Chapter 265: Hold on Until We Meet Again

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“Please, let us go. Big sister, you must have loved ones too, please let us go, I promise to repay you.” Shi Yu saw the human trafficker unmoved and tried a different tactic.

“Can you let the girl beside me go? I’ll stay, just let her go.”

The human trafficker laughed, “What a joke, both of you are my money trees now. Stop making noise. I’ll find you a good ‘family’, and if you don’t behave, I’ll sell you to an Old Man who’ll beat you every day. If you don’t want to suffer, just be good!”

Xiao Yu still didn’t give up. She was kidnapped herself, and even if it meant letting Boss Qian go, it would be enough. But the bad guys wouldn’t follow your wishes.

The two human traffickers closed the car door and continued driving. Xiao Yu screamed desperately, but no one responded.

“If you keep yelling, I’ll gag you!” The Man threw a heavy object, hitting Shi Yu’s arm.

Blood came out immediately, but she didn’t feel the pain.

In the face of a huge disaster, pain seemed to be diminished.

Shi Yu broke down crying, and Xiao Qian whispered,

“Xiao Yu, don’t cry.”

“Boss Qian, what should we do? I’ve implicated you, if only you weren’t with me…”

“It’s my fault, if I had been more vigilant, this wouldn’t have happened.”

Xiao Qian spoke in a low voice.

Outside, there was the sound of low-quality taped music. The driver seemed to want to drive all night, and to stay awake, he turned the music up loudly.

Xiao Qian didn’t know where the car was heading, but she knew she had to seize every moment to calm Shi Yu down.

“Xiao Yu, calm down. The more panicked we are, the more dangerous it is.”

“Boss Qian, I’m so scared…”

“Don’t be afraid, I’m still here.”

Xiao Qian felt the car bumpier and bumpier. She could only pin her hopes on the memories of her past life.

Hopefully, the people who kidnapped them this time would still be those from her past life, and the place they were being taken to would be the same as well.

Shi Yu recalled her past life experience. It was a very remote mountainous area, full of winding mountain roads. The man who bought her was a bad guy who liked to beat people, and his mental state didn’t seem sound.

The local customs were fierce, with everyone helping each other. If someone bought a daughter-in-law, the whole village would help watch her.

If you went in, you might never come out again.

In her past life, Shi Yu killed the person and escaped.

This time, with Xiao Qian, perhaps the outcome would be different.

This terrifying road seemed endless.

Xiao Qian and Shi Yu were controlled in one position, cut off from the outside world. They couldn’t tell whether it was night or day and didn’t know how much time had passed. They only knew that the car kept driving, never stopping.

The two traffickers were quite familiar with the route, choosing deserted places to go, not worried about Xiao Qian and Shi Yu’s cries for help at all.

Even when they screamed, the traffickers would laugh mockingly at them.

As if to laugh at their overestimating themselves.

In order to prevent them from having the strength to escape, the traffickers didn’t provide them with any food or drink throughout the long journey.

Long-term starvation caused Xiao Qian and Shi Yu’s physical conditions to deteriorate drastically.

Shi Yu went from initial panic, regret, and fear to slowly calming down, thanks to Xiao Qian’s constant psychological hints.

Xiao Qian would take advantage of the two bad guys’ chatting to quietly encourage Shi Yu.

She firmly believed that she and Shi Yu could escape.

She told her plan to Xiao Yu in a very low voice during the long journey. “Xiao Yu, whether it’ll work or not depends on you.”

“I… I’m afraid I can’t do it.”

“You were in the Drama Club, so I’m sure it’s no problem. Just act as I told you. If you don’t do this, as soon as we get off the car, we’ll be dragged away and locked in a small dark room, treated like tools for bearing children, beaten every day.”

“I’ll try my best…” Shi Yu had never encountered such a situation in her life, and Xiao Qian’s description made her panic-stricken.

Human trafficking seemed to be far away from her, and feeling safe while riding in an illegal taxi, she felt that it only happened in the news. But in fact, it was not far away. If not vigilant, no one knows whose throat fate will strangle.

“Shi Yu, have I ever told you…”

In such a crisis, Xiao Qian didn’t cling to Shi Yu while crying, nor did she show fear. Or rather, her rationality told her that now was not the time to be afraid.

“What?”

“You’re a good, righteous friend. Even though you’re a bit naive sometimes, if we can get through this together, you’ll be my best friend, Boss Qian’s best friend. Do you want to be that?”

“I do! But… I’ve implicated you…”

“What a joke, what does it have to do with you? If I didn’t meet you and took a ride myself, wouldn’t I have encountered this? When a person is unlucky, even drinking cold water will get stuck in their teeth. This accident has nothing to do with you. It’s my miscalculation. And this incident has given me a wake-up call.”

“What wake-up call?”

“Leading by example is better than preaching. Even if we understand the principles when nothing happens, it’s better to experience it ourselves. I know how to deal with this problem now.”

It’s just that the price was a bit high.

“Anyway, Xiao Yu, if you want to escape, you have to do as I say. You can’t make a single mistake in each step.”

“Boss Qian… If I do that, what about you? If they catch you, will they…”

“I’m the omnipotent Boss Qian. I have a way to escape.”

“What’s the plan?”

“In any case, you have to remember what I said! Not a single word or facial expression can be wrong!”

Xiao Qian was now taking every opportunity to boost Shi Yu’s morale.

Their survival was now up to Shi Yu.

Xiao Qian was using Shi Yu’s desire for friendship as motivation, hoping that her words would inspire her fighting spirit.

Now the two of them were tied together on a trembling tightrope, taking each step with trepidation.

A single misstep would result in a deadly fall.

Retreating would only make the situation worse, and fighting was the only way to survive.

If she failed-

Xiao Qian closed her eyes. In this life, what more did she have to regret?

Her mother would have the demolition money and so many houses; her future life should be comfortable.

Without her supervision, her playboy brother might learn all kinds of bad habits; she just hoped her mother would be able to manage him well.

But what worried Xiao Qian the most was Yu Minglang.

At this moment, did Yu Minglang know that she was missing? If he knew, would he look for her?

She suddenly longed for his embrace and wanted to hear him call her Xiao Mei again.

He saved so many people in his life, he was the strongest line of defense for the country. How she wished he could come from the sky and save her.

Thinking of Yu Minglang, Xiao Qian’s weakness from hunger and discomfort was swept away.

No, she had to hold on.

Hold on until he showed up.

Hold on until she saw him again..