“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.”

may think you can explain yourself, but you have no one to back you up. There are many of them, so they can alibi each other and testify against you. What

Si was shocked when he heard Nan Chen. “How did you know they have the

island and how to trap us here. It would take someone with great influence to get 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

sweat

admit that I'm impressed. You got me involved without even lifting a finger!” Guo Si wiped the sweat

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 going to have themselves a good time eating and drinking in the comfort of the city. Heck, they'll probably even get drunk. It'll be afternoon when they get to the village tomorrow, and the police will have already found us when they realize we've

condition. I can't send you to

but when he does talk, I have to admit that he's pretty good at convincing people! My goodness! He negotiated as though he did that for a living. The things he said made so

we don't go to Lightspring, is crossing the province to Gerton our alternative?”

of Gerton. We'll cross the province if we

all the way to the

other side. And even then, we'll only reach

your village?” questioned

day, we still belong to different provinces. The people of my village consider them outsiders, so we don't intermarry with them.

to stop the man from

had anything to do with

to your village head if they see

ever visit them because, just like us,

we'll make our way to Gerton. We

you sure we should go

not drink too much because you have to row the boat

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