join us, but you've repeatedly rejected our invitations again and again. Left with no other choice, we were forced to resort to this desperate measure."

Here it comes, Zhao Dasheng thought to himself. The people from that cult have finally tracked me down.