"Xiuning, why don’t you take the two kids out for a meal today? It’s been a long time since they went out."
Ye Shen was a clever man. Seeing Hu Zhixi approaching with him, he immediately understood what was happening and sent his wife and children away.
The woman was obedient. Hearing her husband’s request, she took her bag out of the room and left with the two kids.
As they were leaving, Hu Zhixi initially wanted to keep the boy, saying he was Lin Huan’s son, but Ou Qichang stopped him, telling him not to trouble the child and to wait for the owner of the Phoenix Blue Ink to give them an explanation.
Ou Qichang wasn’t that bad then.
Once the children were gone, the man named Ye Shen spoke up directly: "The Ancient Jade you want was indeed here with Lin Huan, but he took it away not long ago!"
"Nonsense! If Lin Huan took it, would he leave his son here with you? Ye, if you’re wise, hand over the goods, or I won’t let you off easily."
Hu Zhixi was a quick-tempered person and immediately lost his temper!
Ou Qichang didn’t believe him either, but with Hu Zhixi present, he didn’t get involved and began to inspect the small shop.
And it was this inspection that made him notice the cooked rice in the kitchen and the vegetables that were cut but hadn’t been stir-fried yet. He realized that the woman and the kids weren’t going out to eat but were escaping.
Upon hearing this, Hu Zhixi was so furious that he punched the man to the ground and chased after them.
What happened after that, his mind was too chaotic to remember. He only recalled that when he caught up, the woman was about to leave with the two kids on a boat.
Seeing this, Hu Zhixi was about to jump onto the boat, but at that moment, Ye Shen, who had been knocked out in the shop, came after them. He tangled with Hu Zhixi, who, having no choice, let him board the boat to stop the woman.
In his panic, he really did get on the boat.
Actually, killing wasn’t new to Ou Qichang. He lived off grave robbing, which often involved killing.
But that day, when he got on the boat and saw the woman with the two children, he suddenly didn’t want to kill anymore. So, he persuaded her to hand over the item, promising her a way out if she did.
However, before the woman could agree, the 12-year-old boy beside her suddenly went mad, pouncing on him and biting his hand, urging the woman and the little girl to escape.
The woman was stunned, attempting to react when, on the bank, Hu Zhixi, annoyed with being held up, killed the man named Ye Shen with a single stab.
On seeing this, the woman completely broke down, screaming while clutching her head, then picked up a knife from the ground and lunged at him.
It all happened in a flash!
By the time Ou Qichang came to his senses, the knife in his hand had already stabbed into the woman’s abdomen, and his hands were stained with the blood flowing out from her body.
"You... will go to hell!!"
The woman was killed, and as she was dying, she stared at him with wide eyes. At that moment, he finally saw the real secret of the Phoenix Blue Ink.