Chapter 174 Song Xu, I'm scared
Lin Xi and Bai Tiantian were walking side by side, chatting and laughing, towards the school gate when suddenly two dark figures darted out and blocked Lin Xi's path. One of them even grabbed Lin Xi's wrist.
"Laidi, it really is you, Laidi!" A dirty-looking man grabbed Lin Xi's wrist and wouldn't let go.
Another woman with a wrinkled face leaned close to Lin Xi's face, "Laidi'er, is that you?"
"Ah!" Lin Xi saw two unfamiliar yet familiar faces and heard their voices, completely losing control and screaming, "Let me go! Let me go! Help!"
"Who are you? Let go of Xixi!" Bai Tiantian was startled. She hugged Lin Xi tightly, afraid that Lin Xi would be kidnapped.
Lin Xi was still screaming; she was terrified, as if she had seen a ghost.
This was the first time Bai Tiantian had ever seen Lin Xi like this.
The man and woman didn't let go of Lin Xi because of her screams. Instead, they held on tightly, saying, "Come with us, your parents will take you home."
"No, no!" Lin Xi cried out, "Song Xu, save me! Brother, save me!"
Bai Tiantian turned around and saw that Zhou Jingming's car hadn't driven away yet, so she shouted loudly, "Brother Jingming! Help!"
Zhou Jingming and Jiang Yan were talking in the car with all the windows closed, so they didn't notice what was happening at the school gate.
It was Jiang Yan who inadvertently glanced at the rearview mirror and saw someone struggling with Lin Xi. She quickly called out to Zhou Jingming, "Jingming, get out of the car quickly, it seems like something happened to Xi Xi."
Zhou Jingming glanced at the school gate, quickly unbuckled his seatbelt, and ran out of the car.
Before Zhou Jingming could reach them, a Maybach sped up and stopped right in front of Lin Xi.
Lu Yunzhou got out of the car, pulled Lin Xi to his side, and chopped at the man's arm with one palm.
Hearing a crack, the man cried out in pain. Lu Yunzhou kicked the man away and then punched the woman next to him, knocking her down.
Lu Yunzhou hugged the terrified Lin Xi tightly, "Xi Xi, it's alright, it's alright, no one can take you away."
Bai Tiantian breathed a sigh of relief and immediately called Song Chen to tell him that something had happened to Xixi.
Zhou Jingming and Jiang Yan also ran over.
“Xi Xi…” Jiang Yan looked at Lin Xi with concern.
Zhou Jingming glanced at Lu Yunzhou, then shifted his gaze to the middle-aged couple lying on the ground.
Lin Xi was emotionally unstable, her whole body was trembling, her breathing was rapid, and she felt tightness in her chest and couldn't breathe. She leaned against Lu Yunzhou's chest and kept saying in a trembling voice, "Don't go back, I don't want to go back, I want to find my brother, I want to find my grandmother."
Lin Xi's words were like countless steel knives piercing Lu Yunzhou's heart. It hurt, it hurt so much. He hugged Lin Xi tightly, his voice choked with sobs, "No one can take you away, Xi Xi, no one will dare to bully you anymore."
“Laidi, I’m your father. How could you have someone beat me up?” The man lying on the ground held his broken arm. “You can’t just abandon your parents now that you have money.”
Lin Xi, who had been gradually calming down, became agitated again upon hearing the man's voice. She covered her ears and screamed, "I don't want to hear his voice!"
It's terrifying. Why is a nightmare becoming reality? She doesn't want to. She doesn't want to see them, doesn't want to hear their voices, and doesn't want to be dragged back by them.
"I don't want to go hungry, I don't want to be beaten, I won't marry an old bachelor, save me, someone please save me!"
Lin Xi was so excited that she fainted while shouting.
"Xi Xi!"
Zhou Jingming had already knocked out a middle-aged couple, rendering them unable to speak.
Lu Yunzhou picked up Lin Xi and carried her to the car. Bai Tiantian also got into the car and held Lin Xi in her arms.
Lu Yunzhou looked at Zhou Jingming and said, "I'll take Xixi to the hospital first. You keep an eye on these two. I'll send someone over to take them away right away."
Zhou Jingming nodded.
Jiang Yan didn't recognize Lu Yunzhou. She tugged at Zhou Jingming's sleeve, "Jingming, who is he? Is it okay for Xixi to go with him? Should we go and check on him?"
“It’s okay, he knows Xixi.” Zhou Jingming watched the direction they left in, clenching his fists. He wondered what Xixi had experienced as a child that made her so afraid of this couple.
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Lin Xi dreamt that she was covered in wounds, with bright red blood gushing from them. She wanted to run, but her legs were too weak to move, and she would fall after taking only a few steps.
Someone was chasing her with a dog. She was terrified. The more she feared it, the more she fell. The more she feared it, the less she could run. The person behind her was getting closer and closer.
A large wolfhound, with its jaws wide open, lunged at her.
"Ah!" Lin Xi was startled awake and sat up abruptly.
"Xi Xi!" Song Xu hugged Lin Xi tightly. "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Hearing Song Xu's voice, Lin Xi's tense nerves relaxed. She hugged Song Xu's waist tightly and cried out, "Song Xu, they're here! They've found us!"
"Don't be afraid," Song Xu said, feeling heartbroken seeing Lin Xi like this. "I won't let anyone hurt you. It's good that they're here; it'll be better to deal with them sooner rather than later, so you won't have to worry all the time."
Lin Xi couldn't stop crying and clung to Song Xu, "Song Xu, I'm scared, don't go."
"I won't leave, I'll stay with you forever," Song Xu comforted her softly.
Seeing Lin Xi like this, Bai Tiantian leaned against Song Chen and cried along with her, "What is Xi Xi afraid of?"
Song Chen's face was cold. Xi Xi must have suffered a lot when she was a child, otherwise her memories before the age of six wouldn't be so vivid.
Zhou Jingming and Jiang Yan were also in the ward, looking at Lin Xi with concern.
Only Lu Yunzhou was absent.
At this moment, Lu Yunzhou was holding a barbed whip, lashing at the couple who appeared at the school gate.
With one lash, Lu Yunzhou tore off a piece of flesh, and he lashed out ten more times without expression.
Tired from fighting, he sat down in a chair, lit a cigarette, and gave his men a look, "Tear off the seal on your mouths."
The subordinate went over and forcefully ripped off the seals on the couple's mouths, tearing off a piece of their lip skin along with it, causing blood to gush out.
The two men cried and wailed, "Stop hitting us! Boss, stop hitting us! Let us go! We'll never come to the city again!"
"Who sent you?" Lu Yunzhou exhaled a smoke ring.
The couple exchanged a glance. "No one sent us. We just heard that Lai Di'er was in the city. She's been missing for over ten years. We missed her, so we came to find her and take her home."
Lu Yunzhou scoffed and ordered his men, "Keep beating them until they tell the truth. If they still don't, chop off their hands and feet, cut off their arms and legs little by little. It's been a long time since we've made a human pig to play with."
The couple fainted upon hearing Lu Yunzhou's words.
“Useless things,” Lu Yunzhou snorted. “Splash salt water and wake them up.”
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