If you don't want to put people in a difficult position, then don't kidnap them.
The other party wisely remained silent.
Although Su Ziqing spoke so bluntly, she was still very cooperative. Given the current situation, there was no need for her to make herself uncomfortable just to show off.
She was helped along for about several dozen meters. The surroundings were so quiet that there wasn't a sound. The night breeze carried a cool, mountain-like feel.
Thinking back to the bumpy ride she had just experienced, Su Ziqing guessed that she had arrived in the mountains, or at least in the vicinity of them.
Who sent them, and what do they want?
"Miss Su, it's uphill," the other person reminded her.
Su Ziqing suddenly smelled a familiar floral fragrance. She sniffed it carefully again and realized it was the scent of magnolia.
Mountains, white magnolias...
Su Ziqing was slightly taken aback. Could it be the Su family ancestral tomb?
But the car has clearly been driving for quite some time. Does that mean the other party was just driving around on the same route the whole time?
Su Ziqing frowned. Could it be that the person who kidnapped her wasn't as complicated as she thought? Or was it someone from the Su family?
Su Xiaoman?
It's not impossible.
Su Xiaoman's existence is like a time bomb, but unfortunately, Su Ziqing is the one in the open right now, so she can't do much to Su Xiaoman.
But shouldn't Su Xiaoman be resting during her pregnancy?
Su Ziqing felt that this kidnapping was somewhat inexplicable.
And to be rational, these kidnappers are actually quite rule-abiding.
"It looks like it's going to rain," one of them suddenly said.
Someone responded with a "Mm".
Su Ziqing's eyes were bound, so she couldn't see anything, but she could always smell a faint fragrance of white magnolia flowers in her nose.
She thought it had been about twenty minutes, and then the other person told her to stop.
"Please have a seat, Miss Su."
Su Ziqing was certain they were in the wild, but where did they get a chair?
She sat quietly without saying a word until they forced her to sit down and she discovered it was a folding chair.
If a person loses their eyesight, they can't distinguish east from west. Why is she here? If it were a kidnapping, wouldn't they at least kidnap her to a place with a warehouse or something similar?
Whether it's used to threaten others or to exchange for money, shouldn't kidnapping be treated properly?
Of course, "well" here doesn't mean treating the kidnapper well, but rather ensuring that the kidnapper's life is not in immediate danger and that no one sees them.
They left her in the open air...
Well, at this time of day, there really isn't anyone on the mountain.
Su Ziqing remained seated in the chair, and no one around her uttered a sound. If it weren't for the faint smell of smoke, Su Ziqing would have wondered if she was the only one there.
"Who sent you?" Su Ziqing asked.
The only response she received was an insignificant mountain breeze.
"..." Okay, she won't waste any more words and will wait quietly.
It was strange, though. The surroundings were so quiet that she could no longer even smell the smoke. She listened intently, but it seemed like no one was there.
"Hey, I'm thirsty," Su Ziqing tried calling out.
No one answered her.
Her hands were bound, and her feet were taped shut as soon as she sat down. Unable to walk, blind, and surrounded by complete silence, it's no wonder she was having all sorts of wild thoughts.
"Is anyone there?" Can't you have any sense of professionalism as a kidnapper? Aren't you going to keep an eye on her?
Still, no one answered her.
Have the kidnappers already left?
Su Ziqing suddenly smelled a whiff of smoke, not the smell of tobacco, but the smell of smoke from burning...
She frowned. It smelled like... burnt mountain grass? Like the smell of a small spark that hadn't fully ignited yet.
Su Ziqing panicked, then forced herself to calm down, "Hello, is anyone there? There's a fire."
A forest fire is no small matter.
They were smoking on this mountain just now, and I bet they didn't extinguish the cigarette butts completely. Wildfires are terrifying fires that can be started by just a tiny spark; it's no joke.
Su Ziqing could already smell the fire. Yes, the fire was already burning.
"Hey, is anyone there? Fire! Did you hear me? Fire!!" Su Ziqing couldn't help but stand up and scream loudly, "Where is everyone? Fire! Did you hear me?"
The fire is not spreading quickly, but firstly, no one is there to put it out right now, and secondly, it's summer and there's wind. If it's left to burn, it could really become an irreversible situation.
Seeing that she couldn't call out to anyone and didn't know if the people who had tied her up had left or gone somewhere else, Su Ziqing made a daring move: she jumped towards the fire.
The other party used tape to tie her hands behind her back and her feet tightly as well, so that she could not break free no matter how hard she tried.
Although the black cloth binding her eyes was thick, it was nighttime, and even with great effort, she could still vaguely see the firelight.
She leaped towards the fire like a zombie.
We need to put out the fire before it spreads.
However, she was wearing heeled shoes, which made jumping up difficult. Seeing the fire growing larger, Su Ziqing disregarded the danger of jumping up the mountain and jumped directly.
Su Ziqing breathed a sigh of relief after finally stomping out the sparks in front of her. However, as if deliberately working against her, a night breeze blew by, and the sparks that she thought were extinguished reignited, and this time they burned very quickly.
Su Ziqing panicked. She couldn't see, but she could vaguely make out that the firelight covered a wide area.
She tried to stomp on it with her feet, but as soon as she stepped on one end, the other end caught fire again.
At first it was just a small area, but it got bigger and bigger. And she wasn't on flat ground. Her feet were tied, and when she jumped up to step on it, she lost her balance and fell forward.
Her arm was immediately scraped, but she couldn't care less about the pain at that moment; once the wildfire started, it would be difficult to extinguish.
And it was already clearly on fire.
If her hands and feet weren't bound and her eyes weren't blindfolded, she might have been able to put out the wildfire that was starting to spread, but in her current state, it was impossible.
"Fire! Fire! Is anyone home?" she screamed desperately, struggling violently.
She couldn't go where there was firelight, but she also couldn't go where there was darkness. At the bottom of the uneven mountain, she couldn't see and didn't know if there was a cliff ahead.
Su Ziqing shouted until her throat was hoarse, but no one came.
Where are those people? Where are the people who kidnapped her?
As Su Ziqing listened to the echoes from the mountains, her fear grew stronger.
Did I see a stone near my feet? Ignoring the scrapes she was getting from her movements, she found the stone and started rubbing the tape hard with its sharp edge.
The fire burned brighter and brighter, like a luminous line in the darkness, constantly reaping its benefits from the darkness.
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