"The people who kidnapped me are now trying to rob the safe here, there are so many of them..."
Her words came to an abrupt end.
One of the thugs who was patrolling downstairs as a lookout happened to pass by the door and heard the commotion inside.
The bandit's expression changed, and he rushed in. Seeing Shang Wu on the phone, his vicious nature was immediately revealed.
"You dare call the police, you bitch?!"
Shang Wu gripped the microphone tightly, but the next second she threw the phone down and tried to run away!
The bandit reached for her, but she pushed him away forcefully.
Shang Wu ran frantically toward the nearest women's restroom.
"Grab her! That woman's trying something!"
The sound of the bandits' hurried footsteps came from behind, and at the same time they notified their accomplices through walkie-talkies.
Shang Wu didn't dare hesitate for a second. She rushed into the women's restroom and tried to lock the door behind her.
But the bandits outside had already arrived and kicked the door hard.
The flimsy door panel made a loud noise, and the door lock shook violently!
"Open the door! You fucking want to die!"
The sound of kicking the door repeatedly was accompanied by the thugs' foul curses.
Shang Wu leaned against the door, not understanding how they dared to make such a fuss.
The noise on the first floor probably prevents them from hearing what's going on here, which is why they act so recklessly.
The door was about to be kicked open.
Shang Wu noticed a small ventilation window above the restroom, which seemed to be the only possible way out.
Without hesitation, she dragged the trash can over, stepped on it, and forcefully pushed open the dusty window.
Outside the window is the back alley of the winery, piled with some miscellaneous items and several huge green environmentally friendly trash cans. The ground is rough cement, about a meter or more above the window.
The robbers had already started ramming the door, and the lock was about to be broken.
Shang Wu had no time to hesitate.
She gritted her teeth, climbed onto the windowsill, and jumped!
A slight cracking sound, accompanied by excruciating pain, shot through my entire body from my right ankle in an instant.
Shang Wu fell heavily onto the cold, hard cement floor, the pain making her vision go black and almost causing her to faint.
She heard a loud crash as the bathroom door upstairs was kicked open, and the thugs rushing to the window shouting angrily.
"She jumped out of the window and ran away! Go down and chase her!"
We can't get caught, or we're dead!
Despite the excruciating pain, Shang Wu dragged her right leg, which was completely unable to support her weight, and almost crawled, staggering towards the several huge trash cans.
With her last bit of strength, she lifted the lid of a half-full trash can, ignoring the stench emanating from inside, and laboriously pulled the lid shut from the inside, leaving only a tiny gap.
A nauseating smell instantly enveloped her, and waves of pain shot through her ankle.
Shang Wu bit her lip tightly, not daring to make a sound, her whole body trembling violently from the pain.
Footsteps and shouts quickly came from the alley entrance.
"Where is she? Where did she go?" "Separate teams! She tripped and fell; she couldn't have gone far!"
"If she gets away, we're all doomed!"
The beam of the flashlight swept haphazardly through the alley, passing over the trash can where Shang Wu was hiding several times.
Her heart leaped into her throat, and she held her breath.
The thugs searched the area for several minutes, even kicking over an empty trash can.
Ultimately, fearing that making too much noise would attract attention, they retreated temporarily into the distillery, cursing and swearing, and prepared to expand the search area.
Inside the trash can, Shang Wu breathed a slight sigh of relief, but the excruciating pain in her ankle and the cold, sticky feeling all over her body almost drove her to the brink of collapse.
She didn't know if Lu Rang had heard her, or if he could arrive in time; she could only wait helplessly.
...
On the other side.
After receiving Shang Wu's distress call, Lu Rang almost floored the accelerator while simultaneously contacting Cheng Zhou, Lu You, and the police in Lincheng.
"Yunniang Winery, western suburbs, surround that area immediately."
When Cheng Zhou and Lu You received the news, their hearts were in their throats.
They rushed to Yunniang Winery at full speed.
The police were also dispatched quickly.
The sound of sirens echoed along the road leading to the western suburbs.
As Lu Rang's car was the first to frantically rush into the distillery area, he just happened to hear faint shouts and commotion coming from behind the distillery.
Without hesitation, he drove straight into the backyard fence and rushed inside.
Several police cars followed closely behind and quickly surrounded the winery.
The well-trained police stormed into the distillery, and soon the sounds of fighting and shouting could be heard from inside.
But soon, the people inside announced that Shang Wu was not there.
Lu Rang quickly ran towards the back alley.
"Awu! Shangwu!" He searched frantically in the back alley, the beam of his flashlight sweeping across every corner.
Cheng Zhou and Lu You also rushed to the back alley to help with the search, their hearts pounding with anxiety.
"Lu Rang! Over here!"
Lu You suddenly exclaimed in surprise as she saw a watch on the ground.
It's from Shangwu.
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