"I got the money by having a few of my business partners cook the books and issue fake invoices..." Yu Antai confessed. "But that’s twenty million!" His wife, Ma Lanfang, her face pale, exclaimed, "Why didn’t you tell me? You could have at least let me buy a designer handbag!" Su Xuan, lying on the workbench: "..." Niu Dalei cleared his throat. "Twenty million is a lot, I’ll grant you that. But it’s only enough to save two of you—ten million each. One of you still has to die. Pick one!" "Sir, you can’t do this!" "Please, show some mercy!" "Please, let our family of three go!" The moment Yu Antai heard that twenty million could only save two of them, he immediately panicked, wailing and begging Niu Dalei. "No deal!" Niu Dalei pointed to his own face. "See this? The resort staff burned me. I showed you mercy, but who’s going to show me mercy?" "Hurry up and pick someone!" A young man named Stone Tooth, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up. "If we drag this out until dawn, none of us will make it out alive!" "Heh." Niu Dalei patted Stone Tooth’s head. "You’re a pretty understanding kid. Maybe I’ll give you a chance to live later." "Thank you, Big Brother!" Stone Tooth said. Read complete versıon only at 𝗻𝗼𝘷𝗲𝗹•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝕟𝕖𝕥 Niu Dalei turned his gaze back to Yu Antai’s family. "Hurry up and choose!" The family remained silent. Niu Dalei had no choice but to point the knife at Yu Yu. "Then I’ll just kill this little girl first. She’s useless now anyway!" "I’m still so young!" "I still have to go to college!" "I don’t want to die!" Yu Yu burst out wailing. She had already shed so many tears tonight. "Don’t scare the child!" Yu Antai suddenly raised his head, his face a mask of tragic resolve. "I’m the only man in this family. Kill me!" Ma Lanfang looked at her husband, tears streaming down her face like rain. Such a good husband, willing to sacrifice his own life for his wife and child without a moment’s hesitation! Ma Lanfang’s lips trembled. "My dear, the best decision I ever made in my life was marrying you!" The next second, she also raised her head high and said to Niu Dalei, "My husband needs to earn money to support our family and send our daughter to college. He can’t die. If you have to kill someone, kill me!" After speaking, she leaned close to Yu Antai’s ear and whispered, "Darling, in my wallet, there’s a card ending in the number one. It’s the money you’ve given me every month. I never had the heart to spend a single cent of it. Our family’s expenses were all paid for with my salary. The PIN is your birthday. After I’m gone, don’t forget to withdraw the money... I... I love you!" "Honey..." Hearing this, the softest chord in Yu Antai’s heart was struck, and he too began to sob. They had been together for almost twenty years. He had thought her love for him had faded, but to think... Yu Antai choked out, "I love you too, honey!" Bound as they were, the two, who desperately wanted to embrace, could only press their foreheads together, crying their hearts out. Witnessing this touching scene, Niu Dalei quietly turned his head and wiped his eyes. Damn it! That was too damn sentimental! If he were a real kidnapper, he would’ve let the whole family go. But Yu Yu still showed no signs of improving, and the game had to continue! Yu Antai and Ma Lanfang fought over who would die, neither willing to give an inch. Watching her parents, who were willing to die for her, Yu Yu’s expression grew incredibly complex. "Alright, you two, stop arguing!" Niu Dalei said. "Seeing how devoted you are to each other, I’ll give you a little more time to think." He pointed the knife at the two siblings, his voice turning sinister. "In the meantime... which one of you little ones wants to die first?" Stone Tooth spoke up. "Didn’t you just say you’d give me a chance to live?" "Oh, you remember that, do you? Alright then, I’ll kill your sister!" "That’s not happening," Stone Tooth said abruptly. "My sister and I lost our parents when we were seven or eight. The only reason I’m alive is to raise her. If you kill my sister, I won’t want to live anymore, and I’ll fight you to the death!" His sister, Xiao Yun, immediately chimed in, "Let him kill me! I’m not afraid to die! If I die, I can be with our parents in the afterlife. I dream about them all the time!" "Do you really think so?" Stone Tooth asked. "I do!" his sister replied. "Who told you that you can be with our parents after you die?" "The village chief did." "How about we die together then?" Stone Tooth suggested. "I’m worried you won’t know the way and won’t be able to find them. And I’m afraid you’ll get bullied." "Brother, there aren’t any people down there. Only ghosts." "Ahem!" Hearing the siblings go off-script, Niu Dalei cleared his throat again, trying to pull them back into the scenario. "Oh, right!" Stone Tooth was quick on the uptake. Realizing Niu Dalei was prompting him, he followed the script and said, "I have an idea that will make you let both me and my sister go!" "Let’s hear it," Niu Dalei said. Stone Tooth stated, word by word, "I can kill for you. That way, you won’t be the one committing murder." "You’re just a kid. You have the guts for that?" Stone Tooth glanced at Su Xuan on the workbench. "Untie me. I can cut his stomach open and show you." Niu Dalei sliced through the ropes binding Stone Tooth. Then he found a small, one-inch-long knife and gave it to him. Stone Tooth walked over to Su Xuan and pressed the tip of the blade against his stomach. He glanced at Niu Dalei. "I’m going to cut him open now, okay?" Stone Tooth frowned, looking at Yu Yu. "I’m really going to do it now, you know?" Yu Yu kept her head down, trembling all over. "Sigh!" Stone Tooth sighed in disappointment. He slashed the small knife across Su Xuan’s abdomen. Blood immediately gushed out, spilling all over the workbench. "See? I cut him open!" Stone Tooth said, spreading his hands toward Niu Dalei. "Good kid!" Niu Dalei clapped Stone Tooth’s shoulder in approval. "You’re one of us now. You and your sister get to live." Stone Tooth grinned. "Thanks, Big Brother!" He then turned his gaze to Yu Antai and his wife, licking his lips. "Big Brother, I’ll help you kill the next one, too!" Niu Dalei smiled, then his gaze sharpened as he turned to the couple. "I’ve given you enough time. Have you decided who dies?" Yu Antai and his wife were still fighting over it, refusing to yield. Yu Yu looked up at her parents, tears streaming endlessly down her face. This time, however, she wasn’t crying out of fear, but because she was deeply moved. Her mom and dad had watched Su Xuan get killed right in front of them, yet they weren’t scared at all. They were even fighting for the chance to die... to die to save her, their daughter! Is this real love? Is this true family? Is this what a parent’s love really is? An invisible wall inside her heart seemed to suddenly fracture. Just then, the lights in the room began to flicker on and off, casting a terrifying atmosphere. Su Xuan, who was lying on the workbench, suddenly sat bolt upright. He slowly turned his head to look at Yu Yu. He then reached into the fresh gash in his own abdomen, tore out his heart, and held it out to her. He said faintly, "Yu Yu, you asked if I was willing to dig out my heart for you to see."