Chapter 168 - The Bait

Yang Mei felt her hands start to sweat at the though of the young girl dying in her care. Her hand almost slipped off the steering wheel until at long last she reached the intersection where they were supposed to meet Knox. Getting off the car,Knox gave her an address and the ambulance keys,taking the other car's keys."Well done Yang Mei. The doctor is waiting at that address."

With that,Knox pulled the girl out and placed her inside the ambulance. Then a small injection was pierced into her skin making the girl cough out some blood,"This is a common poison antidote. It should help her until you can get help."

The two cars then went in opposite directions. The small car darted at a high speed straight towards the mountain range on the city's outskirts. Knox had a simple plan.  The car was going to fall off the mountain cliff with a dead girl inside.

Shi QInglan stood in the room that had now been burnt down. The room let out the acrid smell of smoke and ashes but Shi Qinglan felt nothing as he stood staring at the picture stuck to the wall with a dagger. His people had tried to take out the dagger to get clues about the person to whom it belonged but he had refused so in the end they had only been able to get the fingerprints off it with the thing still stuck in the wall.

Qin Yung,too stood behind the man as he stared at the picture.He did not know what Shi Qinglan was thinking but he knew that he felt terrified.Because the dagger was stuck on his head!It was clear that Shi Ai wanted to attack him next and this was her way of challenging openly.

He placed a hand on Shi QInglan's shulder and slowly said,"Lan!I don't have a good feeling about this.That bit** took your slave from right under our noses.With the government's threat of those social workers on us and the media attention on the case,out past deeds can be easily exposed but that Si Ming and  Shi Xaio.And Shi Ai! She was smart even as a teenager when she outwitted us not once but twice. We always believed that the house was burnt down before they could run away but now Shi Xaio has come out alive and is infact under such a powerful protection. Our men have repeatedly tried to get close to her but her shadow bodyguards are too well trained! And now this girl!I had thought that since she had hidden herself or so long,she would always remain in hiding but now even she has sharpened her claws and is threatening her."

Shi Qinglan glanced at the man beside him and gave a small smirk,"You are really too much Qin Yung!I know they are your daughters and you must think them to be very intelligent but Shi Ai won the last time because you were too careless and I underestimated her. But this time,the circ.u.mstances are different.We may not know their strong suits but we definitely have their weaknesses in hand. And anyways,don't you think it odd that both the girls have returned at the same time? We don't know where Shi Xaio Ai has been all these years and we haven't known where Shi Ai went after she escaped. So there is a reasonable chance that these two were together,don't you think so. But that is not so important anymore. What is important is not Shi Xaio Ai or Shi Ai. A spider weaves an intricate web and even if you clean it,the spider will si.ply make a new one. So if you want to be rid of the webs then you have to kill the spider. And the spider in this case is Knight Long. "

Qin Yung was shocked and bewildered."What di you mean?"

"Hmm.what I mean is simple. We have been wasting our time in the wrong people. You know that elder Shi went to see Long Ah Hai a few days ago and I went to see Shi Xaio. Well I made the wrong choice once again. I should have sent my people after that man because he is the only obstacle in my way. These past few day,I have sent my best men to check on that ex army officer. He is very cunning with only one weakness. And Shi Ai also handles the same weakness-Shi Xaio Ai.

So,this time I am going to make a pawn out of Shi Xaio once again. Just like Shi Ai surrendered herself last time because of her little sister,this time Ah Hai Long will fall because of his wife. She wants to do some social work and charity  doesn't she? Let us teach her that charity begins with your own family. Shi Ai has taken my slave

So Shi Xaio will take my slave's place. Anyways she looks very much like her mother so I will definitely enjoy her. Tell me Yung,would younlike to participate in defiling her..Haha Haha.. I can see the temptation in your eyes Yung. Let her come tomorrow to interview Shan Shan. Once she has stayed here for a few days,she can answer those questions herself!" The evil laughter soon subsided leaving in it's wake an even more scarier truth. This house really was full of monsters.

In his office,Ah Hai removed the wireless headphones that he had been using. He wondered how Shi Qinglan had survived for so long when he was so foolish and over bearing. The man had blurted the entire plan  without even checking the dagger which had a microphone built into it. Ah Hai streched his neck as he gave a small cold smile. Finally Shi Qinglan had decided to target his wife. The big fish had finally taken the bait. Shi Qinglan seemed to be in a hurry to get himself killed. 

Parked outside the small villa,Xaio Ai clutched at Ah Hai's hand as she tried to prepare herself to go inside to look at Shan Shan. They had almost been too late. If they had delayed their plans anymore,the girl would have been dead today..

Finally,having calmed a herself a bit,Xaio Ai nodded to her husband and the two went inside.

Yang Mei was collapsed on the couch while a nurse sat opposite her. Standing the moment the couple entered,the nurse began her report. Sir,she is being given hallucinogen in small quantities on a daily basis. The hallucinogen is actually an anxiety calming medicine but when a normal person takes it,the brain tends to react differently. Thankfully the girl kept throwing up everytime she ate it so only a small trace could be detected in the blood samples and ot did not affect her sanity by much.She is sleeping for now. Um, I know she is a victim and you might want to question her but please wait until she is emotionally stable.. The doctor has left his bag here and will be back soon. You can also rest of you wish."With that the nurse sat back and resumed her reading. "I'll go and check on her.",Shi Ai muttered before walking towards the room with the closed door.

Ah Hai turned to see Yang Mei's eyes following her sister,who had not even bothered to ask about her. Feeling pity and not wanting Shi Ai to.misu understand his wife,Ah Hai explained,"She is just worried about Shan Shan. Please don't take it personally that she did not ask you about yourself.She wil do it once she is sure of Shan Shan's safety. What happened to your hand?"

Yang Mei looked at her hand in confusion. She had not even realized that her own hand had been scorched from that fire. Going to the doctor's bag,Ah Hai plucked an ointment and a q tip out of the bag before passing it to Yang Mei.

Mei tried to squeeze out the ointment with one hand but failed miserably causing Ah Hai to mutter,"Both of you sisters are alike." And then taking the medicine to apply on her hand. Yang Mei smiled ad she watched him apply the medicine before she gave a comeback,"But you love my sister a lot. Don't you. It is also why you are being kind to me.For her."Ah Hai looked up at this moment with the ghost of a smile and this was the scene that Shi Ai came out to. Ah Hai holding Yang Mei's hand and the two smiling at each other.

Stumped for a moment she did not understand what was going on but then she looked down and saw that Yang Mei was injured. "Miss Yang,you were injured. I am very sorry for that. Please let the nurse attend to it. Ah Hai,Shan Shan is awake and wants to tell us something."