CHAPTER 219: CHAPTER 219 HOW DID YOU KNOW?

The flight attendant kept shaking her head as she looked at Xia Liang’s handsome face. It was as if she had taken a calming pill and was no longer so afraid.

Seeing this, Luu Qi, who was standing beside her, rolled his eyes at the scene. "Bro, what are you thinking? Now is not the time to be picking up girls."

"I’m handling something important!" Xia Liang glared at Luu Qi irritably.

Luu Qi was about to ask if Xia Liang needed his help when Number One’s impatient voice called out from outside again.

"Don’t try to waste time! If you don’t come out, I’ll start shooting!"

However, they had barely finished speaking when Xia Liang’s voice rang out.

"I’m coming, aren’t I?"

The next second, Xia Liang was standing in the doorway.

Seeing him, Number One was overjoyed and instinctively went to pull the trigger. But he was beaten to the punch. Xia Liang, who had just appeared, had already made his move.

With a flick of his wrist, three streaks of yellow light shot through the air. They were so incredibly fast that they were invisible to the naked eye. The three men who were about to pull their triggers suddenly saw only darkness.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The next second, all three of them collapsed to the ground.

Everyone was baffled. What had just happened?

One flight attendant, in particular, had a flash of shock in her eyes. She couldn’t understand how all of her accomplices had fallen. After a brief moment of shock, she composed herself and looked at Xia Liang in the distance, her hand quietly moving toward her bag.

At this range, a single shot will be fatal. Then I just have to wait for Number One to wake up and regain control of the situation.

But just as she was about to act, Xia Liang spoke ominously.

"If I were you, I wouldn’t make a move. You don’t want to end up dead like those three, do you?"

Hearing this, everyone was confused once more. Only the flight attendant froze, a cold sweat breaking out on her skin.

Have I been discovered? Impossible! I wasn’t involved from the beginning. Even Number One doesn’t know I’m his accomplice; he only knew where I had hidden the guns and bombs beforehand. How could I have been found out?

Despite her thoughts, the flight attendant halted her actions. She raised her head, feigning terror, only to find Xia Liang smiling at her.

I’ve been discovered!

That teasing look in his eyes made her one hundred percent certain she had been exposed. The flight attendant instinctively wanted to grab her gun and make a desperate struggle. But just as she decided to do so, she caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of her eye. A pool of blood was forming where her companions had fallen.

What’s going on?

The flight attendant turned pale with fright. She had assumed Xia Liang had used some unknown drug or technique to knock them out. But now, it seemed that wasn’t the case at all. The three of them appeared to be dead.

Xia Liang was casually twirling a toothpick in his hand. Suddenly, with a flick of his finger, the toothpick shot out like a razor-sharp blade.

WHOOSH!

With another sound of slicing air, the flight attendant saw only a flash of light. The next second, the human-skin mask she was wearing was slit open, revealing her real skin underneath. Ignoring the pain in her face, she turned her head to look. There, embedded deep in the steel plate behind her, was a toothpick.

Considering it was a 10-centimeter-thick steel plate, for a toothpick to be embedded in it meant only one thing. She whipped her head back to look at the others. Sure enough, behind the spot where each of the three men had fallen, there was a red-tipped toothpick.

In other words, this incredibly handsome man killed them... with toothpicks! If his aim had been off by just a little, I would have been shot in the head just like them!

At this realization, the flight attendant was completely cowed. It was better to live a wretched life than to die. Under the puzzled gazes of everyone, she immediately raised her hands.

"I surrender!"

"A wise choice." Xia Liang nodded in satisfaction.

Hearing the commotion, Shi Qiang and Luu Qi could no longer hold back. They jumped out, guns raised.

"Nobody move!"

"Hands up!"

The sudden shouts startled everyone, and they all raised their hands. But when the two looked around, they saw no one who looked like a hijacker and were confused.

"Hey? Where are they?"

Xia Liang felt a vein throb in his forehead. "I’ve already taken care of them."

He didn’t dare say they were dead, not wanting to leave his friends with any psychological scars.

"That fast?" Seeing the situation was under control, the two of them holstered their guns and instinctively moved to drag the bodies away, but Xia Liang stopped them.

"Wait, you have more important things to do," Xia Liang said, pointing to the three bodies on the floor. "I need some volunteers to move these three to the restroom."

The passengers looked at one another, until finally two braver men stood up.

"I’ll do it..."

"I’ll help too."

Xia Liang nodded at them before turning to Luu Qi and Shi Qiang. "That flight attendant is also an accomplice. Tie her up and watch her closely."

"Alright, bro!" Luu Qi nodded, setting his gun aside. Shi Qiang did the same.

"Right," Xia Liang added. "She has a gun in her bag. Also, remember to get the dagger hidden in her skirt, strapped to her inner thigh."

Hearing Xia Liang’s instructions, both men froze for a second. The flight attendant’s face was a mask of astonishment.

A gun in my bag, fine. Maybe my movements gave it away. But how in the world did he know about the dagger strapped to my inner thigh?

For once, Xia Liang offered an explanation. Of course, he couldn’t say he had sensed it with his Spiritual Energy, so he simply said, "I noticed her posture was off when she walked. It was just a wild guess. Go ahead and check."

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief. Shi Qiang retrieved the pistol from her bag, while Luu Qi felt along her inner thigh. Sure enough, he found a sheathed dagger strapped there.

Holding it up, Luu Qi’s face lit up. "Bro, you were right!"

The flight attendant watched Xia Liang with a complicated expression of fear and reverence.

Actually, when Luu Qi called him ’bro’ earlier, I considered grabbing him to force Xia Liang’s hand. But I crushed the thought as soon as it appeared. Looking at Xia Liang’s mocking gaze, it was as if he was daring me, ’Try it. Let’s see who’s faster.’ Besides, putting myself in his shoes, he would never let his own family take such a risk unless he was a hundred percent confident he could protect them.

So, she backed down. Xia Liang’s methods were simply too terrifying. A simple toothpick with such lethal power was bad enough... To think he’s even faster than a bullet.

She let Shi Qiang and Luu Qi tie her up without a struggle.

Once the dust settled in the business class cabin, everyone let out a collective sigh of relief. They all turned to Xia Liang, their eyes filled with gratitude.

"Thank you! Thank you, young hero!"

"Young man, do you have a girlfriend? My daughter is twenty-four, how about I introduce you?"

"Handsome! I will never forget you saving my life! How about... how about I give myself to you in return!"

"Thank you so much, hero!"