Chapter 481

Yet regardless of everything, they were family with whom he shared blood ties. As an older brother, Tang Chuan still stood out resolutely.

In an instant, all three members of the Tang family were clamoring to be the hostage for Blood Crow, demanding he release Chu Ling.

These lunatics!

Watching this bizarre scene unfold, Blood Crow couldn't help but curse inwardly.

Abroad, even among the closest of friends, when one's own interests were at stake, who would care about your life or death? Everyone would selfishly choose to protect themselves.

This was the first time Blood Crow had ever seen so many people who didn't fear for their own lives.

But that didn't matter.

What he needed to do was use these people to escape from that "monster" not far away.

Since these people valued each other's lives so much,

they were actually even better suited for him to manipulate.

However, one hostage seemed a bit too few; he didn't feel very secure. He needed to add a bit more leverage.

On the other side, Chu Ling, who was being held in Blood Crow's arms, had been terrified and fearful at first.

But seeing her parents and family acting so fearlessly, their faces full of worry as they demanded to swap places with her...

Chu Ling felt the scenery before her eyes blur without her realizing it.

Even though she was currently in danger,

for some reason, she no longer felt the slightest bit of fear. On the contrary, her heart felt incredibly warm and happy.

So...

this was what family affection felt like?

This was what it felt like to be cared for by family?

Not long ago, when her relatives had to choose between Tang Rou and her, they had chosen Tang Rou without hesitation.

At that time, Chu Ling's heart had been shattered and filled with despair.

She had even stopped holding out hope for the family affection she had dreamed of for years, feeling that she would always be an unwanted ugly duckling, someone who didn't matter.

This was her fate; she had to accept it.

But who would have thought...

that she, who had thought she was completely abandoned by her family, would once again feel the long-lost warmth of family affection from Xu Xu Xu Shuyun and the others.

This caused her eyes, which had already dimmed, to sparkle with light once more.

So...

there were still people who cared about her and loved her.

Thinking of this, not wanting her family to be in danger, she slammed her hand onto Blood Crow's elbow joint, as if afraid he might loosen the arm clamped around her neck.

"I order you, you are not allowed to swap hostages! If you have a problem, come at me! I'm not afraid of you!"

Chu Ling took a deep breath and said coldly.

She firmly believed that as the Destiny Cousin, she would certainly not fall here so easily!

Huh?

How did another one go crazy?

Chu Ling's bizarre behavior made Blood Crow feel completely numb.

He felt that the brains of these Chinese people were all broken; were they all this reckless with their lives?

Seeing this, Xu Xu Xu Shuyun and the others showed even more worried expressions, shouting one after another:

"Xiao Ling, don't be impulsive!" "Blackie, come at me!" "Let go of my daughter, I'll be your hostage!"...

Standing beside the crowd, Tang Rou watched this glaring scene, a trace of resentment and gloom flashing in her eyes.

She truly wished the black man would hurry up and strike, killing that thief who was trying to steal the happy life that belonged to her.

Before Chu Ling had appeared, the family's gaze had always been focused on her.

But ever since that person shamelessly showed up at their door,

she had gradually stolen the affection and attention that should have belonged to her. This was something Tang Rou absolutely could not accept!

No matter what, she would find a way to eradicate Chu Ling, this obstacle.

But now that the other party was in imminent danger, even if she was just putting on a show in front of her parents, she had to endure the disgust and pretend to be worried about her.

Thinking this, Tang Rou squeezed out a few tears and began an explosive performance.

Anyone who saw her performance at this moment would likely think she and Chu Ling were the most intimate of sisters.

"I beg you, let go of my sister! Wuwuwu... She's still a patient! She can't handle being tortured by you like this."

"I'll be your hostage. As long as you let Chu Ling sister go, I'm willing to do anything. I'm willing to trade my life for hers, to swap places with her."

"Anyway, I'm just a fake daughter who has already occupied the sister's life for so many years. My guilt makes me unwilling to go on living."

"I want to return it to her, return the rest of my life to Chu Ling sister."

"Because she... is the true Tang family daughter, while I... am nothing but an expendable thief..."

Tang Rou was teary-eyed, performing and wailing with all her might.

For a moment, she even truly immersed herself in the role of the sister.

Anyway, that black man couldn't possibly swap hostages; she didn't mind acting realistically, and there were so many people here—even if a swap really happened, it wouldn't be her turn anyway, right?

Thus, Tang Rou was incredibly calm, lost in her own acting and unable to pull herself out.

Until a sentence reached her ears...

"Fine. You want to swap? That woman, you come over here!"

Huh???

Seeing Blood Crow pointing his finger at her, Tang Rou was stunned on the spot, unable to react for a moment.

"Me? You're calling me?"

"Yes! That's right! It's you, hurry over here."

Blood Crow was full of impatience, urging her in extremely broken Chinese.

It wasn't that he really wanted to let Chu Ling go; he just wanted to take two hostages to escape, which would be safer.

And here...

only that woman who was crying her eyes out was the most suitable.

The other party was petite and easy to control and take away.

Moreover, she was a sister with a deep bond to the girl he was already controlling.

As long as he controlled one of them, the other would be shackled and wouldn't dare to escape easily.

This plan... was simply perfect.

At this very moment.

Facing Blood Crow's urging, Tang Rou was completely dumbfounded, standing in place with an ugly expression, caught in a dilemma.

In her heart, she had already cursed Blood Crow's ancestors for eighteen generations...

"Heavenly Steel Divine Step, Instant Flash—"

Fortunately, taking advantage of Blood Crow's distraction, Su Fan struck decisively.

He was the one who cherished family affection the most.

Upon sensing the bone-deep, intimate affection among the Tang family members, he had secretly made up his mind to rescue this family completely unharmed.