Chapter 398: Your son is in my hands

Qilin didn't know where Mu Yuanzhi and the others were; he thought about it but had no impression they'd ever mentioned being interested in any place to wander, so he could only search aimlessly.

At this time, they should be going to eat, right?

First, let's check out various specialty restaurants and eateries!

Meanwhile, at this time, Mu Yuanzhi and the others were having a meal at a restaurant called Xunyue.

"Mother, I need to use the outhouse!" Nature calls; Mu Yumo had held it for a while but couldn't anymore, so he told Mu Yuanzhi.

"All right, Mother will go with you." Mu Yuanzhi said.

Gu Rongjin: "I'll go with him; you stay here."

Outhouses are usually in places with few people, unsafe; here, with people coming and going, it's naturally much safer.

Mu Yuanzhi nodded: "All right, you go with him."

"Come on." Gu Rongjin took Mu Yumo's little hand and went to the outhouse in the back alley.

He had originally wanted to squeeze in with his son, but Mu Yumo at this age already had a sense of shame and absolutely refused to let his father come along.

Gu Rongjin had no choice but to wait outside; he turned back anxiously and asked, "Can you manage the outhouse by yourself?"

Can a three-year-old child use the outhouse alone?

Gu Rongjin had no idea.

At three, he himself had been able to do it.

"I can!" Mu Yumo shouted loudly.

"Fine, hurry up." Gu Rongjin waited at the outhouse door.

After Mu Yumo finished in the outhouse and was about to open the door, he suddenly heard the footsteps that had previously bothered him.

He followed the sound suspiciously; it seemed to come from behind.

Very close!

Right behind him!

Mu Yumo wanted to call for Gu Rongjin, but before he could make a sound, someone covered his mouth from behind!

He was startled and threw a backhand punch!

The attacker obviously hadn't expected a three-year-old to pack such a powerful punch, dodging somewhat awkwardly, but after all he was just a small child, so his strength was limited.

He immediately subdued Mu Yumo!

But that brief opening was enough for Mu Yumo to shout for his father.

The door was almost kicked open in an instant!

Mu Yumo was still just a child; naturally terrified by this, he burst into tears upon seeing his father, but couldn't make a sound as he was tightly held, his mouth firmly covered.

The attacker coldly held Mu Yumo aloft, met Gu Rongjin's face as fearsome as a death god's, curled his lips, and said, "Long time no see, Gu Rongjin."

"Xiao Yichen!" Gu Rongjin spat the three words through clenched teeth, his face icy, fists clenched; if looks could kill, Xiao Yichen would already be dead without a whole corpse.

When his gaze fell on his son's tear-streaked little face, his eyes softened with pity.

Damn Xiao Yichen, daring to lay a hand on his son!

"Xiao Yichen, you'd better release my son right away." Gu Rongjin warned, narrowing his eyes.

"Don't worry, this is A Zhi's son; I won't hurt him." Xiao Yichen curled the corner of his mouth again, "But he's also your son—I'd love to kill him! What to do? Such a contradiction."

Gu Rongjin's voice was cold: "You'd better not provoke me."

Xiao Yichen snorted derisively, gripping Mu Yumo's neck: "Now your son is in my hands—can you still bargain?"

Mu Yumo was terrified, wanting to struggle but unable, wanting to cry out but unable.

All he could do was keep shedding tears.

To Gu Rongjin's eyes, it was utterly heartbreaking.

He restrained the impulse to kill Xiao Yichen on the spot, endured, and asked, "What exactly do you want?"

"Is this how one begs?" Xiao Yichen asked with a smile.

"Xiao Yichen!"

Mu Yuanzhi's sudden appearance was somewhat unexpected to Xiao Yichen.

She's really smart; in this short time she already knew something had happened here.

Mu Yuanzhi thought it odd that they'd been in the outhouse so long, so she brought her daughter to check, and ended up witnessing this scene!

Her precious son was seized by that madman Xiao Yichen! His throat was clenched, he could barely breathe!

Her own breath almost stopped as well!

Seeing his mother arrive, Mu Yumo stopped crying instead; he struggled to hold back his tears so as not to worry her.

He's a boy—he can't let his mother shed tears!

It's all his fault for not being careful enough, which let the bad guy grab him!

Seeing Mu Yuanzhi, Xiao Yichen was pleased: "A Zhi, you've come."

"Xiao Yichen! Release my son!" Mu Yuanzhi said, both angry and afraid, her whole body trembling.

Xiao Yichen looked on, reluctant; he didn't want her to suffer, but she refused to pay him any heed.

This put him in a difficult spot.

"A Zhi, this time it's up to me to decide when we talk."

"What the hell do you want?!" Mu Yuanzhi couldn't stand Xiao Yichen this madman any longer!

"Rest assured, while you're here I won't harm your son." Xiao Yichen assured her.

Who would believe a madman's promise?

In a daze, Mu Yuanzhi recalled her previous life, when Xiao Yichen came to kill her then, his eyes just as frenzied.

She knew all too well how terrifying Xiao Yichen's madness was—like a fiend from hell, it made one's blood run cold!

Gu Rongjin worried that the insane Xiao Yichen would hurt Mu Yuanzhi, so he stepped half a pace in front of her and immediately became wary of Xiao Yichen.

At this moment, Xiao Yichen focused solely on Mu Yuanzhi, unaware that the incident happening in the little thatched hut had already been seen by another pair of eyes.

Qilin hid on the second floor not far away, staying calm. When he arrived here, the shop attendant told him that Mu Yuanzhi's whole family had gone toward the thatched hut, and he secretly suspected something, never expecting that something had really happened here!

He knew that appearing recklessly now wouldn't change anything; it would be better to wait here for the right moment.

But Xiao Mo is in Xiao Yichen's hands, and he must defeat Xiao Yichen without hurting Xiao Mo!

Qilin took out a gu worm from his gourd, looking at it with a complex expression.

Although he had something with Xiao Yichen's scent on his hand, releasing this gu worm does not guarantee it will definitely bite Xiao Yichen.

Now Xiao Mo also has Xiao Yichen's scent on him, so the gu worm is likely to bite the wrong person.

What should we do?

"Qilin, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and save Xiao Mo!"

Pei Shangling appeared beside Qilin at some unknown time, startling the intensely focused Qilin so much that he almost cried out.

He glared fiercely at Pei Shangling: "You'd better watch out, or he'll notice you!"

"He won't notice; his attention now is solely on Ah Zhi." Pei Shangling said in a firm tone.

Even though Pei Shangling made sense, Qilin was still angry.

But he had no time to argue with Pei Shangling: "Do you have any way to save Xiao Mo?"

"Yes, but I need your cooperation."

Pei Shangling's answer surprised Qilin; he had only asked offhand, after all, Pei Shangling was now a cripple, and even before, his piggish brain might not have had a solution.

"Go on, then." Qilin said, trying the desperate remedy of treating a dead horse as if it were alive.