Chapter 166 Old Rascal and Young Rascal (4)

Their gazes locked, a comical mix-up at two locations.

Then, after a second of stillness, Xing Liehuo stood, scooped her up, and hugged her tight to his chest. In that moment, his eyes flared with a chilling light that was frightfully stern!

In front of them stood several menacing hooligans, wielding regulated knives. By the looks of it, they seemed to frequent this area, as only local toughs would dare to cause such trouble so brazenly.

Yet Lian Qiao couldn't understand, dammit, was she just unlucky lately, to be facing this bloody disaster?

Nevertheless, there must be a reason to harm and rob, right?

Patting her back to soothe her, Xing Liehuo's gaze grew as sharp as if it were coated with frost—

Today, they needed a good thrashing; otherwise, where would he vent all this anger?

For a moment, his face was piercing cold, his body radiating a thick murderous aura, and the words he spoke were so chilling they could make one's liver tremble.

"Who sent you?"