Chapter 30 Chapter 30 The Crisis of Social Animals
Although the two scoundrels were sent away, Shen Run was not relieved.
Text messages urging her to repay the loan kept coming.
Failure to repay the loan on time will affect her credit rating, which means it will be difficult for her to find a reliable job in the future. Moreover, the overdue interest is also quite high, which will make it even more difficult for her to pay the money.
She hesitated for a long time, deleting and cutting on the screen with her fingers, but she couldn't send the message to borrow money from others.
At this moment, her cell phone suddenly vibrated. Before she could see who was calling, she instinctively pressed the answer button.
Since she was a child, she studied better than Chen Wen and was liked by teachers more than Chen Wen. Chen Wen was jealous but couldn't beat her, so he could only belittle and humiliate her verbally. When she got high scores, he said she was lucky. When she worked part-time to earn money, he said she went to nightclubs to be touched by men. He took the lead in isolating her in school and even teamed up with boys in her grade to spread obscene rumors, saying that she was kept by an older man outside of school. Chen Run was not polite to him. He dragged him to the school broadcasting room and slapped him more than a dozen times, forcing him to apologize to him through the loudspeaker and let all teachers and students hear it.
From then on, the brother and sister had almost no communication, even though they lived under the same roof they could still not speak to each other at all.
She asked rudely, "What do you want?"
Chen Wen's tone was calm and steady, and he really had the demeanor of an older brother. He asked softly on the other end of the phone, "Nothing, I just haven't spoken to you in a while, so I wanted to call and ask, how have you been doing recently?"
As the saying goes, "If you're too nice to someone without any reason, you're either a traitor or a thief." This applies to people like Chen Wen. When Chen Run heard this, she felt like he was here to borrow money. Thinking of this, she swallowed the words she was about to say to save face and brag. She snorted softly, "Oh no! I've owed a foreign debt and now I'm worried about how to pay it back."
Fearing that Chen Wen was still scheming, she simply turned the tables and asked, "Do you have any money? Can you lend me some?"
Shen Wen chuckled and said, "Okay, I understand." Then he hung up the phone.
What did he know? Puzzled, Chen Wen frowned, and suddenly a transfer notification came to her phone—Chen Wen had transferred 10,000 yuan to her!
Is he possessed by something?!
Chen Wen instinctively felt that he had bad intentions, but then she thought, who cares what he is thinking? Chen Wen bullied her a lot when they were young, so she could just consider it as compensation for her mental damage. What could be more urgent than paying off the loan now?
After thinking about it this way, she felt much more at ease, and finally managed to pay off the loan before twelve o'clock. The online loan company seemed a little bit unbelievable and sent several text messages to confirm. Only after they were sure that she was right on time did they hang up the phone in disappointment.
Chen Run thought the matter was over, but unexpectedly there was another twist the next morning - Mo Tao did not come to work.
Only then did she remember that Mo Tao and she had borrowed money from the same online loan company. If her repayment date was brought forward, then Mo Tao must have been too. Maybe she had also encountered the situation of being visited by debt collectors. Mo Tao had not learned Sanda like her, so who knows how scared she might be.
Chen Run felt a little uneasy and called her several times in a row, but either she didn't answer or the calls were directly cut off. She felt even more uneasy and sent a voice message to ask her what was going on. This time, Mo Tao replied quickly and sent a voice message saying that she was fine and asked her not to worry. She also said that she was trying to raise money and would go to work after borrowing the money.
She sounded depressed, but it didn't seem like anything was wrong. Shen Run felt relieved and waited for her in the store with peace of mind.
——But she didn’t expect that Mo Tao didn’t come until after get off work.
Chen Run's heart was lifted again. She changed her clothes while making a phone call. She dialed the third number before it got through. This time, Mo Tao's voice was obviously much more flustered, and there was a clear cry in her voice: "Hello, Xiao Run, I..."
There was a man's laughter in the background.
Chen Run's expression changed slightly: "Xiao Tao, what's wrong with you? What happened?"
There was another burst of noise from the receiver, and when it spoke again, it was a man's voice: "Hello, is this Chen Run?"
Shen Run lowered his voice: "It's me, who are you? What do you want to do?"
"Nothing," the man on the other end smiled. "You beat up one of our people yesterday, so I came to ask for an explanation. That's not too much, is it?"
As soon as these words came out, Shen Run knew it was the Beetle Online Loan Company. She said, "Every wrong has its perpetrator. If you want revenge, just come to me. Why are you bullying my friend?!"
“Haha, of course we’re looking for you. If you really consider her a friend, come to her rental house now. We’ll be waiting for you here.” He obviously didn’t take Shen Run seriously and laughed again: “Remember, don’t call the police, otherwise we can’t guarantee that she won’t get into any accidents.”
This was the first time in Chen Run's life that he encountered such a thing. It was impossible for him not to be afraid - but he was more surprised than afraid. You have to know that this is the Magic City. What kind of background do these people have to dare to commit crimes here?
But Mo Tao was her friend, and she owed him money to help her out of debt. Chen Run couldn't just sit back and watch. She ignored the man's threats and called the police as she walked out: "Hello, police? I want to report a case. My friend might have been kidnapped at home. The suspect is an online loan company called Beetle..."
When the operator heard the name, he immediately became alert: "Okay, comrade, please don't panic. Please tell us your friend's address and phone number..."
Under normal circumstances, Chen Run's actions could be considered a textbook example of self-rescue. After all, the kidnappers didn't have clairvoyance or super hearing, and they couldn't possibly know whether the victim had reported the crime to the police or not. But the problem was that she didn't know that people with superpowers existed in this world.
She had only reported half of the address when she suddenly looked up with alarm and found that she had turned into a deserted path as if under a spell. Two men appeared out of thin air and blocked her way - both of them had tattoos of different species of insects on their arms.
The leader sneered: "Looks like I have to teach you a lesson today, so you know what it means to be obedient."
Normally, Chen Run would not take the two men of medium build seriously, but at this moment, she had already vaguely sensed that something was wrong.
Without hesitation, she turned around and ran.
The leading companion patted him lightly, and he seemed to have teleported, appearing behind her in just a second.
Chen Run didn't even have time to resist. As soon as she met the man's eyes, she felt as if her head was hit by a heavy object. Almost instantly, she lost consciousness.
With a 'pop' sound, the phone fell to the ground and broke into pieces in an instant.
The operator at the police station called "Hello" a few times, and when he found no movement on the other end of the phone, he immediately guessed that the caller must have been in some trouble.
Without hesitation, she told her colleagues, "Quick, report this to the patrol team immediately!"
While calling the police, a colleague asked, "Are you sure this alarm is related to the superpower? We don't want another blunder like last time. The patrol team is very short-staffed."
"Absolutely," the police officer on the call answered with a serious expression. "You don't know, but patrols recently discovered the bodies of several young men and women from various countries on the high seas. Each one was strikingly good-looking and very young, having been subjected to humiliation and sexual abuse."
"Records show that each of the deceased vanished suddenly before their deaths, reappearing on the high seas without any warning. No matter how we try, we can't find out how they arrived in the high seas." She said gravely, "The only thing they have in common is that they borrowed money from Beetle Online Loan Company."
The high seas are not controlled by any country and are extremely vast. If the victims and the people who called the police were taken to the high seas, they would be in great danger.
......
Chen Run was shaken awake.
It was completely dark at this time. Her hands and feet were supported by special ropes, and she felt as if she was in a speeding car.
She quietly opened her eyes a little and found Mo Tao sleeping at her feet. She then breathed a sigh of relief.
She had originally intended to continue pretending to be unconscious so she could better understand the situation, but just as she regained consciousness, the leader driving the car smiled and said, "Oh, you're awake?" He scoffed, "Stop pretending. I can sense your heartbeat."
Chen Run also opened his eyes decisively, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "Who are you?"
She would be a fool if she didn't notice something was wrong.
She was walking peacefully down a busy thoroughfare, why did he turn onto a side road, as if possessed by some trance? Why were this man and his companions moving so fast they seemed inhuman? Why did she faint the moment she looked into his eyes?
Also, there was the weird face she had encountered before...
These supernatural events frightened her more than the kidnapping itself, and she even feared that her cognition, which had accumulated over the years, was about to collapse.
"You ordinary people are just like pigs in a pigsty, your lives are so ridiculous..." The kidnapper who was driving sneered and was about to say something when he heard a "puff" sound of air leaking, as if the tire was punctured.
The car body turned sharply, and several dart-like objects pierced into the car body with a "bang".
"Oh no, it's the third brother and the others!" The kidnapper's face changed when he saw the dart. He was about to step on the accelerator and leave, but he didn't expect that two modified commercial vehicles came from behind, one in front and one behind, and forced the car to stop.
The kidnapper's face turned pale and blue, and he exchanged a look with his companion in the passenger seat, and reluctantly pushed open the car door.
As soon as the two of them got out of the car, they immediately put on a smile and bowed respectfully to the commercial vehicle in front of them: "Third Brother."
The air was quiet for a while, and then the door of the business car slowly opened, and a man with a cigarette in his mouth got out of the car.
'Third Brother' was very handsome, except for the inch-long scar across his cheek. He had three white eyes, and even though he wore a formal suit and a pair of silver-rimmed glasses, he still looked vicious.
He walked up to the two of them slowly and blew a smoke ring at them: "Shunzi, you have become more capable."
Shunzi was the one who hypnotized Chen Run away. When he saw that the "third brother" came with bad intentions, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and the smile on his face was almost unable to be suppressed.
——The Darwin Evolution Group is not a monolithic group either. The Demon City is a prosperous place, and several groups in the organization are eyeing it. This third brother is competing with his superiors, and the two have been at loggerheads for a long time.
His superior had previously taken money for the parasol to scare Shen Run so as to force her to comply. He showed up today just to intimidate this little girl from another place. If Shen Run had not called the police and it might attract the patrol team, he would not have used his supernatural powers to take her away at all - he planned to take her to an abandoned factory in the suburbs and lock her up for two days before releasing her.
But now, 'Third Brother' appeared and blocked his way.
This person is different from his superior. His superior can only make some extra money in the gray area, but "Third Brother" is basically a desperado. He has committed several major crimes abroad before. This person is very ruthless and who knows what he wants to do by appearing here.
He forced a smile and explained, "Third brother, I am just following orders, you just..."
Shunzi had only said half of his words when the third brother raised his hand and put out the cigarette butt in his face. He scratched his ears and said with a smile: "What did you say? I don't think I heard clearly."
The fireworks burned his skin, making a slight sizzling sound. Shunzi's face changed, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead due to the pain, but he didn't dare to say a word.
——The Darwin Evolution Group has a strict hierarchy. He and his companions are C and D-level auxiliary psychics respectively, while the "third brother" is a strong B-level combat psychic who is about to evolve to A-level. He can do whatever he wants to them without even having to bear any consequences.
'Third Brother' sneered, led his men around Shunzi, walked to the van at the back, and said slowly: "Your boss took a private job for parasols without telling me, but didn't give me a penny of the money. I can only find a way to make up for the loss myself." He suddenly opened the car door and his eyes fell on Shen Run's face. The look in his eyes was like he was selecting an animal to be slaughtered in the pen.
"It's in good condition." He examined it for a moment and whistled frivolously, "Then send it to Happy Island."
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