Watching her father walk away, Yan Qi felt a pang of unease.
Even though the person holding the flamethrower and strapped with explosives in the sales office was just an ordinary man, an ordinary person driven to madness could still be incredibly dangerous.
Looks like I’ll need to find a chance to slip away from Mom and transform. Otherwise, something might go wrong for Dad.
“Come on, Xiao Qi, let’s go home first.”
After seeing her husband off, Li Caifeng turned to Yan Qi and spoke.
“Okay, Mom.”
Responding as she had previously agreed with her father, Yan Qi followed her mother, leaving the street that was about to be cordoned off by authorities.
“Mom, my stomach hurts a little. Do you have any tissues?”
Not long after leaving the street where Daheng Real Estate’s sales office was located, Yan Qi immediately put her newly devised plan into action. She clutched her stomach with a pained expression and spoke to Li Caifeng.
Hearing her words and seeing her hold her stomach, Li Caifeng didn’t suspect she was lying and quickly asked,
“Do you need to go to the bathroom?”
“Yeah, I really need to go. Is there a restroom nearby?”
“Just around the corner up ahead, there’s a public restroom. I’ll take you there.”
“Thanks, Mom.”
After thanking her mother, Yan Qi hurried after Li Caifeng to the nearby public restroom.
“Go on in. Finish up quickly so we can head back.”
Taking out a roll of toilet paper from her handbag, Li Caifeng handed it to Yan Qi.
Accepting the tissue, Yan Qi nodded eagerly.
“Got it. I’ll be done soon.”
With that, she dashed into the restroom at full speed, heading straight for the stall at the very end.
Once inside, she locked the door securely, ensuring no one would barge in and interrupt her.
Dropping the act of stomach pain, she tucked away the tissue her mother had given her and placed her new phone on top of the water tank.
Preparations complete, Yan Qi didn’t hesitate any longer. She swiftly selected a transformation card in her mind, and the moment its outline became clear, she transformed into the Digital Diva.
Hold on, Dad. I’m coming to help you now.
Silently repeating these words in her heart, she placed a hand on her phone and activated her Digital Roam skill, dissolving into data and entering the internet.
Through the network, Yan Qi quickly arrived at the surveillance system inside Daheng Real Estate.
Using her abilities, she pinpointed her father’s location, confirming he was still outside the sales office.
She then took control of the building’s electronic surveillance system, adjusting the cameras to observe the situation inside.
This doesn’t look good…
Watching the live feed, she saw Wu Laosan—the man with the explosives—growing increasingly agitated, as if on the verge of detonating the bombs strapped to his body. Yan Qi muttered under her breath, confused about what could have triggered him in the short time she’d been gone.
She immediately pulled up the earlier surveillance footage to find out.
After reviewing the recordings from a few minutes prior, she finally understood why Wu Laosan had become so enraged.
So it’s because the real estate company’s boss refused to come see him? But why is he so fixated on meeting the boss specifically?
One mystery solved, but another arose. Without delay, Yan Qi hacked into Wu Laosan’s phone, extracting a trove of messages from his WeChat.
After reading through them, her expression shifted to one of realization. Staring at the frantic man on the surveillance screen, she couldn’t help but feel a pang of sympathy.
From the messages, she learned Wu Laosan’s name, that he had been owed nearly 50,000 yuan in back wages for two years by Daheng Real Estate’s boss, and that he had a five-year-old daughter suffering from acute leukemia, desperately in need of a bone marrow transplant.
No wonder she felt pity for this middle-aged man strapped with explosives.
I never imagined the boss of Daheng Real Estate could be so heartless. He dresses in luxury, lives in a mansion, drives expensive cars, dines lavishly every day, and even secretly keeps multiple mistresses—yet he withholds years of wages from his workers on flimsy excuses? Disgusting. He deserves to be taught a lesson.
After mentally cursing the boss, Yan Qi took a deep breath to steady herself and refocused on Wu Laosan in the surveillance feed.
As much as I sympathize with you, I can’t let you detonate those explosives. Not only would it harm innocent people, but your sick daughter would lose her only support.
Just as she prepared to take action, she sensed her father’s phone signal approaching the sales office. She froze for a second, thinking in dismay:
Ugh, why is Dad walking over now of all times?
Inside the Sales Office
“That damn bastard! Does he really think I won’t blow this place up and take everyone with me?!”
Wu Laosan, his face twisted in fury, brandished his antique flamethrower at a young man who had just finished a phone call with the boss.
The young man, having already wet himself in terror, pleaded frantically, afraid Wu Laosan would press the detonator.
“Sir, please calm down! Whatever the problem is, we can talk it out. There’s no need for such extreme measures!”
Hearing a new voice from the entrance, Wu Laosan spun around, aiming the flamethrower at the speaker.
“Who the hell are you?!”
“Just a passerby who happened to see what happened earlier.”
Yan Zhenyi smiled warmly, his tone disarmingly friendly.
“A passerby? If you saw, why didn’t you run like everyone else?”
Wu Laosan stared at him, suspicion and confusion in his eyes.