The Baby I Lost Is Actually with My Ex-Husband!-Chapter 172 - The Kiss After the Disaster
Chapter 172: Chapter 172: The Kiss After the Disaster
Chapter 172: Chapter 172: The Kiss After the Disaster
Sounds of a helicopter’s propeller came from the sky.
“Dada Dada—”
In the dark night, the helicopter’s lights illuminated, and in an instant, the area swept by the beam of light lit up like daytime.
Everyone looked up at the sky.
“It’s the rescue helicopter!”
“What a big helicopter!”
The helicopter opened its cabin door and threw down a rope ladder.
Several fully armed men jumped down the ladder and landed firmly in front of Huo Tingdong.
“Mr. Huo! We will take care of getting you and Miss Lin out first.”
Lin Qi could not immediately identify them and showed a guarded expression.
Huo Tingdong said, “Don’t be afraid, they are all my subordinates.”
Only then did Lin Qi relax a bit.
The subordinates secured the safety ropes on Huo Tingdong and Lin Qi. Lin Qi wanted to take Lili with her, but when she turned around, she saw Mo Ke holding Lili, who also had a safety rope tied around her.
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Mo Ke said, “Mr. Huo, we must leave quickly, the ship might not hold much longer.”
Lin Qi asked, “What about the people on the ship?” Only half of the people on the ship had been evacuated.
Huo Tingdong said, “We’ll save as many as we can. The sea rescue team will arrive soon.”
Lin Qi nodded, hardly bearing to look anymore.
She knew the ship was about to sink, and she ultimately couldn’t save all the people trapped below deck.
“Lin Qi, let’s go home.” Huo Tingdong stretched out his arm, enveloped her entirely, and carried her up the rope ladder dropped from the helicopter.
Mo Ke also carried Lili up the ladder.
Lin Qi’s hands tightly gripped the ladder, and soon, the ladder retracted towards the cabin door.
The great centrifugal force almost made her lose grip, if it hadn’t been for Huo Tingdong’s tight hold on her.
Soon, the ladder was hauled inside the cabin.
Huo Tingdong held Lin Qi as they entered the helicopter.
The helicopter slowly ascended.
Through the window, Lin Qi looked down from the helicopter only to see such a large cargo ship breaking apart in the middle, disintegrating.
The explosives had already ripped the cargo ship open, creating a large crack on its left side, through which seawater continuously poured, watching such a colossal structure on the verge of capsizing.
The Armed Cruiser was still urgently evacuating people.
However, some who couldn’t evacuate in time might end up sinking to the ocean floor with the ship.
Lin Qi turned around with lingering fears and embraced Huo Tingdong tightly.
Huo Tingdong also held her tightly in his arms.
Even the usually composed man’s voice was now slightly hoarse, “I almost lost you…”
Lin Qi looked up to find Huo Tingdong stained with blood, unsure whether it was his or someone else’s, and worriedly asked, “Huo Tingdong, are you hurt…”
Before she finished her question, Huo Tingdong firmly clasped the back of her head and kissed her deeply.
“Mmm…”
Her cool lips from the sea wind tightly pressed against hers.
This was a kiss of survival against all odds.
He seemed to use all his strength to kiss her.
For a moment, he wished he could meld her into his body so that they would never be separated again.
Mo Ke and Lili stared with longing eyes.
Only then did Huo Tingdong notice, glaring coldly at him.
Mo Ke quickly covered Lili’s eyes and wisely turned around.
Huo Tingdong looked away and planted a kiss on Lin Qi’s forehead.
He could feel that she was also trembling, perhaps still in shock and scared.
Huo Tingdong whispered beside her ear, “Don’t be afraid, you’ll be safe now.”
His gaze suddenly fell on the collar around her neck, his eyebrows furrowed as he touched it with the tip of his finger. “What is this?”
Only then did Lin Qi remember that her collar had not been unlocked yet.
The password device was now nowhere to be found.
Lin Qi felt her heartbeat stop for a moment, her lips trembling again: “Huo Tingdong… this collar… it has a bomb inside.”
Huo Tingdong asked, “Why are you the only one wearing the collar?”
He hadn’t seen anyone else with one.
Lin Qi replied, “Everyone else’s collars have been unlocked, only mine hasn’t.”
Huo Tingdong asked, “Why?”
Lin Qi explained, “I found the password device and used it to unlock their collars, but the numbers on my collar were reversed, I didn’t realize it at first and didn’t have time to decrypt it. Now, the password device is lost.”
Huo Tingdong said, “You just mentioned, there is a bomb in this?”
Lin Qi nodded, “I’m not sure, I heard it from others, the explosive in it is not very large, but it’s enough to blow through a person’s neck.”
Huo Tingdong asked, “Can it be pried open directly?”
Lin Qi replied, “There is a device inside, if we try to pry it open, it will explode immediately.”
Upon hearing this, Mo Ke showed a shocked expression: “How could this be…”
Huo Tingdong’s expression suddenly became solemn.
Now that the password device was lost, this collar had essentially become a ticking time bomb.
He wasn’t sure when the bomb in the collar would explode, but she couldn’t wear this collar for the rest of her life.
Huo Tingdong lifted her chin and started examining her collar.
He was skilled in lock-picking, whether it was American, Swiss, or German locks, he could find a way to unlock them.
If the collar had a lock, he could attempt to open it.
But after examining it for a while, he found no locks, only a screw.
Huo Tingdong said, “Find a screwdriver.”
“Okay.”
The helicopter was well-stocked with supplies.
Therefore, Mo Ke quickly found a toolbox.
Huo Tingdong picked the smallest screwdriver from the toolbox and carefully unscrewed the screw.
Just at that moment, Lin Qi suddenly heard a “beep”, and the collar emitted a piercing sound.
It seemed like an alarm sounded by some sensing device.
A green light on the collar blinked a few times, quickly turning red, flashing consistently every second.
“Beep, beep…”
The alarming sound echoed in her ears.
Huo Tingdong’s face changed suddenly.
Seeing his expression change abruptly made Lin Qi nervous, “What’s wrong…”
Huo Tingdong held her shoulders, “Don’t move.”
The collar was embedded with a mini bomb, which had two modes: an instant explosion mode and a timer mode.
Just now, after he unscrewed it, the bomb seemed to have activated its timer.
This bomb in the collar was surprisingly advanced, small in size yet intricately made; despite its small size, blowing through a person’s neck was not an issue at all.
Moreover, it seemed to have a pedometer, accelerating the countdown as the person moves.
The problem was, since the activation of this timing device, no one knew how many seconds were set, no one knew how many seconds it would take before it exploded.
But… the bomb was already activated.
An explosion could happen within minutes.
