Qin Beiting immediately looked in the direction of the bullets, which came from the woods at three o'clock.
At the same time, two or three off-road vehicles rushed out of the woods, speeding across the grassland. People wearing black hoods poked their heads out of the windows and opened fire on them with submachine guns.
"Ah—"
The sudden terrorist attack caused panic among the people on the grassland. They scattered in all directions, some being shot and falling to the ground.
Qin Beiting quickly pulled Yu He up, dug out the bullet that had pierced the mat from the soil, and then hid behind the tent, about to call Shao Chen.
"Get in the car!" Shao Chen happened to drive his off-road vehicle over, and Ruan Tianxin opened the rear door.
Qin Beiting pushed Yu He into the car first. Yu He moved aside, wanting to pull him in, but he closed the car door.
The moment the car door closed, a bullet hit the car window.
With a "clang," Ruan Tianxin screamed in fright, but upon seeing that the window was intact, she realized the car was bulletproof!
As quick as thought, Qin Beiting got into the passenger seat. The three off-road vehicles behind them had already caught up and were crushing over the tents.
"Hold on tight!" Shao Chen stepped on the accelerator, swerved to avoid people, and sped forward. Bullets hit the rear of the car, making a pitter-patter sound like rain against a window.
The road on the grassland was uneven, and the speed was high, making the ride as bumpy as a roller coaster.
Ruan Tianxin hugged Yu He's arm tightly. "I've never been this excited even when filming!"
Yu He then noticed that only Ruan Tianxin was in the back seat, and Qiao Wei and Shen Yao were not there.
"Where are they?"
"There wasn't enough time to pick them up," Shao Chen said.
Yu He looked back and saw the three cars chasing closely behind. It seemed they were the targets. Qiao Wei and Shen Yao should be fine.
Just then, her phone rang. It was Qiao Wei.
"Yu He, where are you? There was a sudden terrorist attack by three cars..."
Before Qiao Wei could finish, Shen Yao snatched the phone. "Is that your car ahead? Hello? Are you in the car? Is Qin Beiting dead yet? Hurry and beg me, maybe I can help you!"
Yu He: "..."
"Can you stop messing around at a time like this?!" Qiao Wei snatched the phone back. "We're fine. They all went after you. Hold on, I've already called the police."
Before the rescue arrived, they could only try to protect themselves.
"I understand. You guys be careful," Yu He said, hanging up the phone and looking back at the situation behind them.
Seeing that the car was bulletproof, the bandits behind changed tactics, accelerating their vehicles and trying to corner them into the lake by driving side-by-side.
They were clearly trying to kill them.
"Are they out of their minds to be this reckless on mainland China?" Shao Chen cursed, then asked Qin Beiting, "Haven't you dealt with them yet?"
Ever since they got into the car, Qin Beiting had opened the front drawer, pulled out a control panel, and quickly flipped a switch. The mechanical gun on the roof automatically rose.
The gun's camera was connected to the control panel. Due to the bumpy road, it was difficult to aim without holding the gun.
Only one of the three shots hit the front wheel of one of the vehicles, causing a blowout. That car stopped abruptly.
Qin Beiting pressed his advantage, remotely controlling the gun and firing several more shots. The two pursuing vehicles behind also stopped one after another.
But they didn't give up. Stout men wearing black hoods got out of the cars and opened fire with their submachine guns, spraying bullets at their car.
Suddenly, their car tilted violently to one side, shaking intensely, and soon it stopped.
A flat tire.
"Damn it!" Shao Chen slammed the steering wheel, then rummaged through a small cabinet on the roof and pulled out a gun. He unbuckled his seatbelt. "Let's fight them!"
"There are too many of them, and we don't have enough bullets," Qin Beiting restrained him.
This off-road vehicle was a George Patton tank, but it wasn't a real combat vehicle. There weren't many spare bullets, and there were two girls in the car. There was no need to engage in a direct confrontation.
He glanced at his phone. "Rescue will be here soon, don't be afraid!"
The last two words were for Yu He in the back seat.
His expression was serious, his aura calm, and his gaze sharp, unlike any other time.
Yu He nodded.
This was the first time she had encountered such a terrifying and intense situation. It would be a lie to say she wasn't scared.
Ruan Tianxin hugged her arm tightly, her body trembling unconsciously.
But with Qin Beiting around, she felt a sense of security.
"Bang bang bang." At this moment, the bandits caught up and pounded violently on the car windows.
They all wore black hoods, revealing only a pair of blue eyes. They were foreigners.
Simultaneously, a helicopter flew into the night sky. The cabin door opened, and two snipers leaned out of the door, firing five or six shots that killed all the bandits clinging to the car windows.
Police sirens could be heard from a distance, quickly surrounding the scene.
Seeing that they were safe, Qin Beiting and the others got out of the car, only to discover that all the bandits had been killed.
After finishing off everyone, the people in the helicopter turned off their lights and disappeared into the night.
But Yu He still saw the Yinglong (soaring dragon) pattern on the helicopter, which was the symbol of Xing Que!
She immediately looked at Qin Beiting. Were the rescuers he found from Xing Que?!
Qin Beiting was bent down, picking up a submachine gun from a bandit. He skillfully disassembled the gun, then extracted a bullet from the casing. He then compared it with the bullet he had dug out of the ground earlier, holding them in his palm.
The two bullets were different sizes. The one on the grass was smaller, from a sniper rifle.
This indicated that there might have been two groups of people trying to kill them!
He sensed footsteps approaching and pocketed the bullets. He turned around and saw Yu He, his vigilance instantly dissipating.
"Were you scared?" He pulled Yu He into his arms and walked away, preventing her from seeing the bodies of the bandits on the ground.
Yu He shook her head, her lips moving. "Ting Ge..."
"Yu He..." Qiao Wei and Shen Yao ran over, passing through the police cordon. Seeing that she was fine, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
Yu He, sensing the inappropriateness of the moment, swallowed the words she was about to say.
Qin Beiting's men also arrived. Shao Chen stayed at the scene to cooperate with the police. Qin Beiting first took Yu He and the others to a nearby hotel to stay. After Yu He fell asleep, he left Chen Dong to guard the door in shifts and left himself in the middle of the night.
The next day.
Yu He slept until ten o'clock and woke up to find that Qin Beiting had left in the middle of the night and had not returned.
At the hotel lunch table, the atmosphere was silent. No one had slept well last night, and their spirits were not good.
"Miss Yu, Ting Ge asked you not to worry. The bandits last night were bribed and targeted Ting Ge. The culprits have been found. He will come back to find you after everything is settled."
Chen Dong, seeing Yu He's worry, relayed Qin Beiting's instructions.
Yu He was half-believing. She knew that if it was true, he must have been afraid of implicating her by being with her. Moreover, her insistence on finding him would only distract him. So, she said nothing, nodded, and quietly ate her food.
After last night's events, no one mentioned continuing the trip.
Chen Dong bought plane tickets and took the four of them to the airport, preparing to return to the capital.
On the way, the atmosphere in the car remained silent. Shen Yao couldn't stand it anymore and grumbled:
"He's not dead, so why is everyone acting like they're at a funeral!"
As he spoke, he poked Yu He with his finger. "And you, it was my people who saved you last night, can't you give me a better look? If Qin Beiting dies, there's still me!"