"I don't want to be blind..."
"I want to see Mommy and Daddy..."
She was only four years old!
And yet she was subjected to such cruel torture!
From now on, her world would be plunged into pitch darkness...
The mere thought of it was terrifying!
"Shut up, you're giving me a headache!" Cheng Feihu cursed impatiently. "What the hell does your blindness have to do with me? Keep crying and shouting... and I'll kill you, you little bitch."
Just as he stepped out of the hospital ward, he ran straight into a young couple hurrying down the corridor!
The man in particular radiated a monstrous fury, his chilling gaze making Cheng Feihu's body involuntarily shudder!
Xiao Zining had already sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and a bad premonition gripped his heart.
The moment she saw Xiao Zining and Bai Xining, Doudou's emotions completely collapsed. She burst into tears, letting all her pent-up fear explode...
"Sob, sob, sob!"
"Daddy, save me... save Doudou, they want to dig out Doudou's eyes..."
"Doudou is scared!"
"They even hit my big brother..."
"Boom..."
Hearing Doudou's cries, Xiao Zining's composure completely shattered!
Dig out her eyes?
This bastard wanted to gouge out his daughter's eyes?
She was only four years old!
How could these monsters do something so cruel?
A surge of fury rushed straight to his head!
You're courting death!
Cheng Feihu spoke with an overbearing tone. "You're her family? Fine, I'll spell it out for you—I want this girl's eyes!"
"I am Cheng Feihu! You must have heard of my reputation, right? My brother is the East City King Cheng Feihai, one of the Four Kings of Fengcheng!"
"My mother needs her corneas to see the light again. It's your honor that I chose her, understand?"
"If you know what's good for you, maybe my brothers and I will promote you..."
"If you don't..."
"Then die!!"
Before he could finish, Xiao Zining had already vanished from his spot. With the impact of overwhelming force, Cheng Feihu was sent flying sideways!
His ribs snapped!
His internal organs felt as though they were being torn apart!
He slammed heavily against the wall, his mouth flying open as he spewed a mouthful of blood...
"You..."
Cheng Feihu tried to struggle back to his feet.
Yet!
What met his eyes was a pair of bloodshot, icy, and utterly predatory pupils!
"No matter who you are, anyone who harms my children will be shown no mercy!"
Xiao Zining grabbed Cheng Feihu by the throat with one hand, lifting his entire body into the air as the sensation of suffocation grew increasingly intense...
Chapter 44: You are Daddy's pride!
Everyone around them stood frozen in shock!
What had they just heard?
The East City King, Cheng Feihai!
Lord Hai!
This...
This was a towering figure in Fengcheng, a man even the Four Major Clans held in profound awe!
He commanded countless fierce subordinates.
He ruled the East District.
And his methods were ruthless and terrifying.
Anyone who crossed him never came to a good end.
And now, his younger brother was being beaten like this in broad daylight?
"Bastard, how dare you touch Master Hu! You're courting death!"
Seeing this, several of Cheng Feihu's underlings were startled out of their wits. They immediately drew their daggers and rushed toward Xiao Zining!
Everyone turned pale with fright!
Blood was about to be spilled!
Bai Xining was so terrified that her face lost all color, her hands clenching into white-knuckled fists!
However... Xiao Zining's gaze remained cold and piercing. Cradling Doudou in one arm and keeping his grip locked firmly around Cheng Feihu's throat, he lashed out with lightning speed!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Several loud impacts echoed through the corridor. Those men let out miserable shrieks as their bodies flew backward. Their ribs shattered and their internal organs were pulverized, resulting in a gruesome death.
"D-Dead!? People are dead!?"
Everyone was terrified out of their wits. This was a catastrophe in the making!
Bai Xining was completely paralyzed with fear. How could this man be so reckless?
He had actually killed someone in public!
What should she do now?
What should she do?
She was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan!
"You dared to lay a hand on my son and wanted my daughter's eyes—so now I want your life!"
"Even if the Jade Emperor himself descends, you still have to die..."
With bloodshot eyes, Xiao Zining enunciated every single word to Cheng Feihu. Cheng Feihu struggled frantically, feeling the icy breath of death closing in...
Terror finally gripped him!
"N-No..."
His eyes bulged as he forced out the words with difficulty. Then... *snap!*
Xiao Zining directly crushed his windpipe. Cheng Feihu's body convulsed a few times...
And life left him!
"Y-You... you killed someone?" Bai Xining asked, her face drained of all color.
"They deserved to die! Don't worry, I can handle it," Xiao Zining comforted her.
Not a single one of these people was innocent!
He was the Young Supreme Commander; touching his family was a capital offense to begin with!
"Let's hurry inside and check on Haohao." Xiao Zining immediately scooped up Doudou and walked into the room. When he saw Haohao huddled in the corner with blood still staining his mouth, his eyes instantly turned blood-red...
Damn these bastards for beating a four- or five-year-old child so brutally...
They all deserved to die!
This time, his anger had truly reached its limit.
"Daddy! Mommy! Is it really you? It's all my fault... I couldn't protect little sister, it's my fault, sob, sob..."
The moment Haohao saw his parents arrive, his emotions completely collapsed.
He wept bitterly, consumed by overwhelming self-reproach...
A sharp pain stabbed through Xiao Zining's heart. After all, Haohao was only a five-year-old child.
He walked over and pulled Haohao tightly into his embrace, gently patting his head as he comforted him, "Haohao, you did a great job! You protected your sister, you know that? You're a little man!"
"Daddy is proud of you!"
For a four- or five-year-old child to have the courage to stand up and protect his younger sister at a critical moment—Xiao Zining felt a pang of heartache, followed by a surge of immense pride... As expected of his own flesh and blood!
Haohao wiped away his tears and looked up. "Daddy, really?"
"Really! You're a little man that both Mommy and Daddy are proud of!"
Xiao Zining offered him full affirmation.
Praising him worked instantly; Haohao broke into a smile through his tears. Hearing his father's praise made him genuinely happy, so happy that it felt as though all the pain in his body had vanished completely.
"Daddy, it was him! That's the man who brought those people here to take little sister's eyes..." Haohao suddenly pointed toward the doctor, who was attempting to sneak away in the corner, a look of bitter hatred flashing in his eyes.
Hearing this, a surge of fury welled up in Xiao Zining's heart, and he immediately whipped his head around.
"Stop right there!!"
With that authoritative command echoing through the room, the doctor's entire body shuddered, and he froze in his tracks instantly...
Chapter 45: A Conversation with Cheng Feihai!
"I..."
"I really didn't know anything about this! This has nothing to do with us..."
"Please don't kill me..."
His legs turned to jelly with fear.
This man was even more terrifying than Cheng Feihu; he even dared to kill Cheng Feihu...
This was insane!!
A man whose eyes were red with killing intent—how could he be reasoned with? He wouldn't care about the consequences at all!
"Confess everything, truthfully!"
Xiao Zining's tone was overbearing and cold. The doctor felt a terrifying pressure descend upon him, shattering his nerve, and he collapsed heavily to his knees...
"I..."
"I just showed them the way!"
"Master Hu's mother needed a cornea, so he found me and told me to check if the hospital had a matching organ, and I..."
Xiao Zining clenched his fists.
This fellow could actually commit such a heinous crime?
He was nothing more than an animal!
He didn't deserve to be a doctor...
No!
He didn't deserve to live in this world at all!
"You can go die now," Xiao Zining said, his voice devoid of a single trace of emotion.
"I-I was wrong! Please, spare my life..." The doctor pissed himself on the spot.
"Some mistakes cannot be undone," Xiao Zining said coldly. Since this fellow dared to do such a thing, it certainly wasn't his first time. How many people had he harmed?
*Tap, tap, tap!*
The sound of hurried footsteps echoed outside. Hearing the commotion, the hospital director rushed over. When he saw Cheng Feihu and the others lying dead in the hallway, his expression turned grave—this was going to be a massive disaster!
Stepping into the ward, he froze for a second, but hiding his shock, he greeted them respectfully, "Mr. Xiao!"
Xiao Zining ignored him.
Seeing his savior, the doctor scrambled on all fours to the director's feet. "Director, save me! This murderer, he's gone mad..."
"Mr. Xiao, you..." The director blinked. "What happened here?"
"They touched my son and wanted to dig out my daughter's eyes. Tell me, do they deserve to die?" Xiao Zining's gaze was ice-cold.
"This..."
Cold sweat poured off the director.
His entire body stiffened.
Had these bastards lost their minds? How did they manage to provoke this person?
"Director, save me..."
The doctor begged desperately.
"This..." The director's face went rigid. "Mr. Xiao, why did he..."
Xiao Zining said coldly, "He brought people to dig out my daughter's eyes."
"Are you planning to protect him?"
The director was so startled that the color drained from his face, and he dared not utter another word.
"Close the door. I'll handle this," Xiao Zining ordered coldly.
"Yes."
Wiping away his cold sweat, the director silently shut the door.
The doctor's eyes widened in horror!
The director actually...
Just who in the world had he offended?
A crushing sense of helplessness flooded his entire body...
"Haohao, Doudou, close your eyes." Xiao Zining smiled gently.
The two children obediently closed their eyes.
Ten seconds later, the doctor's body went limp and collapsed helplessly to the floor...
"Clean this up properly. I will keep a lid on this matter," he said flatly to the director. "It won't implicate you or the hospital."
"Yes." Daring not question him further, the director followed Xiao Zining's orders.
Bai Xining stood there in a daze... Why was the director hanging on Xiao Zining's every word?
He actually dared to help Xiao Zining clean up after something like this?
Was Xiao Zining really just the victim of a misunderstanding, as he claimed?
If that was true, what would they do when the truth inevitably came to light...
Her mind was in absolute chaos!
At that moment, the director knocked on the door again and entered, his face somewhat pale...
He was holding a cell phone in his hand.
"Mr. Xiao, this is a call from Cheng Feihai..."
The East City King, Cheng Feihai!
The local tyrant of Fengcheng, a ruthless killer who blinked at nothing. Even the director wouldn't dare provoke him, fearing he might one day find a sack thrown over his head on the street and be tossed into the river to sleep with the fishes...
"Hand it over."
Xiao Zining took the phone, answered it, and immediately heard a deep, resonant voice booming from the other end: "When are you getting back? I've got everything set up here, and Dr. Austin is fully prepared."
"We're just waiting for the cornea. Hurry up and get back here."
A cold sneer tugged at the corner of Xiao Zining's lips. "Don't wait. Cheng Feihai is already dead."
Hearing this, Cheng Feihai's eyes widened in shock, and his voice turned furious: "Who the hell are you? Why do you have my brother's phone!"
"If you dare lay a single finger on my brother, I will wipe out your entire clan!"
Chapter 46: Ten minutes to wash this place in blood!
"Heh."
Xiao Zining chuckled faintly. "He really is dead. You're next in line."
Anyone who dared to target his family would pay a bloody price.
A bad omen crept into Cheng Feihai's heart. "Just who are you?"
"Who I am doesn't matter. But since you dared to scheme against my daughter and hurt my son, you have to die."
"Hahaha... You bastard really know how to talk big! For over a decade, no one has ever dared to speak to me, Cheng Feihai, like that! Not a single person!"
"You're the first!"
"And let me tell you this..."
"If my brother is truly dead, I swear I'll exterminate your entire clan!"
Anxious to kill me? If you've got the guts, drop your location, and I'll send men over to slaughter you right now! Even if you don't dare say it... it won't take long for me to dig up everything about you!"
"You can't escape!"
Xiao Zining narrowed his eyes.
As a top underworld boss in Fengcheng known as the East City King, Cheng Feihai was naturally an extremely dangerous existence.
He wasn't afraid.
However, his family members were ordinary people after all!
With so many desperate criminals on Cheng Feihai's payroll, he posed a genuine threat.
He wouldn't leave his family exposed to danger...
"Where are you? I'll drop by for a visit," Xiao Zining said indifferently.
Hearing this, Cheng Feihai was stunned. Was there actually someone stupid enough to deliver themselves to their death?
"East District Huatian Club."
"If you've got the guts, come over."
"Besides, I'll have your info in no time. Whether you come or not, you're a dead man either way..."
"Too bad you won't get the chance." Once he got the location, Xiao Zining crushed the phone directly in his hand.
"Xining, take the two children home first. I'll handle the rest."
"Okay," Bai Xining nodded, then added, "Be careful. Cheng Feihai is very, very dangerous... No one in Fengcheng dares to cross him!"
Cheng Feihai was the king of the underworld!
A presence even more terrifying than Lord Long; how could ordinary people ever suppress him?
"Don't worry, no matter how formidable he is, he's just trash that doesn't see the light of day," Xiao Zining waved his hand dismissively. "I can't handle it all alone, but I can borrow some leverage, right? Rest assured, I'll protect myself."
"Mm, then be careful." Bai Xining knew that saying anything more would be useless. Since things had already happened, what else could she do?
If worse came to worst, she would just have to take the children and leave Fengcheng...
These desperate men were truly terrifying.
After Bai Xining left with the two children, Xiao Zining made a phone call: "Deploy five hundred elites. Target: East District Huatian Club."
"I will lead them personally!"
—
At the East District Huatian Club.
With a gloomy face, Cheng Feihai ordered in a deep voice, "Investigate immediately! Find out if something happened to my brother! Also, find out the background of the other party!"
"The family of that little girl!"
"I want answers immediately!"
"Yes," his confidant acknowledged, immediately setting the arrangements in motion.
Soon, news came from various channels that an incident had indeed occurred at the hospital...
And the man who died was none other than Cheng Feihu!
The moment he received the news of Cheng Feihu's death, Cheng Feihai felt a wave of dizziness, followed instantly by a surge of violent, terrifying murderous intent!
"Who are they?"
"According to the patient list leaked from the hospital, the little girl is named Doudou, and her mother is a woman driven out of a minor local family, as well as one of the great beauties of Fengcheng..."
"Bai Xining."
"Word has it... the one who killed Master Hu is the former eldest young master of the Xiao family, Xiao Zining!"
"It's him!?" Cheng Feihai's heart jolted. "A stray dog, and yet he dares to be this arrogant! I'll make him pay in blood!"
He gnashed his teeth in hatred.
"Issue a bounty... at all costs, capture Xiao Yi and Bai Xining's family! One hundred thousand for every head!"
Cheng Feihai's face twisted savagely. "I'm going to make him taste true despair..."
Xiao Zining?
He hadn't really taken this piece of trash seriously, but since he killed his brother, he would make him pay back a hundredfold!
"Yes!"
His confidant nodded immediately.
The bounty was issued instantly, sending shockwaves through the entirety of Fengcheng!
The East City King was furious!
The Bai family?
Bai Xining?
It looked like this family was finished!
Many people were already growing restless.
One hundred thousand!
The temptation was simply too great!
Just as the bounty was released, a group of men in black rapidly approached the exterior of the East District Huatian Club, silently surrounding the premises as an aura of slaughter silently spread through the air...
Walking at the very front was a young man, extraordinarily heroic and chillingly cold, radiating an aura as if he would slay gods if they blocked his path and Buddhas if they stood in his way!
"Is this Cheng Feihai's lair?" Xiao Zining looked up and glanced at the building.
"Yes, sir. A few minutes ago, Cheng Feihai even issued a bounty to capture your family..." a black-clad youth reported respectfully.
"Then I shall lop off his head, so those people can see... the consequence of touching my family!"
"You are the cream of the crop among elites. I give you ten minutes..."
"Wash this place in blood!"
"Understood—!!"
One after another, the figures in black drew their weapons, their eyes blazing with the fierce, vicious light of wolves and tigers.
"Bang!!" Taking the lead, Xiao Zining kicked open the doors of the club...
Chapter 47: I Only Want Your Life!
"Ambush!"
"Ambush!"
As the doors were kicked open.
The people inside the club froze in momentary shock before sounding the alarm and immediately grabbing their weapons.
Hundreds of figures swarmed forward, clutching blades and clubs, reeking of murderous intent.
"Damn it, who has the balls to barge into our turf?"
"Don't they know this is Master Hai's base camp? Waste them!"
Those thugs shouted abuse indiscriminately.
Over the years, Cheng Feihai had gathered countless desperate criminals under his command, many of whom had blood on their hands.
It was precisely because of these men that Cheng Feihai had risen to prominence in Fengcheng, becoming one of the overlords of the underground forces!
Striding with the majesty of a dragon and the pace of a tiger, Xiao Zining stepped into the club. He scanned his surroundings; the interior was vast enough to accommodate thousands of people.
That was why Cheng Feihai had chosen this place as his headquarters.
Yet, to him, these people were nothing more than prawns and crabs!
With his strength, he could easily slaughter every single one of them by himself!
"Tap, tap, tap!!"
Shadow after shadow dressed in black poured in like a tidal wave...
Every single one of them gripped long sabers, their gazes sharp, their footsteps unified and well-trained!
These were the elites of the War Department!
Sensing the chilling aura of their opponents, the expressions of those thugs slowly grew grave.
A middle-aged man with a tattoo of a dragon crossing a river asked in a deep voice, "Who the hell are you? Coming to make trouble on Master Hai's turf—have you got a death wish?"
"We're here to kill you," Xiao Zining said coldly, waving his hand. "Kill."
Battle cries erupted, and both sides immediately clashed in intense combat!
Yet, no matter how ferocious these thugs were, how could they possibly compare to these well-trained elites of the War Department? The scene instantly became a completely one-sided massacre!
The War Department elites marched forward over corpses.
Slaughtering their way through.
Cries of agony echoed endlessly, and the stench of blood grew pungent!
"Master Hai!"
"Master Hai!"
"It's bad—"
"Someone has broken into our headquarters!"
Cheng Feihai was sitting in his executive chair smoking a cigar, his mood irritable and furious, when suddenly a figure burst through the door, reporting in sheer panic!
"What are you panicking for?