novelraw Chapter 591 Erxi, Don’t Be Afraid
Chapter 591 Erxi, Don’t Be Afraid
Chapter 591: Chapter 591 Erxi, Don’t Be Afraid
She fumbled for her phone, intending to call Ning Jingshen, when the anxious voice of a bodyguard came from the doorway, "Young Master Ji, you can’t come in!"
"Get out of my way, all of you!"
A flurry of punches and kicks rose and then fell, leaving the bodyguards she had arranged all sprawled out on the ground, twisted in agony.
Ji Yebai, with a cold and dark chill about him, strode forward and grabbed Lu Qinghe by the collar, "Where is Ning Xixi?"
Lu Qinghe’s complexion changed momentarily, then she concealed it brilliantly, "She came to collect her mother’s belongings; she’s upstairs."
Ji Yebai stared intently at her, seeking to find a crack in her facade.
After a moment, he angrily flung Lu Qinghe away, his disgust clearly visible.
"You’d better pray that she’s unharmed, or else—don’t forget the fate of Lu Cheng."
Thinking of Lu Cheng, crippled by his hand, Lu Qinghe shuddered with fear.
Ji Yebai stormed up the stairs and kicked Gong Xiu’s bedroom door open.
The room was empty.
His heart nearly stopped, and after a careful sweep around, he finally heard soft sobs coming from the wardrobe.
With a steely gaze, he approached and violently flung open the wardrobe doors.
Ning Xixi was curled up in the corner of the wardrobe, her knees hugged to her chest, tiny as can be—like a frightened deer, her whole body quivering gently.
Seeing the pitiable state of the girl, Ji Yebai’s heart ached, and his large hand gently lifted Ning Xixi out of the wardrobe, gently patting her back, "Erxi, don’t be afraid, I’m here... don’t be scared, don’t be scared..."
Ning Xixi clung to his chest, her little hands tightly clutching the hem of his shirt, as if afraid he would disappear the next second.
Hearing the commotion, Gong Xiu, looking disheveled, came out of the bathroom, hastily dressed.
Suddenly, a sharp scream came from the entrance—Lu Qinghe.
She covered her mouth and stumbled back, shock written all over her face.
"Xixi, how could you do such a thing?" she cried out in a heart-wrenchingly agonized tone.
Ning Xixi shrank in Ji Yebai’s embrace...
She was so scared...
Ji Yebai’s eyebrows knitted in coldness, "You might as well say what she did."
Lu Qinghe accused, "Isn’t it obvious what she did? She actually seduced my son! Good heavens, such misfortune for the Ning Family!"
"I didn’t..." Ning Xixi’s fists tightened in wronged protest, "I didn’t seduce him..."
Ji Yebai sneered, "This is the Ning Family house, you’ve long been driven out, who allowed you to appear here?"
Lu Qinghe argued, "It was all for Xixi’s mother’s belongings, otherwise, do you think we’d care to come back? We treated her like a treasure, a darling of the heart, and look what she’s gone and done..."
"Mom, stop it!" Gong Xiu couldn’t stand it any longer.
"Heh..." Ji Yebai seemed to hear a great joke, "Seduce your son? She’s already mine. In what way is your son a match for me, that she should seduce him, hm?"
"This just proves she’s as fickle as water! Just like her mother!" Lu Qinghe dropped a bombshell, "Her mother was once caught between two ships, and it was only when Ji Qing rejected her that she was willing to marry Old Ning! It’s not even certain whose child Ning Xixi is..."
Ning Xixi’s face turned deathly pale.
Ji Yebai’s fist clenched tightly, his expression menacing as if he was about to tear Lu Qinghe apart at any moment!
"What... what did you say?" Ning Jingshen, just back home, staggered, his body on the brink of collapsing!