Ch. 1991..2000

Chapter 1991

Gordon delivered the good news to Sean and sighed in amazement.

"Ms.Felch is amazing.She taught me how to persuade Dr.Felch, and it worked instantly”

"Really?" Sean asked curiously.

"What did she say?"

Then, Gordon told Sean everything that had happened.Halfway through, he paused and realized something.He said, "Wait. How does Ms.Felch know that Dr.Felch has a backyard in his house? She told me to go to the backyard to speak to her on the phone.Besides, she seemed to know Dr.Felch very well from her words.”

"She doesn't just know him but respects him" Sean said analytically.

"Seems like they had known each other from before.But, if they knew each other, why didn't Ms.Felch say so? We are doing this to save her life.”

"I know, right?" Gordon was confused.

"Now that I think of it, when we had just arrived at H City, and while I was on my way to find Dr.Felch, Ms.Felch reminded me that a genius doctor like Dr.Felch usually lives in seclusion in the mountains.I didn't think much of it and searched the mountains just like she said back then.Soon, I found him."

"Well, this means Ms.Felch’'s reminder was of use"

Sean quickly concluded.

"It seems like Ms.Felch does know Dr.Felch.Maybe they have a special relationship, and she doesn't want others to know about it"

"Yup, yup.That's right.”

Gordon nodded vigorously.

He continued, "Ms.Felch reminded me repeatedly not to let Dr.Felch find out about her identity. And that I can’t even mention her name.But, Dr.Felch is going to treat her soon.How is she supposed to hide this?"

"Don’t worry about that.Ms.Felch will give you the instructions.”

Sean smiled.

"Since she's so worried about that, she'll naturally find a way.You only need to cooperate with her.” "Mmm.That's true."

Gordon exclaimed, "You're more meticulous than I am.No wonder Mr.Lindberg prefers to have you than by his side”

"Haha! Don't be sarcastic.” Sean laughed.By the way, when will Mr.Lindberg be coming?" Gordon asked impatiently.

"I heard from Sloan that Ms.Felch was feeling restless for the past two days.She was emotionally stable too”

"The two of them still haven't reconciled after their fight,” Sean said.

"But now that you have successfully persuaded Dr.Felch, he'll be there soon.Although Mr.Lindberg is mad at Ms.Felch, he's still concerned about her.”

"Well, then you should go and report to him now.I'll arrange for a private jet."

"Okay."

After Sean hung up the phone, he went straight to find Danrique to report the situation in detail. "Arrange for a private jet now.I'm leaving for H City"

Danrique immediately ordered after he heard about the situation.

"Now?"

Sean swiftly reminded, "Sir, have you forgotten that Mr.President is visiting the company this afternoon for an inspection? The three great families, as well as Donald, went there early to do the preparations.”

"I totally forgot about it."

Danrique glanced at his watch, and it showed nine- thirty in the morning.He was handling some work at home that day, so he wasn't in a hurry to go to the company.

"What time is the conference in the afternoon?"

"Three o'clock.”

Sean continued, "It's estimated to end a little past four.Then, it'll take around forty minutes for us to travel to the airport from the company.Should I arrange for a private jet at six thirty?"

Danrique frowned.

"That means I have to wait for another seven hours."

"Previously, you were absent when Frank went to inspect the company.In the end, it caused a series of incidents.This time, Mr.President is coming.Mr.Lindberg, you can't be absent again.”

Sean reassured Danrique, "It'll take some time for Gordon to escort Dr.Felch to H City.Also, the hospital needs time to make arrangements for the surgery.We should be able to reach there in time."

"All right.Try to shorten the time as much as possible,”

Danrique ordered

"Tell Gordon to prepare everything first, but wait for me to arrive before they proceed with the surgery.”

“Understood.”

Then, Sean hurriedly reminded Gordon what to do and proceeded to arrange for a private jet for that evening.

Chapter 1992

Meanwhile, it was midnight at H City.

Francesca had been tossing and turning all night after she knew that Gordon was going to escort Dr.Felch to H City at daybreak.

The thought of meeting her master again made Francesca both excited and nervous,

After all, she hadn't met him for more than five years.So, she was curious as to how he was doing. Francesca thought of her rebelliousness and stubbornness back then, which broke her master's heart.

Therefore, she felt nervous and wasn't sure how he would react when he saw her.

And if he would punish her or walk away as soon as he saw her.

At the thought of that, Francesca couldn't help but feel restless.

As Francesca got lost in her thoughts, her phone buzzed suddenly.She looked at her phone and saw the notification that she had just received a few texts from an unknown number.

Francesca was paled with shock as soon as she saw the text.

Attached to the text was a video of an explosion that happened at an orphanage.

In the video, the orphanage was in a mess, and many staff members and children were injured. The children stood barefoot on the field while crying in fear.

All three consecutive texts were regarding the orphanage in S Nation an hour ago.Francesca dialed Layla's number promptly.However, to her dismay, Layla was unreachable.

Then, she dialed Lincoln's number, but the line was busy.So, she had no choice but to call Anthony. After a long while, the phone finally got connected.

"Yes, Francesca"

"Anthony, what happened to the orphanage?”

"Hmm, how did you know something happened to the orphanage?" Anthony blurted out.

Then, he immediately changed his words after realizing he had said something he shouldn't have. "It's nothing.Nothing worth mentioning.Don't worry about it"

"There was an explosion! So many people got injured, but you're telling me it's nothing worth mentioning?”

Francesca was furious.

"Tell me the truth now’ "I-" Anthony was flustered.

"How did you know about the explosion? Who told you that?"

"I saw the video." Francesca panicked.

"So, something happened to orphanage 001, orphanage 002, and orphanage 003?"

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Anthony saw no point in keeping Francesca in the dark since she could even tell the numbers of the orphanages where the explosion happened.

Since he couldn't hide it any longer, he decided to tell the truth.

"An explosion happened at these three orphanages again tonight.Some employees and children got injured.They were all sent to the hospital.So, you shouldn't worry too much.”

"Again?"

Francesca got caught off guard by this word.

"You mean there was an explosion before this?"

“Um...

"Stop stuttering.Just spill it out.”

Francesca roared furiously.

"Well, an explosion happened a few days ago.But only a few social workers got injured.The children were unscathed.However, this time round-"

Anthony paused for a moment before he whispered, "From these three orphanages, seven children got injured while one of them was in a rather serious condition.Ms.Layla is at the hospital now" "How could this be?"

Francesca sounded emotional.

"Why didn't you tell me something bad happened?”

"Ms.Layla and Mr.Lincoln stopped me from telling you.They said it must be Chrono's doing and that his motive is to stop us from interfering in your affairs.So, we all stayed in S Nation and dared not leave.Only Mr.Lincoln went to M Nation but came back the next day.We thought the nutcase wouldn't cause any trouble to the orphanage again.However, tonight-"

While Anthony was explaining, Francesca's phone received another call.It was an unknown number. "Just a moment, Anthony.”

Francesca stopped him.

Then, she connected the call to the unknown number.

"Hello!"

"The Lindberg family can protect you.But can they protect your orphanage?”

Chrono’s voice came through the phone with a tinge of eerie chill.

"You lunatic!”

Francesca roared emotionally.

"The children are innocent.How can you do this to them?"

"You're right.The children are innocent"

Chrono said nonchalantly.

"And so is Candice.She wouldn't have died if it weren't for you!"

Chapter 1993

"What exactly do you want?"

Knowing that she wouldn't be able to talk sense into him, Francesca asked Chrono frankly about his purpose.

"I told you, I want you to pay for Candice's death!"

Chrono enunciated every single word clearly with murderous intent.

"The police are incompetent.There are several hidden bombs in the orphanage, but they have not found them.l can't guarantee there won't be another explosion if I'm in a bad mood By then, it will not just be another few kids getting injured.”

"You are crazy! You lunatic!"

Francesca yelled agitatedly and almost jumped out the bed.

"It's all thanks to you."

Chrono remained unfazed.

"I wouldn't turn out this way if Candice were alive.She must be so lonely in heaven all by herself.'m sure she wants some children to accompany her.Also, not to forget, a good friend like you.”

"You-"

"Come meet me now.Otherwise, I can't guarantee what will happen next.Remember to come alone and not to bring anyone with you.I'll kill a child if you bring one person with you."

Chrono finished his sentence calmly and hung up the phone.

Mixed feelings stirred within Francesca as she listened to the disconnect tone.She knew Chrono would do anything to avenge Candice.

He was capable of causing an explosion at the orphanages in S Nation even though he was at H City.It was evident that he had an accomplice and that they had come prepared.

Francesca was worried about the safety of the children at the orphanage if she didn't compromise. However, she would be in danger once she left the villa, away from the protection of the Lindberg family.But now, the safety of the children at the orphanage clouded her mind.

At the thought of that, Francesca immediately changed her clothes and jumped out of the balcony.After Chrono revealed his whereabouts and caused the police to track him down previously, he had not appeared nearby.

Nonetheless, Sloan and the other bodyguards were still very cautious.However, since Gordon was going to escort Dr.Felch down the mountain today, Sloan sent a few people to the hospital to prepare for the operation

Therefore, the villa was understaffed.

Although she did not have other extraordinary skills, Francesca was exceptional in climbing over the wall.Soon, she escaped the bodyguards vision and slipped out of the villa.

After she ran a kilometer away from the villa, she screened through her surroundings.However, Chrono was nowhere in sight.Then, she realized he had told her to meet him but didn't tell her where.

Francesca was uncertain where to go next.

Just then, her phone vibrated.

She thought it was from Chrono, so she immediately picked up the phone.

"Hello!"

“It's me, Francesca.”

Layla's voice rang out from the phone with a hint of urgency.She continued, "Are you all right? Did you stay put at the villa?"

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Francesca didn't want to lie to Layla, but she also didn't want to get scolded by the latter. Thus, she changed the topic.

"Ms.Layla, something happened to the orphanage, right? How are the children doing?”

"Lacy from orphanage 003 is seriously injured.She's still in the emergency room now.The rest of the children are doing fine."

Layla went straight to the point.

"It must be Anthony who told you about this, right? He really can't keep a secret”

"You should tell me everything.Or else, I'll be worried.”

"Listen to me, Francesca.Chrono did all of this to take revenge on you.Do not ever be fooled by him.Never leave the protection of the Lindberg family.”

"Ms.Layla, I-"

Before Francesca could finish her sentence, a gunshot suddenly sounded, directly hitting her phone. Francesca's ears went numb from the sound of the gunshot, and her right hand's purlicue was grazed by the bullet.

Then, blood started dripping down the floor.

Reflexively, she looked in the direction in which the gunshot came.

At a distance, she could see a car.

The person sitting inside was Chrono.He was like a wolf in the dark as he shot her with a piercing glare.

There was a gun in his hand.

Then, he motioned condescendingly for Francesca to get into his car.

Chapter 1994

Francesca knew that it was too late.

Unless she and Chrono came to a mutual understanding, or either one of them died, there was no way to end his vengeance.

It was either that or the children in the orphanage would be living in danger...

Besides that, Layla and Lincoln would also be affected.

Thus, she had to put on a brave front right now.

Thinking of all that, Francesca went over to the car.

"You really aren't afraid of death, are you?"

Chrono took a glance at her.He started his car and started moving forward.

"I don't want to die, and I can't let you hurt those children." Francesca was extremely calm.

"If you want to vent your anger, take it out on me.Don't go after them"

"Haha.You really are a saint.”

Chrono laughed.

"I'm curious.Why do you want to get involved with the orphanage?”

"Because I was an orphan myself. want to do something for those children who don’t have parents” Francesca answered simply.

"That's it."

"Those words sound familiar.” Chrono laughed mockingly.

"My adoptive father once said that to us too.However, he ended up training all of us into killers to do his bidding! None of us will ever escape him for the rest of our lives..."

Hearing that, Francesca's heart couldn't help but shudder.She never realized that Chrono was forced to become a killer.

He wanted to retire with Candice but the organization went after him.

"Of all the orphanages I've seen, none of them were truly doing good,” Chrono said flatly.

"They were either raising criminals or selling organs..."

"Mine aren't."

Francesca felt defensive.

"It doesn't matter.I'm not some do-gooder.I have no interest in knowing whether your orphanage has issues or not,” Chrono replied.

"I just want to take revenge for Candice.”

"If revenge is what you want, then come at me."

Francesca glared at him.

"Those children are as innocent as Candice.You shouldn't do anything to them"

"How dare you say her name?"

Hearing her name, Chrono's eyes turned fierce.

"If it wasn't for you, nothing would have happened to her."

"Even without me, the tragedy would have still happened.”

Francesca knew that that would trigger him, but she said it anyway.

"You already have so many enemies.Perhaps you can escape them now, but how long can you run for?"

"Shut up!"

Chrono shouted in rage.

"You are the one who dragged her down.Do you call yourself a doctor? You said you could save her, but what happened in the end?"

"The bullet was never meant to be deathly.Logically, I could have saved her."

Recalling the incident, Francesca's heart still ached.

"I never expected that Candice had a heart problem.She might have had heart surgery before that. After she got shot, her heart stopped beating.That was why..."

"You're just looking for excuses" Chrono growled.

"Candice had never gone through any surgery.She didn't..."

Halfway through his sentence, he paused as though he had recalled something.Yet, he didn't seem too sure.

"Candice definitely has heart problems. can't be sure if she's gone through surgery or not When everything happened, time was of the essence.l didn't have the time to look into it deeper.l wanted to check on her after that, but the police had already..."

Francesca did not finish her sentence.She changed the subject and said, "Either way, I am partly responsible for what happened. feel very guilty.If you want to hate me, there's nothing I can say.However, those children are innocent.”

"In that case, you should pay with your life"

Chrono grabbed the steering wheel as he spoke coldly.

"I'm not afraid of death, but I still have a lot to do.Thus, I can't die right now.”

Francesca was still as composed as ever.

"In a few years, when I'm near death, I will go to Baykeep and pay respects to Candice.If you still want to kill me then, I won't resist."

Anyway, she wasn't going to live past the age of thirty.By that time, she could be buried together with Candice.

Just as Chrono said, she could go to heaven and keep Candice compary...

Chapter 1995

"How ridiculous.”

This all sounded like complete nonsense to Chrono.

"Do you really think I will fall for such an absurd excuse?"

"You can't kill me now" Francesca responded.

"I suggest you stop being so deluded.”

"Is that right?"

Chrono took a glance into his rear view mirror.There was a silver car following him from behind.He knew that that was someone from the Lindberg family.

It seemed like he had long anticipated that.

Hence, he remained calm.

There was no sign of panic on his face.

"You think those few people are enough to save you from my grasp?" Chrono laughed mockingly. "Even if they catch up to me, I can still kill you first!"

"Seeing that you are Candice's father, I am warning you to stop being stubborn and turn back while you can."

Francesca stared at him with a frown.

"Haha.You speak as though you are doing me a huge favor and sparing my life” Chrono found it funny.

"Don't forget that you are under my control now." Francesca stared into the rear view mirror. Calmly, she said, "You can't escape!”

Chrono ignored her.He stepped down on the gas pedal and charged ahead...

Francesca grabbed onto the armrest to steady herself.

In her heart, she couldn't help but admire Chrono's driving skills.

His marksmanship was even better.

Otherwise, his earlier shot wouldn't have been as simple as just knocking her phone out of her hand and leaving her with only a scratch.

A man like him was really dangerous.

The car sped along the road toward the airport.

Out of curiosity, Francesca asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Taking you to Baykeep."

Chrono took another look at the rear view mirror.He said in a cool tone, "I want to kill you in front of Candice's grave.l will use your fresh blood to commemorate her.”

"Are you sure that's what she would want?" Francesca speechless.

Oh, no.

Chrono has lost his mind...

Chrono ignored her.

He stubbornly felt that as long as he killed Francesca in front of Candice's grave, that would be equivalent to serving justice on Candice's behalf.

That way, he would finally complete his mission.No matter what anyone said or how they said it, nothing could shake his determination.

Unfortunately, she couldn't touch him then.

Otherwise, the orphanage would have another explosion.

Although her call with Layla earlier had gotten cut off, she should have heard gun sounds.

Layla was sure to call her again.

If her calls couldn't get through, Layla would have known that something was wrong.

Considering Layla’s professional instinct, she would immediately contact the Lindberg family first. At the same time, she would realize that Chrono had most likely used the orphanage to threaten Francesca...

Thus, Francesca just needed to give Layla a little more time.She was confident that the latter would find the bomb.

The only thing Francesca had to do now was to deal with Chrono.

The car continued forward to the airport.

Behind them, Sloan and the other subordinates followed closely.However, their driving skills were incomparable to Chrono's.Thus, they just couldn't catch up to him.

In fact, the distance between them was getting further and further...

Sloan immediately made a phone call to Squad One and told them to use another route to cut Chrono off.He also called Gordon to report the situation.However, Gordon's phone was turned off.It was only then that Sloan recalled Gordon had just gotten on a plane at Phoenix City.

Sloan decided to dial Sean's number.

However, it did not go through either.He was in a panic.Since there was no one to ask for help, he had no choice but to handle things himself.Hence, he prayed silently.

Please don't let anything happen to Ms.Felch.Otherwise, I'm doomed! Chrono went at full speed.it didn't take long for the car to reach the airport.He yanked Francesca off the car and dragged her to the departure hall.

"I can't get on the plane without any documentation.” Francesca was trying to find an excuse to stall time.

Chrono ignored her.He dragged her into the male restroom.

Some of the men inside got so shocked that they couldn't pee.

"Get out!" Chrono roared.

The men all ran out in fear.

One of them wanted to go up to Chrono and argue.

However, after seeing his fierce expression, the man's face quickly turned to fear.Like the others, he ran out in a panic.

Chrono kicked open one of the cubicle doors.He took a ziplock bag out of the tanks.

Inside, it was the documentation for him and Francesca.

Chapter 1996

"I see you came prepared" Francesca was shocked.

Chrono had falsified her documents and hidden them in the airport.

As soon as he caught her, he could take her back to Baykeep.

"Be good and listen to me.Otherwise, you know what will happen!"

Chrono growled in a threatening tone.With that, he dragged her back out.

Francesca did not dare to resist him.

After all, she was not sure if the orphanage was safe yet.

Layla and Lincoln were both trained in the secret service

They had an acute sense of observation.

Despite that, Chrono managed to plant a bomb right under their noses.

Obviously, Chrono and his gang were not going to be easy to deal with.

Francesca had long heard that Chrono was part of Riz Corporation.

The leader of it all, Darcel Nacht, ran a dark underworld that no one had been able to touch thus far.No one in this world posed any sort of threat to him.

Thus, Francesca did not dare to act recklessly.

Chrono guided Francesca through all the procedures.

After passing through security, they headed to the boarding gate...

Francesca was very cooperative the entire time and she did not resist.

Right before boarding the plane, she made an excuse and told him she needed to use the washroom.

Actually, she wanted to borrow someone's phone to call Layla.She needed to ascertain whether the orphanage was still in immediate danger.

However, Chrono would not allow it.He squeezed her shoulder and said, "We're already boarding.There's a washroom on the plane.”

"I need to go right now" Francesca whined loudly.

"Would you prefer if I wet my pants?”

When everyone around heard her, they turned to look over.Several airport employees also turned their attention toward Francesca and Chrono.

Chrono frowned.He glared at her and said in a low voice, "What do you think you're doing? Don't play games with me"

"I just want to use the washroom."

Francesca”s voice was loud so that she could purposely attract attention.

"Stop messing with me."

Chrono's eyes were blazing with fire.His patience was near zero.

"I will be done really soon.I promise it won't take long.”

Francesca looked ahead of her.

The employees were already prepared to welcome passengers on board.People with business class tickets were beginning to line up.

"Enough with your nonsense!"

Chrono dragged her over to check her boarding pass.They were first-class passengers, so they didn't need to queue.

Everyone around them was staring at them.

Even the airport employees found the situation strange.

However, since the two of them had documentation, the employees didn't ask any questions. Chrono and Francesca got their boarding passes checked.As they were walking along the path to the plane, a familiar voice sounded from behind.

"Ms.Felch!"

Francesca turned her head back to look.

Sloan was rushing over with two bodyguards...

"Sloan!"

Francesca was pleasantly surprised.It was as though she had just seen her savior.

Chrono immediately tugged at Francesca to get on the plane.She struggled as hard as she could. Sloan and the others also rushed up to stop him...

Suddenly, Chrono took out a pistol from his sleeve and aimed it at Sloan.

Francesca immediately shoved him, causing his bullet to miss.

Regardless, the gun sound startled everyone around.

All the other passengers were frightened and started to run.

Some also called the police.Sloan went up with his man and started fighting against Chrono. Francesca took advantage of that time to escape.

However, Chrono was no ordinary man.He had other weapons hidden on his body.It didn’t take him long to defeat Sloan and the bodyguards.Soon, he chased after Francesca to capture her again. Two airport security guards ran over.

They shouted, "Stop right there!"

Unfortunately, they didn't have any guns.The only weapon they carried was a stun baton. Chrono was unfazed.He kicked both the guards to the side.Then, he grabbed onto Francesca's shoulder and roughly yanked her back toward him.

Francesca's shoulder was already injured.With his rough handling, she shouted out in pain.Sloan and the others came over to the rescue.However, Chrono pointed the gun at Francesca's head.

In a rage, he shouted, "If you guys come any closer, I will kill her!"No one dared to go any closer... "Calm down.What do you want? Tell us.We will give you anything.Don't hurt Ms.Felch!" said Sloan anxiously.

"Back down, all of you!"

Chrono didn't want to waste his breath.He held Francesca in a chokehold and moved toward the plane.Sloan and the bodyguards slowly followed behind him.No one else dared to move.

The airport employees were stupefied.Some people even called the police in secret.

However, the police could not get there in time anyway.

Chapter 1997

Chrono dragged Francesca onto the plane.All the other passengers were shocked and they screamed.Even the crew was pale from fear.

"Take off as scheduled.Hurry up!" Chrono shouted.

"Sir, if you keep this up, we won't dare to take off,” stammered one of the sky marshals

"The police will be here soon.You'd better..."

Before the sky marshal could finish speaking, he was shocked by Chrono’s dark gaze.

"If you have some sort of personal issue to settle, why don't you go down and deal with it?" suggested one of the passengers cautiously.

"Don't drag us into this..."

"That's right!"

"Shut up!"

Chrono shot the sky marshal in his thigh.

"Take off right now or I will kill you."

The sky marshal fell to the floor, screaming in pain.Everyone else was also screaming in fear.lmmediately, the cabin was into chaos.

The chief steward hurriedly ran off to notify the pilot.

Hearing that, the pilot had no choice but to get ready for take-off.

"Don't you feel bad for Candice when you're taking all these innocent people's lives?"

Francesca stared at the injured sky marshal, then she took a look around at the frightened passengers.Some of them were children who were curled up in their mothers’ laps.They were trembling from fear.

Not a single one of them dared to make a sound.

"Stop talking!" Chrono pressed her down onto a seat.

"I'm warning you.You'd better be good.Otherwise, those children at the orphanage will be buried alongside you."

Francesca narrowed her eyes and stared at him coldly. Her fists were gripped so tightly that her knuckles made cracking noise.She resisted the urge to fight back.

If Chrono could get a gun past security check, it was very likely that he could remotely ask his partners in S Nation to blow up the orphanage.

Right then, she had no way of contacting Layla.

Thus, she did not dare to make any reckless moves.

One of the air stewards stared at Chrono carefully.He exchanged several glances with his colleagues.it seemed like they were thinking of using this opportunity to subdue him.

Chrono was only carrying a small gun.They figured there probably would not be that many bullets inside.

Thus, the risk wasn't that big

"Don't think that I only have one gun so I won't be a big threat to you guys.”

Chrono seemed to have read their minds.He took out a bag from his lap.

Inside it was all sorts of parts.With a few moves, he assembled a bomb.

With a sinister smile, he said, "This bomb is enough to blow up this entire plane.If I go down, you're all coming with me!"

The air steward's expression changed drastically.He did not dare to move anymore.

The other passengers did not even dare to breathe too loudly.The pilot had no choice but to take off.It started taxiing along the runway.

Francesca frowned and she was all panicked.

Do I really have to follow Chrono back to Baykeep? Of course, she could always run after she got there.Layla would probably have found all the bombs during the duration of their flight.

Hence, the children in the orphanage would probably be out of danger by then...However, doing so also meant that Francesca would be missing her surgery.It wasn't easy for her master to come all the way.He would not necessarily wait for her at H City.

Francesca felt the plane speed up on the runway.

The anxiousness in her heart was growing more intense.

Chrono had his eyes narrowed.

In his mind, as long as the plane could successfully reach Baykeep, Francesca would be trapped in his grasp forever.

However, just as the plane was about to take off, it suddenly stopped again.

All the passengers were very confused as they looked outside the windows.

They wondered if the police had arrived or maybe the pilot was planning to go against Chrono. Everyone was very worried

"What's going on?" Chrono questioned loudly.

"Why has the plane stopped? Do you guys not want to live?"

As he spoke, he raised his gun and headed straight for the cockpit.

"You can't go in there..."

An air stewardess wanted to stop him, but he just shoved her to the ground.

Chrono rushed into the cockpit to threaten the pilot.

When he saw what was before him, he was stunned.

Opposite the plane was a silver private jet.It looked like a majestic eagle! "This plane just came over.It stopped right in front of us, so there's no way for us to take off? explained the pilot.Chrono squinted to take a closer look.

Suddenly, his face drained of all color.

"That..That's the Lindberg family's private jet!"

Chapter 1998

"What?" the pilot asked in bewilderment.

"Circumvent it and take off from the adjacent runway.Hurry!" Chrono barked out the order swiftly. "Huh?" The pilot was dumbfounded.

"That's impossible.”

"Why? Just do it!"

Chrono pressed the pistol against his head.

The pilot could only do what he was told, but as he was about to switch runways, the silver private jet glided in their direction, threatening to crash into them.

The plane couldn't be steered away in time, and the expression on the pilot's face resembled a deer caught in headlights.

Chrono knew he was no match for Danrique and immediately pivoted on his heels to hold Francesca hostage.

Meanwhile, the chief steward had opened the door to release Francesca when Chrono was preoccupied.He wouldn't have any incentive to stay on the plane that way.However, as soon as the plane door opened, other passengers rushed out in a frenzy and blocked the exit.

Francesca couldn't make it out and was caught by Chrono.

"Get out of the way!" He fired a single shot at the crowd.

One passenger was hit and collapsed on the ground, fresh blood pouring from the gunshot wound. The others screamed in terror, huddling in a corner and afraid to make one wrong move.

"Don't shoot!"

Francesca stopped him.

Chrono ignored her and forcefully hauled her off the plane to beat a hasty retreat.He was obstructed after a few feet by a human wall of the Lindberg family's bodyguards.

Without releasing Francesca, he turned around to escape in another direction but stopped in his tracks.

A line of men in black moved aside to allow Danrique, who was wearing a white shirt, to pass.

He carried no weapons except for Sam, which snaked around his arm like a burnished jade bracelet. The snake straightened its upper body, its forked tongue continuously flicking and hissing while its reptilian eyes were pinned on Chrono menacingly.

"Sam!" Francesca shouted instinctively.

Danrique rolled his eyes.

I traveled thousands of miles to save you, and you only have eyes for Sam? It slithered around Danrique’s arm in excitement as if it had heard her call.

Francesca pulled her gaze from Sam to Danrique, and she was blown away.

Perhaps it was his tall stature or the warm rays of the morning sun washing over him, but he looked absolutely stunning.His gaze was stern and arrogant, as though he towered over all living things on earth.

"Danrique Lindberg?"

Panic shone in Chrono's eyes, despite his usual calm and composed demeanor.

The higher-ups had repeatedly warned him not to provoke Danrique, but he ignored them and remarked that Danrique was merely fooling around with Francesca.

How could an egomaniac have real feelings for someone else? Now he finally realized that he had messed with the wrong person.

"This is between her and me.It's none of your business!" Chrono stood his ground.

"You and her?"

Danrique narrowed his eyes ominously.

"Don't you know she's my chick?"

Chrono shot a glance at Francesca before his gaze darted back to Danrique, suspicion flashing behind his eyes.

"Do you have a death wish?"

Danrique's brows gathered in a frown, a murderous aura emanating from him.

"I wouldn't mind taking you down with me!”

Chrono’s Chanaean was limited, so he switched to Jetroinian and held up a makeshift bomb, ready to face death unflinchingly.He wasn't afraid to die.

The only thing he feared was dying while Francesca lived.

He let out a series of menacing chuckles.

"I'm taking you to meet Candice now!"

"She's in heaven.You're going to hell"

Francesca shouted coldly with a frown.

"No matter what happens, I'll drag you down with me," he declared, "those orphans will be buried with you too"

Francesca's face fell at his words, and she asked in a panic, "Where are the bombs in the orphanage-

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Before she could finish, Chrono yanked on the safety clip of the bomb.

Sam vaulted from Danrique's arm and sank its fangs into Chrono's hand.

There was a sharp pain, and Chrono loosened his fingers, dropping the bomb before Danrique kicked it away from them

A loud bang resounded, and the bomb detonated without injuring anyone.

However, the explosion rattled Francesca, and it felt like a blade of agony was splitting her head. Blood started to trickle out of her ears.

Chrono moved to seize her again, but Danrique clamped his hand around Chrono's neck in a chokehold, snarling, "How dare you touch a hair on her? I'll send you straight to hell myself!" Chrono could only groan, and his eyes nearly rolled back in his head.

Noticing that Danrique was almost choking the life out of him, Francesca remembered the bomb in the orphanage and immediately stopped Danrique.

"Stop it!"

Danrique released Chrono, who slumped to the ground.

Sam wound itself around his neck and gave him another vicious bite.A shrill scream pierced the air as he fumbled wildly to rip Sam away.

"Tell me where the bomb is in the orphanage,” Francesca demanded.

Chrono drew out a small pistol and took aim at her head.

"Careful!"

Danrique jerked her aside, and the bullet struck him in the arm, blood splattering everywhere.

Sean and his men moved to grab Chrono, but he swung the pistol to aim at them, causing them to recoil instinctively.He seized the window of opportunity and fled.

Sean and his men were hot on his heels, with the police not far behind them.

Danrique immediately led Francesca into a car and left the scene.

Her headache had sharpened to an unbearable degree in the car, but she clutched his sleeve and urged anxiously, "You have to find Chrono and the bomb in the orphanage...”

Immediately, Danrique gave Ben instructions to comb the place.

At that moment, he realized that she did have a weak spot too

Gordon called with an update that Dr.Felch had arrived at the notable Kindness Hospital in H City. Everything was in order and he would be ready to perform the surgery after taking a short rest. Danrique immediately turned the car around and drove to Kindness Hospital.

When they were a few minutes away from the hospital, Sean reported his findings at the orphanage, "Ms.Felch founded hundreds of orphanages and contributed to the Lovely Care Foundation.Three of her S Nation orphanages were blown up, most likely by Chrono”

Danrique was taken aback He always thought Francesca was a mere doctor and that her avarice was a woman's nature.

Now he knew she had done it for the orphanages.

Those orphans were her Achilles’ heel.

"I'm still investigating the feud between Chrono and Ms.Felch.The S Nation police have located the bomb hidden in the orphanage with the help of two supervisors half an hour ago." Sean sighed. "So Ms.Felch was in danger because of those kids."

"At least she’s fine now."

Danrique’s gaze softened as he looked down at Francesca in his arms.

"Get in contact with S Nation and have them keep an eye on the orphanages.Send a few of our more savvy men to surreptitiously stand guard.”

"Yes, sir"

Sean was about to leave when he thought of something and added, "Right, Mr.Lindberg, remember how I mentioned that Ms.Felch seems to have a history with Dr.Felch? She seems particularly disinclined to Dr.Felch discovering her identity.”

"Got it."

Danrique ordered Sloan, "Get me Gordon”

"Yes, sir"

Danrique carried Francesca into the operating theater, where Helen did a cursory examination and cleaned her wounds.He observed from the doorway with a frown knitting his brows when Gordon rushed over.

"Mr.Lindberg”

"Where's Dr.Felch?" Danrique asked.

 

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"Still resting” Gordon answered quietly.

"He said he only closes up surgeries and leaves the rest to others.Thus, I contacted Dr.Wright to be on standby.A female doctor would be more appropriate to tend to Ms.Felch.”

"Good." Danrique nodded.

"Cece does not want her face to be seen by anyone Relay the instruction to Helen.”

"Huh?"

Gordon was stunned for a moment but quickly recovered and nodded hastily.

"Yes, sir."

Gordon informed Helen, and despite her confusion, she did as told

After all, she had accepted a handsome amount of money from them.She asked Gordon and Danrique to leave the room when the surgery was about to begin, but Danrique was unwilling to leave.

Hence, he had someone put up a screen and sat behind it.

Soon, the room was cleared, leaving Gordon and two female bodyguards standing behind Danrique, awaiting orders.

Helen prepped everything, and an elderly man with white hair entered the room slowly with the help of a young man.

Danrique caught a fleeting glimpse of the elderly through the carved screen.

Despite his advanced years, he was sprightly and dressed in traditional garb, exuding a saintly air. His appearance resembled that of the quack traditional medicine doctor Danrique had hired in Summerbank, casting doubt on whether he was a charlatan incapable of performing surgery. Helen too had similar doubts.She stilled after noticing Dr.Felch and questioned in Ustranasion, "Doctor, this is an extremely complex surgery.Even I'm not confident in my skills. Are you certain that you can pull it off?"

Another female doctor translated her question and regarded Dr.Felch with a skeptical look. Dr.Felch took no offense and replied lightly, "I'm not entirely certain.I have declined to perform this surgery, but you pressured me to do it"

"Uh

The female doctor was aghast.

Helen pressed the female doctor to translate what he said, and a look of shock came across her face.

"Goodness, are you kidding? This is a person's life on the line, not to mention Ms.Felch is Mr.Lindberg's fiancée"

The female doctor was about to translate for Helen when Dr.Felch interrupted, "What did you call her? Ms.Felch?"

Dr.Felch's command of Ustranasion wasn't fluent, but he had treated a few foreign patients and understood simple words.He had clearly heard Helen addressing the patient as Ms.Felch.

The female doctor interpreted Dr.Felch's question to Helen.

"Ah, about that-"

Helen was about to answer when she suddenly remembered Gordon telling her not to let anyone know Francesca's name and face, so she backtracked.

"We're running out of time.Let's perform the surgery first."

She paused before continuing, "Are you sure, Dr.Felch? If this surgery fails, the consequence will be dire”

"Dr.Felch, Dr.Wright said-"

"We have to try.l haven't performed surgery in years."

Before the female doctor could finish, Dr.Felch put on his reading glasses, rolled up his sleeves, snapped on a pair of gloves, and lifted a scalpel to commence the surgery.

Helen saw Dr.Felch needing reading glasses for surgery and dissolved into hysterics, repeating, "Oh, my God.Oh, my God."

The female doctor hurried to the screen to consult Danrique’s opinion.A frown marred his forehead, and his expression was troubled as he had reservations about Dr.Felch's skills.

"Ms.Felch mentioned that only Dr.Felch could treat her illness.We shouldn't be too concerned.” Gordon opened a text on his phone and showed it to Danrique.

Francesca had indeed sent it to Gordon, and the timestamp indicated that it was delivered last night.

That meant she had sent the text before Chrono abducted her.

Danrique said, "I trust Dr.Felch.Give him all reins over the surgery.”

"Yes, sir."