Chapter 139 - Why Were They After Her? (2/2)

”Then they would suspect that Qian Ling went back to look for her family...” Susu connected the dots as their conversation continued.

”Now, don't forget that this is just a guess. It's like a hypothesis and further observation needs to be done to determine whether this hypothesis is acceptable. So, you should sleep soon and not think too much about it. Even if the sky falls down, we will be here for you.”

Ariana tucked her in and waited until she fell asleep before resuming her work. Once she woke her laptop up from sleep mode, she bent her fingers and stretched them out. She mumbled, ”and to confirm all my suspicions...I just need a little bit more time to break through this code.”

After some time later, movements could be heard from the hallway. Ariana's ears moved when she sensed another person's presence getting closer. She couldn't tell whether the person was a friend or a foe.

Quickly, she switched on the surveillance cameras onto her laptop screen to see if she could track who the person was, ”tsk. It's been tampered with.” She locked all of her files and placed her computer under locked mode. This means that if anyone other than herself tries to enter the system, her laptop will wipe the entire system clean.

Therefore, if anything happens to her, nobody will be able to figure out what she had researched nor figured out through the research. She sent an emergency alert to Chen Nan, Professor Luo Xia and Zi Yan through her phone.

Once received on their end, the message disappeared from her phone. Chen Nan was on a mission that he had previous accepted, so it would take some time before he could get here. Ariana bit her lips as she saw Lily and Susu in deep slumber.

It was too late to call Lin Que to the room. If the person is here to cause trouble, then the chances for them to survive may only be half and half.

Ariana woke Lily up, covered her mouth and whispered, ”We have an uninvited guest. I'm going to go out there. No matter what happens, do not open this door. If.. and I say if you sense something is wrong and someone else but me opens that door, throw this towards the entrance, then escape through the window with Susu.”

Lily nodded, held onto the circular item that was stuffed into her palms and went to wake Susu up. The footsteps grew nearer, but Ariana didn't let it get any closer to the door. She opened the door, turned the lock from the inside and shut it tight. From inside the room, Susu and Lily could both hear some twists on the knob.

They knew it was Ariana making sure that the door was locked. Right after she had exited the room, Lily whispered, ”come. We need to be at the window just in case.”

”What about Ariana?”

”She has her own plan. We need to do as she says. I've already texted Lin Que to get out through the private elevator and stay put outside the building to catch us if we need to jump later.”

Susu nodded and followed Lily to the window where they waited for Ariana to come back. They could hear distinct voices from the hallways and some type of fist fight. Lily's grip tightened around the circular item in her hand as she repeated to herself, ”please be alright.”

Meanwhile, outside the hospital room, Ariana turned her head towards the right side of the hallway. ”So, it's you.”