Ni Sitian trembled and instinctively moved back.

Li Rui reached out and grabbed Ni Sitian's chin, his sharp eyes narrowing slightly, his voice as rough and hoarse as a demon from hell: "Mrs. Xu, it's been a long time."

Ni Sitian froze, too afraid to move. She had already experienced firsthand how terrifying Li Rui was.

“Mrs. Xu, don’t panic. Your fear will only make people want to hurt you more.” Li Rui’s hand covered Ni Sitian’s cheek, his black leather glove rubbing against it coolly. “Tsk tsk, the handprint on this little face is really pretty.”

Ni Sitian turned her head away from his hand, bit her lip, and tried to make her voice sound less trembling: "What exactly do you want to do!"

Li Rui tapped his cane on the ground, his eyes growing even more sinister. "Xu Tingchuan crippled this leg of mine. With both old and new grudges, what do you think I want to do?"

"You deserve what you got, you can't blame anyone else." To sound more confident, Ni Sitian straightened her back and said with a stern face, "You should know that the Xu family and the Shen family are not to be trifled with. Even if you kill us, it will only be a temporary relief. Have you thought about the consequences? Can the Golden Tiger Sect behind you protect you? Or do you think that guy surnamed Tang can protect you?"

"Hehe." Li Rui laughed. Did she think he couldn't consider what she was saying?

It was indeed an accident that Ni Sitian was kidnapped, but fortunately, he had prepared a scene to throw the Xu family into chaos beforehand, so he could simply bring things forward. The Shen family was also in dire straits; the marriage alliance between the Shen family and the Bo family was its biggest weakness, making it much easier to exploit.

When Ni Sitian saw Li Rui's smile, she got goosebumps all over. His smile was so smug and confident. What had he been doing in the shadows all this time?

"Brother Li, it's done over there." The dark-skinned, thin man walked in and handed his phone to Li Rui.

Li Rui answered the call and walked out, instructing the two men to keep an eye on the person before getting into his car and leaving.

The dark-skinned, thin man took the rope again and tied Ni Sitian to the stone pillar. A little while later, the short, fat man came in with a boxed lunch. The two of them spread out newspapers on the broken table and began to eat.

Ni Sitian struggled slightly from behind, but this time she was tied up much more tightly than last time, and she couldn't pull herself out at all.

She squinted and saw the restaurant's name printed on the food container. It had only been about half an hour since the short, fat man went out to buy food, which meant that the restaurant was not far from here.

Unfortunately, her phone was on the ground two meters away, so she had no way to contact Xu Tingchuan and the others.

The call with Jin Rulan just now was too rushed; I don't know if Jin Rulan heard what she said.

Ni Sitian frowned and looked at Xiang Zhilan, who was still unconscious and tied to a chair. What worried her most was whether the smell that Zhilan had inhaled would affect the fetus.

While Ni Sitian was anxious, Jin Rulan had already driven to Xu Tingchuan's company. Several employees couldn't stop her, and she barged into the conference room, interrupting the meeting.

When Xu Tingchuan saw Jin Rulan, his eyebrows furrowed. He was about to have his assistant Yu escort her out when he heard her say, "I have something important to tell you, about Ni Sitian."

After she finished speaking, she walked straight to the president's office. When Xu Tingchuan heard that it was about Ni Sitian, he stood up and quickly followed her in.

As soon as the door closed, Jin Rulan turned around and said, "Sitian and Xiang Zhilan have been kidnapped by Li Rui."