In a ice cellar on the outskirts of the city, Xingkong shivered in her thin clothes, her already weak body trembling.
Snooker played with the surgical knife in his hand, teasing his prey.
"Has anyone ever told you that your eyes are beautiful?"
Yes.
Huo Qingyan had said so.
In her past life, Huo Qingyan had said more than once that her eyes were like the Milky Way, adorned with stars, dazzling.
Even before she died, Huo Qingyan had not let go of her eyes.
She had gouged them out.
The pain...even if she lived another life, it would be unforgettable.
She couldn't help but touch her eyes, a sarcastic smile on her lips. "Yes."
"Who else has such good taste?"
The sarcastic smile deepened. "If I tell you, can you help me kill her?"
Snooker was taken aback, clearly not expecting her to say that.
"If you can sell your eyes for a price I'm satisfied with, I can consider it."
Xingkong raised an eyebrow at him. "You wouldn't dare."
"There's no one I wouldn't dare to kill."
"She's from the Huo family."
Snooker replied, "Oh," as if he hadn't heard.
Xingkong narrowed her eyes. "Her name is Huo Qingyan. She said my eyes were beautiful. She said my eyes were 'a glance of autumn water, a thousand pearls shining bright'."
Snooker stepped back two steps. "I don't understand."
His attitude was enough to make Xingkong believe that he was afraid of the Huo family, or that he had an intimate relationship with someone from the Huo family.
Ah ye, Qi Rongchen chewed gum and whistled to his companion, Huo Siye, "I heard it's a young girl who just turned eighteen, fresh and tender. Tsk tsk, our Siye is truly remarkable."
"Get out." Huo Siye pushed open the car door on Qi Rongchen's side and said coldly.
Qi Rongchen flipped his hair handsomely, "Let me remind you, it's illegal to have relations with a minor. But if you're not in a hurry, you can bring her home as a child bride. Being young has its advantages, easy to train and mold into whatever you want. Hey, hey, what are you doing? I haven't finished yet, don't push me."
Bang!
Huo Siye pushed Qi Rongchen out of the car without hesitation.
Vroom!
He stepped on the gas and the Aston Martin zoomed away.
"What the f*ck!" Qi Rongchen ate a mouthful of dust and looked a bit disheveled.
"Qi Shao, what are you waiting for? Catch up with them!" Bai Ning urged anxiously.
"Why bother chasing after them!" Qi Rongchen glared at him.
"I heard this area is a famous dumping ground. Who knows, maybe you'll find the kind of lonely ghost with big eyes, high nose, and sharp chin that you like to poke people to death." Bai Ning said.
Qi Rongchen: F*ck!
Outside the ice cellar.
Qi Rongchen caught up and looked around warily while babbling, "Guess what I found out?"
Huo Siye checked the black handgun in his hand, showing no interest in what Qi Rongchen was saying.
Qi Rongchen was already used to his cold demeanor and continued chattering, "Guess who was the first person Snooker met when he came to Yundu? It was Huo Qingyan!"
At the mention of this name, Huo Siye's expression finally loosened a bit, and he glanced at Qi Rongchen.
Qi Rongchen became more excited, "Isn't it strange? Your elegant and dignified Seventh Miss of the Huo family is actually good friends with a serial killer. Tsk tsk, the secrets of the Huo family are really something else."
"Annoying, shut up."
Qi Rongchen shrugged and made a motion to shut up.
"Fourth Master, I've observed that there are only Third Miss and Snooker inside," Bai Ning reported the gathered intelligence to Huo Siye.
"Third Miss is not doing well, she probably aggravated her wound again." Bai Ning cursed Dong Ru zhu and her daughter in her heart, calling them a heartless, perverted, and vicious old witch!
Huo Siye's face didn't look good, and he went upstairs with his gun.
The ice house had already been abandoned, and the hallway was piled with discarded materials, emitting a nauseating smell.
Qi Rongchen almost vomited, but he endured it and endured it until he couldn't take it anymore and vomited with a "wow."
"Hmmph, useless." Huo Siye said.
Qi Rongchen... felt bitter in his heart. Who was he enduring this for? His stepdaughter?
Whether it was because Qi Rongchen's voice was too loud or not, Snooker upstairs became aware of their presence.
He immediately became alert.
Holding a surgical knife, he walked to the stairway and looked down into the dimness. He saw a flickering shadow and sneered, then returned to Shen Xingkong's side.
Smiling like a devil, she asked, "Are you happy? Someone is coming to save you."
"Of course not."
"Oh?"
"If someone is coming to save me, it means I'm not far from death."
"Go on."
"The only person who knows I'm in your hands is Dong Ru zhu. She has never accepted me, otherwise she wouldn't have come to you. She knows that if she reports you to the police, you will be furious and might kill me. And if you're unlucky enough to be seen by the police when you kill me, they will shoot you on the spot to save me."
Xingkong smiled and continued, "Then, she will contact the media and expose your previous actions, making the Shen family both a victim and a hero who eliminates evil for the people. It's perfect, isn't it?"
Snooker raised an eyebrow, "So, this is what you call 'praying mantis catching cicadas while the oriole is behind'?"
"Indeed, I guessed right. You are the prey of the oriole."
"I bet you're angry now, feeling resentful and wanting to hold Dong Ru zhu accountable, right?"
Snooker grinned wickedly, "You're a sly fox."
Xingkong lowered her eyelids and saw a moving shadow in the reflection of the knife in Snooker's hand.
She smirked, "Snooker, you lost."
Snooker also heard the footsteps and without hesitation, picked up the knife and stabbed towards her eyes.
The sharp knife brought a chilling wind, but Xingkong remained still, allowing the knife to inch closer and closer to her eyes.
Bang!
The gunshot shattered the silence, and the tip of the knife stopped just one centimeter away from Xingkong's pupils.
The bullet pierced through, splattering blood onto Xingkong's body.
However, Xingkong remained unfazed. She moved the knife away from her eyes, stood up, and sweetly smiled towards the person behind Snooker. "Siye, I knew you would come to save me."
Huo Siye's gun emitted a faint white smoke.
He had only taken a few steps when he saw the little crazy girl bouncing towards him.
As the little crazy girl was about to jump into his arms, he extended his arm and pressed the gun against her forehead.
Xingkong raised her eyelids and looked at the gun pressed against her forehead. "..."
Bai Ning and the others rushed over and subdued Snooker, who had been shot in the ear.
Qi Rongchen put his hands in his pockets and leisurely caught up. "Hey, Xingkong, how are you doing, my child bride?"