Chapter 131: Fox Eye Vs. Cave Vision (1/2)

Li Wenjia snickered.

“Once I kill Huang Xiaotao, I’ll hypnotize you and turn you into a criminal.”

“Whatever you say,” I replied nonchalantly.

It seemed that Li Wenjia had convinced herself that she was invincible here. If I had not interrupted her earlier, I would’ve died from Wang Yuanchao’s bullet. Having said that, although I acted as calm as I could, I was secretly breaking out in cold sweat and my heart was beating like a drum.

I took a quick glance at Wang Yuanchao, who was now a cold and ruthless killing machine. To my surprise, I saw a pained expression on his face. I froze in shock. Was he not hypnotized after all? But that would be impossible! If he wasn’t under Li Wenjia’s control, he would’ve killed her a long time ago. My guess was that Wang Yuanchao was resisting Li Wenjia’s control on his mind with his own willpower!

This would’ve been an impossible feat if it had been anyone else. But Wang Yuanchao was no ordinary man. He’d fought in real battles and was as tough as nails.

Please, Yuanchao, I silently prayed. You must wake up! We need you!

“Officer Wang, sing!” Li Wenjia suddenly ordered.

Wang Yuanchao then raised his gun and pointed it at our heads. It seemed that Li Wenjia’s order to ‘sing’ meant something else. We walked forward step by step. The warehouse was large and empty. After a while, we finally saw a table in front of us. There was a white porcelain jar on it with a name that read ‘Li Wenhai.’ Two candles were lit and placed on both sides of the jar.

“Prostrate before my brother and knock your head on the ground three times, Officer Huang,” Li Wenjia ordered. “Make sure I can hear the sound of your head hitting the ground.”

“Never!” spat Xiaotao.

“You killed my brother,” said Li Wenjia. “Therefore, you must ask for his forgiveness.”

“He was a monster!” Xiaotao shot back. “He deserved no pity or respect!”

“Officer Wang, dance!” ordered Li Wenjia.

Then Wang Yuanchao suddenly punched Xiaotao. She fell to the ground, then Wang Yuanchao continued to kick and beat her up when she was down. I tried to stop him but he pushed me away easily.

“Stop!” yelled Li Wenjia. Then Wang Yuanchao stopped abruptly like a wooden puppet. He then stepped back and pointed the gun at us just as he did before.

I helped Xiaotao up to her feet. She was covered in bruises and was bleeding from her head.

“Kneel before my brother!” ordered Li Wenjia.

Xiaotao gritted her teeth and did so reluctantly. She then slammed her head to the ground three times. She hit the ground so hard I could clearly hear it, and my heart sank with worry.

Then there was a sound of clapping from the loudspeaker.

“Well done, Officer Huang!” she said with a laugh. “I’ve been waiting for this for so long. Brother, your spirit can rest in peace now.”

Xiaotao stood up and spat, “What else have you got, Li Wenjia? Bring it on!”

“There’s a letter behind the candle,” she murmured. “Read it yourself.”

Xiaotao looked behind the candle, then suddenly cursed, “You bitch! I’ll kill you!”

Li Wenjia laughed wildly, and the spotlights above the warehouse were suddenly turned on. I saw two people standing on the beam. Officer Ma was on the left and a middle-aged man in a suit was on the right. Both of them had loops around their heads. The other end of the loop was tied to the roof above their heads.

“On the left is your teacher, and on the right is your own father,” Li Wenjia said. Her cold and vicious voice echoed through the empty warehouse. “Blow out a candle and choose who will die. Otherwise, they’ll both die together.”

Xiaotao almost collapsed onto the table. She was about to turn the table over in anger when Li Wenjia exploded into laughter.

“If both of the candles are extinguished,” she said, “then everyone here will die. Go on. It’s all up to you.”

“You will die an ugly death, you bitch!” Xiaotao shouted hysterically. Tears streamed down her eyes, and my heart ached to see her like that.

“Your pitiful wailing is music to my ears,” Li Wenjia replied. “You only have five seconds, Officer Huang. Five, four, three…”

Before she counted to one, Xiaotao blew out the candle on the right and collapsed to her knees, weeping.

“Forgive me, father…” she mumbled weakly.

“Interesting…” said Li Wenjia. “You love your teacher more than your own father. Well, in that case… Ma Guozhong, step forward!”

Li Wenjia snapped her fingers.

Xiaotao looked up in horror as Officer Ma stepped forward. He fell from the beam, and when the noose caught his neck, his spine snapped instantly. Officer Ma kicked his leg in the air, and his body twitched for a few seconds. Then, he stopped moving. His body swayed limply as it hung from the roof.

“No! No! No!!!” Xiaotao shouted.

“Are you enjoying this game I designed for you, Officer Huang?” Li Wenjia asked. This time her voice didn’t come from the loudspeaker, but it sounded like she was approaching us herself. “I have longed to see you lose everything and die in pain for a long time!”

The sound of high heels clicking the floor grew closer and closer. Out of the darkness came a woman in a long red dress. Li Wenjia had cut off the bangs that were covering her right eye, exposing the bright green eye.

“Li Wenjia! I’ll k—” Xiaotao’s shout came to an abrupt halt, and she suddenly stood very still. I had a feeling something was very wrong, so I quickly looked away from Li Wenjia’s eyes.

Li Wenjia walked towards Xiaotao and wrapped her arms around her. It turned out that she was searching Xiaotao’s body for any hidden weapons. She pulled out the gun that was hidden under Xiaotao’s clothes.

“Finally,” said Li Wenjia as she caressed Xiaotao’s face. “We’ve come to the finale. I want you to helplessly watch this boyfriend of yours die in front of you!”

Xiaotao’s body trembled violently, but she still couldn’t move. She must’ve wanted to kill Li Wenjia right then and there, but there was absolutely nothing that she could do.