Chapter 8: On High Alert
Eight o'clock in the evening.
A small car was parked on the side of the road two hundred meters away from the Tianwang Ballroom.
Three handsome young men got out of the car, they were Zhang Dahu, Jiang Wukui and Li Jianwei. They were dressed differently and walked towards the dance hall separately.
Instructor Wang looked through the car window at the luxurious and colorful neon lights in the dance hall. She found that these colorful lights were not very bright but very charming.
Zhang Dahu, Jiang Wukui, and Li Jianwei, three handsome guys, entered the dance hall one after another. They observed every corner of the dance hall. They saw that the roof and walls were decorated magnificently, with ceiling lights, spotlights, and colorful ball lights. This dance hall is very large. In addition to the many private rooms around the dance hall, there are three floors of houses with different shapes on top.
Although Zhang Dahu, Jiang Wukui, and Li Jianwei knew the layout of the ballroom well from the map, it was their first time entering such a luxurious ballroom, so they were inevitably curious. They didn't know the specific layout and arrangement of the objects in each room.
The music trembled, swayed, and hummed with the lights, which was very touching. The three handsome men also found that there were many beautiful young women walking around the dance floor, inviting their favorite people to dance with the music. The three people searched for the target, but the target had not appeared in the dance hall yet.
Li Jianwei signaled Zhang Dahu and Jiang Wukui with his eyes, asking them to go upstairs to check the escape route. Of course, this was a backup escape route. In case they couldn't escape from the main entrance, they chose escape routes on the second floor, third floor, and top floor.
Li Jianwei saw Zhang Dahu and Jiang Wukui going upstairs separately. He looked vigilantly at every corner of the dance hall. He found that there were not only uniformed security personnel, but also many plainclothes bodyguards.
The main characters haven't appeared yet, but the security here is so tight, plus Dong Lingmeng's bodyguards, if something unusual happens, it will be difficult to escape. However, Li Jianwei is sure that even if the team members cannot successfully contact Dong Lingmeng and gain her trust, it will be easy to escape!
Li Jianwei thought, what if he couldn't get close to Dong Lingmeng and assassinated her? This thought only flashed through his mind, and he laughed at his own simplicity and naivety. He moved his toes to think about this problem, and knew that letting them get close to her, rather than assassinating her, was mainly to disrupt their cooperation with Britain, not to assassinate a person. Killing Dong Lingmeng, and Wang Lingmeng, Li Lingmeng, or the man, would continue to negotiate with the British, and Britain would still provide weapons support to Wang Jingwei!
In fact, Li Jianwei and his team had already thought about this problem. However, he still thought about the assassination. He was terrified by his lack of absolute obedience! How could he think about anything other than the mission? This was a dangerous signal. He must concentrate all his energy on observing, discovering any accidents, and promptly alerting the two of them and escaping in time, instead of thinking about assassination!
Jiang Wukui's task is to cooperate with Zhang Dahu to get close to Dong Lingmeng. As long as the protagonist appears, the two of them will revolve around the protagonist. Because of this, they are first allowed to familiarize themselves with the environment above so that they can escape in case of an accident.
Jiang Wukui and Zhang Dahu came downstairs. They used their eyes to tell Li Jianwei that there was no problem with the escape route upstairs. After Li Jianwei got the information, he started to go upstairs to familiarize himself with the situation.
When Li Jianwei went down from the top floor to the second floor, he found that the protagonist came out of a box under the protection of three burly men, holding the hand of a male dancer. The three burly men surrounded her in a triangle, and he became the intersection of the three heights of the triangle.
Li Jianwei knew that this was a close-range protection formation. He was puzzled. How could she relax and dance in this dance hall with so many people protecting her?
Li Jianwei was worrying too much. The three burly men dispersed not long after leaving the box. They stood in three different corners, hands in pockets, looking around, looking for anyone suspicious.
Li Jianwei knew that the three bodyguards had their guns on and would respond promptly if there was any abnormality. Of course, Li Jianwei also found that they were satisfied with the security work of the dance hall and they would not think that anyone would do anything bad to Dong Lingmeng in the dance hall.
Dong Lingmeng's actions were confidential after all. His preparations for negotiations with the British were top secret. His visit to the dance hall was also top secret. Li Jianwei didn't know how Director Li and the others got these top secret information.
Dong Lingmeng had already started dancing with the dancer to the sound of a beautiful piece of music. Li Jianwei found that Zhang Dahu had slowly approached Dong Lingmeng, and his particularly manly body and beautiful buttocks were surging towards her like a wave. He wanted to attract Dong Lingmeng's attention.
Li Jianwei and the others had planned it out long ago. Zhang Dahu could not directly invite Dong Lingmeng to dance. Dong Lingmeng was always cautious in her actions. Taking the initiative to approach her and invite her would make her more wary.
The moment Zhang Dahu was approaching Dong Lingmeng, Jiang Wukui, who was pretending to be a waiter, suddenly bumped into him . Zhang Dahu fell towards Dong Lingmeng. When he was about to fall, Zhang Dahu stood up and looked at Jiang Wukui.
Jiang Wukui apologized repeatedly, and Zhang Dahu smiled like a gentleman and told him to be more careful. These actions caught Dong Lingmeng's attention.
However, Dong Lingmeng just glanced at the two of them, and then pulled the male dancer towards the corner of the stairs. He did not look at Zhang Dahu as he had imagined.
Li Jianwei found that Dong Lingmeng's eyes were on Zhang Dahu, but in a moment, she looked away and left them naturally with the dancer.
At this time, Li Jianwei also found that the eyes of Dong Lingmeng's three personal bodyguards were all focused on Zhang Dahu and Jiang Wukui, and the three of them seemed to have a fierce look in their eyes. This was a bad omen.
No! Zhang Dahu's plan to get close to Dong Lingmeng failed! If Zhang Dahu wanted to attract Dong Lingmeng's attention again, he would definitely get into trouble and expose his target.
Li Jianwei realized the danger of Zhang Dahu and Jiang Wukui. He walked downstairs with his eyes focused on the two of them.
After Zhang Dahu and Jiang Wukui failed in their first contact, they wanted to start the second plan. The moment they looked at Li Jianwei, they received a message from Li Jianwei. They knew that they had attracted the attention of the other party's bodyguards. The two looked at each other, walked away, and temporarily canceled the second plan.
Li Jianwei just walked down the stairs and his eyes met with Dong Lingmeng's. Dong Lingmeng looked at Li Jianwei, and for some reason, she let go of the male dancer, stretched out her hand towards Li Jianwei, and said, "Sir, can you dance with me?"
"Me? Dance with you?" Li Jianwei had not expected such a scene to happen, and his expression was a little surprised. Dong Lingmeng saw his expression, and she quickly judged that this handsome boy was very pure, and he came to this dance hall without any purpose.
"Well. Can you dance with me?" Dong Lingmeng smiled.
"Okay, okay. But I'm not a good dancer." Li Jianwei smiled, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, inadvertently revealing his unique sexiness.
"It's okay. You'll be able to dance well just by practicing more. Look at your figure, it's very suitable for dancing." Dong Lingmeng stretched out her hand.
The male dancer smiled and retreated to the side of a bodyguard. The bodyguard hinted at the male dancer with his eyes, and he walked to another corner. Zhang Dahu noticed the unusual look between the bodyguard and the male dancer, and was shocked. This male dancer was not a real male dancer, but Dong Lingmeng's personal bodyguard!
When Zhang Dahu and Jiang Wukui saw Dong Lingmeng invite Li Jianwei to dance, they both knew that the roles had been reversed and the plan had to be adjusted.
Zhang Dahu and Jiang Wukui communicated with eye contact and gestures, and they began to take on the role of guarding and protecting Li Jianwei.
Li Jianwei certainly knew that things had come to this point, and he had replaced Zhang Dahu. While dancing with Dong Lingmeng, he regained his composure, his brain spinning rapidly, thinking about how to get closer to Dong Lingmeng and gain his trust!
"Sir, you actually dance very well." Dong Lingmeng said with a smile as she looked at the handsome Li Jianwei in front of her.
"Really? Miss is the one who leads well. I just dance along with you. Miss's dance is the best. I won't even lead you to dance." Li Jianwei's voice was very gentle, and his dance moves were certainly very graceful. What he said was just a humble word.
"Do you often come here to dance, sir?"
"I don't come here often. Miss, do you come here often?" Li Jianwei smiled cheerfully, but his eyes were pure.
"I don't come here often. Sir, you are so handsome, especially your voice, it's so pleasant to listen to." Dong Lingmeng said with a smile.
"Excuse me, young lady. I have been weak since I was a child, so my voice is just a little bit low."
"It's not a matter of the volume of your voice, but that your voice is profound. Also, your eyes always give people a gentle look. I have never seen a man with such a perfect voice and eyes. To be honest, your temperament is much better than other men." Dong Lingmeng recalled the sturdy figure of Zhang Dahu when she first started dancing, and said to herself, compared with the man just now, he is a warrior, and you are a gentleman.
"Miss, you are really good at praising people. No one has ever praised me like this in my life." Li Jianwei's faint smile really made the woman feel his gentleness.
"May I have your name?"
"Me? Are you asking me my name?"
"If not you, who should I ask? I'm the closest to you!" Dong Lingmeng looked at Li Jianwei's innocent look and thought to herself, this little boy is really cute, just like a piece of blank paper .
"Oh. My name is Qin Jian. It's a bit vulgar, right? I didn't expect you would ask my name." Li Jianwei deliberately bit his lip, showing a very natural shyness.
"Not bad, not bad! The name is very impressive." Dong Lingmeng led Li Jianwei to the side of the dance hall, "Let's have some drinks!"
"Thank you, miss. You see, I almost forgot to invite you." Li Jianwei looked at Dong Lingmeng with a smile.
Zhang Dahu was invited by a young and beautiful lady to start dancing. He knew that he could not refuse. Only in this way could he dispel the suspicion of Dong Lingmeng's bodyguards towards him. He danced pretending to be very happy, but his eyes were in a state of high alert.
Jiang Wukui knew that Li Jianwei had entered the state, and he only hoped that Li Jianwei would have further contact with Dong Lingmeng and win her favor, hoping to withdraw smoothly this time and wait for Dong Lingmeng to invite Li Jianwei next time. He shuttled back and forth as a waiter, always keeping vigilant and carefully observing everyone.
This was their first mission and none of the three trainees dared to be negligent. They were tormented by excitement and nervousness.
