Chapter 617: Chapter 617
After instructing all this, Xiao Shumei turned around emotionlessly and walked out through the door specified by the perpetrator.
Xiao Shuju and Xiao Shuzhu rushed over, only to be denied by the locked door. They banged on the door, shouting, "Didn’t you say you would let us go? Why aren’t you keeping your word? Why only take her and leave us? Take us too, and bring her back!"
Suddenly, a mist sprayed out inside the hut. Xiao Shuju and Xiao Shuzhu, while shouting, collapsed on the floor due to the gas.
Soon, someone came in, dragged the two out, and put them in a car.
As for Luo Ke possibly reneging on the deal, that was definitely not a concern. Both Xiao Yebai and Zhan Dapeng were not worried about it.
Because, killing was not something Black Hat would do. Black Hat believed that it was pointless to kill just one person. In this way, by taking one and leaving two, the impact on those left behind was greater, and could utterly destroy their willpower.
After striking a deal with Luo Ke, Zhan Dapeng and Xiao Yebai immediately left the old house.
Soon, they received related news; Uncle Qi’s contact in the town said that they had received the hostages, only Xiao Shuzhu and Xiao Shuju,
Xiao Shumei was not there.
Xiao Shumei had been taken away, and nobody knew if she would survive. Even Xiao Yebai and Zhan Dapeng, who had interacted and lived with Black Hat, could not be sure. If they could be, they would not still be unsure whether their lost brother was alive or dead.
Xiao Shuju and Xiao Shuzhu were taken to a local health clinic, both having inhaled some unknown gas, which needed to be treated.
For this, Xiao Yebai called Uncle Qi, asking him to bring Tang Sili down from the mountain to help check on Xiao Shuju and her sister.
Meanwhile, Zhan Dapeng drove a sports car to the hotel where the three Xiao sisters had been staying.
At the hotel entrance, in the pitch-dark night amid torrential rain, Zhao Mengjin undoubtedly stood waiting for someone almost all night long.
Upon seeing the approaching Ferrari, seeing Xiao Yebai exit the car alone,
Zhao Mengjin rushed down the steps, into Xiao Yebai’s arms, gripping his clothes tightly with both hands.
The torrential rain poured down on them, soon drenching them like figures made of rain.
Zhan Dapeng opened the car door, wiped away some of the rainwater, and looked at the two of them, likewise at a loss for words.
"Do you hate me?" Xiao Yebai’s lips parted, the rain sticking in the gaps as if continually streaming into his mouth.
Zhao Mengjin shook her head, her bright eyes shining in the night like a wolf’s gleam, "Uncle, you have to teach me."
Xiao Yebai’s hand brushed her hair. Then Zhao Mengjin’s words, bitten off between her lips, reached his ears, filling the rainy night,
"I will definitely make them pay dearly!"
Perhaps this emotion was similar to what he and his several sisters felt, and their mother who had died—if they had known the truth then.
The feeling of a child losing a mother can only be understood by those who have experienced it. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✦𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖✦𝙣𝙚𝙩
Inside Mingxin Hospital,
There was no rain in the big city. Grandma Xiao, sleeping, felt an uneasy agitation, a heartwrenching pain as if she was suffocating.
Was it a sudden heart attack? Was it her blood pressure acting up?
The butler hurried out to find medicine and a doctor for the elderly lady.
The butler had not yet returned with the medicine or doctor when he suddenly received some news and ran back in a panic.
"Madame," the butler gasped for breath.
Grandma Xiao’s heart suddenly chilled: Could something really have happened?
The news was probably too shocking; the butler, definitely afraid to say it aloud, went up to Grandma Xiao, leaned into her ear, and hurriedly spoke.
Listening, Grandma Xiao’s face turned from red to green, from green to white; then, the beads she fiddled with when anxious, dropped to the ground.
Grandma Xiao breathed heavily.
The butler’s face turned grim, full of sorrow.
Two large tears suddenly fell from Grandma Xiao’s aged eyes. Following that, the old lady broke down in tears, covering her face with her hands, "Oh heavens! What sins have we committed! She’s so old now, has her own children, children who are about to get married. This—isn’t this too cruel to her, too cruel—Shumei, Shumei, my granddaughter—her life shouldn’t be so bitter!"
The butler continued to weep bitterly.
Uncle Tang, who was nearby, of course, heard the news quickly and started crying with the old lady. They wept secretly in Xiao Jianming’s hospital room, behind his bed.
The person lying on the hospital bed opened his eyes.