NFBE Chapter 253 Why did you come alone?
Chapter 253 Why did you come alone?
“He planted a bomb in the basement,” Ji Momo said softly. “If Qin Reng doesn’t go to see him, he will detonate it.”
"Why are you telling me this?"
“Because,” Ji Momo suddenly stood up, “even though I can’t win Qin Reng’s heart, I can’t just watch him die.”
After saying that, she turned around and left.
"Wait!" Yu Yuetong called out to her, "Do you know where Qin Yu is?"
Ji Momo turned around and glanced at her, then suddenly smiled: "Guess?"
Just then, Yu Yuetong's phone rang. It was a message from Qin Reng: "Grandma has been found at the Qin family's old house. But..."
The news abruptly ended.
Yu Yuetong's heart clenched. She looked up at Ji Momo and found that the other was looking at her with a strange expression.
"What's wrong?" Yu Yuetong asked.
“It’s nothing,” Ji Momo suddenly said. “I just think you’re really lucky.”
"what?"
"You're so lucky, even the heavens are on your side." Ji Momo said, then turned and left the coffee shop.
Yu Yuetong watched her retreating figure and suddenly felt a pang of fear in her heart. She picked up her phone and dialed Qin Reng's number.
The call went through, but no one answered.
Her heart sank lower and lower. Just then, her phone vibrated. It was a multimedia message.
Yu Yuetong clicked on it and froze.
In the photo, Qin Reng is being held at gunpoint by Qin Yu. Behind him, a bomb is on a countdown timer.
"Yuetong," Qin Reng's voice came through the phone, "I'm sorry, I might..."
"No!" Yu Yuetong suddenly stood up. "Qin Reng, listen to me, I'll do it right away..."
"It's too late," Qin Reng said softly. "There are three minutes left."
"No!" Yu Yuetong's voice trembled with tears. "You promised me, you promised to come back safely!"
"I'm sorry." Qin Reng's voice grew softer and softer. "Yue Tong, I love you."
"No!" Yu Yuetong rushed out of the coffee shop. "Qin Reng, wait for me! I'm coming right away!"
A soft laugh came from the other end of the phone: "Okay, I'll wait for you."
After saying that, the phone suddenly went dead.
Yu Yuetong stared at her phone, tears streaming down her face. She hailed a taxi and gave the driver the address of the Qin family's old house.
"Driver, speed up!" she said while calling Ji Momo, "Miss Ji, please tell me, where is Qin Yu?"
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, then a sudden voice said, "You really want to know?"
"Please!" Yu Yuetong's voice was choked with sobs, "Qin Reng, he..."
“Okay,” Ji Momo suddenly said, “I’ll tell you. But…”
"but what?"
"But you have to promise me one thing."
"what's up?"
“If Qin Reng dies,” Ji Momo’s voice was very soft, “you must live well.”
Yu Yuetong was stunned. She hadn't expected Ji Momo to say that.
"why?"
“Because,” Ji Momo suddenly smiled, “I don’t want to see the person he loves most go with him.”
After she finished speaking, she gave an address.
Yu Yuetong looked at the address on her phone and suddenly felt dizzy.
That address was...
The basement of the Qin family's old house.
Yu Yuetong's heart sank. That was the place Qin Reng feared most when he was a child, because Grandpa Qin often locked him there to "reflect."
"Driver, please drive faster!" Yu Yuetong wiped away her tears and gripped her phone tightly.
As the taxi rounded a bend, her phone suddenly rang again. It was a text message from an unknown number: "Want to save him? Come to the storage room on the west side of the basement. Remember, only you can come."
Yu Yuetong bit her lip. She knew it was a trap, but she had no other choice.
Ten minutes later, the taxi stopped in front of the Qin family's old house. Yu Yuetong jumped out of the car and went straight to the basement.
Her footsteps echoed in the dimly lit corridor. A musty smell filled the air, making it hard to breathe.
"Qin Reng!" she called out as she ran, "Where are you?"
no respond.
She ran to the door of the storage room and pushed it open abruptly.
"boom!"
There was a gunshot.
Yu Yuetong felt a sharp pain in her left shoulder. She staggered and steadied herself by holding onto the wall.
"I told you to come alone," Qin Yu's voice came from the darkness, "but you still called the police."
Yu Yuetong then noticed that in the corner of the storage room, Qin Reng was tied to a chair, his mouth taped shut. He was shaking his head desperately, his eyes filled with anxiety.
“I didn’t call the police,” Yu Yuetong said, clutching her shoulder. “It was Ji Momo who called the police.”
"Ji Momo?" Qin Yu sneered. "That stupid woman."
"Release Qin Reng," Yu Yuetong said. "I'll give you anything you want."
"What do I want?" Qin Yu suddenly burst into laughter. "What I want is the Qin family! Everything that should rightfully belong to me!"
He ripped the tape off Qin Reng's mouth: "Tell me, how has Grandpa treated me all these years? What has he taken me for? A pathetic wretch? An orphan who needs charity?"
Qin Reng looked at him coldly: "You're a madman."
"Is that so?" Qin Yu raised his gun and pointed it at Yu Yuetong's heart. "Then I'll show you what a madman can do."
"No!" Qin Reng struggled violently. "You dare touch her and see what happens!"
"What's your hurry?" Qin Yu laughed even more maniacally. "I'll make you watch her die with your own eyes. Then, you'll die too. In the end, the entire Qin family will be mine."
Just then, a familiar voice suddenly rang out: "You're wrong."
Everyone was stunned.
Ji Momo walked in from outside, holding a gun and pointing it at the back of Qin Yu's head.
"Do you really think I'll let you succeed?" she said coldly. "I called the police the moment you kidnapped Qin Reng."
"You!" Qin Yu turned around abruptly.
"boom!"
There was another gunshot.
The bullet grazed Qin Yu's ear and hit the wall.
"You bitch!" Qin Yu roared in fury, turning around to fire his gun.
Seizing the opportunity, Yu Yuetong lunged forward and rammed into Qin Yu with all her might. The two crashed heavily to the ground, and the gun flew out of their hands.
With a "thud," the gun fell to the ground at Qin Reng's feet.
Qin Yu shoved Yu Yuetong aside and lunged at the gun. Ji Momo fired another shot, this time hitting Qin Yu in the calf. He screamed and fell to his knees.
Despite the excruciating pain in her shoulder, Yu Yuetong crawled to Qin Reng's side on all fours and tremblingly untied the ropes binding him.
"You're injured." Qin Reng said in a hoarse voice, looking at the bloodstains on her shoulder.
"It's nothing," Yu Yuetong forced a smile. "Compared to you being tied up here, this little injury is nothing."
As soon as Qin Reng was freed, he immediately pulled Yu Yuetong into his arms, carefully avoiding her injured left shoulder. His heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was about to burst out of his chest.
"You stupid woman," his voice trembled, "why did you come alone?"