Chapter 247 Thank goodness you're here
Although Xiaohui is sensitive, she is still somewhat gentle in nature, and she was momentarily flustered by this situation.
Jiang Ranxing touched Xiao Hui's hand, feeling it rapidly turn icy cold.
Jiang Ranxing was certainly scared, but fear wouldn't solve anything right now. She needed to calm down and think about what to do next.
She couldn't afford to lose her composure at this moment.
As the car sped up and the surrounding scenery became increasingly desolate, Jiang Ranxing's unease grew stronger.
Her first reaction was to take out her phone and call the police, but she couldn't let the "driver" in front of her see it.
But when she took out her phone from the shadows, she found that there was no signal at all.
The driver in front said grimly, "Don't waste your energy. You can't call the police. I installed a signal jammer in the car, so none of you have cell phone signal."
Jiang Ranxing instinctively wanted to grab the steering wheel from the driver's hands, but reason quickly prevailed. You should never grab the steering wheel while the vehicle is in motion. Even experienced drivers can have accidents.
Jiang Ranxing forced himself to calm down and asked, "Who are you? What do you want? Money? I can give you as much as you want. Just let us go, and I can pretend nothing happened."
The driver seemed uninterested in the word "money".
"You guys better behave!"
The driver's words were practically shouted, which immediately frightened young Mai Mai into tears.
Annoyed by the crying, the driver roared fiercely, "Stop crying! If you cry and make a scene again, I'll kill you first!"
This threat terrified Xiao Hui, but she could tell that the driver didn't really want to kill her, so she immediately covered Mai Mai's mouth to stop him from making a sound.
Jiang Ranxing swallowed hard and pinched himself to force himself to calm down.
"Tell us what you really want to do, and maybe we can help you. Don't do something you can't turn back from."
The driver snorted coldly: "No wonder people say you're a difficult woman to deal with, you really have guts!"
The driver immediately took out a cold object and pointed it at the people in the back seat, especially Jiang Ranxing.
Jiang Ranxing immediately broke out in a cold sweat and stopped talking. Her unease had reached its peak, and she could barely hold back her trembling arms.
What should we do? Will she die?
The thought flashed through Jiang Ranxing's mind.
No, she can't just give up her life like this. Wen Qing made a huge effort to save her, and she can't just let it go like this.
The driver's words timely pulled Jiang Ranxing back from her wandering thoughts.
"You can rest assured, I don't want to kill anyone. I'm just hired to teach you a lesson! If you behave, everything will be fine, understand?"
Jiang Ranxing tried to ask something, but found that her voice had been temporarily cut off by fear.
A feeling of powerlessness overwhelmed her.
At this critical juncture of extreme crisis, Jiang Ranxing vaguely recalled certain fragments, as if they were fragments hidden deep in her memory.
"You should have died in that car accident in the rain and never woke up again!"
"We're getting married, and there's nothing left for you to do. Go to hell, take the child in your belly, and disappear from this world!"
"No one cares about you, not your family, not your husband, not your children. Your love is worthless to them. What's the point of living? Come into the darkness, and you will be free. You will be completely liberated..."
Jiang Ranxing's vision went completely black in an instant, as if all the light in his heart had been swallowed up by darkness.
Squeak—
A sudden screech of brakes rang out, and sparks flew as the tires violently rubbed against the ground.
The inertia propelled everyone in the car forward, and the light returned to Jiang Ranxing's eyes.
Taking advantage of the chaos, the driver put on a mask and opened a bottle of medicine that would weaken Jiang Ranxing and the others.
Soon, the two adults and one child in the car were so exhausted that they slumped into their seats.
After the driver got back into the car, Jiang Ranxing watched as he took out his phone and recorded a video of them while talking to them.
"If you don't want anything to happen to your wives and children, then you'd better stop investigating! Otherwise, I can't guarantee they'll be so lucky next time!"
Although Jiang Ranxing felt weak all over, he understood the man's intention.
Threatening her and Xiao Hui and Mai Mai is tantamount to threatening Fu Shenyuan and Wan Luyuan; their wives and children are their greatest weakness.
Jiang Ranxing immediately thought of someone.
She opened her mouth, and after realizing she could speak, her voice was faint and barely audible. She asked, "It was Fu Hongkai who sent you, right?"
The driver snorted coldly: "Don't be so clever. Do you think you men have offended only Fu Hongkai?"
Jiang Ranxing clearly didn't believe it: "Could it be that it's someone from that... that project?"
The driver said, "At least you have some brains. I thought pretty women only knew how to warm your beds!"
Jiang Ranxing frowned, feeling uncomfortable with the man's rudeness.
Jiang Ranxing said, "So you want them to withdraw from this matter? Do you think it's really worth it compared to risking your life and breaking the law? If you release us now, maybe you can extricate yourself from this matter."
No sooner had Jiang Ranxing finished speaking than a powerful and vicious palm strike came rushing over.
"Ranxing!" Xiaohui cried out Jiang Ranxing's name in fright.
"How are you, Burning Star!"
Jiang Ranxing's face was tilted to one side, and then everything went black again. Suddenly, many points of light flashed in his mind.
Jiang Ranxing's cheeks burned with pain; the man had slapped her hard, almost knocking her unconscious.
After a short while, Jiang Ranxing came to her senses and struggled to turn her limp body around.
"Burning Star! Your mouth is bleeding!"
Xiao Hui couldn't bear to see Jiang Ranxing's miserable state and said to the driver, "I agree to your terms! Release us right now!"
The driver didn't seem to have any intention of letting them off so easily.
"Hmph! I can't stand what you women say! Unless you call your man right now, have him sign a guarantee, and give me another five million, I won't let you go. Otherwise, I'll throw you into the river to feed the fish!"
Jiang Ranxing gave a cold sneer and said, "Didn't you say it was free?"
"Shut up, you bitch!"
The driver had long disliked Jiang Ranxing, and with that, he slapped him across the face.
Jiang Ranxing felt nauseous from the slaps he gave her, and her body was churning with discomfort. Yet, strangely, she felt much lighter, both physically and mentally.
Being around Fu Shenyuan is like encountering all sorts of bad luck; it's definitely the right thing to do to avoid any entanglement with this man.
At the same time, a storm was rapidly brewing in Jiang Ranxing's mind.
Since their actions have brought disaster upon themselves, it also shows that they have indeed grasped Fu Hongkai's key weakness, and that the people involved are not only Fu Hongkai, but also this clueless young man in front of them.
Jiang Ranxing glanced at his phone and muttered, "It should be about time."
Just as the driver was arrogantly about to send the video to Fu Shenyuan and Wan Luyuan, something cold pressed against the back of his head when he wasn't paying attention.
After the driver sensed it, he wanted to go to the car to get a weapon to fight back, but he was intimidated by the gentle voice behind him.
"Don't move if you don't want to die."
Jiang Ranxing, who was still slumped and dizzy inside the car, looked out the window after hearing the noise.
As they looked at each other, Jiang Ranxing revealed a relaxed and reassured smile.
"Thank goodness you've come."
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