Chapter 1614: Trying to Use Yourself as Bait? No Way

How could the tattooed man dare not perform well?

He trembled as he spilled everything he knew.

Along the way, he also implicated several accomplices.

Among them was the person who tampered with the oil pot.

These guys were also just taking money to do a job, and they didn't know who the person paying them was.

They only knew the ultimate goal was to take advantage of the chaos to kidnap Xu Xiaoxiao.

Once this was said, everyone knew the mastermind's ultimate goal was Xu Xiaoxiao.

But why would that person want to kidnap Xu Xiaoxiao?

She hadn't even built up any grudges with anyone!

The only person who held a grudge against her, Wang Qiang, had already kicked the bucket...

Li Beijue had no leads for the moment.

However, he would not give up, and he instructed his subordinates: "Continue interrogating the others; we will definitely be able to get new clues!"

The subordinate took the order and left.

Then, Li Beijue gave Xu Xiaoxiao some reassurance: "I am truly sorry about what happened this time, but rest assured, I will give you an explanation!"

Ever since Xu Xiaoxiao learned that she was the target, she had fallen silent.

At this moment, she raised her eyes and smiled bitterly: "I've ruined everyone's good mood; I am the one who should be saying sorry."

Jiang Baobao hurriedly denied it: "The truly detestable one is the person hiding in the shadows; what are you apologizing for?"

Liu Xin'ai also said: "That's right, don't let your imagination run wild."

Actually, Xu Xiaoxiao wasn't letting her imagination run wild.

She just felt...

That she was having more than the usual amount of bad luck!

Cai Xiaotang seemed to see through Xu Xiaoxiao's thoughts.

She stroked Xu Xiaoxiao's head and sighed: "Poor thing, what's been going on lately? Is it Mercury retrograde? You keep running into bad luck."

Sigh, who's to say it isn't.

Xu Xiaoxiao slumped her shoulders, looking depressed.

Cai Xiaotang still wanted to speak.

But she noticed Jiang Baobao nudging her shoulder, signaling her to say less.

Cai Xiaotang was confused,

and tilted her head to look at her friend.

Jiang Baobao then signaled for her to look diagonally behind them.

Looking over like that...

She saw Jiang Chenghao with his eyes cast down and his expression tense.

At this, Cai Xiaotang understood and didn't say anything more.

Jiang Chenghao's mood at this moment was both irritable and self-reproachful.

He also knew that what Cai Xiaotang said was right; Xu Xiaoxiao had indeed been experiencing a lot of bad luck lately.

And as Xu Xiaoxiao's boyfriend, Jiang Chenghao couldn't stop these things from happening and even let Xu Xiaoxiao encounter danger...

It was truly a dereliction of duty!

Thinking of this, Jiang Chenghao couldn't help but clench his fists.

Jiang Baobao knew her uncle was hurting inside.

To keep her uncle from blaming himself, she steered the topic back to the main point: "I suspect these people have been lurking for a long time, but Xiao Xiao has been living at the Jiang Family recently, and with Uncle protecting her, they had no way to strike, so they took advantage of today's lack of preparation to catch us off guard."

Her deduction was immediately accepted by everyone.

And Xu Xiaoxiao gained a glimmer of inspiration from this sentence.

Her eyes darted around, and Xu Xiaoxiao said: "Since they want to catch me, they will definitely take new action later!"

Jiang Chenghao thought Xu Xiaoxiao was worried, so he gripped her shoulders, his tone solemn: "I will definitely protect you well."

Xu Xiaoxiao naturally believed Jiang Chenghao would protect her well.

But...

She looked up at Jiang Chenghao and asked a question: "But are we going to keep hiding? That's not a solution either. Why don't we go with the flow, use me as bait, and lure them out!"

Xu Xiaoxiao's proposal shocked all her friends!

Jiang Chenghao didn't speak immediately either, just pressing his lips together tightly.

But Xu Xiaoxiao felt this was a very good idea, and she wanted to elaborate

on it.

Who knew that at this very moment...

"No, it's too dangerous!"

Jiang Chenghao's emotions seemed to erupt at this moment.

His fingers gripped Xu Xiaoxiao's shoulders tightly, with some force.

But Xu Xiaoxiao, in her anxiety, did not feel the pain in her shoulders.

She looked up and said anxiously to Jiang Chenghao: "Li Beijue and the others are helping; they will definitely protect me!"

"That still won't do, there are too many variables! And do you know what kind of person is hiding behind the scenes? What if they are ruthless and want your life?"

Jiang Chenghao's voice grew louder and louder.

In the end, it was nearly a roar!

Everyone could clearly feel that Jiang Chenghao's emotions had become very agitated.

Xu Xiaoxiao was also stunned.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not quite right, Jiang Baobao mediated from the middle: "This plan is indeed not very reliable; let's think about it again."

As she spoke, she also looked at Liu Xin'ai, hoping that Liu Xin'ai could come up with some new plan to save the situation.

Liu Xin'ai, however, shook her head gently; at this moment, she also had no good ideas.

But, Xu Xiaoxiao did!

Having calmed down, Xu Xiaoxiao said in a firm tone: "I still think the plan is feasible. If we catch the mastermind behind the scenes sooner, everyone will be at ease!"

From this sentence of hers, one could tell that Xu Xiaoxiao was worried about becoming a burden to everyone.

Her desire not to implicate others was understandable.

But...

Jiang Chenghao stared at Xu Xiaoxiao without blinking, his eyes filled with sorrow: "Are you not afraid that I will worry about you?"

Such a gaze made Xu Xiaoxiao's heart ache.

She had indeed neglected Jiang Chenghao's feelings.

Her fingers moved, and she was about to reach out to grab the hem of Jiang Chenghao's clothes.

But Jiang Chenghao dodged away.

He did not want to soften his heart.

And it was impossible for him to soften his heart!

His avoidance left Xu Xiaoxiao's hand grasping at empty air, and afterwards, her arm slowly dropped.

Liu Xin'ai saw this movement and could not help but sigh softly in her heart.

But it was also in this instant that she knew what to do!

Liu Xin'ai walked forward two steps, then grabbed Xu Xiaoxiao's wrist and looked at it carefully.

Her movement was very sudden, and everyone was stunned for a moment.

"Xin'ai, you..."

Liu Xin'ai interrupted Xu Xiaoxiao's words and frowned, saying: "The wound on the back of your hand has blood seeping out!"

As a burn, it is normal for some blood to seep out after treatment.

This is normal.

But Liu Xin'ai's expression was so serious that it made everyone feel as if something terrible had happened.

Even Xu Xiaoxiao panicked for a moment.

Under the nervous gaze of everyone, Liu Xin'ai asked again: "Did you use force with this hand?"

Did she use force?

Xu Xiaoxiao recalled for a moment and said: "When I jumped out of the window, I gripped the window frame, and I also used force to close the door."

"That's it then; you were so careless that the wound has become more serious!"

"Uh... is it really not that..."

Before Xu Xiaoxiao could say the word "exaggerated," Cai Xiaotang began to sigh and lament.

She even said: "Our Xiao Xiao is so pitiful! You should be carefully protected right now, not bickering and arguing with people!"

Cai Xiaotang's words were pointed.

And the person she was pointing at was none other than Jiang Chenghao.

But Jiang Chenghao's original intention was never to argue with Xu Xiaoxiao!

He was worried about her, afraid that she would act impulsively and put herself in danger!

Jiang Chenghao lowered his eyes, and his hands, hanging at his sides, slowly clenched into fists, then slowly relaxed again.

Liu Xin'ai glanced at him, then

said to Xu Xiaoxiao: "I will take you to re-treat it."