After a long time, the gloominess on Zhang Xusheng's face finally faded away. He walked over and picked up Shia, who was sitting on the cold stone ground, and brought her into the tent.
He sat aside and tried to use his imagination to imitate the way Pei Yuchi treated Xia.
Zhang Xusheng tentatively covered Xia's belly, wanting to listen to the weak heartbeat. His movements were very gentle.
If there is really a little life growing there...
Shia relaxed a little. She knew that the man on TV just now had touched the last trace of kindness in Zhang Xusheng's heart... …
Zhang Xusheng closed his eyes, and his mind was filled with the last look in Pei Yuchi's camera lens.
Once upon a time, he was as diligent and diligent as Pei Yuchi, eager to reach the top of his life through his own efforts. Later, he was lost in wine, sex and wealth, and precious time was lost.
But now, he can only play endless cat-and-mouse games with the police and live a life of panic.
Zhang Xusheng suddenly hugged Siya's trembling body tightly, tears pouring out uncontrollably. He was like a disoriented child, crying in pain.
He didn’t understand why he ended up embarking on this path of no return despite being a well-behaved and good student who wanted to work hard on the right path...
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Xiya has been hiding the fact of pregnancy for the past two days, for fear that Zhang Xusheng will harm the fetus in her belly. Whenever the pregnancy reaction came, she could only grit her teeth and endure it, and suppress the urge to feel nauseated by adjusting her breathing. Even if he couldn't bear it anymore, he could only bite the inner wall of his mouth and swallow the sour water alive.
However, Zhang Xusheng finally knew the truth. Perhaps it was Pei Yuchi's plea that touched him. Zhang Xusheng hesitated when he saw Xia's nausea due to crying and excitement. He let go of Sia and took off the tape on her mouth.
The sudden looseness made Shia's stomach suddenly pour out. She sat on her knees, retching in pain, cold sweat continuously falling from her forehead, and her face was as pale as paper.
Because I haven’t eaten at all in the past two days, all I vomited was yellow-green sour water, and the unpleasant smell filled the air. Her stomach kept spasming, and each bout of vomiting felt like she was vomiting out her entire entrails.
This pain almost crushed Shia. Her wrists were already bleeding from the bandages. She used her hands and feet to crawl away from the place where she vomited, but she fell to the ground due to severe dehydration and weakness.
Seeing this, Zhang Xusheng untied the nylon ties that tied her hands from behind. I saw clear blood marks on Shia's wrist.
She cried hoarsely for water, her voice already hoarse. Zhang Xusheng hesitated and poured her half a glass of water. Shia picked it up with trembling hands and spit out the water before it reached her mouth.
At this time, she could no longer feel the initial fear, this tortureGreater than anything.
After this round of violent vomiting finally took a break, Zhang Xusheng immediately carried her back to the tent and tied her limp hands again. Shia wanted to resist, but she couldn't muster any strength and could only whimper weakly.
She huddled in a corner of the tent in pain and despair. She didn't know how long she could hold on, and she didn't know whether the child in her belly could survive this nightmare-like experience.
The only thing she could rely on at the moment was Pei Yuchi's love for her and her belief in Zhang Xusheng's kind nature.
The two days of inhuman torture had exhausted her strength. She prayed, hoping that everything would end soon, hoping that Pei Yuchi could rescue her from this unbearable torture as soon as possible.
Before that, she must hold on for the sake of the life that already exists and does not yet exist.
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The clock is ticking forward, and Xia has been missing for 36 hours. This long wait is torture for Pei Yuchi.
He knows that Zhang Xusheng is well versed in people's hearts. As time goes by, his worries about Xia will grow exponentially. Using this to mentally torture yourself, making yourself anxious and worried, but without getting any information, is more terrifying than being cruel directly.
In the end, in order to save Shia, she may satisfy his request at all costs.
This is the game Zhang Xusheng laid out, a step-by-step psychological warfare to implement his plan of psychological suppression. He used the variable of time to consume his will to the greatest extent and force himself to submit.
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At this moment, at 2:08 in the morning, Pei Yuchi suddenly received an anonymous email in his mailbox.
He opened it in shock and saw a horrifying video in the email - Shia's hands were roughly tied, the surroundings were dark, the background was difficult to distinguish, and Shia's painful look was extremely real.
This email came from an anonymous overseas mailbox. The content of the email was cold and asked Pei Yuchi to prepare 2 million US dollars in cash before 12 noon today to be airlifted to Riyue Island by drone. A specified hillside location.
The email emphasized that the cash must be delivered correctly and the drone must be confirmed to take off before the hostages can be free on the high seas. If it is discovered that a tracker is installed on a cash-transporting drone, the transaction will be cancelled, and the lives of the hostages will be in danger.
At the end of the email, he made it clear that he would never accept any negotiations or additional conditions.
What made Pei Yuchi even more heartbroken was that in the video, Xia's face was pale and she was suffering from severe pregnancy reactions and was in excruciating pain.
Her face was haggard, her eyes were closed tightly, she was convulsing and vomiting. Every time she vomited or convulsed, it seemed to hit him in the heart. This helpless feeling of despair made Pei Yuchi almost collapse...
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In order to prevent the login IP of the email from being traced, it was destroyed immediately after being sent. The police tried to trace it but failed.
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Shia woke up in the dusk with a dry throat. She swallowed hard, feeling her throat was burning and thirsty. She looked at the bottles of mineral water prepared by Zhang Xusheng not far away, but was shocked to realize that they were all empty.
"I'm very thirsty...Have you finished drinking the water?" Siya asked weakly.
Hearing this, Zhang Xusheng looked at the time and saw that dawn was approaching. He hesitated for a moment and decided to continue clasping their wrists together with chains.
"Let's go to the mountains to get some water." He said briefly, with a rare gentleness in his tone.
Xia nodded, her lips were chapped. She stood up with difficulty and followed Zhang Xusheng out of the cave.
The morning breeze in the forest made her shiver slightly, and the thin clothes on her body made her feel even colder. Zhang Xusheng noticed her slight trembling and frowned, but said nothing.
The two walked slowly on the rugged mountain road. Shia tripped from time to time. She gritted her teeth and endured the pain. The lambskin shoes on her feet were no longer suitable for today's itinerary.
Zhang Xusheng ignored it, and just pulled the rope hard, urging her to speed up... The road passed through a very difficult mountain road, and Xia's steps became difficult because of her pregnancy. Zhang Xusheng took the initiative to step forward and wanted to help, but Xiya pushed him away with a cold face.
"I don't need your help." Siya endured the pain in her feet and walked forward step by step.
After two hours of trekking, the two finally came to a mountain stream. The edge of the stream was filled with splashing water, and the water there was crystal clear.
Zhang Xusheng walked slowly forward on the edge of the slow stream, stopped on a larger stone, and prepared to fetch water.
Just when he bent down, the sole of his foot slipped, and he screamed. He fell directly on the stone, then rolled and fell into the rapid mountain stream!
"Ah -" Zhang Xusheng let out a terrifying scream, and immediately took a big mouthful of stream water, and his violent coughing made him unable to breathe. His whole body was quickly soaked by the cold and biting mountain water, and his limbs were tossed and struggled uncontrollably in the rapids.
He tried to grab hold of the rocks or branches around him, but they all slipped from his fingertips. Zhang Xusheng's heart sank, and he felt that he was unable to fight against this violent flash flood, and could only let the turbulence sweep him away from the shore and drag him towards the torrent...
Xiya saw Zhang Xusheng being sucked into the torrent. , immediately tried his best to tighten the rope between the two, and approached the big tree on the shore step by step. Her hands turned white, the rope cut deeply into her wrists, and veins popped out on her arms.
The moment she finally hugged the tree trunk, Shia roared and pulled the rope with all her strength. The tree bark rubbed her cheeks and elbows, but she ignored the pain and just kept trying to pull Zhang Xusheng ashore.
"Hold on!" she yelled, her voice choked with sobs. Little by little, she felt the weight on the end of the rope move.
Shia's arm hurt like fire. She gritted her teeth and endured it, using more and more force on her hand. Finally, when Zhang Xusheng's head came out of the water, she took her last breath and pulled him back to the shore!
The two of them were lying on the shore. Xia's hands couldn't help shaking. She gasped weakly. Her eyes fell on Zhang Xusheng, showing compassion for the first time.
"You saved me?" Zhang Xusheng seemed unable to believe it.
"I just don't want to be dragged into the water by you." Shia said lightly, but avoided his eyes.
She saved herself not out of kindness, but out of instinctive self-preservation. Zhang Xusheng understood this, but was also shocked by the courage and strength hidden in her body.
He looked at the bloody marks on Siya's wrists and couldn't bear to keep her tightly tied, so he unlocked the lock between them.
"I'm sorry..." He said softly, and used a clean cloth to bandage Siya's wound. He moved very gently, as if he was afraid of hurting her.
This is the second time Zhang Xusheng has untied Xiya.
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On the way back to the cave, Zhang Xusheng and Xia met a pair of young male and female tourists. Zhang Xusheng immediately pretended to put his arms around Xia's shoulders, pretending to be a loving couple.
The scars and tattered clothes on Siya’s body aroused the female tourist’s attention. She couldn't help but frown slightly when she saw the blood marks on Siya's arms.
Zhang Xusheng hugged her tighter, and Xia could only lean into his arms and pretend to be intimate. She was extremely anxious and wanted to send a distress signal to the female tourist, but she was afraid that Zhang Xusheng would harm herself and her unborn baby.
When the two groups approached, Shia looked at the female tourist with burning eyes. After looking at each other for a moment, she mouthed the words "Save me", her eyes filled with tears of pleading.
The female tourist was startled at first. She took her boyfriend's hand and turned to leave. She was still looking at Sia worriedly from the corner of her eye...
Sia secretly prayed, hoping that the balance of fate would be in the right direction. She leaned.
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