A black-clad man who rushed in from beside him immediately pushed his gun down and roared, "Stop! Do you want to ruin the plan?"
The foreign soldier glanced at him and resentfully lowered his gun.
The newcomer reached up and pulled back his cloak's hood, revealing his face.
Although he looked very much like the man who had left not long ago, Song Ning recognized him immediately... this was Lin Xiaojun!
Lin Xiaojun had a far more sinister air than Lin Xiaoming. He stared darkly at Song Ning and said, "Let him go! We won't let anyone hurt you again!"
Song Ning said, "Let me leave! Otherwise, I'll kill him!"
But Lin Xiaojun answered without a moment's hesitation, "Impossible! Let him go! We won't hold this against you right now! We won't hurt you either! But letting you leave? Dream on!"
"What? You don't care whether he lives or dies?" Song Ning pressed the knife's tip a little deeper. Blood was already seeping from Ding Yongsheng's neck.
"We do!"
Lin Xiaojun's expression remained unchanged, but his tone grew darker:
"Don't bother testing us! Let me make this clear! Holding him hostage gives you no leverage over us! We're leaving you unharmed because you're still useful! You can kill him right now if you like, but if you do, I can't guarantee you'll still be in one piece... when we hand you back to Gu Zheng!"
Song Ning remained unmoved as well. She said calmly, "He abused me! There's no way I'm just letting him go! Since you don't care about him, there's nothing wrong with collecting a little interest first!"
With that, Song Ning raised the dagger and stabbed it into Ding Yongyuansheng's thigh!
"Aah-"
Ding Yongsheng, who had been unconscious, was jolted awake by the sheer pain!
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