Rebirth: The Courtyard Bride Is Cool and Radiant

Chapter 458: Chapter 458 Calmness, Demands

The scar-faced man was quite capable indeed; though he had sustained many injuries, he somehow managed to avoid being restrained by so many people.

Huo Jingrui engaged in a fight with the scar-faced man, effectively taking over for the doggedly persistent Deputy Director of Public Security, Tang Haiyang.

During their fight, Yunyi noticed someone preparing a stealthy attack from the front. She yelled, ”Be careful!” and instinctively rushed forward, hurling herself directly towards Huo Jingrui, who had just created some distance between himself and the scar-faced man.

The bullet whizzed past Huo Jingrui’s nose. He immediately checked to see if Yunyi was hurt. As he turned his head, blood from his nose dripped right onto the pocket on his chest.

Somehow, Huo Jingrui felt dizzy, and his mind was flooded with fragmented thoughts. Had it not been for Yunyi’s support, he would have almost fallen.

However, there was no time to think about anything else. Seeing the scar-faced man throw a punch at them, Huo Jingrui shielded Yunyi behind him and went straight to meet the oncoming fist.

At that moment, Huo Jingrui’s mind was filled with various moves, as if he had known them beforehand, and soon the scar-faced man began to lose the fight.

Perhaps realizing he was no match for Huo Jingrui, the scar-faced man stepped back to dodge Jingrui’s punches, pulling out a handful of powder from his pocket and scattering it.

Huo Jingrui quickly dodged and held his breath, and in that instant, the scar-faced man slipped away once more.

Huo Jingrui and the others couldn’t let him just run away, so they chased after him without hesitation.

It was clear they had prepared in advance. When they caught sight of him, they saw the scar-faced man slip into a cave, and someone shouted, ”Don’t come any closer, or these kids we have might not be safe.”

The exhausted Tang Haiyang, hearing this, couldn’t care less about his own injuries and charged forward, agitated.

Huo Jingrui grabbed him and said, ”Stay calm.”

Yunyi released her spiritual power to probe into the cave, only to discover that there were indeed three children inside, visibly grade-schoolers.

She had been unaware of the missing children in the city and was shocked to see them, not expecting the criminals to have gone to such lengths.

But now they dared not launch an assault, considering the children were in the hands of the criminals.

Tang Haiyang was incredibly anxious, but Huo Jingrui firmly prevented him from speaking. ”Deputy Director Tang, you can’t speak. If the children recognize your voice and something goes wrong, it won’t be good. Let me handle this.”

Tang Haiyang knew Huo Jingrui was right and nodded. ”Alright,” he said, his voice hoarse.

Huo Jingrui shouted into the cave, ”We’ll do our best to meet whatever demands you have, but you can’t harm the children.”

Scar-face responded directly, ”Send someone with authority to negotiate with me; everyone else can scram. And don’t test my patience. Worst case, we’ll take these kids down with us.”

Now Tang Haiyang had no choice but to speak. Thankfully, his voice was extremely hoarse, which served as a good disguise. ”You can state your demands,” he said.

Scar-face sat with his back against the stone wall at the cave entrance while someone treated a wound on his arm. Hearing the question, he replied, ”Simple. Exchange Hou Yuekui, Sun Sanpao, and Qian Mangcang for them.

Don’t you think about pulling any stunts. We want to see them no later than noon the day after tomorrow, or we’ll just have to take these three unlucky ones with us on our final journey.”

This is our last trump card. I truly didn’t expect that despite preparing multiple bargaining chips, they would all be for naught, leaving us with only this last one.

The scar on his face was already frightening. Coupled with his extreme anger at that moment, his fierce expression terrified a recently awakened child, who burst into tears.