Chapter 283 Come to rescue
Xia Lili's hands and feet were tied with hemp ropes and a gag was stuffed in her mouth.
An expression of panic immediately appeared on her face, and she squeezed out tears of fear.
There are surveillance cameras in this basement. If nothing unexpected happens, the chestnut-haired gang leader in the hallucination will soon receive the news that she has woken up and push the door open to enter.
Sure enough, within a moment, the iron door on the east side of the basement suddenly made a sharp creaking sound.
Luca, one of the members of the Black Gold Labyrinth, bent down and crawled through the narrow iron door. He had chestnut hair and a scar on his right eyebrow.
Luca kicked the empty bottle that was blocking his way away, sending glass shards flying everywhere.
But this time, Xia Lili, who was well prepared, predicted his moves perfectly.
She pretended to shrank back in fear and took a half step back inconspicuously, just avoiding all the flying glass shards and preventing her calves from being scratched by them.
Xia Lili squeezed out two tears, her eyes were red, and she looked at Karl with fear.
She had already sent the portrait sketches of this man and the younger brother who killed her in the hallucination to Li Qihan.
When Karl noticed that Xia Lili was so scared, the expression on his face became even more excited.
What happened next was exactly the same as in the hallucination. Carl asked Xia Lili to consider returning to Longguo to be their insider, and then abandoned her in the basement.
After Karl left, Xia Lili breathed a sigh of relief.
The small boss of this criminal gang gives people a strong sense of oppression. It seems that he has killed many people.
Time passed by minute by minute. Xia Lili was in the basement without a mobile phone to play with. She felt very bored. Besides, having her hands and feet tied was not a pleasant feeling.
Fortunately, Xia Lili knew in advance that she was going to be kidnapped, so she ate a lot at noon today and also had a lot of snacks at the market, so she was still full late at night.
Don’t neglect your stomach under any circumstances!
Xia Lili listened to the sound of the sea water and guessed that it might be the end of high tide. The tide was very high and the sound of waves hitting the shore was obvious.
She looked at the tide forecast for today this morning and it might already be one in the morning.
Xia Lili fell asleep in a daze, leaning against the wall.
The night is getting darker.
Xia Lili curled up in a damp corner and fell into a deep sleep out of exhaustion.
"Xiao Xia?" A deep male voice with a distinct accent suddenly woke her up.
She suddenly opened her eyes and saw in the moonlight an Asian-American face eroded by the sea breeze.
His bronze skin was covered with fine lines, and his graying temples showed that he was at least in his fifties, but his sharp eyes revealed the sharpness unique to fishermen.
"I'm Lin Haisheng," the short man, less than 1.7 meters tall, squatted down and spoke quickly in Mandarin with a Southeast Asian accent. "I'm here on behalf of Mr. Li to take you away. Mr. Li and the Los Angeles police will shut down this den tonight."
Xia Lili's pupils shrank slightly. The rescue came faster than she expected!
Lin Haisheng looked around warily, lowered his voice, and said, "Crows are flying everywhere."
Xia Lili immediately understood that this was the secret code agreed upon by Li Qiuhan and her.
Lin Haisheng said as he skillfully cut the ropes that bound Xia Lili's hands and feet with a dagger. "Time is running out. We must leave before the tide rises."
Xia Lili nodded, moved her hands and feet, and was about to leave with Lin Haisheng. When her eyes met Lin Haisheng's, her vision suddenly became blurry.
Xia Lili shuddered violently, and a clear vision of the foresight suddenly flashed through her mind.
In the dark and damp basement, she followed Lin Haisheng up the rusty iron ladder.
The iron ladder had been eroded by the sea water and was creaking under the heavy weight, as if it would break at any time.
After climbing up for half a minute, an iron gate appeared in front of the two.
Pushing open the mottled iron door, deafening waves of electronic music instantly came rushing in, mixed with the sour smell of alcohol and sweat.
Xia Lili discovered that they were trapped in the storage room of an underground bar.
The man motioned for her to follow him, and the two of them groped their way towards the back door along the damp and moldy wall.
But just around the corner, a tall figure was passing by. This person was Carl, the small leader of the criminal gang.
Carl was extremely surprised to see the two men, and the next second, a hideous smile appeared on his scarred face, and he had already pulled out a weapon with his right hand.
"Bang! Bang!"
Two muffled bangs exploded in the narrow corridor.
Xia Lili saw in the hallucination that her right knee and thigh bent and she was kneeling on the ground, and warm blood instantly soaked her pants.
The man who came to save her was in an even worse situation. A bloody hole exploded in his chest and he staggered and fell to the ground.
Carl walked over slowly, kicked the two unconscious men with his boots, and pulled out some rough hemp ropes from his waist.
"You are so unlucky!"
In the last scene of the hallucination, when the first ray of sunlight shines on the sea, several early-rising fishermen discover two bodies floating on the shore.
It was Xia Lili and Lin Haisheng.
Broken hemp ropes were still wrapped around their wrists, and their faces, pale from being soaked in sea water, were frozen with the last traces of fear.
The waves gently hit their bodies, as if saying their final farewell.
After seeing the scene of her own death again, Xia Lili felt numb this time.
After the illusion ended, Xia Lili was speechless. This was too unlucky.
It’s true that love is around the corner!
Xia Lili quickly pulled Lin Haisheng out of the basement through the iron door, whispering, "Brother Lin, do you have a weapon?"
"Of course." Lin Haisheng nodded: "What's wrong?"
"We'll climb up from the basement later. It's a warehouse. Once we exit the warehouse, we'll probably run into the little boss, Carl."
Xia Lili said quickly, "He has a dagger and a firearm on him, which will directly hurt us who are unprepared."
“Once we get to the warehouse, don’t leave the warehouse yet. Wait until Karl leaves before sneaking away!”
Xia Lili carefully recalled the details of the predicted scene. Electronic music had been playing in the bar at that time, until Carl appeared, the background music suddenly switched to a heavy metal rock.
She realized that if she waited until the heavy metal song was over before leaving, she would probably be able to avoid Carl.
If Carl chose to push the door and enter the warehouse, the two men in ambush would have a great chance of killing Carl together.
Xia Lili originally thought that she would have to explain to Lin Haisheng why she knew all this, but Lin Haisheng just nodded and said, "Okay, I'll follow your instructions."
Xia Lili was surprised. She didn't expect the other party to trust her so much.
Lin Haisheng noticed Xia Lili's surprise and said as he climbed, "Trusting our own people is the most basic thing."
"Now we are on the same boat, and the people Mr. Li asked us to rescue won't harm us."
Xia Lili immediately realized that Li Qihan had a considerable influence among these people.
The two climbed up the iron ladder, pushed open the door and came to the ground warehouse.
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