Chapter 51
“Anyway, as long as the patrol catches Ye Fan today, the truth will come to light eventually!”
Naive—yes, but it was a typical thought process for someone normal.
However!
As Lin Xi tried to leave.
Ye Fan wouldn’t let her go!
This was his only chance to force the Lin family to hand over the antidote!
How could he watch it slip away?
So, gritting his teeth, Ye Fan moved with lightning speed!
He jabbed the cold needle straight into the back of Lin Xi’s neck!
In the blink of an eye.
The drug was injected into her body.
It all happened too fast and no one had time to react.
Not even the plainclothes patrol officers were disguised as shop customers.
“Ye Fan! What did you just do?!”
Lin Xi felt a sting on her neck—spun around, shocked and furious, and saw the used syringe in Ye Fan’s hand.
She immediately understood.
Clutching her neck, she was so furious she nearly cried.
“You—how could you do this to me?!”
She panicked.
Truly panicked.
Despite her usual pride and composure, who wasn’t afraid of death?
The higher one’s status, the more they feared death.
Lin Xi was no exception.
At this moment, Ye Fan’s face twisted between regret and madness.
He avoided her scolding and questioning gaze, only saying coldly, “Sorry!”
“But I had to do it!”
Lin Xi’s heart sank deeper into disappointment, even hate.
Ye Fan took a deep breath, and said, “You saw what happened to my sister. Now, the same is happening to you.”
“So the only way to save her—and to save yourself—is this…”
Lin Xi glared at him.
By now, she understood what he was trying to do.
Sure enough.
Ye Fan’s hoarse, low voice came: “Make the Lin family bring out the antidote!”
By this point—
Those monitoring the shop from the Demon-Slaying Division and Jiangdong Patrol Bureau finally made their move.
“Move in!”
Director Wei barked the order!
Inside the milk tea shop.
The plainclothes patrol officers sprang into action.
Looking closely.
Besides Lin Xi and Ye Fan, the entire shop was filled with plainclothes officers!
This sudden turn of events stunned Ye Fan.
Even Lin Xi hadn’t realized she’d been surrounded by cops she regretted not leaving sooner.
“Ye Fan! Drop whatever’s in your hand!”
“We’re from Jiangdong City Patrol!”
“Don’t act rashly. Come with us quietly and cooperate with the investigation!”
Several officers approached.
The evidence was overwhelming.
What Ye Fan held was proof.
And all their earlier conversation had been recorded.
All of it was ironclad evidence!
Ye Fan hadn’t expected things to escalate like this.
Though he was a protagonist favored by fate, he was still just a student from an ordinary family.
He had never encountered a situation like this.
Combined with emotional instability and a guilty conscience—
His first instinct wasn’t to surrender—
It was to flee!
“Lin Xi! You set me up! I misjudged you!”
Shocked, angry, and terrified, Ye Fan put all the blame on Lin Xi.
After all, she’d admitted to calling the cops—So naturally, he resented her.
“You want to arrest me? Not that easy!”
Without another word—
Ye Fan lunged forward to grab Lin Xi as a hostage.
“Ye Fan! Stop!”
“Let Miss Lin go! Cooperate, and there’s still hope for you!”
“Don’t do anything foolish!”
The plainclothes officers shouted.
But, even though they had the numbers and came prepared.
Ye Fan still escaped!
Yes!
Right in front of everyone— Ye Fan escaped!
He took Lin Xi hostage mid-escape.
In broad daylight, in front of all those people!
“Damn it!”
Watching Ye Fan flee, the deputy chief constable cursed loudly.
It was humiliating!
So many officers—and they still let him get away!
Director Wei stayed silent, but his expression was grim.
“Someone interfered!”
One of Wei’s subordinates whispered.
Indeed!
At the critical moment, a covert gunshot came from somewhere—throwing the officers into confusion.
That few seconds’ gap was all Ye Fan needed to escape.
“He had help!”
Director Wei’s expression was now as dark as night.
Now he understood.
He had investigated Ye Fan’s background many times—it looked entirely ordinary.
So how could he be part of such a massive plot against the Lin family—
No, against the Demon-Slaying Division?
Now it all made sense!
“This Ye Fan is just a pawn. Someone else is pulling the strings!”
The deputy chief constable also caught on quickly.
“Lock down the campus! Don’t let him escape!”
“Find the one who helped him—we’ll get them both!”
Unfortunately, neither the Demon-Slaying Division nor the patrol bureau could locate the sniper.
As for Ye Fan.
Being a protagonist blessed by fate, he did escape.
Absurd?
Absolutely.
But that’s the nature of this world.
“Now, Ye Fan—even if you jumped into the Yellow River, you can’t wash your name clean.”
As for the mystery sniper?
It was Zhang Chen.
Not that he fired the shot himself.
He used a paper puppet substitute.
From a nearby sniper point, he took the shot at the perfect moment.
And he wasn’t worried about being traced.
The puppet had a time limit, and he could remotely destroy it afterward.
Who would think it was him?
He’d even prepared everything in advance.
The weapon used for the shot had been won through a system lottery.
And could be instantly recalled to the system’s storage.
So, how could anyone track it back to him?
Indeed, even with all their manpower, the Demon-Slaying Division and the patrol bureau came up with almost nothing.
They did locate the sniper point, but it was already empty.
The only clue was that a suspicious vehicle that had briefly stopped nearby?
And that was intentional on Zhang Chen’s part.
Because the person in that car was Lin Hongyang.