The doors and windows of the house were tightly closed. When Li Hu saw him return, he quickly said:
"Qiangzi, what do we do now? We haven't found those two people, and now the police have found them too."
Zhou Qiang looked around in a panic, finally fixing his gaze on the back window and said:
"Escape from here to the back of the mountain. If all else fails, jump into the sea and then go around that mountain to escape."
"The waves are so big today, I'm going to drown!"
"Besides, the sea area behind the mountain is full of reefs. Isn't this risking your life?"
Although the group said this, they knew there was no other way at the moment, so they didn't dare to delay any longer. They climbed over the window one after another and crouched down to slip into the thicket of bushes.
Jiang Peitian looked into the house through binoculars, but the doors and windows were tightly closed, and he couldn't see any movement at all.
He said anxiously, "Ah Long, look what you've done!"
Ah Long stood respectfully to the side, head bowed, without uttering a sound.
They brought this on themselves and are blaming me. If they had just focused on saving people from the beginning, would this have happened?
Wen Zhaoye and Wen Jiaojiao were hiding in the cave when they suddenly heard footsteps.
Wen Jiaojiao instinctively pressed herself against Wen Zhaoye's chest, and Wen Zhaoye naturally embraced her.
"Don't be afraid, this place is so big, they might not be able to find us."
The next second, a voice came from not far away:
"Brother Qiang, we've searched the whole area downstairs, but we haven't looked here. Do you think those two might be hiding here?"
As soon as they finished speaking, the group stopped in their tracks. The surroundings were so quiet that even the chirping of insects was unusually loud.
Wen Zhaoye's heart pounded. He couldn't see any of them, which only made him more uneasy.
Li Qiang gestured to the others to split up and search the vicinity, but said aloud:
"There are a lot of poisonous things here. If we hide here for one night, we probably won't survive. Let's go."
Wen Jiaojiao dared not let her guard down for a moment. The two of them stood up, leaning against the wall, and carefully watched the movements outside.
Suddenly, Li Hu's face appeared beside the cave, and he let out a lewd laugh:
"Found you! Now tell me, where can you two run to this time?"
Wen Jiaojiao instinctively stepped back, but Wen Zhaoye kicked her. As Li Hu staggered backward, he grabbed Wen Jiaojiao and ran.
Li Hu said in a fit of rage:
"Qiangzi, they're here. Go after them quickly."
Zhou Qiang turned around and saw the two rushing forward. He sneered:
"Hurry up and chase them, we must catch them before those police arrive."
police?
When Wen Jiaojiao realized those two words, she was so frightened that she ran away in a panic, shouting:
"Help! Help!"
Her voice faintly reached the ears of the people outside the woods. Jiang Peitian was taken aback for a moment, then decisively said:
"Why aren't you rushing in to rescue them?"
The main force rushed in, and Wu Ben fired two shots into the air. The loud noise startled the birds and beasts in the forest, causing them to fly away in all directions.
As if seeing a glimmer of hope, Wen Zhaoye tightened his grip on Wen Jiaojiao's hand and charged forward with all his might.
But the next second, Wen Jiaojiao collapsed to the ground due to exhaustion.
Wen Zhaoye grabbed her waist, picked her up, and continued running.
Seeing Zhou Qiang about to catch up, Wen Jiaojiao anxiously advised:
"Please stop chasing me. You might as well turn yourself in. Considering how you've taken care of me these past two days, I'll speak up for you and try to mitigate your punishment."
Even as the voices ahead grew closer, Zhou Qiang didn't slow his pace at all, panting as he said:
“Without you as hostages, Jiang Peitian could simply send men to kill us.”
The men behind him stopped in their tracks, and one of them advised:
"Brother Qiang, stop chasing, let's run away quickly."
Wen Zhaoye's strength also began to wane. Just as Zhou Qiang reached out to grab his shoulder, he dodged to the side to avoid the attack.
Just then, Jiang Peitian and his group appeared ahead.
The people behind Zhou Qiang started running back in panic.
As Zhou Qiang watched Wen Zhaoye dodge his hand again, amidst the bursts of gunfire coming from ahead, he was sweating profusely with anxiety. After much internal struggle, he suddenly turned around and started running back.
Wen Zhaoye's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground, still holding the person in his arms.
"Jiaojiao, we're safe."
Looking at the group of police officers surrounding her, Wen Jiaojiao was overwhelmed with joy at having escaped death.
Her slender hands trembled, and tears welled up in her beautiful eyes once again.
Wen Zhaoye, panting heavily, pulled her into his arms, completely ignoring the stares from the crowd, and comforted her:
"It's alright, it's alright."
The police officers made way, and Jiang Peitian walked over. He frowned slightly as he looked at Wen Zhaoye, who was shirtless, and Wen Jiaojiao, who was wearing a men's shirt. He gestured to A Long and said:
"Get him some clothes to wear."
Ah Long didn't dare to delay and went back to the car, while Jiang Peitian, fearing a confrontation with Wen Jiaojiao, turned and left.
Wu Ben, sensing the situation, stepped forward and said, "Well, now that you two are safe, please come this way."
Wen Zhaoye helped Wen Jiaojiao to her feet and led her out of the woods.
Zhou Qiang and his group were forced to the edge of a cliff.
One of them glanced at the sea, which was more than ten meters above the water, and said with trembling legs:
"I'm scared, Brother Qiang, can you think of another way?"
"There are rocks down there, we'll die."
The lead policeman pointed his gun and said:
"I advise you to surrender."
"I'd rather die than fall into Jiang Peitian's hands again."
Zhou Qiang glanced at the group, then pulled two of them along, closed his eyes, and leaped into the air.
A group of police officers stepped forward and saw several people fall into the water with a series of "bangs." Huge waves crashed against the rocks, and the figures of the people disappeared completely.
One of them said:
"Team leader, what do we do now?"
The leader said irritably:
"What? What do we do? Hurry up and go down to search along the coastline! We need to find them alive or dead, and don't forget that the money is still with some of them."
The group descended the mountain along the side to the seaside, but the waves were too big to see anyone at all.
After Wen Zhaoye finished dressing, he put his arm around Wen Jiaojiao and got into the car, then said to A Long in the driver's seat:
"go home."
Not far away, a rugged-looking man took a picture of the two of them and then turned and left.
Wu Ben watched the vehicle speed away from its original location and asked in surprise:
"Who is this person? President Jiang is so worried about the company that he's been following them all day."
One of the officers stepped forward and said:
"I recently heard that General Manager Jiang has found a son."
Wu Ben turned around and looked at him in surprise:
"What? Is the news reliable?"
The police officer approached suspiciously and said:
"Reliable, this is something my aunt, who works as a maid in a wealthy family, told me casually."
It's said that President Jiang was going to throw a party for a mysterious man, and that they were all supposed to bring their children.
This was clearly a setup to find him a partner, but for some reason it was canceled.
Wu Ben gasped: "...."
This incredible wealth has fallen into the hands of this man.
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