Reborn in the 80s: Everyone Falls For Me
Chapter 621 - 620: Design (4th update)

Chapter 621: Chapter 620: Design (4th update)

If someone other than Jin Yu had gone, Xu Niannian would have been just as unlikely to survive.

Jin Ruiyang kept it brief, highlighting the key points to Jin Yu.

Upon hearing that Xu Niannian was in the hands of that pervert Ye Tian, Jin Yu could hardly contain himself, and he violently threw off the covers, ready to get out of bed.

"Hey, Xiao Jin, you’re really going?" Jin Nanxi grabbed Jin Yu’s hand.

She and Ye Qin had heard the whole story and knew that Xu Niannian had been kidnapped by bad guys.

It implied that Jin Yu would go in exchange.

Jin Yu was currently suffering from such severe injuries; should he fall into the hands of those villains, he would undoubtedly die.

"Young Aunt, let go," Jin Yu said coldly.

Where would Jin Nanxi be willing to let go, "You’ll die like this, isn’t there another way? Let Ruiyang and the others go rescue Niannian!"

They were not injured, and Jin Nanxi feared that Jin Yu, in his current condition, would not only be unable to protect himself but would fail to save Xu Niannian as well.

"Let go," Jin Yu’s voice was indifferent as he directly moved to pry Jin Nanxi’s hand away.

Jin Nanxi didn’t want to let go, but ultimately, she was pulled away by Jin Ruiyang.

"Young Aunt, let Jin Yu go. Don’t worry, we will accompany him," Jin Ruiyang said.

*

Atop the dilapidated building, Xu Niannian was tied to the rooftop with her hands and feet bound, seven stories high, in an abandoned area of the city.

It was a dormitory for laborers from a factory.

This place was basically uninhabited now because of the geographical location of the building; behind it lay a series of overlapping mountain ridges.

In the previous two years, a landslide... had crushed a dormitory building, which was why the factory here had been abandoned beforehand.

Xu Niannian was tied to an old wooden chair near the edge of the rooftop, where a slight shift backward would send her plummeting down instantly.

The void below her seven-story high perch was behind her back.

Looking at the two men before her, Xu Niannian tried to think of a way to save herself.

Her meager self-defense techniques might be enough to handle common thugs, but against these two men with their eerie skills, she stood no chance.

Her only option was to outsmart them.

She saw that Ye Tian didn’t seem to want to kill her, but the man Ye Tian called Nuo Heng harbored a strong intent to kill her.

Their intent to have Jin Yu come over was nothing but a ploy to lure Jin Yu to his death.

Jin Yu had such severe injuries on his person.

Xu Niannian forced herself to remain calm; she had to find a way to escape before Jin Yu arrived.

She couldn’t let Jin Yu walk into danger.

Recalling the words Ye Tian had previously said, Xu Niannian looked at him, "Is this what you call darkness?"

"Shut up!" Nuo Heng roared impatiently, deeply afraid that Xu Niannian would say more and influence Ye Xiangtian’s decision.

But Xu Niannian didn’t heed his words and continued to stare determinedly at Ye Xiangtian, "Are you sure you want to stay in the darkness forever?"

She could tell that Ye Tian had a trace of affection for her, no matter how faint, and she had to seize this slim chance.

In order to escape, Xu Niannian had to leverage that bit of affection.

He was not Uncle Ye, but a villain who had done terrible things and wanted to harm her and Jin Yu.

At the same time, Xu Niannian could also see that he seemed to be wavering.

"Don’t worry, I won’t kill you!"

Ye Tian lifted his head, his gaze somewhat vacant. At this point, he wasn’t sure why he had ended up here.

He once also held a heart inclined towards goodness, but sadly, the world was too unfair to him.

Yet, he yearned for the light and sought redemption.

However, everyone was telling him that now that things had come to this, and he had already become like this, he only had one path to follow: to carve out a place to survive in the darkness, because he had already been tainted.

Only she said that as long as one yearned for the light, it could indeed become the light.

"Ye Tian!" Nuo Heng, worried, grabbed his shoulder, only to be coldly brushed off by Ye Tian, who held the gaping barrel of a wooden gun to Nuo Heng’s forehead.

Nuo Heng immediately fell silent, his gaze sinking, "You saved my life, and you can take it back whenever you wish."

But he, Nuo Heng, would make sure to guarantee his safe departure.

For that, he would pay any price.

"You don’t need to meddle in my affairs," Ye Xiangtian said coldly.

Xu Niannian quietly observed the two men.

Though she had limited contact with them, she felt that Ye Tian would not go back on his word.

He probably wouldn’t kill her.

So, his target was Jin Yu.

Xu Niannian’s hands were tied behind her, praying that Jin Yu wouldn’t come.

Jin Yu had taught her self-defense techniques.

Beyond self-defense, he had also shown her ways to save herself in dangerous situations.

Like how to untie knots.

But after trying hard for a while, she realized she couldn’t undo the knot; Nuo Heng had tied it skillfully.

She remembered there was a small zipper on the cuff of her sleeve.

While the two men were talking, Xu Niannian cautiously reached for the zipper on her cuff and tugged it down hard, slowly scraping it against the rope.

Very carefully.

Because these two men seemed very cautious.

Not knowing what Ye Tian and Nuo Heng had discussed, Xu Niannian saw Nuo Heng quiet down and walk to a corner, his cold gaze fixed on her.

The spot where he hid, if someone came from the staircase to the rooftop, would be completely out of sight.

Xu Niannian felt an inexplicable tightening in her heart, fearing that Nuo Heng planned to ambush Jin Yu, who would come to rescue her.

This wouldn’t do, she had to speed up.

She couldn’t let Nuo Heng’s plan succeed.

Ye Tian raised his wrist to check the time, and after a long pause, his gaze lifted towards Xu Niannian in a profound manner, "It’s been forty minutes; if he doesn’t show up in twenty minutes, you can come with me in peace."