“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.”

will take the blame then? 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.

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

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

Si began to sweat bullets on his forehead because of

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

matter how influential 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 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 left the island long ago. Then, we'll tell the police you didn't kidnap but saved us, and you'll get off scot-free with one hundred thousand in your pocket. I'd say this one is a no-brainer, wouldn't you?”

that condition. I can't send you to the city since the only vehicle I have is a

but when he does talk, I have to admit that he's pretty good at convincing people! My

don't go to Lightspring, is crossing the

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

this reservoir extend all the way to

to go to get to the other side. And even then, we'll only reach a village far

they friendly with your

provinces. The people of my village consider them outsiders, so we don't intermarry with them. However, some of their women have married into our village, and my cousin-in-law

Chen waved his hand to stop

They rarely had anything to do with

to your village head if they see us?” asked Nan Chen

hardly ever visit them because, just like us, they think we're

make our way to Gerton. We

sure we should go

much because you have to row the

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