Jin City, Outer Ring Road!
On a police car headed to prison, Han Ruixin and her mother Lin Han huddled together.
Despite the cold handcuffs chafing her wrists red and swollen, Han Ruixin still desperately tried to stand and look outside.
"Stop looking, daughter, no one will come to save us. We’ve lost," Mrs. Han said, her hair disheveled and her face extraordinarily haggard, as if she had aged twenty years all at once.
Han Ruixin sobbed, "Mommy, I can accept that Brother Chen won’t come to save me, but why is Dad and everyone else ignoring us, too? If they were willing to bail us out, we could actually get out of here. Now, after fifteen days, we’ll be sent to prison, and once we’re inside, it will be even harder to get bailed out."
"Ah, Ruxin, we two have become lost dogs now. The Han Family? Hmph, your father had harshly said that if we didn’t return to Han City on time, he would cut ties with us. We didn’t listen to him and go back, and now branded as criminals, he cares even less whether we live or die."
"What about my brother? Why won’t he help us?" Han Ruixin’s face was full of unwillingness.
"Han Zhe is a child who knows sympathy. He is probably locked up by your father now, oh, if only your grandfather were willing to step in."
"Grandfather? Mommy, why would grandfather hide in the mountains? Ever since I can remember, I’ve never seen him."
"He isn’t hiding in the mountains, rather, he’s chosen not to involve himself in worldly affairs, otherwise our Han Family wouldn’t need to live at the mercy of the Sheng Family."
"It’s all Ye Shu’s fault!" Han Ruixin trembled with anger. If it weren’t for her showing up, everything would have been OK. Ever since she came, everything was ruined!
"Haha, success or failure, that’s life, daughter. We’ve lost now, and nothing we say here matters anymore. Listen to Mommy: in life, you must be ruthless. Our downfall is because we weren’t ruthless enough. If I had been harsher and put a kilo of arsenic in that hotel kitchen, it would be them who had died!"
While they were talking, they suddenly heard a loud "Bang!" Both mother and daughter were violently thrown forward, almost getting knocked out inside the vehicle. When they regained consciousness, they saw someone prying open the car door!
Seeing the strangers suddenly appear, several of whom worn masks, Han Ruixin screamed in terror!
Mrs. Han said, "What are you trying to do? Don’t mess around!"
"You don’t need to panic; we are here to rescue you!" The figures, their faces covered with stockings, unceremoniously pulled them out of the car and tied them together, covering their eyes with a black cloth.
"What are you doing? Let me go!" Mrs. Han shouted loudly.
"Don’t be ungrateful," the leader of the masked men said. "We’ve already told you we’re here to save you. Keep talking, and we’ll cut you into pieces and throw you into the sea to feed the fish!"
"Saving us? You’re deliberately harming us, aren’t you? If you really wanted to save us, you could have just bailed us out at the police station. Why hijack a prison transport? By doing this, you’re turning us into fugitives. When we’re caught, our sentences will be even harsher, and you also attacked police officers?"
"Goddamn it, so much bullshit, boss, just kill her!" someone suggested.
Hearing they wanted to kill her, Mrs. Han immediately fell silent in fear.
After what felt like a long time, and as the sky had already turned dark, the mother and daughter felt the car suddenly stop. Before they could speak, someone cut the ropes around their bodies and threw them out of the vehicle!