Chapter 971
Caught unprepared, he was pushed to the ground.
| quickly pulled out the phone from his pocket and called the cops.
Though as soon as | made the call, the woman snatched the phone away.
The male doctor got up from the ground and pinned m e down. My hands were tied behind my back, and my
bones were twisted in an excruciating manner. My face was pressed against the cold tiles. | tried to speak but
could not get a word out.
The woman screamed in my ears, "I told you that you'll suffer the consequences if you refuse to cooperate!"
| squeezed my eyes shut, frantically figuring out ways t o save myself.
The other party had shed all pretenses. The two women sentback to the room where | was previously held,
leaving one person behind to watch m e.
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We both faced each other. She looked atwith frosty eyes. "You'd better behave yourself or you'll end up in
the deep woods."
| sneered. "So you admit that you're from a criminal
organization?" "Does it matter whether | admit it or not?" The woman crossed her arms and looked
condescendingly at me. " Don't ever think about leaving once you cin.
That's why | advise you to behave yourself so you'll suffer a little less."
"Why are you imprisoning me?"
If | were to die, then | had to at least know what these guys wanted from me.
The woman shrugged and said with a smile, "We need beautiful young women like you."
Human trafficking?
This was what cto my mind first. | believed that my expression was ghastly at the moment. Perhaps there
was even a trace of fear on my face.
Seeing how pale my face was, she stood up and approached me, then squeezed my jaw tightly.
| endured the pain and calmly said, "If what you want i s money, then | can give it to you."
She sneered, her delicate features drawing close. Her eyes looked like those of a viper as she scrutinized my
face. "You're the luckiest out of all the women | captured. According to the things they normally do, you would've
been sent abroad by now."
My heart clenched, and my body started quivering uncontrollably. This was an instinctive fear.
The woman sat back in her chair and said in an icy tone, "Don't worry. You won't die yet, so just rest assured and
sit here."
| pursed my lips and thought about it before asking, " How much money do you want? | can give it to you."
The woman had no plans of responding to me. She gaveno response regardless of what | said.
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After about half an hour later, the woman left the room.
| stood up from the chair but fell to the floor because m y legs went weak.
| had no friends or relatives in Riverbank City. No one would clooking forif | suddenly vanished, nor
would anyone care. This was why they targeted me.
Horton would not call the cops even if he noticed something was amiss. | had no confidence at all.
Another night had passed, and no one was here to save me. | was in despair by now.
The door suddenly opened and the swoman from before walked in. She looked atand said, "It's about
time."
Having said that, she looked at the two men behind her.
The men approached me, and | retreated as | asked in a trembling tone, "Where do you plan to take me?"
The woman said coldly, "You don't have to know." "Where are you taking me?" | broke down a little and raised «
my pitch.