856: One Step into the Abyss
You Wenyue didn't know whether Li Xinchun's shot was aimed at Jiang Shang or himself.
After the gunshot, she opened her eyes and subconsciously looked towards Jiang Shang, only to see a cloud of dust rising from the ground not far from Jiang Shang.
The shot landed in the open space.
You Wenyue suddenly felt like she had escaped death.
She's still alive!
At least I'm still alive at this moment!
Li Xinchun shouted at them enthusiastically:
"Who of you two will die first? Tell me, and I'll satisfy you!"
"No, don't kill us, don't kill--" Jiang Shang propped up his two sore arms, struggled to get up from the ground, and leaned hard against the tire.
The blood from his head continued to flow down his cheeks, into his neck, and dyed his shirt red.
"Don't kill me--" Jiang Shang seemed to be about to faint again at any time, but the will to survive supported him, allowing him to barely maintain the last bit of consciousness.
He leaned against the jeep tire, looked up at the black muzzle of the gun pointed at him, and pleaded weakly:
"I know who you are. Just listen to me first. It's not too late to take action after I finish speaking—"
"I don't want to hear your nonsense!"
The gun in Li Xinchun's hand shook.
Jiang Shang's heart was in his throat, beating violently. He felt that a bullet might fly out of the muzzle and take his life at any time, but as long as he was still breathing, Jiang Shang would never give up the idea of surviving.
"I won't waste my time talking to you. Don't kill us. Just name the price you want."
"You think I killed you for your money?!"
"Of course not, but you need the money!"
“——”
Li Xinchun hesitated for a moment, as if he was beginning to consider what Jiang Shang had said.
Jiang Shang immediately seized the opportunity to negotiate terms:
"Listen, I don't have any ill will towards you, and I won't expose you. As long as you let us go, I will give you a large sum of money, enough for you to live comfortably for the rest of your life. How about it?
Not only can I give you money, I can also give you a new identity. You should know who I am. I have the ability——
If you kill us now, you will be wanted before you can go far, unless you can escape into the deep mountains and forests and never come out. But as long as you come out, you can't hide your identity as a fugitive.
Did you go to so much trouble to escape from the labor camp just to hide in the mountains and forests?
This is definitely not your purpose.
So, we each get what we need. If you give us a way out, I can also give you a way out!
Ten thousand yuan, if you just let us go, I will give you ten thousand yuan and a new identity when we get to the capital, how about that?"
"Don't try to deceive me with sweet words!"
"I'm not lying to you, I really am not lying to you, fifty thousand, fifty thousand! Fifty thousand, buy our two lives!"
"——" When Li Xinchun heard this number, he hesitated again. He didn't know whether he was moved or doubting Jiang Shang's words.
"Fifty thousand dollars, plus a new identity!"
"No, don't lie to me. I know what tricks you are playing. As long as I go to the capital with you, you will arrest me immediately. Do you think I will fall for your trick so easily?"
Li Xinchun became more and more excited as he spoke, and suddenly pointed the gun at You Wenyue beside him, intending to shoot You Wenyue.
Yu Wenyue closed her eyes tightly.
"Don't shoot, don't shoot! Don't shoot! One hundred thousand, one hundred thousand! I'll give you one hundred thousand!" Jiang Shang yelled.
One hundred thousand?
Hearing the astronomical figure of 100,000, Li Xinchun hesitated again.
He looked at Jiang Shang with suspicion, as if he didn't believe that one person could have 100,000 yuan.
Even if this person has some power, it is impossible for him to collect 100,000.
This is one hundred thousand!
Not ten thousand, nor one thousand.
But one hundred thousand!
It’s hard to imagine how one person can have 100,000 yuan?
Seeing Li Xinchun's wandering eyes, Jiang Shang knew that Li Xinchun had changed his mind. He said in a tearful voice:
"I just want to survive. Please don't kill us. I'll give you 100,000. I mean what I say. As long as you give us a way out, I'll give you 100,000 and a new identity. I promise I won't arrest you. I really just want to survive. Please believe me!"
Li Xinchun seemed to calm down gradually. One hundred thousand was an astronomical figure for him. Although he suspected that this person was talking nonsense and did not have one hundred thousand at all, did he really need so much money?
What he wants is not money, but revenge in the capital!
He is going to the capital!
If he really killed these two people and hijacked the car, could he drive all the way to the capital?
When the car reached the capital, it had to be refueled, but as a fugitive, he couldn't get any gas at all.
Even if he used this person's identity and leveraged his connections to fill up the gas tank, there was no guarantee that something unexpected wouldn't happen.
If any accident happened, he would never be able to reach the capital, let alone take revenge.
He has been blinded by hatred, and all he wants now is revenge!
As long as he can get revenge, he would be willing to spare their lives, even if it means killing a few more people!
He suddenly put the muzzle of the gun to Juventus's Sunxue:
"I can spare your life, but only one, she must die!"
"No!"
Jiang Shang wailed and struggled:
"Don't kill her! She suffered the same injustice as you did. She was finally released. She shouldn't die now. She's only been released for less than a day!"
Perhaps the word "suffering injustice" made Li Xinchun feel a sense of sympathy. He turned his head to look at the middle-aged woman who seemed calm and numb:
"You were also wronged?"
"Are you the only one in the world who has been wronged?" You Wenyue closed her eyes, her voice trembling.
Li Xinchun hesitated.
Jiang Shang took the opportunity to plead:
"Don't kill her, she is a poor person just like you, why do you want to kill another life? If you let us go, I will
I will definitely repay you, please—"
Li Xinchun clenched the gun in his hand again and again, but never pulled the trigger.
Li Xinchun could see that Jiang Shang cared a lot about this woman. If he killed her now, Jiang Shang would definitely bear a grudge against him. Not only would he not be able to fulfill his promise, but he might even take the opportunity to avenge this woman. By then, both sides would be destroyed. What would be the point of his escaping with so much difficulty?
Therefore, this woman cannot be killed.
Li Xinchun thought about it again and again, and suddenly took out his gun and hit You Wenyue on the back of the neck with the butt of the gun.
"ah--"
You Wenyue groaned and fell to the ground.
Li Xinchun said to Jiang Shang:
"Okay, I'll make this deal with you. I won't kill you, but you promise to cooperate with me all the way to the capital. Once I get there, I'll arrange a new identity for me."
Jiang Shang felt as if his whole body was limp as if all the bones had been pulled out, and he fell powerlessly on the jeep tire.
He used up his last bit of strength and said:
"good--"
Other than that, he couldn't utter a single word.
Li Xinchun issued another stern warning:
"I'm only letting you go temporarily. Remember, if you dare to do anything, I'll kill you at any time. Not only your life, but the lives of your entire family!"
"——" Jiang Shang wanted to cry but had no tears. He felt like there was a blender in his head that was constantly stirring, making him dizzy and with a splitting headache.
Why have things come to this?
Jiang Shang felt like he had stepped into an abyss.
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