Chapter 70: Defection

 Chapter 70: Defection

"Is it too much?" The voice on the other end of the phone seemed to have guessed their intentions and started bargaining.

The kidnappers answered sensibly, "Alright, then three million."

Nan Huang: "..."

"Alright, where do we make the exchange?"

"The boss agreed, boss!" "We've settled it! Boss!" "Three million, we can each get fifty thousand!"

"Don't bother me!" The leader of the group with a buzz cut took his hand off the phone, directed at the phone, and said, "I'll give you an address, and you can only come alone with the cash. If I find anything suspicious, my guys will take care of you. Don't doubt my words."

"Alright."

The voice on the other end of the phone said some more words that Nan Huang couldn't quite catch, but she saw the buzz-cut leader glancing at her a few times and then nodding, as if they had reached some agreement.

Finally, the call ended, and after the buzz-cut leader noted down "My Home Boss's" phone number, he pulled out Nan Huang's SIM card and tossed both the card and phone away.

One of the kidnappers immediately said, "Why did you throw the phone away? It's valuable!"

"For a deal worth millions, you're worried about this little money?" The buzz-cut leader was irritated. He walked over, stared fiercely at Nan Huang, and extended his hand. Nan Huang clenched her fist, ready to break free from the ropes at any moment.

Just then, the buzz-cut leader grabbed a clean piece of clothing from the side and draped it over Nan Huang.

"Tsk, what a hassle," he muttered, moving away and contemplating something.

The other kidnappers looked puzzled by the buzz-cut leader's actions and asked, "Boss, what's going on?"

"Never mind, it's annoying."

"Boss, what's bothering you? Can you tell us?"

The buzz-cut leader thought for a moment and told everyone, "That guy said that if we tell him who ordered us to kidnap this woman, he'll give us an extra five hundred thousand. So, should we send this woman over safely and make 3.5 million or take the risk and deliver her to that boss for 300,000?"

"..." The group of kidnappers fell into silence.

At that moment, Nan Huang began to struggle. The kidnappers exchanged glances and allowed one of them to remove the cloth from her mouth.

Nan Huang could speak again, and she said, "That young man, the one from your phone. Save him, and I can get my benefactor to give you another 1 million. I can ensure you get the full 3.5 million, plus an extra 1 million. I look good, and my benefactor can't do without me. I can get the money!"

The kidnappers looked at each other in surprise and disbelief.

So, how should they handle this situation next?

In no time, these six kidnappers were actually swayed by Nan Huang.

Nan Huang's ropes were untied, and the one who untied her noticed that her restraints had already loosened, but he didn't think much of it and didn't say anything.

Nan Huang rubbed her wrists, fastened the top button of her shirt, and sat quietly on the side, looking innocent and harmless, just like an ordinary student.

"So, who was behind the kidnapping?" Nan Huang asked.

The buzz-cut kidnapper thought for a moment and shook his head, "We haven't seen the person who ordered the kidnapping, we just know it's a woman named Luo."

Luo?

Nan Huang quickly thought of the recent dealings she had with a woman named Luo, Luo Qingmei, who was causing trouble for her second uncle. In order to help drive her away, Nan Huang had pretended to be Xie Ziran's girlfriend. Xie Ziran had mentioned that Luo Qingmei wanted her niece to marry him, so she had rushed back.

So, was this the work of Luo Qingmei or her niece?

If that were the case, these two were really up to no good.

"Do you know who's behind it now?" the buzz-cut kidnapper asked.

Nan Huang looked at him and shook her head. "Not sure, but it doesn't seem that simple."

She then asked, "How many of you are in this group?"

The buzz-cut kidnapper looked around and said, "Just the six of us, plus one young guy who relays messages to us."

"Did you arrange for someone to deal with the two people following me?" Nan Huang asked.

"You had people following you?" The buzz-cut kidnapper was surprised.

Yes, she had been followed for the past two days, but it didn't seem like they had any harmful intentions, so she hadn't paid much attention.

When she was surrounded by these kidnappers, she had felt that the two people behind her were trying to rush to her aid, but they had been held back.

She initially thought they were all part of the same group, but now it seemed that they were not.

The buzz-cut man was unsure, "What's behind you? I didn't know you were being followed."

Nan Huang nodded, "Yes, there have been two people following me for a while now."

At that moment, the young man's phone rang again. He said, "The goods have arrived, I'll send you a picture. Hmm, the person is right here with me. Yeah, yeah, now? Alright, understood."

After hanging up the phone, he slowly approached Nan Huang.

(End of this chapter)