Chapter 22 (1/2)

“Who said I’m crying, it’s the rain and get

away from me! My phone’s dead, I can’t call a car now if I want to.”

Xin Yu used her bag to shove Se Cai

who moved in to console her back. She huffed angrily, “Driver, drive me to XY

Residence!”

Se Cai was familiar with XY

Residence, it was a high-scale residential area for the county’s rich and

famous. In other words, a place he wouldn’t be stepping into in his lifetime.

“Yes, miss. Then, what about you,

sir?”

The driver frowned as he

gestured at Se Cai.

“Drop her off first, my house’s

a bit further away.”

Se Cai said in a voice as

lecherous as he could muster, “Pretty lady, don’t worry, I’ll see you home. We

wouldn’t want a pretty little thing like yourself to get wet from the rain,

would we?”

“F*ck, your place is obviously

closer because I know you rent a house near the tv station!”

Xin Yu finally lost her patience

and cursed.

Perhaps it was her years of

diction training, her cursing didn’t sound coa.r.s.e, instead Se Cai found it to

be quite melodic.

“Man, let’s cut to the chase. She’s obviously

way out of your league and not interested. Why not be a gentleman and let the

lady go?”

The driver advised. His target

was Xin Yu so it would serve him well if he could get Se Cai to voluntarily

leave.

“Yes, Se Cai, listen to the kind

sir. I am really NOT interested.”

Xin Yu declared as she pulled

from her bag a small eyebrow knife that she waved in front of her as a form of

defense.

“You think I would be interested

in a dumb woman like yourself?”

Se Cai snorted in anger. The

woman was as thick as a brick. If he departed, she would be left to the villainous

driver’s device.

“Who are you calling dumb?”

Xin Yu’s fear was overwhelmed by

anger from being insulted.

Xin Yu was used to people

treating her on the basis on her looks so she took perhaps a little too much

pride in her intellect.

“Alright, alright. Cut it out,

you two. We’re moving!”

The man seemed to have reached

the end of his patience and pressed down hard on the oil pedal.

The car lurched violently

forward, throwing its pa.s.senger back.

“Driver sir, can you drive a bit

more carefully…”

A nervous Xin Yu implored as she

fastened the backseat seat belt.

Se Cai though was worried about

something else.

He noticed the car was heading

not towards XY Residence but Blue Sky Rehab.

“Driver sir, why are you taking

this route?” he asked in a rushed manner.

“It’s because of the rain. You

know the county’s drainage system has always been bad. The normal route must

have flooded already… So I’m taking the long route, don’t worry, I won’t charge

extra.” The man smiled in response.

Xin Yu might not be familiar

with County S’ landscape but Se Cai knew that they were heading outside of the

city area. It was easier to dispose of them in a secluded part of the county.

As the city lights retreated

further and further away, Se Cai hurriedly sent off a SOS text to his housemate

Gao Xiang.

“Gao Xiang, Zhang Xin Yu and

myself are kidnapped by an armed man. The car plate is PL0523. I suspect this

is a trap set by the Blue Sky Rehab people because we’re heading towards the

school compound northern side of town. Please call the police for us!”

Se Cai sneaked a glance at the

driver through the rearview mirror. While the driver wasn’t looking, he tried

to catch Xin Yu’s eyes, trying to notify her of the danger they were in.

When Xin Yu didn’t respond, he

whispered, “Xin Yu, can you give me your phone number?”

He handed her his phone and it

showed the message he just sent Gao Xiang.

“In your dreams!”

Xin Yu said condescendingly. She

didn’t even turn her head his way.

“Gah! F*ck me! I’m going die

because of this woman!”

Se Cai cursed inwardly, meaning

to shove the phone in her face.

However, he didn’t dare to do so

because he noticed the driver started to gaze their way with suspicion in his

eyes.

Se Cai took a deep breath and

tried to come up with a new plan.

“h.e.l.lo… yes… we’re almost there…”

The driver answered his phone

and only snippets of the conversation floated to the back because he was

cautious to not let the pa.s.sengers overhear him.

This call made Se Cai even more