Gong Bingye looked at him coldly, as if questioning his words.
Mingjie held out his left hand and swore, "Prince, everything I said is true. If I tell even a single lie, I will be torn into pieces by five horses and my infamy will last forever."
At first, when Mingjie said that he killed the girl, he didn't believe that the girl was dead. Now, when he heard Mingjie say that the girl had escaped, hope was rekindled in his heart.
Gong Bingye put away the knife, "If I knew you were lying to me, I promise that not only you, but also your family will be buried with you."
In the past, he had only heard about how ruthless Gong Bingye's methods were, but now that he had seen it with his own eyes, he dared not lie to him.
Mingjie seemed to have suffered from the aftereffects of being frightened, and kept nodding his head.
Gong Bingye turned around and suddenly said, "Cripple his left arm too!"
Following closely behind him was Mingjie's cry of begging for mercy, "Prince, please don't..."
At this time, Mingjie knew that no one would respond no matter how much he cried out to heaven or earth, no matter how much he shouted.
Gong Bingye walked to the door, but before it was closed, Mingjie's screams echoed throughout the basement, and soon there was no movement inside.
Gong Bingye took out his phone and dialed a number slowly, but his words were filled with unconcealed excitement. "Give orders immediately and do everything in your power to find the girl. Don't leave any corner unsearched."
Gong Bingye looked up at the blue sky and the white clouds, calling out in his heart: Girl, where are you?!
*
Today, the restaurant where Li Li works is not very busy. After the guests at this table have eaten and drunk their fill, she tactfully goes to clean up the leftovers.
There was a TV hanging on the big white wall inside. There were few people here today, so the volume of the TV seemed a bit loud. A TV series was originally playing on the screen, but someone was changing the channel, and different sounds came into Li Li's ears one after another.
Li Li was concentrating on clearing the broken table and didn't pay any attention to the sound from the TV. But a name coming from the TV made her stop immediately.
She was stunned for a moment, then looked up and saw her colleague next to her sitting on a clean chair and watching TV leisurely.
She walked over as if possessed by a ghost and snatched the remote control from her colleague's hand without saying a word.
When my colleagues saw this, they were furious.
But Li Li was in no mood to care about her. She took the remote control and played the previous channel, and then the next one.
After broadcasting it three or four times in a row, she finally found the news being reported.
I don’t know if it’s because Mingjie and Xia Tian’s collaboration caused such a big stir, or if there’s capitalism behind the scenes fanning the flames, but even after several days, the heat is still building on this matter.
Li Li stared at the report intently, not having time to pay attention to the insults and anger of her colleagues next to her.
This news was reported repeatedly, and although it was only two minutes long, it made Li Li understand the whole story.
No wonder Xia Xingchen became like that before, it turned out that Xia Tian was impersonating him.
If that Xia Xingchen was Xia Tian, then where did the real Xia Xingchen go?!
For some reason, Li Li suddenly felt as if a ball of cotton was stuffed in her chest, making it very stuffy.
Seeing that Li Li remained indifferent despite all her talk, her colleague next to her was so angry that she pushed Li Li to the ground and said, "Li Li, why are you acting crazy in front of me? Why are you acting so stupid?"
"Don't think I'll give you the remote control just because you do this!"
Seeing Li Li half lying on the ground and still not resisting, the colleague stepped forward and ruthlessly snatched the remote control, "Give it to me."
Li Li was half lying on the ground with a dazed look on her face, finding it difficult to accept this matter for a while.
She didn't understand. Gong Bingye was so powerful and Xia Xingchen was so skilled, why could he be impersonated by Xia Tian?
Counting the days, it has been quite a while, which means she hasn't seen Xia Xingchen for a long time.
"Stars!" After an unknown amount of time, Li Li murmured these two words.
I'm sorry, she misunderstood her.
At this moment, Li Li didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
*
These days, the female beggar is alone at home during the day. Li's father, mother and Li Li all go out to work and only come back at night.
The female beggar sat in front of the dressing table, looking at herself in the mirror. Although the blood was no longer on the scar on her face, the scar was still there.
The wound on her face no longer hurt, but the beggar's heart was still bleeding.
She gently stroked her face, her eyes unconsciously moist.
It was getting dark, so the female beggar went to the kitchen to prepare dinner and waited for Mr. and Mrs. Li to come back. Mr. and Mrs. Li came back early, so the female beggar only cooked for them.
Wait for Li Li to come back and do it for her alone.
At first, Mr. and Mrs. Li were very resistant to the beggar woman moving in, but after a few days of getting to know her, they found that the beggar woman was a good person, sensible and hardworking.
The couple also had a much better impression of the female beggar.
After they finished their meal, they washed up and went to rest, while the female beggar waited quietly for Li Li to come back.
Li Li's home time at night was irregular, and the female beggar couldn't find the right time to cook, so she would wait for Li Li to come back before entering the kitchen.
The female beggar was watching TV in the living room. She turned the volume down to the lowest level for fear of disturbing Mr. and Mrs. Li's rest.
After watching for a long time, she heard the sound of someone pushing the door outside. She knew that at this time, except Li Li, there was no one else there, so she turned and went into the kitchen.
Even when she came back from get off work, Li Li was still dazed, with red eyes, as if she had been crying.
She thought: Since Xia Tian dared to impersonate Xingchen, something must have happened to Xingchen.
Just now, on the way back, she subconsciously called Xiao, and Xiao answered the phone immediately.
Li Li told Xiao what was in the news.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Xiao said in a very depressed mood: "I already knew about this."
Li Li asked anxiously, "What about Xingchen? Where did Xingchen go?"
Xiao was silent for a long time before he slowly uttered three words, "Gone!"
"What do you mean it's missing? What does missing mean?" Li Li was anxiously jumping on the phone.
So Xiao told Li Li everything about Xia Xingchen being kidnapped.
After hearing this, Li Li felt like she was struck by lightning.
She never thought that Xia Xingchen would encounter such a thing...
Before, she was a little resentful of Xia Xingchen, and even angry with Xia Xingchen, but now, all these complaints and anger turned into worry.
Li Li blamed Xiao, "Why didn't you tell me this earlier? Why?"
But Xiao's words left Li Li speechless. "Are we boyfriend and girlfriend? Do I need to report everything to you?"
After saying that, Xiao hung up the phone.
Standing on the dim sidewalk, Li Li held the phone, still in the posture of answering the call, and said guiltily: "Xiao, I'm sorry..."
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