Li Jinchao had been following Chu Yu, and as expected, he had already discovered her situation. However, the two thugs had taken two hostages, the main door was locked from the inside, and there was another security door outside the main door. In other words, even if Li Jinchao discovered her situation and sent someone to rescue her, he would have to open these two doors first.

But opening the door would surely alert the criminals.

Ideally, Li Jinchao and his group would pretend to be plumbers or community surveyors, causing the criminals to open both doors so they could sneak in and subdue them.

This is the safest approach.

But by the time Li Jinchao finds the right person, Chu Yu may have already been defiled by these two men. After all, these two thugs have ruthless faces and are most likely desperate criminals.

These days, without cameras, the cost of crime is very low, and robberies can easily turn into rapes and murders. Chu Yu still hopes to come up with a foolproof solution.

The scarred man moved them into the house. The shorter man tried to come in, but the scarred man stopped him.

"Brother, I've never slept with such a beautiful woman in my entire life. If I could sleep with her, I'd die happy!"

The scarred man said coldly, "I didn't say you couldn't sleep. After we withdraw the deposit from the bank tomorrow, everything will be foolproof. You can do whatever you want then."

"Tomorrow? If this woman's family comes knocking on our door, it will be a huge loss."

"Not so fast. Go to the bank first thing tomorrow morning. I'll keep an eye on them. If anything happens, I'll take care of them and jump out the window. We'll meet at the junkyard we met last time."

"Okay, brother!" The short man glanced at the women in the room. He thought it would be a waste to kill them; after all, the girls were so beautiful, and he couldn't bear to just kill them like that. "Brother, just let me have some fun, I'll just sleep with you once..."

"Alright! It's not that I don't want you to play, but if nothing unexpected happens tomorrow, you can play however you want. If you kill someone now, it'll cause too much of a commotion and could lead to problems! Don't forget, we came here to make money. If we don't get any, we're both dead. You'd better think carefully about whether money or women are more important!"

The scarred man spoke fiercely, and the shorter man dared not disobey. He glanced listlessly at the bedroom, "Of course money is more important. With money, what kind of woman can't I find? I can do whatever I want with her! But if something goes wrong, I won't even be able to save my life."

"It's good that you know!"

Zou Minzhao overheard their conversation through the door and inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the scarred man was sensible. Although the danger hadn't passed, even delaying it by an hour would be good, let alone a whole day.

"Miss, I've dragged you into this mess, I'm so sorry!" Zou Minzhao said with a sigh. It seemed like she was born with bad luck, everything she did was fraught with misfortune, and now she had even caused Chu Yu to be trapped here. "By the way, miss, may I ask your name?"

Chu Yu smiled and said, "My name is Zhou Chu Yu."

"Chu Yu?" Zou Minzhao had heard Zhang Ying call her name before, but Zhang Ying had a distinct northern accent, so Zou Minzhao hadn't quite caught it. Even if she had, it would have been difficult to know how to write Chu Yu's name just from someone else's pronunciation. "What a coincidence! My daughter is also named Chu Yu, the same as you. May I ask how you write your name, young lady?"

This was the first time Chu Yu had met someone with the same name as her.

She smiled and said, "My name is a bit hard to write. It's the Chu from the State of Chu and the Yu from the elm tree."

"Oh my! What a coincidence! My daughter is also named Chu Yu, those are the same characters!" Zou Minzhao exclaimed with delight. "How can there be such a coincidence in the world? You and my daughter have the exact same name! I've lived this long, and this is the first time I've met someone with the same name as my daughter. We really are destined to meet!"

Chu Yu also thought it was quite a coincidence, "It really is fate. If it weren't fate, we wouldn't be tied together here."

Zou Minzhao smiled and said, "You're a really resilient girl. You didn't even flinch when faced with such a big situation. If it were my adopted daughter, she would have wet her pants in fear. How could she be so calm and chatting with me like this?"

"It's not that I'm not scared, but being scared won't solve anything. Luckily, that scarred man knows what's important and is afraid of causing even bigger trouble, so he's not letting the short guy in for the time being. Otherwise, I would have been doomed today too."

Zou Minzhao's expression turned serious. "Yes, I don't know many people in Beijing. I was hoping that Xiao Wang could be quick-witted and bring the police over. Otherwise, we would definitely die here. It doesn't matter if I die, but you are innocent! Now that I know you have the same name as my daughter, I can't bear to let you suffer like that."

Chu Yu could tell that Zou Minzhao was a very good person.

"Don't worry, we'll definitely find a way."

Zou Minzhao nodded. "Girl, if they really dare to cause trouble tomorrow, I'll try to stall them. The first floor of this house is built underground, and the second floor is low, so you won't die if you jump. Try to jump down and go outside to ask for help."

"And what about you?"

“I’m fine. At my age, and with no one to rely on in this situation, there’s no difference between me being alive and dead,” Zou Minzhao glanced at the floor tiles under the cabinet. When Chu Yu followed her gaze, she whispered, “If I die, take all my valuables. My daughter isn’t here, so I don’t know who to give all the money I earn. We’re locked up here together, which is a kind of fate. I’ll leave all these things to you.”

Chu Yu was stunned, never expecting Zou Minzhao to say such a thing.

"Please don't say that..."

“I’m telling the truth. If you’re willing, you can take over my roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) shop and run it.”

Chu Yu approached Zou Minzhao because she wanted to find out where her formula came from.

Zou Minzhao opened her shop earlier than Yorkham, so the recipe couldn't have been leaked from Yorkham. However, the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) she makes is exactly the same as the one sold in Shu's roujiamo shop, and her chicken rolls and fried chicken legs are also almost identical to those in Yorkham's.

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