Chapter 176 - The End Of Knight

"Bang!" A liud sound echoed in the room as Shi Qinglan was shot in the foot and the next moment, Qin Yung was flipped over the girl's shoulders. Reacting in tandem, Knox raced to Shi Qinglan and pushed away the gun that had fallen near him. Shi Ai followed to do the same but Qin Yung was not hurt much. Immediately jumping up to his feet, he grabbed Shi Ai like a shield and pulled her in front of him while choking her neck."You bi***! I should have killed you the moment you were born."

Yang Mei had immediately pointed her gun towards Qun Yung but the man knew all too well that he could be shot and so he left no opening for her."Throw away your guns! Out them down and kick them away now or I will choke her before you can say 'Go'. Do it now!"

Yang Mei and Knox slowly put down their guns but in the next moment, Knoz noticed something that made his blood chill. A red dot was aimed at Shi Ai's forehead! Bloody hell! There was a sniper outside. And his target was not Qin Yung but Shi Xaio Ai. He tried to tell Xaio Ai with his eyes but she was concentrating on getting out of the man's hold.

Knox knew that the situation had now worsened. Ah Hai should have handled the other man by now. The one who had interfered with their plan and returned here. Only if something was wrong would he not return in time. But now was not the time to think of Ah Hai's whereabouts. He needed to move these people away from the window if he wanted to save Shi Ai. He made a sudden dive towards the left causing Qin Yung to also turn around to face him. Yes! Just as Qin Yung was using Shi Ai as a shield, he was now also acting as a shield to her. His bulky frame would safeguard get from the sniper for now.

Seeing that Knox was not trying to attack them, Qin Yung called out to the now bleeding Shi Qinglan,"Are you alright? Can you move?"

Qinglan nodded and slowly got to his feet before picking up the gun that know had thrown. Limping to where Shi Ai stood, he used all his strength and placed a slap on Shi Ai's face causing the girl's head to snap back. Shi Ai felt her head throb at the power of the slap and even Qin Yung stumbled a bit.

"Qin Yung is right. You are the cause of all this that has happened.How dare you shoot me?"

Shi Qinglan raised his hand to hit her again but Yang Mei had already rushed forward and with a flying kicked him forcefully to the ground before taking out her dagger and trying to stab the man mercilessly as if she had turned mad. This gave Shi Ai time to break free and jump at Qin Yung who was trying to save his lover. In the chaos that ensued, Shi Qinglan had snatched the dagger from Yang Mei and stabbed her in the stomach. A final gunshot then echoed in the air and as if everything was in slow motion, Shi Ai saw Qin Yung and Shi Qinglan fall to the ground. 

Shi Ai turned around to see Ah Hai standing there with two guns in his hands. She felt relief course through her at the sight but then her attention was caught by Yang Mei who had fallen to the ground with her gut bleeding excessively. Shi Ai ran to her sister screaming at someone to call for an ambulance. The wails of the siren could be heard indicating that the ambulance was already on the way. Knox rushed towards the window to check if the sniper was still there and to warn Ah Hai but Ah Hai simply directed him,"Everything is handled. Knox, clear the dead bodies. Two here and Xu Li outside."

Knox looked at Ah Hai carefully trying to figure out if something was wrong but was distracted when Ah Hai ordered,"Xaio Ai. Don't look around.Focus on your sister and grandfather."

Hearing the word dead bodies, Shi Ai had been about to look at the two monsters. Hearing his voice calmed her and she tried to focus on stopping her sister's bleeding.

Soon the paramedics had arrived and first Elder Shi and then Yang Mei were moved onto a stretcher. Knox had pulled up the two bodies to a corner of the room for the paramedics to move around easily. Just as Shi Ai ran behind the stretcher, she heard a faint voice call out,"little love.." But when she turned back, Ah Hai had already turned his head towards Knox so she followed them.

The moment her back was turned, Ah Hai felt onto his knees as if he had lost all his strength. Shocked Knox ran to him wondering what happened when he noticed the pool of blood behind Ah Hai and how the man had stood frozen in front of the window. Dam* it! There was no danger outside now because Ah Hai had used his own body as a shield to protect his wife from the sniper's bullet. The bullet that was now lodged in Ah Hai's left shoulder. The bullet had gone deep and it was a wonder that Ah Hai had been able to stand for this long.

Finally, Ah Hai was on his hands and knees as he whispered his last orders to Knox,"The sniper is also dead. Don't tell Shi Ai about this." With this the Knight who had never fallen, lay on the ground in a pool of blood.

Cursing and panicking because Knox had already lost many friends to such wounds in the past, he started take calls for another emergency. Shi Ai, he knew would be busy for a while at least. He just hoped that Knight survived or this sacrifice would be a waste. That girl would not be able to live without her Knight.