Xie Bingxia stood still on the spot, instinctively wanting to turn off the wireless earpiece. However, Li Yishan's piercing gaze pinned her in place.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
Li Yishan had anticipated this. She took out a transparent sealed bag from her back pocket. "I've had your DNA tested. Do you still want to deny it at this point?"
"Where did you get it?" Xie Bingxia frowned. Her hair had clearly been in Gu Bei's hands. How could it have ended up with Li Yishan?
"This," Li Yishan waved the sealed bag, "was given to me by Gu Bei. He asked me to have it tested."
Xie Bingxia gritted her teeth. Suddenly, Gu Bei, who had been silent all this time, spoke through the earpiece. "Liar. After I left the prison that day, I threw it straight into the trash can."
"If it's something you picked up randomly, it wouldn't be strange if the test showed that you're Karl Marx," Xie Bingxia retorted.
"Oh?" Li Yishan's expression was full of intrigue. "So, Gu Bei is really alive." As she said this, she looked around and continued, "Is he lying in ambush nearby? Or did you hide him?"
Xie Bingxia answered with silence. Li Yishan waved her hand. "Forget it. But your perfect cooperation makes me quite jealous." She drew out the pistol from her waist and pointed it straight at Xie Bingxia. "I don't care how you transformed into this appearance. I only believe in the real data. I could kill you two years ago, and I can make you disappear without a trace today."
"After all, the person I hate the most is named Xia Jingwei."
In a split - second, the bullets from the muzzle were fired in rapid succession. Xie Bingxia quickly dodged and hid behind a dilapidated wall. The clothes on her back were already soaked with sweat.
She also took out a small pistol from her back pocket and prepared for a head - on fight.
Through the earpiece, Gu Bei whispered, "Lure her to the sniping position."
"Look at the situation too!" Xie Bingxia complained. "I'm full of vulnerabilities. If I go out, I'll be dead."
Li Yishan laughed loudly. "You're right. If you dare to take a single step out, I'll turn you into a sieve." She fired a few shots at the broken wall to show her threat. "Come on, come out!"
Whirring, a drone flew over and stopped right in front of Li Yishan.
"What's that!" Li Yishan fired at it. The drone aimed a powerful beam of light at her eyes. Li Yishan raised her hand to block it, which gave Xie Bingxia the chance she needed. In the darkness, she darted out like a ghost, kicked the pistol out of Li Yishan's hand, then quickly steadied herself, lowered her center of gravity, and concentrated all her strength on her right elbow, stabbing Li Yishan's abdomen with a powerful thrust.
"Ugh—" Li Yishan groaned and quickly retreated in a straight line until she hit the wall.
The next second, her forehead was pressed against by Xie Bingxia's pistol. "You're too stubborn. Is it really that hard to admit that you've lost?"
Li Yishan spat out the bloody saliva in her mouth. Her right hand quietly reached for the base of her thigh. "I can lose to anyone, but not you—never!"
Her movement was as swift as lightning. Xie Bingxia only managed to take a small step back. A double - edged knife narrowly missed her throat.
Li Yishan twirled the knife in her hand. Even though she was sweating profusely, she was still full of confidence. "The outcome is yet to be determined."
Xie Bingxia really admired Li Yishan's courage. Only she would dare to fight a gun with a knife.
"Find a chance to retreat!" Gu Bei emphasized again. Xie Bingxia sighed, let go of the pistol, and said to Li Yishan, "Come on. No weapons, one - on - one. Let's see who's really better in the end."
Li Yishan also threw away the knife and raised her arms. "That's exactly what I want."
Xie Bingxia had never underestimated Li Yishan's strength, but she didn't expect her to be so fierce. Li Yishan was like a crazy leopard, with every move fast, accurate, and ruthless, making it hard for Xie Bingxia to keep up.
"Ever since we were kids, you've always been so high - and - mighty, thinking you're so great!" Li Yishan struck with a hand knife. Xie Bingxia crossed her arms and caught it firmly. Both of them were gritting their teeth in the struggle.
Xie Bingxia pushed her away with the strength of her toes. Li Yishan spun around and kicked. "With your princess attitude, making everyone like you!"
Fists as fast as shadows came one after another. Li Yishan's eyes were red. "And me? I've always been that little figure behind you. I have neither a good background nor charm!"
Xie Bingxia was too busy dodging to find a chance to counter - attack. Li Yishan then rushed forward and swept her legs. "Even so, I've given you everything you wanted, except Gu Bei!"
Thud! Xie Bingxia's cheek was hit hard by a punch. She supported herself with her hands on the ground and slid backward, raising a cloud of dust.
Li Yishan stood still, gasping for breath. "When I begged you to give him to me, you refused me!"
Xie Bingxia wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and calmly said, "Love can't be forced."
"Still denying you're not Xia Jingwei?!" Li Yishan's anger flared up. A scene from many years ago reappeared in her mind—
"Jingwei, all these years, I've never asked you for anything. But Gu Bei... I can't give him up. Can you step back and give him to me?"
"Yishan, don't be like this. Love can't be forced."
...
Li Yishan stamped her foot angrily. Just thinking about this past event made her want to tear Xia Jingwei to pieces. She had never had any so - called dignity in front of Xia Jingwei, but this was the only time she had put aside all her pride to plead, only to be brutally crushed.
Forced? Her silent, unwavering love for Gu Bei was only worth the word "forced" in Xia Jingwei's eyes?
Unforgivable! I'm going to kill her!
Li Yishan raised her angry eyes. Xie Bingxia immediately felt the killing intent and couldn't help but take two steps back.
"You deserve to die a thousand times over!" Li Yishan rolled on the ground to where Xie Bingxia had thrown her pistol, picked it up, and fired two shots at her.
"Hiss—" Xie Bingxia gasped. As she dodged, blood spurted from her left arm. Looking down, she saw that she had been grazed by the bullet.
Li Yishan took three steps forward, grabbed Xie Bingxia's throat, and pushed her to the edge of the dilapidated building. There, the wall had already cracked. With the position she was being held in, half of Xie Bingxia's body was hanging outside. As long as she lost a little balance, she would fall.
"Bingxia!" Gu Bei's panicked voice came through the earpiece. He was on the opposite building. Ethan's subordinate was holding a sniper rifle beside him, but he couldn't find the best sniping opportunity. Gu Bei was in a hurry. Xie Bingxia was in imminent danger, and he couldn't just stand by.
Li Yishan pressed her knee against Xie Bingxia's chest, took out the wireless earpiece from her ear, and said into the microphone with a smile, "Gu Bei, you're there, right?"
"..." Gu Bei's lips were pursed into a thin line. It took him a long time to say, "You want me. It has nothing to do with Bingxia."
"Her name isn't Xie Bingxia!" Li Yishan roared. She looked down at Xie Bingxia and tightened her grip on her throat, forcing her to answer, "Say it. Say you're Xia Jingwei!"
"Cough, cough, cough!" Xie Bingxia coughed violently. Even though her facial expression was already distorted, she still chose to remain silent.
"You came back as Xie Bingxia to take revenge on Gu Bei and destroy him, right?" Li Yishan was almost crazy. "You don't love him at all. You only hate him, right?!"
Xie Bingxia grabbed the edge of the broken wall with her right hand. "Want to hear my answer? Okay, I'll tell you." She strained her neck and stared into Li Yishan's eyes. Word by word, clearly into the wireless earpiece, she said, "No matter who I am, Gu Bei, I love you!"
A soft chuckle came from the earpiece. The voice was as gentle as water and as precious as gold. "I love you too."
Li Yishan immediately went crazy. Her expression was extremely ferocious. She pushed Xie Bingxia out. "Bitch, go to hell!"
Whoosh! The sniper on the opposite side finally found the right moment. A bullet flew over and hit Li Yishan's left shoulder. Due to the recoil of the shot, Li Yishan was pushed backward.
Xie Bingxia took the opportunity to regain her balance and turn over. So close. If it had been a second later, she would have lost her life.
Li Yishan covered her bleeding shoulder. Her teeth were gritted so hard that they made a creaking sound. She trembled as she said into the earpiece, "Gu Bei, you forced me."
"Xia Jingwei!"
"You! What are you goi—Ugh..."
Li Yishan took out a syringe and injected its contents into the back of Xie Bingxia's neck.
"What did you do to Bingxia? Li Yishan! Answer me!" Gu Bei gasped as he asked. He was running towards the scene at full speed.
Li Yishan giggled. "Want to save her? No way!" After saying that, she stomped on the wireless earpiece and crushed it.