I Became the Eye Candy: Four Bigshots Claimed to be My Dad?-Chapter 123: Threats, Intimidation, and Wailing

"Mmmph..." Ye Qianning’s brows furrowed.

"Ease up a little, you’re going to suffocate her," said the second man in black.

Hearing this, the first man in black loosened his large hand slightly.

"Help... mmmph!"

The moment his hand loosened, Ye Qianning shrieked at the top of her lungs. Startled, the first man clamped his hand firmly over her mouth again.

The first man in black pulled out a dagger and held it to her neck. "If you want to live, don’t scream."

Ye Qianning paused, then blinked to show that she understood.

The first man in black tentatively released his hand.

As expected, Ye Qianning didn’t scream again. She just watched the men before her, wary and afraid. "Who are you people... Don’t kill me..."

"Where did you get the Twin-Form Fruit?" the third man in black asked coldly.

Ye Qianning shook her head.

"Speak up, or I’ll kill you." The gleaming dagger pressed against her throat.

"I don’t know... I just found it in the mountains..."

"Which mountain?"

"I don’t know... We walked for so long, I don’t know where we were..." Ye Qianning was trembling with fear, her voice thick and nasal as if she were about to cry.

The men in black exchanged a look. They all found it unlikely. That was an item from the immortal mountain of Penglai; how could it be so easily found by chance?

But looking at the watery, wide eyes of the child before them, she didn’t seem to be lying. It was just...

"Tell the truth, or else..."

"WAAAH!"

Before the man could even finish his sentence, Ye Qianning burst into tears.

The men in black were stunned. The first man moved to cover her mouth again.

"Mmmph!" Ye Qianning shook her head, and seizing the opportunity, she dove under the covers, pulling the quilt over her head. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"Come out! Come out!" The men in black grabbed at the quilt.

Ye Qianning’s small hands gripped it tightly, but she couldn’t withstand the three men pulling at it. In moments, the quilt was torn to shreds, sending fluffy white stuffing flying everywhere.

"COUGH, COUGH... Don’t kill me! I really don’t know anything! If I had known that fruit was so precious, I would never have given it to my master." Ye Qianning was sobbing now, her expression a mixture of fear and sincerity.

Seeing this, the three men in black couldn’t help but soften. The child looked to be only about five years old—how could she be lying? Who would give away the Twin-Form Fruit?

Of course, only someone who didn’t know what it was would give the fruit away!

"I really did find it... WAH... *hic*... *retch*... WAAAH..." Ye Qianning cried her heart out. She sniffled and dry-heaved a few times before her wails returned in full force.

...

The three men in black stood around the small child. The girl on the bed was crying so hard it didn’t look like an act at all.

They exchanged helpless glances, then vanished from the room in a flash.

"WAAAH! WAAAH! WAAAH! Dad, I want to go home, Dad!" Once Ye Qianning saw they were gone, she started wailing at the top of her lungs, her voice several times louder than before.

Her cries were so miserable they scared off several other groups of people lurking in the night, none of whom dared to show themselves.

The heart-wrenching sobs were exceptionally loud in the quiet night, waking up many people in the academy.

Dean Chen’s courtyard was next to Ye Qianning’s. Hearing her cries, he panicked and threw on some clothes, not even stopping for his shoes. He sprinted to her courtyard, pushed open the door, and rushed straight to her bedside.

"What is it, little one? What’s wrong? Did you have a nightmare?" Dean Chen swept the small girl into his arms.

"Master, someone was just here trying to kill me... I’m scared..."

Dean Chen’s heart skipped a beat. He quickly scanned the surroundings, all while stroking her head to comfort her. "Don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid, Master is here."

"COUGH, COUGH, COUGH..." Ye Qianning buried her face in Dean Chen’s chest, her cries muffled.

Seeing the little girl crying like this, not looking like she was faking it in the slightest, made Dean Chen’s heart ache for her.