by A Sick Frog
Upon reaching the designated place, Qin Ke Xuan received another call that instructed her to go to another location. Qin Ke Xuan, once again, headed in towards that location, deciding that if they wanted her to change the venue again, she would just leave and not care about this anymore.
In the end, there were no more calls, rather, they had sent someone out. It was a youth, a guy. He stopped before Qin Ke Xuan, his height half a head above hers, and sized her up and down, asking: “You’re Qin Ke Xuan?” Despite having received the news already, he still found it a little unbelievable upon seeing such a skinny and weak looking underage Lolita.
“Mmh.”
“Follow me. And get that guy trailing behind join you along with us.” He said crookedly.
Then she saw Yin Xu Dong being pushed towards her by a burly guy. As expected, he was discovered. It looked like this bunch of kidnappers were not simple.
Yin Xu Dong, flushed, waved at Qin Ke Xuan awkwardly, “Hehehe, we meet again…” This was promptly disregarded by Qin Ke Xuan.
The two of them were escorted to the vehicle and were forced to have their hands tied and their eyes blindfolded. Only afterwards did Yin Xu Dong ask Qin Ke Xuan why she had allowed them to do so. According to him, if people were to treat her like that, she normally would have settled them a long time ago. Qin Ke Xuan rolled her eyes, that was her accepting a compromise, also, they have not found Qin Peng Cheng at that time yet!
The youth in charge of guarding them did a body search. Even while blindfolded, Qin Ke Xuan was able to aim a kick at him, “You better reflect whether you are capable enough before you touch me.” She turned sideways, pulling out the pair of earrings in her pocket, and undid the necklace around her neck and threw it at the guy, “That’s it.”
The guy, not sure if he had gotten scared from her kick, actually believed Qin Ke Xuan only had these two items on her. He proceeded to search Yin Xu Dong, and ended up, of course, empty-handed.
The youth conversed with the burly chap, and the burly chap started the vehicle towards their den. Mid-route, the youth got rid of the tracker and wiretap Qin Ke Xuan had automatically submitted in. The vehicle travelled quietly.
After about thirty to forty minutes, the vehicle stopped. The youth undid the blindfold on Qin Ke Xuan and Yin Xu Dong, “Alight.” Then he, together with the burly chap, each took a side to guard them, escorting them forward.
Weeds as tall as half a person in height grew in the surrounding. There was no sign of human habitation around save for an abandoned building. Qin Ke Xuan narrowed her eyes, it looked like that abandoned building was these people’s den. Also according to the vehicle’s speed and journey duration, excluding them circling around the city to mislead people, this place was a pretty long distance away from the city centre. Rather than trusting those useless policemen to handle them, it would be more reliable to just depend on herself.
She turned to look at the Yin Xu Dong currently in the same state as she was in on her side. Yin Xu Dong upon being looked at wanted to smile comfortingly as her, but only ended up squeezing his hardened facial muscles into a smiling face uglier than crying face. Qin Ke Xuan spat mentally, this nuisance!
The two of them were half pulled half dragged by the youth and burly chap into the dilapidated building. Two masked guys stood at the entrance. Qin Ke Xuan guessed that they were the ones on patrol. The youth and the burly chap nodded at the two guys, and then stepped onto the squeaking metal plates that threatened to break any moment layered as stairs, and walked up to the second floor. She saw a bunch of people sitting around in twos and threes as she stepped in. Their gazes turned towards them and gathered on her upon hearing them entering. Accustomed to concealing herself in the shadows to await the prime time to begin, it had always been her watching someone else’s every movement. Yet the Qin Ke Xuan now, currently being stared at by the bunch of people in the room, felt largely uncomfortable.
The youth started: “Where’s Long Ge*?”
(T/N: “哥” = “Ge”; older brother)
“Inside, you better bring them in.” One of them replied.
Qin Ke Xuan heard a women’s voice coming from inside the room “You despicable bastard! I’m gonna kill you! Why don’t you cry! Cry and call your bitch of a mother to come save you! …”, and could not help but minced her lips, this voice…
The youth pushed them along the corner, and into the room. Qin Ke Xuan quickly swept a glance through the room, and, as expected, saw a woman standing at a corner—Wen Mei Xia. The little kid curled into a bundle below her foot was undoubtedly Qin Peng Cheng. Wen Mei Xia raised her leg to stomp on Qin Peng Cheng’s body, her face twisted as she spat profanities while doing so. Qin Peng Cheng unable to bear the pain whimpered out loud.
Still alive, Qin Ke Xuan concluded decisively.
The youth said to one of the people sitting on the only furniture in the room— atop the sofa sat a guy smoking away: “Long Ge, we brought the girl.”
The guy spat out a smoke ring, his eyelids raising the slightest to turn his gaze towards them absent-mindedly. He brought the cigarette clipped between his fingers to his lips, inhaled deeply before throwing it on the ground to extinguish it with a tread of his foot. “Wasn’t it supposed to be just a girl? Why’s there another one?”
The youth answered: “We discovered this chap following behind, and brought him along in case he leaked our whereabouts.”
“You’re too careless. Da Tou, bring him away.” Long Ge waved his hand nonchalantly.
Qin Ke Xuan wanted to know what the so-called bring him away meant, Yin Xu Dong this time, even if he would not die, would end up handicapped. Even though she did not concern herself with whether he would end up dead or alive, she still needed an aid like him in this world, after all, she had not found anyone more suitable than him in doing so. In conclusion, he should not die while she was still in need of his aid.
“Hold it.” Qin Ke Xuan walked in front of Yin Xu Dong to block the guy who had wanted to bring him away, and said to Long Ge: “I’m the one you want, let the two of them go.” From the moment they raised the condition that they wanted her in exchange for Qin Peng Cheng, she knew things would not be as simple as them demanding a ransom. Once she connected the dots and thought about the people who she had encountered, which were only two bunches, she understood these kidnappers had another agenda.
Wen Mei Xian walked towards her, glaring as her in despise, and turned to Long Ge in anger, saying: “Eh, I paid a large sum to hire you people to finish off that son of a bitch, you can’t let him go!”
Long Ge replied blandly: “I definitely know the parameters. Since I took your money, I will settle my side of the agreement, naturally.” He pointed at Qin Ke Xuan asked: “This is your daughter, what do you have in mind?” It would be impossible even if Wen Mei Xia wanted to save Qin Ke Xuan, for this one-sided agreement was targeted at Qin Ke Xuan from the very beginning. If it were not for Qin Ke Xuan, they would not have taken up this job— for they would not only not get what they had started out to do, they would have also alerted the police.
“Bah! I don’t have such a cruel and unscrupulous daughter! You do whatever you like with her.” Wen Mei Xia spat on the ground. This daughter actually helped that bitch knock her out, why the hell would she want her for?!!
Upon hearing this, Yin Xu Dong, finally reacted from witnessing Wen Mei Xia’s shocking revelations, panicked. He jumped in front of Qin Ke Xuan to block them, desperately trying to ignore his fear, and shouted, his voice trembling: “You, what you do want? What nerve to have of you, you people to bully little kids and girls, if you want to beat anyone up, come at me! Let them go!”
Qin Ke Xuan looked at the back before her, it was obviously one, no two, sizes smaller than everyone else’s in this room, and sighed helplessly. Even if he was seeking death, there was no need for him to jump in front of her!
Long Ge snorted out a laugh, his hands crossing in front of his chest, propping his legs onto the wooden cas
e in front of them, his expression one of disdain and contempt, saying: “Who do you think you are? The three of you don’t even need to think about leaving.”
Yin Xu Dong choked, and got agitated, completely forgetting his fear, and flew into a fury, “Bastards! You lied!”
Long Ge shrugged, setting a very helpless look on his face, and said in a very despicable manner: “If you want to blame, then blame the policemen for being too stupid, to actually send you people over!”
Qin Ke Xuan whispered to Yin Xu Dong: “Listen, later, regardless of whatever that’s happening, go and grab Qin Peng Cheng over.”
“Aye?” Yin Xu Dong froze, his hands were tied behind his back, how would he grab?
“What are the two of you murmuring about?!” The youth who stood the furthest away from them walked towards them scolding.
Qin Ke Xuan gave her hands a quick tug, and the pair of hands broke free from the restraints like magic. Of course, she did not know anything about magic, much less hear about it, she had only done a tiny trick, so no matter how tightly they bound the ropes, she would be able to break free.
She did not rush with regards to settling those people, rather, she reached into her clothes and pulled out a small knife she had sheaved at her waist, and chopped Yin Xu Dong’s ropes, setting his hands free, “Go to Qin Peng Cheng’s side.”
“Long Ge! They undid the ropes!” The youth shouted in shock.
Qin Ke Xuan quickly sent a kick in his direction, and the youth slammed backwards on to the wall, hugging his stomach while whimpering as he slid to the floor along the wall. Qin Ke Xuan slowly turned her head, her gleamingly dark eyes glistening with a deadly chill.
Chapter 15 - The Diabolical Girl
“Let’s see, how do you want to die?” Qin Ke Xuan asked Long Ge and his bunch of people, unruffled, despite the situation.
Long Ge’s face fell, and snorted coldly, his hand gesturing to halt his restless subordinates, “You pretty skilful huh, looks like I’ve underestimated you. But don’t be too arrogant, you’re still a little girl after all. I don’t believe you can get out of here anyhow.” Upon finishing, he waved his finger, and the people behind him lunged at Qin Ke Xuan.
Qin Ke Xuan’s head hung low, her gaze sweeping past everyone through her lowered fringe. A suffocating tinge of bloodlust eluded from her, eliciting a shiver down spines coupled with a hair-raising sense of fear in everyone at the scene. Suddenly, the person standing before them was no longer a weak little girl, rather, cold-blooded killer!
Only the nutjob Yin Xu Dong did not feel anything, and ran straight to Qin Peng Cheng’s side, squatting down to flip him over. He pushed him, “Little brat, still alive?”
Yin Xu Dong saw the purple bruises all over Qin Peng Cheng’s skin, freaking hell! Even though that woman was Xuan Xuan’s mother, he still could not help it but curse. To be so ruthless with an innocent child, that’s so fvckin’ inhumane! No wonder Xuan Xuan was not willing to pay her any attention and had just knocked her out cold and threw her out.
Qin Peng Cheng’s both eyes were tightly closed as he whimpered: “It… it hurts… mummy…. Save me…” His tears leaked out.
Yin Xu Dong patted his cheeks gently, comforting him: “Everything’s okay now, no one’s gonna bully you anymore, your step-sis’s here to save you!”
Qin Peng Cheng opened his eyes with difficulty, trying hard to figure out who the person in front of him was, his step-sis’s was here to save him? That evil woman’s evil daughter was here to save him? “It’s… you?”
Yin Xu Dong supported him and helped him up, pinching his cheeks, and pointed excitedly in Qin Ke Xuan’s direction, “Mmhhm! Quick look at how valiant your step-sis is! So freaking epic!”
Qin Peng Cheng’s gaze followed his finger, and could only make out an occasional wisp of a small figure from within the crowd. That probably really was Qin Ke Xuan. He did not understand, however, why would she come and save him? Should she not be on the same side as that woman and hate his mother and him? He had thought that she would treat him as violently as that woman had.
Very quickly, however, Yin Xu Dong’s happiness faded. All he could hear were the cracks of bones and howls of anguish. He realised in alarm that whatever she was doing was not any proper self-defence, rather it was her carrying out violence. At the rate she was going, she could not possibly kill anyone, right? “Xuan Xuan! Don’t kill anyone!” What in the world was the current situation? Why was it that he had to worry about the kidnappers’ lives?
It was still all right had he not screamed, but he screamed. And it attracted the attention of the kidnappers who could not handle Qin Ke Xuan’s mightiness, so the few of them immediately pounced towards him.
Qin Ke Xuan cursed mentally, and quickly kicked the leg, as in snapping the bones, of the person blocking her way. Taking advantage of the void as he kneeled down, she pressed his shoulders, flipping over the masses that had surrounded her. Just as her foot hit the ground, she dashed towards the kidnappers running at Yin Xu Dong.
She dashed forward, slotting herself in between them, and disregarded their shocked expressions as she grabbed their collars with the stretch of her hand. With a hard tug in the opposite direction, the two of their heads slammed together with a “bang”. She released her grip, letting the two fainted people fall down on the ground. The other kidnappers, upon seeing their companions settled so quickly, were completely appalled, and their speed increased.
Qin Ke Xuan smiled coldly, they dared to escape from her with such speeds? She leapt in the air, jumping to the space above them, and gave the two a kick at their necks, and the two of them slanted sideways.
In the blink of an eye, the person who they had originally been surrounding had already leapt out of their encasement, even the ones with decent skills were settled by her within seconds effortlessly. This had them re-examining this girl.
Yin Xu Dong bent down to carry Qin Peng Cheng, stepping over the people lying on the ground on Qin Ke Xuan’s side, asking while he trembled in fear: “Xuan, Xuan, you’re all right, right? What are we gonna do now?” The kidnappers were already starting to take out knives, but Xuan Xuan was unarmed! “Do you need my help?”
Qin Ke Xuan slanted him a gaze, “You?” It would be great already if he did not come over to meddle and obstruct her.
Yin Xu Dong swallowed and asked carefully: “Even though I’m not very strong, but I can still help a little bit.” In any case, he was still a guy, and for a guy to cower behind a girl was asinine. It was just the right chance for him to test out the fruits of his hard work—his training—that he had strived to put in dutifully according to what Qin Ke Xuan had ordered him to do for a period of time.
Long Ge’s face fell as he stared at Qin Ke Xuan. It would be beyond shameful if word of the huge lot of them being unable to handle this little girl got out. They might as well quit and go back home!
He instructed the remaining dozen or so lot of people to surround the three of them, “Go all out, anyone who can seize the girl will be rewarded lucratively!”
Impetus draws out brave souls. The dozen or so of them waved their weapons and pounced at Qin Ke Xuan.
Yin Xu Dong upon seeing this such a scene panicked, and quickly shouted: “You’re too despicable! To have more than ten people against one…”
Qin Ke Xuan grabbed him, pushing him and Qin Peng Cheng to behind a wooden board, lashing out: “If you don’t shut your trap, I’ll break your neck! Stay here and don’t move!” With that, she zipped back into the group fight.
Knives and rods waved in her directions continuously, but they were all evaded by her with agility. Every miss would be supplemented with a grip of someone, or a punch in someone’s chest, or a dislocation of someone’s arm, as though a demon, her shadow flowed in and out through the flock of people, unceasingly. Very quickly, seven or eight were finished and had lost consciousness. Out of the remaining whose arms were not dislocated was only Long Ge alone.
Qin Ke Xuan stood t
here, not a scratch harmed, whereas they had lost so many numbers.
Long Ge gnashed his teeth in anger, who the hell was this godly person?! How the hell did they provoke such devil! He looked at his injured people, and spat on the ground, walking towards Qin Ke Xuan.
Taking the advantage while Qin Ke Xuan was still dislocating the last arm, Long Ge sent a hard punch towards her back. It was as though Qin Ke Xuan grew eyes on the back of her head, her hand shot out behind her back to grip Long Ge fist. Her head turned slightly to look at Long Ge, her other hand gripping another arm twisted, and that person’s arm turned at a very eerie angle with a “snap”, that guy immediately started wailing and howling. Qin Ke Xuan did not even spare him a glance as she raised her leg to kick his stomach while releasing her hand, and that guy stepped backwards before collapsing in whimpers.
Long Ge had wanted to retract his hand, but who knew Qin Ke Xuan’s small hand contained so much strength. She grabbed him tightly, not letting go. He threw a punch with his other hand, Qin Ke Xuan raised her other hand, too, to block his incoming punch, at the same time seizing the opportunity to grab his arm. The Qin Ke Xuan right now had grabbed Long Ge with both hands, she pulled him downwards, her knee raising at the same time to slam into his stomach, making Long Ge’s face twist palely.
Qin Ke Xuan flung him on the ground with a throw of her hands. Just as Long Ge wanted to flip over to get up, Qin Ke Xuan trod on him, rendering him immobile. Long Ge, even through his journey of climbing onto this position, had never experienced such humiliation. On top of that, with Qin Ke Xuan kneeing him in the stomach, his anger boiled all the more vigorously it hurt his chest, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Qin Ke Xuan lowered her gaze, looking at the glaring Long Ge, and asked calmly: “Who sent you?”
“Cough, I must be out of luck to meet a strong opponent! Who sent me? Haha, haven’t you seen what happened just now? Your biological mother’s the one who employed us to finish off you and your brother!” Long Ge said while spitting blood, his expression one of malevolence.