Chapter 379 Returning to That Moment (4)
The movement outside seemed to slow down.
The sound of the chainsaw grew weaker and weaker, replaced by the muffled thud of a hammer hitting the door.
"Dong-dong-dong"
The sound was getting closer and louder, and Zhang Shuai's voice outside the door was becoming clearer and clearer. Tian Xin heard Lin Zhou's voice.
Immediately afterwards, the voices of Li Aiying, Tian Fushun, Li Jing and others also came in.
She turned her head and saw that the originally airtight wooden door suddenly had a square hole the size of a book, which was moving inwards.
The "dong-dong" sounds became louder and heavier. She watched the piece of wood being pushed in from the outside, and the stone in her heart finally fell to the ground along with the wood.
She straightened Li Ke's chair, tidied her messy hair and clothes, looked at Li Ke's terrified eyes, and whispered in her ear: "Don't worry, you won't die. This is what you did to me before, and now I'm giving it all back to you!"
Li Ke stopped struggling, her eyes filled with fear and endless sadness, just like she had been back then.
She let her go and ran towards the door.
What awaits her there is endless light!
but……
Just as her hand touched the door, Liu Bo, who had been lying on the ground, suddenly stood up and stood in front of her with a ferocious face.
"Want...want to run away?" He gasped, covering his bruised head and grabbed Tian Xin. With a quick turn, he pressed Tian Xin against the wall next to the door.
"We haven't even settled our bill yet, and you want to run away? How can it be that easy?"
This place just happened to be out of sight of the hole in the door, and the police could only see Li Ke tied to a chair from the outside.
Mistaking her for a hostage, the police immediately shouted inside: "Release the hostages. If you have any demands, please tell us. As long as the hostages are safe, we will do our best to meet all your requests."
Li Ke began to struggle again, but she couldn't speak and could only twist her body continuously.
Similarly, Tian Xin couldn't open her mouth.
She struggled desperately, but Liu Bo covered her mouth with his hand, making it difficult for her to breathe.
The disparity in power between men and women was once again demonstrated. She couldn't escape, so she could only stay awake and wait for the opportunity.
"You damn girl, you actually dared to call the police? Are you tired of living?"
Liu Bo quickly shouted outside: "I advise you not to act rashly. This girl is in my hands now. If you dare to open that door, I will cut her throat immediately."
Lin Zhou, who had just reached his hand into the cave to find the keyhole, was startled by the sound and dared not move.
"Don't touch her. If you have anything to say, talk to her nicely. Don't use force. Don't hurt her."
He didn't dare move his hands, but they were shaking violently.
The police once again shouted: "Speak out your demands, don't hurt the hostages! Otherwise we will shoot!"
The word "shoot" made Liu Bo a little panicked, but he still wanted to teach Tian Xin a lesson and avenge the kick she gave him.
He began to negotiate terms with the outside world.
"I didn't do anything. I was just an errand boy. That woman did everything. If you don't pursue me and let me go, I will let this girl go."
Having said that, his hands were not idle, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Tian Xin began to become less innocent.
"Girl, you're lucky to be in my hands today." He put on a fake smile, lifted Tian Xin's chin with the tip of the knife and sneered: "I'm not as cruel as that woman who insisted on taking your life. So, you sleep with me for a while, which will make up for the kick you gave me, and then we'll be even. How about that? I'm quite nice, right?"
Tian Xin's mouth was covered, and she could only babble to express herself. She asked him: "Don't you want to kill me? What? You don't dare anymore?"
Liu Bo didn't understand, but he didn't want to tease her.
When the police arrived, he cowered and said he'd kill her, but he was just holding a grudge against her for kicking him. Actually, he'd fallen in love with her since he'd first seen her at the quarry.
He wanted to possess her, to conquer her, but he was unaware of Tian Xin's deep hatred for him. Not only that, after Tian Xin resisted him again and again, he was aroused by the urge to have her at all costs.
This impulse reached its peak at this moment - when she fell into his hands and could no longer resist.
"You bastard, you farted..."
Zhang Shuai's voice outside the door was furious, cursing Liu Bo for being shameless.
Obviously, the conversation between the two had been transmitted through the hole, and people outside could hear it.
"As long as the safety of the hostages is guaranteed, we can show leniency. Don't act rashly, open the door and let the hostages out." The police responded quickly.
But Liu Bo was not convinced: "How can it be that easy? I haven't finished my work yet. You guys should get out of the way first and let us out. Once we finish what we need to do, I will let her go."
"You're talking bullshit..." Zhang Shuai couldn't help but curse again: "Hurry and let Tian Xin go. If you dare to touch her, I'll kill you, believe it or not..."
"I believe it, of course I do!" Liu Bo said with a smile, "So, I advise you to move aside. I don't want to do that in this place, in front of so many people. How embarrassing, don't you think?"
He asked the last sentence to Tian Xin with a shameless smile on his face, which perfectly overlapped with the person in his previous life.
Tian Xin heard Li Aiying's crying and begging outside, as well as Zhang Shuai kicking the wall, and soon her tears could not stop falling.
The humiliation at this moment made her decide to use herself to say goodbye to everything in the past.
"Liu Bo, kill me!" She looked at Liu Bo's dirty face with tears in her eyes and sobbed under his hands: "It's not the first time anyway!"
"What did you say?" Liu Bo let go of his hand.
"If I die in your hands today, I'll pretend I've never been here. You're still my husband, I'm still your wife, and there's still the child in your belly. It would be a good thing for the three of us to die here today. It would be a reunion."
Her voice trembled violently. One of her hands was on Liu Bo's arm that was pinching her neck, while the other hand was on her belly which did not bulge at all. Her eyes were full of begging and weakness.
"What do you mean by a family of three? What are you talking about?"
"Do you still remember him? Little Sun." She stroked her belly, her eyes lost in memory. "That's the name you gave the child. Don't you remember?"
Li Ke struggled frantically, making "hmmmm" and "ahhh" sounds as if he wanted to tell Liu Bo something, but it was in vain.
“What little sun? What nonsense are you talking about?”
Liu Bo didn't understand and thought she was scared. He smiled and touched her face with one hand, taking advantage of the opportunity: "You said I am your husband and we have children?"
"Yeah, don't you remember anything?" She asked, suppressing her nausea, trying to let down his guard little by little to buy time for the people outside.
Liu Bo was fooled, and his eyes began to wander over her wantonly: "I don't quite remember it, but since you said you did, then it must be true."
His hand started from Tian Xin's face and moved down, until it gradually touched the hand that Tian Xin had placed on her stomach. He grabbed it, put it to his nose, and sniffed it deeply. Then, with a little force, he kissed it.
"After so long, I finally met you." He put down her hand with satisfaction and put his face close to her lips.
The two of them were breathing so closely that they could hear each other. Tian Xin's stomach churned, and she almost vomited. But she suppressed her nausea and turned her head away to continue diverting Liu Bo's attention.
"Do you still remember the vows we made?" To prevent him from succeeding, she turned her head away and rested her chin on Liu Bo's shoulder, her voice infinitely tender: "At that time, I was alone and helpless, and almost died. You said you would take care of me for the rest of my life and would never let anyone bully me again."
There was soon new movement outside.
The police asked Lin Zhou to withdraw his hand and found a professional police officer to try to open the door with a key.
She caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of her eye, and simply hugged Liu Bo's face with both hands, continuing, "How happy were we back then? We fell in love, got married, had children, and had everything. You said you loved me and wouldn't let me suffer the slightest injustice."
"So? Did I do it?" Liu Bo asked her with a smile on his face.
"You did it!" she affirmed. "Not only did you do it, you destroyed it all with your own hands."
The door lock clicked open and the police filed in.
This is the moment she has been waiting for.
So he seized the opportunity, pushed Liu Bo away and ran towards the door.
but……
Still a step too slow.
Liu Bo grabbed her again with his backhand.
The moment the police pointed their guns at him, they dragged her to Li Ke.
"Don't move, or I'll kill them both."
Liu Bo pinched Tian Xin's neck with one hand and pointed the dagger at Li Ke's neck with the other hand.
Lin Zhou and Zhang Shuai, who were blocked at the door, suddenly went crazy and started yelling outside, "Let her go." They had completely lost their minds.
"Release the hostages, we will guarantee your personal safety."
The police sent negotiation experts and doctors to negotiate with him in a roundabout way.
Liu Bo didn't expect things to turn out like this and was a little frustrated.
"You silly girl, you were just pretending? You tricked me into letting my guard down so these people could rescue you, right?"
He was a little desperate and pinched Tian Xin's hand tightly, making it difficult for her to breathe. Her face turned red instantly and she couldn't stop coughing.
"Believe it or not...what I said...is true."
Tian Xin grabbed his hand and struggled to continue what she had just said: "We were indeed husband and wife for a lifetime, but you killed me with your own hands. Do you want to kill me a second time today?"
"You're still acting so hypocritical in front of the police. What nonsense are you talking about? Who are you married to? What's the relationship between us? Stop talking nonsense."
"Yeah, I dare to say that in front of the police." Tian Xin calmed herself down and turned her gaze to Li Ke: "Even if you don't believe me, you should believe her."
The negotiation expert sent by the police never had a chance to speak and could only listen to Tian Xin's nonsense. However, he was secretly observing Liu Bo's emotions.
Hearing this, the expert raised his hand and took a step forward, looking at Tian Xin with a smile: "Ms. Tian, don't be nervous, I believe your husband will not hurt you again."
"Bullshit, what husband? He is just a..." Zhang Shuai outside the door shouted at the right time, scaring everyone's heart to skip a beat.
Lin Zhou, who was standing by, quickly covered his mouth and warned him in a low voice: "Shut up! If you keep shouting, and push him into a corner, will Tian Xin still be alive?"
Zhang Shuai shut up obediently.
"I know you won't be able to believe what I'm saying for a while." Tian Xin continued, "But I'll always remember that we spent the happiest time in that house in Liujiazui."
"I remember the old apricot tree in the middle of the yard. Every spring it would be full of yellow apricots. The neighboring children were greedy and always wanted to take some back to eat. You said that was my favorite, so how could I let outsiders enjoy it?"
"After we got married, Aunt Liu, the mother of Liu Can next door, would often come to our house and teach me how to knit. I was clumsy and could never learn. You were afraid that your mother-in-law would blame me, so you hid the yarn and needles and lied to me that you gave them to your sister!"
"My mother-in-law always wore a silver bracelet on her hand. I later used the money I earned to buy her a gold one. But she was reluctant to wear it and lied to me that the silver bracelet was a dowry from her parents and that she couldn't take it off once she put it on."
Liu Bo's expression gradually became ugly, and the hand that was pinching Tian Xin gradually relaxed.
Tian Xin got a moment to catch her breath, she stopped coughing so violently and spoke more fluently.
Seeing that Liu Bo had listened carefully, she continued without stopping:
"My mother-in-law has poor eyesight, but she prepared small clothes and quilts for our child long ago. She said, 'My daughter-in-law is a miserable person, without a mother to love her. I must raise her like my own daughter.'"
After saying this, Tian Xin's tears welled up again, and she sobbed uncontrollably: "But we kept arguing over money, and she never had a grandchild. How many times has she been looked down upon by the villagers over the years?"
"So, I'm the bastard?"
Liu Bo murmured, "But why? Why would I kill you?"
His eyes began to look empty, and the hand holding the knife couldn't help shaking: "Is it because of another man?"
He turned his gaze toward the door, his eyes again fierce. "Is it because of him? You were being affectionate with him right in front of me. How could you still have me as your husband in your eyes?"
After hearing this, Tian Xin was certain he believed it. So she continued to add fuel to the fire, hoping to make him completely relax his guard and buy an opportunity for the police.
"It's all because of you gambling, losing your house and car, and accumulating high-interest loans that Li Ke chased us home. Our child...that unborn little sun, was beaten to death by her biological father."
"Liu Bo, all of this is because of you. Why did you gamble? Why did you kill our child? Why?"
"You killed our child with your own hands. You destroyed our family. You destroyed everything."
"It's all because of you. It was your gambling that killed me and ruined our happiness."
"Are you going to ruin it again now?"
…………
Do you want to destroy it again?
Do you want to destroy it again?
Destroy it again?
The last sentence was like a spell, constantly echoing in Liu Bo's ears!
He began to feel dazed and couldn't distinguish between reality and the scene Tian Xin described.
Which one is true? Which one is false?
He knew clearly that they had no substantial relationship.
But what exactly happened?
Everything she said was true, and it was so heartfelt, as if it had really happened.
Really?
Were they really husband and wife for life?
It's just that he forgot, but she still remembered.
asshole!
He suddenly slapped himself and cursed inwardly.
What bullshit?
What era is this? Where is the past and present life?
It was obvious that this woman was cunning and made up a lie to deceive him so that the police could arrest him.
"Even if what you said is true, so what?"
He changed the subject and returned to the current situation. He tightened his grip on her neck again and said viciously, "Do you really think I'll fall for your trick again? Don't dream on."
"Then what are you waiting for? Go ahead! Kill me!"
Tian Xin suddenly let go of the hand that was holding him, and instead exerted force to grab the knife in his other hand and stabbed it towards her lower abdomen: "Kill me, kill our child."
It was an extremely exquisite dagger, the tip of the blade drew a perfect arc in the air, and pierced Tian Xin's stomach in an almost tragic manner...
She turned to look at him, her eyes revealing the same despair as in her previous life.
"Liu Bo, I hate you——"
"don't want--"
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