Ning Tao paused as he was walking toward Li Biao, his expression full of shock.

“I've already said you will regret it,” Lang Wei sneered. “I've been thinking, you've injured so many people and even robbed us of millions. If we went to court, how many years would you be sentenced to?”

Ji Xiaofeng continued to make things worse. “It would be at least 15 years in jail. I will communicate with a few friends and have them take care of you in jail, and give you an unforgettable time during your life in jail.”

Song Chengpeng snickered and said, “I already advised you to stop while there was still time. But you refused. You're finished now.”

Earlier on, he was beaten up badly by Ning Tao, so now it was finally his time to retaliate.

Ning Tao looked lost. “What should I do?”

Li Biao reprimanded him. “You're dead! Give me those things and you can at least be in jail for a couple of fewer years!”

Ning Tao suddenly smiled. “Right, those girls have reported this place. I've filmed them as evidence. Did I steal your millions? None of the accounts used to transfer the money to belong to me. If you want money, then go look for those women. As for the injuries, I was defending myself. None of the weapons have my fingerprints on them, especially that gun. I think you'd better pray for yourself instead. Owning a gun in Hua Country warrants at least three years of jail time, especially when you've fired it.”

Song Chengpeng and his gang fell into silence, glaring coldly at Ning Tao.

Ning Tao looked at the three young masters. “For the three of you, there is incriminating evidence against you in this ledger, especially you, Mr. Song. You've actually committed such monstrous acts on a 14-year-old. How many years do you think you would be sentenced to if you were to stand in court?”

Song Chengpeng was stunned and glared angrily at Li Biao.

Li Biao said fl.u.s.teredly, “Young Master Song, don't listen to his nonsense! He… he… won't be able to take away that hard disc and ledger.”

He seemed to have let something slip out of his mouth in a moment of panic.

Song Chengpeng looked over at Ning Tao. With a cold voice, he said, “Give me those things and I won't pursue you for blackmailing.”

Ning Tao smiled, saying, “I will definitely take them out, but I won't give them to you.”

Song Chengpeng scolded him. “Do you think you can do anything to me just with those things? Laughable! Even if you have my videos, so what? I can settle this easily, it wouldn't even have to go to trial. As for you, if you handed those things over to the police, do you think they will believe you? I can go to the police station just for a drink but you'll have to stay behind to be punished!”

The sound of hurried shuffling of footsteps was getting closer from outside the door. The police had arrived.

A voice over a loudspeaker came. “You people inside, release the hostages immediately and surrender yourself now to get the most lenient punishment!”

“Hostages?”

Ning Tao frowned slightly. The police outside had taken him to be a kidnapper.

Lang Wei sneered, “Mr. Ning, have you heard that? We're hostages, you're the kidnapper. You demanded a 10-million-dollar ransom fee! These people had been killed by trying to save us!”

Ning Tao looked at Lang Wei and smiled suddenly. “You're very clever. Also very evil.”

Lang Wei was slightly stunned. He completely did not expect Ning Tao to be able to laugh and even mock him in such a situation!

Ning Tao walked up the stairs to the second floor.

“You people inside, we'll give you one last chance, release the hostages and surrender, you'll be granted leniency!” The loudspeaker blared.

Ning Tao suddenly rushed upstairs.

“You can't escape, you're surrounded!” Song Chengpeng smiled coldly, saying, “Fool, wait for your death!”

Ning Tao disappeared immediately into the stairway.

“Bam!”

The door to the hall was suddenly knocked open. A group of armed special police rushed in.

The leader of the group raised their a.s.sault rifle and berated sternly, “Squat down! All of you!”

Only Li Biao squatted down, the other three young masters did not care about the special police at all.

Lang Wei raised his hand and pointed at the second floor, saying, “Officer, the kidnapper has escaped to the second floor, go catch him quickly!”

The officer waved his hand and a big group of armed officers rushed to the second floor.

Ji Xiaofeng said, “Officer, my uncle is Wei Yong, I want to go see you arrest our kidnapper personally, can I?”

“Your uncle is Superintendent Wei?” The leader's eyes and tone changed slightly.

Ji Xiaofeng said, “Yes, do you need me to give him a call?”

“No, you all come with me.” The leader took the three young masters up to the second floor.

A number of doors had been opened. A group of officers armed with guns was crowding around a closed door. One of them was gesturing a battle sign, signaling to get ready to break down the door to execute the arrest.

“That sc.u.m. Wait till he's in jail, I'll make him suffer!” Ji Xiaofeng was reminded of the time when he was beaten up by Ning Tao, and an impulse to chop Ning Tao's head from his neck overtook him.

Song Chengpeng went up close to Ji Xiaofeng's ear and whispered, “Wait till that guy is arrested. You'll have to call your uncle and get him to intercept that hard disc and ledger, or else we'll be in trouble.”

Ji Xiaofeng said, “He won't be able to take away that evidence. I'll call my uncle now.”

He took out his phone.

“Bam!”

The room to that door had been knocked down, and a group of police rushed in.

There was neither yelling nor any sound of fighting.

Song Chengpeng, Lang Wei, and Ji Xiaofeng, who was holding his phone, ran inside and saw a group of police surrounding the door of a washroom. The three young masters went in front and tiptoed to take a look inside the washroom.

The tap in the washroom was turned on, and the basin was filled with water. Signs of blood could be vaguely seen dissolving in the water.

Ning Tao was not inside the washroom. The word “goodbye” was written out using condoms on the floor.

The three young masters were shocked as was the group of officers.

Goodbye. This was a safe goodbye. A provocation!

The leader of the police yelled angrily, “Find him even if it means flipping this place upside down!”

Lang Wei seemed to have recalled something, then said, “Officer, I took a photo of him secretly. He's a very dangerous person! Please find and arrest him quickly!”

The leader said frantically, “Give me the photo!”

Lang Wei handed his phone to the police officer with a lit screen. Ning Tao was slapping a fighter's face with the Unbreakable Fan. The camera quality was very high and the photograph quality was very good. The teeth and blood that were spat out could be seen clearly, along with Ning Tao's cold and indifferent expression and eyes.

The leader said coldly, “It's this person?”

Lang Wei nodded. “It's this guy. His surname is Ning.”

“He can't escape!” the leader said.

As Song Chengpeng stared at the basin, signs of what seemed to be blood had already dissolved in the water and were no longer visible.

That was the convenient door. As long as Ning Tao wanted to leave, n.o.body in this world could make him stay. Nor could any jail lock him inside.

Back at the Sky Clinic, Ning Tao took his laptop back to their rented courtyard house. He had actually intended to look at the files on the hard disc in the Sky Clinic, but had also considered that it was the Sky Clinic after all. It was a place that represented the ways of Heaven, so playing such videos there was not appropriate. Therefore, he brought the laptop home.

Once he entered the house, Howling Celestial Dog came right up, wagging its tail. “Dad, something happened!”

Ning Tao's heart skipped a beat. “What is it?”

Howling Celestial Dog said, “I can't explain. Come with me and you'll find out.”

“Did something happen to Hu Xiaoji?” Ning Tao asked as he followed Howling Celestial Dog out, with a shred of worry in him.

Howling Celestial Dog nodded and led Ning Tao to the living room.

Once he entered the living room, Ning Tao was instantly stunned.

The Bourne Ident.i.ty was playing on the television in the living room. Sean was killing people swiftly. Gunshots and screams were coming from the television. The atmosphere was very lively. The room was in a complete mess. The sofa was torn to tatters, the table was smashed to smithereens. The fillings in the pillow had also been emptied all over the floor. It was as if Sean had just fought in this living room.

But all that was not the main point. The main point was Hu Xiaoji.

She was no longer the baby who had been crawling and stumbling as she walked. She was about a meter tall, appearing like a six- or seven-year-old child. She was holding a cleaver in her hand, imitating the character's action scenes, waving the cleaver around and making lots of loud noises.

“How did she suddenly grow up?”

Ning Tao was overwhelmed with shock, but could not figure out what had happened no matter what.

“Hu Xiaoji! Dad is back, put the knife down!” Howling Celestial Dog scolded with a sense of righteousness.

Hu Xiaoji turned around quickly. The cleaver flew out of her hand, right at Howling Celestial Dog's head!

Ning Tao reached out and caught the cleaver, scolding furiously, “Hu Xiaoji! What are you doing?”

Seeing that it was Ning Tao, Hu Xiaoji quickly ran over. “Mama! Mama!”

Ning Tao immediately slapped Hu Xiaoji across her face.

“Smack!”

Hu Xiaoji's head tilted, but she was totally fine, and she pouted, appearing to be unhappy.

Ning Tao reprimanded her. “Hu Xiaoji, this is the last time I'm reminding you, I'm not your mother. Call me Mother again and I'll kick you out. Also, if you dare to lay a finger on the people and the dog in this house, I'll also kick you out.”

Hu Xiaoji pouted, looking like she was on the verge of tears. “Then what should I call you?”

“Call me Uncle!” Ning Tao said irritatedly.

Hu Xiaoji said stubbornly, “Then I'll call you Papa.”

Ning Tao raised his arm.

Instead, Hu Xiaoji tilted her face upward. “Hit me, hit me. I'll call you Papa even if you're going to beat me to death!”

Ning Tao put his arm down again. Natural demons would recognize their kin when they were born. He was the one who had caused Hu Xiaoji's rebirth, so she was very certain that he was her kin. If she were not going to call him Mama, she would call him Papa. Either way, she was his daughter. It was something he could change as he liked. However, being called Father was better than Mother. After all, it felt very creepy being called Mother by a little girl.

“All right, promise me, don't touch anything anymore. Never injure the people and dog in this house again.” Ning Tao seemed to have accepted this “father” ident.i.ty.

Hu Xiaoji said with a tender voice, “Okie, I promise to Papa, I won't hurt any person or dog in this family again.”

Ning Tao said, “Then tell me, how did you grow up so fast all of a sudden.”

Hu Xiaoji pondered for a moment before saying, “I don't know either, all I did was take a nap and I woke up so tall.”

Ning Tao looked at her exposed little tummy and her pants, which could barely cover her b.u.t.t, and smiled wryly. “I'll go buy you some new clothes. Sit obediently at home and watch TV. Howling Celestial Dog, change the program. Children can only watch cartoons. Don't let her watch such violent movies ever again.”

“Yes,” Howling Celestial Dog responded, then said, “Dad, there's no more dog food left. Remember to bring some back, I want spicy flavor. And regarding what I mentioned before, when are you buying me a cell phone?”

Ning Tao: “…”

“What family is this?”