Ending the call, Di Minghao completely let go of Di Mingjue, "Consider yourself sensible, then I'll wait another half hour."
"Half an hour is enough," Di Mingjue said, vaguely looking towards the wooden house ahead, his fingers by his legs twitching.
Shen Lin had been prepared. Seeing Di Mingjue's signal, he looked back at the woods behind him.
In the unseen environment, their men had already taken up positions all around.
"We did it, shouldn't you let them go now?"
Seeing the money was about to arrive, Di Minghao decided to humor him and walked into the wooden house.
He roughly pulled Jiang Ziyu, bringing her and the child out from inside to the doorway.
"You've seen them, and once the money arrives, I'll release them," Di Minghao blocked Di Mingjue who was stepping forward, positioning himself in the narrow doorway.
But Di Mingjue did not obey him this time and walked steadily towards them.
As he approached, Di Minghao reprimanded, "Stop! If you take another step forward, I'll kill them now!"
He pulled a knife from his pocket, turned, and aimed the blade at Jiang Ziyu.
Yu Ze, standing beside her, had a pale little face. The knife was supposed to be aimed at him, but Jiang Ziyu, with quick reflexes, swapped positions with him as the knife was thrust forward.
At this moment, everyone around seemed to hold their breath, yet Di Mingjue continued to advance.
"I told you to stop!" Di Minghao waved his arms agitatedly.
A warm current flowed down from his neck. Seeing this, Yu Ze's heart ached as he grabbed Jiang Ziyu's arm.
"Mr. Di, Madam..." Shen Lin tried to inform Di Mingjue of the situation.
"Don't force me, I'll really kill her," Di Minghao shouted uncontrollably.
But no matter what he said, he couldn't stop Di Mingjue's actions.
The indifferent man would ultimately not change for anyone!
Jiang Ziyu felt the pain on her neck intensify. She no longer placed her hope of survival on anyone.
Scanning her surroundings to ensure there were no mistakes, she took advantage of Di Minghao's frantic efforts to guard against Di Mingjue. She twisted her body, snatched the knife from his hand, scooped up Yu Ze beside her, and bolted towards the door.
"Shen Lin, call for backup!" Di Mingjue ordered.
The black-clad bodyguards, who had been hidden in the bushes for a long time, instantly appeared behind Di Mingjue.
Realizing he had been tricked, Di Minghao became desperate. In his panic, he grabbed Jiang Ziyu's hair like a madman.
With Yu Ze in her arms, Jiang Ziyu's movement was hindered. She spotted Shen Lin's position, and in a race against time, put Yu Ze down and pushed him towards Shen Lin.
Shen Lin perfectly coordinated by stepping forward and catching Yu Ze, who was turning back.
Yu Ze watched as Jiang Ziyu was grabbed by Di Minghao, and he struggled fiercely in Shen Lin's embrace.
"Take him away," Di Mingjue shouted to Shen Lin, moving forward alone.
Jiang Ziyu was no pushover either. She crouched down, spun her upper body, and punched Di Minghao in the stomach.
The pain caused Di Minghao's body to arch like a dehydrated mantis shrimp.
Seizing the moment he let go, Jiang Ziyu landed a few more punches.
After several blows, Di Minghao was completely unable to fight back. Before the bodyguards could intervene, Jiang Ziyu had already subdued him.
"Guard him well," Jiang Ziyu handed him over to a bodyguard.
She turned to leave, but a panicked shout came from behind her.
"Be careful!"
Tears slid down the corners of her eyes. Jiang Ziyu looked down at her abdomen.
Di Minghao threw his head back and laughed, yelling at Di Mingjue, "You are truly heartless! For two hundred million, you don't even care about the woman who woke you up. You are a cold-blooded, unfeeling monster!"
The bodyguard pressed down on Di Minghao's shoulders, forcing him forward.
When Shen Lin returned after settling Yu Ze, he saw Jiang Ziyu kneeling on the ground, covered in blood. Di Mingjue beside her seemed not to have noticed.
"Madam, you..."
"Where's Qianqian? How is she?"
Ignoring her own injuries, Jiang Ziyu clutched Shen Lin's arm and pressed him with the question.