Hong Kong variety show: The mastermind behind the scenes is emerging.

The cold drink shop is right next to the aquarium, and the seats are outdoors, with blue and white parasols providing shade.

Jiajia chose a pineapple ice, Lu Qian ordered a lemon tea, and the two adults each had a cup of Hong Kong-style milk tea.

Tian Yangen stood two steps away, leaning against the glass wall, arms crossed, his gaze fixed on Xiao Luqian. His usually cold and sharp eyes softened slightly at this moment.

Before, her life consisted of nothing but killing and training. After coming to Hong Kong Island, she discovered that she could live a different life.

"Auntie, why aren't you drinking?" Xiao Luqian looked up and asked considerately.

Tian Yang'en smiled faintly: "Aunt En isn't thirsty, I'll just watch you drink."

Just then—

Bang bang bang!

In the distance, several gunshots suddenly rang out.

The smile in Tian Yang'en's eyes vanished instantly.

She sprang up from the wall as if a mechanism had been triggered, her eyes sweeping across the surroundings like sharp blades, her voice now low and menacing: "Madam, come with me."

"Okay." Without hesitation, Ruan Mei immediately pulled up Xiao Luqian, grabbed Han Xiulan's hand, and followed in her footsteps.

Lu Qian turned around and glanced at Jiajia, who was still in a daze, and took her hand. "Jiajia, come with me."

Jiajia was being led by him, her little mind still a bit fuzzy, as if she hadn't quite caught up yet.

Tian Yangen protected everyone as they retreated to the side of the cold drink shop, using the wall as cover, and then pressed the earpiece.

"Team A, Team B, activate the emergency plan, establish a fan-shaped defense, and protect Madam and Young Master." She ordered as she drew and cocked her pistol. "Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba, you two go ahead and check the situation. Report to me immediately if you have any news."

Two crisp "Received" sounds came through the headset.

Then, she pressed a button on her waist. This was a specially made alarm. Once pressed, the Hong Kong Island branch of Jiahe Security would receive the location and rush to the scene immediately.

"Qianzai," Tian Yang'en said, her voice softening slightly as she crouched down after the instructions were complete, "Listen to your aunt, stay here, don't move, don't make a sound. Keep an eye on Jiajia, okay?"

"Okay," Lu Qian nodded. He squatted down, pulled Jiajia to squat behind him, and even used one hand to shield her head—it was unclear who he had learned that from.

Jiajia asked anxiously in a low voice, "Brother Qian, what's going on outside?"

"It's alright," Xiao Luqian reassured him. "Don't be afraid with Aunt En here."

Ruan Mei glanced at her son but didn't interrupt him; she simply placed her hand gently on his shoulder. Han Xiulan also squatted down, hugged Jiajia, and whispered soothingly, "My dear daughter, it's alright, Mommy's here."

Outside the store, ten bodyguards from Jiahe Security had spread out, two in a row, firmly guarding the outermost defensive line. In the distance, two team members, crouching low and using the green belt for cover, crept towards the direction from which the gunfire was coming.

"Don't worry, Madam," Tian Yangen said in a low voice, "I've already notified headquarters, and the people from the Hong Kong Island branch will be here within ten minutes."

Ruan Mei nodded and pulled Xiao Luqian and Jiajia closer to her.

Two minutes later, a voice came through the headset.

"Team leader, look closely. It seems the police were arresting a group of robbers, but the robbers escaped and rushed into the park."

"How many people are on the other side? What is their armament?"

"Four people in total! Besides light weapons, they also appear to be carrying heavy firearms such as grenades!"

Tian Yangen cursed inwardly at the unreliability of the Hong Kong Island police, who couldn't even do the most basic lockdown properly.

"Everyone, raise the alert level to the highest level!" she ordered in a low voice. "Take the madam and young master and retreat in the opposite direction from the robbers."

Ten team members escorted the group, moving slowly in another direction along the edge of the park. Tian Yang'en walked at the front, his eyes constantly scanning every movement around him.

However, unfortunately—

The team member's voice came through the headset again: "Team leader, something's wrong. Those four robbers have taken a mother and daughter hostage and are moving this way."

Tian Yang'en stopped in his tracks.

She peered through the gaps in the sparse shadows of the trees and saw four menacing figures, exuding a murderous aura, carrying a woman and a child, slowly approaching her from the corner of the green belt in the distance.

"Stop everything," Tian Yangen said in a low voice, looking around. "Go to the restaurant next door and reorganize the cable laying."

"receive!"

The ten team members protected everyone and silently disappeared into the ocean-themed restaurant next door.

……

The camera pans to the other side.

Roman grabbed the young mother's hair with one hand and pressed the Uzi submachine gun against her temple with the other, dragging her step by step toward the edge of Ocean Park.

The mother looked to be under thirty, wearing a floral dress, her hair was already a mess from being pulled and torn, her face was covered in tears, she was holding her daughter tightly in her arms, her whole body was trembling, but she gritted her teeth and did not cry out.

The little girl was about four years old, with two pigtails sticking up in the air. She had cried so hard that she had stopped, but her big eyes were wide open. She was clutching her mother's clothes tightly, and in her other hand she was holding half a cotton candy that she hadn't finished eating. The sugar strands were all over her hand.

Calvi, Ivan, and Nov, holding AK rifles, stood back to back, forming a protective circle around Roman.

Interpol officers and Hong Kong Island Crime Squad officers who arrived at the scene gave chase, their guns pointed at them, but none of them dared to fire—after all, the other side had hostages and heavy firepower, so they dared not make any rash moves.

Looking at the woman holding a child with a gun pointed at her forehead, Cao Dahua, sitting in the back row, felt his fat jiggle and a hint of guilt flash in his eyes.

If he hadn't shouted "action" just now, alerting the enemy, things wouldn't have escalated to this point.

He took a deep breath, abruptly pushed aside the police officers blocking his way, and strode forward. A young officer beside him quickly grabbed him tightly: "Uncle Da! It's dangerous!"

"Danger?" Cao Dahua shook off his hand. "When have I, Cao Dahua, ever been afraid of danger?"

He snatched the megaphone from the officer's hand, took two steps forward, and although his voice trembled slightly, he still shouted loudly, "Hey, you guys over there! This is the Hong Kong Island Police Department! Please don't act rashly! We can talk about anything! Please don't hurt the hostages!"

Roman yelled menacingly, "Enough nonsense! Get us a helicopter with a full tank of fuel! And ten million Hong Kong dollars in cash, or we'll kill the big one first!"

As he spoke, he suddenly grabbed the mother's hair and stabbed the gun into her temple. The mother winced in pain and groaned, while the daughter in her arms finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears.

"No!" Cao Dahua shouted hurriedly, "No problem! Absolutely no problem! We can agree! We'll agree to all your conditions! But it will take time to temporarily allocate helicopters and a huge sum of cash; you have to give us some time to prepare!"

"Enough talk!" Roman roared. "You have half an hour! If you don't see a helicopter and money in half an hour, I'll kill one of them!"

After saying that, he roughly shoved the mother and daughter, and quickly retreated into a souvenir shop next door with his three henchmen.

The shop was small, and its doors and windows were covered with flashy promotional posters, which made it difficult for police snipers to observe the area.

Cao Dahua watched helplessly as the group of desperados retreated into the house and sealed off the doors and windows, and he was so anxious that he stomped his feet on the spot.

He quickly pulled out his phone, found a number, and dialed it.

The phone rang twice and was answered instantly.

Cao Dahua opened the phone and said:

"Stephen Chow, help me!"