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Chapter 454: Chapter 452: Is It Intentional By Some People?
Xia Wenjin was running wildly, feeling as if the air she breathed into her lungs was painfully raw.
But she dared not stop, for she was afraid that once she did, her life would be over—she had never before known such fear.
She kept a tight grip on the cellphone she had taken from her bag.
Finding a small puddle, she pressed herself low and attempted to make a distress call, only to find herself plunged into despair when she discovered that there was no signal.
Xia Wenjin suddenly felt as though she had encountered all the misfortunes of her life in one day, yet on second thought, was it really just bad luck?
Or was it possible that everything she was experiencing was deliberately orchestrated by someone?
The more Xia Wenjin thought about it, the colder she felt creeping up her spine.
If that were true, then her chances of survival were slim indeed.
Xia Wenjin could not afford to think too much, and she continued to run deeper into the forest.
Unexpectedly, while running, she came upon a wide river.
There was a narrow log bridge between the two banks, the water below flowing rapidly, muddy and bottomless.
Biting her teeth, Xia Wenjin awkwardly began to scramble across the log bridge.
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out across the barren riverbanks.
"Little girl, you run quite fast."
"If you keep running, you’ll get across the river, where the beasts don’t spit out bones after eating a person."
"I advise you to turn back obediently; otherwise, you might end up without a complete corpse."
...
As several men approached, Xia Wenjin felt her heart sink.
She couldn’t understand why they didn’t shoot her directly; after all, she was on a narrow log bridge, and one shot would seal her fate.
Could it be they needed to leave her with an intact body?
An idea flashed in Xia Wenjin’s mind; she stood on the bridge, looking helplessly at the men, "My legs have gone weak, could you help me down?"
That was the only bet she could make.
If they truly wanted to leave her an intact body, they would definitely come onto the bridge to pull her up.
If she could seize this opportunity to snatch their hunting rifles, she might stand a chance of fighting back—but she only had one shot at this.
The men, seeing Xia Wenjin in such a pitiable state, grew even more excited.
"If you had been wise like this earlier, would you have needed to climb onto the log bridge? Wouldn’t it be better to accept your fate obediently?"
Scar Face slung his hunting rifle behind his back and walked straight onto the log bridge.
His gaze toward Xia Wenjin was evidently mocking.
Yet, as he neared her, he slowly spoke, "Come on, give me your hand."
Xia Wenjin clenched her fists and slowly moved toward Scar Face; and just as she was about to be next to him, her body tilted slightly, and she suddenly lunged at Scar Face.
Scar Face seemed not to have expected Xia Wenjin to lunge at him directly and almost reflexively raised his hand to block.
Maintaining balance on the log bridge was already difficult, let alone with a woman throwing herself at him?
Scar Face’s figure was already tottering, and upon seeing this, almost everyone raised their hunting rifles, aiming at the two of them. However, they hesitated to pull the trigger.
Because their boss and Xia Wenjin were too close to each other.
If they fired at this moment, it was all too easy to take their boss down as well.
Thus, several people could only stand by and watch as events unfolded.
Although Xia Wenjin put her life on the line to fight, her size and strength were at a disadvantage.
She was quickly overpowered by Scar Face.
Xia Wenjin felt a surge of despair, her gaze at Scar Face filled with venomous hatred, "Since I can’t live, at least I’ll take someone with me as a cushion!"
"Wait..."
Before Scar Face could finish his words, Xia Wenjin embraced his head and charged straight into the river with him.
Scar Face originally knew how to swim, so he was not afraid of falling into the water with Xia Wenjin. What he did not expect was that Xia Wenjin held onto his arm tightly, not giving him any chance to swim to the surface.
It was then he deeply understood the meaning of Xia Wenjin’s words about pulling someone down as a cushion.
The turbulent river water nearly swallowed the two in an instant; after a short while, there was no trace of them on the river surface...
It was already a week later when Lu Zhaozhao received the news of Xia Wenjin’s disappearance.
"Xia Wenjin mysteriously disappeared while attending an overseas banquet with Xiao Jinglan? This sounds a bit outrageous," Xu Zhenzhen rested her chin in her hands, looking at Lu Zhaozhao and Wen Qingyu in front of her.
Since her relationship with Xia Wenqing had been confirmed, the three of them got together even more frequently.
They had originally planned to start with Xia Wenjin, taking advantage of the dark and stormy night to give her, Xiao Jinglan, and Xiao Mo a good thrashing.
But they hadn’t even made their move before Xia Wenjin disappeared.
Lu Zhaozhao looked at the information in her hands, her brows involuntarily furrowing, "It is indeed outrageous, to disappear while attending a banquet abroad, it makes one wonder if this was done on purpose by some people."
Xia Wenjin’s reputation was already tarnished, and she no longer had the backing of the Lu Family.
Although she had married Xiao Mo, she was secretly involved with Justin and was caught red-handed by Xiao Jinglan.
That Xiao Mo didn’t divorce Xia Wenjin was strange in itself. 𝔫𝖔𝖛𝖕𝔲𝔟.𝔠𝖔𝖒
"I heard that Xiao Jinglan reported the disappearance three days after Xia Wenjin went missing overseas, tsk tsk..." Xu Zhenzhen propped her chin and couldn’t help but gossip from the side.
The relationship between the two of them was really bad enough.
It was normal for Xiao Jinglan, who had never liked Xia Wenjin, to wait three days before thinking of looking for her.
But whether she knew of the disappearance and waited three days or only found out after three days, that was uncertain.
Wen Qingyu’s eyes narrowed slightly, seeming to catch the nuance of the situation, "Could it be possible that this was orchestrated by Xiao Jinglan herself? After all, they couldn’t get along."
Xu Zhenzhen’s gaze shifted to Wen Qingyu, perplexed, "Although the two of them have conflicts, they don’t necessarily have to fight each other to the death, do they?"
Lu Zhaozhao chuckled lightly, "For those two, it really is that serious..."
Xu Zhenzhen was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly turned to Lu Zhaozhao and asked, "What on earth did Xia Wenjin do to make Xiao Jinglan loathe her so deeply that she would go to the extent of luring her abroad to deal with her?"
As she spoke, it was as if she recalled something, and her gaze unconsciously stole a glance at Wen Qingyu.
No matter what, Xia Wenjin was the daughter Wen Qingyu had raised for 20 years; she worried that her words might upset her.
Wen Qingyu noticed Xu Zhenzhen’s glance almost immediately and slightly tugged at the corner of her mouth, "If I didn’t know that she’d been using vicious methods against Zhaozhao since she came back to the country, perhaps I’d still have a bit of pity for her..."
