Chapter 174 Inciting Hatred, Making Them Fight to the Death
"Tell me, what do you want me to do for you?" Xia Jianyong asked in a deep voice.
He believes in the saying that no one gets up early without a reason.
Since the other party is helping him, there must be something they need him to do.
There's no such thing as a free lunch, especially not at a time like this.
"Good, very clear-headed, knowing that there's no such thing as a free lunch." The other person said with a smile.
Xia Jianyong gave a cold laugh.
If he didn't have that much brains, he would have been arrested long ago. Why would he be waiting until now?
The other party said coldly, "I have a way to get you out of the encirclement, but you have to do one thing for me."
Hearing that he could be helped out of the encirclement, Xia Jianyong was immediately tempted.
He asked, "What is it?"
"Grab Xia Yuhuan and hand her over to me," the other party said.
"Xia Yuhuan? What do you want Xia Yuhuan for? Did she offend you?" Xia Jianyong asked, puzzled.
The other party looked coldly at Xia Jianyong: "Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask, otherwise I'll take your life before you even get caught."
Xia Jianyong could feel the killing intent emanating from the other party.
Knowing that the other party was no pushover, Xia Jianyong was on high alert.
"Okay, if you don't want to ask, then don't ask. So, after we arrest him, where will we send him?" Xia Jianyong asked.
The other party said indifferently, "There is no specific address. After you arrest the person, try to escape outside the city. My people will follow you and will naturally find a suitable opportunity to take the person away."
Xia Jianyong had originally planned to appease the other party first and help him escape the encirclement. Whether to capture Xia Yuhuan or run away was up to him.
But judging from what the other party said, they had no intention of letting him go at all.
They will follow him.
If he doesn't kidnap Xia Yuhuan as agreed, they'll definitely come after him.
They could either kill him outright, or expose his whereabouts and hand him over to Chi Shaokang's men so he could be arrested.
Neither of them was what he wanted.
"Okay, I understand." Xia Jianyong agreed without hesitation: "Then when will you send me away from here?"
He can't get out on his own.
There are just too many people trying to arrest him.
"No rush, there are too many people right now," the other person said with a faint smile.
He added, "Don't you know how much your precious daughter, Xia Yuhuan, contributed to the operation to capture you?"
Upon hearing this, Xia Jianyong's mind went blank for a moment.
He slowly raised his eyes and looked at the other person: "What do you mean by that?"
"Just the literal meaning," the other person said calmly.
"You think you were arrested simply because your conspiracy with others to kill Old Man Xia and murder his daughter to seize his family property was exposed, but you don't know Xia Yuhuan's role in all of this."
"What did she do?" Xia Jianyong clenched his fists, veins throbbing on his forehead.
The last time that person came to see him, he said that Chi Shaokang was keeping an eye on what happened back then and was investigating him.
He was also trying to get information out of Xia Yuhuan.
Unfortunately, nothing was gained.
Then that person suddenly left and disappeared.
But that person was always elusive, so he didn't pay any attention.
They even thought that once the matter was resolved, that person would leave.
Now, listening to this person's words, he felt that it wasn't quite the case.
"The reason you were investigated is all because of her. She was the trigger. Do you understand what I mean?" the other person said with a half-smile.
Xia Jianyong's mind went blank.
He never expected things to turn out this way.
"Damn it." Xia Jianyong couldn't help but curse under his breath, his eyes filled with overwhelming hatred.
If he had known this would happen, he shouldn't have brought Xia Yuhuan back from the countryside to marry in her place!
He thought it was a good pawn to pave the way for his own benefit, but it turned out to be a dead end that sent him to his death.
No, if he had known this day would come, he shouldn't have been so soft-hearted back then, thinking that she was his bloodline after all, and spared her life only to abandon her.
He should have killed her himself back then to prevent future troubles.
Xia Jianyong's heart was filled with anger and hatred.
If Xia Yuhuan were in front of him, he would definitely kill her!
Seeing Xia Jianyong's surging anger and hatred, a hint of satisfaction flashed in the other party's eyes.
That's how you should hate.
Only when you hate someone like that will you fight with all your might to catch Xia Yuhuan.
Even if we can't catch Xia Yuhuan, we can still kill her with all our might.
"Since we share the same goal—Xia Yuhuan—let's cooperate properly. You help us get her out and hand her over, and we'll help you leave this place," the other party emphasized again.
Xia Jianyong calmed down a bit and nodded slightly: "Okay, don't worry, I will definitely trick Xia Yuhuan into coming out."
"Hmm," the other person responded casually.
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On the other hand, Xia Yuhuan was unaware that while she was trying to lure the snake out of its hole, Xia Jianyong had already set his sights on her.
She was in her study reading the medical books that had recently appeared in her spatial dimension when she heard Aunt Wang calling her from downstairs.
"Yu Huan, someone is here to see you."
"Okay, I'm here." Xia Yuhuan replied, put the book away, and went downstairs.
When Xia Yuhuan came downstairs, she saw Grandma Zhao, whom she hadn't seen in a long time.
"Grandma Zhao, what brings you here today?" Xia Yuhuan asked with a smile.
When she first transmigrated, she saved Grandma Zhao's life. Later, her son, Zhao Desheng, even considered giving up his competition with Xia Jianyong for the position of chief of staff because of this.
She went to find Zhao Desheng behind Xia Jianyong's back to persuade him to give up the idea.
However, she and Grandma Zhao have not seen each other since that incident.
She was quite surprised when Grandma Zhao suddenly came to visit.
Grandma Zhao quickly reached out to pull Xia Yuhuan.
"Xiao Huan, I'm so glad to see you," Grandma Zhao said.
"To be honest, I don't come here unless I need something. I've come to ask you for help."
Grandma Zhao seemed a little embarrassed as she spoke.
Seeing that she was a little anxious, Xia Yuhuan quickly said, "Please don't rush, tell me slowly, what do you need my help with?"
Grandma Zhao said, "Oh, I'm asking on behalf of my old friend."
“I have an old friend who went to the battlefield when she was young. She had a bullet lodged in her leg. The situation was urgent, and because of her special location, there were no conditions or people capable of removing it, so it just stayed in her leg.”
"Later, she recovered from her injury, and the bullet did not affect her mobility, so she didn't take it to heart and continued to fight with the troops, moving around the country."
"She was fine when she was young, but the older she got, the more her legs suffered. They would hurt terribly whenever the weather changed."
"Didn't it rain heavily a few days ago? She was in a lot of pain again."
"I went to see her today and saw how she was tormented by pain and became emaciated. It broke my heart, so I came to ask you if you could take a look at her and treat her leg?"
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