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Chapter 453: Chapter 451: What a Pity...
If it were not for her indecisiveness, wanting to help Xia Wenjin enter the Song Family, she wouldn’t have ended up being disliked by Lu Zhaozhao.
Nor would she have lost control of the Song Mansion.
The root of all these troubles was Xia Wenjin!
She truly regretted being blind at that time!
Xia Wenjin was heavily struck by Xiao Jinglan’s words, slumping into a chair nearby, suddenly finding the card in her hand no longer appealing.
She had always thought that Song Sinian married Lu Zhaozhao because she was the daughter of the Lu Group.
Later, because she abandoned the Xia Family, Lu Zhaozhao got taken back by the Xia Family’s people.
Xia Wenjin always felt that Lu Zhaozhao’s fortunes were built on her own misfortune.
Because of Lu Zhaozhao, she had such a miserable life when she was originally the young miss of XJ Group and even should have been the wife of the Song Group.
All the good things should have been hers alone!
But now Xiao Jinglan was telling her that all of it was a lie.
Xiao Jinglan watched Xia Wenjin’s dispirited state with satisfaction, a smile curling at the corners of her mouth, feeling extremely pleased.
As long as Xia Wenjin was uncomfortable, she felt exceptionally comfortable.
Xia Wenjin stood up shakily from the chair, "I suddenly don’t feel well, so I’m going back to the hotel first. You take your time shopping."
Saying this, she went straight to the dressing room, changed clothes, and then left the hotel with her luggage.
Xiao Jinglan watched her retreating figure from afar, her smile growing even brighter.
Xia Wenjin, this is the last day you’ll see the sun in the sky, from now on you’ll rest in a foreign land forever.
Completely unaware that she had started down a dangerous path, Xia Wenjin dumped her luggage in the trunk and got into a taxi.
She was already in a bad mood and now, after Xiao Jinglan’s words, her mood worsened.
She clearly knew that Xiao Jinglan was just trying to disgust her, but she still took it to heart.
Every time Xia Wenjin thought about it, she got even more irritated. Why hadn’t that damn Xiao Jinglan died yet?
It seems the poisoned cubilose she gave her should be laced with something more.
To silence this woman once and for all!
The car sped along the road, and in no time entered a stretch lined with woods, where there were few other vehicles, only the occasional small animal scampering across the road.
The destination grew more and more desolate.
When Xia Wenjin came to her senses, the area was devoid of people.
Her heart instinctively tightened, but then she remembered that the hotel booked by Xiao Jinglan was in the suburbs, so it seemed reasonable to pass such uninhabited areas.
Xia Wenjin steeled herself, and she relaxed once more.
Suddenly, the car that was in motion stopped beside the road.
Xia Wenjin furrowed her brows and looked at the driver in front, "Why are we stopping here?"
The driver glanced at Xia Wenjin without responding and went to the back of the car.
Soon, several people ran over from not far in the forest, which made Xia Wenjin increasingly nervous.
She hadn’t gotten into some shady car, had she?
Xia Wenjin’s thoughts had reached this point when she immediately took out her phone and dialed the emergency number. But before she could utter a word, someone grabbed her hair and yanked her out of the car.
"Ah!!! Who are you, let me go!" Xia Wenjin tried to struggle, but the man who was clutching her hair slapped her several times, fiercely. Her ears rang, and she almost lost the ability to resist in an instant.
"She actually looks quite pretty."
"Indeed, she is the daughter-in-law of a wealthy family, after all."
"It’s a shame, though..."
Listening to the filthy language of the people around her, her head still buzzing, Xia Wenjin had experienced such an ordeal before, so she could barely accept it. Now, the most important thing was to preserve her life.
Shivering on the ground, Xia Wenjin pleaded desperately, "Please, don’t hurt me. There’s quite a lot of money and things in my suitcase, you can take them all."
Money and belongings were not the issue, as long as she was alive, she could always get them back eventually. 𝑛𝘰𝘷𝑝𝘶𝑏.𝑐𝘰𝘮
But if she lost her life, then everything would be over.
One of the men, his face full of scars, looked at Xia Wenjin and sneered, "We’d like to leave you with a life, but it’s a pity, we’re after your life with the money."
It was clear that Scar Face already considered Xia Wenjin as good as dead, so he let slip the true nature of their intentions.
At this, Xia Wenjin’s heart sank even further.
Someone wanted her life; but who could it be? Was it Lu Zhaozhao, Xiao Jinglan, or her husband in name only?
Or was it someone she hadn’t even thought of?
For the first time, Xia Wenjin somewhat regretted making so many enemies.
Only now did she suddenly remember that it had been a long while since she had received any news from Mr. and Mrs. Lu.
Could it be that they had been dealt with in the same way?
Chills ran down Xia Wenjin’s spine at the thought. No longer caring about anything else, she began to scream for help around her, "Help! Help! Is anyone there? Is there anyone who can save me?!"
Her voice was hoarse with shouting, but aside from the rustling of dry leaves, there was no other sound around.
"Here, you could scream your throat raw and no one would come; you might as well give up hope," Scar Face and the others burst into raucous laughter.
One after the other, their gazes were filled with disdain as they looked at Xia Wenjin.
Scar Face, holding the dagger in his hand, drew it across Xia Wenjin’s face.
Although not with much force, her face was instantly split open, eliciting even more excitement from Scar Face and the others.
Because of the intense pain on her face, Xia Wenjin’s senses sharpened for a short time.
She slowly got to her feet and ran frantically into the forest.
This was the only way she could possibly save herself at the moment.
If she was lucky, she might come across a hunter or a family out hunting; after all, in the country of X, hunting was not illegal.
If she was unlucky, she might even die in the forest, but either of those options was better than dying at the hands of these men.
The more Xia Wenjin thought this way, the faster her footsteps became.
Scar Face and his group had already scoped out the area and were in no hurry; instead, they shouldered their hunting rifles, intending to treat Xia Wenjin like prey.
After all, every year there were many incidents of people being accidentally wounded by hunting rifles, and several were mistaken for animals and shot to death.
The thought of hunting a person like an animal and collecting a hefty commission for it excited them.
They walked into the forest at a measured pace; after all, they had only one piece of prey, and they wanted to make her run as much as possible—that would make the game all the more interesting...
