Chapter 48 Chapter 48 He suddenly looked up at Zheng Shi...
He suddenly looked up at the girl who was trying to climb down from the vent. His brain was stunned by the sudden development in front of him. He quickly stood up and stepped forward to catch Wen Qian who was trying to jump directly out of the vent.
"Why are you here?" Chu Lingyu asked subconsciously, but realized the next second that this was not a situation where he could have a peaceful chat.
I was originally calm when I found out I was kidnapped, but now I felt a little panicked without even realizing it.
No matter what, Wen Qian cannot be allowed to stay here.
He frowned and said in a deeper voice, "It's not safe here. You can't stay here."
"Where did you come in from just now? I'll carry you to the ventilation vent, and you go back the same way you came. Don't make any noise along the way, and leave quickly after you reach a safe place." He spoke very quickly and in a low voice, guarding against the kidnappers who might come back here at any time.
Wen Qian opened her mouth several times but failed to get a word in. She looked at Chu Lingyu, who had just picked her up and was still unconsciously holding her in his arms. Her eyes slowly fell on the taut muscles in his arms.
She raised her hand and stopped Chu Lingyu from carrying her to the vent.
Facing his cold expression, Wen Qian patted his arm.
"But I came here specifically to save you. It doesn't matter if I leave alone."
His tone was so light, as if he had just gone out to visit a friend's house instead of breaking into the kidnappers' lair alone.
Chu Lingyu, who was feeling anxious because Wen Qian was unwilling to act, froze for a moment, his pupils trembling slightly.
"You're coming to save me?"
His brain seemed to be stuck, and he couldn't understand the meaning of this sentence for a moment. The moment he saw Wen Qian, he thought of many possibilities of her appearing here, but each one had nothing to do with coming to save him.
Xiao Wen nodded proudly. What a good person he is. He would help others when he saw injustice and rush to the danger alone when he found his classmate being arrested.
That’s right, this is her, Renyi Xiao Wen!
Chu Lingyu's Adam's apple rolled, and he felt a dryness at the root of his tongue. His accelerated heartbeat made him dizzy. Perhaps the lingering anesthetic was still there, and even his fingertips felt a little numb.
"...Are you stupid?" He opened his mouth several times and spoke with difficulty through gritted teeth.
Xiao Wen is ready to be praised:?
"Student Chu, I'll give you a chance to reload the file and say it again."
Chu Lingyu didn't say anything else. He pinched his palms and leaned closer to Wen Qian.
This time he didn't ask any more questions. He put his right arm around the girl's knees and picked her up.
"Go in."
After being distracted for a second, Wen Qian, who had suddenly grown taller, didn't even look at the vent that he could reach with just his hand.
"That won't do." Wen Qian pressed his shoulders and looked down at him, "I'm here to save you..."
She thought about it and said firmly: "I won't leave."
She climbed the vent for a long time and her clothes were all dirty. Just let her go if you tell her to.
Originally, she planned to let Chu Lingyu leave along the same route she came, but when she just passed the ventilation vent, she found that there were several very narrow bends inside.
She could barely get through, but it was hard to say for Chu Lingyu. If he was stuck inside and was discovered and followed by the criminals, that would be a real dead end.
The sound of footsteps outside the door made Chu Lingyu's heart tighten. He had no time to care about anything else, and it was too late to persuade Wen Qian to leave.
"you……"
Looking at Wen Qian, who was jumping around and sliding down like an elusive fish, Chu Lingyu felt a headache and pursed his lips and stopped talking.
He turned around and took out a piece of wood from construction waste that was barely sturdy from the pile of junk in the corner of the room.
"Wen Qian, I'm not kidding." He looked at Wen Qian closely, "I'll stop them later, and you find a chance to run away... I'll get out too, so don't worry about me, just run first."
Wen Qian nodded and soothed him, "I know, don't worry."
He also took out his small wooden stick.
Chu Lingyu: ...
She didn't listen at all!
A burst of cursing came from outside the door, followed by the sound of the door lock snapping, and several burly men walked in one after another.
"You have a problem with your brain, what's the big deal? It's obvious that there's nothing wrong. How dare you do this job with such a small amount of courage?"
"This is all my fault. Didn't you hear it? It's really weird. I don't know where the noise came from."
"What are you arguing about? Go check on that kid first and make sure he doesn't get away."
"Run? Where are you running to? The door is not unlocked. If he runs away, I'll kill him!"
A hint of hostility flashed across Chu Lingyu's brows. The moment the few people entered the room, he moved and stood in front of Wen Qian.
The cursing stopped the moment the few people entered the door. It was obvious that they were no less shocked by the sudden appearance of another person in this space than Chu Lingyu was when he first saw Wen Qian.
Meeting her gaze, Wen Qian put his hands in his pockets and nodded politely.
The tall and thin man who was the first to recover from his shock turned around and slapped the man walking behind him.
"Is the door unlocked?"
"I locked it!"
The innocent gangster who was beaten retorted subconsciously, and then he looked around quickly, his eyes settling on the vent where the door had been removed.
"This girl came in through the vent."
The string of pronouns that he was about to curse rolled around in his mind, and finally the word "girl" popped up.
No one present thought that there was anything wrong with him, and they didn't even feel wary of Wen Qian who suddenly appeared here.
Instead, there's a strange sense of familiarity.
Chu Lingyu, who was ready to take action as soon as the few people entered the room, tightened the wooden bar with iron nails in his hand, his eyes solemn.
After hesitating for two seconds because of these people's abnormal behavior, he was ready to continue his previous plan and winked at Wen Qian who walked to his side.
Just as he was about to move, Wen Qian stopped him.
"Something's wrong, don't move." Wen Qian's expression was a little subtle, as if he had seen something incomprehensible.
She really couldn't understand what this pop-up window meant.
[Because the host's reputation value is too low, the special buff has been triggered]
[Buff——Mutual Appreciation (Low Morality Version)
This aura can make special NPCs (e.g. kidnappers) regard the player as a fellow traveler, a confidant, or a destined friend.
The triggering conditions are harsh, requiring both parties' reputation values to be lower than -90 (please note that this is a minus sign, not a dash)]
?
What's the meaning?
When did her reputation score secretly deduct 30 points in a corner unknown to her?
"Hello."
The leader with a face full of flesh took two steps forward, ignoring Chu Lingyu who was standing in front of Wen Qian, and looked straight at her.
"You're quite clever, even knowing how to crawl in through the vent." He sneered, "Why, you want to come and rescue me?"
"Give up all those little ideas of yours. Why save him?" The boss seemed to want to smile at Wen Qian, but the slight twitching of his apple cheeks made him look even more terrifying.
"You're quite smart. How about this: you follow us from now on and let's forget about this matter." He didn't know why he wanted to persuade the little girl to join us.
After thinking it over, he blurted out, "I don't think you're a good person either. It's just right that you come to work in our line of work."
Anyone who catches his eye must not be a good person, so what I said is not wrong.
After hearing these obviously abnormal words, none of the people following behind expressed any objection - except for the person in the corner.
He stared in surprise, looking back and forth at his brothers.
Are they crazy?!
"Are you crazy? What are you talking about? The kid has already untied the hemp rope and you guys just ignored him and are talking in your sleep." The man whose value was stuck at -89 had a look of disbelief on his face.
He turned around, pointed at Wen Qian and started cursing. His voice gradually weakened as he cursed, and he began to doubt himself.
That's not right... Why did he suddenly feel that what the boss said was actually quite right...
The man who had used foul language to push his stats down to -90 fell silent.
Chu Lingyu looked at him as if he were a dead man. He didn't take action only because Wen Qian held his arm. Even so, it couldn't offset the anger that arose in his heart after hearing those words.
But Wen Qian is still here, and he can't put Wen Qian in danger because of his own emotions.
"Don't be angry, it's not time to take action yet." Wen Qian said in a good mood, "Wait... wait five more seconds."
She picked up her small wooden stick and looked at the person who had just targeted her with a smile: "Little monster, you're done."
The five seconds passed quickly, and Wen Qian rushed to the man quickly and hit him hard with the stick in his hand. The stick, which looked dry and seemed to break easily, actually made a metallic knocking sound.
Wen Qian's action was too sudden. Not only did others but even Chu Lingyu who was standing next to her didn't react.
Coming back to his senses, Chu Lingyu glanced at the man who was screaming in pain after being beaten, snorted and laughed, then turned to face the others who wanted to rush forward.
If he was afraid to act rashly before because he was worried about Wen Qian getting hurt, now Chu Lingyu has completely put aside those concerns.
His attack was much more brutal than Wen Qian's, but the reaction of the person being beaten was not as strong as the noise coming from Wen Qian.
"Sorry, I'm in a hurry." Wen Qian looked at the man who seemed to have something to say, raised his hand and hit him with the stick again, "If you have anything to say, just talk to my stick."
It was impossible for them to beat these people to death, and since these people dared to commit kidnapping and extortion, they naturally would not beg for mercy just because they could not beat them - taking a step back would mean imprisonment, and these people would not let them go.
Chu Lingyu was aware of this. He stared closely at the few people who were already having difficulty moving, then turned sideways to look at Wen Qian. When he was about to speak, Wen Qian interrupted him.
"Stop fighting for now." She snatched the "weapon" from Chu Lingyu's hand and threw it aside, then pulled Chu Lingyu's wrist and quickly took two steps back.
"Don't talk from now on." Wen Qian reminded him, without even looking at the men who were gritting their teeth and standing up, he turned sideways to face the door.
"Uncle police, here!!"
"You still want to cheat us, you have a sharp mind!" The man turned his head and spat. Before he could finish his words, the urgent and rapid footsteps outside the door made his face change.
"Don't move--" an old acquaintance broke in.
"I'm so sorry." Wen Qian took out the red alarm from his pocket, "I called the police when you came in."
If the alarm had not had to be used when facing the criminal, she would have pressed the button as soon as she got out of the taxi.
"So what you said just now was just to delay time!" The man who had previously invited Wen Qian to join the gang was pressed to the ground and handcuffed, his tone full of unwillingness.
Wen Qian frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about? Did I say anything at that time?"
She didn't say a word, it was obvious that these guys were just talking to themselves.
"Slandering me?" Wen Qian sneered and turned to look at his old acquaintance. "Uncle police, these people are trying to recruit me into their gang. Inciting minors is an aggravated crime!"
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