"I said stay in the aircraft."
Within seconds, the helicopter was surrounded by at least twenty people, all shouting, all demanding answers. Through the windows, Jin Boyuan could see their faces, angry, authoritative, and armed.
They didn't know they were asking for answers from the wrong person.
"This is a restricted landing zone!"
"You don't have clearance to be here!"
"Shut down your engines immediately!"
"Who authorized this landing?"
"Identify yourselves now!"
Ah Yu was shaking in her seat, tears streaming down her face. "We're going to prison. We're going to an American prison. Oh gno no no... Master Jin, what do we do?"
"Yuxi, please," Jin Boyuan pleaded, trying to keep his voice steady despite the fear clawing at his throat. "We need to cooperate. We need to explain, we can tell them it's a medical emergency, that we...."
