The roar startled the birds resting in the forest, their wings fluttering as they circled in the air.
"You call him a coward, then what are you? It was clearly a conflict between you and him, yet you lacked the courage to retaliate. Instead, you resorted to kidnapping the child to vent your inner resentment. Your actions now are even more contemptible!"
*Slap* A palm landed on Jiang Ziyu's lips.
Di Minghao's eyes, bloodshot and fierce, glared at her. "Don't think that saying these things will make me release his child! I'm already a dead man walking; it doesn't matter if I live or die. But the child inside is different; he is Di Mingjue's offspring. Even if I die, I will drag all of you down with me."
As his words fell, Di Minghao was completely consumed by rage. He now disregarded all consequences, dragging Jiang Ziyu into the wooden cabin.
Locking the door from the inside, he ruthlessly pushed Jiang Ziyu to the ground.
"Yuze, don't be scared!" Jiang Ziyu, even as she fell, did not forget to comfort Yuze.
Di Minghao, looking at the still calm Jiang Ziyu, sneered, "Why bother? Once Di Mingjue's child with another woman is eliminated, your future child can become the heir."
Jiang Ziyu let out a laugh.
The heir to Di Jue Group?
Did he think it was a throne that everyone was coveting?
"You ungrateful wretch!" Di Minghao raised his leg to deliver a kick.
The pain in her shin was unbearable, yet Jiang Ziyu remained like a mountain, protecting Yuze.
Di Minghao went to the window and mockingly shouted, "Di Mingjue! Di Mingjue! Are you really going to keep hiding and not come out? Aren't you afraid I'll harm your wife and child?"
Shen Lin, hidden behind the wooden cabin, clutched his rapidly beating heart. Rescue had not yet arrived, and unsure of the situation inside, he dared not come out rashly.
After several calls, Di Minghao began to panic.
He was certain that Di Mingjue would emerge for his child and agree to any demand, but ten minutes passed, and he hadn't even seen a single hair of him.
Was he truly so cold and ruthless, caring only for money and power?
Di Minghao looked at the mother and child behind him and clicked his tongue twice. "How pitiful. The love that seemed so deep is truly worthless in the face of hardship."
Whether it was worthless or not, Jiang Ziyu didn't care. Her only concern now was Yuze's physical and mental well-being, and how to safely get him out.
Their indifference completely enraged Di Minghao. With a suicidal intent, Di Minghao produced a pre-prepared timed explosive.
"You're crazy!" Jiang Ziyu stared at the pack of explosives wrapped around his waist in disbelief.
Di Minghao seemed pleased, laughing heartily three times. "What do you think Di Mingjue will feel if we both die here? Will he be sad or grieved?"
"Why? You'll die too," Jiang Ziyu attempted to reason with him.
"What difference does it make now whether I live or die? Di Mingjue showed me no mercy and drove me to this point, so I will make him taste the bitterness of losing everything." Di Minghao grabbed Jiang Ziyu's arm and tied her behind Yuze.
With his large hand and Yuze's small hand tied together with the same rope, Jiang Ziyu spread her arms to embrace Yuze's tiny hand.
Yuze's hand felt like a block of ice, cold and devoid of any warmth.
"Don't be afraid, we'll get out safely. Mommy won't let anything happen to Yuze!" Jiang Ziyu whispered, her voice audible only to them.
Not afraid of death?
That was a lie.
Di Minghao had already shouted for Di Mingjue outside multiple times.
While he was distracted, Jiang Ziyu and Yuze worked together.
Yuze and Xiao Ran's high intelligence was not only inherited from their parents but also a result of Jiang Ziyu's teachings. From a young age, Jiang Ziyu had arranged for them to learn self-defense to avoid being bullied.
One of these skills was how to untie knotted ropes.
Their small and large fingers moved nimbly, loosening the ropes on their wrists from tight to slack.
The two did not escape. They disguised the ropes to look as they were before, waiting for the perfect moment to flee.