The pretty little follower gets targeted by the crazy guys at the elite academy

The Pacific winds, carrying a salty, damp scent, caress this secluded private island.

Zhou Si stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the top floor of the villa, holding binoculars and scanning the sea.

Three hundred armed bodyguards patrol in shifts around the clock.

The radar system covers an area of ​​fifty nautical miles, and any ship or aircraft that approaches will trigger an alarm.

The underwater sonar system can detect even a fish swimming by.

He had been planning this for five years, all for this day.

Hide her away, hide her so well that no one can find her.

"Boss."

A bodyguard walked in and bowed respectfully.

"Everything is normal. No suspicious targets have been detected on the sea."

Zhou Si nodded, a smug smile playing on his lips.

Lu Xingzhou? Pei Qingrang? Lu Ran? Guo Yiling? Jiang Wu?

Oh.

Let them find it.

You could search for it but never find it, no matter how hard you try.

He put down the binoculars and turned to walk towards the bedroom.

Li Ruo was still asleep.

A white silk nightgown, its neckline slightly open, revealing delicate collarbones. Long chestnut-brown hair cascaded across the pillow like a piece of fine silk. Eyelashes cast soft shadows on her eyelids, and her lips were slightly upturned, as if she were having a sweet dream.

Zhou Si sat down by the bed and gently stroked her cheek.

five years.

He could finally look at her like this again while she was asleep.

"Li Ruo..."

He called her name softly, his voice carrying a tenderness he himself was unaware of:

"You're mine now."

"No one can take it away from me."

He lowered his head and placed a kiss on her forehead.

Then he got up, walked out of the bedroom, and gently closed the door.

"Increase vigilance," he told the bodyguard at the door. "Report any unusual activity immediately."

"yes!"

Unbeknownst to Zhou Si, five figures were quietly approaching the island in their own ways, out of his sight.

Twenty nautical miles from Zhou Si's private island, a reconnaissance vessel disguised as a fishing boat bobs on the waves.

Inside the cabin, Lu Xingzhou stared at the 3D model of the island projected on the screen, his brow furrowed.

"Three hundred and twenty-seven armed personnel."

The intelligence officer's voice was low: "A ring-shaped defense, three layers of security, and full coverage with thermal imaging surveillance. If we try to force our way through, the success rate... is less than three percent."

Lu Xingzhou didn't speak; he just looked at the island, in the direction where Li Ruo was.

"What about Pei Qingrang?"

"Professor Pei's ship is three nautical miles away, disguised as a research vessel. Lu Ran's men are disguised as fishermen, waiting in a more distant location. Guo Yiling... he dispatched a coast guard vessel, ostensibly for patrol."

Lu Xingzhou's lips curled up slightly.

Sure enough, no one was idle.

"Where's Jiang Wu?"

The intelligence officer paused for a moment: "Jiang Wu... we haven't found any trace of him."

Lu Xingzhou frowned.

Didn't you notice?

That madman is never absent.

unless……

He jumped to his feet: "Expand the search area! Underwater! All underwater passages!"

The intelligence officer acted immediately.

Five minutes later—

"Report! A miniature submersible spotted 15 meters underwater to the northeast! The target is approaching the island!"

Lu Xingzhou's pupils contracted.

That madman... walked away underwater!

"Can it be intercepted?"

"It's too late. His submersible is too small for our equipment to track. Besides, there are anti-submarine sonars around the island; we'll be detected if we get too close."

Lu Xingzhou clenched his fists.

River mist.

The one who looked the craziest and silliest was actually the first to break through the defenses.

-

Three o'clock in the morning.

The water in the Pacific Ocean is colder than I imagined.

Jiang Wu, dressed in a black diving suit and carrying a heavy oxygen tank, swam slowly in the deep sea.

He was surrounded by boundless darkness.

Only a faint light could be seen far, far away overhead, in the direction of the sea.

But he wasn't afraid.

He has never been afraid of the dark since he was a child.

Because he knew that what was hidden in the darkness was far more real than the fake smiles in the light.

He had a dagger tucked into his waistband.

It wasn't for the purpose of killing.

It's so that... in case you encounter a shark, you can protect yourself.

But more importantly, he had a painting hidden close to his body in his arms.

The painting was very small, only the size of a palm, and was carefully wrapped in several layers of waterproof bags.

The painting depicts Li Ruo.

Li Ruo, wearing a white dress, standing in the sunlight, laughing carefree.

He painted this picture for five years, countless times, and each time it looked more like her than the last.

On the last try, he was finally satisfied.

Because he captured the light in her eyes.

That cunning yet bright light, so captivating that you can't look away.

Now the painting is pressed against his heart, and he can feel it through his waterproof suit and skin.

It's like I can sense her presence.

Jiang Wu continued swimming forward.

He knew the location of the island.

Lu Xingzhou's false clues fooled Pei Qingrang, Lu Ran, and Guo Yiling.

But you can't fool him.

Because he had installed more than one tracking device under Lu Xingzhou's car.

He installed three.

One was discovered and demolished.

There are two more, hidden even deeper, that Lu Xingzhou's men can't find at all.

So when Lu Xingzhou triumphantly broke the fake USB drive, Jiang Wu had already obtained the real coordinates.

He was faster than everyone else.

But he did not act immediately.

He knew that Zhou Si's island was heavily guarded, and that forcing his way in would only alert the enemy.

So he waited, waited for the wind, waited for the waves, waited for nightfall.

He waited until 3 a.m., when everyone was most exhausted, and then he went into the water.

From the other side of the island, from the side of the cliffs.

There were no beaches or docks there, only sheer rocks and surging waves.

Zhou Si's bodyguards don't patrol there because no one can get ashore from there.

But Jiang Wu can.

Because he doesn't value his life.

Giant waves crashed against the rocks, making a deafening roar.

Jiang Wu struggled in the waves, and every time he was slammed down, he swam back up with all his might.

The oxygen cylinder had long since run out of gas, so he threw it away.

He didn't care that his diving suit was torn by the rocks.

His body was covered in cuts, and the blood seeped into the seawater, but he felt no pain.

He just kept swimming and swimming, toward that island, toward the direction where his sister was.

Finally, Jiang Wu's hand gripped the reef. He gasped for breath and used his last bit of strength to pull himself up.

Lying on the rocks, he looked at the starry sky above him, and a smile slowly crept onto his lips.

"Sister..." His voice was hoarse, almost a whisper, "I've come to find you."

After resting for ten minutes, he got up and started walking towards the island.

The island is large and has a complex topography.

Zhou Si's villa is located in the center of the island, surrounded by dense forests filled with surveillance cameras, traps, and patrolling bodyguards.

But Jiang Wu was not afraid.

He's been hiding since he was a child.

Hiding in the shadows, hiding in the bushes, hiding in corners that no one would ever think of.

He moved through the woods silently, like a cat.

Avoid surveillance cameras, bypass traps, and evade patrolling bodyguards.

Step by step, he approached the brightly lit villa, closer to her...

Jiang Wu squatted on a large tree behind the villa, looking through the window at the corridor inside.

At the end of the corridor was a closed door. His intuition told him that she was behind that door.

Two bodyguards stood ramrod straight at the door, 24 hours a day, in three shifts.

Zhou Si really kept a close eye on his sister.

Jiang Wu tilted her head and looked at the two bodyguards.

Then he slid down the tree and went around to the other side of the villa.

There was a window that was half open, and he gently pushed it open and crawled inside.

Inside was a storage room, piled high with miscellaneous items.

He walked through the storage room into the corridor, which was quiet, with only the dim light from the wall lamps.

He moved close to the wall, like a shadow, each step as light as a cat's.

Finally, he saw the door!

The two bodyguards were still standing at the door, while Jiang Wu squatted in the corner waiting for them to change shifts.

Zhou Si's bodyguards work in three shifts, changing every eight hours.

The last shift is at 4 a.m., and there is a 30-second gap when the shift changes.

Thirty seconds is enough.

He stared at the two bodyguards, holding his breath.

Time passed second by second.

Finally, the walkie-talkies of both bodyguards crackled to life at the same time:

"The replacement personnel have arrived. Please proceed to the back door for handover."

The two bodyguards nodded and turned to leave.

The moment they turned around, Jiang Wu began to act.

He emerged from the corner like a black lightning bolt, crossed the corridor, and arrived at the door.

Push the door open, go in, close the door—the whole process takes no more than three seconds.

He leaned against the door, panting heavily, and then he turned around.

Moonlight streamed through the French windows, illuminating the sleeping figure on the bed.

A white nightgown, long chestnut-brown hair, and a slightly heaving chest.

is her.

It's my sister.

Jiang Wu's eyes lit up immediately.

He walked over step by step, reached the bedside, and squatted down.

Looking at her sleeping, looking at her eyelashes, her nose, her lips.

His eyes slowly reddened.

"elder sister……"

His voice was hoarse and soft, and he looked as if he were about to break:

"I've finally... found you."