The man sitting to Shen Xi’s right immediately released the person in front of him and glanced back through the rear window. “Those two cars are indeed suspicious,” he shouted. “Quick, accelerate!”
Shen Xi, however, felt a surge of secret joy, knowing that Qin Si Ye had come to rescue her.
Unfortunately, she was tied in the middle and couldn’t move, making it impossible to look back.
Soon, the two cars caught up. One drove ahead of them, creating a pincer movement that forced the black car holding Shen Xi to crash and stop.
Seven or eight men in black emerged from the two black cars, all wearing sunglasses and masks, exuding a powerful aura. Some held sharp knives.
However, Qin Si Ye was nowhere to be seen.
Shen Xi’s heart leaped. Who were these people?
Were they here to save her?
As she was still in shock, two knives were suddenly pressed against her neck.
Seeing this, the men in black outside immediately halted.
A tall man stepped forward and shouted into the car, “You have nowhere to run. Release the woman, and we can grant you a chance to live.”
Shen Xi’s heart stirred upon hearing this.
It seemed they were Qin Si Ye’s men, sent by him to save her.
Qin Si Ye must be right behind them, arriving any moment.
Inside the car, the men grumbled and spoke in a language Shen Xi couldn’t understand.
Shen Xi let out a long breath and said cautiously, “I know you don’t want my life, but you want money. Open the door, and I’ll talk to them. I guarantee you’ll all get away safely.”
The men discussed it further, realizing that trusting her words was their only way out.
The burly man on Shen Xi’s right, the most astute, was the first to demand that the men in black outside retreat five meters before slowly opening the car door.
The men quickly moved behind Shen Xi, with two gleaming sharp knives still held at her throat.
Seeing this, the men in black outside couldn't help but step forward.
Shen Xi quickly said, “Don’t get agitated. Let them go. They promised not to harm me.”
With that, she gave a meaningful wink to the tall man standing at the front.
He raised his hand, signaling the others to hold back, and calmly said to the four thugs, “Alright. If you release her, we absolutely won’t touch them.”
Upon hearing this, the thugs relaxed slightly. They slowly retreated towards the mountain behind them, their grip on the knives at Shen Xi’s neck loosening.
After a few steps, one of them put away his knife, turned, and quickly ran forward.
Seizing this opportunity, Shen Xi raised her high heel and stomped hard on another man’s foot. The man cried out, and the knife at her throat nearly fell to the ground.
With a twist of her head, Shen Xi immediately broke free from his grasp.
Then, she heard a series of scuffling sounds from behind her.
When Shen Xi steadied herself and looked back, she saw that all four kidnappers were lying unconscious on the ground. Two of them had knife wounds on their necks and had closed their eyes, no longer moving.
The other two were also severely injured, rolling and crying out in pain on the ground, likely not to survive long.
Shen Xi ran over in shock and said to the tall man in black, “You… why did you kill them?”
The man replied coldly, “These people are scum who have done nothing but evil. What’s the point of keeping them alive?”
As he spoke, he signaled for his companions to untie the ropes around her wrists.
“But killing people is punishable by death,” Shen Xi trembled slightly, worrying about Qin Si Ye.
What if the local police discovered this and traced it back to him?
“This is Country B,” the tall man suddenly reminded her loudly.
Shen Xi finally realized that the laws here were not as strict as in her home country.
Since they dared to do this, they must have their own countermeasures.
However, she still felt it was necessary to keep some alive to find the mastermind.
If Qin Si Ye were here, he would have done the same.
With a hint of regret, she glanced at the two barely breathing figures on the ground and looked up at the tall man in front of her. “Did Qin Si Ye send you? Where is he?”
Just then, the man received a phone call.
His brow furrowed. He glanced at her and quickly moved aside to answer the phone.
Shen Xi walked to the passenger side of the thugs’ car and retrieved her bag. She took out her phone and was about to turn it on to call Qin Si Ye when she caught sight of a black luxury car speeding towards them in her peripheral vision.
Shen Xi focused her gaze and immediately recognized it as the car Qin Si Ye had been driving these past few days.
He was here.
As Shen Xi excitedly reached out her hands and ran forward, she heard a sharp voice behind her say, “Take her away quickly.”
With that, she was again seized by two men in black and forced into a car.