The conversation between Xiu Jin and Verdan Zhou was interrupted by a ringtone.

Verdan Zhou quickly reached for his phone in his pocket. "What?! I'll be right there!"

Xiu Jin grabbed his arm. "Where?"

Verdan Zhou knowingly nodded to him and strode away.

Xiu Jin followed closely. Takagi Ryuuji also overheard them and went to drive the family car.

The two mistresses of the house just came from their rooms just in time to notice the atmosphere change and followed the men.

Three cars sped away from the Xiu estate, one containing bodyguards.

As they arrived at the old abandoned hotel building beyond the outskirts in the south, the bodyguards began to engage a fight with the black-clad men at the gates.

This paved the way for the masters and mistresses to enter the worn-down building.

Midori was terrified. There was no sound of a baby crying.

She dashed to enter.

The piercing sound of a laugh echoed in the high ceiling s.p.a.ce.

Everyone looked up and saw a familiar face.

Ming Rus.h.i.+ was cuddling a sleeping baby.

"What have you done to my son?!" Midori's piercing voice echoed in the room.

Ming Rus.h.i.+ sneered as she looked down upon them. "Well, he was being too noisy, my hand had pushed too much sedative."

"You monster!" Midori was ready to dash towards the stairs, but Verdan Zhou held her tightly in place.

He calmly spoke, "What do you want?"

"Oh? CEO Zhou is trying to negotiate for his heir..." Ming Rus.h.i.+ eyed the older couple. "Chairman Xiu, are you making the same terms for yours?"

"What-" Xiu Jin followed the gaze of Ming Rus.h.i.+. They all saw Agatha and Manta being pushed by two armed men.

The culprits had more hostages than they thought.

The snipers on stand by were shocked. It would be a tough mission.

"Manta!" Aoi Xiu called out.

Manta tried to be brave and bitterly smiled back to them as he shook his head.

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Xiu Jin looked at his daughter-in-law. "Agatha, how..."

Agatha Yang was already crying as they descended the stairs. She had just witnessed the father who took her in and raised her shot dead before her eyes.

Manta tried hard to hold his emotions in. He is so young, yet he had to be brave. His father is miles away. He had to look after his mother.

"Why are you doing this?" Everyone was astonished to hear Xiu Jin's voice sounding so desperate, even his wife was startled by his tone.

"What do I want?" Suddenly, the slim physique of Madam Ming came into everyone's view. She stood proudly besides her daughter and looked down mockingly to the people downstairs.

She snickered. "I want XCG."

"Xiaoyu..." Xiu Jin felt remorse. After some years, he had found out what his mother did to his ex-girlfriend. He felt regret and pity, but he would not wrong his wife for such matter.

He knew their family had to pay for the deeds of the old matriarch, but he was hoping that it would not be in this way.

"Jin, I want to take back what is rightfully ours." Ming Xiaoyu snickered.

"Xiaoyu, don't hurt the children! They are innocent! They had nothing to do with what happened before!" Xiu Jin was becoming more desperate.

"Oh...alright then..." Ming Xiaoyu gestured to the black-clad men.

They pushed Agatha and Manta away to let them go.

Manta is a bit mature for his age, but he is a child after all. When the men let go of them, he ran towards his grandfather.

"Jii-chaaan!!!"

Xiu Jin dashed to him halway.

At the same time, Ming Rus.h.i.+ tossed the sleeping baby in her arms and let him fall to the ground.

"Dmitri!!!" Midori dashed to catch him, with Verdan Zhou following closely behind.

With the reunion with the two children, everyone was preoccupied with the scene.

Then, several gunshots were fired.

Midori then saw a man before her, lying on his pool of blood.