Hearing those words, Lin Ran’s entire body tensed up, and she even held her breath!
Was she really this unlucky, to have encountered… kidnappers…
The woman also looked over, sizing up Lin Ran from head to toe as if appraising merchandise. Dressed neatly, she didn’t look like a country bumpkin. City-raised children had fair and delicate skin—those hands clearly had never harvested wheat or shucked corn. The woman’s shrill voice rang out: “Husband, how about this one? Let’s just grab her and be done with it. No need to take risks!”
As the woman spoke, a foul stench immediately wafted from her mouth, like the smell of garlic-dipped leek dumplings.
Lin Ran immediately wrinkled her face and stepped back: “You… you can’t grab me!”
“If not you, then who? Little girl, once you get to your husband’s family, they’ll treat you well. As long as you obediently bear children for them, you won’t suffer too much.”
The man tugged on the rope and stepped forward, sneering.
Lin Ran’s legs trembled violently. She frantically looked around—the room not far away was Qiao Ruan’s.
Her heart quivered. In this second chance at life, she was supposed to embark on a charmed existence. Although she had arrived at the guesthouse earlier this time, and the timeline would undergo many changes, Lin Ran didn’t want her life to be ruined by two kidnappers.
Ending before it even began—who could bear that?!
But Qiao Ruan was different!
In her previous life, Qiao Ruan had been mean-spirited, petty, and tactless. Later, she even ran off with money, ended up with Shen Liancheng, and died in a hospital before even reaching forty!
To save herself, Lin Ran had a sudden inspiration: “You’re looking for a wife, right? Over there… there’s someone even prettier, who looks like a celebrity. She… she’s from the countryside. If you kidnap her, no one will ever find you.”
Lin Ran’s hand trembled as she pointed toward Qiao Ruan’s room.
The man lost his patience: “Don’t play tricks with me, woman! If you try anything, I’ll make sure you’re half-dead before we even get there!”
Tears welled up in Lin Ran’s eyes: “It’s true, I’m not lying! And I… I was born with a defect—I’m a ‘stone maiden.’ Grabbing me would be useless.”
The couple exchanged a glance. The woman, appearing uneducated, said, “What’s a ‘stone maiden’? What’s all this about solid or hollow? Let’s just take her first!”
But the man’s eyes turned cold as he glared sinisterly at Lin Ran: “Are you sure what you’re saying is true? You really can’t bear children?”
Lin Ran nodded vigorously.
The man’s face darkened: “Can’t bear children? That won’t do—they’d send you back! Come on, let’s hurry. I want to see just how pretty that woman is!”
Lin Ran quickly pointed to Qiao Ruan’s room. As she watched the middle-aged couple approach Qiao Ruan’s room with light footsteps, she hurriedly retreated into her own room, leaning against the wall and taking a deep breath!
Meanwhile, inside her room, Qiao Ruan had just washed her face and feet. With no hot water available, she couldn’t take a bath, so she planned to find a thin shirt from her luggage to change into before resting. But just as she had removed her top, wearing only her inner pink…
The tightly closed door lock suddenly turned. Qiao Ruan immediately grew alert and turned to look!
Two blurry figures appeared at the doorway, and a woman’s voice could faintly be heard speaking in dialect: “Husband, climb through the window! There’s no time!”
The man immediately moved toward the window and instantly locked eyes with Qiao Ruan!
Qiao Ruan’s eyes widened immediately, her face turning pale in an instant. The man before her had crisscrossing scars on his face, and his gaze was utterly terrifying!
The man hadn’t expected that the woman inside the room would only be wearing…
Her fair skin came into view, offering an intense visual feast!
“What are you staring at? Eyes glued to her!”
The woman also walked over and looked inside. When she saw Qiao Ruan, she gasped sharply: “This woman is really… seductive. The client will definitely like her! Husband! Hurry up and get to work!”
There’s always a sense of jealousy between women. The woman had given birth to three children and was already worn out and faded, her hands covered in calluses. Seeing Qiao Ruan’s fair and delicate appearance, and how her husband couldn’t take his eyes off her, naturally made her uncomfortable!
The man snapped back to reality and immediately climbed through the window, leaping inside. Terrified, Qiao Ruan stumbled backward until she hit the desk, her hands frantically grabbing at whatever was on it, barely managing to grasp a lamp.
Qiao Ruan struggled to stay calm: “Who are you? What you’re doing is a crime!”