“The police should be here soon. If you do something before then, we'll testify for you and prevent you from getting locked away in prison. On top of that, you'll get to keep the one hundred thousand,” stated Nan Chen after exchanging looks with Ning Ran.

Filled with hope, Guo Si quickly inquired, “What should I do then?”

“Get us out of here after you finish your drink,” replied Nan Chen.

“Huh?” With his eyes widened in surprise, Guo Si immediately disagreed with Nan Chen. “Absolutely not!”

“Suit yourself,” voiced Nan Chen coldly.

Guo Si then explained with a hardened face, “I've already told you my situation. They're threatening me with my wife and children. If I let you all go, they'll harm my family for sure.”

“We've been here for days, but did they come to the island?” questioned Nan Chen.

“No.”

“So how did they know about our situation here?” continued Nan Chen.

“I told them about it, of course.”

“Then do you know why they never came to this island?”

Guo Si shook his head in response. “I don't.”

no idea what's happening here since they've never set foot on this island. Who do you think will take the blame then? You may think you can explain yourself, but you have no one to back you up. There are

he heard Nan Chen. “How did you know they have the

villagers to do their bidding. That person had to be either rich or powerful. If they were rich, it'd be unlikely that they did this for money. Hence, it'd have to be someone powerful. Who in the village would have the power to order your people around besides

Guo Si began to sweat bullets on his forehead because

knew from the start? I have to admit that I'm impressed. You got me involved without even lifting

he thinks he is, he still has to go to jail for breaking the law. You don't have to fear him because it won't be long before he gets what he deserves. Even if you take us elsewhere, none would be the wiser since they refuse to come to this island. Didn't you say it yourself that they'd enter the city tonight? Not only is that more than one hundred kilometers away, but the road is also under maintenance. There's no way they can get here any time soon. Those people are

where would you go? It's not as if your legs can take you far in that condition.

doesn't always have a lot to say, but when he does talk, I have to admit that he's pretty

is crossing the province to Gerton our alternative?” inquired Nan

at the border of Gerton. We'll cross the province if we don't head in the direction of Lightspring,” answered Guo Si with a

all the

And even then, we'll only reach a

your

sometimes since we're close to each other, but at the end of the day, we still belong to different provinces. The people of my village consider them outsiders, so we don't intermarry with them. However, some of their

Si could say more, Nan Chen waved his hand to stop

They rarely had anything to do with each

if they see us?” asked Nan

ever visit them because, just

way

we

now. You'd better not drink too much because you have

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