Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

The deep, resonant sound lingered in the corridor for a moment before quickly dissipating.

Director Li strode forward, and as soon as the elevator reached the third floor, the nurses quickly followed.

"Get ready, notify the doctor on the seventh floor..."

Yu Zhuo couldn't understand the technical jargon they were using, but he knew that they must have encountered a tricky surgery and were still discussing solutions.

Yu Zhuo withdrew his gaze, leaned back in his chair, and glanced at the time displayed in the center of the wall.

10: 46.

Less than half an hour had passed.

Yu Zhu propped his chin up; his processing had been interrupted, affecting a series of subsequent data. Yu Zhu had to stop and reorganize, gathering energy for a second round of processing.

At eleven o'clock, the clock on the hospital wall chimed precisely on time.

Yu Zhuo was about to send a message to Zhou Yanshu when he reached into his pocket, only to find it empty.

Yuezhuo: "?"

Yu Zhuo immediately realized something was wrong. He searched both pockets, but his phone was nowhere to be found. Instead, he found a wad of white paper wrapped in his coat.

It weighs about the same as a mobile phone, but the shape of the object wrapped in tissues is clearly not square. It is neither round nor round, and even through several layers of tissues, you can feel the sharp edges inside.

Yu Zhu frowned, unfolded the tissue, and saw the object inside—a silver-white star-shaped gemstone.

"boom!"

A gunshot suddenly rang out in the hospital corridor. Yu Zhuo tensed up and immediately stood up from his seat, dodging the gunshot in front of him.

"The suspect has been spotted, target locked! The gem is confirmed to be in his possession; proceed with the arrest!"

The alarms downstairs continued to sound, and red lights illuminated the entire hospital building. Screams from doctors, nurses, and patients mingled together, bursting from every room.

Yu Zhuo retreated to the glass window on the third floor. He held the gem in his hand and saw a group of guards pouring in from the first floor. Before long, they were standing opposite him with guns in hand.

"Team leader, the target has been spotted. Should we shoot?"

Before Yu Zhuo could figure out what was going on, he looked ahead and saw a man in the center of the guard wearing a military cap and standing ramrod straight. He had sharp eyebrows and dark brown eyes, and his gaze passed straight ahead to Yu Zhuo.

"Cripple him and take him back."

The gunman in front was about to fire on command when Yu Zhuo's eyes widened. He braced his arm against the glass window behind him and said, "You've got the wrong person. I didn't steal your diamonds. This is a setup. I don't know you..."

The team leader at the front remained expressionless: "Fire."

"boom--"

Another gunshot rang out, and Yu Zhuo froze. Just as he was about to activate his defensive device, he suddenly felt a cold wind rush past him, followed by the sound of something breaking.

Yu Zhuo narrowed his eyes, watching helplessly as the bullet was crushed into dust by an unknown mental pressure.

The team leader frowned upon seeing this. He turned his gaze, and the door to the examination room next door opened. A blond man with a sickly appearance pushed his wheelchair into view, his figure slowly coming into everyone's sight.

"Team Leader Yu, you've made quite a show of yourself, bringing so many people. Are you trying to bully my husband, who's not even twenty yet, right under my nose?"

He was visibly depressed, his silver eyes drooping listlessly, staring directly in the direction of the gun barrel.

For a moment, the air seemed to freeze. The noise below continued, but no one on the third floor spoke again.

Yu Zhuo quietly took two steps. Seeing the stunned expressions of the people around him, he immediately turned his body to the side and ran behind Zhou Yanshu.

"They were going to shoot me, but I didn't steal anything from them..."

Yu Zhuo complained in a low voice from behind the wheelchair. Zhou Yanshu glanced at him, and Yu Zhuo moved a little further behind him.

Yu Chengyang chuckled, bowed to Zhou Yanshu in a military salute, and then said, "Earl, a box of deep-sea gemstones has been stolen from the Prince Ruili's residence. These gemstones were originally intended as a birthday gift for His Majesty, but they were stolen a week ago."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Yu Zhuo and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the gem he's holding is from the Prince's household."

The gem in Yu Zhuo's hand was bright, and even in the cold weather, it emitted a soft, warm glow through the light.

Zhou Yanshu coughed, his expression unchanged, and said, "This gem is just an ordinary gem in Prince Ruili's household, not a deep-sea gem. The prince gave it to me as a wedding gift, and I gave it back to him. Is there a problem?"

"It is absurd that you would target him based solely on a jewel from the prince's household."

Yu Chengyang stood still, his gaze lingering on Zhou Yanshu for a few seconds before he spoke again: "Earl, I've been tracking that thief for a whole week. He has a tracking device we've set up, and according to the equipment, he's right behind you right now."

……position?

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhuo frowned. Certain fragments flashed through his mind, and he turned his shirt pockets inside out.

He found a small screw in the crevice of his pocket.

"Team leader, is the location you mentioned... this?" Yu Zhuo poked his head out from behind the wheelchair, holding out his palm, where the small metal screw was placed in the center of his hand.

Yu Chengyang paused in his speech, his gaze suddenly sharpening as he looked at Yu Zhuo: "You found out?"

“It wasn’t me who discovered it, it was the thief who discovered it.” Yu Zhuo was still squatting behind the wheelchair. He put the gem and the screw together and said, “He stuffed both of these things into my pocket and also stole my phone.”

Yu Chengyang's expression was cold: "Do you think I would believe that?"

"You have to believe it whether you want to or not. Prince Rayleigh's treasure chest went missing a week ago. I was still on shore then. How could I have dived into the sea and stolen it?"

Yu Zhuo sighed and said, "If you don't believe me, you can ask my parents. I was at home at the time, and they can be my witnesses."

“They are your parents, and they can also give false testimony for you.” Yu Chengyang remained unyielding. “Now that the locator and the gem are in your hands, even if you are not the thief, you are still involved with him. You’d better come with us.”

After he finished speaking, he gave the order to the guard beside him: "Take him away first."

Zhou Yanshu's expression was slightly cold. He sat in his wheelchair, but his intimidating aura remained undiminished: "Who dares?"

A palpable sense of power filled the confined space, with neither side willing to yield, creating a tense atmosphere reminiscent of a battle about to erupt.

Yu Zhu stuffed everything into his pockets, stood up, and said to Yu Chengyang, "Team leader, if you take me away today, I'm afraid we'll never catch that thief again."

“He has already taken the treasure chest out of the deep sea. If you take me away this time, he will take the opportunity to leave as well. And once we are out of the sea and on land—you will never find him again.”

Upon hearing this, Yu Chengyang slowly frowned. He looked at Yu Zhuo, who spread his hands and said, "Why don't you trust me this once? I'll find the treasure chest for you within a day."