Fang Chuning didn’t dare to say this directly, afraid that this madman might think they had no use value and kill them directly.

After the man left, Fang Chuning’s gaze fell on the young man curled up, looking miserable, “Are you okay?”

One side of his face was severely swollen, one could imagine how hard the man had hit.

Fang Chuning frowned at the sight, “In situations like this, you shouldn’t provoke him.” They had no ability to fight back.

Xu Muzhou’s eyelashes trembled, he opened his tightly closed eyes. Probably because of the intense pain, his eyes were slightly red, he pressed his lips and remained silent.

In Fang Chuning’s view, for a pampered boy like him to not cry out directly after suffering such violence was already remarkable. She completely failed to notice the dense grievance in his eyes.

Fang Chuning was very grateful that, due to being kidnapped multiple times in D country, she was used to hiding a blade in the seam of her shirt cuff, just for use at times like this.

With her hands behind her back, she squeezed the blade out of her cuff and laboriously bent her hand to cut the thick rope bit by bit.

With her hands free, she untied the rope binding her feet, then went to help Xu Muzhou untie.

Looking at his severely swollen face, she couldn’t help but worry for him. Would this ruin his appearance?

Xu Muzhou turned his head to avoid her gaze, his voice trembling, “Don’t look…”

He didn’t want her to see such an ugly side of him.

Fang Chuning quickly untied him, then encountered the next problem.

“The door is locked, how do we get out?” Xu Muzhou’s voice was very soft.

Fang Chuning looked around. Besides the door, there was also a vent, but the vent was too small for them to crawl into.

Fortunately, she had learned a skill. She pulled out a 10-centimeter long iron wire from her cuff, poked it into the keyhole, and after a few minutes, the door lock finally clicked open.

Outside the sealed room was a dimly lit long corridor. They realized that this place seemed quite large. She pulled the weak Xu Muzhou and quickly walked towards the iron door at the end. Just as they were about to reach it, they heard the sound of a door opening behind it.

Fang Chuning was startled, pulled him back, pushed open a room door on the side of the corridor and hid inside.

As she closed the door, footsteps were heard. Fang Chuning held her breath, one hand covering the young man’s mouth, afraid he might make a sound.

In the darkness, only his pair of eyes could see light, staring at her without blinking.

The people outside discovered they were missing, footsteps constantly echoed in the corridor. She heard the sound of iron doors being rudely kicked open one after another, and the sound was getting closer and closer.

Fang Chuning was a bit frightened. If it was just her alone, she could handle several people if they didn’t have firearms. The fear was that they might be prepared, and she had someone with her.

As the sound approached, it suddenly went quiet. Fang Chuning stared at the doorway, not letting her guard down.

The iron door of the room was knocked, and the man’s leisurely voice came through, “I’ll give you one chance. If you don’t come out, I’ll start shooting into the room.”

Fang Chuning hesitated a bit, not sure if he was bluffing them.

The next second, a gunshot hit the door, a bullet-sized hole in the iron door let in a beam of light. Now Fang Chuning believed him and spoke up: “We’re coming out.”

There wasn’t just the man outside the door. Behind him stood two tall women, both holding guns. The possibility of escape was minimal.

The man looked very calm, tilted his head to examine the two of them, “Why are you so disobedient? My target is only Hong. If you obediently act as bait, I would let you die more easily.”

Suddenly, one of the tall women stepped forward and raised her foot for a cross kick. Fang Chuning’s body reacted faster than her mind, she leaned back to dodge, her eyes narrowed, and she raised her foot for a back spin kick, hitting the woman hard on the head. The woman was thrown against the wall by the force, fell to the ground, with blood gushing from her nose.

This set of movements was completely reflexive.

Just as she finished kicking, the black muzzle of a gun was pointed at her temple. Fang Chuning froze, then her stomach took a hit and she fell to the ground. The man seemed to hate her extremely, kicking her again and again with the toe of his leather shoe, “Why why are you as hateful as Hong”

Fang Chuning protected her head, but before she could take more than two hits, she felt a weight on her body. Opening her eyes, she realized it was Xu Muzhou pressing on her, no, protecting the parts of her that were being kicked.

He didn’t make a sound, his brows furrowed tightly, his pale forehead covered in cold sweat.

The man was like a madman, his eyes red, muttering incoherently, the force of his foot not lessening at all.

Fang Chuning’s frozen gaze showed signs of softening. Just as she was about to hug him and change positions to protect him, the dying young man suddenly erupted, pouncing fiercely at the man and biting his neck.

“Ah—” The man let out a shrill scream. The young man was quickly pulled away by the tall woman. The man touched his bleeding neck, his eyes completely red now, and kicked him in the stomach with all his might.

Xu Muzhou groaned, his body went limp and he fell unconscious.

“Xu Muzhou!” Seeing the man was not satisfied and wanted to use the gun directly, Fang Chuning hurriedly said, “If you kill him now, you’ll never see Hong!”

The man paused, turned his head ominously, “Fine, I’ll wait for her to come and send you to the afterlife in front of her.”

Fang Chuning temporarily breathed a sigh of relief, then immediately heard the man say, “Knock her out.”

A pain in the back of her neck, and Fang Chuning passed out.

Originally thinking this time was more likely ill-fated than fortunate, when Fang Chuning woke up, she found herself lying on a hospital bed, with her father sitting beside the bed with red eyes from crying. Her mind was a bit slow, still thinking it was a dream.

“Ning Ning, Ning Ning, you’re awake!” Father Fang wept with joy, “It’s good you’re awake, it’s good you’re awake!”

Fang Chuning moved her neck slightly, and immediately felt a sharp pain in the back of her neck. Everything was telling her this wasn’t a dream. “Dad…?” Her voice was so hoarse it was barely audible.

“Yes, yes, Dad is here, don’t be afraid.” Father Fang held one of her hands, tears flowing non-stop.

Fang Chuning raised her hand to wipe his tears, confused, “Why…” am I here?

“You don’t remember? You were kidnapped. When your mom rescued you, you were unconscious the whole time. It’s been a day and a night already. Dad almost thought…” Before he could finish, Father Fang quickly said “Pei pei pei”, “Heaven blesses good people, Dad knew you’d be fine.”

It’s been a day and a night already…

Fang Chuning closed her eyes, suddenly remembering something, reopened her eyes and looked at Father Fang, “What about the person who was with me?”

Hearing this, Father Fang’s expression became a bit strange, seemingly displeased, but he still said, “In the next ward, hasn’t woken up yet.”

“Is he…”

“The doctor said it’s a ruptured liver, seems the surgery was quite successful, anyway, he just hasn’t woken up yet.” Father Fang’s expression became even stranger, “How did you two end up being kidnapped together?”

A ruptured liver? Is it that serious?

Father Fang observed her expression, seeing no unusual reaction, he continued, “Ning Ning, you can’t be fickle. Jia Jia is your fiancé.”

Fang Chuning didn’t speak, her gaze swept around the hospital room, “Just Dad alone?”

“It’s nighttime now. I sent Li Li home. Jia Jia wanted to stay, but Dad saw he hadn’t slept all night worrying about you, so I had him go home to rest too. He was very reluctant to leave.”

Fang Chuning made an “Oh” sound, “Then Dad should go home to rest too. No need to watch over me, I’m fine.”

“How can that be? You’ve just woken up. Are you hungry? Is there anything you want to eat? I can have someone make it and bring it over.”

Fang Chuning didn’t expect that one chop to the neck would knock her out for so long. Probably that woman harbored resentment and used too much force.