nChapter 114: A Disgusting, Meaningless Trick

nTranslator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

nSuddenly, Xia Zhi rushed to Xinghe's side and with a terrified expression, relayed something to her. Xinghe stood up so abruptly that her chair fell backwards!

nBang!

nThe sudden commotion alerted everyone.

nThey stared at Xinghe's sudden movement confusedly.

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"What did you say?

" Xinghe asked Xia Zhi sternly.

nA horrified Xia Zhi said hurriedly,

"Sis, the person said they have kidnapped Dad. If you don't stop competing, they are going to kill him…

"

nA moment ago, Xia Zhi received a call from an unknown number. His initial thought was to ignore it but since it kept on ringing, he walked to a quiet corner and answered it.

nLittle did he know it was a ransom call!

nThey had the audacity to kidnap his father to force Xinghe from continuing on with the competition.

nXia Zhi had doubts regarding the call's authenticity so he came to ask his sister for her opinion.

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"Sis, do you think this is real?

" Xia Zhi asked apprehensively.

nXiao Mo furrowed his brows and spat out the accusation,

"This must be Chui Ming's handiwork!

"

nOnly Chui Ming would benefit from this unusual request and only he was despicable enough to do something like this!

nChui Ming—

nXinghe's vengeful eyes sought out Chui Ming among the public.

nHe returned her a cold and gloating smile.

nNo one else knew what was happening. They were curious why Xinghe suddenly stopped competing and entered a staring competition with Chui Ming. Could it be that something happened?

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"Could Chui Ming have done something behind our backs?

" Junting spoke the first thought that came to his mind.

nMubai's face glossed over icily. He turned and told one of his bodyguards,

"Go and...

"

nHe stopped mid-sentence.

nHe was going to ask the bodyguard to investigate what had happened but to his surprise, Xinghe sat back down and resumed competing.

nBoth Xia Zhi and Xiao Mo were surprised.

nXia Zhi was befuddled.

"Sis, what are you doing?

"

nDidn't the kidnapper warn them to stop competing?

nXiao Mo shared his confusion. Was she really going to continue with the competition?

nChui Ming's face fell instantly, Xia Xinghe was… not intimidated by his threat!

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"Sis, aren't you worried they are really going to…

" Xia Zhi asked anxiously but before he could finish, he heard Xinghe's firm reply,

"It's fake!

"

nXia Zhi stared at Xinghe, asking,

"How can you be sure?

"

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"Xiao Lin is still at home,

" Xinghe answered as way of explanation.

nXia Zhi and Xiao Mo understood immediately.

nIt was true, Xiao Lin was at home. For the sake of both leverage and convenience, there was no reason for them to only kidnap one person and not two.

nChui Ming didn't know that Xiao Lin and Xiao Mo recently moved in with them so the lie he made had a glaring loophole.

nFurthermore, it had only been ten minutes since Xinghe made her appearance. How could a kidnapping be done in a short period of time‽

nPlus, this kidnapping had to happen after Chui Ming recognized Xinghe as a threat. That meant the kidnapping had to occur within a brief window of less than ten minutes.

nTherefore, the ransom call had to be a fake threat to undermine Xinghe, to buy ET more time for him to win the competition.

nOf course, only Chui Ming would come up with a plan as despicable and as meaningless as this!

nIf he was afraid of losing so much, Xinghe promised she would let him have a taste of utter defeat!

nShe would let him regret ever threatening her.

nXinghe collected herself and her expression became exceptionally serious and determined as she prepared to ram Chui Ming down.

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