351: Chapter 351 Brother Fan, this woman has accomplices.

Song Ya's mind went blank for two seconds.

And in the few seconds while Lin Fan lunged at Song Ya, a dark figure dropped down onto the Karst Cave platform.

The movement was ridiculously fast; the dark figure stood firm against Yang Ningcong's back, one arm wrapping around Yang Ningcong's neck, and the other hand holding a dagger pressed against his throat.

"Who…"

Yang Ningcong rolled his eyes downward, trying to see who was choking his neck.

He saw a black ponytail hanging over his shoulder.

And a gleaming, polished dagger pressed against the soft flesh of his neck.

"Is there a magnet installed on my neck or something?" Yang Ningcong's voice squeezed out from his throat. "Why do knives keep getting sucked onto my neck? Was I made of iron in my past life?"

The last time he was held hostage by Lin Fan, how come only a few months after defecting to Lin Fan, someone was holding a knife to his neck again.

The high-ponytail woman stood behind Yang Ningcong, her figure half a head taller than the short-haired woman on the ground, her black combat uniform clinging tightly to her body, the muscles across her chest taut.

This was the one from the daytime.

Her gaze crossed over Yang Ningcong's head and looked at Lin Fan.

"Hand over that pregnant woman, otherwise, I'll kill him."

Zhou Kai was quick-witted and hauled the short-haired woman up, pressing her against the stone wall. "Brother Fan, this bitch has accomplices."

Lin Fan ignored Zhou Kai; it was within expectations.

With the military knife pressed against his neck, Yang Ningcong's Adam's apple bobbed up and down, tears and snot smearing all over his face.

His legs were shaking like a sieve. If the high-ponytail woman hadn't been propping him up from behind, he would have collapsed long ago.

"Brother… Brother Fan, save me…"

Lin Fan shifted his gaze away from Yang Ningcong and looked at the high-ponytail woman.

"Do you know who he is?"

Lin Fan answered his own question. "His name is Yang Ningcong, the young master of the Yang Group."

"His dad has mining investments in three Southeast Asian countries, bordering the territory of that Hall of yours, with assets worth at least a hundred billion."

Hearing this, Yang Ningcong's mouth lifted unconsciously. This was the confidence the Yang Family gave him.

"You heard that, let me go quickly, or you'll suffer for it."

The high-ponytail woman's brows twitched slightly, and Yang Ningcong continued, "My Brother Fan is a person with a Superpower. When the time comes, without my dad lifting a finger, my Brother Fan can stab you full of ten thousand holes."

The woman's dagger moved a little closer; she had already lost patience. "I'll say it one last time, hand the person over."

Lin Fan looked at the woman and spoke, "If you kill him, I don't care, but you have to think about your own way out."

Yang Ningcong: "?"

The expression on his face turned from smug to disbelief. Just a moment ago, he had even thought for a second that Lin Fan would save him.

What kind of bullshit is he spouting now?

"Lin Fan, what are you saying? You don't care? There's a knife held against my neck!" Yang Ningcong was so angry that he directly called Lin Fan by his name.

Lin Fan ignored him, his gaze constantly locked on the high-ponytail woman's face.

"And." Lin Fan's mouth corners lifted slightly. "As a woman, can you really bring yourself to do it?"

The high-ponytail woman's wrist tightened, and the blade pressed down further on Yang Ningcong's neck.

Yang Ningcong already felt the pain, squeezing a miserable scream from his throat.

"Ah… Brother Fan, shut up! I'm begging you! Are you afraid that I won't die fast enough or something?! If you're not going to save me, fine, but why are you still provoking her here!"

Yang Ningcong cried tears and snot, "What if she really stabs me? My Yang Family doesn't even have an heir yet!"

Listening to Lin Fan's words, the high-ponytail woman's gaze crossed over Yang Ningcong and exchanged a glance with the short-haired woman held by Zhou Kai.

When Yang Ningcong shouted at the cave entrance during the day, he said that the pregnant woman was in his hands.

They heard it clearly the entire time.

When fighting Hall and those people during the day, this guy named Yang Ningcong didn't go out and was protected inside the cave all along.

According to common sense, these people should all be taking orders from the one surnamed Yang.

But looking at the scene before them, two people with Superpowers showed not a trace of nervousness seeing Yang Ningcong held by the neck.

Does he really not care about this person's life or death, or is he acting?

"You really like joking." The high-ponytail woman's tone turned cold.

"I never joke."

After saying this, Lin Fan turned his head to look at Xu Zhixia.

"Zhixia."

Xu Zhixia raised her head.

"Give that concoction you prepared earlier, give one pill to the one Zhou Kai is holding down."

Xu Zhixia was stunned for a moment.

Lin Fan had no extra expression, but his gaze gestured towards the direction of the short-haired woman on the ground.

Xu Zhixia understood. She turned around and walked back to the partition, rummaging through her medical kit.

Inside were a few pills made of crushed hemostatic vine and pot-bottom ash. They were pitch black, not looking particularly nice, but they indeed resembled poison.

Xu Zhixia pinched the pill and walked out, squatting in front of the short-haired woman.

"Open your mouth."

The short-haired woman leaned against the stone wall, her chest still heaving. She raised her head to look at the pill in Xu Zhixia's hand, then looked at the high-ponytail woman.

"Don't touch her." The high-ponytail woman's voice rose, and the arm holding Yang Ningcong tightened.

Lin Fan looked at her, "Now you have two choices."

"First, you kill Yang Ningcong, and then you watch her die."

"Second, after you watch her die, you slaughter Yang Ningcong. The result is the same; the only difference is the order."

The Karst Cave fell silent.

The high-ponytail woman stared fiercely at Lin Fan, her lips tightly pursed.

Lin Fan looked at her, "Have you chosen?"

Without waiting for an answer, he tilted his head to look at Zhou Kai, "Kaizi, help Dr. Xu."

Zhou Kai pinched the short-haired woman's jaw, forcing her to open her mouth.

Xu Zhixia pinched the pill and brought it close to the short-haired woman's mouth.

The short-haired woman abruptly turned her head away, "Sister Qian! Don't mind me!"

"Kill that person! Take the stuff back to save Uncle Zhang!"

The high-ponytail woman's arm stiffened for a second, and Lin Fan caught it.

She was hesitating, which meant Yang Ningcong wouldn't die.

"Uncle Zhang can't wait anymore!" The short-haired woman struggled to raise her head, only to be pressed back down by Zhou Kai, "Don't forget the look of expectation in Xiaotian and the others' eyes when we came here."

The high-ponytail woman's breathing skipped a beat, the blade of the military knife resting against Yang Ningcong's neck, caught in a dilemma.

Lin Fan didn't give her time.

"Hey."

Xu Zhixia's hand had already reached the short-haired woman's lips.

"Wait!"

The high-ponytail woman's voice came from behind Yang Ningcong.

Everyone in the Karst Cave looked at her.

Her hand was still holding Yang Ningcong's neck, but the blade had left the skin, hovering half an inch away.

Her chest heaved twice, and her arm withdrew from Yang Ningcong's neck.

The military knife was returned to its sheath. Yang Ningcong's body fell forward, his knees slamming into the stone surface, his arms supporting the ground as he gulped down air.

"Fuck… Fuck…"

His head dropped to the ground, his body shaking uncontrollably.

"I almost died… Good thing I'm blessed with great luck…"

After catching his breath for a few moments, he raised his head to look at Lin Fan, his mouth opening and then closing.

He wanted to curse, wanted to point at Lin Fan's nose and yell, you fucking treating me as a minesweeper was one thing, but when someone had a knife at my neck, you still provoked her? Are you deathly afraid she wouldn't be able to bring herself to do it?

But seeing Lin Fan's face, Yang Ningcong swallowed all his words back down.

He sniffed, wiped the tears and snot off his face indiscriminately, and crawled over to a corner of the Karst Cave to squat down.

After releasing Yang Ningcong, the high-ponytail woman did not continue her attack.