It was already ten o'clock in the evening, and there were few vehicles and pedestrians on the road. Ning Shuqian drove the car without any delay and drove towards the address given to her by the bandits.
It takes an hour and a half to drive from the South District to the East District. Along the way, Ning Shuqian was both excited and anxious. She didn't know how to describe her complicated feelings.
What made her excited was that she finally knew Yuya's whereabouts and was sure that Yuya was fine and she could use the ransom to get her back. But what made her anxious was that what should she do if the other party did not keep his word and killed her after taking the ransom
With a complicated and uneasy mood, Ning Shuqian finally arrived at the agreed place.
The agreed place was a little-known street in the East District.
Looking at the strange but familiar streets, Ning Shuqian stood there as if struck by lightning, unable to move. Everything in front of her seemed to stimulate the dirty memories that were buried deep in her heart.
The address has changed, but the location has remained the same.
Ning Shuqian could almost see it with her eyes closed: the damp, dark, shabby alley, with dirty and smelly garbage piled everywhere, and men's shorts and women's underwear hanging on the clotheslines.
There were greasy wooden tables, dim light bulbs, sour and moldy food, a plastic chamber pot under the bed, dirty clothes stained with sweat, and... the disgusting sound of men and women making love, and the creaking bed.
This is where she used to live.
That kind of tattered, extremely dirty and poor place was a memory she never wanted to think about or even touch. It was a memory that made her feel dirty and disgusted.
This past had long been buried in her memory, and no one knew about it, including Wen Haowen!
Ning Shuqian's face was extremely ugly. Looking at everything in front of her, her body began to tremble constantly. Her hands tightly gripped the steering wheel and she didn't even have the strength to turn it.
Was it a coincidence that the other party arranged to meet at this place, or was there some other conspiracy
Ning Shuqian felt extremely uneasy and began to regret that she had run over here without caring about anything because she was so anxious and hot-headed. She wanted to back down.
But what should Yuya do
At this moment, Ning Shuqian's heart was full of struggle.
At this moment, Ning Shuqian received a text message on her phone: "I'll give you ten more minutes, or you'll never see your daughter again!"
Ning Shuqian was completely panicked and no longer cared about anything else. She opened the car door and slowly got out. It was pitch black in the alley. The bright red word "demolish" appeared where the car lights passed, making her realize that no one had lived there for a long time.
The other party chose this place to meet, and it turned out that he came prepared.
Ning Shuqian stepped on her stilettos, took out her cell phone, turned on the emergency light, and walked into the alley. The alley had been dilapidated for too long and was too badly damaged. Ning Shuqian tripped over debris on the ground several times and almost fell to the ground.
After walking for about two minutes, a dim light appeared in the pitch-black alley. Ning Shuqian knew that the house was her destination.
Ning Shuqian's mind finally came to clarity. She felt that coming here alone in the middle of the night was too reckless. If Yuya's "kidnapping" was really Wen Xinya's act of revenge, then what kind of terrible end was waiting for her
Ning Shuqian panicked and stepped back involuntarily.
While stepping back, her heel accidentally hit a hard object. With a "Ah--" sound, she lost her balance and fell heavily to the ground.
The tremendous pain broke the taut string in her brain instantly. She almost crawled to escape from this terrible place. At this moment, she completely forgot that her daughter Ning Yuya was waiting for her to save her life.
"Do you think you can run away now that you have come to this place?" A cold and obscene voice suddenly sounded behind her.
"Ah--" The sudden sound made Ning Shuqian, who was already on edge and wanted to escape so scared, scream almost subconsciously.
Ning Shuqian ran forward almost instinctively. As for what would happen to Ning Yuya after she ran away, it was not within her consideration for the time being.
The next second, her arm was grabbed tightly by someone. The force on her wrist was fierce and heavy, like two large pliers, dragging Ning Shuqian into the room with dim lights.
"Let me go... Let me go... Help..." Ning Shuqian struggled violently, and in the chaos, her expensive and elegant high heels fell off.
"Letting you go? Dream on! I've finally led you here, how can I let you go so easily? I warn you, you'd better behave yourself, or I'll make you pay." The other party's cold and terrifying voice had a ferociousness that was chilling in the dark night.
Ning Shuqian was dragged along, her bare soles stepping on the cold, dirty, uneven, garbage-strewn ground, causing her pain from time to time. The natural difference in physical strength between men and women meant that she had no power to resist under such force and could only struggle helplessly.
The other party was obviously honest with her and was quite satisfied with her.
"Who are you and what do you want to do? Didn't we agree on this? Hand over the money with one hand and the person with the other..." Ning Shuqian was scared to the extreme. In the darkness, the other person was wearing black clothes and pants, almost blending into the darkness. She could only vaguely see the fuzzy outline swaying in the darkness. The outline was hidden in the darkness and was extremely cold.
"You will soon know who I am." The other party said sinisterly.
Hearing this voice, Ning Shuqian felt a chill all over her body.
Now, she was almost certain that Yuya's disappearance was not an ordinary kidnapping case.
The almost tearing force on her wrist caused her wrist to ache terribly, but it almost broke. The intense pain reminded her of the other party's deep malice towards her.
Ning Shuqian was terrified. Her mind went blank. She tried to calm herself down and talk to him, "I know you kidnapped my daughter for money. I've brought the 10 million you asked for. If... if you still think it's not enough, I... I can add another 5 million..."
Ning Shuqian felt extremely painful when she heard about the five million. In order to save Yuya, she pawned most of the jewelry that Wen Haowen had given her over the years, and her small treasury had also shrunk significantly. If she added another five million, it would be like cutting her flesh.
"you shut up!"
The eerie voice carried an endless chill that made one's scalp tingle.
Ning Shuqian forgot to struggle and call for help for a moment, and was dragged into the lighted house.