Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 126 - 125: The Hostage Is Overly Cooperative

Chapter 126: Chapter 125: The Hostage Is Overly Cooperative

"Ah? Aren’t all traps in the deep mountains? Why did you go so far?"

Yu Xiangqin was squatting at the kitchen doorway picking vegetables, starting from the alert, and sprang up from the ground, spilling a basin of green beans on the floor.

The clattering noise was particularly grating, and Yu Xiangqin immediately felt distressed, quickly bending over to pick up the beans.

"Yes, where exactly did you go? How are Sun Guanghui... and Wang Dong now? Are they still alive?"

No one expected that the first person to lose composure would be Wang Shumei.

Wang Shumei was always the most composed one at the Educated Youth Corps; unlike Wen Lan, who erupted at the slightest provocation, nor was she like Lin Nianhe, adept at handling all sides.

It was rare for anyone to see her lose her rationality; she could always stop them when Wen Lan or Lin Nianhe was about to fly into a rage. Even yesterday, when she saw her cousin fighting with a bunch of people, she was able to suppress the desire to rush up and make things worse, preventing herself from becoming a burden and calmly making the most favorable decision at the moment.

Of course, that might also be because Wen Lan stepped on her ankle.

Lin Nianhe: "Oh, this silly girl finally got it."

She remembered, when Wang Shumei’s ankle was injured, she and Wen Lan overheard outside the yard Sun Guanghui saying he could support her if there was not enough money and grain.

However, nothing happened afterward. Lin Nianhe thought she might have mistaken the whole situation.

Wen Lan: "What? What silly girl?"

"...Cantaloupe."

Lin Nianhe pursed her lips and gave her a push, "Keep an eye on Sister Shumei, don’t let her run off to the mountains by herself."

Wen Lan didn’t understand and couldn’t figure out why Wang Shumei would go up the mountain by herself, but still went to Wang Shumei’s side, grabbing her arm seriously, "You silly girl better not run to the mountain yourself, or we’ll first have to find your lost self before the others!"

Wen Lan was a bit anxious and unconsciously spoke in her hometown dialect.

Wang Shumei did understand. She frowned and looked back at Lin Nianhe.

Lin Nianhe looked into her eyes, a bit helpless, "Do you really want to go look for them?"

Wang Shumei pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "We must go, or if they bleed all the way back, even if they were fine before, they’d be dead now."

Today was different from yesterday; she wouldn’t cause more chaos going there now.

Lin Nianhe nodded her head slightly and turned back to enter the room.

Of course, going back to the room was just a pretext. She took some hemostatic powder from her space. Thinking it over, she also tied the dagger that Su Yuncheng gave her to her lower leg.

The metal was cold and a bit uncomfortable against the skin.

Not to mention, it was quite uncomfortable indeed.

She took the medicine and went out, intending to go up the mountain with them. But Fu Aiguo shook his head, "I came back actually to have you call the team leader, and also, there’s a barefoot doctor in Nine-miles Team who’s very good at treating bone injuries..."

Yu Xiangqin immediately put down the wooden basin, wiping her hands and saying, "They don’t know the way, Miao Hongqi and I will go over."

After what happened yesterday, Li Dahe specifically instructed that they should go out in pairs in the future. With Wang Xue still not back, Yu Xiangqin had no choice but to go out with Miao Hongqi.

"Right, right, we’ll go." Miao Hongqi said while putting on her shoes.

Lin Nianhe took out the bicycle key from her pocket and threw it to her: "Tiechui, go by bike."

"Ah? Okay!"

Wang Shumei pulled Wen Lan to Lin Nianhe, "Nianhe, then you go find the team leader and Aunt Wang, don’t follow us up the mountain."

Wen Lan nodded repeatedly, "Right, right. I don’t want to carry one and support another again."

Fu Aiguo saw they were still discussing going up the mountain and his eyebrows almost imperceptibly furrowed.

He gritted his molars and said, "Alright then, let’s hurry up."

With that, he took the lead and headed out.

Wang Shumei, holding Wen Lan, followed quickly, their footsteps brisk.

"Sister Shumei!" Lin Nianhe suddenly called out to her.

Wang Shumei turned her head back, "What is it?"

Lin Nianhe glanced behind her with a meaningful look, "Be careful."

Wang Shumei’s eyes dimmed slightly, and then she nodded, "Yeah, I understand."

Lin Nianhe watched them leaving, feeling a bit apprehensive, but just slightly.

Fu Aiguo’s frail stature could not withstand a punch from Wen Lan.

It should be fine.

Lin Nianhe was contemplating the situation of her friends, but never imagined that the first to encounter trouble would be herself.

Staring at the two unfamiliar muscular men in front of her, Lin Nianhe’s lips curled into a cold smile: "Hehe, big brothers, looking for directions?"

While speaking, she pondered whether to bend over to draw her dagger or to lift her leg to draw it... she felt lifting her leg would be cooler.

Trying to scheme against her? Don’t they know she’s always upfront and direct!

The disdainful smile on the faces of the two big brothers remained as one of them pointed towards the nearby woods, gesturing for Lin Nianhe to take a look for herself.

Lin Nianhe swiftly turned her head to glance and then her feet seemingly rooted themselves firmly to the ground.

In the woods, there were dimly discernible shadows of more than ten people, the sunlight passing through the leaves reflected off the cold gleam of blades, and the one in the center was even holding something about a foot long, with a black gun muzzle aimed right at Lin Nianhe.

Lin Nianhe: "..."

It was time for work now, and those left at home were mostly the old, the weak, the women, and the children. Even if they heard her cry for help and managed to rush over, it would be of no use.

Quickly analyzing the situation, Lin Nianhe’s cold smile instantaneously transformed into a bright and warm one like a summer sun. Lin the Good Man asked: "Big brother, are you robbing for money or for beauty? If it’s money, that’s negotiable; name your price, I’ll scrape it together. If it’s for beauty... think about it, is a woman more important than money? Right?"

A good man does not suffer before the eyes of others!

Big Brother: "Kidnapping."

Lin Nianhe gritted her teeth, wanting to curse, wanting to smack him dead with a brick.

Damn it, they aren’t playing by the rules!

Big Brother took out a bundle of hemp rope, looking mockingly at Lin Nianhe: "Will you cooperate on your own, or do we need to get our hands on you?"

Lin Nianhe: "Look at what you’re saying, it’s so tiring to use force. Come on, take the trouble, tie it tight."

She stretched out her hands, looking extremely docile.

The kidnapper Big Brother had probably never seen such a cooperative hostage before; after being stunned for a moment, he glared at her threateningly: "Don’t try any tricks!"

Lin Nianhe: "..."

This kidnapper seems to have paranoid delusions.

What bad intentions could she have?

She just didn’t want to be blown away by a gunshot, that’s all.

Really, she had no other intentions, truly.

The kidnapper Big Brother kept a wary eye on Lin Nianhe, bound her hands behind her back securely, and even stuffed a piece of rag into her mouth after some consideration.

Then he pushed her around from the grove to the roadside, finally throwing her onto an ox cart.

Lin Nianhe looked at the person driving the cart, and her eyes widened in shock.

She really didn’t expect to encounter someone familiar here.

...

"That comrade, we’ll take our leave now. Thanks for your help on this matter."

At the entrance of the health clinic, Qian Guozhu and Sun ManCang bid farewell to Su Yuncheng.

Su Yuncheng nodded: "Have a safe trip."

Qian Guozhu and Sun ManCang got into the car, and it wasn’t until they drove out of the town that Sun ManCang, frightened, clutched at his heart and heaved a sigh of relief: "Damn, that scared the life out of me!"

Qian Guozhu tugged at the corner of his mouth, feeling uneasy.

Sun ManCang turned and asked softly: "Bro, what do you think those guys were up to asking about our supply? Can we still do this business in the future? Oh right, where exactly is our supply coming from?"

Qian Guozhu knew he could no longer hide it and could only say: "The north."

"The north? The Great Northern Wilderness? They produce apples there?" Sun ManCang was puzzled.

Qian Guozhu lit a cigarette: "Even further north."

"Even further north, isn’t that Su..." Sun ManCang’s expression gradually filled with horror, his voice quivering, "Big brother, don’t scare me, I’m faint-hearted!"

Qian Guozhu blew a smoke ring and then laughed: "What’s there to be afraid of, we’ve really hitched our wagon to a big ship this time... Our future’s bright."

Qian Guozhu had thought it through very clearly—those who could connect with foreign goods had also warned them not to sell this month, obviously, they had some very strong connections that had been tipped off in advance. As for those who tried to rob them yesterday, they were caught before they could even start.

He felt that their line of business was just starting to stabilize, and that was why others wanted to rob them. Once that person smooths things over with their connections, there will certainly be no such troubles in the future.

Qian Guozhu didn’t know at this time that their "big ship" was lying on an ox cart, brewing a scheme of overturning the situation.