“Take another step closer, and I’ll slice her face!” threatened one of the men with a knife to Ning Ran’s face.
Seeing that, Nan Chen stopped in his tracks.
“Squat down and raise your hands. Stay where you are and let us walk out,” demanded the captor, but Nan Chen did not back down or make way. Instead, he simply glared at the captor.
“Are you trying to test my patience? Make way or I’ll mess her face up!” The captor continued to threaten.
“Do it,” responded Nan Chen causing Ning Ran to gawped at him in disbelief. And here I thought my savior’s finally arrived. How could Nan Chen say that? If my face really got messed up, how am I supposed to live the rest of my life?
“No, don’t!” shouted Ning Ran.
“Did you hear that? She said ‘no’ because women treasure their faces. Her life will be ruined if her face got messed up.”
“How is that any of my business?” asked Nan Chen coldly.
Hearing that, the two captors looked at each other in puzzlement. “Who the hell are you? Why are you here if this doesn’t concern you then?”
“I’m Nan Chen.” The man introduced himself in a stone-cold voice.
“So you’re the one they called ‘Sir Chen?’ This woman mentioned that she’s your woman. She even warned us that you’d give us hell if we touch her, but you just said this is none of your business? Are you lying to us?”
Ning Ran blushed when Nan Chen glanced at her because she did say those things.
“Well, she lied to you,” revealed Nan Chen.
“What? She lied?”
“She’s not my woman. She’s just an artiste contracted to my company. If you ruin her face, she’ll be worthless to us because she can no longer make money for the company. I’m only here to stop you from ruining my company’s property. That being said, if you insist on hurting her, I could always find another artiste to replace her, but she’s right about one thing, though. I will give you hell for doing that.” With that, Nan Chen continued to move forward.
“Stay where you are, or I’ll ruin her face… Argh!”
When Ning Ran noticed her captor was distracted by Nan Chen, she took the chance and stomped on her captor’s foot.
The timing couldn’t have been better for her to be wearing those “lethal” stilettos.
While her captor squirmed in pain, Ning Ran broke free and stepped aside before Nan Chen rushed forward to kick the man.
The kick staggered the captor, but he went after Ning Ran instead of his attacker.
The man raised his knife and was ready to stab Ning Ran. Even if I can’t finish the job, I can still hurt the girl. We’ll have a chance to escape once Nan Chen tends to the injured girl.
It was cunning of the captors to distract Nan Chen by attacking his weakness.
Seeing that Ning Ran was about to get hurt, Nan Chen leaped forward like a wolf protecting its cubs.
Nan Chen’s sudden movement made it difficult for him to avoid getting cut by the knife, but he managed to get in front of Ning Ran, who shrank behind her protector like a frightened kitten.
“Let’s bail, chief! He’s got some moves, and his men will be here soon if we stick around.”
“Make for the exit!” The other man agreed that the mission was a failure and that it was time to leave.
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