Su Zhan frowned, “What are you laughing at?”
“Do you really think you have won? You think you have caught me?” He Ruize laughed more and more hysterically.
Su Zhan’s brows became knotted more and more tightly. What is the meaning of this?
Zong Jinghao held Lin Xinyan ice-cold hands and embraced her even tighter as his eyes narrowed.
“What other tricks do you have now? Even if you borrow a pair of wings, you cannot fly away.” As Su Zhan looked at He Ruize’s demented behavior, he turned pale.
“I cannot fly away but can you?” As he spoke, he unzipped himself.
Instantly, Su Zhan knew what he meant. This maniac had explosives strapped to his chest.
The moment he showed the explosives, there was yelling everywhere. The lady who was selling kebabs wrapped her daughter in her arms and hid under the table.
He laughed as he looked at Zong Jinghao, “Which one of you dare come and take me?”
Zong Jinghao pushed Lin Xinyan behind his back quietly to shield her, “What do you want?”
As he spoke, the bodyguard behind He Ruize approached him quietly with the intention to take him down in one move.
He Ruize opened his arms, “Give me Yan and let me take her away. Otherwise, we will all die here together.”
Zong Jinghao deliberately engaged him in a conversation so that the bodyguard would have a chance to get at him.
“What if I don’t agree?”
“I’ve already said we will all die together. No one can escape!” He Ruize leaned backward, “Yan, you really want to watch so many people die because of you?”
Lin Xinyan turned away not wanting to look at him but then, her eyes fell upon the mother and daughter hiding under the table. She glanced around as she clenched her fist.
They were both so innocent and were stuck in this dangerous situation because of her.
Lin Xinyan wanted to call out to them to run away as it was useless hiding under that table. However, she was afraid to get He Ruize’s attention.
“Yan, please come with me. I am the one who truly adores you and loves you. Only I will die for you, come with me.” He stretched his hands out to Lin Xinyan.
The bodyguard near He Ruize accidentally knocked a chair and made a noise. As He Ruize turned around and saw the bodyguard sneaking towards him, his face turned grey for an instant. After being discovered by him, the bodyguard chose to pounce fast and tried to catch him. .
He Ruize kicked down a chair into the bodyguard’s path to block him.
“Mother, mother.” The little girl was so frightened that she ran into her mother’s arms. He Ruize turned to the girl. Lin Xinyan saw that and yelled, “Stop him quickly.”
The bodyguard rushed forward but he was not fast enough. He Ruize pushed the table over and caught the girl. The mother would not let go, “Let go of my daughter,” she screamed.
“Give her to me.” He Ruize roared while the woman screamed, “Please let go of my daughter, let go of my daughter!”
The little girl was grabbed so hard that it was painful. She started to cry, “Mother, mother…”
Lin Xinyan wanted to help the mother snatch the child but he Ruize had gone berserk and will definitely hurt her.
As she started to make a move, she was stopped by Zong Jinghao, “Let me do it.”
He Ruize used brutal strength to pull the child from her mother’s arms. He wanted to use her to threaten Lin Xinyan. When he turned around, he saw Zong Jinghao, “You…”
Zong Jinghao caught He Ruize by his wrist with a firm grip. Feeling the pain, he loosened his grip of the little girl and Zong Jinghao snatched her into his arms. Annoyed, He Ruize’s inherent nature was triggered and he felt for the bomb trying to detonate it. Zong Jinghao gave him a kick which sent him flying.
Clash!
Tables and chairs clashed to the floor.
He Ruize reacted quickly so he got up and tried to run away.
Seeing that, the bodyguards ran after him.
“Woo…” The little girl cried in Zong Jinghao’s arms. He looked down and saw that the little girl was pale with fear. Her cold and reddened little hands gripped his collar tightly for she was afraid of being snatched away.
“Qingqing, Qingqing.” The woman rushed to hug her daughter and Zong Jinghao handed the little girl over to her.
She wrapped her daughter in her arms tightly while she kissed the crying girl as she tried to soothe her, “Don’t be afraid. It’s okay now. It’s okay, I am here.”
“Thank you.” Holding her daughter, the woman bowed at Zong Jinghao. If not for him, the girl might have been blown to death.
She could not have guessed that He Ruize was a lunatic. No normal human would strap explosives to his body like that.
“He came here to eat kebabs and said he had a quarrel with his girlfriend. Then, he asked my daughter to bring this young lady over. Who would know…” The woman looked at Lin Xinyan with eyes reddened and filled with tears, “I got you into danger.”
The woman understood why Lin Xinyan gave money to her daughter and was willing to eat the skewered barbecued food. It was just so that she would not feel embarrassed for taking her money. She was a kind woman but she and her daughter had got her into danger unknowingly.
As far as Lin Xinyan was concerned, the mother and daughter had done nothing wrong. They were just being kind and had been used by He Ruize.
“It’s late. You’d better hurry home…”
“Oh!”
Lin Xinyan was still speaking with the woman when they heard a scream from afar. She turned around at the same time as Zong Jinghao and they saw He Ruize taking an old lady hostage.
“What happened!” Su Zhan hurried over, “How did He Ruize get hold of her?”
The bodyguards explained to him, “We were chasing him and he ran this way. The old lady came out right at that time and they bumped into each other. He does not know who she is but just take her as a hostage.”
The old lady was scared senseless. Seeing Su Zhan, she screamed, “Su Zhan.”
She had no idea who He Ruize was, nor did anyone tell her about tonight’s plans. They just put her in a room with the children. Lin Ruixi kept pestering Shen Peichuan to look for Lin Xinyan so the old lady came to see if she can find the child’s mother and also look out for Su Zhan. Su Zhan and Qin Ya were newly-married so he should not be out so late. Shen Peichuan did not notice she had gone out.
When she got downstairs, the old lady saw Su Zhan and Lin Xinyan outside. On the way out to go to them, she was captured and held hostage by He Ruize who rushed to her out of a sudden.
“You know Su Zhan?” He Ruize laughed hideously.
The old lady did not realize the implications of the question so she replied naturally, “He’s my grandson, that’s all.”
“Haha.” He Ruize laughed aloud. Looking at Su Zhan and Zong Jinghao alternately, he taunted, “So you guys don’t want to let me go?”
“You are a bastard!” Su Zhan was about to rush forward, Zong Jinghao held him back, “Don’t act impulsively.”
Su Zhan was so furious his chest heaved vigorously, “If you dare to even touch my grandma, I’ll cut you into pieces and feed you to the dogs.”
“In order to do that, you have to capture me first.” Knowing that the hostage in his hands was Su Zhan’s grandma, he felt he had the upper hand and they would not dare to do anything impetuous.
“It’s possible to save this old lady,” his gaze turned to Lin Xinyan, “I want you to come over and take her place.”
“Bah, don’t even think about it!” Su Zhan found He Ruize totally despicable.
He Ruize pinched the old lady’s hand violently forcing the old lady to cry out in pain.
Su Zhan cursed him irritably, “F**** your ancestors!”
“I agree to your terms. I’ll go over now but you have to let go of the old lady.” Lin Xinyan spoke suddenly. Zong Jinghao was in a difficult position. There was nothing he could say. Their glances carried immense nonverbal hints and messages as Lin Xinyan smiled gently, “I have faith in you.”
As in faith in your ability to save me.
With that, Lin Xinyan walked towards He Ruize.
Su Zhan panicked. He called out Lin Xinyan’s name. “He’s sick. He only came here for you. You will be walking straight into his trap.”
Lin Xinyan seemed not to have heard his as her steps were steady without any faltering.
Su Zhan turned around and looked at Zong Jinghao, “You would really let her go?”
