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?”

guarding against him. “Yes, I know you! You’re the one who hit me with the

man’s eyes was

he said so, he

her legs and asked calmly, “Who

have some impressive guts.” He had the bat raised above his head, and was prepared

though Xinghe’s unconventional reaction surprised him but he had to get

Xinghe had

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

her—” As the words escaped the man’s mouth, the bat

candle and used the rebound the lean back out of harm’s way. The man

used to the glow in the room so the sudden change of lighting

guard down for a moment but that was more than enough for the person in hiding

body and his consciousness went out like

battery-operated lamplight

who yelled excitedly, “Finally, we’re

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