a large baseball bat in his hand.

Xinghe’s voice showed no sign of alarm as she repeated, “Zhi, is that you?”

She then heard an eerie chuckle in the dark.

She turned around sharply and stared right at his face.

Lit by the weak candle light, the person’s eyes were crazed and their smile was creepy. Xinghe was staring into the face of a homicidal psychopath.

The go-to response for any normal person under these circumstances would be to scream for help.

However, Xinghe was studying the man’s face closely with not a trace of fear in her eyes.

“It’s you!” Xinghe exclaimed in surprise.

Her shock was shared by the man. In a deep, throaty voice, he growled, “You know me?”

know you! You’re the one who

man’s eyes was slowly replaced by murderous

die.” As he said so, he raised the baseball

unperturbed. She folded her legs and asked calmly, “Who ordered you to come

to help you from beyond the grave? Although, I must say, woman you have some impressive guts.” He had the bat raised above his head, and was prepared to

but he had to

what, Xinghe had to die

me, don’t you agree?” Xinghe mimicked his speech pattern. “It

the words escaped the man’s mouth, the bat in his

the lean back out of harm’s way. The

gotten used to the glow in the room

a moment but that was more than enough for the person in hiding to jump on

a few heavy blows to his body and his consciousness went out like the

a battery-operated lamplight lit up

yelled excitedly, “Finally, we’re

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