Chapter 986: Will they make it in time? (1/2)
Mu Linger pulled Ning Jing’s hand aside and continued to scream at the top of her lungs.
“AhhHHHHHH….AHH!”
She didn’t care what time it was, much less where she was. She just wanted to yell like crazy and tell the whole world that Qi gege did care about her! Qi gege’s heart had a place for her after all!
“Ning Jing, I’m the happiest person in the world!” Mu Linger cried while hugging Ning Jing’s arms. She was too excited to calm down. “Ning Jing, don’t you agree? Don’t you?”
“Yes!” Ning Jing couldn’t very well say no. Even if she did, Mu Linger wouldn’t listen.
“Ning Jing, I’m just as happy as you. You’re the happiest person in the world too!” Mu Linger laughed out loud.
Ning Jing felt helpless at first, but eventually she was infected by Mu Linger’s joy.
That’s right. The happiest thing in this world must be knowing the person you love, loves you too.
“Ning Jing, we have to leave this place alive! We must!” Mu Linger declared.
“We shall!” Ning Jing was confident.
“Say, Ning Jing...do you think Qi gege will hug me once he finds me? A nice, tight hug?” Mu Linger asked.
“He will,” Ning Jing wasn’t sure if that was the case, because she neither understood nor knew Gu Qishao well. She only felt that Mu Linger was a little fool, but only fools could be truly happy, right?
Mu Linger thought it over a while, then asked shyly, “Say, Ning Jing...do you think Qi gege would kiss me?”
Ning Jing almost laughed out loud, but she held herself back and nodded. “Maybe.”
No matter whether Mu Linger would be disappointed in the future, at least she was happy now. At least she would have felt happiness once!
Just like that, Mu Linger kept asking Ning Jing a bunch of silly questions that she replied with the affirmative. She had originally planned to wake up Mu Linger to talk about Tang Li, but the two of them ended up discussing Gu Qishao all night. Could this count as small talk between sisters? When the dawn was approaching, the two of them fell asleep amidst foolish grins. How wonderful it’d be to be always so happy?
Meanwhile, Ning Cheng didn’t sleep all night. Bai Yuqiao waited until Jun Yixie went to train his troops to pay him another visit.
“Ning Cheng, do you have a plan?” she asked.
“How am I supposed to come up with one in the space of one night?” Ning Cheng retorted. Right now, he was even more anxious than Bai Yuqiao, but he kept his expression indifferent.
Bai Yuqiao knew she was rushing things, but she had no other choice! Jun Yixie had already gone to interrogate Su Xiaoyu once. If he went again, he might try torture. Su Xiaoyu was already so weak and had only recovered a little recently. If she was subject to torture again, Bai Yuqiao couldn’t begin to imagine the consequences.
“Ning Cheng, help me think of a way. Just take it as me begging you!” Bai Yuqiao hesitated, then got straight to the point. “Ning Cheng, your alliance with my senior brother is just so each of you can accomplish your own goals. Whatever terms you want, just tell me!”
Ning Cheng was waiting for those very words, but never expected she’d say them so soon. This proved that his position in Bai Yuqiao’s heart was superior to that of Jun Yixie. Now it was easy for him to give conditions.
“Help me deliver a letter to Kangan Private Bank first. Once that’s done, I’ll tell you the faster way to save her,” Ning Cheng muttered.
“Alright!” Bai Yuqiao agreed. She never guessed that Kangan Private Bank was under Long Feiye’s control. She only knew that it was working in conjunction with Myriad Merchant Hall and assumed that Ning Cheng was preparing his money.
Ning Cheng immediately went to write a secret missive, which Bai Yuqiao had the tact not to read. Once he finished, he sealed it in an envelope and wrote a single line on its seam. It would show if anyone tried to tamper with the envelope seal beforehand.
“Deliver this letter and get the reply from Kangan Private Bank’s Manager Luo,” Ning Cheng said.
“Fine!” Bai Yuqiao agreed in one breath.
She was about to leave when Ning Cheng asked, “Bai Yuqiao, aren’t you afraid of me ruining your senior brother?” The girl believed that he liked Han Yunxi enough to give up the world for her, but she also knew that Ning Cheng would want the woman and the world if he had the chance!
She was Ning Cheng’s “chance!”
Bai Yuqiao had decided to help him so she’d long thought things through. With her back to Ning Cheng, she replied, “Ning Cheng, I only have two conditions. One, get Su Xiaoyu out within half a month. Two, don’t harm my senior brother’s life! We can talk about how to rescue Su Xiaoyu after I return with Manager Luo’s answer!”
Ning Cheng’s lips quirked into a cold smile. “Alright, I’ll wait for you. And I’ll make arrangements for someone to bring her away.”
He had to thank Ning Jing for her reminder last night. If she hadn’t brought up Kangan Private Bank, he wouldn’t even know where to deliver the letter to. If it wasn’t for this bank, it was unlikely Bai Yuqiao would agree to his terms.
Of course, he wasn’t planning on helping the girl before he sent away Ning Jing and the rest. Nor could he promise not to hurt Jun Yixie’s life! Even if he died, he wanted Jun Yixie to accompany him! Once Bai Yuqiao got the letter to Kangan Private Bank, he would have no more reservations, nor could Bai Yuqiao hold any chip against him to talk terms.
That night, Ning Cheng found a chance to let Bai Yuqiao arrange a meeting between him and Su Xiaoyu. She was already away, so he simply looked at her from a distance before turning to leave.