Mated at First Sight
Chapter 861 - 570 I will protect you (Second update) _2

"Tsk, tsk, tsk... boyfriend, comrades! Your relationship really is something, it’s touching to see. I’ve kidnapped many people, but this is the first time I’ve seen so many willingly come forward to meet their deaths. Despite being a little moved, I still won’t let you go." The smile in his voice was ice cold, "But don’t say I didn’t warn you—if you insist on playing the hero and happen to lose your lives by accident, we... won’t take any responsibility."

"So much nonsense." Yang Yuebin sneered, "If this young master complains even once, I wouldn’t be a hero. Damn it, it’s just death, but... okay, I’m actually quite afraid, especially if I were to die in a place like this instead of on the battlefield, I would feel wronged."

But for the sake of his brothers, he would bear the wronged feeling.

"You don’t need to do this." Yue Qiao looked at everyone; she was truly grateful to Mu Lin, had it not been for Mu Lin who allowed her to stay behind, she never would have thought that there would come a day when so many people would risk their lives to protect her—they could only understand such feelings as the ones involved.

The indifference in her eyes had long since faded away; Yue Qiao’s heart had gradually warmed up through her interaction with everyone.

"Let me do it." Yue Qiao walked out, her eyes coldly on the leader. However, the next moment, Zhou Yicen stepped forward once again, "Just take me. What kind of hero harms a girl?"

"We were never heroes in the first place." He forgot, they were all kidnappers! How could being a hero be as... interesting as being a kidnapper.

"Yicen..." The others wanted to stop him, but Zhou Yicen said, "Among us, no one is more qualified than I am to take Qiaoqiao’s place."

The others fell silent, knowing the relationship between Yue Qiao and Zhou Yicen.

"Very good, very good." Suddenly, a round of applause, ’clap clap clap,’ echoed, "A real man, daring to offer himself up for his woman. For that alone, if you die, I will make sure to bury you properly, and even erect a tombstone for you. This open space outside is very empty, I think, it’d make a fine graveyard for you." The voice of the other side made everyone grit their teeth, from the beginning to the end, only Ji Shubai kept his lips tightly pressed, without any change except in his eyes.

"Less talking nonsense." Hearing the other party’s words, Zhou Yicen snorted coldly and was quickly brought over to the vat of water.

When the ropes were tied around Zhou Yicen’s ankles, everyone realized that there was a very thick rope above the vat—they intended to hang Zhou Yicen up and submerge him in the water!

This definitely wasn’t right; it could really end with someone dying accidentally.

"This isn’t right." Yue Qiao was the first one to rush forward but was grabbed by a kidnapper at the side and couldn’t advance, all of them were held back, forced to watch helplessly as Zhou Yicen was hung upside down.

At this moment, Zhou Yicen’s head was at most half a meter away from the water surface.

The leading man stepped forward, looking at him, "How about it, I’m giving you one last chance. Speak up, tell us about your family backgrounds, and then... we can go demand a ransom." The thought of it was good—so much money! Together, these ten or so people had to be worth far more than the family at the side, right?

"Absolutely not!" He definitely couldn’t let the Zhou Family lose so much face. He was a soldier and would never accept being kidnapped and having his family pay a ransom for him. He would never do such a shameful thing.

"Ah... well, I can’t blame myself then." The other man clicked his tongue, "Let go." Why don’t these people’s brains work?

The leader felt inexplicably tired in his heart.

The rope was released without hesitation, and from his head to his shoulders, Zhou Yicen was unhesitatingly placed into the vat of water, causing water to splash everywhere, spilling over from the vat and slowly falling.

"No... don’t, let me go, let go, I’ll replace him." Yue Qiao desperately rushed forward, but a girl’s strength, especially when bound, was just not enough to break through, and she was firmly pressed down.

Not just Yue Qiao, everyone instinctively rushed forward, Jing Youlan and the others felt for the first time how truly useless they were, only being able to watch as their brother suffered right before their eyes, unable to do anything about it.

They weren’t strong enough, not yet! If they had another chance to return to the military camp, they would train even harder.

Unable to handle even such a small situation, what right did they have to stand by Mu Lin’s side, what right to be the comrades of comrades, what right to be Special Forces Soldiers?

To Jing Youlan and the others, everything that unfolded before them was a blow, an unprecedented one.

They wanted to fight back, but their opponents were also strong.

They even thought that if it were Mu Lin, he would surely have dealt with it easily.

Only when he was almost suffocating, was Zhou Yicen finally pulled out of the water.

Like having gone through a brush with death, as soon as he emerged from the water, Zhou Yicen couldn’t help but gasp for fresh air.

"How about it? Have you taken the opportunity to reconsider my question?" His query was not only directed at Zhou Yicen but also to Yue Qiao and Jing Youlan and everyone in their group.

"If any one of you speaks up and tells me what I want to know, I will... let him go. No second words." His gaze swept lightly over everyone’s face, finally resting on one of them.

"I believe this should be a fair trade, otherwise." The cold warning glinting in his eyes hinted at bloodlust, "I will not be merciful. You all have seen it already."