81: What is more terrifying than physical strength is wisdom

“Husband, why are you at the mall?”

Seeing her husband, Gao Ze, appear behind her, Li Qingyan almost thought she was hallucinating.

But the woody scent, like agarwood, emanating from her husband, Gao Ze, was something she had long remembered when they kissed and embraced; she would never forget it.

“I asked you for the location at noon, and calculating the time, I came as soon as I finished my work.”

“Luckily, you arrived in time!”

Li Qingyan threw herself into Gao Ze’s arms, holding him tightly, as if she had suddenly found her backbone and no longer needed to panic or worry.

Her head occasionally rubbed against Gao Ze’s chest like a small kitten.

“Sister, isn’t there a time and place for public displays of affection?”

Jiang Qianyu, still held hostage, stared wide-eyed at her good friend Li Qingyan’s actions, tears almost welling up in her eyes.

“Husband, can you save Jiang Qianyu? She’s my friend, and she was shopping with me when she was taken hostage by a thug.”

As if sensing Jiang Qianyu’s deep resentment, Li Qingyan looked at Gao Ze.

However, before Jiang Qianyu could be happy, the next sentence made her feel as if a thousand arrows had pierced her heart.

“If saving her puts you in danger, or causes you injury, then don’t save her. Let’s wait for the police.”

fifteen years of friendship!

Jiang Qianyu froze, feeling colder inside than the blade at her neck.

“I am the police. Saving people is my duty. Saving her won’t pose any danger. You can safely leave it to me.”

Gao Ze glanced at Jiang Qianyu, who was being held hostage by the flat-headed middle-aged man, feeling a bit surprised.

It turned out that according to the system’s intelligence, the woman injured in the New World Shopping Mall robbery was his wife Li Qingyan’s friend, Jiang Qianyu.

This young woman had a gentle and charming appearance, and her beautiful eyes, when opening and closing, exuded a noble and elegant aura befitting a wealthy young lady. However, at this moment, under the threat of life and death, her delicate face was pale with fear, making her appear pitiful.

“What are you looking at? Get lost!”

The flat-headed thug, Feng Jianmin, noticed Gao Ze’s gaze and felt a sense of vigilance.

“Everyone, get lost quickly! Don’t block me, or I’ll kill this woman!”

“Qing Yan, retreat twenty meters away!”

Gao Ze’s mind had already quickly devised a hostage rescue plan. He needed to first clear the obstructing crowd and the security guards holding batons.

Currently, this thug was emotionally agitated and cornered, capable of doing anything. He needed to be calmed down and guided, establishing a psychological safe zone.

“You security guards, disperse the crowd and also retreat twenty meters!”

After Gao Ze showed his police officer’s ID to the mall security, these personnel all breathed a sigh of relief and followed Gao Ze’s orders to disperse.

A moment later.

In the twenty-meter clear space, only Gao Ze remained, along with the thug Feng Jianmin and the hostage Jiang Qianyu, five meters away.

“Brother, what’s your name? Want a cigarette?”

Gao Ze, holding a cigarette borrowed from a security guard, extended one into the air towards Feng Jianmin.

Feng Jianmin saw only Gao Ze in front of him, and the muscles in his face and shoulders subtly relaxed, but his tone remained fierce and he angrily shouted, “Don’t play tricks! You get lost too!”

Gao Ze smiled slightly, unconcerned, and tossed a cigarette, which landed precisely at Feng Jianmin’s feet.

“Brother, you’re robbing for your child in the hospital, aren’t you?”

Gao Ze didn’t have a smoking habit, but he still lit one for himself and held it between his middle and index fingers.

“You give me… you!”

The thug Feng Jianmin instantly trembled all over, his right hand, holding the dagger, almost cut Jiang Qianyu, and he looked at Gao Ze as if he had seen a ghost.

“How do you know?”

Jiang Qianyu held her breath, feeling the thug relax, and also looked at Gao Ze in surprise.

“How I know, you don’t need to worry about!”

“How much more does your child’s surgery cost? I can pay it all for you, as long as you release the woman you’re holding hostage!”

“I don’t believe it!” Feng Jianmin shook his head.

Gao Ze took out his police officer’s ID and said, “I’m a police officer, you can trust me!”

“Trust you police?”

Feng Jianmin showed a cold sneer and said, “Before I came to Donghai City, someone told me to trust the doctors in Donghai City!”

“But damn it, weren’t they all greedy for money, refusing to treat people even when they were on the operating table?!”

Gao Ze said, “I can transfer the money to you now!”

“What if you do? You can still take it back!”

Feng Jianmin had no trust whatsoever. Gao Ze had already realized this path was a dead end and asked, “Then what do you want, brother?”

“Let me out!”

“What good will letting you out do?”

Gao Ze sighed, shaking his head: “You can’t escape at all. The surveillance cameras have captured your face clearly!”

“I think you’d best release the hostage now. If you do, it counts as surrendering, and you’ll be sentenced to less than ten years. When the hospital cures your child, you’ll be able to see him.”

Feng Jianmin roared, “Save my ass! They’re all greedy for money, who will save him?!”

“Get out of my way!”

“Hahaha, you’re wrong!”

Gao Ze shook his head and let out a hearty laugh: “As long as you put down the knife, your child in the hospital will definitely be saved!”

“Why am I wrong?” The thug showed a trace of confusion, not understanding why Gao Ze was laughing so loudly.

“Before you robbed, you might have encountered a lot of unfair treatment!”

“So much so that you don’t trust doctors, hospitals, or me and the police. But if you look at it from another perspective, what if your knife-wielding robbery case is reported by the media?”

Gao Ze said, “A father robbing to save his child is a news bombshell!”

“As long as netizens hear about it, most will feel sympathy and donate, just like that news story last time, where the strategist put himself in the game?”

“But if you really hurt someone, most people will hate and despise you. Put down the knife, this is how you maximize the news effect. After countless people know, they will praise the greatness of paternal love.”

“And if you surrender, your prison sentence will also be reduced!”

“Clang!”

As Gao Ze’s words fell, the dagger in Feng Jianmin’s hand clattered to the ground.