Zhao Xiurong took a chair and watched the video feed on the desktop monitor together with Ling Qingyu as she explained the event. Her eyes widened in disbelief.
It was not far from the company at all. She understood why the guards equipped themselves with pistols, feeling relief and safe.
She didn't inquire how they went through background checks and licenses. Should they proceed with the paperwork, she would have seen it with her own eyes, as Ling Qingyu's personal secretary.
"Sister Zhao, I think you better come live near my manor. It's safer there." Ling Qingyu said.
"I'm planning to move this week. Now, I suppose the deadline will become earlier." Zhao Xiurong replied.
"Welcome." Ling Qingyu joked while Secretary Zhao rolled her eyes. "Not to mention, you'll understand why I say my place is safer."
"How? The company's guards residing near yours?" Zhao Xiurong asked. She was the closest to Ling Qingyu and understood the situation quickly.
"That is one reason. The other, how should I say?" Ling Qingyu rubbed her chin. "Actually, you know those SWAT officers and have met them."
"I do?" Zhao Xiurong was puzzled.
"Keep this one a secret between us." Ling Qingyu decided to confess to her reliable secretary. Although she wouldn't complain if Ling Qingyu hid her plans, Zhao Xiurong would have something stuck in her heart and the relationship between them could turn sour.
Besides, Zhao Xiurong was trustworthy according to her judgment and she would soon be her neighbor. "These SWAT are actually Sister Tang and the sisters of our security guards."
"What!" Zhao Xiurong exclaimed in disbelief. She barely found Ling Qingyu's words convincing.
After Ling Qingyu explained the formation of female SWAT plan and her gradual steps leading to this chaotic event, Zhao Xiurong rubbed and patted her chest, as she breathed deeply to calm herself.
The jumping melons raised Ling Qingyu's eyebrows as she stared at the scenery in enjoyment. How she wished to pull her secretary on her lap and nudge her lips on the fruit?
Unfortunately, Xiao Yue barged into her room nonchalantly, kicking away even her short dreamy moment. Annoyed, she asked: "What's the matter with you?"
Xiao Yue sat down on the sofas and slanted her head, ignoring Ling Qingyu's frustrated eyes. "Nothing. I come and check you up after hearing a scream."
"It was me. I have a panic mode." Zhao Xiurong was embarrassed her exclamation might have spread across the entire floor.
"En... Sister Xiao should have seen everyone is fine, right?" Ling Qingyu inquired, thinking Xiao Yue also had a pair of glasses like hers, to communicate with Athena.
As expected, Xiao Yue nodded and replied. "I've watched the video."
Afterward, she lay down on the sofas, arms behind her head and crossing her legs. Moaning out in satisfaction, Xiao Yue closed her eyes, not knowing whether she slept or just rested.
"That's much better, Sister Mo."
"Since I received your confirmation, I'm about to get busy." Mo Yunxi explained.
"Has anyone ever said, you're cute, Sister Mo." Ling Qingyu had a strange idea.
"I'm sorry. Did I hear you call me cute?" Mo Yunxi sounded surprised. Ling Qingyu tried what Tang Ziyi suggested. Calling other girls cute might bring a heavenly result.
While Ling Qingyu's attention went elsewhere, she missed the fierce topics arose among the netizens, becoming hotter as time passed.
<Oh! Isn't this big vehicle the one I saw smashed the civilian cars and even the police checkpoints. Now I understand why they were in a hurry to even crash other vehicles.>
<Upstairs, are you serious?>
<Heaven! You, guys are serious. Let me check the link.>
<Just came back after watching. Oh shoot! Damn, they really smashed through the police checkpoints.>
<Looking at above dialogue, why do I have a sense of dejavu?>
Someone realized something was amiss with the SWAT vehicle crashing at its colleague's one.
<Is an infighting between uncorrupted vs corrupted?>
<Now that someone mentions this—the probability is very high.>
<Who knows whether the officers being ambushed might be linked to the corrupt one? In Province N, anything like this could happen. I'm siding with the SWAT on this side.>
<Me too, but let's wait for the official statement.>
<Are you an idiot? Which official statement will say something that will undermine their reputation.>
A conspiracy theory brew inside every netizen's mind. Discovering things weren't simple, everyone was prepared to wait for days to let the event unfold and tell the tale.
Most hoped the ambushed officers were safe and recovered quickly, particularly after seeing someone on the stretcher and battered officers evacuated by SWAT vehicles.
The plan created by Yang Qingyue's opponents backfired as the public attention had gone against the direction they set up. Should the officers weren't rescued, the situation would be completely different—inevitable Yang Qingyue's officialdom went downhill.
Ling Qingyu's help was crucial to Yang Qingyue's goals and her journey. Both women had now become alliance, despite not having discussed each interest yet.