A Little Trick, the Scumbag Dad Can’t Hold the Knife After Understanding Love

Chapter 90

Ji Nian remained calm.

She wanted to speak, but unsure of her current situation, she refrained from making any noise. Instead, she tried to use her finger to probe deeper, attempting to sense the other person's condition.

However, apart from that one sound earlier, the other person made no further noises, not even the faintest breath.

Life or death was uncertain.

For experiments, a control group was necessary.

Judging from the dwarves' earlier desire for so many children, it could be inferred that they were conducting experiments requiring child subjects.

A cold, dark fury gathered in her eyes.

From the conversation of those beasts earlier, it seemed this child had already been used for experimentation.

Her outstretched finger didn’t retract. Ji Nian continued to feel around, switching hands when one grew tired.

"You must hold on," she silently encouraged in her heart.

It was as if the other person had heard her voice.

After a while, Ji Nian once again heard the faint sound of breathing.

She let out a sigh of relief.

But before she could fully relax, her subtle movements seemed to have been noticed. Soon, she and the presumed test subject No. 1 were separated.

Time passed indeterminately, so long that Ji Nian had slept twice.

When she woke up again, the surroundings were finally quiet, and there was no sense of movement.

Ji Nian opened her eyes and touched the back of her neck.

No one knew that a chip, specially developed by the Ji family, had been injected into her neck. It had been nourished in her body for two years, perfectly fused with her flesh and blood, undetectable by any instrument.

This way, no matter where she was, the Ji family could monitor her body temperature, heartbeat, life status, and location in real time.

This was also the reason Ji Nian had come to Vengeance when she said she wanted to play.

After what felt like an eternity, and after mentally rehearsing the experiment of pulling out hemorrhoids and twisting them into rabbit tails five times, she finally heard movement again.

In truth, the effects of the hallucinogenic drug had long worn off. No one paid her any attention, only wanting to break her psychological defenses.

They wanted her to collapse, to feel fear, making it easier to manipulate her into cooperating with their plans.

With this thought in mind, James entered the room where Ji Nian was being held.

To his surprise, there were no sharp cries or screams from the child.

Had she fainted from fear?

How timid...

But perhaps it was for the best. If she had fainted, she would likely wake up on the operating table.

Thinking this, he pulled back the black cloth covering the cage, his eyes devoid of any emotion as he looked at the child inside—

"Hi~"

"Munch, munch, crunch, crunch."

After swallowing the food in her mouth, Ji Nian took out another shrimp cracker, waving it in front of James like she was teasing a cat or dog: "Tsk tsk tsk, want some?"

"Hehe, not giving it to you."

She curved her hand and popped it into her own mouth.

James: "…………"

WTF???

None of the expected fainting or hysterical crying had occurred.

Upon closer inspection, you could see empty jelly cups, crumbs of snacks, and even a banana peel in the cage!!!!

Where did all this come from, may I ask???

And aren’t you here to be a test subject, not on vacation, OK????

The usually calm, machine-like James was enraged.

He had been hiding and running around like a rat these past few days, without even a snack to eat, and here this test subject was enjoying snacks!

Outrageous!!

"Get out!!"

Angrily, he opened the cage and reached in to grab Ji Nian, completely missing the flash of cunning in the child's eyes.

As James bent closer to the cage, in the blink of an eye, the small, beautiful, and deceptively innocent prey bared her claws.

In that moment, the roles of hunter and prey were reversed.

James was caught off guard, sprayed in the face with an unknown liquid. Before he could even cry out, his throat emitted a few guttural sounds, and his breathing became labored.

He then collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

The system, having seen it all before, calmly remarked: ?Dead??

?Just stunned.?

Ji Nian capped her small spray bottle and put it away.

The spray bottle had two settings: to the left was a universal antidote, to the right was a poison. At the bottom was a gemstone that could instantly transform the bottle into a dagger.

If you removed the gem and pressed the hidden latch on the side, it could shoot a poison needle with a range of about 500 meters.

Though small, this tool had many uses.

It was a birthday gift Ji Tingzhou had specially commissioned for his daughter two years ago.

In truth, Ji Nian's exact birth date was unknown, so Ji Tingzhou had set it as the day Zhiliao found her.

Thinking of Ji Tingzhou, Ji Nian stretched lazily.

The princess should be arriving soon.

Unbeknownst to her, while she was snacking in the cage, the outside world had been turned upside down.

...

"Master, a car's dashcam has captured footage of Young Master Lu Jinghuai."

Zuo Yi pulled up the footage for Ji Tingzhou to see.

"For some reason, Young Master Lu fainted by the roadside and was picked up by this man."

A man with an obscured face appeared on the screen. He was broad-shouldered and seemed to have been watching the young prince for a while, quickly dragging the child away before disappearing from view.

"Through investigation, this man appeared in these locations during these times."

"He finally disappeared here."

Zuo Yi switched to another surveillance feed, showing a remote alley lined with abandoned vehicles and a manhole cover on the dilapidated roadside.

He glanced at Ji Tingzhou, who was radiating a terrifying aura, his dark green eyes stormy.

"So, the ones who kidnapped Ji Nian and Lu Jinghuai are the same."

Zuo Yi nodded.

"Based on the location transmitted by the chip in the young miss, that's correct."

"But the kidnappers are cunning and have already moved to a new location."

"Master, don’t worry. The young miss's heart rate and body temperature are normal, indicating she’s safe."

Ji Tingzhou knew that; he wasn’t blind.

The child was clever, and if they hadn’t confiscated the gift he gave her, she could handle herself.

Even so, how could he not worry?

He couldn’t help but imagine someone taking advantage of her young age, mistreating her, or denying her food.

Closing his eyes, he could almost see her secret weapon being discovered, her small frame overpowered by the burly adults.

Just the thought made Ji Tingzhou want to demand a bomber from Lu Zhi and obliterate these audacious kidnappers.

But he couldn’t.

Because the kidnappers' latest hideout was located beneath a kindergarten.

Moreover...

Ji Tingzhou couldn’t leave, as he needed to oversee the operation.

But Wei Yang and Zhiliao had already broken away from the main group.

Carrying Ji Tingzhou's orders, their eyes filled with the same murderous intent, they were closing in on Ji Nian's location.

Dare to kidnap their child.

Prepare to die!