Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 287

Chapter 287 Kidnapping
“They dare to kidnap me in the open day. This group of people is really bold. Perhaps they are outlaws!” Xia Xiaowan thought and felt even more afraid.

Her mouth was stuffed with something and her eyes couldn’t see anything. However, she could feel that the car was slowly driving out of the parking lot. Xia Xiaowan knew that the car would have to go through the toll booth. She took her car here every day, so she could estimate the approximate distance. When she felt that the car was about to reach the toll booth, she began to struggle. She wanted to make some noise so that the people outside could hear her. The people in the car probably guessed her intention. They did not even talk to her and directly hit her neck with a palm, making her unconscious.

When Xia Xiaowan woke up, she found herself lying on the ground. Her hands and feet were still tied up, and her mouth was stuffed with something. Her eyes were still covered with a strip of black cloth. She couldn’t see or make any sound. She didn’t know where she was. She also didn’t know if there was anyone nearby. She could only listen quietly. She pricked up her ears and listened for a long time, but she couldn’t hear anything.

She speculated that maybe the kidnappers had left her here to go out for dinner because she was a little hungry too, which meant that it was time to eat. She struggled to sit up slowly, but no one stopped her. It meant that her guess was right. She used her hand to touch the ground, which was covered with thick dust. She also smelled a rotten smell as if the house had been abandoned for a long time.

She felt that the most important thing was to take off the cloth on her eyes. She tried various methods but failed. Then she attempted to free her hands, but she could not remove the thick hemp rope that was tied tightly. What should she do? What could she do?

Her heart was pounding, but she kept telling herself to calm down. Before the kidnappers came back, she must think of a way to escape.

Since she couldn’t move her hands, she started to move her feet. But still, she failed to get her feet released. She suddenly had an idea. She put her face on her knees and rubbed them. She was very patient. Bit by bit, she actually removed the black cloth covering her face.

The lights were not turned on, and the windows were all very high, so the room was very dim. Xia Xiaowan looked around and knew that she was in an abandoned warehouse. There were a few pieces of old wooden boards scattered on the ground, which looked like torn packaging boxes. There were mottled and rusty iron doors in the front and rear of the warehouse. Other than two doors, there seemed to be no way to escape.

Then she looked down at herself. Because she had to run around, she always wore Capri jeans and a short-sleeved shirt for convenience’s sake. Thanks to the protection of her jeans, although her legs were dirty, she was not injured.

She carefully observed the rope tied to her feet and tried to remember it in her mind. Then, she laid down again and made a banana shape. She raised her hands and feet high and tried to reach for the rope on her feet with her hands. She had learned how to dance, so her body was very flexible. After a lot of effort, she finally loosened the rope a little. Then, she kicked her feet randomly. Although her shoes were thus thrown away, she got her feet released.

She lay there and panted softly for a long time before slowly sitting up. Then she stood up and quietly walked to the door to take a look. When she saw outside, she was dumbfounded. A few kidnappers were standing or squatting out there, drinking and eating.

She held her breath and walked back. Then she went to the other door. However, the door was tightly closed. She gently pushed it, but it did not move. It must have been locked from the outside. She sighed in frustration. It seemed that she couldn’t run away through this door. The only way out was the door in the front of the warehouse. But the kidnappers were outside the door. How could she get out?

Then she looked up at the window. It was so high that it was difficult to climb up, let alone go out through it.

The initial panic had passed. Now, she calmed down and looked around. Finally, she found a round plate made of granite. She was happy and walked over quietly, wanting to sever the rope by rubbing it against the plate.

Because the light was dim, she couldn’t locate the rope. She often rubbed her own skin, rather than the rope, against the plate. It was so painful that she gritted her teeth, but she didn’t dare to make a sound.

Just as she was rubbing it, the door suddenly sounded twice. Someone came in. She was so scared that she quickly lowered her body and hid under the stone plate.

The person coming in realized that she had run away, and he quickly shouted, “Oh no, she ran away! That woman ran away!”

The kidnappers outside rushed in. When they saw the rope on the ground that she had removed from her body, they were all shocked. The leader was a man with a tattoo on his face. He was relatively calm. “Don’t panic. She shouldn’t be far away. Let’s search everywhere. Burney and Catty, you two search the warehouse again to see if she is hiding somewhere. The rest of you, follow me to look for her outside.”

The six of them were split into two teams and began to search. Xia Xiaowan was so nervous that she did not even dare to breathe. She even could hear her own heartbeat. What should she do? She was hiding in such a visible place that they would definitely see her.

Next to the stone plate was an abandoned machine. There was a narrow gap between the machine and the wall. She thought about it and crept toward it. She moved silently like a fish swimming in the water. But she suddenly couldn’t move when she was just halfway there. Her leg was stepped on. Xia Xiaowan knew it was over. She was discovered!

Sure enough, a man shrieked, “Catty, she is here! Tell Brother Lei that this woman did not run away!”

Someone responded to him from afar and ran out to report. The man picked Xia Xiaowan up from the ground and chuckled. “You’re pretty impressive. You even removed the rope on your feet. I thought you had run away!”

Xia Xiaowan was very afraid, but she did not get panic. She knew that only by pretending to be even more afraid could she confuse the kidnappers. Therefore, she looked panicked and her body trembled. She stammered, “You, did you catch the wrong person? I, I have no enmity with you. Why did you kidnap me?”

One side of the face of the man who caught her was red as if it had been burned by fire. At first, Xia Xiaowan did not look at him. But later she felt that she should see the kidnapper clearly, so she looked up. Upon seeing him, she was so scared that her legs went weak and she almost fell.

Because one side of his face was burnt and red, he was called Burney. When he saw that Xia Xiaowan was frightened by him, he smiled. “Don’t be afraid. Although I am a little ugly, I am quite gentle. As long as you are obedient, I will not hurt you.”

At this time, the people outside came in. The man in the lead was called Lei, and his subordinates all called him Brother Lei. He was not tall, but he was stout. He wore a black vest, and there were muscles on his arms. He had thick eyebrows and small eyes. He looked very fierce. He walked over and without a word, he raised his hand and slapped Xia Xiaowan on the face. “You still dare to run? Do you want to get beaten up again? I don’t care if you are a man or a woman. If you provoke me, I will beat you!”

Having been beaten, Xia Xiaowan staggered and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Burney nearby reached out to hold her.

This slap was very heavy, making her face burning with pain. Xia Xiaowan could even feel that her face was slowly swelling up.

But at the same time, the slap also enraged her. Xia Xiaowan looked at him angrily. “Who are you? Why did you kidnap me? Do you know that this is illegal?”

Brother Lei sneered. “I just do illegal things!”

“What do you want?”

“What else do we want? We want money!” Brother Lei took two steps forward and lifted her chin. He had a dirty smile. “You are pretty. If you serve me well, I can ask for less. How about it?”

When he said this, Xia Xiaowan’s anger instantly turned into fear, and her body trembled even more violently. “As long as you don’t hurt me, money is not a problem. Please don’t hurt me!”

Brother Lei raised his hand to stroke her face and said with some regret, “Look, it’s swollen. As long as you are obedient, you will suffer less pain!”

Xia Xiaowan got goosebumps all over her body, but she did not dare to resist, allowing his rough fingers to rub her face.

“I have been keeping an eye on you for many days. I know that you are born rich. You are the daughter of the Xia family, right? Your family is rich, but not the richest one. Anyway, now that I have kidnapped you, why don’t I go big?”

Xia Xiaowan did not understand what he meant and looked at him blankly.

“You don’t understand?” Seeing the puzzled look on Xia Xiaowan’s face, Brother Lei laughed out loud, “I have investigated you and found that you have an extraordinary fate. Gu Nianbin, Gu Group’s CEO, is your childhood friend and has a deep relationship with you. If I ask him to save you with money, he will definitely agree. But I don’t even like his money. Do you know whose money I like?” He deliberately kept it in suspense.

Xia Xiaowan’s heart sank. She was an extremely intelligent person, so she naturally understood the meaning behind his words. However, she shook her head and pretended not to understand.

“Everyone says that you are smart. It seems that you are not!” Brother Lei patted her face. “The richest man in City G is, of course, the Jiang Group’s President Jiang. Even I, who came here from another place, know his name. Don’t you know that? Or do you deliberately say you don’t know?”

Xia Xiaowan said, “I have nothing to do with him. If you ask him for money, why would he give you? Moreover, you don’t want too many people to know about this, do you? It’s not good for you if too many people know this! Why don’t you call my family? They will definitely take the money to redeem me.”

“Look, you gave the game away, right?” Brother Lei narrowed his eyes and stared at her. “Why are you so nervous? What are you afraid of?”

“Of course I am afraid. I am afraid that you will hurt me.”

“No, you are lying,” Brother Lei smiled sinisterly again. “You are afraid that I will call Jiang Kaiwei, afraid that he will come to save you, and afraid that he will be in danger, right?”

Xia Xiaowan’s heart skipped a beat. Outsiders only knew her past with Jiang Kaiwei. How could this Brother Lei know about their current situation? There must be something fishy about this!

She insisted, “I’m not lying. Jiang Kaiwei and I used to be in a relationship, but that was a few years ago. If you don’t believe me, you can ask around.”

“I’ve already asked around. You can’t fool me. You are the woman that Jiang Kaiwei loves. You have always been. I think he is willing to pay any price for you!”

The sky had already darkened, and the room seemed even darker. Brother Lei stood in front of her, his face a little blurry. Only his eyes were still fiercely staring at her as if he was staring at prey that had fallen into a trap.

Suddenly, someone turned on the light in the warehouse. It was not very bright, producing faint yellow light. A person stood by the door and chuckled. “Wow, wow, wow, who is this? Why are you covered in dirt?”