“Did I say you could leave?”
Hearing this, Bai Yujing’s expression darkened slightly. He turned back to Ye Qiu and asked, “What do you mean?”
“If I remember correctly, you just insulted Sister Bing, didn’t you?” Ye Qiu said.
Bai Yujing’s heart jolted. Indeed, he had called Bai Bing a wretch earlier.
Ye Qiu stepped up to Bai Yujing and slapped him across the face.
*Slap!*
Bai Yujing stumbled, half his face swelling up instantly.
“Ye Qiu, don’t push it too far,” Bai Yujing said, clutching his face, his eyes blazing with anger.
*Slap!*
Ye Qiu landed another slap, saying, “You dare insult Sister Bing right in front of me? Who gave you the nerve?”
“You little bastard, hitting my son, you’re asking for it.” Bai Jianjun drew his sidearm again, pointing it at Ye Qiu’s head and shouting fiercely.
*Whoosh!*
In a flash, Ye Qiu was in front of Bai Jianjun.
Bai Jianjun barely saw a blur before the gun was snatched from his hand, and then the barrel was pressed against his forehead.
“I really don’t like people pointing guns at me, and if I’m not mistaken, this is the second time you’ve done it.”
Suddenly, Ye Qiu grinned, a chilling smile spreading across his face. “Bai Jianjun, do you think I’d dare kill you?”
“I’m a major general. Kill me, and you’ll pay with your life. Go ahead and shoot if you’ve got the guts.”
Bai Jianjun, with his rank, was convinced Ye Qiu was only bluffing and wouldn’t dare fire.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Ye Qiu pulled the trigger.
*Bang!*
The bullet tore off half of Bai Jianjun’s ear, blood splattering everywhere.
“Ah…” Bai Jianjun clutched his ear, collapsing to the floor with a loud scream.
Everyone was stunned.
No one had expected Ye Qiu to actually shoot.
General Bai raised an eyebrow, giving Ye Qiu a deep look, thinking to himself, *This lad’s got some guts.*
“Father!” Bai Yujing hurriedly helped Bai Jianjun up, then glared coldly at Ye Qiu, asking, “What do you want?”
“Plain and simple, I want to kill you both.”
Ye Qiu said, “We’re already enemies with no chance of reconciliation. Rather than leave you alive to seek revenge later, I might as well finish you off now.”
“Bai Yujing, any last words?”
Ye Qiu raised the gun, aiming it at Bai Yujing’s forehead.
Bai Yujing’s heart skipped a beat. His right hand slipped behind his back, clenching into a fist, before he said, “Ye Qiu, if you kill me, you won’t survive either. The people from the Forbidden City won’t let you off.”
“I’ve never counted on the Forbidden City sparing me, but if I can take you down before they get to me, that’d be a decent haul.”
“Besides, whether I can leave the capital is my business, not yours.”
Killing intent radiated from Ye Qiu, and in an instant, the temperature in the ward seemed to drop below freezing, sending chills down everyone’s spine.
The atmosphere grew tense.
General Bai looked at Ye Qiu, his mouth opening as if to speak, then closing again.
Noticing General Bai’s expression, Bai Bing said, “Ye Qiu, let it go! For my sake, spare them.”
“Sister Bing, you’re just too kind, otherwise how could Bai Yujing dare bully you?” Ye Qiu replied, “If you don’t pull the weed out by the roots, it’ll grow back in the spring breeze. If we don’t get rid of them today, they might come after me later.”
Ye Qiu was genuinely intent on killing Bai Yujing and his father.
He could foresee that, given any chance, the pair would come for his life without mercy.
Letting them go today would make it harder to kill them later.
Besides, with his Nine-Turn Dragon Technique breaking through to the third stage and cultivating true qi, Ye Qiu had immense confidence in his strength.
Even if killing them brought trouble from Dragon Seven or Eight, he wasn’t afraid.
“Ye Qiu, I’m begging you, alright?” Bai Bing pleaded.
She could tell that, though General Bai hadn’t said a word, he was deeply worried for Bai Yujing and his father.
Blood ties weren’t so easily severed, after all.
Old Tang approached Ye Qiu too, whispering, “Show some mercy. Killing his son and grandson in front of General Bai wouldn’t look good.”
Ye Qiu glanced back at General Bai, noticing a trace of tension in his brow, clearly anxious about Ye Qiu following through.
“Fine, for Sister Bing’s sake, I’ll let you off this time.”
Hearing this, General Bai quietly sighed in relief, but then Ye Qiu added:
“Bai Yujing, I won’t kill you, but you insulted Sister Bing, and I’m not letting that slide.”
“You need to kneel and apologise to Sister Bing, or else…”
*Thud!*
Before Ye Qiu could finish, Bai Yujing dropped to his knees, saying earnestly, “Bai Bing, I was wrong before, I apologise to you, I’m sorry.”
Ye Qiu was dumbfounded.
He’d thought Bai Yujing would be stubborn, resisting to the end, but he just knelt.
Was this guy even a man? So spineless!
“Get out of here!” Bai Bing said.
Fearing Ye Qiu might change his mind, Bai Yujing quickly helped Bai Jianjun up and hurried out of the ward.
Ye Qiu stared at Bai Yujing’s retreating figure, his eyes glinting with killing intent.
He’d sensed a faint, elusive danger from Bai Yujing just now, though he couldn’t pinpoint what it was.
That’s why he’d forced Bai Yujing to kneel and apologise, hoping to provoke a reaction and test him. But the guy didn’t resist at all.
What a slippery one.
Turning around, Ye Qiu smiled at General Bai, “General, sorry you had to see that.”
General Bai’s face remained expressionless.
Ye Qiu then asked, “General, do you feel a bit better now?”
“Don’t try to cosy up to me.” General Bai scowled, “Ye Qiu, you’ve got some nerve, whisking my granddaughter away while I was unconscious, don’t you owe me an explanation?”
“General, that’s not fair, Sister Bing and I are in love, how can you call it whisking her away? Right, Sister Bing?”
With that, Ye Qiu wrapped an arm around Bai Bing’s waist, not shying away from General Bai at all.
“Hmph.” General Bai snorted coldly, “Everyone out, I need to speak to Ye Qiu alone.”
One by one, the others left the ward.
Soon, only Ye Qiu and General Bai remained.
They stared at each other.
Big eyes meeting small eyes.
Neither spoke.
After a while, General Bai let out a long sigh, saying, “Ye Qiu, I’d like to ask you for a favour.”
“Please go ahead, General.”
General Bai said, “Promise me, if you get the chance, kill Bai Yujing!”
