Chapter 53 It’s too late
Xu Qingsui looked at the two of them in horror. The fear he felt at that moment was unprecedented.
She sat on the ground and backed away step by step. Two men came forward quickly, held her arms on the left and right, pulled her up from the ground, and dragged her into the woods.
I don’t know how long I walked, but it was already completely dark. From time to time, I could hear the howling of wolves and other animals, which sounded deep and terrifying in the black jungle.
One of them turned on a flashlight and saw a steep cliff in front of them with a cave under the cliff.
Xu Qingsui was taken into the cave and thrown roughly to the ground.
The two of them were talking in English, and Xu Qingsui could vaguely understand some of the content: no one should be able to find her in the forest, and they would feed her to the wolves soon, and take a photo and send it back to him so that he could transfer money...
After the two finished talking, one of them took out his cell phone and took a few photos of Xu Qingsui.
"Damn, no signal!" one of them said angrily.
"Then deal with her quickly, take a photo and send it to that Yan, and ask her to pay!"
Your last name is Yan?
Xu Qingsui had an ominous guess in her mind. Among the people she knew, there was only one person with the surname Yan, Yan Xisui...
"No! What if she doesn't give me the money?" One of them said irritably, "I asked her to transfer the money in the car just now, but she said she would only transfer the money after seeing it with her own eyes! How can we send a message in the mountains without a signal?"
“Wuwuwu! Wuwuwu…” Xu Qingsui struggled desperately, knowing that now was her best chance.
Her violent movements really attracted the attention of the two men. One of them stepped forward and tore off the tape on her mouth: "If you have to fart, do it now!"
"Don't you want money? I'll pay you double what Miss Yan offers!" Xu Qingsui said all in one breath.
The two looked at each other, and one of them squatted down and asked, "Do you really have money?"
Xu Qingsui nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I have as many as you want!"
"Why should we trust you?" one of the men asked.
"I'll give you a number. He's the president of the Huo Group. After you go down the mountain, contact him to transfer money. If you get the money, you can let me go. If not, you can do whatever you want with me!" Xu Qingsui said calmly.
No matter what, she had to delay time. She believed that Huo Xilin must be looking for her at this moment. It would be even better if she could use these two people to provide clues to Huo Xilin.
The Huo Group is well-known around the world and almost everyone has heard of it, including these two people.
The two hesitated for a moment, one of them winked at him, and then the two walked aside to discuss in a low voice.
In the end, one person left the cave, while the other returned and continued to guard Xu Qingsui.
The night was growing deeper and deeper, and in the pitch-black cave, Xu Qingsui could only hear the snoring of a man beside him.
I guess he has fallen asleep and the other person hasn't come back yet.
Her hand groped on the ground and suddenly touched a sharp stone.
Her eyes lit up, and she carefully held the stone in her palm, then rubbed the rope with the sharp stone as quietly as possible.
It lasted for a very long time, so long that Xu Qingsui's wrists became sore, and so long that the man's snoring stopped.
Xu Qingsui's heart skipped a beat, and then the rope broke. She felt a sense of relief at her wrist, and she felt both nervous and happy.
Suddenly, there was a sound of clothes rubbing against each other. Xu Qingsui quickly put the stone in his hand on the ground, then held the broken rope in his palm, closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.
The bright light shone on her face. The man in the baseball cap made sure that there was nothing wrong with her. He wrapped his clothes around himself, turned off his phone and went back to sleep.
In the darkness, when the snoring sound sounded again, Xu Qingsui opened his eyes, broke free from the ropes on his hands, then sat up and carefully untied the ropes on his legs.
Her eyes had adapted to the darkness, and with the moonlight reflected from the snow outside the cave, she could vaguely see what was happening inside the cave.
Fortunately, the rope was not tied into a knot, so she untied it easily. She slowly climbed up by feeling the wall, and when the numbness in her legs faded a little, she tiptoed towards the cave entrance.
Just as he reached the entrance of the cave, Xu Qingsui accidentally stepped on a dead leaf, making a little noise.
"who?"
Xu Qingsui was so scared that he ran away. The man in the baseball cap suddenly woke up and saw only a black shadow disappearing from the cave.
"You bitch, how dare you play tricks on me!" He cursed and quickly turned on the flashlight and chased after her.
Xu Qingsui ran desperately in the jungle. The wind whistled past her ears. She could not see the road ahead clearly. Branches and dry grass scratched her skin again and again. She was in pain and scared, but she could not stop.
"stop!"
A man's rough cursing came from behind, and it seemed to be getting closer.
Suddenly Xu Qingsui stepped on empty air, his body tilted downward and rolled down a hillside.
At that moment, her mind went blank.
After rolling for an unknown amount of time, Xu Qingsui lay on the ground half-conscious and half-awake. The surroundings were extremely quiet. At that moment, time seemed to have stopped.
A bright light flashed on the top of the mountain, and Xu Qingsui woke up. She knew that it was not advisable to stay here for long, and she had to leave quickly. The man would find her soon, and if she was caught again, she would definitely die.
She stood up by holding on to a tree beside her. She felt a tearing pain in her legs. She tried to move, but she couldn't.
The cold sweat had soaked her innermost clothes and they stuck to her body. The cold wind blew into her sweater, making her shiver.
But the coldness could keep her awake at all times. Relying on the first aid knowledge she learned during military training in college, she took off the scarf around her neck, picked up a branch, tied her legs together, and then walked in the opposite direction of the light, feeling her way through one tree after another.
The sky was getting brighter and brighter, and it started snowing again. Xu Qingsui was hungry, thirsty, cold and tired. She heard the sound of a stream, and she walked in the direction of the sound. Finally, she saw a frozen stream with running water in the middle.
She could no longer hold on and fell to the ground in an instant. Then she crawled on the ground, crawled to the water source, scooped up the water with her hands, brought it to her mouth, and drank it in big gulps.
Sleepiness eroded her brain bit by bit. She could no longer hold on and fell into a deep sleep.
In a daze, she seemed to see someone running towards her, calling her name.
"Xu Qingsui!"
That person was so familiar, and that voice was so familiar too. It was as if there was a similar scene deep in her memory, with flames rising to the sky all around, and a young boy running towards her, shouting her name...
The memory was too vague, the fire slowly turned into darkness, and she remembered nothing.
Huo Xilin’s face turned pale. He fell to his knees in front of Xu Qingsui and held the unconscious man in his arms.
"I'm sorry I'm late."
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