Gently bite the jasmine

Is Chapter 249 a farewell?

Duan Yiheng cupped Lin Xi's face and gently wiped away her tears.

"Does the wound hurt?"

I didn't ask when I first saw it, but I asked it now.

Lin Xi felt as if her internal organs had been misplaced. She nodded, and a single word, both sour and painful, escaped her throat: "It hurts."

Duan Yiheng blew on her wrist: "Then just bear with it."

"Let's think of another way," Lin Xi pleaded with Duan Yiheng. "What will I do if something happens to you?"

Duan Yiheng put his arm around the back of her neck, his expression gentle, and said, "You still have Yinfan Technology. You promised me, and you won't let me down, right?"

Lin Xi fell silent.

"say."

"Am I some kind of jinx?" Lin Xi asked him, crying. "I lost my parents when I was six, and I didn't even get to attend my grandfather's funeral. And now you're going to take a bullet for me? I can't do it, I really can't..."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Duan Yiheng pulled her into his arms. "This has nothing to do with you. My decision is based on reason and is the one that guarantees the highest probability of all three of us surviving. Do you understand?"

Lin Xi deliberately shook his head.

Duan Yiheng sighed: "But your staying won't do me any good."

Lin Xi wrapped her arms around his neck, unable to think of any solution.

"Alright." Duan Yiheng patted her back. "Duan Mingxuan has been turned away long enough. Give me a kiss."

His voice sounded like a dying plea, and Lin Xi, with tears streaming down her face, went to meet him and pressed her lips to his.

Lin Xi asked in a hoarse voice, "If I agree to go with Duan Mingxuan, will you promise me I'll come out alive?"

Duan Yiheng didn't answer her, but instead leaned in and gently kissed her.

"Are you done yet?" Duan Mingxuan asked listlessly, his tone utterly dejected.

Duan Yiheng chuckled softly, looked at Lin Xi for a moment, and said, "Alright."

Duan Mingxuan scoffed.

Duan Yiheng glanced around and said, "They should be back soon. They're hiding on either side of the door. You and Lin Xi are on the right, and I'll be on the left."

Duan Mingxuan: "Are you going to launch a sneak attack?"

Duan Yiheng hummed softly, "Hmm, let's wait until we hear a sound before we speak, so they don't see our intentions through the surveillance footage."

Duan Mingxuan: "There are only two people with Chen Jingyi, so I'm afraid it's difficult to distinguish who should be watching the surveillance footage. But I have a question: if you're on the left, how can you be sure that you're not facing Chen Jingyi?"

“It’s a habit,” Duan Yiheng said calmly. “I’ve been observing him the whole way. That man has always been standing to Chen Jingyi’s right. Let’s take a gamble.”

Duan Mingxuan said, "Actually, we outnumber them, so why do you want me and Lin Xi to leave?"

Lin Xi's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Duan Mingxuan is perfectly capable of dealing with Chen Liangyi.

“The key to a sneak attack is to catch people off guard. I don’t know the man’s exact skill level,” Duan Yiheng said. “If I couldn’t stop him, he could shoot whoever he wanted. Staying at the scene would not end well for anyone.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Xi's face turned pale.

Just as she was about to speak, Chen Jingyi's voice suddenly came from the monitor: "At a time like this, you're still in the mood for being affectionate? Is this a farewell?"

Duan Yiheng immediately turned his head and said quickly, "If Chen Jingyi controls the situation with surveillance, that man will definitely come in with a gun. If you can't launch a sneak attack, Duan Mingxuan, you need to decide when to leave."

Duan Mingxuan stared at the monitor and hummed in agreement.

As soon as he finished speaking, the garage door opened.

Brother Shan came in with a gun, and Duan Yiheng and Duan Mingxuan instinctively blocked Lin Xi.

"I originally wanted to ask you..." Chen Jingyi's voice rang out again, "If I let you two brothers leave, would Lin Xi be willing to stay? Now it seems that he is not willing."

Duan Mingxuan couldn't hold back any longer and asked loudly, "What exactly are you trying to do? What's with all the mystery?"

Chen Jingyi said, "Then you'll have to ask Lin Xi next to you."

Lin Xi Taiyang asked Chen Jingyi, "What did you ask me?"

"Lin Xi, I'm giving you a chance," Chen Jingyi said. "Choose between Duan Yiheng and Duan Mingxuan. Whichever you choose, I'll put you down."

Duan Mingxuan frowned: "Don't believe her."

Lin Xi naturally didn't believe it and remained silent.

There was no more sound coming from the surveillance camera, and after a while, Chen Jingyi went downstairs.

"Well? Have you thought it through?" Chen Jingyi's voice rang out behind Lin Xi.

Lin Xi turned around and said, "I don't believe you would let them go."

Chen Liangyi said, "I'll only release one. Who do you choose to stay and die with you?"

Lin Xi subconsciously looked at Duan Yiheng, then turned to look at Duan Mingxuan.

“You don’t have the right to choose, but I’ve given you a chance. The worst outcome is death,” Chen Jingyi said with a smile. “Why not take a gamble? What if I really let you go?”

Lin Xi's heart trembled uncontrollably.

Duan Yiheng grabbed her hand and said to Chen Jingyi, "Stop talking nonsense. You know in your heart whether you want to let go or not."

Lin Xi hooked Duan Yiheng's little finger with her finger, her eyes glancing at his suit out of the corner of her eye.

Duan Yiheng remained silent for two or three seconds before releasing her.

Lin Xi stepped forward past Duan Yiheng and said, "Come here, I'll tell you who to choose."

Chen Jingyi was about to go over when Shan Ge stopped her, saying, "Be careful, it might be a trap."

Chen Jingyi laughed smugly: "If they try anything funny, you should kill them all."

She took a step forward.

Lin Xi said, "I choose..."

When someone is keeping you in suspense, everyone will subconsciously stare at them.

In the crucial two seconds, Duan Yiheng moved with lightning speed, grabbing the suit jacket from the chair and lifting it violently upwards.

"boom--"

The suit was pierced by a bullet. Duan Yiheng punched Shan Ge in the neck. Duan Mingxuan was stunned for a second, then pulled Lin Xi behind him and stood in confrontation with Chen Liangyi.

"Kill them!" Chen Jingyi roared, drawing her dagger for self-defense.

Duan Mingxuan tore off his tie and wrapped it around his fist.

Duan Yiheng and Shan Ge were already locked in a fierce fight. That punch sent Shan Ge crashing into the wall. He instinctively raised his gun at Duan Yiheng, but Duan Yiheng seized the opportunity to grab his wrist and twist it hard.

Brother Shan cried out in pain, the gun fell to the ground, and Duan Yiheng stepped on it.

The next second, he was violently struck in the abdomen by Brother Shan's knee. Duan Yiheng was in so much pain that he broke out in a cold sweat and bent over to pick up the gun.

Shan Ge raised his knee and struck Duan Yiheng's shoulder again.

After Duan Yiheng fell to the ground, Brother Shan picked up the gun.

Lin Xi's heart skipped a beat: "Duan Yiheng."

Duan Yiheng immediately stood up, lunged forward, and tightly hugged Shan Ge's hands. He turned to Duan Mingxuan and said, "Let's go."

Duan Mingxuan gritted his teeth and grabbed Chen Liangyi's dagger.

The dagger struck Duan Mingxuan's arm and tie, instantly tearing his palm open.

He was in so much pain that he lost consciousness, and while Chen Jingyi was still in a daze, he kicked her in the stomach.

Chen Jingyi, being a woman, couldn't withstand Duan Mingxuan's kick and curled up on the ground, clutching her stomach.

Shan Ge's neck veins bulged, and he punched Duan Yiheng behind the ear with his other fist.

Duan Mingxuan picked up Lin Xi and started to leave. Lin Xi struggled and said, "Duan Mingxuan, put me down quickly, we can't leave."

"What are you doing? Big Brother said you're leaving."

"But if we leave, our elder brother will be attacked from both sides," Lin Xi cried. "If we were here, wouldn't our chances of winning be much better?"

"That's a gun, it shoots wherever you point it, do you think it's some kind of toy?"

Just as Lin Xi was about to retort, a police siren suddenly sounded.