CHAPTER 856: CHAPTER 831:

Splash...

Four people chased after her together. After all, Li Ruo was only a woman, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t outrun these men, especially since they all had tall builds with the physique of Western men. In just a few strides, they were right in front of her.

"You... what do you want! I, I’ve called the police!" Li Ruo held onto her phone.

"Haha... go ahead, call the police, it won’t help you!" The sunglasses man grinned and said, "You’d better come with us quietly to avoid suffering! With your delicate skin, if you get slashed on the face a few times, you might never find a husband again!"

"No, no, I’ll go with you!" Li Ruo quickly surrendered.

"Haha, that’s more like it!" The sunglasses man laughed heartily.

Li Ruo dared not resist. She could only pretend to surrender, go along with them, and wait for the right time to escape. She knew these men were somewhat foolish; escaping from them wasn’t impossible. The key was not to fall into Kong Haoran’s hands. With his cunning, she feared she wouldn’t be able to escape.

"Boss, since we’ve caught the girl, let’s inform the Golden Master, or else he’ll get anxious since he scolded us over the phone yesterday!" the blond man said hurriedly.

"Right, right!" The sunglasses man nodded quickly and said, "Tell him to quickly prepare the cash, and we’ll leave once we get the money!"

The sunglasses man immediately dialed the other party’s number. However, to their astonishment, a phone rang from the bushes.

"Huh, where’s the phone ringing?" The blond man was baffled and curiously picked up a phone from the grass, then answered it, exclaiming in surprise, "Boss, how come I hear your voice on the phone!"

Instantly, everyone present had a look of disbelief etched on their foreheads.

Shit, the idiot is indeed an idiot, can’t he even understand such an obvious situation? The boss called the Golden Master, and the man the other guys knocked out on site looked a lot like the Golden Master, but they hadn’t paid attention. Now, with this happening, it only meant that this man was indeed the Golden Master.

The sunglasses man was slightly taken aback and took the phone from the blond man’s hand, saying "Hello" on his phone, and then answered on another phone. He uttered an even stupider sentence: "Huh? How come I don’t hear anything?"

"Uh..." Everyone was taken aback again. The blond man thought inwardly, shit, never thought the boss was dumber than me. He quickly approached, placing both phones next to the sunglasses man’s ears and said, "Boss, try now!"

"Hello..." The sunglasses man indeed tried again. He was horrified to find out that this was indeed the Golden Master’s phone. He exclaimed, "Damn it, hurry and save the person, if we kill the Golden Master, we’re in big trouble, not to mention we might not even get a cent, let alone the one million dollars!"

Li Ruo paused and quickly shouted, "Wait..."

"Little girl, what do you want?" The sunglasses man looked at Li Ruo in confusion.

"You just want money, right?" Li Ruo coldly looked at him and said, "He promised you one million dollars, now I promise you one and a half million dollars, as long as you safely send me back, I guarantee immediate payment!"

"Wow, one and a half million, fifty thousand more, boss, that’s a good deal!" The blond man was ecstatic.

"Damn it, how can we lack credibility in this line of work?" The sunglasses man said coldly, "We are a professional kidnapping company, without credibility, we can’t survive!"

"Uh..." Li Ruo paused, a hint of a smile on her lips. These stupid thieves’ intelligence was far from adequate, the reason they didn’t agree was because not enough money tempted them, so Li Ruo unhesitatingly raised the price, she smiled and said, "If one and a half million isn’t enough, how about two million, that’s my final offer, I can’t afford more. Think about it, two million, each of you can get five hundred thousand dollars, with that you can live lavishly anywhere. Why not?"

Hiss...

They all took a breath; it was clear they were tempted, five hundred thousand dollars made their hearts jump slightly. Yet, they didn’t immediately agree, nor did they wake up the Golden Master. They huddled together, discussing what to do next.

"Boss, I say we might as well send her back. This way, not only do we not break the law, but we also get two million without hiding. How great is that!"

"Exactly, I agree, let’s split five hundred thousand each and go our separate ways!"

They had a heated discussion about what to do with Li Ruo but couldn’t reach a consensus. Ultimately, it was up to the sunglasses man to decide. After some thinking, he asked Li Ruo, "Are you sure you can come up with two million dollars?"

"Of course..." Li Ruo said confidently. Initially, she intended to reveal her identity as the CEO of Tianya Group, but feared they’d extort more money, so she quickly swallowed the words back and said with a smile, "Two million dollars is a lot, but I can barely scrape it together!"

"Alright," the sunglasses man nodded and said, "Then we’ll send you back, but you need to ensure your family has the cash ready!"

"No way, I’m the only one at home, apart from two maids, so you have to go with me to get the money!" Li Ruo quickly shook her head. The men exchanged glances and nodded; after all, she was just a woman, what was there to fear? The sunglasses man agreed reluctantly, "Fine, let’s go then!"

"Boss, what about the Golden Master?" The brown-haired man was pacing around Kong Haoran.

"Why bother with him!" The leader glared at him and said, "Whoever pays more is the boss. The Golden Master only offered a million, now the client offers two million, of course, I’ll serve the client."

"But... what if the Golden Master causes trouble for us later?" The little brother wasn’t foolish this time; they were afraid of trouble too.

"Kidding me, all our meetings were under disguise, and the only way to contact him is this number, we’ll change our number after we get the money," the sunglasses man glared at them.

"Ah, boss is still the smart one!" They all chimed in, flattering him.

The watching Li Ruo could barely stand it anymore; dealing with low-IQ people was truly frightening. She crossed her arms and coldly watched the men. They found a rope from inside the Buick and intended to tie up Li Ruo. Li Ruo asked warily, "What... what are you doing!"

"We’re a professional kidnapping company, of course, we need to tie you up, otherwise it violates our principles!" The brown-haired man grinned; he was tall and muscular, and this silly smile made him seem a bit simple-minded. Li Ruo quickly stepped back, saying, "Don’t tie me up, or I won’t give you any money!"

"Ah! Don’t, don’t tie her!" The sunglasses man quickly said, "After all, she’s just a woman, do we even need to be afraid she’ll escape from our grasp?"

Just as they were about to take Li Ruo into the Buick, suddenly, a cold, very grim voice rang out, "All of you, stop, or I’ll make sure you die here!"

Woosh...

The men turned their heads, and saw Kong Haoran holding a silver Desert Eagle. They instantly raised their hands above their heads, fearing Kong Haoran might shoot.

"We’re done for, we’re in trouble!" The brown-haired man said, feeling wronged, "I told you not to betray the Golden Master, now look, we’ve offended the Golden Master and lost the client too!"

"Shut up!" The sunglasses man glared at him and then put on a fawning smile, saying, "Golden Master, sir, we’re a kidnapping company, the person you asked us to capture has been caught. Can we now get our one million dollars and leave?"

"Bastards, you knocked me out and still want money?" Kong Haoran gritted his teeth.

"Well..." The sunglasses man was dumbfounded, his eyes rolling around, then he smiled, "You misunderstood, oh no, precisely, we misunderstood. We had no idea you were personally capturing someone, if we knew, we wouldn’t dare try even if you lent us a hundred lives, right?"

"Enough, you won’t get a dime now!" Kong Haoran angrily glared at them and then walked step by step toward Li Ruo, grabbing her arm, saying, "Come with me, or I’ll shoot you!"

"Ah..." Li Ruo broke out in a cold sweat. The foolish thieves could only watch helplessly as their two million were taken away. The blond man muttered, "Boss, we need to think of something, or our money’s gone down the drain!"

"Stop it, I’m thinking of a plan!" The sunglasses man muttered with his head down, hands on the back of his head. Shit, how did I forget to bring a gun today? As a kidnapping company agent, forgetting a gun, what a disgrace.

Watching Kong Haoran take Li Ruo into the car, just as he turned to close the door, the sunglasses man shouted, "Brothers, charge, for our two million!"

The four men had quite the coordination, they charged up together in one breath, the sunglasses man raised his fist to smash it at Kong Haoran. Kong Haoran agilely dodged the blow, and the sunglasses man’s fist smashed into the glass, shattering it into pieces. Inside, Li Ruo was scared out of her wits.