Ding Ruola had no idea that Fang Siyan's men had been taken away by the police. That day, she got off work as usual.
Just as she was walking downstairs and reached the building entrance, Ding Ruola noticed an old man.
The old man was ragged. Ding Ruola knew that these days were special, so she had no intention of paying attention to him. But after walking a few steps, she was called out by the old man.
"Little girl, is there a restaurant nearby?"
Looking for a restaurant, Ding Ruola thought there was one across the road. She casually pointed it out to the old man and was about to leave.
However, when the old man saw the decoration of the restaurant, he thought it was too expensive and wanted to find another one.
If he wanted to find a cheaper one, he had to walk to the alley behind. There was a cluster of urban villages beside that alley.
Ding Ruola hesitated.
But her soft - hearted nature remained unchanged. She was persuaded by the old man's few words.
When they reached the alley entrance, Ding Ruola saw a group of men standing in front of her.
When she looked back at the old man, the old man was bowing and scraping to those men, holding the money they gave him in his hand.
Is it that the old people have turned bad?
No! It's those who had bad morals before that have grown old.
Ding Ruola knew it was impossible to run away. "What do you want me here for?"
Although the girl's legs were trembling with fear, she still pretended to be tough on the surface.
"You know it yourself. You've made us lose both goods and a brother!"
It wasn't really a brother they lost. It was just a reckless lackey.
Disdain showed on Ding Ruola's face. She knew she couldn't confront these people head - on at this moment, but her conscience wouldn't allow her to bow and scrape to them.
"It's because you've done illegal things!"
"Hey! You little bitch, you've got a sharp tongue."
Ding Ruola rolled her eyes at the man standing in front of her. She took out a bottle of perfume from her bag and sprayed it at those men.
Then she started running. But after running a few steps, she tripped over her shoelace.
Ding Ruola was really unlucky. Even her shoelace was against her at this critical moment. After she fell, she was forcibly taken away by these men.
The men found a place, sat there for a while, and then took Ding Ruola away.
Ding Ruola was taken to their "illegal workshop", an abandoned soap factory in the western part of the city. It had been a long time since anyone had worked there.
"Let me go!"
At first, Ding Ruola's mouth wasn't gagged. Her phone was taken away by those men. Then they found the person she contacted most often and made a call.
That person was Fang Siyan.
Fang Siyan's name was well - known in Kyoto. They originally planned to ask for 200,000 yuan, but when they thought that the other party was a university professor, they figured he must have a lot of money.
So they asked for one million yuan.
Actually, these men treated Ding Ruola fairly well. They just tied her up, and someone watched over her for eating, drinking, and going to the toilet.
"Why do you do this kind of thing?"
Ding Ruola listened to these men discussing some professional knowledge about chemical engineering. She didn't understand a single word, but judging from how enthusiastically they were discussing, these men were quite knowledgeable.
"If we had money, who would do this!"
Ding Ruola looked at one of the young men in disbelief. He didn't look very old. He had a fair complexion and wore glasses. Especially his lips, the proportion of the upper and lower lips was perfect, and their size suited his face just right.
The frame of the glasses well covered the defect of his sunken temples.
He looked like a gentle scoundrel.
"Glasses, she's looking at you!"
One of the stocky men nudged the fair - skinned man with his elbow.
The man stood up accordingly. He walked towards Ding Ruola with measured steps.
He reached out and lifted Ding Ruola's face, then silently walked behind her and brought his face close to hers.
"Do we match?"
The man half - smiled at the others.
Ding Ruola had a bad feeling. The metal frame of the man's glasses had a unique temperature. When it touched her face, her heart skipped a beat.
"Yes, you do match. How about..."
"Stop being silly!"
After saying that, Glasses left.
Later in the day, the man came back again. There was a man covered in wounds standing beside him.
The wounds had scabbed over, but when Ding Ruola saw those dark - red patches, her heart started beating out of control.
Glasses noticed Ding Ruola's unease. He told someone to untie the ropes on Ding Ruola and took her to a room on one side to rest.
Even kidnappers should have professional ethics.
After Ding Ruola entered the room, she heard a commotion outside not long after.
Curiosity killed the cat. There was a hole as thick as a thumb on the door. Ding Ruola stretched her neck and pressed half of her face against the rusty door.
Glasses was sitting on a chair. He looked at the man kneeling on the ground with a contemptuous look in his eyes.
He waved to the person beside him.
The dark - faced man walked straight towards the kneeling man with a knife in his hand.
"When will you pay back the money?"
Glasses lifted the kneeling man's head with his foot.
As for what expression the man had, Ding Ruola couldn't see clearly.
"I! I'll pay back the money if I win this time. Isn't my daughter here as collateral?"
When Ding Ruola heard what the man said, she thought that even a dog's bark would sound better.
"She's dead! What do you think we should do?"
Glasses got up from the chair. He stood with his back to the man, then waved to the little minions behind him.
Ding Ruola saw a group of people gather together. When they dispersed again, the man was lying in a pool of blood.
"Ah!"
After dealing with this, a shrill scream came from Ding Ruola's room, and then there was no more sound.
She was their cash cow. She couldn't die.
Glasses came in with his men and found that Ding Ruola had fainted. He held Ding Ruola's head and pinched her philtrum with his thumb.
Ding Ruola still didn't respond.
"I'll go find a doctor. You watch her!"
Just as Glasses left, the police arrived.
After that, Fang Siyan also knew what had happened.
Ding Ruola was lying on the hospital bed, telling the police about what she had experienced in the past few days.
"Has that Glasses been caught?"
"You don't have to worry about this. We won't let any bad guys go!"
When Fang Siyan heard this name, he frowned slightly. Judging from the police's attitude towards this person, it seemed that this person was not simple.
Otherwise, how could he have escaped?
Fang Siyan saw the police out. When the two policemen reached the corner, he chased after them.
"He's one of your own, isn't he?"
One of the policemen raised his eyebrows and looked at Fang Siyan. "Mr. Fang, have you read too many detective novels? Take good care of Miss Ding. It's not your business. You don't need to interfere."
The policeman didn't directly deny Fang Siyan's question. Fang Siyan curled his lips. He already knew the answer.
He would never let anyone who had bullied Ding Ruola go, no matter who that person was!