60 The Vice President is Secretly a Sadist 12 (1/2)

Three days later, Yin Mei and Yao Heyan were at the Rong family's company headquarters with Rong Sheng and Wen Hua. As expected, even without interference from He Lanying, the two had still gotten progressively closer.

Rong Sheng had on a slightly annoyed expression as his work date had been crashed by this happy-go-lucky newly engaged couple, but he bore with it. He might as well let Yao Heyan boast while he could.

”I brought some muffins, would you like to eat them?” Wen Hua said with a shy expression, her cheeks slightly pink as she glanced toward Rong Sheng.

”Only for Rong Sheng?” Yao Heyan teased, and immediately Wen Hua's already pink cheeks turned bright red as she shook her head furiously.

”N-no, there are enough for everyone,” she said, gripping at the basket in her arms.

”Then let's go to Rong Sheng's office to eat them,” Yao Heyan said, and Rong Sheng nodded.

Yin Mei recalled that the female lead was very good at baking. But, it wasn't like she hadn't tried baking either. Since kids were fond of sweet things, even though sugar was a little difficult to get their hands on, Yin Mei would still occasionally bake them something - thankfully, baking was considered as part of the cooking skill to the system, so her sweets had turned out just as delicious as her normal dishes.

So although Yin Mei would be missing out on this opportunity, she wasn't really concerned. ”Heyan, I'm gonna go to the bathroom real quick,” she said with a blank expression, and Yao Heyan looked at her, finding it weird.

”Then-” He was about to suggest that he would accompany her, but Yin Mei guessed his intentions and shook her head.

”You go on ahead with the other two. I'll be right back,” she said, and Yao Heyan nodded reluctantly.

Rong Sheng looked at this lovey dovey display that seemed as if they were parting for a million years and not five minutes, and his eyebrow twitched a little. He grabbed Yao Heyan by the shoulder, as he said, ”Don't worry Lanying, I'll take care of your man for you. You can rest assured and go to the bathroom.”

Yin Mei nodded so solemnly and seriously that Rong Sheng felt a little bad for teasing them. What the heck, it was like He Lanying was a soldier heading off to war, and Yao Heyan was her wife she was leaving at home. Rong Sheng immediately banished that image from his mind.

Yin Mei lingered for a moment, wanting to warn Yao Heyan not to kill anyone while she was gone, but after all, this wasn't really appropriate to say out loud, so in the end she went to the bathroom with a sad face. Once in the toilet stall, she texted this to him instead.

She checked the time, it was just about correct, and then looked up. It was a ventilation duct! Yes, that was right, Yin Mei wanted to try crawling through the air vents like in those movies. She took off her high heels, placing them on the top of the toilet paper dispenser before standing on the toilet lid barefoot. She reached up, on her tip toes as she pushed open the cover. It took a few tries, but she did it! Thank god no one else was in the bathroom, or they would have noticed.

After a few more efforts, she got up inside. It was a little cramped, but He Lanying's body had a slender build, so it was still manageable. She crawled, making a decent amount of sound in doing so. ”Why is it so loud?” She mumbled. It wasn't like in the movies at all QwQ!!

While Yin Mei was struggling to navigate the air vents and getting extremely lost and covered in dust in the process, the building was quickly seized by a large group of armed terrorists, as they killed the guards and took the people inside the company hostage. They killed those who resisted and tried to run, and gathered the rest on a high floor meeting room that they cleared out of tables and chairs. Because there were simply too many people for them to all take hostage, they did allow some to go, but they kept a medium sized group of people here - and of course, those included all the executives and higher ranks.

Yao Heyan was kneeling along with the rest, his hands behind his head, but his expression was extremely dark. Obviously, it was because Yin Mei had gone to the bathroom and not come back yet, while they had been taken hostage by a group of terrorists.

But remembering how he had already promised He Lanying that he wouldn't kill anyone through text, he tried to calm himself down. It was no good, this dark and anxious feeling kept on rising up in his chest. He would lose her again. No, no, no, he couldn't lose her again...

He wasn't even able to stop and think how Yin Mei seemed to have predicted such a situation, instead struggling to contain himself from attempting to kill the terrorists and put everyone else in danger. It wasn't that he cared about everyone else, but he hadn't lost it so much as to perform such a deed in front of people who could be potential witnesses.

But, he was very close to losing it.

Right around this time, he was nudged by the elbow of his close friend, Rong Sheng. ”Calm down. I'm sure He Lanying is fine.” He said in a quiet voice to him.

Yao Heyan didn't really believe him, but he still took deep breaths to calm himself down. Even though he promised himself that he would protect her, why is it that every time he failed to do so? Useless, useless, useless! It was his fault. It was because of him that she was suffered all that pain. Because he was never there when it mattered.

Meanwhile, Yin Mei was tired of struggling to get through the air vents, and finding the nearest exit, unceremoniously kicked open the duct cover and dropped out onto the ground. It looked like she was in a hallway, but she was completely and utterly unable to figure out where she was exactly.

She heard the sounds of footsteps approaching and quickly ducked into the nearest room, squatting down as she kept her ear to the door.

”Did you hear some sort of sound from over here?” Person A said, his footsteps heavy.

”I don't think so- wait, what is that? Did someone go into the air vents?” Person B replied as the footsteps came to a stop.

Yin Mei knew that they had machine guns, handguns, knives, and bulletproof vests. She had no idea how they could've gotten anywhere being so heavily armed, but she also knew there was no point in wondering this.

She wanted to steal some of their weapons, but was a little cautious in going up against people with guns. After all, there's no way He Lanying was fast enough to dodge bullets, unlike her previous bodies. So, she would probably have to ambush one of them if she could catch one alone.

The two men talked for a little while more, before finally leaving. Yin Mei double checked before she left the room, keeping her footsteps quiet as she snuck up to the wall, using it as cover as she peeked around the hallway corner. She had no idea where she was, so she just picked a random direction to go in.

”Hey! You!!” A voice suddenly shouted loudly, and Yin Mei whipped her head around, to see a man decked out in a helmet, black bulletproof vest, and machine gun.

It was only one person though. Yin Mei didn't understand what kind of weird patrol system these guys were operating on, but that didn't matter right now. She dashed forward, but didn't dare to turn a corner in case she met someone else. Instead she chose a room to enter. It looked like a small storage space and she glanced around before looking like she had got an idea.

When the man entered the room, he looked back and forth but couldn't see the girl. He walked forward several steps, when Yin Mei dropped down behind him... and her knee hit the ground. ”Ow! Sh*t, it hurts!” She said, and the man whipped his head around, to see Yin Mei clutching her knee with a teary eyed expression.