Chapter 203 Who Will You Choose? (1/2)
Xin Qing woke up super early the following day. She snuck downstairs to prepare breakfast. She had hurt Ying Qingcang's feelings yesterday. She had to at least do something make it up to him. She had just served up the congee on the table when she saw Young Master Shen sashaying over. Xin Qing stared at him in shock.
”What on earth happened to your eyes?”
Young Master Shen was sporting two dark bruises around his eyes when he returned her stare. ”I ran face-first into the door,” he said humorlessly.
”Haha!” Xin Qing laughed. ”I wonder what kind of door could give you that kind of bruising!”
Just then, Zhang Mi ran down from upstairs. As she made her way towards the dining table, Zhang Mi deliberately rammed into Young Master Shen's shoulder as if she did not see him there. ”A guy like him has done too many bad things. It's karma, I suppose!”
”Yeah, that's right!” Young Master Shen took a seat at the table as well. ”Apparently I ran into a ghost yesterday.”
”Hey, you're the ghost here!” Zhang Mi's fist came flying towards him.
Xin Qing noticed Ying Qingcang standing at the top of the staircase, looking right at her. All of a sudden, she felt a little bit sheepish. Still, she walked up towards him and wrapped her arms around his waist. ”Ying Qingcang...”
”I know,” he said. ”If there aren't any movements from that guy today, I'll make a move to retrieve Ah Sha!” Then, Ying Qingcang lowered his head to kiss her. ”I don't want you to worry.”
”But wouldn't that ruin the plan?” Once she had calmed down, Xin Qing was convinced that Ah Sha was not in danger.
Ying Qingcang gathered her to his side, and together, they descended the stairs. ”Boss Wan has been tracking the signal this whole time,” he said. ”We should be able to know by now. We'll wait for his cue.”
The two of them had just settled themselves at the table when the ring on Xin Qing's finger started beeping. Xin Qing touched the ring's head. There was a flash of blue light, and Boss Wan's head appeared in the air.
”I knew you'd be with Xin Qing,” Boss Wan said with his gaze trained on Ying Qingcang. Ying Qingcang returned Boss Wan's stare with a cold look of his own. ”You're calling so early in the morning just to see whether I'm with Xin Qing?”
Boss Wan arched his brows. ”I've tracked down the signal. It's from England!”
At about the same time, Young Master Shen received a phone call. After hanging up, Young Master Shen stood up. ”They've sailed out into the ocean.”
”Arrange a flight right away,” said Ying Qingcang. ”We're going to England.” All of a sudden, Xin Qing tugged Ying Qingcang. ”I'm coming with you,” she said.
Zhang Mi's hand shot into the air. ”And me too!”
Young Master Shen gave Zhang Mi a look. ”You do know that this isn't a vacation trip, right?”
Well, Xin Qing did not give a rat's ass. Wordlessly, Xin Qing stared at Ying Qingcang, pleading him with red-rimmed eyes. Ying Qingcang embraced her and nodded. ”Okay!”
An hour later, the group boarded a chopper. Meanwhile, Ying Qingcang busied himself on the phone.
”The satellite signal originated from the same farmhouse where William had kept Xin Qing when he kidnapped her last time.”
”But didn't it get blown up?” Xin Qing asked strangely.
”It's been rebuilt,” Ying Qingcang said with a frown. ”We've been careless. We would've gotten our hands on him ages ago if we're aware of this.”
Xin Qing shuddered. All of a sudden, she reached out and gripped Ying Qingcang's arm tightly. Her eyes were filled with fear right then. ”He... Do you think he will keep Ah Sha in the same underground torture cellar?”
”Don't worry!” Ying Qingcang said, hugging her tightly. ”I won't give him that chance.”
The chopper arrived in England around evening. They drove towards the farmhouse and staked out in its vicinity. A few hours later, another car pulled up in front of the farmhouse. Several men got out of the car. Finally, the men carried two little figures out of the car: Ah Sha and Xunxun.
Boss Wan's voice sounded in their earpieces: ”You guys can enter. I've already disabled the surveillance.”
Using the cover of the night, Ying Qingcang and Young Master Shen brought a few men with them and approached the farmhouse. Xin Qing sat alone in the car, anxiously waiting for any updates from Ying Qingcang. There were a total of five men inside the house, all of whom were having a meal at that moment. Ying Qingcang and his party burst into the house. In the instant that followed, Young Master Shen opened fire and killed off four of the five men inside. He shot the last one in the leg.
”Where are the children?” Ying Qingcang asked as he stared at the injured man coldly. It was the masked kidnapper from before. Ying Qingcang reached down and ripped off the man's mask, revealing the face of a white, Caucasian male.
”Li Qiao brought them to the underground cellar,” said the man, pointing towards the kitchen.
A loud bang sounded as Young Master Shen fired his gun once again. This time, the bullet went through the man's temple. After that, the few of them headed swiftly towards the underground cellar.
If Xin Qing were here, she would no doubt notice that the cellar looked exactly the same as the one she had been kept in the last time she was here. The only difference was the pictures on the wall: this time around, the pictures showed two men hugging and kissing each other. Some even showed the naked, entwined bodies of those two men.
Ah Sha and Xunxun sat in the corner of the room. A man was there, setting up a camcorder.
”That year, your mother also had the privilege to experience a blissful treatment in this place. It'll be your turn later. If Ying Qingcang really doesn't give a shit about you, I bet he won't bother coming to save you after he sees this recording. By then, I'll let you go and grab his son instead,” said the man. It was not clear whether those words were meant for Ah Sha or that he was just talking to himself.
Xunxun held Ah Sha tightly in his arms. ”Ah Sha, are you scared?” he whispered softly.