Chapter 1234 — Once You're Here, Don't Leave
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Wei Zhao only wanted to confirm whether the fanatic before him had, as he had surmised, freeing the second-in-command as his first objective, with living or dying as a secondary matter. That was why he had spoken of leaving -- though in truth, even if the man drove him away, Wei Zhao would not budge.
If Wei Zhao left, would his coming up not have been in vain?
The man, however, had no idea why Wei Zhao had come up. Hearing him speak so, he gave it no further thought, merely cackling: "Leave? Of course you may! You're quite right -- freeing the second-in-command was my aim all along. As for dying, I don't fear death, but only after I've made certain he cannot be freed will I teach Feng Tianlong and the Mysterious Investigation Bureau a lesson!"
"And if I do leave?" Wei Zhao shot back.
"If you leave, I'll strip your wife bare and ride her hard. For hours on end, until Feng Tianlong releases the second-in-command or refuses, I'll use your woman without letup. I'll play her to death!" The man licked his own lips with the relish of a lunatic and spoke through bared teeth.
Sure enough, at the man's words Wei Zhao's expression darkened horribly. He stood at the doorway, his face a thundercloud, unable to go and unable to stay.
"Hubby Wei Zhao, go! If he truly dares do that, I'll drag him down with me! Rest assured, Xiaoxiao is yours for this life -- she belongs to no one else. And you still have Sister Tang Zhi. Whatever you do, don't let him frighten you into staying!" Seeing Wei Zhao's face change, Feng Xiaoxiao assumed he meant to remain and hurriedly tried to talk him out of it.
In truth, Feng Xiaoxiao could never have guessed that Wei Zhao's ghastly expression was put on for the man's benefit. If he meant to stay, he needed some fitting reason; stay for no reason at all, and the man would grow suspicious.
The man's own words had handed him precisely the excuse he needed. One way or another, only by staying could he act as circumstances warranted.
"Xiaoxiao, I'm not leaving you behind." Wei Zhao set his jaw and spoke gravely.
"Hubby Wei Zhao, don't be so stubborn! And what of Sister Tang Zhi? What of Mengyao and Xiaoshu? What becomes of them? You absolutely must not die with me!" Feng Xiaoxiao was beside herself, flashing him look after frantic look.
She knew her father's organization at least a little. How could men once captured ever be let go? So she harbored no hope of it whatsoever, and she did not want her father making mistakes on her account.
That was why she had come up this time with her mind made up to die. She had not long to live in any case -- so let death come. It was only a matter of time; it would happen sooner or later, within these few weeks at most. Dying a little early would spare Wei Zhao and the others some of the burden.
"Go on, coward. I'll finish her off. Muahahaha!" The man seemed to savor the feeling of scaring people.
Such fanatical operatives were all, to one degree or another, a little insane. Wei Zhao saw nothing strange in that. If the man had truly been interested in doing anything to Feng Xiaoxiao, he would not have waited until Wei Zhao arrived before saying these things -- he would have acted on it long ago.