Xiao Shan thought his words were very clever. He believed that as long as they thought Hu Ling was in their hands, they wouldn't dare to make a move easily.
But little did he know, Hu Ling was at the foot of the mountain, her eyes coldly fixed on their direction.
When A Bao's bodyguards heard this, they were all stunned and turned their eyes to Hu Ling.
Isn't their Sister Hu perfectly fine right here? Are these two pigs?
Abao was about to shout.
Hu Ling stopped him and whispered something in his ear.
Abao loudly repeated Hu Ling's words.
"Xiao Shan, you traitor! Sister Hu treated you all so well, why did you betray her?"
Xiao Shan: "A Bao, don't give me that nonsense. People die for money, birds die for food. You want to be a dog for the rest of your life? I don't. Get out of my way right now, or I'll kill her right now."
Ah Bao pretended to be scared and uneasy.
Even the voice was imitative and trembled slightly.
"Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive! I'll make way for you, but I need to make sure Sister Hu is safe first. Can you let Sister Hu say something?"
Xiao Shan's heart skipped a beat when he heard those words.
He then turned and kicked Chen Zhe.
"You shouted down that Hu Ling was injured and was weak and unable to speak."
Chen Zhe shouted as he was told.
Hearing Chen Zhe's voice, Hu Ling at the foot of the mountain breathed a sigh of relief.
It's good that Chen Zhe isn't dead; if he's alive, there's a chance we can save him.
She said a few more words to Abao.
Abao: "Manager Chen, you're all safe and sound, right?"
Chen Zhe: "Yes, Brother Bao, Sister Hu was slightly injured. She's a bit weak, but she's still safe."
Xiao Shan quickly followed up, shouting, "Abao, are you sure now? Can you let us out?"
Abao: "No problem, we'll retreat 50 meters now."
Xiaoshan: "50 meters is not enough! You must leave this ravine. We will only come out after we can no longer see you."
Ah Bao: "No, what if you just run away?"
Xiao Shan: "There are mountains right behind us, how can we run? Don't worry, I won't lie to you!"
Ah Bao: "I don't trust you unless you release Sister Hu first! We can leave Manager Chen with you as a hostage."
Xiao Shan blurted out instinctively, "Impossible!!!"
They only have Chen Zhe as a hostage right now. Hu Ling is hiding somewhere. If they release Chen Zhe, they will have no hostages left.
Abao: "Xiao Shan, you're not lying to me, are you? Could it be that Sister Hu isn't actually in your hands?"
Xiao Shan started to panic.
"What should we do? He's suspicious!"
The wasps were getting anxious too.
"Stay calm, we need to be confident."
"Should we let this kid out? That way we can gain their trust?"
"The wasp asked."
"Are you fucking stupid? This kid knows Hu Ling isn't in our hands. If he goes out, we'll be exposed!"
"That's true, so what do you suggest we do?"
The two sides have been at odds over whether or not to leave a hostage, with neither side willing to budge.
"This can't go on. Why is Abao being so stubborn today? You've already threatened to kill Hu Ling, why won't he back down?"
"How should I know? Maybe he's genuinely worried that we'll run away with Hu Ling!"
The two of them thought for more than ten minutes but still couldn't come up with a solution.
Finally, they all turned their attention to Chen Zhe.
The wasp held a gun to his head.
"Kid, give us an idea. Aren't you managers always known for being shrewd?"
Chen Zhe could only give these two players an 8.5 out of 10, because he had 1.5 points for his performance.
Having lived for over twenty years, he had never seen such a person before. How could a kidnapper expect the hostage to find a solution?
But he didn't refuse, because it might be his only chance.
To escape from these two vicious men, one must demonstrate one's usefulness.
"You want to run away, don't you?"
"Isn't that obvious?"
As the wasp tried to slap him again, Chen Zhe immediately said, "A scholar can be killed but not humiliated. If you hit me again, you'd better figure something out yourselves!"
"you?"
Xiao Shan stopped him.
"Alright, don't make things worse now."
"Tell me! What ideas do you have for us to escape?"
Xiao Shan looked at Chen Zhe and asked.
"Okay, here's my thinking: they're insisting on leaving one hostage before they'll back down, and you're worried they won't actually back down, right?"
"yes!"
"Then you can discuss with them that one of you can take me downstairs, take control of the car, and carefully check whether they have actually moved backward?"
You want us to go and die?
The wasp was getting anxious.
Chen Zhe glanced at him and said unhurriedly, "How can this be considered suicide? If you go down alone, they definitely won't do anything to you. After all, there's another person controlling Hu Ling on the mountain, isn't there? Considering this, they won't make a move on the person coming down the mountain."
The two of them suddenly realized what was happening.
"That's right!"
But then they asked again.
"What if you say something inappropriate after you come down the mountain?"
"Brother, you have guns, do you think I would dare to say anything out of line? Besides, Hu Ling betrayed me, so I certainly won't completely side with them. In order to save my life, I definitely don't want you to have a gunfight."
Xiao Shan nodded to Huang Feng.
"What happened to that person on the mountain? How did he get away?"
"Once one of you and I go down, the other person should run back as fast as they can. They will never expect that the people up there will move at this time. You can take this opportunity to run back to the house. Once the person coming down the mountain has control of the car, they can come to pick you up."
"So that's how it is!!"
Huang Feng and Xiao Shan exchanged a glance.
After listening to Chen Zhe's explanation, they also felt that it was a good idea.
Now that the solution has been determined, the next step is to choose who should step down.
Both of them hesitated.
Because the person staying on the mountain is undoubtedly safer.
Nobody wanted to go down the mountain.
"Are you all being so indecisive? Is it really that hard to decide? You might as well just draw lots!"
The two of them seemed unable to refute Chen Zhe's sudden insult.
And then a strange thing happened.
The hostage, Chen Zhe, was holding two tree branches in his hands, asking them to compare their lengths.
Both hesitated and neither reached out first. Finally, urged by the people at the foot of the mountain, Wasp made the first move.
He grabbed one from Chen Zhe's hand.
When I picked it up, I realized it was only about one-third the length of a finger. My heart sank.
Chen Zhe casually tossed the branch he was holding aside.
He spread his hands and said, "Then it's you."
Neither Huang Feng nor Xiao Shan would doubt this result; a wooden strip only one-third the length of a finger is definitely the shortest.
In fact, they had no idea that the two wooden strips were the same length, or that they were only slightly different.
No matter which side draws the ball, Chen Zhe can control the outcome.
Chen Zhe chose Huang Feng. Compared to Xiao Shan, Huang Feng is impulsive and doesn't think quickly. Although he has a bit of a violent tendency, it's much easier to fool him than to fool Xiao Shan.
The reason Chen Zhe helped them come up with a solution was, of course, because he wanted to escape himself.
He couldn't run away while being watched by two people, and they wouldn't let him out of their sight easily either.
The best solution was to separate them, which is why he came up with this idea.
The idea came from Chen Zhe.
Xiaoshan informed the people below of their decision by shouting.
Abao looked at Hu Ling.
"Sister Hu, should we say yes?"
Hu Ling's primary goal was to ensure Chen Zhe's safety. She nodded, knowing that once she saw Chen Zhe come down and confirmed his safety, she could take action.
And so, the wasp, who lost the draw, escorted Chen Zhe down the mountain.
As the two of them descended the mountain, Xiao Shan also set off towards the house.
...
Hu Ling sat in the car; it was inconvenient for her to show her face right now.
After Huang Feng escorted Chen Ze down, he felt immense pressure facing A Bao and the others.
There were more than a dozen people on the other side. If it were a head-on confrontation, they would definitely die a terrible death.
"Wasp, can you release Manager Chen now?"
Abao asked.
"Not now. We've agreed that you should step back first, and I'll release the kid when I feel it's safe enough."
"Okay, let's back up!"
Ah Bao and the others got into the car readily and started the engine.
Wasp breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't expected things to go so smoothly; he thought he would have to spend more time and effort arguing with the other party.
Unexpectedly, the other party kept their promise.
"Heh, you idiot!"
As Huang Feng and his friends retreated, they couldn't help but laugh.
He pointed a gun at Chen Zhe and forced him to get in the car first.
After Chen Zhe went in, he was about to come in as well.
Just then.
Suddenly, gunshots rang out.
Gunshots rang out in his ears, startling Chen Zhe. He quickly touched his body and found no wounds.
He finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He initially mistook it for a wasp and was tempted to kill it.
But who actually fired the shot?
A noise came from behind, and two people emerged from the bushes at some unknown time, then locked onto the wasp.
The wasp's hand was injured, and then they pinned him to the ground, his face rubbing against the rocks.
The wasp couldn't help but shout angrily, "Abao, you bastard, you lied to me!!!"
A few minutes later, Abao and his group drove back.
After seeing them return, Chen Zhe finally felt relieved of the pressure he had been under.
He wasn't going to die today. Once he relaxed, the potential that he had just been forced out of by tension and willpower wouldn't be able to support his body. Chen Zhe had been beaten by wasps many times and had climbed the mountain for so long that his physical strength was completely exhausted.
My body went limp and I was about to collapse.
At this moment, Abao quickly stepped forward and helped him up.
"Thank you, Brother Bao."
"No need to thank me, thank Sister Hu instead."
Chen Zhe was stunned for a moment.
At this moment, Hu Ling was helped out of the car, and Huang Feng was stunned when he saw her.
Chen Zhe also looked pretty dumbfounded.
It turns out this woman had been living at the foot of the mountain all along.
Hu Ling came over to check on Chen Zhe.
Are you alright?
Chen Zhe nodded blankly.
Then she looked down at the wasp pinned to the ground as if it were a bedbug.
Seeing her icy gaze, Wasp was terrified. He wouldn't be so afraid if she just shot him, but Hu Ling was a vicious woman with a heart of stone; she had countless ways to torture people.
His body was trembling uncontrollably.
Thump, thump, thump, frantically kowtowing to the ground.
"Sister Hu, please forgive me this time, please forgive me this time..."
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