Chapter 4690 — The Other Party Is Also an Acquaintance
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Young Master Yin craned his neck to follow her, eyeing the hidden Xia Qianqian with a face full of greed, smacking his lips as though savoring some rare plaything. To the unyielding Qi Wenmo he said, "Kid, give this girl to me. At most I'll just play with her—I won't kill her. That's good for you, good for me, good for her. Otherwise she can only be buried alongside that bit of pointless masculine pride of yours. Weigh what matters and what doesn't, then speak."
Qi Wenmo had been utterly resolute, but hearing these words, a waver rose unbidden in his heart. He knew full well that with his strength he could not protect Xia Qianqian. It did not matter if he died here, but if his death dragged Xia Qianqian down with him, that would be beyond excuse.
Yet Qi Wenmo turned his head and met Xia Qianqian's eyes, and once he read the meaning in her gaze, that waver scattered like smoke. Xia Qianqian's message was clear: she would sooner die than submit to such a bastard. If that was so, what was there left to hesitate over?
"Hmph. I've thought it through very clearly. If you want to touch a single hair on Luoluo, you'll have to step over my corpse!" Qi Wenmo paused, then suddenly let out a thunderous roar boiling with bloody fervor: "Come on!"
The shout was like a thunderclap bursting from empty air; even the clouds in the sky were shaken apart a fraction. As for the three men mere feet away, they were badly startled, their faces changing drastically as they retreated several steps.
Xia Qianqian stared straight at Qi Wenmo's back, a strange light flickering in her eyes. She too had been startled, but hers was sheer delight, and a fierce warmth surged up in her heart. The look she now turned on Qi Wenmo held a good measure more tenderness and affection.
Before, there had been no such opportunity, so even if she felt favorably toward Qi Wenmo, it had remained only that—favor. She had not been certain that this was the man to whom she could entrust the rest of her life.
But now she was certain. Though their situation was dire, to have a lover of such soaring spirit who would risk death for her sake—what more could one ask of this life?
Qi Wenmo did not notice the tender gaze behind him. He simply fixed his eyes on the three men before him.
Especially on this Young Master Yin. From his expression alone he could tell that these men had been driven to fury and humiliation, and that a bloody fight to the death would inevitably follow.
He probably would not live past today, but no matter what, he had to at least win Xia Qianqian a chance to escape. Under no circumstances could he let her fall into the hands of these villains.
"Oh ho, I didn't expect a real tough one. I'm actually starting to admire you a little!" After being startled, Young Master Yin did not fly into a rage and attack as Qi Wenmo had expected. He kept the look of a cat toying with a mouse—except that he no longer seemed to want Qi Wenmo to back down of his own accord. The way he looked at him now was plainly the way one looks at a dead man.
He admired tough men. But a tough man who set himself against him was better off dead, or there would be no end of trouble later.
"Haha, a tough one indeed. A pity tough men never come to a good end—especially tough men who oppose our Young Master Yin!" the rat-faced creature chimed in with a great laugh.
"Exactly. Our Young Master Yin, in his great mercy, wanted to spare your life, and you don't even appreciate it. There really are so many brainless fools in this world—especially this kind. They're enough to make a person weep at the stupidity!" the other man mocked along.
"A little stupidity isn't so bad. At least when we kill him, no one will have anything to say." Young Master Yin smiled coldly, though he was in no hurry to make his move. (To be continued) R466