Chapter 147 The Paper "Lover" is a Little Busy (Part 7)
"You stay home obediently and don't go on a hunger strike." The old woman with a hunched back said in a serious tone, looking at this good-for-nothing with a critical eye. "Don't think about your classmates and teachers. Once you get married, you will naturally side with your husband's family."
After saying that, she spat at Cheng Jingliu again and muttered, "You ungrateful wretch! A perfectly good girl like you shouldn't be thinking about getting married. What are you thinking about, going to work?"
"What decent job can you find looking like that? You're going to sell yourself anyway, so you might as well contribute to the family's expenses."
Cheng Jingliu listened silently, but his dark eyes were filled with a deep anger and hatred.
She clenched her teeth, her lips almost tasting the rusty blood. But Cheng Jingliu still stiffly finished the meal the old woman had brought her, bit by bit.
She...if she wants to escape, then she must conserve her strength.
Cheng Jingliu, who had been quietly bowing her head, suddenly raised it slightly, a fleeting flash of cold light piercing through the black mist.
Cheng Jingliu's phone wasn't confiscated, but without the SIM card, it was practically useless—there was only one place in the village with Wi-Fi coverage, and she had to find a way to get the message out.
She couldn't escape on her own; she needed outside assistance...
Nannan, Yunlan, Tiantian... She has placed all her hopes on you.
The little black paper figure waved its arms wildly in the air through a tiny phone screen, as if trying to break free. It let out an angry cry:
"Shizuru, someone will come to help you! I believe in him!"
Cheng Jingliu watched coldly as the old lady locked the door again after she finished eating. The several tall and strong uncles following behind her made Cheng Jingliu not think about escaping for the time being.
The phone rang outside, and her grandmother answered it excitedly, promising the person on the other end in broken Mandarin:
"Hey! Mr. Yang, we guarantee you a beautiful bride. After all, didn't your nephew already check her out?"
Cheng Jingliu's hand trembled as she wrote down the contents of the call verbatim.
Mr. Yang's nephew... normally also has the surname Yang. "Inspected the goods" means they had been keeping an eye on her for a while, and they must have met her recently.
Which relatively young men with the surname Yang have she encountered in the past few days?
Oh right, I'm afraid we need to add a little more... to be relatively wealthy, otherwise we wouldn't be able to afford a dowry that would make her whole family rush to curry favor with us.
After a thought crossed Cheng Jingliu's mind, she closed her eyes to rest. Once all sounds had faded from the small, enclosed room, her gaze shifted to the lock on the wooden door—
It wasn't very sturdy, and after a few years of use, it had developed rust. Besides, her family seemed convinced that even if she, a weak woman, had extraordinary strength, she couldn't escape, so they were relatively lax in their supervision of her.
This... gave her a chance to escape!
She only has one chance. If she fails, the guards will definitely be tightened, and they might even drug her!
Tang Yunlan and the others, on whom Cheng Jingliu had placed great hopes, had indeed tacitly noticed that something was amiss.
Tang Yunlan, frustrated, bit her hand and slapped her thigh: "I absolutely can't be wrong! Not only did that family stammer and not give a coherent answer, but I also heard some background noise!"
She slowly spoke, mimicking the aged voice: "With this large sum of money, the second son won't have to worry about buying a house."
"..."
The entire dormitory fell silent. No one present was a fool, and given that Cheng Jingliu's family had always been very patriarchal... the answer was obvious.
"Call the police!" Tian Tian said, her face flushed. "They can't just ignore a grown person being illegally imprisoned like this!"
An Nannan shook her head: "No...it's no use, this is a family matter."
Her pupils were so dark they held no light, and she felt completely empathetic; her hand instinctively reached for her phone.
Whether it was attachment or obsession, it didn't matter; An Nannan had indeed entrusted a part of herself to Si Yisi.
"The police shouldn't get involved in family matters; they'll just try to smooth things over... Who knows, after they leave, we might all be arrested by Cheng Jingliu's family."
"We need to prepare for the worst."
After saying these discouraging words, An Nannan's eyes darkened, and the next second, a warmth touched her fingertips, as if she were touching the fingertips of the little paper figure on the screen.
The touch of fingertips dissolves all unease and anxiety into nothingness.
Si Yisi withdrew her hand; sometimes, words of comfort are not as comforting as a hug or a simple touch.
He didn't reveal his special qualities to his other roommates, even though a black paper figure was pulling him and crying uncontrollably.
Luo Xiao ran to Si Yisi's side with his short legs and lifted the black paper figure of He Bai high.
"It's okay, you have to trust Ah Gua!"
He pressed his forehead against He Bai's, as if trying to convey his confidence through their skin.
"Let go, let go—"
With the world quiet again, Si Yisi took the opportunity to have her words sent to An Nannan as an in-app text message.
"The 'disappeared' charge isn't valid for now, so what about abduction?" Cheng Jingliu's family couldn't completely hide their actions from the villagers, but so far, not a word of it had leaked out.
Could we make a bold guess that there was a tacitly accepted human trafficking chain in the village?
Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, the state maintains a tight grip on this matter, and it was with this in mind that Si Yisi made his proposal.
"But we can't trust the police's efficiency too much. Don't you have a saying that goes, 'Bad people come from poor and remote areas'? The police probably can't do anything to her family."
"As long as they stubbornly refuse to budge, they'll achieve their goal once the die is cast."
"Yes……"
"Don't be afraid, I'll be watching over you," Si Yisi said casually.
Tang Yunlan nudged An Nannan: "Nannan, who are you talking to?"
An Nannan paused for a moment: "Someone who might be able to help us...?"
An Nannan's gaze lingered on her phone. She thought—if you really are the extraordinary being I imagine you to be, please help us…
As she was thinking this, she felt a voice say "Okay" in her ear.
At the same time, Cheng Jingliu was unwilling to sit and wait for her death. She managed to pry open the door lock using some miscellaneous items in the closed small house.
She turned the lock a few more times to keep it temporarily intact.
Cheng Jingliu's time was at most only one hour, which was roughly deduced based on her family's daily routine and her experience of being imprisoned for several days.
Can she do it?
Can she do it?
He Bai held his breath, his eyebrows drooping. His name was a reversal of the characters for "white crane," originally intended to make him as noble and elegant as a white crane, but unexpectedly he grew up to be such a soft and cuddly person.
But regardless of whether he grew up badly or not, one thing is beyond doubt: he was worried about Cheng Jingliu.
Even if his "lover" is only a guide on his novice journey, He Bai cannot suppress his truest feelings and desires.
"Don't pull my hand..." Si Yisi raised an eyebrow at He Bai, "You'll still have to take action yourself later."
Cheng Jingliu carefully kept her body low as she made her way to the only place with Wi-Fi. The instant her phone showed that the connection had been restored, Si Yisi told He Bai without hesitation:
"You can begin!"
"Yes!" He Bai answered quickly and seriously, like a soldier.
Virtual reality can be broken into reality. What Si Yisi is instructing He Bai to do now is to create a temporary link between the two apps, and use this as a connection to create a new anchor point. Then Si Yisi can naturally come to the village where Cheng Jingliu is imprisoned!
"Open your mind..." Si Yisi gently guided He Bai with her words.
It's not that he couldn't think of more direct and forceful methods, but this method of completely entrusting trust was the gentlest and most effective.
In the blink of an eye, Si Yisi broke through the database that He Bai had tried to weaken as much as possible, and invaded with a series of abnormal data streams!
He's like a virus, creating miracles that seem impossible!
"Quick, quick!" Cheng Jingliu murmured to herself. After sharing her location as quickly as possible, she tried to run out of the village without hesitation!
Meanwhile, An Nannan and the others had arrived at the village, which had a dozen or twenty households. One of their roommates, Tian Tian, went with the police to find out about the situation from the village chief and the village committee. An Nannan and the others were not worried about her safety.
"Information from Shizuru!"
Tang Yunlan let out a soft gasp. She and An Nannan were hiding in a corner when she heard this. An Nannan's pupils also contracted and burst out with surprise!
"Did she manage to escape? Then we can... coordinate from the inside and outside; that would greatly increase our chances."
An Nannan quickly typed a message and sent it back. A little while later, Cheng Jingliu replied with a single word:
"good."
But they didn't know that a hand suddenly grabbed Cheng Jingliu's wrist from behind, completely restraining her!
This man was one of Cheng Jingliu's cousins. He looked down at Cheng Jingliu and said, "My dear niece, where do you want to go?"
"I never expected that when I came here to use the restroom because I was desperate, I would catch a disobedient girl..."
This uncle snatched Cheng Jingliu's phone, grabbed her tightly so she couldn't break free, and his face darkened even more when he saw the message on it: "I knew those damn cops were coming to our village to collect information. Turns out it's just a bunch of bitches trying to rescue my niece?"
Cheng Jingliu tried to bite her uncle's hand with her teeth, but was quickly knocked to the ground by him!
Her mouth was tightly covered, and she could only make a series of muffled sounds!
An Nannan and the others are in danger! She knew all too well what the villagers were thinking; they were all incredibly xenophobic. Not only could she not escape, but An Nannan and the others would likely be caught and kept until their wedding day…
Uncle tapped his phone screen a few times, and Cheng Jingliu saw him reply with "Okay".
Don't come!
She thought helplessly and powerlessly.
"Top students? Top students are great...they're the ones you can really squeeze out of them. Putting everything else aside, who would release someone unless they're completely drained?"
My uncle has done something big, completely disregarding the fact that Cheng Jingliu is still in front of him.
He called all his acquaintances one by one: "Yes, that's it. My niece is having a big celebration, so let's invite her classmates to join in."
"Don't be too rough, the police are still staking out this place."
Little did An Nannan and the others know that disaster was imminent. They cautiously searched the location Cheng Jingliu had pinpointed, until they reached a corner—
Some irritating gases rushed directly towards An Nannan and the others' faces!
They could vaguely see that the person squatting around the corner was holding several thick, long hemp ropes!
"Ah!" An Nannan let out a short scream, but the irritating gas did not land on her face; it was as if it was blocked by something!
An Nannan looked up and met a familiar profile.
The contours of that face, the shape of its eyes... and even more things made An Nannan gasp for breath. The person who had shielded them from this sudden attack had the exact same face as her!
It was quite obvious to An Nannan that this person was not female, but undoubtedly male!
"Hey," Si Yisi called out to the man who was trying to charm the girls. His pupils were so deep they seemed to swallow people whole, and the sharp glint in his eyes could not be concealed.
He snatched the spray bottle back and sprayed it in the man's face—
What kind of hero attacks by sneak attack?
"If you're so capable... let's fight one-on-one." Si Yisi said lightly, casually tossing the empty spray bottle aside, letting it arc across the ground.
"Come on, ah."
Si Yisi threatened.
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