If You Could Hear My Heart
Chapter 1078 - Chapter 1078 Chapter 1078 You Strangled Him to Death

Chapter 1078: Chapter 1078: You Strangled Him to Death Chapter 1078: Chapter 1078: You Strangled Him to Death Bai Man was truly driven to tears by their stupidity; she was so angry that she trembled with rage.

“Miss Bai, we really didn’t notice anything wrong. Everything went according to plan. We even specifically chose a deserted path, the one behind the orphanage through the bamboo forest. Besides, the rain is pouring down so heavily, and it’s so dark, we simply didn’t notice any suspicious people,” the assistant explained with a particular sense of grievance.

“So what’s happening now? Why have you noticed something wrong again?” Bai Man snapped angrily.

“It’s just… it just suddenly felt wrong. The driver said there’s a car following us.”

“What car?”

“Just an ordinary car; at first, it was just one, and now, now there’s another one.” The assistant was close to crying.

Although the rain was heavy, she could vaguely make out through the light that the car behind was getting closer and closer; they had no way out.

“Idiots!” Bai Man cursed.

“Miss Bai, the rain is too heavy. We… we didn’t notice a car following us at first, and even now, I… we can’t see clearly how many people are behind us…” the assistant tried to defend herself.

Bai Man could hardly contain her rage. She really didn’t know how she had managed to raise such a stupid assistant.

They were fine for everyday tasks, but they always failed at critical moments!

“Where are you now?” Bai Man asked, struggling to keep her voice calm.

“On Gordon Road, heading westward,” the assistant said. “This road is too dark; there are no houses around.”

Bai Man fell silent, thinking calmly.

She guessed it was Xiao Mo’s men, but whether Shen Chi knew about this, she wasn’t sure.

But why would Xiao Mo interfere with this matter…

Xiaobao couldn’t be taken away by him!

“Miss Bai, Miss Bai…” the assistant called out.

“How’s Xiaobao doing now?”

The assistant blurted out in a fluster, “Crying, crying so loudly… We haven’t seen the people in charge of connecting with us in the mountains yet, the rain is really too heavy…”

“Listen to me,” Bai Man said icily. “Do your best to shake off those people and hand the child over to our contact. If you truly run out of options, then, kill him.”

“Ah?” The assistant, clearly inexperienced in such matters, was trembling, “Miss Bai, I… I’m scared…”

“Scared of what? As long as I’ve got your back, you have nothing to fear!” Bai Man swore, unable to believe that at a time like this, her assistant dared to speak of fear.

“But, but…” the assistant attempted to argue.

Although she had done quite a lot for Bai Man, she had never been involved in a murder.

Bai Man cut her off mid-sentence: “If you dare utter another ‘no,’ the person being strangled tomorrow will be you!”

The assistant shivered. She had seen Bai Man’s ruthlessness before.

After all, it was always others, those Bai Man had raised, who carried out the killings.

Now they were asking her to do it herself, of course, she was afraid.

“Yes… yes…” the assistant meekly responded.

“Only as a last resort,” Bai Man emphasized again.

She had painstakingly calculated Xu Chaomu’s pregnancy date, all to acquire a living child. If this child died, all her efforts and struggles would have been in vain.

But, she would rather have the child dead than let Xiao Mo’s people take him!

“Got it, got it,” the assistant nodded vigorously.

“Waa, waa…”

At that moment, Bai Man heard the cries from the phone, loud and mixed with the sound of the heavy rain, creating a chaotic and distressing cacophony.

“Miss Bai, will you come?” the assistant asked cautiously.

“What’s the use of me coming?” Bai Man retorted coldly, “I’m telling you again, if the child is taken away, don’t even think about returning alive.”

“I understand,” the assistant responded despondently.

“Hang up!” Bai Man said coldly.

She really didn’t want to hear these things from the assistant anymore; she was afraid that in the end, the assistant’s heart would soften, and they wouldn’t have the guts to kill the child.

If the child was taken by these people, it would be a bargain for Xu Chaomu, and all her efforts would have been for nothing.

Just thinking about it made her entire being restless, and she lost all desire to take a bath.

After the assistant hung up the phone, she looked outside through the rear window, but the visibility was too low due to the heavy rain.

“How much longer until we meet up with our people?” the assistant asked the driver.

“Ten minutes.”

“These kids are so noisy,” the assistant glanced at the three or four children on the back seat.

These children had been planned as a distraction, supposedly to take them all for a check-up. But now they had become a burden. Along the way, she had seriously wanted to throw them out and let them fend for themselves.

“Just bear with it a little longer. Once we meet our people and pass the children off to them, everything will be accomplished,” the driver said.

“How can I bear it when they’re catching up to us? Hurry up and drive faster, shake them off!” the assistant urged, sweating profusely with anxiety.

The driver was already flooring the accelerator as much as he dared, shaking his head: “It won’t do. The rain is too heavy, and the road is slippery. If we go any faster, we’ll have an accident!”

“I’m telling you, if we can’t settle this tonight, neither of us will want to live! It’s all the same whether we die sooner or later, so we might as well take a chance. Do you understand?” The assistant was seeing things very clearly at this point.

Bai Man was the kind of person who meant what she said; if they messed up tonight, neither of them would survive, and they would be made to die horribly.

“What’s with this child, why not… just strangle him,” the driver said helplessly. “Anyhow, if you do it now, Miss Bai won’t know.”

The assistant’s eyes shifted; there was some sense to what the driver was saying.

Although Bai Man had told her not to touch the child unless it was absolutely necessary.

But Bai Man wasn’t at the scene; how would she know whether it was a last resort?

The assistant thought for a moment, then said to the driver: “You drive first and see if we can meet up with the people ahead. If we can’t, I’ll strangle him.”

When the assistant said this, her voice trembled; she really hadn’t done such a thing before.

But when it came to her own life, of course, that was more important!

The assistant didn’t know much about the child’s background, but she had a vague feeling that this child had a significant identity.

“Okay,” the driver agreed.

The downpour was so fierce that they were almost driving by instinct, with no idea how far behind them the pursuers were.

The car from Xiao Mo’s side maintained a distance. Familiar with the terrain here, there were his men ahead; if they could drive a bit further, they could launch a pincer attack and surround the other car!

His current concern was whether they might harm the child.

But this worry wasn’t very substantial; they would definitely try to keep the child alive at all costs. Otherwise, Bai Man would have acted long ago.