Chapter 3232 — Who Sent You?
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"Neither. You needn't guess, and I won't tell you either!" The Grand Elder shook his head with indifference, as though he had no patience left for the old director's questions. "You may die now!"
"Wait!" Xu Shilan was stricken with horror. She had never expected a strange old man to burst in in the middle of the night—and from the look of it, this strange old man was no weakling! He meant to kill the mother she had only just been reunited with. How could Xu Shilan possibly allow that? With a cry of alarm, she instinctively raised her head to look at the Grand Elder and asked, rather nervously, "Senior, have you made a mistake? My mother bears you no grudge at all. She's only the director of an orphanage—how could anyone have paid to have her killed?"
"Yes... surely there's been a mistake..." Cheng Yiyi had not expected the man to choose the very moment when she and Xu Shilan were both in the room to make his move! And the way the Black Horse Society did things—either they never struck, or they struck without mercy!
Which meant everyone in this room was going to die! Herself and Xu Shilan included! That was not something Cheng Yiyi intended to see, so she wanted to retreat: "Xiaohan, let's go get Mr. Lin to come over..."
As she spoke, Cheng Yiyi took Xu Shilan by the arm and started toward the door...
"Oh? Trying to run?" The Grand Elder turned a mocking gaze on Cheng Yiyi as she dragged Xu Shilan toward the door, a cold sneer flickering at the corner of his mouth.
Cheng Yiyi's steps faltered and slowed. Cold sweat broke out at once on her forehead!
"There is no mistake. I do not need you to tell me how to conduct my affairs! And you too must die—everyone in this room must die!" The Grand Elder glanced at Cheng Yiyi and snorted coldly. "Since you're so eager to leave, you may die first! I'll see you on your way!"
With that, the Grand Elder raised his hand, pointed at Cheng Yiyi, and made ready to finish her off!
Cheng Yiyi was filled with regret! She had spoken one superfluous sentence, and the Grand Elder had shifted his target onto her? Was he about to kill her? There was nothing Cheng Yiyi could do about it, and yet she had no way out either. She could only brace herself and plead: "Let's talk this over properly... surely this is a misunderstanding..."
"No! You're looking for my mother, aren't you? I'm her daughter. Debts have their debtors and grudges have their source. This one is my friend, an outsider with nothing to do with my mother. Let her go. My mother and I will stay here!" Xu Shilan was no fool either. The old director was a fine hand at the peak of the late Earth Rank and had not dared to act rashly; this man before her must be formidable indeed. And since he had come for her mother, then Cheng Yiyi was innocent—she would not drag Cheng Yiyi down with her!
So in that instant Xu Shilan stepped directly in front of Cheng Yiyi, shielding her, and spoke with unwavering eyes!
Cheng Yiyi was stunned. She had never imagined that at such a moment Xu Shilan would step forward for her and stand in front of her! In that instant, Cheng Yiyi's nose stung with tears. Xu Shilan truly treated her as a true sister—and yet she herself...
At that thought, Cheng Yiyi's tears slid down at once. She stood rooted to the spot, at a loss for what to do...
At that very moment, the Grand Elder struck. He extended a finger, pointed it at Xu Shilan, and a bolt of azure true qi shot forth from his fingertip, flying straight at Xu Shilan! The true qi was immense and overwhelming; were it to strike Xu Shilan's body, she would certainly die beyond any doubt!
But in that very instant, Cheng Yiyi moved. Her body appeared before Xu Shilan at an incredible speed beyond any ordinary mortal's, and with sheer flesh and blood she blocked the bolt of true qi the Grand Elder had fired!
"BOOM—"