“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.”

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 many of them, so they can alibi each other and testify against you. What can you do about

Chen. “How did you know they

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

Si began to sweat bullets on his forehead because of his

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

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

can take you far in that condition. I can't send you to the city since the only vehicle I have is a tricycle;

talk, I have to admit that he's pretty good at convincing people! My goodness! He negotiated as though he did that

Lightspring, is crossing the province to Gerton our

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

reservoir extend all the way to the border of

there's a long way to go to get to the other side. And even then, we'll only

your village?” questioned

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

more, Nan Chen waved his hand to stop the man from digressing. “Is their

rarely had anything to do with

your village head if they see us?”

them because, just like us, they think we're

our way to

we should

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

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