Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 770

Molly silently gritted her teeth and pulled Mark into a tight embrace as she was ushered to one corner.

Another one of the masked and armed men locked and loaded a bullet into his gun, intending to shoot Molly. However, he was prevented by the one pointing a gun at Molly's temple. Then, he gestured to one of the other kidnappers that kept watch over the children to put Molly and Mark together with them.

The room of the art class had quite a large lighting surface area, so there was little space left at the corner where the children were. Mark squatted against the wall and next to him was Molly. Half of her body could be seen from the window.

The kidnappers were looking for advantageous locations to guard the place. The teacher glanced at the children and Molly who all huddled in the corner with a tear-stricken face. She sobbed and said, "I'm your target. Release all the children. I'm enough to be your hostage."

"Shut up!" a booming voice bellowed throughout the room and the teacher was slapped again. The sight of the assault made the children cry and scream. One of the kids was kicked in the shin by a kidnapper standing guard beside him.

"Don't use violence against kids..."

the teacher didn't get to finish her words when Molly moved towards the child who got kicked and held him in her arms. She looked fiercely at the kidnappers and clenched her teeth. She bravely said, "You have your aim. One more child you hold in your hands, one more chip you have for bargaining. Aren't you afraid that you might lose a chip by using such heavy methods?"

The children continued to sob. They wanted to cry out loud out of extreme fear but they dared not to. Since they had known Mark already from last morning, they huddled close to one another by instinct.

When they heard what Molly just said, the kidnappers looked at one another in consideration. Then, the kidnapper standing by the window who kept watch on the outside said, "Don't create any new problem. Whether we can rescue our boss or not will depend on this one action."

Upon his order, all the other kidnappers followed suit and toned down their cruel treatment of the children. Molly then immediately checked up on the child who had been kicked. She felt slightly relieved when she found that there was only a bluish discoloration on his leg. She held the child in her arms and told the rest of the children in a low voice, "Don't be afraid. Everyone of you will be all right with your teacher and I together with you here."

Her words seemed to have a calming effect as the children gradually stopped crying. They only looked at the kidnappers in fear through tear-filled eyes.

Mark pursed his lips tightly into a thin line. Even though he appeared to be more cool and collected than the other children, he couldn't fully hide the fear in his eyes.

As Molly tried to pacify the sobbing children, she discreetly eyed each of the kidnappers up and down. It wasn't until then that she discovered that a bomb was bound to the back of the teacher.

The sound of the police car sirens got louder. It meant that the police would arrive soon. Molly slightly turned her head to peek out the window and sure enough, about a dozen police cars had stopped within the vicinity. After a few moments, everyone in the room heard a voice that seemed to come from a loudspeaker.

It was not until now that Molly realized that the teacher with an outstanding disposition, who now had a bomb behind her was the daughter of A City's current mayor. He had been transferred here two years ago.

"I only speak to somebody who is able to make decisions," the kidnapper who had a gun pointed at Molly spoke up. It seemed that he was the leader since he had been the one giving orders. He added, "I have eighteen hostages in our hands. I will wait for half an hour. If your decision maker fails to arrive here in that time frame, I will kill one of them!"

The policemen outside the building were confused upon hearing the leading kidnapper's loud, booming voice. The director of the criminal police unit was puzzled at this and asked one colleague beside him, "Aren't there sixteen people including the teacher? Why did he say eighteen people?"

"According to relevant data gathered, there are sixteen people, including the students and the teacher," his colleague answered.

The director slightly frowned at this, but he wasn't in the mood to care about the number of people held hostage. He took the megaphone from a policeman beside him and shouted back, "I am the director of the criminal police team. You may make a demand if you have any, but don't hurt any of the hostages."

"You are not qualified enough to satisfy my demand!"

the leading kidnapper bellowed back in response from inside the art class room. Suddenly, a loud "bang" rang throughout the area and the children began screaming.

"Director, what should we do?"

one of the unit members asked with a frown. He added, "Since they have occupied this place without follow-up action, they are obviously determined to exchange the hostage for Culpeo..."