Jiang Ye wasn’t foolish, he immediately noticed something was amiss, his drowsiness snapping away in an instant.
"Lu’er, you can’t speak conveniently right now, can you?"
A sound of knuckles tapping against the phone case soon echoed through the call.
It served as a response.
"You’re in the dorm? Are you in danger?"
’Knock knock,’ twice.
Jiang Ye’s face changed instantly,
"I’ll be right there, protect yourself."
He wasn’t a god who could fly over in an instant.
Jiang Ye bolted out the door and down the stairs as fast as he could, driving up to the fire brigade headquarters just as some team members were changing shifts.
He rolled down the car window and said to the two members preparing to head back to the dorms, Google seaʀᴄh novelFirｅ.net
"You two, get in the car."
Both team members were quite baffled, but they promptly opened the car doors and got in.
It wasn’t until the car floored the accelerator and shot out that they exchanged glances, one of them asking in a low voice,
"Captain Jiang, is there some kind of emergency?"
After all, it was no small matter if it could make Devil Jiang change his expression like that.
Uh, what does that mean?
The two team members were really puzzled when Jiang Ye finally spoke up again,
"What? A thief? Where?"
Does the fire brigade have to do police work now?
Fortunately, they just teased about it silently in their minds.
"Nanxi University Affiliated Hospital staff dormitory building. When we get there, Maozi, you’ll break the door. Xiao Bo and I will rush in directly."
The two units were diagonally opposite each other, and driving was even quicker. The whole trip didn’t even take two minutes before the car stopped outside the dormitory building.
After turning off the engine, the three of them headed straight upstairs.
Though Jiang Ye had only visited once, he had already committed the floor and room numbers to memory with ease.
Once in the elevator, the three briefly reviewed their roles in the upcoming action.
Dealing with two petty thieves wouldn’t take much effort.
But to be safe, they still needed to be cautious to prevent any unforeseen accidents.
With a ’ding,’ the elevator doors opened.
They communicated entirely with hand signals as they exited.
At the door, Jiang Ye first checked the lock and saw that there were no signs of it being tampered with.
Clearly, the two petty thieves hadn’t entered through the main door.
After making a signal to the two team members behind him, Maozi quickly stepped forward with a slim piece of metal wire that had appeared in his hand at some point.
With a very faint ’click,’ he inserted it straight into the lock core.
Then, he carefully twisted the wire.
In three seconds, just three seconds, the lock clicked open.
This skill was much better than those of the locksmiths setting up stalls under the overpasses.
Following the plan discussed beforehand, they pulled the door open and three people charged in instantly.
Jiang Ye efficiently found the light switch and with a snap, lit up the entire room.
One of the petty thieves was crouching in the living room rummaging through things when the sudden light caught him off guard.
Immediately, he was pinned down by one of the team members.
The other thief was in the room, probably alerted by the noise outside and trying to close the door.
The team member nicknamed Maozi kicked the door open, the impact sending the petty thief reeling and crashing to the ground.
"Captain Jiang, we have them under control!"
By this time, Jiang Ye had already reached another room and knocked twice,
"Lu’er, it’s me, open the door, everything’s okay now."
Lu Jing had been holding a lamp, standing behind the door since hanging up the call, ready to fight back if the thief entered.
He hadn’t expected Jiang Ye to arrive so swiftly.
With a ’clatter,’ the lamp fell to the floor and shattered.
Hearing the noise from inside, the man outside grew frantic,
"Lu’er!" he called out.
Just then, with a ’click,’ the door opened.
Seeing Jiang Ye, Lu Jing’s trembling body lunged forward,
"Whimper... Fourth Brother..."
A single call of "Fourth Brother" numbed Jiang Ye’s heart.
He held her close, his hand patting the woman’s back gently like soothing a child,
"Don’t be afraid, it’s all over now."