"The money's already here, you don't plan on reneging, do you?" Lin Chuan squinted his eyes.

"Go, check it out!" The leader waved his hand.

A man immediately walked over and opened the suitcase, filled with stacks of thick bills, looking especially tempting. He stood up and nodded to the leader. The leader chuckled, "Tsk tsk, indeed worthy of Sichuan University Group, such financial power. It took only an hour to gather two million. Seems like I undercharged!"

"What do you mean?" Lin Chuan frowned.

"I'm raising the price now." The other scoffed, "Two million per person. You've only brought two million, so you can only take one person."

"You!" Lin Chuan burst into anger.

Whirring...

At this moment, everyone pulled out guns, all aiming at Lin Chuan. In such a dire situation, Lin Chuan dared not retaliate. He was furious but could not express it. Although he was confident in using the complex surroundings to deal with these people, the thought of Zhou Rui and Yang Zi still in their hands made him feel the danger.

"Can I send someone with more money right now?" Lin Chuan asked hurriedly.

"No!" The leader shook his head, "Now you have two choices."

"Speak," Lin Chuan nodded.

"First, choose one person to take from these two. As for the other one, we'll trade at another location." The other sneered. He knew dragging on would be of no benefit to him, so he did not want to continue negotiating here with Lin Chuan.

"What's the second option?" Lin Chuan questioned.

"Second one..." The other grinned, "You leave here alone."

"You!" Lin Chuan's rage surged.

Whirring...

The other raised his gun again.

The other sneered, "Young man, we know you're formidable, but see clearly, your woman is in my hands."

Behind Yang Zi and Zhou Rui, two men tightly held handguns, their barrels aimed at their heads. This gave Lin Chuan a tingling sensation on his scalp, feeling helpless for the first time in life. Despite his skills, they were useless.

"Hurry up, don't dawdle," the man holding the gun reprimanded, "Make your choice quickly, or don't blame us for changing our minds."

"Lin Chuan, make your choice," the leader spoke.

Zhou Rui shouted hastily, "Lin Chuan, take Yang Zi first. Hurry!"

Yang Zi looked longingly at Lin Chuan; her eyes were full of longing for Lin Chuan to choose her. She had done so much, spent so much money, arranged such a large setup. Wasn't it all for this moment? To make Lin Chuan pay attention to her. Now, it's a choice between Zhou Rui and Yang Zi; which is more important? At this critical moment of life, she hoped desperately that Lin Chuan would boldly confess as he did in the past when he liked her.

"Lin Chuan..." Yang Zi called softly.

Lin Chuan seriously glanced at both of them, seeing Yang Zi's calmness and longing clearly and Zhou Rui's anxiety and fear, along with her urgency. Lin Chuan wanted to make a choice, but it was a truly difficult and heartbreaking one.

Yet, he had to choose now.

"I choose her." Lin Chuan pointed to Zhou Rui.

Next to him, Yang Zi's pupils contracted sharply; it was fear, a deep collapse, terror of falling off a cliff! She couldn't believe nor accept that Lin Chuan chose Zhou Rui over her. It was clearly pushing her into an endless abyss.

She originally wanted to heal her heartache and loneliness, but Lin Chuan's choice added more scars to her heart.

"No!" Zhou Rui shook her head hurriedly, "Lin Chuan, take Yang Zi. Don't worry about me."

"No." Lin Chuan shook his head resolutely.

"Good!" The leader laughed heartily, "Since you've chosen, take the person you chose. As for her, hmph, we'll trade later."

"Wait!" Lin Chuan suddenly spoke.

Yang Zi's body also trembled, thinking Lin Chuan had changed his mind.

"What? Is there anything else?" The other looked at Lin Chuan, puzzled.

"Where and when is the next trade?" Lin Chuan asked.

"Boy, you really don't understand the rules here, huh?" The other sneered, "The time and place for the trade is naturally chosen by us. Telling you in advance would be like waiting for the cops to arrest us, right?"

Lin Chuan listened, somewhat enlightened.

At this moment, Zhou Rui was released by them. Yang Zi was taken away, with a sturdy man gripping each of her arms.

"No!" Yang Zi struggled, "Don't take me, I'm scared, I'm scared!"

The terrifying voice repeatedly stimulated Lin Chuan's inner feelings. However, at this moment, he had to restrain himself. He knew that a lack of patience would ruin the bigger plan.

Yang Zi turned her head to look at Lin Chuan, shouting, "Lin Chuan, why... why not me, why! Why!!"

The waves of questioning pierced deep into Lin Chuan's heart.

Zhou Rui cried loudly. No matter how much she pleaded, no matter how hard she tried to persuade Lin Chuan. Yet, Lin Chuan remained unmoved. Regardless of who he chose, Lin Chuan's heart was filled with pain. Therefore, Lin Chuan felt miserable. He just sensed Zhou Rui's inner fear and, from a man's protective instincts, he chose Zhou Rui without hesitation. However, Yang Zi's misery and screams tormented and interrogated Lin Chuan's conscience.

The opponents escorted Yang Zi from behind, while three men with guns followed as the rear guard. Until their people left the warehouse and got into the car, they quickly departed. With hostages in hand, Lin Chuan dared not act rashly.

Outside the door.

"Kai, there's a situation!" The underlings rushed over.

"Here I come." Zhou Kai hurriedly ran over.

Not far away, a black business car drove out from the warehouse area. Seeing this, Zhou Kai cursed, "Damn it, want to run after getting the money? Damn it, brothers, stop them."

After speaking, the crowd quickly charged forward.

Unexpectedly, the sunroof of the business car suddenly opened, and a man climbed out. Then, he grabbed a pistol and started shooting at Zhou Kai and the others.

Tutututu...

Bullets hit the lawn in front of Zhou Kai and the others.

"Gun, get down!" Zhou Kai was shocked and quickly shouted.

Crash...

Everyone quickly went down, almost scared out of their wits. They never imagined that the opponents would actually have guns, which was something they found hard to believe.

The lead car just left, followed by another black Passat sedan, quickly following the business car. The cars quickly left the scene.

"Chase them!" Zhou Kai stood up as he watched them leaving.

At this moment, Lin Chuan and Zhou Rui came out of the C-zone warehouse.

"Don't chase them." Lin Chuan shouted.

"Lin Chuan." The crowd surrounded them.

"Why only Zhou Rui? Where's Yang Zi?" Zhou Kai asked curiously.

"She's still in their hands." Lin Chuan felt helpless.

Zhou Rui never stopped crying, "Lin Chuan, what do we do? Yang Zi is still in their hands."

"Search the whole city." Lin Chuan spoke, "Also, contact the police and have them cooperate with us to investigate this incident together. At New Year, someone actually carried out an armed robbery; this is utterly unforgivable."

"Yes!" Zhou Kai immediately nodded.

Huang Bo immediately mobilized his brothers from Ren Yi Hall to search for the whereabouts of the two cars in Jiangbei City.

Lin Chuan held Zhou Rui, comforting her, "Don't worry, we will surely find them in the quickest time."

"But Yang Zi is in their hands." Zhou Rui choked up.

"We will rescue her soon." Lin Chuan spoke, "You don't have to worry."

"Lin Chuan, why didn't you rescue Yang Zi first?" Zhou Rui looked up at Lin Chuan, "Yang Zi is actually a good girl. You don't know her. She's a kind woman inside. Not saving her this time has hurt her so much."

"I know." Lin Chuan hung his head, "Given the situation back then, I had no choice but to save you."

"I told you to save Yang Zi, but why didn't you listen?" Zhou Rui angrily glared at Lin Chuan, then her small fists fell on Lin Chuan's chest.

Lin Chuan felt terrible too, but he didn't regret his actions. Given the situation then, Yang Zi appeared so calm, although there was a longing in her eyes, hoping that he would take her away. However, Zhou Rui's eyes showed fear and made him want to protect her more. Thus, he chose Zhou Rui without hesitation at that time. It was an instinctive choice from him as a man. He seemingly had no choice at all.

However, he couldn't bring this up with Zhou Rui because even if he did, Zhou Rui might not understand. After all, this situation indeed made one feel sad and disappointed.

"No matter whom I save, someone is bound to be hurt, right?" Lin Chuan gritted his teeth and said.

"Wah!" Zhou Rui cried out again.

Actually, inside, she was also very conflicted, scared, and fearful, of course, hoping to be rescued first. Nobody wished to wait days to be rescued; that fear was something nobody wanted to face. And during these few days, changes might happen suddenly, or if she were assaulted by them, then she would be ruined; maybe her life would be ruined like that.

Yet, every time Zhou Rui thought of Yang Zi being imprisoned by the opponents, being assaulted by them one by one, Zhou Rui felt as if she was in extreme pain.

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