Chapter 18 Three Gunshots
After flying the ship away from the battlefield, the Queen stopped.
She held the dagger to my neck and bound my hands with light rings.
Any resistance would tear my flesh to the bone.
She stated her demand. "Each of you shoot yourself in the chest. Guarantee my safe departure. Otherwise she dies with me."
The blade sank deeper.
Blood ran down my neck into my clothes.
I prepared to die. "Don't listen to her! Just do it!"
None of them listened.
They raised their guns to their own chests.
Shang Xu fired first.
His face was calm. He smiled faintly as if this was not death but a romantic farewell.
"Ji Shutong, this time I will never let you go or leave you in danger alone. Remember that I love you."
A gunshot rang out and he fell.
I struggled wildly. The light rings nearly severed my wrists. "No!"
Zhou Zilang fired second.
He winked at me playfully. "Correction Officer Ji, I like you the most. Don't miss me too much."
Blood bloomed across his chest.
My heart turned to ice. I even forgot how to cry.
Why...
Fu Yanan was last.
He raised the gun slowly and stared at the Queen. "Don't forget what you said."
I watched helplessly as all three men died for me.
The Queen whispered beside my ear, "I'm so envious of you... But you must die too!"
The moment she moved to kill me I kicked her away and ran.
The three men who had faked death raised their guns toward the Queen while one rushed over to catch me.