1153 I Want to Make You Stay 31 (1/2)
Jin Yiheng was reminded of An Xiaoning.
”Yes, Mommy and I share the same birthday. I turn seven today.”
Long Xiaoxi began clapping her hands and singing him the birthday song, ”Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to Yiheng…”
Jin Rongyan also sang and applauded along in the midst of the quiet jungle.
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It was the start of the Hungry Ghost Festival.
The gates of Hell would be opened on the 15th of July, and a spooky vibe filled the atmosphere, especially at night.
Apart from making a conscious effort to refrain from staying out late at night, most people would not make much changes in their normal routine and were generally unaffected by the festival.
However, it was an inauspicious date for some extraordinary individuals.
Upon returning from M Nation, Jin Qingyan received several messages from Xihou Jiaping, who constantly threatened him. However, Jin Qingyan simply turned a deaf ear and ignored him.
He pretended not to see the messages even when Xihou Jiaping threatened to kill the three children.
At this juncture, he and Xihou Jiaping were simply testing each other's patience.
In the pitch-dark basement, Xihou Jiaping was filled with anxiety and was extremely ill at ease. He initially thought that he could at least get rid of An Xiaoning first, yet things did not go his way at all.
”Master, shall we kill those three children and show Jin Qingyan and An Xiaoning what we're capable of?”
After giving the suggestion some thought, he agreed, ”Which one should we kill first?”
”In my opinion, the two boys are the main stake. I think we should kill that irrelevant fatso first and film a video of the process. We'll then send it to them so as to warn them that their children will be next if they don't adhere to your instructions.”
”Okay.” He picked up his mobile phone and gave his underlings in M Nation a call to instruct them to execute Long Xiaoxi.
As soon as he made the call, the lady boss of the nightclub exclaimed in horror, ”Master!”
”What happened?”
She pointed at a spot.
Xihou Jiaping looked over, only to discover that Xiao Chenyang was glaring at him menacingly with a longsword in hand.
Xihou Jiaping stood up and asked, ”Why are you here again?”
”Release the children,” Xiao Chenyang said coldly, showing no emotion at all.
”Why must I do your bidding? Have you got too much time on your hands? This is none of your business.”
”I didn't spend more than ten hours searching for you just to hear such crap from you. Release the children. Don't make me repeat myself for the third time!” Xiao Chenyang hollered in exasperation.
”No. Hand over Xihou Ling's head and I'll release the children,” Xihou Jiaping said dauntlessly.
”Today shall be the day you meet your maker, then. We'll settle old and new scores today.”
”Do you really think I'd be afraid of you? I just don't want both sides to suffer,” said Xihou Jiaping.
”You may not be afraid of him alone, but how about both of us together?” a voice said coldly all of a sudden.
Xihou Jiaping took a closer look to discover that it was Jin Qingyan.
He began to feel a little flustered. He had drained some of his powers while breaking the spell in the boot camp.
Although his powers were not completely depleted, it was still a tough feat for him to defend himself against both of them…