Needless to say, Ning Ran didn't believe that Nan Chen would really disregard Nan Zhengde's safety and send the latter over to have tea with Ruan Anxi.

She found the entire matter suspicious, but she had no idea what exactly the man's plan was.

After lunch, she went back to the homestay with Ruan Anxi.

In the afternoon, Ruan Anxi again received several phone calls.

Subsequently, he requested that Ning Ran accompany him to the river to fish.

On the contrary, Ning Ran wasn't in the mood to fish. Her thoughts revolved around the fact that Nan Zhengde was coming over to be the man's hostage in her stead.

She still felt that it was impossible, firmly believing that Nan Chen wouldn't do such a thing.

At that precise moment, Ruan Anxi's subordinate handed the man a phone, on which was a video.

In the video, Lu Jingyuan and Nan Zhengde boarded a plane separately, making it evident that they were heading over.

“Have a look and see whether this is your friend.” Ruan Anxi chuckled triumphantly.

The video rendered Ning Ran speechless.

Ugh! How could Nan Chen be so foolish as to allow his grandfather and Lu Jingyuan to come over and risk their lives? But it doesn't make sense. Why would he do this?

“I'll have my men keep an eye on their location at all times to ascertain that they're heading in this direction. That aside, I can ask them for video evidence anytime. As such, they can't fool me. Look, my guests are coming. Once they arrive, you may leave. Aren't you happy?”

Ruan Anxi yanked his fishing rod up, having successfully caught a fish.

Meanwhile, Ning Ran's emotions were a jumbled mess. It went without saying that being free of Ruan Anxi's control was something to rejoice over.

However, if the price was to have Nan Zhengde take her place, she couldn't even muster up a hint of joy.

“As I said, so-called principles and bottom lines only exist because the bargaining chip isn't strong enough. Isn't Nan Chen sacrificing his grandfather and friend to save you at the end of the day?” Ruan Anxi crowed gleefully.

silent, deep in contemplation. Why exactly did Nan

it over, something suddenly occurred to her. A

Ran was having breakfast after waking up the following morning,

came over with a phone and showed them both

the video, Lu Jingyuan and Nan Zhengde were in a car. The latter claimed they would arrive in an hour and told Ning Ran not to worry, for she would

video and the GPS location matched. In other

Rovers came to a stop at

an elderly man out of the

promise and released Ning Ran, upon which the latter boarded

of the homestay promptly slammed shut, and Ruan Anxi's men

had a cane in

hat and sunglasses. Her hair hung loose around

at the chairs. “Have a

man and the woman

merely applied some makeup to resemble the man. In truth, his real

wasn't Lu Jingyuan. Instead, she was Ning Ran's assistant,

Anxi overturned the table with a kick, toppling the teapot and teacups onto the

a hand. “Tie these two bogus up! I'm going to carve

a difficult decision for her to masquerade as Lu Jingyuan, but their

ended up agreeing to the task to save Ning

more experienced. Having been with Nan Zhengde for so many years, he had been through plenty of trials and tribulations, so he wasn't afraid of

you kidnapped is very important to Master Chen. Nothing can be allowed to happen to her, so we came to take her place. We're insignificant characters, so our lives don't matter. But if we were to die here, you'd be

calmly voicing everything he wanted to

I'll gouge your organs

person has something they detest. You detest being played for a fool, but Mr. Nan detests being blackmailed. If you really have something to discuss with him, he said that you go directly to Flower City. The Nan family will serve you superb tea and talk to you nicely. Everything is open to discussion,

his calm appearance on the surface, his palms

was the one who persuaded Cheng Xiangyun over and promised her that he would ensure her safe

before them was casually threatening to

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