Lin Jinbao had already reached the door, but upon hearing Lin Xi's scream, he turned back, clapping excitedly and saying, "Yes, that's it! Listen, isn't that a beautiful sound? Continue."

After saying that, he went up and kicked her twice more: "Er Ya, you're still so arrogant, aren't you? You can't be arrogant anymore, can you? Hahaha, just enjoy yourself. I'll bring that Wang Mazi over later and let you have some more fun. How about that? I'm not bad to you, am I?"

Lin Xi was beaten so badly she couldn't speak anymore. Her slightly moving lips were pale and bloodless, yet she was still breathing heavily. A hoarse sound came from her rolling throat, and the words she uttered were weak and disordered, making them difficult to understand. This made her even more anxious, and her expression became desperate and helpless, with a deathly ashen look on her tired face.

She curled up in agony, her mouth involuntarily gaping open to reveal trembling teeth. Her jaw was clenched, and she squeezed out groans of unbearable pain from between her teeth. Her entire face was contorted, the veins on her forehead bulging, and her eyes widened involuntarily, filled with panic and helplessness, revealing a desperate struggle for survival.

She rolled on the ground in agony, her trembling legs kicking and thrashing about in the mud, getting covered in dirt.

Her body would suddenly unfold and then bend into an arc, her desperate eyes darting around wildly, her pupils wide open, and she would let out a series of deathly screams, sounding hoarse and chilling.

His two trembling, bent legs seemed unable to stand steadily, like a frail tree branch.

These people must not be allowed to leave alive. Once they are out, they will pay tenfold.

It hurt so much. Lin Xi had never experienced such pain in her life. She stopped moving after a short while.

Gangzi said to Zhuzi in fear, "Brother Zhu, is she dead? Look, she's not moving at all."

Zhu Zi slapped Gang Zi to rouse himself: "You coward, go and see if she's still alive."

"I...I'm afraid. What if I die?"

“What are you afraid of? If something really happens, we still have Bao Ge. He's the one who ordered us to do this. And didn't you hear what he said? This girl is someone who is unloved by her parents. And her grandma was involved in this too. You can say that their whole family is involved. Even if they really die, it'll be like the death of a cat or dog.”

Lin Xi, still dazed from the beating, overheard their conversation. So the old house was involved too? Haha, she wondered what sins she had committed in her past life to end up with such a family of relatives.

Lin Xi had recovered by now, but she was afraid that she would be beaten again if she woke up, so she simply pretended to be knocked unconscious and kept her eyes tightly closed.

Gangzi mustered his courage and checked Lin Xi's breath with his hand. He felt that she was still breathing faintly, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Zhu, the person is still breathing. Let's stop. If something really happens, we'll have to take responsibility too."

"Okay, I'll listen to you. Let's go have a drink, you and me."

After they left, Lin Xi slowly opened her eyes and looked around. It was clearly a deserted place, with a layer of dust on the ground and some bloodstains mixed in.

Lin Xi was truly terrified. Lin Jinbao was capable of anything, thinking that since he had his grandmother's backing, he would be ruined if he really called Wang Mazi over.

No, I can't just wait for someone to rescue me. I have to think of a way out, but my hands and feet are tied, and it's not easy to climb out of here. The two people at the door are still guarding the entrance. What should I do?

Lin Xiao and his group waited there for a long time, but Lin Xi did not return. At first, they waited patiently for a while, but when they saw that it was taking too long, Jiang's mother was worried and ran to the toilet to check, but there was no one there.

Her heart skipped a beat. Had something happened? She hurriedly came out and told Lin Xiao and the others, and the group split up to search.

They asked all the vendors around, but no one had seen her. Lin Xiao was extremely anxious. Xiao Xi wasn't the kind of person who would joke around with them. If they couldn't find her after all this time, it seemed like something had happened.

Just as he was getting extremely anxious, a few people walked towards him, chatting as they went: "Look at people nowadays, there are all kinds of people. You know, people with husbands and children are thinking about eloping with someone. What are they thinking?"

"Yes, she looks quite pretty, and the white dress she's wearing is also very nice. It's not cheap either. My daughter has wanted it for a long time, but we haven't been able to bring ourselves to buy it for her."

At that moment, someone casually remarked, "I heard that woman shouting quite loudly. Could she really have been scammed?"

"Probably not. Didn't that guy say that's his wife? Forget it, let's not bring this up again. Let's not really get ourselves into trouble."

Lin Xiao had only overheard part of the conversation, but the clothes they were talking about looked somewhat similar to Xiao Xi's. Could it be...?

He quickly stepped forward to stop them: "Gentlemen, may I ask if you just encountered a girl?"

"No, we didn't see it. You should ask someone else."

Lin Xiao asked anxiously, "You clearly said you just met a woman. To be honest, she might be someone very important to me. Please, tell her for me, okay?"

"Young man, it's not that we don't want to help you, we just really didn't see it."

"Hey guys, is he talking about the guy we just ran into?"

Several people tugged at his clothes, signaling him to speak less.

Lin Xiao pulled out a few dozen yuan from his pocket: "Please, tell me what's going on. She's about to go to university. If she's taken away by bad guys, who knows what might happen to her. If you tell me everything you know, I'll give you a reward."

Upon seeing so much money, the group exchanged glances and, without further ado, began to chatter: "Judging from the voice, it should be a young girl, but that man insists it's his wife."

"Yeah, I saw one of them was carrying a knife. We were just too scared to say much earlier."

"..."

Lin Xiao waved his hand: "Stop, just tell me where that person went."

The group pointed in the same direction without prior agreement, and Lin Xiao shoved all the money into one of them's hands. He then jogged off in the direction they had pointed.

Given Xiaoxi's intelligence, if she knew she had been taken away, she would have left some clues while she was conscious.

Lin Xiao bent down and carefully searched the ground.

"Xiao Xi, wait for me, Brother Lin Xiao will definitely rescue you."

To be continued!