Chapter 619 - 649: Hurry Up and Let Me Go
Chapter 619: Chapter 649: Hurry Up and Let Me Go
If she were still the little girl from Three Families Village, she definitely would have been scared to tears by a scene like this.
She might have even been so scared that her legs would have gone weak and she would have dropped to her knees.
Qin Tao waited for Xiao Shi to kneel and beg for mercy. He was really just trying to scare her; after all, he still needed her to go get someone for him.
But how could he have known that the Xiao Shi of today was no longer the little girl he used to bully relentlessly?
Xiao Shi immediately slammed her schoolbag into Qin Tao’s face, kicked him in the stomach, and snatched the knife from his hand. In an instant, she had his arm twisted behind him and her foot planted on his back.
"Ah! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts! Xiao Shi, you psycho! Let go of me!"
"You’re killing me! Sis, please, I’m begging you! Let me go, please!"
During winter and summer breaks these past few years, whenever Xiao Shi had free time, she would go to her sister’s company to learn some self-defense from Ji Changxing and the others. She also made it a point to exercise regularly.
Of course, there was also the subtle boost from the Spiritual Spring Water.
The girl was in great shape now. A single punch from her could make a scrawny punk like Qin Tao ache for the rest of the day.
It was the fact that he had pulled out a knife that made Xiao Shi realize her cousin had gone completely bad. She subdued Qin Tao in a few swift moves, then said to a familiar neighbor, "Ma’am, could you please go to my aunt’s house and get someone? Just say I’m in trouble at the main gate."
"Okay, okay."
A crowd had gathered. Pinned to the ground, Qin Tao’s face was beet red as he struggled with all his might, thrashing about like a fish on a cutting board.
But he couldn’t break free from Xiao Shi’s grip.
Qin Tao, who was already on edge, started begging when he saw the crowd growing. "Sis, Xiao Shi, just let me go! I won’t look for Grandma anymore! I’ll scram right now!"
"Let me go, quick! Or they’re gonna arrest me!"
The more Xiao Shi listened, the stranger it seemed. ’Weren’t his dad and Feng Lan both arrested? Why is Xiao Tao so scared? Could it be...’
Just then, Qin Na and the others came downstairs. Old Mrs. Qin had been worried about Xiao Shi, but the moment she saw Xiao Tao pinned beneath her, she cried out, "Oh, my dear grandson!"
Seizing the opportunity, Qin Tao tried to struggle free, but in the next instant, Sun Cheng, who had come down with the others, quickly helped Xiao Shi pin Xiao Tao back down.
Old Mrs. Qin looked at Xiao Shi and was about to speak, but Xiao Shi spoke first.
"He tried to stab me with a knife."
The surrounding crowd was stunned. Old Mrs. Qin froze on the spot. Qin Na looked at the knife on the ground, and recalling what Xiao Jiao had said a few days earlier, her heart went cold.
’It looks like Third Brother and his wife really have raised Xiao Tao the wrong way.’
Meanwhile, Qin Jiao was at her parents’ house, waiting for Xiao Shi to come home for dinner. After receiving a call from their aunt, the family of three rushed over together.
If not for his bad legs, Mr. Du would have come along too. He’d lived with them for so long that he thought of Xiao Shi as his own granddaughter.
No matter what her grandmother said, Xiao Shi resolutely refused to let Qin Tao go. She didn’t let out a sigh of relief until her parents and sister arrived.
It wasn’t until they had taken Xiao Tao to Qin Na’s house that Xiao Shi, perfectly calm and composed, explained what had happened—how she had encountered Xiao Tao and how he had threatened her with the knife.
Old Mrs. Qin’s heart still ached for her grandson, but the thought of him actually threatening her granddaughter with a knife also upset her.
She said, "Xiao Tao, how could you threaten your cousin with a knife? If you wanted to come inside, you could have just come in with her."