The Reborn Aristocrat’s Daughter
Chapter 663 Arms Deal (3)_1

Chapter 663: Chapter 663 Arms Deal (3)_1

He didn’t dare take the risk. He couldn’t guarantee that the speed of his bullets would be faster than the bullets in the hands of so many others.

Xiao Qing glared at Uncle Qiang, his eyes full of blame. Hadn’t he sworn to him that he had thoroughly figured out the plans for this arms deal? What was happening now? It was clear that Xiao Muli had long seen through his hidden maneuvering and had calmly made new arrangements.

Uncle Qiang, feeling guilty under the young master’s stern look, had not expected such a blunder. "Young master, this was my fault. I will personally accept punishment when we return."

"Huh, accept punishment when we return? We don’t even know if we can make it back safely yet," Xiao Qing shifted his gaze away from Uncle Qiang.

"Young master, don’t worry, Xiao Muli wouldn’t dare do anything to us. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to explain it to the Xiao Family when he gets back." Uncle Qiang didn’t think their lives were in danger; otherwise, he wouldn’t have acted on his own, concealing it from Xiao Qing’s father.

"Enough, shut up," Xiao Qing was in no mood to engage in pointless talk with Uncle Qiang. His mind was preoccupied with thoughts about "Yan’s" men, wondering whether they had been discovered by Xiao Muli.

No one in the Xiao Family knew about "Yan", nor did they know he had a connection with "Yan". The deployment of "Yan’s" men had been his precautionary measure, and he silently prayed Xiao Muli hadn’t discovered "Yan’s" men.

As Xiao Qing prayed and looked in the direction of the arms warehouse, he just happened to see the hand grenades thrown by "Yan’s" two leaders. He felt a surge of relief, "Yan’s" people hadn’t been discovered by Xiao Muli. He thought, even with Xiao Muli’s capabilities, he wouldn’t know of his connection with "Yan".

Simultaneously, Xiao Muli’s face darkened, then he quickened his pace, ignoring Edward beside him, and headed straight for the arms warehouse. Finding walking too slow, he broke into a run.

Watching Xiao Muli’s sudden actions, those who hadn’t seen the hand grenade were confused. Xuan and Che exchanged glances, seeing bewilderment in each other’s eyes. When Edward saw Xiao Muli leaving him behind, he called out to Xiao Muli’s retreating figure, "Mr. Xiao, where are you going? You haven’t taken me to inspect the goods yet."

"Hehe, hehe," Xiao Qing, surrounded by others, couldn’t help feeling schadenfreude watching Xiao Muli’s departing back. "Edward, Xiao Muli doesn’t have time to take you to inspect the goods now. Oh, no, it’s not about having no time, it’s just that if he’s a bit slower, there won’t be any goods left for you to inspect."

"What do you mean?" Edward, hearing Xiao Qing’s laughter, turned his eyes towards Xiao Qing. Not just Edward, Xuan and Che also turned their heads, staring at Xiao Qing with hostile eyes, waiting for an answer.

"Heh, as for the meaning, it’s quite simple. Didn’t you just see the hand grenade flying from the arms warehouse? If Xiao Muli doesn’t get there before the grenade falls, all the munitions in the warehouse will be gone. Oh, but even if Xiao Muli rushed there with all his might, it’s probably too late by now. Everyone knows how fast a hand grenade flies; it’s not something a person can outrun."

No sooner had Xiao Qing finished speaking than Xuan and Che, no longer concerned with Edward the buyer, dashed toward the direction Xiao Muli had run, "NO. No, our organization is counting on this arms deal to secure a foothold in Southeast Asia." Upon hearing there was a problem with the arms, Edward lost his previous complacency. With the munitions about to be destroyed, all his prior plotting was cast aside as worthless.

Edward followed Xuan and Che toward the arms warehouse, hoping Xiao Muli could reach it in time to stop the grenade’s explosion.

Xiao Qing’s subordinates surrounding him were also anxious, worried about the arms and their Family Head, but they still knew their duty and remembered, without the Family Head’s orders, they could not abandon their posts. Thus, even with their desire to help, they stayed closely around Xiao Qing.

As he watched everyone running to stop the hand grenade explosion, Xiao Qing laughed heartily at the sky, "Haha, haha, these fools of Xiao Muli’s really think they can stop a hand grenade with their flesh?"

"Xiao Muli and his men are fools. The hand grenade has already been thrown; how can they stop the explosion now? Young master, we can rest easy now. This arms deal is sure to fail. Without the munitions, let’s see how Xiao Muli negotiates. I want to see how he wraps this up," Uncle Qiang said, chuckling in agreement.

As soon as Uncle Qiang spoke, Xiao Qing’s brow furrowed. He looked above the arms warehouse, where the hand grenade had appeared, and asked, "What’s that?"

"What?" Uncle Qiang didn’t have Xiao Qing’s eyesight; he didn’t see what Xiao Qing was referring to.

"What, what, I mean, that white thing that just popped up, what is it?" Xiao Qing didn’t know what was happening, but at the sight of that white object, a bad feeling rose within him.

Despite his restlessness, he was immobilized; Uncle Qiang and the others couldn’t possibly see as clearly as him. If he couldn’t make out what it was, how could they?

The white object Xiao Qing saw, floating in mid-air, was actually Baibai, and beside Baibai sat Situ Xin, completely overlooked because of his small size.

By the time Baibai and Situ Xin noticed the actions of "Yan’s" two leaders, it was too late. The two men had already pulled the pins of the grenades and thrown them towards the warehouse. Baibai and Situ Xin were too late to stop them.

Baibai and Situ Xin might have been too late to stop the leaders’ actions, but they reached the hand grenades in mid-air, still falling without exploding. Baibai dived down, and Situ Xin had the grenades clutched in his hands.