“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.”

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 that? Besides, they have

shocked when he heard Nan Chen. “How did you know they

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

Si began to sweat bullets on his forehead because

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

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

I were 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 the only vehicle I have is a

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

crossing the province to Gerton our

at the border of Gerton. We'll cross the province if

the

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

they friendly with your

still belong to different 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 is one of

waved his hand to stop the man from digressing. “Is their

anything to do

if they see us?” asked

visit them because, just

Then we'll make our way to Gerton. We go

we should

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

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