“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.”

You 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 can you do about that? Besides, they have the village head

shocked when he heard Nan Chen. “How did you know they have the village head as their

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

Guo Si began to sweat bullets on

admit that I'm impressed. You got me involved without even

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 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

far in that condition. I can't send you to the city since the only vehicle I have is a tricycle; we'll never reach our

Ran was impressed with Nan Chen because Guo Si's words clearly showed that he was willing to help. That poker-faced man doesn't always have a lot to say, 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

the province to Gerton our alternative?”

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

all the way to the border

side. And even then, we'll only reach a village far from the city,”

with your village?” questioned Nan

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,

to stop the man from digressing. “Is their village head close

anything to do with

if they see us?” asked Nan Chen

ever visit them because, just

make our way to Gerton. We

we should

better not drink too much because you have to row the boat later,” reminded Nan

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