“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.

heard Nan Chen. “How did you know they

Only they know the safest spot on 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 order your

began to sweat bullets on his

impressed. You got me involved without even

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 going to have themselves a good time

to release you, where would you go? It's not as if your legs can take you far in that condition. I can't send you to the city since

he does talk, I have to admit that

crossing the province to Gerton

We'll cross the province if we don't head in the direction of Lightspring,” answered Guo Si

the way to the border

the other side. And even then, we'll

they friendly with your village?”

make deals 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

say more, Nan Chen waved his hand to stop the man from digressing.

had anything to do with each

village head if they see us?”

We hardly ever visit them because, just

our way to Gerton. We go

sure we should

now. You'd better not drink too much because you have to row the boat later,”

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