Chapter Fifteen: The Heart of Crystal

  Wang Long saw Ding Yang lying on the ground, constantly groaning, and his men. He shook his head with a bitter smile, he wasn't one to stir up trouble, but why did things always come looking for him?

  Ding Yang was supported by several of his subordinates who were still able to move and walked out of the classroom. As he left, the venom in his eyes gave Wang Long a chill.

  Wang Long was particularly depressed by this matter, and the classes he attended in the morning were also dull. After class, Wang Long accompanied Malum to the school cafeteria.

  Nothing major happened on the road. Wang Long had already made Malumet wear big sunglasses, telling her not to take them off unless necessary, lest she wouldn't even be able to eat.

  Maruluo Mengte is an international star, who has tasted all kinds of delicacies, although the food in the cafeteria is ordinary, but eating with Wang Long makes even plain tea and simple rice more appetizing than those delicacies. Maruluo Mengte has a particularly good appetite. After eating a basket of steamed buns and a bowl of porridge, Wang Long teased: "I didn't expect you to be such a big eater, if those people who are always on a diet but still fat saw your figure, they would all be so angry that they would vomit blood." Maruluo Mengte laughed and said: "Actually, it's not like that, when I eat with others, I usually eat very little, today is special because I'm with you, the food tastes especially good, thank you, dear Long."

  Wang Long smiled and said, "Malu, you really should eat more. With a body like yours, the wind could blow you away." Malu Mengte smiled and said, "As long as you're here, I'll eat a lot, don't worry." After finishing speaking, she looked at Wang Long with a pair of affectionate eyes, but unfortunately, Malu Mengte was wearing sunglasses, so Wang Long couldn't see clearly.

  After dinner, Wang Long and Malumot returned to their dormitory together. Gu Dafu was not there, presumably he had gone to the hospital. Wang Long asked Malumot to watch TV first, then ran into the toilet, closed the door tightly, and silently recited "Wan Gui Gui Wei Da Fa". A dark shadow suddenly appeared in front of Wang Long's eyes, and Wang Long quickly gave a few orders, and the black ghost disappeared instantly in the toilet.

  After all this, Wang Long came out and watched TV happily with Malumorte.

  Ever since he injured Ding Yang, Wang Long had been worried that the other party would not let it go so easily. However, strangely enough, a week had passed and Ding Yang still hadn't appeared in school, while Wang Long had also spent a peaceful week.

  Today is Sunday, Malu Dream ran to Wang Long's dormitory early in the morning and invited Wang Long to visit the International Jewelry Exhibition. This international jewelry exhibition is very famous, organized by WH City Jewelry Association, and the biggest publicity highlight is that it will exhibit a "Crystal Heart" necklace from the European International Jewelry Association, with a 50-gram diamond in the middle surrounded by countless small diamonds. These diamonds are not worth pursuing, but this necklace was created by international top jewelry master Brus, who died in a car accident after completing this necklace, making its value skyrocket overnight. This is Brus' last work left in this world, so the European International Jewelry Association claims that this necklace will never be sold and will be permanently preserved in the association's museum after the global jewelry exhibition ends.

  These many reasons make "Crystal Heart" famous, and even Malumei is no exception to the yearning for this necklace. Malumei had to rely on her former brokerage firm's relationship to buy two admission tickets. Although she has left the company now, her original brokerage firm has put down the word that as long as Malumei returns, it will be fine at any time. So when they heard that Malumei needed tickets, the broker immediately got two through the European International Jewelry Association.

  So Malu came to find Wang Long early and asked Wang Long to accompany her to broaden her horizons.

  Upon arrival at the WH City Jewelry Association Museum, it was already packed with people. The international jewelry exhibition had not yet begun, but the museum was already filled to the brim with people from all over the country and even from many foreign nations. They were mostly high-society individuals and dignitaries. The men were elegant and refined in their demeanor, while the women shone brightly like jewels, resplendent in their finery.

  Maruluo Mengte and Wang Long squeezed through the crowded crowd, queuing up in line. The International Jewelry Exhibition was about to start in ten minutes, and there were still many people waiting outside the entrance, their faces anxious as they waited to enter. The armed police officers stood on either side of the museum, holding batons and maintaining order.

  The two finally squeezed in, the luxurious and grand hall was already packed with people. Maluomute tightly held Wang Long's hand, not daring to relax at all, fearing that if she wasn't careful, they would be swept away by the crowd. The nearly thousand square meter hall still seemed small, the temptation of "Heart of Crystal" was too great. The dazzling light emitted by the "Heart of Crystal" in the sealed glass frame in the middle was blocked by the crowd, not a single ray of light could escape. Maluomute looked at this internationally renowned necklace, and the little stars in her eyes twinkled non-stop, just like when she first met Wang Long, she felt happy again.

  The others in the museum were even more exaggerated, some drooling and dancing with excitement; some staring with eyes wide open, their faces numb; while others rushed towards the glass frame, only to be beaten back by security personnel at the warning line... all sorts of reactions, too numerous to count.

  Wang Long looked at the necklace again, then looked around at the crowd's reaction, and was a bit puzzled. Was it worth being infatuated with this necklace? For Wang Long, this necklace was far less important than human dignity and life, but now these people, for the sake of this necklace, seemed to have a reckless and desperate attitude, as if they would risk their lives for the "Crystal Heart". This left Wang Long bewildered.

  Suddenly, a commotion appeared on the east side of the museum. Many people fell to the ground in a flurry. Wang Long turned his head and saw that behind the crowd of fallen people, a group of black-clad masked men emerged, each holding heavy machine guns and submachine guns. There were eleven of them in total. The leader, a burly man, raised his handgun and fired a shot into the air, causing the entire Jewelry Association Museum to erupt into chaos. People were pushing and shoving each other, screaming and crying out for mercy, with some even wailing and calling out for their parents.

  "The leader shouted loudly: 'Don't move anyone, whoever moves will be killed.'"

  The crowd did not stop running after the bandits' shouts, but instead ran in all directions, fleeing in the opposite direction of the bandits.

  Wang Long quickly pulled Maru Mote's hand, and the two ran towards the wall, letting Maru Mote down at a corner. Wang Long settled Maru Mote in place and quickly ran towards the thugs' direction.

  Suddenly, Wang Long saw the figure of Long Er in the crowd. Long Er was disguised as a spectator among the hostages with several members of the Special Task Force. Seeing Wang Long rushing over, he immediately winked at Wang Long, signaling him not to come over.

  Wang Long saw the look in Dragon Two's eyes and knew they had a plan. Afraid that his actions would provoke the thugs, he followed the crowd and lay down on the ground, waiting to see what would happen next.

  The leader, speaking in awkward Chinese, shouted at the people behind him: "Bring out the deputy director!" Immediately, two thugs holding submachine guns flanked a middle-aged man wearing glasses and threw him to the ground with a loud "slap". The middle-aged man's glasses fell off and hit the cold ground, shattering into pieces. The middle-aged man was highly nearsighted and now that he had lost his glasses, he began to grope around on the ground, hoping to find the broken glasses to put them back on.

  The leader of the group yelled out in disgust: "Damn it, stop right there! What the hell are you doing? I've got something to ask you."

  The middle-aged man said with a sob: "Old man, I've already helped you get in as you requested, don't make things difficult for me anymore?" His voice had changed due to excessive fright. The middle-aged man was the deputy director of the museum, no wonder these thugs were able to bring so many weapons into the museum, it turned out that he was collaborating with them from the inside. However, the deputy director was also helpless, last night these thugs pointed guns at him and forced him to help them, if he didn't agree, he would have been killed on the spot.

  The leader shouted loudly: "Quickly take out the key and open this cover, hand over 'Heart of Crystal' to me." The deputy curator cried out: "Sir, the key is not with me, it's on the curator. Even if we have the key, there's still a protective cover behind the glass that can only be opened by knowing the password to get the 'Heart of Crystal'."

  The leader shouted loudly: "Really not? I'll say it again, otherwise you won't have the chance to speak again." The deputy director knocked his head repeatedly and said: "Master, I really don't have the key." On the ground, the deputy director's forehead was already covered with blood.

  With a loud "bang", the deputy director fell to the ground, twitching and convulsing for several seconds before lying still, dead.

  The leader shouted: "Where is the curator? Come out quickly, if not I will kill someone. I count to three, no one responds and I will kill one person." After finishing, he pointed his gun at a middle-aged woman dressed in a luxurious outfit next to him.

  The loud shout of "one" from the thug scared the middle-aged wealthy woman so much that she immediately urinated in her pants, and a foul smell suddenly spread out. The leader's eyes showed a look of disgust, and he quickly shouted "two". Judging from the frequency of the thugs' counting, it should be once every half minute.

  Wang Long quickly brought the power of chaos to its peak, and as soon as the villain made a move, he was ready to strike, absolutely unable to let him harm the hostages.

  "Brothers, tomorrow it goes on sale, explosive 100,000! Please brothers, after fattening up, heavily smash votes and flowers! Thank you first!"