When Qiao Yanze was undercover as Qiao Sen in the organization, Young Master Li had seen him as his idol. Qiao Sen’s character and way of doing things were all admired by his father.
He didn’t fear death and saved his father several times. Not only that, he was daring and intelligent as well.
Young Master Li couldn’t spot any weakness in him. He once thought about what kind of woman would be able to tame Qiao Sen. Now that he thought about it, Qiao Sen indeed had good taste to fall for Cen Xi.
Qiao Sen wished for Cen Xi to be alive, but he was different.
He was willing to die with Cen Xi.
Humans were the most scared of having a weakness. Once they had one, it would be easily discoverable and that person’s fate would be controlled by others.
“Ba Li, why must we implicate Cen Xi into our business? If you’re a man, stop pulling her into our matters!”
Young Master Li chuckled as he thought about Cen Xi disregarding her life to become a bait and working with Qiao Yanze to deceive him. His eyes reddened. “I’ve already given her a chance. She was the one who sent herself to me!”
Young Master Li waved the remote in his hand. “If you don’t want her to die, kneel down and beg me.”
Everyone knew that even if Qiao Yanze knelt down and begged Young Master Li, he might not let Cen Xi go either.
The island had been surrounded completely and it would be hard for Young Master Li and his men to escape. Now, they were treating Cen Xi as their only savior. If they couldn’t escape, Cen Xi would have to die with them.
Hearing Young Master Li’s unreasonable request, Cen Xi was so angry her eyes reddened. She glanced towards the cold-looking Young Master Li as she said coldly, “If you dare to, press the button! I’m not afraid of dying!”
As she said this, Cen Xi moved backwards. She didn’t want to implicate Qiao Yanze because of the explosion. Seeing Cen Xi’s action, Qiao Yanze took a step back and grabbed Cen Xi’s wrist. “Don’t move anyhow!”
Cen Xi threw Qiao Yanze’s hand away as she was swarmed with the urge to cry. “Don’t kneel down or let Young Master Li go. If he escapes because of me today, there is no point in me staying alive either!”
“Shut up!” Qiao Yanze growled at Cen Xi with a hoarse voice.
Young Master Li stared as the two argued. They were clearly arguing, but he felt extremely envious of them. He was envious of them being together in life and death, envious of their feelings for each other.
But, the more he was envious of them, the more unhappy he got.
“Nurse Xiao Hei, let me send you to Hell first. Don’t worry, I’ll go and find you very soon.”
Noting the dark and cold gaze Young Master Li had, Qiao Yanze pursed his lips as his jawline tensed. “Stop. I’ll kneel down.”
Young Master Li’s lips moved as excitement and bloodthirstiness shone in his eyes. “It seems like you cannot bear for Nurse Xiao Hei to die!”
Because of her, he would rather drink that death potion. He would rather let go of his dignity and kneel down in front of him like a dog, in front of his woman and men.
Seeing this, Young Master Li felt really happy.
He glanced up at the sky and said loudly, “Father, did you see this? Qiao Sen is going to kneel down in front of me, just like a dog!”
Following that, Young Master Li turned towards his men and said, “Record a video of the Qiao Young Master kneeling down. Let’s have the world take a look at how he kneels in front of me, Young Master Li, later!”
Cen Xi’s tears fell as she grabbed Qiao Yanze’s arm tightly, shaking it rapidly. “Don’t kneel for him. Don’t. Don’t!”
Qiao Yanze pulled Cen Xi’s hand away as he stared at Young Master Li. “After I kneel down, will you let go of her like a man?”
Young Master Li raised an eyebrow. “Of course.”
Losing Cen Xi as a hostage did not affect him at all. After all, Qiao Yanze’s life was still in his control. He didn’t believe that Qiao Yanze would kneel down for Cen Xi. He wouldn’t ask the government army to fall back for him.
Qiao Yanze nodded and started to bend his knees in front of everyone.
Tears swarmed out of Cen Xi’s eyes as her emotions overwhelmed him. She wanted to run towards Qiao Yanze, but was pulled back by Da Zuo.
Cen Xi stared at Da Zuo, her face covered in tears as she shouted, “He’s your young master. Are you going to see him be humiliated?” If he really did it, how was anyone going to respect him in the future?
If this was found out by others, everyone would say that the Qiao Third Young Master was willing to bow down to the young master of the criminal syndicate for his rival’s woman. Everyone will poke his backbone while the Qiao family’s reputation would be spoiled as well!
It really wasn’t worth it for her!
Da Zuo’s eyes reddened as well. But he knew his young master. No one would be able to change his decisions! He could only pull Cen Xi back for his young master.
Hearing Cen Xi’s cries, Qiao Yanze turned back to glance at her. His eyes were dark as ink as he shook his head. “It’s alright.”
Tears fell onto her lips, making Cen Xi taste how bitterness felt.
She never thought that Qiao Yanze’s feelings for her would be so deep!
She always thought that he only had some feelings for her.
Cen Xi was like an injured animal. She used all of her energy to push Da Zuo away before she ran towards Qiao Yanze.
Just as she was about to reach Qiao Yanze, right before Qiao Yanze’s knees were about to hit the floor, a hoarse female voice suddenly rang. “Son, stop!”
Suddenly, two figures walked out from the woods.
It was Xiao Zuo and an old woman he was helping.
The woman looked slightly old and worn. She was wearing an embroidered long gown and looked so skinny and frail that no one could tell how old she was. However, her facial features looked a little similar to Young Master Li’s. She must have been a great beauty when she was younger.
When Young Master Li heard the woman’s voice, his whole body trembled visibly. He glanced towards the two new-arrivals in disbelief. As his gaze landed on the woman who had messy hair, his eyes constricted rapidly.
He opened his mouth and swallowed back the urge to call out ‘mother’.
It was impossible! Impossible!
His mother had gone missing back when he was ten years old. He heard that she had been buried alive by his father’s wives and was long dead.
Qiao Sen knew how to disguise himself, so he must have found a woman who was disguised as his mother to deceive him.
Young Master Li bit down on his lip hard, his eyes looking like they were going to pop out of his eyes.
“Qiao Sen, do you think I will stop just because your men brought a woman who is disguised as my mother? Stop dreaming!”
“Ba Li, she’s your mother. When I was undercover, I found out accidentally that your mother is still alive. Her going missing wasn’t because of your father’s wives. It was your father who locked her up to make it seem like she had gone missing and was buried alive!”
“You’re f*cking sh*tting me! Do you think I’m a f*cking moron? Young Master Qiao shouted out agitatedly as he gritted his teeth. His eyes were completely ruthless as he looked like he really wanted to shoot Qiao Yanze to death right away. “My father doted on my mother the most, so much that he would give her his everything. Why would he hide her and stop us from seeing each other?”
He admitted that Qiao Yanze was a thoughtful, brave and intelligent person. But he should never ever use his parents to challenge him.
“Qiao Sen, I gave you a chance before, but you didn’t cherish it. In that case, don’t blame me for what I’m going to do!” Young Master Qiao said as he pressed the remote button.
