Liu Ronghua got into the car and glanced at Chang Jingqiu. "You can just transfer the money to my account when you're ready. Why do you have to come out and meet me?"
"I'll look at you when I give you the money. I'll only be at ease when I get a guarantee," Chang Jingqiu said calmly as she drove away.
"Where are we going?" Liu Ronghua asked casually.
"You'll know when you get there," Chang Jingqiu said calmly.
Liu Ronghua didn't think much about it and sat in the front passenger seat. But as time passed, she saw that Chang Jingqiu's route was getting more and more strange. Liu Ronghua frowned and felt inexplicably uneasy.
"Where are you taking me?" Liu Ronghua grabbed the door tightly and asked Chang Jingqiu worriedly.
Chang Jingqiu glanced at her. "Why are you so nervous? We should go to a quiet place to talk about this. If we go to a restaurant or something like that, there will be too many people."
"Why didn't you think that there were too many people before?" Liu Ronghua asked immediately.
Chang Jingqiu glanced at her and didn't answer.
Liu Ronghua felt more and more uncomfortable. She grabbed the switch on the door and said, "Stop the car. I want to get out!"
"This is a highway. How can I stop the car? Just wait." Chang Jingqiu said coldly and glanced at her again. "We're almost there. Are you still worried that I'll hurt you?"
Although Liu Ronghua heard her say that, she still felt that something was wrong. But she also felt that Chang Jingqiu was just a little girl. What could she do to her?
If it was a woman with some connections in society, she would still be a little afraid of her. But Chang Jingqiu had always been pampered in the Chang family. Although she said that she knew a lot of rich men and women in the circle, they were all young masters and daughters of various families. She couldn't befriend people like Qi Chenglin who were capable. Those she befriended were all people who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun. Liu Ronghua felt that she really couldn't do anything to her.
So she relaxed and didn't think too much about it. She just looked at the scenery outside the car window.
In the end, Chang Jingqiu stopped the car at the foot of a mountain. This mountain was considered a good place for hiking in B City. It was slightly famous, but not too famous.
Tourists from other places wouldn't come here. They were all locals of B City. If they were happy to move, they would come here to climb.
The weather was pleasant at the moment, so there were only two or three people climbing the mountain, which was not a lot. However, for safety's sake, Chang Jingqiu still parked the car at the back of the mountain. There was really no one there.
Liu Ronghua furrowed her brows. "Why are you sneaking around and coming to this place? Give me the money and let's hurry back. "
"Isn't that safer? I've already brought the check. What's the rush? "Chang Jingqiu smiled.
The more Liu Ronghua thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong. Normally, Chang Jingqiu would be unwilling to pay up after being blackmailed, so why was she still in the mood to laugh?
Chang Jingqiu calmly unzipped the bag and reached in to search. Liu Ronghua couldn't care less about the uneasiness in her heart. Her eyes greedily and eagerly stared at Chang Jingqiu's bag. She didn't notice that someone was walking towards them from outside the car.
Liu Ronghua turned around and watched Chang Jingqiu's movements with her back facing the car door. Suddenly, the car door behind her opened and Liu Ronghua was shocked.
For a high-end car like Chang Jingqiu's, the car door was automatically locked. Unless the driver unlocked it from the inside, it would be impossible for someone outside to open the car door.
She was so shocked that she wanted to turn around, but the moment she moved, someone covered her head with a thick cloth bag. It happened so suddenly that she didn't even notice the color of the cloth bag. She was so nervous that she didn't even notice the color of the cloth bag and just opened her mouth to scream.
But the moment her scream came out, she felt a sharp pain at the back of her neck. Her vision went black and she lost consciousness.
Chang Jingqiu didn't react to this sudden change at all. She wasn't nervous either. She just watched everything unfold in front of her calmly. Motionless, he watched Liu Ronghua being dragged out of the car by a strong man like a dead body and stuffed into a shabby minivan not far away.
After a while, a handsome but vicious man got out of the car and got into Chang Jingqiu's car.
"Thank you for your help this time, Boss Chen." Chang Jingqiu took out a cheque from her bag with a million written on it and handed it to the man beside her. "Please thank Boss Chen on my behalf. If Boss Chen does us a favor, I'll definitely treat Boss Chen to a meal to thank him personally."
The man took the cheque and glanced at it casually before keeping it. "Brother Chen said that Miss Chang is sensible and didn't let Brother Chen suffer any losses. So, there's no need to thank me. Just treat it as a business deal. Let's have a happy cooperation."
Chang Jingqiu nodded and didn't say anything else. She actually didn't want to interact with Boss Chen too much.
Liu Ronghua thought that her connections were those rich kids who didn't have to worry about food and clothes, but she forgot that she was a reporter. Luckily, she chose this line of work and got to know people from all walks of life.
Boss Chen was one of them. On the surface, he did some business that seemed legal, but behind the scenes, he earned a lot of money that couldn't see the light of day. For example, the organ trade in the black market and some human traffickers' organizations were inextricably linked to him. He didn't obviously invest in them, but he provided some channels and even some other things to facilitate those organizations.
These were only what she knew. There were still some dirty and illegal things that she didn't know.
She couldn't afford to offend Boss Chen at all. If it was possible, she didn't want to get involved with him. However, regarding Liu Ronghua's matter, she felt that Liu Ronghua could threaten her once, but she couldn't guarantee that Liu Ronghua would come looking for her again and again when she lacked money.
Liu Ronghua wasn't someone who kept her promises. Just like what Liu Ronghua said last time, even if she promised that she wouldn't look for Chang Jingqiu again as long as she took the five million, could this kind of verbal promise be trusted? It was all based on Liu Ronghua's words.
Liu Ronghua's attitude towards Ruan Danchen really made Chang Jingqiu extremely vigilant. She would rather believe a sow climbing a tree than Liu Ronghua's words. In order to prevent future troubles, Chang Jingqiu really felt that Liu Ronghua couldn't be kept alive.
If she was by her side, she would be like a sharp sword that was hanging above her head all the time.
Therefore, Chang Jingqiu had to get Liu Ronghua away no matter what. In fact, according to the darkest thought in her heart, she couldn't wait to kill Liu Ronghua. Only dead people wouldn't talk and could keep secrets the best.
However, she couldn't. Even if she was afraid of Boss Chen, she had to contact him and get Liu Ronghua out, so that Liu Ronghua would never come back.
She didn't know where to get her. Only Boss Chen could make the decision. He had connections with the human trafficking organization, so he naturally knew where was the most suitable place to send Liu Ronghua.
Liu Ronghua asked her for five million, but if she got Liu Ronghua away, she only needed to pay one million, which saved four million. Why should she let Liu Ronghua take advantage of it?
The man took the money and didn't say anything to her. He got out of the car and returned to the old minivan behind.
Chang Jingqiu watched the minivan drive away through the rearview mirror before she left.
…
After Liu Ronghua woke up from her coma, she realized that she was in a car. It was dark outside, and she was on the road at night.
"Ugh …" She groaned as she shook her head. Her mouth was tightly sealed with tape, her hands were tied behind her back, and her legs were directly tied under the seat. She couldn't move at all.
She struggled with all her might, her eyes bulging.
The person who was dozing off heard her movements and opened his eyes. He looked at her indifferently and said to the person in the front passenger seat, "She's awake."
The person in the front passenger seat also turned back and looked at her indifferently. He didn't say anything else, nor did he say that he was going to let her go.
"Ugh! Ugh! " Liu Ronghua's mouth was covered. She couldn't make much noise even if she tried to snort. She struggled with all her might, but she could only feel her wrists and ankles being cut by the rope. Other than that, she couldn't do anything else.
Liu Ronghua wanted to ask who these people were, where they were taking her, and what they wanted to do, but her mouth was sealed with tape and she couldn't ask a lot of questions.
She glared at them, wanting them to untie her or at least tear off the tape. However, they pretended not to see it. They closed their eyes and continued to sleep with their jackets over them.
Liu Ronghua felt uneasy. Her heart was pounding and she didn't dare to sleep. These people didn't look like kind people. What did they want to do to her?
She thought about how she was sitting in Chang Jingqiu's car and suddenly had a cloth bag over her head. She immediately understood that Chang Jingqiu was tricking her!
She didn't want to give her money and was afraid that her identity would be exposed. Worried about her, she got someone to kidnap her.
What a good Chang Jingqiu, such a vicious heart!
Liu Ronghua wanted to untie the tape and tell these people that she could give them more money no matter how much Chang Jingqiu gave them. However, these people were determined to ignore her.
She swayed in the car all the way until dawn. Liu Ronghua felt uneasy the whole night and didn't sleep much.
She closed her eyes when she couldn't take it anymore, but she woke up soon.
Her face was pale and haggard, and the wrinkles on her face were obvious. Moreover, her mouth was sealed with tape. It was very uncomfortable.
In addition, she hadn't eaten since she was kidnapped yesterday. Now she was so hungry that she couldn't use any strength.
After a while, the car stopped at a rest stop on the highway. The driver changed. One of them went to the supermarket to buy a bag of bread and ham sausages and came back to share it with the others.
Liu Ronghua was so hungry that she couldn't resist the smell of the cheap bread and sausages. She really wanted to eat it. Even if the smell of meat was added with essence, Liu Ronghua couldn't help but swallow her saliva.
"She hasn't eaten for a long time. Should we give her some?" The person who was eating the bread suddenly asked the person in the passenger seat.
"No, it won't be good if she opens her mouth and makes some noise. Besides, if she doesn't eat, she will be hungry and have no strength. She won't make a scene when we get there, "the person in the passenger seat said coldly.
"Are you going to not give her any food?" The person in the passenger seat asked in surprise.
"When did you become so kind?" The driver held the bread in one hand and the steering wheel in the other. He took a bite of the bread and asked vaguely.
The person in the passenger seat stopped talking and finished the bread and ham in two or three bites.
Liu Ronghua opened her eyes wide in horror. She didn't expect these people to starve her.
Where were they going to take her? How long would it take? How long would it take to starve her?
Liu Ronghua was scared to death. She had always been supported by men, from ordinary to rich. She had never suffered. But now she was caught, and she didn't know whether she was dead or alive.
Liu Ronghua was so scared that she cried. She especially missed her warm home, that high-end community, where life was leisurely and bright. How good life was.
Because she didn't have food and water to drink, Liu Ronghua soon looked haggard. Even if she was so scared that she didn't dare to sleep, she still fell into a coma because she had no strength.
While she was unconscious, the van bumped along the road that was getting more and more desolate. There was a stone road under the tires. Occasionally, there were one or two dilapidated single-story houses on both sides. The roof tiles didn't cover it. It was obvious that life was very difficult, and they probably didn't even have a place to eat.
The van bumped all the way into the mountain. It went up along the simple mountain road and finally stopped near the top of the mountain.
Along the way, there were a few houses along the mountainside, but they were even more dilapidated than the single-story houses below. Maybe it was because people rarely came here, let alone such a modern car. When they heard the sound, many children and women ran out.
The child's face was dark and stained with dirt from the yellow soil. His black hair was a little yellow from the yellow soil, and because he hadn't washed it for a long time, it was caked. The boy and the girl's faces were red from being blown by the mountain wind for many years, but their faces were also stained by dust for many years, as if they couldn't wash off the dirty blackness.
The girls were wearing faded floral jackets, and the boys were wearing clothes with holes in them. What they had in common was that their shoes were also dirty and had holes in them.
However, Liu Ronghua, who was in a coma, couldn't see or hear an old woman shouting happily, "Is the wife of the kidnapper Wang's family here?"
"Oh, it looks like they're really going to the Wang family. Let's go take a look."
"The kidnapper Wang can finally get a wife!"
Immediately, some children clapped their hands and joined in the fun.
"The wife of the kidnapper Wang! The wife of the kidnapper Wang! "
The women followed behind the children. As they walked up the mountain, they said, "The kidnapper Wang is already in his forties, but he still hasn't found a wife. I wonder what kind of wife is coming this time."
"Don't worry about what kind. It's good enough to have a wife to warm his bed and serve him. Even if it's a yaksha, it's okay."
"Yaksha!" A woman laughed, a little gloating. "It'll be fun if it's really a yaksha! His mother is a powerful one. She usually bullies her son until he doesn't look like a man anymore. If another powerful one comes, won't the family be in chaos? I don't believe that old lady can tolerate a powerful daughter-in-law. "
"Sigh, if it's an honest one, he'll probably be tortured to death by that old lady."
"I wonder how old the kidnapper Wang's wife is?"
"It must be a young one. How can an old one be so easy to kidnap? It's because the family doesn't have money that they sell their children when they're young. "
"Then wouldn't the kidnapper Wang benefit?"
"I don't think so. It's not like you don't know the situation in our village. Everyone is poor. The kidnapper Wang's family is the poorest in our village. How much money can they afford? If you don't have enough money, you can't buy a young and strong wife. "
These people were all sold to human traffickers in the past.
Some of them were directly sold by their parents to human traffickers, while others were kidnapped. This mountain village was famous for buying wives in this area.
Because this mountain village was poor and very remote, it was inconvenient to travel. Slowly, it was closed. Outsiders couldn't come, and the people here didn't have the ability to go out. There weren't many villagers, and they were self-sufficient. They grew their own food and barely made a living. Every month, they pulled an ox cart to the market for a few days and bought some cloth to make clothes. They wore the same clothes for years.
Because he was too poor and the place was remote, there was no village in front of him or any shop behind him. No woman would be willing to marry him, so he could only buy them.
When the boys in the family were born, they started to save money. If there was a woman in the same village who was willing to marry, they would use the money they saved as dowry. However, there were many marriages in the same village, and almost all of them were related.
In the beginning, there were people who took the risk of letting related people get married, but the children were all not healthy. They either had mental problems or were physically disabled. The village was poor, so they couldn't afford to raise unhealthy children. So, the unhealthy children were thrown into the mountains to fend for themselves.
After a few times, no one dared to marry related people, so they could only buy wives and give the money they saved to the human traffickers to buy a woman.
If they met a young woman, she would be a child bride at home, and she could even help with the work. The adult ones were more troublesome. After being sold, they always wanted to escape, but after being beaten a few times, they became well-behaved.
And now, the people who were chatting and laughing had more or less such experiences. When they first came, they were unwilling and suffered a lot. But after a long time, they accepted their fate and held the mentality of living as long as they could. Every time they saw a new woman being sold, they felt like gloating. Seeing others more unfortunate made them happy.
As they chatted, they had already arrived at the Wang Family of the kidnappers.
They saw two people standing at the door. One of them looked to be in her sixties. Her hair was white, and it was all tied behind her head. One look at her face and you could tell that she wasn't someone to be trifled with.
The woman wasn't tall, but she was burly. She had been doing rough work for a long time, and her whole body exuded a strong aura.
Beside the woman stood a man with crutches. He was in his forties, and his hair was like the children and women they saw on the way here. It was covered with yellow dust, and it looked like it was caked and greasy. His appearance was really unsightly.
In front of the two of them lay a weak woman. Although the woman's face was thin and pale, it seemed that she had been tortured on the way here. However, it was still obvious that she was a woman who lived a good life in the city.
She looked a little old, but her skin was still tender, and her clothes were nice. The village was poor, and there weren't many homes with televisions. Only one or two families had something going on, and they could only receive a limited number of channels, CCTV-1 to 8. The women felt that Liu Ronghua's clothes looked better than those people on television, and they should be quite expensive.
Madam Wang looked coldly at Liu Ronghua, who was lying unconscious on the ground. She was very dissatisfied. "We spent so much money, and in the end, we sent such a sickly person!"
Kidnapper King was quite satisfied with Liu Ronghua. She was good-looking. Furthermore, he was already so old, and he hadn't tasted a woman yet. Now that he finally had a wife, he really couldn't wait.
"Mom, didn't I say that? I was afraid that she would make a scene on the way here, so I didn't give her any food. She fainted from hunger, so I'll just give her some food later, "Kidnapper King said. He shifted his center of gravity to his uninjured sitting leg, and poked Liu Ronghua's face with his crutches. "When she's full and has the strength, she can work for our family."
Madam Wang was still very unhappy. She spat at the unconscious Liu Ronghua. "This useless thing. Coming to our family will only waste our rations. She has been hungry for so many days, and when she wakes up, how much food will she eat! I see that she looks so delicate, and doesn't look like she can work. I heard that she made a scene on the way here, so she definitely doesn't want to marry over, and she also doesn't want to work for our family. But don't worry, leave her to me. I guarantee that she will be obedient. "
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