On the other side, a loud curse suddenly erupted.

"Damn it! I..." The leopard paced around, scratching its head anxiously.

Why are you always late?

As if to prove something, he immediately ordered Zhou Xu and the others: "Find it for me. I refuse to believe that I'm always a step too late."

Zhou Xu and his team naturally dared not be negligent.

The group immediately began their search...

When Jiang Yan woke up, her whole body ached, and it took her a long time for her eyes to regain focus. After seeing the current situation, her mind gradually became active again.

She remembered.

She had just exited the expressway and was about to reach her destination after a few turns, but she was forced to stop by a Land Rover at a dead end.

Several men got out of the Land Rover, and she also saw Shen Ru.

She was too afraid to get out of the car, but those men had tools and were very skilled. Even though she had locked the car doors, they managed to pry them open, forcing her to get out of the car.

What do you mean?

She questioned him loudly to bolster her courage, and at the same time tried to grab her phone to call Qin Yiheng again, but she couldn't find it after searching for a long time.

The man in the lead looked her up and down for a moment, then said in an undeniable tone, "Don't be afraid, just come with us."

How can you just casually make a trip?

Jiang Yan then looked at Shen Ru and asked, "Did you hire these people? What do you want to do? Shen Ru, please don't do anything that will harm you, okay?"

"I'm already in this state, what's there to be afraid of? You're the one who should be afraid." Shen Ru's tone was icy, as if she didn't know Jiang Yan at all.

"Chenru, don't continue down this wrong path..."

"Enough! I don't want to hear your nonsense. If you're so capable, give me the money! If not, shut up!" Shen Ru took two steps forward, grabbed her chin, and interrupted her with a harsh voice.

Jiang Yan shook her head, trying to shake off Shen Ru's hand, but Shen Ru's hand followed and squeezed her even harder. At the same time, Jiang Yan raised her hand, and Shen Ru, who had obviously anticipated her move, slapped her across the face.

"Smack—"

Jiang Yan's head was knocked to one side, and her face was burning hot.

“If you behave yourself, you’ll suffer less. I won’t show you any mercy now,” Shen Ru warned.

A wise man doesn't fight a losing battle. Seeing this situation, Jiang Yan naturally wouldn't reason with them or try to fight them.

"What do you want?" Jiang Yan wanted to discuss the terms.

"If only I had known then what I know now."

Shen Ru chuckled and returned those eight words to Jiang Yan with a malicious tone, as if doing so would make her feel much better.

Jiang Yan's eyes held a look that was neither pity nor sorrow; she could only call out, "Chen Ru..."

"What's wrong? What kind of look is that? You didn't say that when you told me yesterday." Shen Ru was actually quite gloating.

Just as she was about to state her conditions, A-Jing stopped her.

Ah Jing looked around and said in a deep voice, "A car could come at any time. Let's go somewhere else to talk."

Shen Ru also felt that what he said made sense. If passing vehicles saw someone calling the police, it would be quite troublesome.

Jiang Yan panicked: "Where are you taking me? Don't do anything rash..."

She didn't shout recklessly, lest she provoke the group, but she was still knocked unconscious. When she woke up, all she found was this dilapidated room where money was demanded.

Look at the cement walls, the heated brick bed, the large iron gate—now locked, the tempered glass windows—also nailed shut. Only sparse light seeps in, barely enough to make out the simplicity of the room. However, all signs indicate that she is clearly in a rural house.

To find such a house near Chongqing, it would either be deliberately renovated by a resort, or you would have to go further and further into the suburbs. The former would not be easily controlled unless the people following Shen Ru were capable, while the latter would be too vast and difficult to find.

Jiang Yan checked herself and, unsurprisingly, her phone was gone.

She had no way to convey anything. Knowing where she was, she might as well think about how to deal with Shen Ru, who was determined to go down a dark path.

Just then, the door opened and Shen Ru walked in.

"Chen Ru, where have you brought me? Who are those people outside? How did you get in touch with them? What exactly do you want?"

Faced with Jiang Yan's barrage of questions, Shen Ru frowned impatiently and didn't answer a single one.

When she spoke, her voice was filled with madness: "You have so many questions. Why should I tell you those things? Jiang Yan, you didn't expect this, did you? You've fallen to this state. Yesterday you were bossing me around, and today you're a prisoner. Aren't you regretting it now?"

Jiang Yan was no longer in the mood to care about whether she regretted it or not. Besides, all of this was within her expectations, so what was there for her to regret?

She had considered that Shen Ru might hire people to harm her, and those men from before might have done so.

It's amazing that Shen Ru would actually do something as serious as kidnapping.

If I die, Shenru won't be any better off.

Therefore, Jiang Yan was certain that Shen Ru wouldn't dare to kill her.

"You can tell me what you want."

It is said that when you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Jiang Yan was no exception. She could only speak to Shen Ru in a consultative tone.

"Now you know I've told you. Why didn't you listen yesterday? Now I have nothing left... Last night, I got a call that I was fired from the company. Look, this is all thanks to you, Jiang Yan."

Shen Ru seemed completely unyielding, but she didn't pose any threat to Jiang Yan's personal safety.

However, in such an unfamiliar environment, who can remain completely calm?

"You're just short of money, aren't you? Thirty million, sure, I'll give it to you. Just don't do anything crazy again. If the police find this place, you'll go to jail."

Jiang Yan was just giving a reminder, but Shen Ru heard it as a veiled threat.

"Hahaha...Do you think I'm still afraid of going to jail now?" Shen Ru suddenly raised her voice, then laughed sinisterly. "Now all you know is to give me money. Fine, give it to me. But what I want is not just money."

These words once again put Jiang Yan on high alert, and even her voice trembled slightly.

"What do you mean by that?"

"You're a streamer, you must go online a lot when you have free time, right? Haven't you seen what kind of comments are being made about you online lately?"