She could vaguely hear a painful groan.
Caroline slowly opened her eyes and found herself sitting on the ground. The surroundings were dim and even a little stuffy. This was like a factory — a simple factory transformed from a civilian house.
There were a lot of beakers, test tubes, alcohol lamps, and the like. An unpleasant smell assailed her nose, like the smell of hospital disinfectant mixed with gasoline.
Caroline woke up at once. She clearly saw that her ankles were tied with plastic tape. Her hands were tied behind her back at this time.
Caroline struggled quickly, but her struggling body soon stopped, because her vision once again found something that frightened her.
There was no doubt that she saw Arnaud — Arnaud was being hung up at this moment.
He could only barely touch the ground with the tips of his feet when he stood on tiptoe. He lowered his head, his hair was scattered, his body was full of sweat, and there were visible bruises on his arms.
Beside Arnaud, two men in fancy shirts were holding slender iron pipes in their hands.
Caroline's breathing suddenly quickened. She knew that before she woke up, Arnaud had probably been beaten for a long time. Otherwise, Arnaud would not look so weak.
"I … I really … really don't know … I … I'm not Haley …"
Caroline could only vaguely hear Arnaud's voice, like a weak person who had been pressed under a collapsed building for several days and nights.
A man grabbed Arnaud's hair at this time and sneered, "Twins? You're the younger brother? Are you kidding me? When you took the money from us before, why didn't you say that you have a younger brother and ask us to send him some money? Do you think you can fool us with a fake ID? Haley, are you an idiot? Even if you want to pretend to be another person, please go for plastic surgery first, okay? I've long known that you are an idiot with a brain problem, but I didn't expect you to be … to be such an idiot! "
With that said, the man spat at Arnaud, turned around, and then slammed his elbow into Arnaud's chest. Caroline clearly saw that Arnaud spat out a mouthful of blood because of this impact.
Arnaud was motionless, and his head hung down naturally. She didn't know if he had fainted or not.
"Boss Boston, that woman woke up."
Everyone looked at Caroline at the same time, and she subconsciously shrank her body. The man who seemed to be the boss, Boston, walked towards Caroline with a knife in his hand.
The man squatted in front of Caroline and gently patted her cheek with the knife in his hand, which made her feel even more uncomfortable.
However, she did not dare to speak, for fear of angering these vicious fellows.
The boss's nose twitched slightly.
Caroline knew very well what this action meant — the boss, Boston, might be a drug addict.
Thinking of the tools and equipment placed in this place, Caroline, who had always lived in a chaotic place, already had some guesses in her heart. This might be, I'm afraid … a small workshop for making drugs.
"What's your relationship with him?" The boss suddenly asked.
"I … I have nothing to do with him. I've known him for less than three days," Caroline said nervously.
Boston nodded and suddenly retracted his hand holding the knife. Caroline subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, but unexpectedly, Boston suddenly stabbed with the knife!
The tip of the knife brushed past Caroline's cheek and then nailed her to the wall behind her. Caroline was so frightened that her eyes widened and she was so nervous that she didn't move.
"I'll ask you again. What's your relationship with Haili? Where is he hiding?!" Boston's eyes widened.
"I don't know what he is. I really have nothing to do with him …" Caroline was so frightened that she didn't hide anything. She almost directly told the whole story.
Boston frowned and finally sneered, "It's a waste that you two don't become screenwriters. However, you're still so stubborn even when you're about to die. I admire you. "
"I'm telling the truth! If you don't believe me, if you don't believe me, you can check it out and ask! "Caroline hurriedly said.
The boss directly grabbed Caroline's hair, and the pulling feeling between her hair and her scalp made Caroline frown in pain. This Boston seemed to be in a very manic state, and his gaze became more and more fierce.
He put the knife directly on Caroline's neck, and the sharp blade cut the skin on her neck. Caroline's breathing suddenly quickened.
"Listen, I don't have time to play tricks with you here!" Boston grinned. "You only have two paths! Obediently spit out all my goods, or let me chop you up and feed you to the dogs! "
"I really don't know … I really don't know Haili … I don't know anything!" Caroline cried in horror.
Why did she encounter so many things?
Since that night when she followed Livia to Boss Neymar's villa, her life had been in a mess. She had escaped danger once, but why did danger come again?
"Don't know … Don't know?!" The boss roared. He grabbed Caroline's arm and dragged her on the floor. "I'll make sure you don't know how you died!"
He threw her out and then said fiercely, "Chop her up! This woman knows our things. It's useless to keep her! I don't believe that Haili will still be stubborn in the end! Humph! You dare to swallow my things. I'll make sure you have the life to take them, but not the life to spend them! "
The two men directly picked up the machete and walked to Caroline.
Caroline curled up in fear. Her mind was in a mess, and she only hoped to survive. Facing the machetes of the two ferocious men, Caroline begged for mercy. "Don't kill me … I'm really not lying! I didn't know Haili before! I was even involved in a murder case because of him. The police want to arrest me! You can go and ask … "
The two men directly dragged Caroline outside, not listening to her at all.
Caroline shouted frantically, "Don't kill me … Don't kill me … I … I can give you money! I'll give you money! "
The two men had already dragged Caroline to the door and seemed to have no intention of stopping.
But Caroline still didn't intend to give up. "You just want money! You can't get anything by killing me, and you even killed people! Don't kill me, and I can still give you money … Do you want to get nothing? "
"Wait." Boston suddenly shouted. He walked up to Caroline again, looked down at her, and sneered. "How much can you pay for your own life?"
Caroline thought of the huge bank card she had, but the money had disappeared. She opened her mouth. "Three … three hundred thousand."
"Three hundred thousand, that's a lot?" The boss sneered and waved his hand.
"Wait! Wait! Five hundred thousand … five hundred thousand!! Eight … one million! One million! "Caroline almost shouted out her limit!
Her savings, the house in the slums, and all kinds of loans with high interest … Maybe one million was enough, but this was the limit she could gather!
"Two million, you can buy your life." The boss directly doubled the price. "This is the interest for you snatching my things. I can let you go temporarily!"
"Two million … Impossible!" Caroline retorted.
"Miss, are you going to bargain with me at this time?" The boss suddenly smiled.
"I …" Caroline finally gave up bargaining. She just wanted to get out of this danger as soon as possible. "But, but I need some time."
Boston warned, "You'd better not play any tricks."
With that, he waved his hand. "You two, follow her to get the money. Come back immediately after you get the money."
"Get up, little girl. If you want to live, move quickly. Don't let us wait too long." The man with the machete directly covered Caroline.
"Wait … You, what are you going to do to him?" Caroline looked at Arnold nervously at this time.
Arnold raised his head with difficulty and looked at her with pleading eyes.
His lips moved slightly … as if to say: Save him.
Caroline quickly averted her gaze, not daring to look at Arnaud. She warned herself that Arnaud had nothing to do with her.
He has nothing to do with me, nothing to do with me.
No … relationship.
Boston sneered and gave the answer. "I don't care if he is Haley or Haley's younger brother. In short, Haley swallowed my things. I don't believe in twins! As long as he doesn't spit it out, don't even think about leaving! Of course, you can redeem him if you want. Give me money! My goods are worth at least eight million! "
"I … I don't have that much." Caroline finally lowered her head and glanced at Arnold quietly.
Arnold had already lowered his head, and his face was ashen.
…
Caroline didn't know how she got out of this place. When she came out, her eyes were covered with a black cloth. When the black cloth was untied, she was already on the street.
But there were two more men beside her. They sandwiched her in the middle, one on the left and one on the right. One of the men even locked her with handcuffs. Their arms were handcuffed together and covered with a piece of clothing. They looked like a couple.
Caroline knew that she couldn't chop them off.
As long as she shouted on the street, the other man next to her could kill her in an extremely short time.
Soon after, under the two men's hostage, Caroline returned to the slum where she was.
Caroline once took the two men to her home by taking different routes — the stairs where the grocery store was located.
But she didn't see the magical store. Only the old lady from the grocery store waved at her as a greeting.
All the way back to Caroline's home.
One of the men looked at Caroline's house and suddenly whistled, "It turns out to be a prostitute. No wonder you can buy your own life with money. It seems that you have earned a lot."
With that said, he walked toward Caroline, reached out, and pinched her face, "There's still some time. Help me have some fun, okay?"
Of course, Caroline wasn't afraid to let this person take her. In other words, if the problem could be solved with one shot, it wasn't a problem at all!
If one shot couldn't solve it, then two shots!
The key was that this wasn't a problem that could be solved with many shots!
"Don't waste time! Hurry up and get the money! " The other man shook his head, but he didn't untie Caroline's handcuffs, "Okay, where is the money?"
Caroline had to take the two men into her room and then took away a painting hanging on the wall of the room. There was a secret compartment carved out by hand.
Caroline took out a bag from the secret compartment and opened it. She looked at the bills inside, which were old and new. She gritted her teeth and handed them over with trembling hands.
"How much is here?"
"387,300 …" Caroline timidly reported the exact number.
"380,000?" The man sneered, "Are you going to pay in installments?"
"I … I can sell this house! I … I can still borrow money! I know a lot of people who can borrow money … I can still … give, give me a little more time. Please, give me a little more time … "Caroline begged.
The man suddenly went out to make a phone call. Not long after, he came back and said indifferently, "Boss said to take the money and get rid of this woman. 380,000 will be the fee for your hard work."
"Understood."
"Wait! I can get a sum of money! I can really get it! Give me some time! "
Caroline said in horror, "If you kill me now, there will only be 380,000 … But give me some time. I can give you enough! Really! Trust me! I don't want to die, so I will definitely think of a way, right? "
The man made another phone call and soon had an answer.
"Okay, I'll give you another chance. But you can only do it under our nose. "
Caroline nodded, then swallowed her saliva and took her phone from the man's hand.
After unlocking it, she took out a card and asked the man to call the number on the card. Only when the call got through did she return it to her hand.
"Hello … Lawyer Carlo? It's me, Caroline … "
Caroline looked nervously at the two men in front of her, then lowered her voice and continued to speak into the phone, "About Nia's house … I, I promise you. But I hope to make a move as soon as possible! And, I want, I want two million! "
Not long after, Caroline ended the call.
"How is it?" The man looked at her coldly.
Caroline said nervously, "He said no problem … But, but let's talk about it."
"Then what are you waiting for?" The two men shrugged and carried Caroline out of the door. They smiled and said, "Miss, from now on, we are your agents."
Caroline was helpless and could only be at the mercy of the other party.
After going downstairs, the three were surprised to see two policemen coming this way. The two men took Caroline to hide and watched the two police officers go straight upstairs.
"It seems that you really got into trouble." He looked at Caroline and frowned.
Caroline said bitterly, "I really didn't kill anyone."
"Why not?" The other man had a smirk on his face and pinched Caroline's face, "The number of people you killed is probably more than the population of the earth!"
This was a joke.
But Caroline couldn't laugh at all.
…
…
The train arrived at the station.
Song Haoran stepped out of the train door first with Luoqiu, then turned around, opened his hand, and smiled at Luoqiu, "Welcome to Sao Paulo."
"Then welcome to come again in a few hours." Luoqiu responded casually. According to the schedule, they were going to the airport immediately and wouldn't stay for long.
"That's why I said, you really don't have a sense of humor." Song Haoran shook his head, "Later, Oni and the others will take you around here for a few hours before arriving at the airport. We will meet at the airport."
Luoqiu asked curiously, "Do you have anything else?"
Song Haoran showed a mysterious smile, turned and walked into the crowd, "Don't miss me too much."
He walked away in a carefree manner.
"Mr Luo, the car has been arranged." Lluvia came out from the back of the carriage and went directly to Luoqiu's side, whispering.
Oni, on the other hand, was at the back and was looking around. Although he appeared frivolous, he was observing his surroundings.
Not far away, a woman lowered her head and wore a hat to cover her face. She quickly left behind Oni. If someone were to look at her from the front, they would recognize that this woman was the flight attendant from not too long ago, Gan Hong.
Boss Luo acted as if he didn't see it and nodded to Lluvia, "You can arrange the route. I'll leave the rest to you, Miss Lluvia."
"Please come with me." Lluvia didn't say much and walked straight ahead, while Oni followed from behind.
The two of them, one in front and one behind, protected Luoqiu in the middle. They gave off the feeling of bodyguards.
Suddenly, the crowd was in an uproar. On the left, a group of passengers who had just gotten off the train ran in horror. The crowd instantly charged toward Luoqiu's group.
Lluvia and Oni moved quickly, one retreating while the other moved forward, protecting Luoqiu. Their expressions became tense.
"What happened?" Luoqiu asked.
Lluvia shook her head and said, "I don't know. But you can rest assured that it is not aimed at us. Maybe something unexpected happened over there."
The charging crowd quickly dispersed, leaving a lot of empty space. Boss Luo, Lluvia and Oni were able to see the cause of the commotion.
Not far away … at a place around 20 metres away, a man was grabbing another man and biting his neck.
Blood sprayed out from the man's neck.
The man who was bitten quickly pushed the other man away and fell to the ground in horror.
As for the man who had bitten the other man, his body began trembling in a strange manner. He even issued out a roar. His body suddenly stiffened and his face contorted into an abnormally ferocious expression.
He abruptly slammed into the door of the train. Then, he bounced off and fell to the ground. However, he appeared to be fine. He quickly got up and put on an even crazier expression. Once again, he slammed into the door of the train.
His mouth was filled with blood, his eyes rolled up and his movements were stiff … he roared.
Just like a zombie.
At that moment, Lluvia frowned. Seemingly having figured something out, she quickly said, "Tsk, another fellow who took 'Zombie Bath Salts'!"
"'Zombie Bath Salts'?" Boss Luo was stunned.
Oni shrugged and said, "It is a new type of central nervous system stimulant. It has only recently become popular. Those who have taken it will become abnormally excited. Then, their actions will resemble those of the zombies in the movies … there, look at this man. "
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