“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.”

alone because they think you're honest. When the police come, they'll say they have no idea 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

did you know they have the village

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 people around besides the village head?” questioned

sweat bullets on his forehead

knew from the start? I have to admit that I'm impressed. You got me involved without even

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

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

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 that for a living. The things he said made

is crossing the province to Gerton our alternative?”

the province if we don't head in the direction

extend all the

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

they friendly with your village?”

end of the day, we still belong to different provinces. The people of my

Chen waved his hand to stop the man from digressing. “Is their village head close with

They rarely had anything to do with

head if

them because, just like us, they think

our way to Gerton. We

sure we should go

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

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