Chapter 939: Chapter 943 is very fitting Chapter 939: Chapter 943 is very fitting His body was in poor shape, hunger and exhaustion from a sleepless half-night had sapped all his strength, so he sat on the ground, gnawing on a cake while saying, “That’s just perfect, I was just thinking of finding a police officer to take ho.”
If he had a phone, he would definitely have contacted the police himself.
After hearing his words, the girl hesitated, squatting down beside him, and asked, “Are you lost?”
“I’ve been kidnapped and just escaped.” Perhaps it was because the girl’s voice was too pleasant and her appearance too lovely, or perhaps her yearning look at the cakes in the display window was too pitiable, Li Qi didn’t feel the slightest bit of caution towards her.
“Kidnapped?” The girl was startled, looking around warily.
“I’ve shaken them off.” Back then, he hadn’t yet taken a bullet for the old man, wasn’t yet the Li Family’s precious jewel but a rebellious teenager full of himself. The idea that he could shake off kidnappers on his own filled him with trendous pride.
The girl grabbed his wrist and dragged him up, “Then stop eating here and hide sowhere, what if the kidnappers find you? Go hide until dawn and find an adult to borrow a phone to call the police or contact your family.”
“How could that be? I’ve already shaken them off!” He said confidently and smugly, “I climbed onto a truck and followed it here, those idiots definitely think I’m still in the mountains. They could break their legs running and still wouldn’t find , I…”
His words were cut short by the sound of an engine in the distance.
A car turned the corner onto the street, and instinctively, he looked; it was the kidnappers’ car.
He cursed, “Damn,” resenting the girl, “You really are a jinx!”
Seeing his change in expression at the sight of the car, the girl urgently said, gripping his wrist, “Run, quickly.”
“Like I need you to tell ?” He retorted, snatched up two pieces of cake, and bolted.
“Follow ,” the girl insisted, holding his wrist, “I know this place well, I’ll help you shake them off.”
The girl’s tone was especially firm and confident, and without even thinking about it, he followed her lead and began to run.
The girl hadn’t lied; she knew the streets well, expertly guiding him through narrow alleys impassable to cars.
The kidnappers had no choice but to get out of their car and search on foot.
The Li family’s enemies had finally caught a hold they could exploit, intending to use him to turn their fortunes around.
He was all the enemies’ hope. Now that he was missing, they spread out their forces in full to search for him; there were many of them.
But that wasn’t the worst of it; the worst part was that they had brought along hunting dogs.
Before long, the barking of hounds was drawing increasingly nearer to them.
He panicked.
If he fell into the hands of the enemies, his fate would undoubtedly be grim.
Whether the Li Family would et the enemies’ demands or not, his only path was to et a terrible end.
As the barking ca closer and closer, he pushed the girl away, “Hey, kid, they’re about to find . I can’t escape, but you run. They’re after , they won’t chase you if you get away.”
“Impossible,” said the girl without hesitation, “I can’t just leave you to die.”
If this were the Li Qi of today, he would undoubtedly have thought the girl was being naively idealistic.
But back then, Li Qi was a hotheaded youth who believed in ‘drawing the sword to help when seeing injustice,’ feeling that being unable to ignore the plight of others was what everyone should do, so he didn’t have much of a reaction to it.
The girl continued to pull him along as they ran.
After passing through several more alleys, he could no longer keep up the pace and plopped down on the ground, waving his hand at the girl, “Run on your own, I really can’t run anymore.”
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