The Baby I Lost Is Actually with My Ex-Husband!-Chapter 173 - Lin Qi I Love You Very Much
Chapter 173: Chapter 173: Lin Qi, I Love You Very Much
Chapter 173: Chapter 173: Lin Qi, I Love You Very Much
“Maybe, it will explode in 120 seconds.
Or, maybe in 60 seconds, or perhaps… he has only 30 seconds left.”
A cold sweat trickled down Huo Tingdong’s forehead.
He quickly calmed down and said to Mo Ke, “Give me the bomb-defusal kit.”
Mo Ke didn’t dare hesitate and immediately rummaged for the bomb-defusal kit.
Huo Tingdong deftly opened it and closely examined the explosive device inside the collar.
Lin Qi’s heart started to tremble; she touched the collar as if realizing something and began to shiver all over.
Perhaps from the fear of death, tears suddenly fell from her eyes: “Is the bomb going to explode?”
Huo Tingdong said, “As long as it’s a bomb, its detonation program can be defused.”
Lin Qi said, “What if there’s not enough time? Will I die?”
She felt as if her life had also entered a countdown.
She was afraid to die, even more afraid of not seeing Momo… and Han again.
Suddenly, she felt the threat of death silently enveloping her.
Death, which had once seemed so distant to her, was now starkly before her eyes, severe and cruel.
She could even imagine the sight of her neck being blown open.
Huo Tingdong looked up at her seriously: “Lin Qi, now, leave yourself in my hands. Don’t think about anything else.”
He moved closer to her, his ear pressed against the collar, holding his breath as he focused on identifying the source of the sound, then he took out a small knife and used the sharp dagger to carefully pry open a cover plate.
His actions almost sent her heart leaping to her throat.
She felt hopeless, feeling that this bomb couldn’t be defused at all, that she was fated to die; thus, she didn’t want to waste time, cherishing every minute, every second she had left.
“Huo Tingdong, I might die, I might not see Momo and Han again.”
She wanted to cup his face to take one last good look at him, “Let me take another good look at you.”
Huo Tingdong said, “You won’t die.”
“What if… I did die?”
“If you died, I would join you in death.”
Lin Qi was unexpectedly amused by his words, “If you join me in dying, what about Momo and Han? Don’t you care about them?”
Huo Tingdong said, “Lin Qi, if not for this time, I might have never realized that I actually can’t live without you.”
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He continued talking even as his hands never stopped their work.
Soon after, he opened the device, and the intricate components came into view.
He carefully identified them and eventually found the linking mechanism.
In other words, the moment he opened the screw, he triggered the linked device, and if he directly pried open the collar, it would pull the detonator wire and cause the bomb to explode immediately.
Huo Tingdong looked at the dense and intricate wires, his Adam’s apple moving with unease.
“When I served in the special forces, I learned some bomb-defusal knowledge, but it was not comprehensive.”
He inhaled sharply, speaking quickly: “Under most circumstances, robots are used for bomb defusal, but we don’t have that luxury right now.”
The bomb device inside Lin Qi’s collar was actually not complex, rather simple in design, but often, the more straightforward the construction, the more intractable it is.
Huo Tingdong lowered his head, slowly stripping away the nail-sized casing of the device.
His hands moved swiftly, but it still took a whole fifteen seconds.
Unconsciously, 60 seconds had passed.
Huo Tingdong was certain; this bomb was set with a 300-second countdown.
Internationally, the standard timers are usually 30 seconds, 60 seconds, and 120 seconds, but they require special adjustments at most set to the default of 300 seconds.
After opening the casing, the dense array of wires inside the device was completely exposed to his sight.
Lin Qi didn’t dare to speak throughout the process, only closing her eyes and trying to calm herself down as much as possible.
Huo Tingdong remained single-mindedly focused on his study.
From what he knew, bombs consisted of detonators, electric detonation, and black gunpowder.
If it’s a detonator, just remove the part with the detonator.
Black gunpowder is even more child’s play.
Beyond that, Nitroglycerin is extremely powerful and highly unstable; the slightest vibration could cause it to explode.
As for others like Octogen, hexogen, Taian, C-4, these high-end bombs are particularly complex and strictly controlled.
These bombs are tough to defuse, and internationally, robots are generally used with very low success rates.
Huo Tingdong studied it for a moment; the bomb in the collar was Electrically triggered, requiring wire removal.
The bomb-defusal method required cutting the detonator wire, removing the battery, and severing the power circuit. The detonation current is mostly direct current – disrupting the power source would neutralize the bomb.
It sounds straightforward.
But all the wires were the same color.
Which one was the power wire, which one was the detonation wire, and which one was the detonator wire was entirely indistinguishable.
Huo Tingdong gave a cursory glance; the wires alone numbered in the teens.
Within these, there was one detonation wire.
Besides, there is a risk that even if the detonation wire isn’t cut, there is still a chance to trigger a capacitive reverse detonation.
Huo Tingdong looked at the row of wires, hesitant to proceed.
Lin Qi saw the cold sweat constantly seeping from his forehead, realizing this bomb was particularly tricky.
Her nose tingled with a sour sensation: “Huo Tingdong, don’t be afraid, I believe in you.”
Huo Tingdong’s jaw tensed.
Afraid.
How could he not be afraid?
Perhaps, he was more frightened than she was.
Huo Tingdong lifted his gaze, fixating on her eyes: “Lin Qi, I love you.”
He didn’t know if there would be another chance to say these words, which had been buried in his heart.
So, he wanted her to hear them.
Lin Qi’s face froze, her eyes reddening, tears threatening to fall.
With a hoarse voice, Huo Tingdong said, “If I had known I would love you this much, I wouldn’t have let you go seven years ago. I wouldn’t have divorced you; I would have hidden you away with utmost care.”
As he spoke, he cradled her face and kissed her deeply on the forehead.
Lin Qi sobbed: “Huo Tingdong, I love you, too.”
“Then survive, we have to go home together.” Huo Tingdong kissed away the tears at the corners of her eyes, his look filled with unprecedented indulgence and tenderness, “Momo and Han are waiting for us to come home.”
Momo, Han…
These two names stirred ripples in her heart.
She had an even stronger will to live.
She wanted to live!
But now, her life was in his hands.
Mo Ke anxiously counted down the seconds on the side, watching this scene, his heart in agony, but he had to speak up to remind, “Mr. Huo, there are only 60 seconds left.”
Lin Qi said: “Huo Tingdong, go ahead, you don’t need any reservations, whether you are right or wrong, my life is in your hands, and I have no regrets. If I die, you have to remember to tell Momo and Han that I love them.”
With those words, she closed her eyes.
