He Lingchuan's eyes widened, his fists clenched tightly, but even such a simple movement made him tremble with pain.

He took a deep breath and tried to persuade Xu Fei: "Don't get too involved. It's not too late to hand over the child now."

Xu Fei is a madman now; he doesn't listen to anyone and his eyes are filled with hatred.

He Lingchuan met his gaze, hoping he still retained a shred of rationality and would at least listen to what he was saying.

“Xu Fei, as long as you give me back my child, I will give you anything you want. You can even ask me to drop out of school, or I can even beg the principal to let you return to school. I can also help you find Professor Zhao, as long as you give me back my child.”

He Lingchuan spoke gently, explaining that this place was rather remote and he couldn't possibly find anyone to help him.

Even if someone is there, it won't matter. Once Xu Fei is caught by the police, he can forget about seeing Nan Chen again.

He certainly wouldn't tell the police where he hid Nan Chen; his only option now was to make a deal with Xu Fei.

He Lingchuan looked at Xu Fei with great sincerity, trying to move him: "Tell me what you want, and I will do whatever it takes as long as I can."

Xu Fei's eyes were icy as he sized He Lingchuan up and down. He smiled, his eyes hardening, "You'll satisfy me? Why didn't you say that before? What were you thinking when you exposed me and sent me to prison? Are you scared now?"

Xu Fei took out a rope from his hand: "Let me tell you, it's all too late. I don't want anything now, I just want you dead."

He walked towards He Lingchuan, his eyes bloodshot; he had lost his mind.

He Lingchuan took a deep breath and tried to reason with him: "Xu Fei, you can arrest me, you can do whatever you want to me, as long as you release my child, the child is innocent."

He Lingchuan's voice was trembling with tears: "You're a college student too, you have a conscience, you wouldn't hurt a child, right?"

He didn't even have the strength to fight back. If Xu Fei wanted to, he could kill him right now.

He Lingchuan had no other requests; he only hoped that he could persuade Xu Fei to release Nan Chen before he died.

Xu Fei gripped the rope with both hands, glaring fiercely at He Lingchuan: "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure I'll do anything you ask, as long as you release the child."

He Lingchuan closed his eyes, put his hands together, and stretched them out in front of Xu Fei: "I'll do whatever you say."

Xu Fei raised an eyebrow, looked at He Lingchuan with great satisfaction, and nodded: "Okay, you said it yourself."

He walked towards He Lingchuan, and just as he was about to tie He Lingchuan up, he saw He Lingchuan withdraw his hand: "You must take my child."

He looked at Xu Fei with concern and a tense expression.

"Don't worry, I mean what I say."

After saying the last word, Xu Fei planned to tie He Lingchuan up with a rope.

As he approached, He Lingchuan gritted his teeth and pulled hard on Xu Fei's head.

This move resulted in a lose-lose situation. Not only did Xu Fei fall to the ground, but He Lingchuan also aggravated his wound due to the excessive force of his movements, and he almost fainted from the pain.

A few minutes later, Xu Fei came to his senses. He glared at He Lingchuan and spat on the ground: "He Lingchuan, you really surprised me. Even when you're about to die, you still have the strength to fight back."

Xu Fei stepped on He Lingchuan's chest, listening to the muffled groans coming from He Lingchuan's chest, and laughed: "He Lingchuan, you are more stubborn than I thought. Someone like you is indeed a good candidate for experiments. You have tenacity, you are a thousand times or a hundred times stronger than me, but so what, because you are going to die soon."

He Lingchuan gripped Xu Fei's ankles with both hands, still refusing to give up: "Where did you hide the child?"

"You want to know?"

Xu Fei looked down at He Lingchuan and spat viciously on He Lingchuan's face: "I'm not telling you, what can you do to me?"

He Lingchuan frowned, his eyes filled with displeasure and hatred as he looked at Xu Fei.

He gritted his teeth and remained silent, even threatening, "You better not let me go, or I'll make you pay."

"You're going to make me look bad?"

Xu Fei kicked He Lingchuan again, saying, "How are you going to make me look bad? What gives you the right to say such things?"

He lowered his head and met He Lingchuan's eyes: "Look at yourself now, how pathetic you are! Weren't you so arrogant before? Weren't you Professor Zhao's last disciple? Look at the state you've become! Where's your Professor Zhao? Why isn't he coming to save you?"

Xu Fei would spit at him every time she spoke a word.

He Lingchuan squinted and, taking advantage of Xu Fei's outburst of anger, grabbed his ankle and pulled him to the ground with all his might.

Caught off guard, Xu Fei fell to the ground, wincing in pain.

"He Lingchuan, you just wait, I'll make sure you die."

This isn't a solution. He can't keep fighting Xu Fei like this, especially since he's no match for Xu Fei right now.

He had to let Gu Chengze know that he was here.

Before Xu Fei could pounce on him, He Lingchuan dialed Gu Chengze's number.

He used all his strength to block Xu Fei's attack, and just as he was about to faint, he vaguely seemed to see Zhou Mingyan.

He heard a loud bang, and Xu Fei was kicked against the wall by Zhou Mingyan.

Before closing his eyes, He Lingchuan heard Zhou Mingyan's vicious voice: "You bastard, you've ruined me."

...

When He Lingchuan woke up, it was already afternoon. He had a splitting headache and tried to get up by propping himself up on his arms, but Gu Chengze pressed him down.

"What were you thinking? You actually dared to go and challenge Xu Fei to a one-on-one fight? Are you crazy?"

Where is Xu Fei?

He Lingchuan was sore all over and his voice was hoarse, as if he hadn't drunk water for days.

He felt his throat was swollen, and even breathing was very difficult.

"Xu Fei has been taken into custody by the police. Luckily, I arrived in time, otherwise your life would have been in real danger."

He Lingchuan frowned, recalling what had happened before he lost consciousness.

"Before I fainted, I thought I saw Zhou Mingyan? Who told you Xu Fei was there? Where's the child? Have you found the child?"

Upon hearing the name Zhou Mingyan, Gu Chengze couldn't help but laugh: "You know what, this guy actually did something decent this time."

He Lingchuan raised his chin in confusion: "What do you mean?"

"What else could it mean? If Zhou Mingyan hadn't arrived in time, you'd be dead, and as for the child..."

Seeing that He Lingchuan was about to get up, Gu Chengze didn't dare to keep him in suspense and hurriedly said, "It's nothing serious, just a little frightened, and I have some resentment towards you."

"Judging from what you're saying, it seems like there's more to it than meets the eye."