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Chapter 5: Apprehension (Part 1)

  Chapter 5: Fear and Apprehension (Part 1)

  "Zeng Huaiyuan! She's just a child!" The hoarse-voiced man grasped the wrist of the man who was already in a state of frenzy, saying word by word, "Not to mention that you won't get a single penny after killing her, let alone Yingzi, do you want her to become a poor orphan?"

  "I don't care about that anymore!" Zeng Huaiyuan gazed at Gu Huanli's peaceful sleeping face, his eyes emitting a venomous glow, and the force in his hand grew heavier. "Qin Shouzheng, take a look at this Miss Chu, one glance and you can tell she's from a wealthy family, so fair and delicate... how could she be our family's Yingzi, with her pale face and thin skin, like a reed stick..."

  Qin Shouzheng sighed slightly, "That's her good fortune."

  "Is that so?" The pain of being trampled on in the depths of his heart was like a sudden whitening of Zhen Yu's face, with a fiery anger spreading across his eyes. "No way, I won't kill her, I'll sell her to the mountains, sell her to an idiot as a daughter-in-law, no, I'll keep her by my side and force her to become a prostitute when she grows up. Hahaha, she's already a prostitute anyway, one who has been ridden by thousands and slept with by tens of thousands!"

  "Lao Zeng, we're just seeking wealth, why must you sacrifice your entire life as well?" Qin Shouzheng gazed calmly at the flustered Zeng Hua Yuan, a sense of sorrow rising from the bottom of his heart. "Furthermore, with that money, you can start anew and find a good woman to take care of you and Yingzi. Why must you vent your frustrations on an innocent child?"

  "Not enough!" Zeng Huaiyuan said coldly, his anger irrepressible. "A life for a life, a debt repaid in full - it's the natural order of things!" "What's the point of tormenting a child? If you're so capable, why don't you drive a truck to run over Chu Lintao? That would be a truly heroic way to avenge your wife." Qin Shouzheng shook his head sorrowfully. Initially, he had only agreed to join Zeng Huaiyuan's proposal to kidnap Chu Lintao's daughter because they were from the same hometown, but now it seemed that he had made a terrible mistake.

  "Because I want Chu Lintao to suffer like me, no, I want him to suffer more than me." Zeng Hua yuan suddenly turned his head, glaring at Qin Shouzheng with a gaze that radiated unbridled venomous hatred. "You go call Chu Lintao and tell him the ransom has gone up! I want 5 million now! The additional 2 million is to buy back his daughter's chastity!" After finishing speaking, he stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, cackling with glee, "Anyway, it will be a bargain for some man in the future, might as well let me have a taste."

  "YOU!" Qin Shouzheng glared at Zeng Huaiyuan, the grief of his wife's suicide and the helplessness of life had long erased the upright and kind Zeng Huaiyuan of years ago. The current him was a despicable devil whose soul was distorted by hatred.

  "Don't worry, we're in this together. I won't leave you behind." Zeng Huaiyuan lowered his head and sniffed the school uniform on Gu Huanli's body, muttering to himself, "Is this what it smells like to be high and mighty? It really does smell good."

  "That's enough!" Qin Shouzheng snatched Gu Huanli away from Zeng Huaiyuan, who was in a daze. He said with righteousness, "I won't say such despicable words. If you want to add money, you make the call yourself, I won't go!"

  Zeng Huaiyuan snorted in discontent, but he knew that when it came to physical strength, he was no match for Qin Shouzheng. As for brains, he was even more outmatched by Qin Shouzheng. Besides, with him in Qin Shouzheng's hands, he felt at ease. In his opinion, Qin Shouzheng was a honest man, although the villagers would say behind his back that he was a scoundrel. However, being hypocritical was indeed true. "Fight if you must, but I've thought it through now - six million yuan, three million each for you and me. Later on, you can take your own path, and I'll take mine. But this girl, she's mine."

  "You get the money first." Qin Shouzheng snorted and carefully placed Gu Huanli in the corner.

  "This time, should I change to a different phone booth to make the call?" Zeng Huaiyuan couldn't help but ask, he had seen on TV those kidnapping cases where the police have some kind of device that can track the phone, if they keep using the same number to call, who knows if they'll get caught, it would be a real mess.

  Qin Shou Zheng thought for a moment, then said slowly, "In my opinion, why not go further away to make the call. This way, even if the police can find out where we made the calls, since the two locations are quite far apart, they will definitely be confused."

  "This is also good." Zeng Huaiyuan hesitated for a moment, and said to Qin Shouzheng, "Old Qin, anyway this girl is still unconscious, so we don't have to worry about her running away. Why don't we go together..."

  Qin Shouzheng didn't know that Zeng Huaiyuan was worried that he would soften up and let the Chu family's daughter go. However, he wanted the money but not to risk his life, so it was better to follow Zeng Huaiyuan for now and wait for an opportunity to act. He nodded and said, "Let's get off at a few more bus stops and make a call in another district to throw the police off our trail. We can also look for a place to take the money; I always felt that the original location we chose was not suitable. What if the police set up an ambush? It would be hard to escape."

  "What a hassle......" Zeng Huaiyuan irritably scratched his unwashed hair for half a month and said impatiently, "Anyway, the villagers all say you're clever, so you handle this matter!"

  "Done." Qin Shouzheng paused for a moment, picked up the plastic bag that he had thrown aside earlier, "Take a look, we were so busy talking that the leek-filled buns have gone cold. Let's eat while we walk and not waste them."

  "Hmph, when we're rich, every day will be abalone and matsutake mushrooms, leek buns... go feed the dogs! " Zeng Huaiyuan took a bun from the plastic bag and bit into it with force.

  Qin Shouzheng burst out laughing, "Suit yourself, with money you can eat whatever you want."

  Two people ate while walking out and casually closed the door without even locking it.

  As the chaotic footsteps faded away, Gu Huanli slowly opened her eyes and let out a soft sigh: So that's how it was. No wonder her aunt and uncle had been frantic with self-blame after rescuing Chu Liuyu back then. At the time, she had only thought they were regretful for not picking them up from school themselves, but who knew there was such a shocking twist to it all.

  She shook her head with a self-deprecating smile, it turned out that everyone had unspoken painful past.

  Recalling the lewd and sly smile of that man named Zeng Huaiyuan, thinking about his nose wandering between her collar, Gu Huanli only felt her stomach churning constantly, but was tormented by having her mouth sealed with tape, feeling like vomiting but unable to vomit.

  Yes, if I can go home, even if I have to spit out my gallbladder, it's no big deal. At this moment, escaping is the most important thing. Maybe Aunt and Uncle are willing to pay 6 million for her, but she knows very well that when someone is trapped in hatred, laws, human relationships, nothing matters, as long as they can calm their anger, they can do whatever scary things come to mind.

  Just now, those two people went out eating leek-filled buns. At that time, she was even lucky for this, the strong smell of leeks covered up the faint bloody smell in the air.

  As for pinning hopes on the police...

  It's better to rely on yourself.

  Yes, brother had told her before, having many people is not enough to rely on, survival can only depend on oneself.

  A drop of clear tears rolled down from the corner of her eye, and the tears that had been suppressed for a long time finally burst out! Perhaps she should feel helpless, but her brother's cold words still lingered in her ears, just like the only force supporting her struggle. Gu Huanli stubbornly rubbed against the icy sharp shards of glass, this life, she never wanted to be his burden again! Never wanted him to be sad for her again!

  She cut fiercely, the shattered glass cutting her wrist several times, just like that night she tried to kill herself, blood staining the hemp rope, dripping onto the cold concrete floor, and she didn't care.

  Once, twice...

  The rope seems to have loosened a bit, add some strength, pull hard, still can't tear it off.

  The more she struggled, the tighter it became. Large beads of sweat dripped from Gu Huan's forehead as she used all her strength to struggle free, the rope rubbing up and down against the wound on her wrist, a burning pain.

  It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt at all. Compared to the wound in my brother's heart, this pain is nothing!

  Just a little bit more, just a tiny bit more.

  Gu Huanli exerted herself once more, and her wrist felt a wave of relaxation.

  The rope finally broke! This made Gu Huanli's nervous mood suddenly become much more stable! She hesitated for a moment, and instead of pulling off the tape on her mouth, she first untied the hemp rope around her ankle.

  The dim yellow light illuminated the vast corridor, and Gu Huanli had no idea where the exit was. It was as if she had entered a maze that someone had deliberately set up for her, and even the sound of her own footsteps made her feel nervous.

  The abandoned factory, in the north it is generally a layout of sitting north and facing south, so the exit must be on the north side, then... which direction is north?

  Even if she escaped from the kidnapper's hands, she still couldn't leave the Five Fingers of Death in this vast labyrinth without finding a way out.

  What's wrong?

  What's going on!

  Wait, she seems to have encountered this situation before! That's right! It was when her brother took her to the Huang Hua Array in the Western Scenic Area of Yuanmingyuan. She couldn't find the exit and cried desperately in the Huang Hua Array. At that time, her brother sighed, picked her up and put her on a low wall, and seriously said to her, "If you can't find the answer, try looking at the problem from a different angle, maybe there will be unexpected gains."

  Gu Huan Lian stared blankly at the scattered moonlight on the ground, moonlight... moonlight! Her eyes suddenly lit up, and she immediately raised her head. Indeed, there was a window high above, and it was large enough for her to crawl out of. As long as she could climb up and break through it.

  Right, she remembered seeing a pile of old tables and chairs when she ran over just now. With her current strength, it was simply impossible to move the table, but moving the chair shouldn't be difficult. She didn't know when those two people would come back, so she had to hurry up and escape.

  With great effort, Gu Huanlin stacked three chairs on top of each other and climbed up, her tense nerves not relaxing in the slightest. She wrapped her school uniform jacket around her head, then swung the brick in her hand with force, smashing open the glass window. Shards flew onto her arm, cutting out streaks of blood.

  Before she could even frown, she had already climbed up to the windowsill with her hands and feet, and slipped out. Only when she looked down at the empty ground below did she realize that this height was actually making her a bit dizzy. For an instant, Gu Huan Lian felt like retreating. However, when she saw the stains and bloodstains on her body, she steeled herself again.

  She adjusted her posture and jumped down suddenly, her whole body was like a beautiful butterfly with broken wings, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...

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