Chapter 389

Ke Jiufei forced a smile upon hearing and said to the gray-robed man.

"Mr. Zhou, didn't the young master send you to help us?"

"What are you...?"

Zhou Kaiquan gave a cold laugh, looked at Ke Jiufei, and said.

"Do you think you're worthy to compare with that jade pendant?"

"Back then, your two families rose to prominence not because of anything else but because of the jade pendant."

"You can rise because of the jade pendant, and you can also perish because of it!"

Ke Jiufei and his companion turned deathly pale instantly upon hearing this.

They wanted to leave right then, but under the gaze of Zhou Kaiquan and the others, they dared not move.

If they moved, they might be killed!

This made them feel extremely stifled and unhappy.

"Wasn't the plan to come tonight and kill Lin Yang? How did the situation change so quickly!"

Lin Yang looked at Zhou Kaiquan, half-smiling, and said.

"Don't just talk big—kill them now!"

A long sword appeared in Zhou Kaiquan's hand as he looked at Ke Jiufei and the others.

While Ke Jiufei and his companion were tense and fearful, Zhou Kaiquan did not rush to act.

He smiled and said to Lin Yang.

"I've lived decades not in vain, you can't make me kill someone just because of a sentence."

"Like this, hand over the jade pendant and I'll act immediately!"

"As long as you're pleased, I could even slaughter their family tonight!"

Those words left Ke Jiufei and his companion feeling utterly desperate.

Don't be fooled by their high status in Jinling.

But before the top families of Yanjing, they are like ants.

A single hand could easily destroy them.

In Ke Jiufei and his companions' view, the vengeance‑eager Lin Yang would surely hand over the jade pendant.

Lin Yang listened to Zhou Kaiquan's words, without hesitation, decisively threw the jade pendant to him.

"Then you, go ahead and act now."

Upon receiving the jade pendant, Zhou Kaiquan froze, his face full of disbelief.

Lin Yang actually gave them the jade pendant so easily?

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly upward.

When they came, Ke Jiufei and the others had described Lin Yang as very difficult to deal with.

Now it seems he's nothing but a reckless braggart.

Lin Yang said to Zhou Kaiquan.

"You're not going to act?"

Zhou Kaiquan glanced at the jade pendant and said to Lin Yang.

"I can't be sure whether this jade pendant is genuine or not."

"In that case, you and I will go to Yanjing together, and then you will reveal the secret of the jade pendant in front of the young master."

"Then I'll immediately return to Jinling and slaughter them!"

Ke Jiuhua and the other also figured it out upon hearing this.

Zhou Kaiquan was basically just toying with Lin Yang.

Smiles reappeared on both of their faces.

Seeing the smiles on their faces, Lin Yang said.

"You can still smile?"

The two immediately turned their gazes toward Zhou Kaiquan.

Zhou Kaiquan said to Lin Yang: "Now, do as I say."

"Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite."

Wu Youdao beside them also sighed.

This Lin Yang is really young.

Although he doesn't know the function of the jade pendant.

But he can tell that the jade pendant is very important to the people on Ke Jiuhua's side.

If the jade pendant were in his hand, Lin Yang could still threaten them into acting.

But now that the jade pendant has been given to someone else, he has become a lamb awaiting slaughter.

He said to Wu Shiya beside him.

"Lin Yang is still too young."

Wu Shiya, however, shook her head and said.

"Dad, Lin Yang surely has his own ideas."

"Since he said he could protect us, he definitely can."

Ke Jiuhua, upon hearing this, burst out laughing.

"You silly girl, does he even think he can protect you?"

"You don't even see who came today!"

Zhou Kaiquan said to Lin Yang.

"Now, I give you two choices: follow me, or I will kill you!"

After saying that, he glanced again at Wu Shiya and the others beside him.

"By then, I will kill your beloved confidante."

He licked his lips and said.

"Your beloved confidante looks not bad; before I kill her, I will surely enjoy her thoroughly!"

Ke Jiufei beside him also burst out laughing.

"Mr. Zhou, after you're done, let us have some fun too."

"This young body is really mouth-watering."

Lin Yang heard their vulgar words, shook his head, and said.

"Those who came tonight all deserve to die; killing them all is more than justified."

Ke Jiufei burst out laughing.

"Given your current situation, you can't even protect yourself."

"And you still want to kill someone?"

Lin Yang did not answer him, but turned to look at Wu Shiya and asked.

"Do you trust me?"

Wu Shiya nodded and said.

"Yes, I trust you!"

"Then close your eyes; since I didn't tell you to open them, you must not open them."

"Okay!"

Wu Shiya decisively closed her eyes.

Wu Youdao watched his daughter do that and also sighed.

Lin Yang tonight is surely unable to escape calamity, yet his daughter still believes in him.

Lin Yang gripped his longsword, looked toward the few people ahead, and said.

"You all, go on your way."

Zhou Kaiquan gripped his longsword, gave a cold laugh, and said.

"Young man, no matter how profound the technique in the blood jade, the gap between Zhù jī and Liàn qì cannot be made up by him."

"You had better just beg for mercy now."

Lin Yang shook his head and walked toward him.

He began releasing the Spiritual Power from his body, hiding nothing.

"If the gap between Liàn qì and Zhù jī cannot be made up, just how large is the gap between Zhù jī and Jié dān?"

The aura unique to the Golden Core Stage erupted, blowing the indoor objects askew.

Her mother should be taking antidepressants, while her father's whereabouts are unknown.

He rubbed Nannan's head.

"It's still raining; I'll take Nannan home."

"My mother will be here soon; I have to wait for her."

Just as she finished speaking, a tall woman in a white shirt, white canvas shoes, head lowered, hands shielding her face, came running over with small quick steps.

Seeing the woman, Nannan smiled and walked under the eaves.

"Nannan is here waiting for Mom again; let's go home."

Hearing that familiar voice, Ye Fei was startled and involuntarily turned his head.

"It's raining; I have an umbrella, you can take it back."

Luo Xin originally wanted to refuse, but seeing the rain growing heavier, she could only turn and take the umbrella.

"Thanks."

With that turn, Ye Fei and Luo Xin both froze.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Luo Xin's pupils contracted, filled with three parts fear and seven parts hatred, she gritted her teeth and said.

"It's you!"

In this familiar place, she encountered the person she most feared seeing and also hated the most.

It was him who shattered her life, turning her from a heavenly gifted lady into an ordinary person.

The Luo family felt she had brought shame upon them, the school expelled her, and her future and dreams were destroyed.

And the architect of all this, she thought she would never see him again in this lifetime, but she didn't expect to meet him today.

Looking at Luo Xin's gaze, Ye Fei didn't know how to speak for a moment.

He lowered his head, looked at himself hiding behind Luo Xin, at his own Nannan, and then recalled what she had said before.

Ye Fei said in a low voice: "Sorry, it was I who hurt you back then; please give me a chance to make amends, and give Nannan a home."