162 Her Life Lies in Your Hands 5 (2/2)

”I'm sorry, Xiaoning. Of course I'd want you to make it out alive, but I can't live without Qingyue either.”

In other words, An Xiaoning was dispensable, unlike Jin Qingyue.

”Who made this decision? I want to speak to Qingyan,” she said, refusing to believe her fate.

”Qingyan…” After taking a glance at her son who was muffled and blindfolded while being tied up, Mrs. Jin continued, ”Qingyan didn't come to any decision. It was your father-in-law, Grandma, and I who decided together. Xiaoning, please don't hold it against us, should anything happen to you. We didn't have a choice either, how we wish all of this weren't true.”

”I don't blame you guys for it, but I'd like to stay alive too, I don't wish to die. Besides, I call you guys my parents as well, why can't you treat me like your own? I'm still your daughter-in-law, after all!” An Xiaoning cried, choking with sobs.

As soon as she finished, the hitman raised the mobile phone in front of his face and said, ”Your daughter will be released soon.”

The call ended abruptly, startling Mrs. Jin who then burst into tears, grasping the mobile phone tightly in her hands.

”Don't release them until Qingyue comes home,” instructed Mrs. Jin as she stared at Jin Qingyan and the members of the Gu family, who were all tied up.

”You heard their answer. Okay, stop struggling or hoping you'll get lucky. I'll send you on your way to death once you're done with this meal,” said the hitman with a malicious smile.

The other hitman proceeded to release Jin Qingyue from the chains and pulled her upstairs. He then instructed, ”I'll send her away ten minutes from now. Quickly get rid of the remaining one.”

”Got it.”

The remaining hitman then freed An Xiaoning's arms from the chains. ”Eat up,” he said, pushing the tray of food towards her.

”Is the food poisoned?”

”Rest assured, you won't be dying such an easy death. I'll stab you over and over again until you're drenched in blood. That'd be such a thrilling way to die, wouldn't it?” the hitman said sneeringly.

An Xiaoning felt her body stiffen in fear. As much as she was famished and starving, she was not in the mood to feast on the sumptuous spread in front of her, at all. She had no other way out, at this point.

She reached out to pick up the pair of chopsticks, her hands trembling uncontrollably in fear.

Strangely, she had a gut feeling that there was something amiss with the food.

Thus, she picked up the food at an intentionally slow speed, to the annoyance of the hitman who then hissed, ”Hurry up, or I'll stab you to death right now.”

”Look… aren't there bugs in here?” she said, pointing at the food packaging.

”How could that be?” said the hitman, craning his neck to have a better look. An Xiaoning then slowly separated the chopsticks, holding one in each hand. All of a sudden, she stabbed the hitman in his eyeballs with the pair of chopsticks, after making sure she had aimed accurately. Noticing that he was about to retreat backwards, An Xiaoning hurriedly thought of her next move to stop him, for she knew that there would be no way to escape if he managed to leave.

Thus, she grabbed him forcefully with one hand and began stabbing his eyeballs rapidly with the other, as if she had lost her mind. Blood began gushing out from his eyes, splattering all over her face.

At this juncture, she could no longer think straight or be bothered with the fact that she was stabbing him.

All she wanted was to get out alive!

In order to stay alive, she would do whatever it took!

Shrieking in pain at the top of his lungs, the hitman struggled to retreat backwards as he tried to free himself with his hands. He subconsciously whipped out a knife and thrust it deep into An Xiaoning's gut. Noticing that he was about to remove the knife and stab her with it again, An Xiaoning plucked up the courage to defend her own life, which laid in the hands of the hitmen. She was in so much pain that her face turned as pale as a sheet while she broke out in a cold sweat. She had no choice but to bite down onto his face and distract him from stabbing her, completely disregarding the fact that his blood was flowing into her mouth.

She removed the knife from her stomach and began stabbing him repeatedly with all her might, with no intentions to stop at all. Finally, he fell to the ground and laid there motionlessly.

To ensure that he would no longer get up, An Xiaoning continued to stab him a few more times, before heaving a huge sigh of relief upon confirming that he was dead. She then began to search his body for the keys to release herself.