Chapter 1229 — I Don't Have Long to Live Anyway
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"You—" Feng Tianlong was both shocked and enraged by the man's words. He did not doubt for a moment that the man was lying, for the Red Conch criminal organization had always carried a heavy stench of terror about it, and this man was a death warrior; nine times out of ten, what he said was true.
"You what? Feels good, doesn't it? And let me warn you too: don't waste your effort trying to take me alive. The moment I'm caught, I'll bite through the poison capsule in my mouth and kill myself — and the bomb will still go off!" the man said, not without menace.
"Aren't you afraid I'll evacuate everyone in the building first?" Feng Tianlong laughed rather than raged. "Wouldn't that leave you with far fewer chips?"
"Fine, no problem. You can evacuate the building. But I don't believe you'll give up your daughter!" the man said indifferently. "My purpose is simple: release our organization's second-in-command, and once I receive word that he is safe, I'll leave of my own accord and won't blow up the building. Otherwise — heh heh — you know the consequences!"
Feng Xiaoxiao stared at the man before her, somewhat shaken. She had not expected him to be so ruthless! A death warrior indeed — he had long since put life and death beyond him, and to achieve his aim he would not hesitate to pay with his own life.
Earlier, Feng Xiaoxiao had still been worried that the innocent residents of the building would be dragged into it, but after hearing the exchange between her father and the man, she clenched her teeth and made up her mind!
Feng Xiaoxiao knew very well that once her father decided to release Red Conch's second-in-command, his career and future would be finished — he might even be punished by his superiors! Though it was Feng Tianlong who had captured the man, it was not for him to simply set him free.
And Feng Xiaoxiao did not want her father to make a mistake on her account. Her father had been upright all his life, giving up so very much for his work — how could she let him lose his career because of her?
She had only a few days left to live anyway. Two attacks already, each worse than the last, and to save her, Wei Zhao had spent vast amounts of true qi — and his blood besides. To go on like this would only pile more burdens on him!
She would die sooner or later; better to die somewhere it meant something, to give her death some meaning!
"Dad, don't worry about me, don't listen to him! Once you've evacuated the residents, just let him blow me up — I don't have long to live anyway!" Feng Xiaoxiao suddenly cried out.
On the other end of the line, Feng Tianlong was startled to hear his daughter's voice, but at her words a great wave of feeling rose in him, and tears nearly burst from his eyes in that instant! His daughter was willing to make such a sacrifice for his sake!
Though what Feng Xiaoxiao said was true, and Feng Tianlong knew her life was nearly at its end — the two fainting spells before had been warning enough! Whether Wei Zhao could save her from the next one was anyone's guess!