The president's wife wants to run away

Chapter 64 Valley Bottom

I covered my mouth, trying to suppress my screams, my body shaking uncontrollably. Standing outside the door were two burly men, wearing black caps with their brims pulled down low, covering most of their faces, leaving only a pair of cold and ruthless eyes. Without giving me any explanation, they roughly dragged me into the depths of the room.

I was thrown hard onto the cold floor, my wrists were sore from being tied up by the rope. Fear surged over me like a tide, and I struggled desperately, but to no avail.

"Who are you? What do you want to do?" I asked in horror, my voice trembling with fear.

One of the men sneered, his tone full of disdain, "It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is that someone is paying for your life!"

Buy my life? Who wants me dead? Countless thoughts flashed through my mind, and finally settled on Li Luoyao's face full of resentment.

"It's Li Luoyao, right?" I said gritting my teeth, hatred burning in my chest like a flame.

The man didn't answer, but just smiled meaningfully, and that smile made me shudder.

I don't know how long it was before I was awakened by a loud noise. I opened my eyes in a daze and found myself trapped in an abandoned warehouse.

"Wake up!" A rough voice rang out, followed by a basin of cold water poured on my face, and I suddenly woke up.

I looked at the man in front of me with horror. He held a shiny dagger in his hand. The tip of the knife was against my neck. The cold touch made me tremble all over.

"Don't... don't kill me..." I pleaded in horror, tears streaming down my face uncontrollably.

The man sneered, "Want to live? Then just obey me!"

He forced me to tell him my bank card password, then tied me to a pillar in the warehouse and left.

I looked at the empty warehouse in despair, tears blurring my vision. I knew that Li Luoyao would not let me go easily, and what awaited me would be endless darkness and despair...

At the same time, the news of my kidnapping quickly spread throughout the city. When Zhong Yuxuan and Zhong Shuhao learned about it, they were extremely anxious.

“Damn it!” Zhong Yuxuan slammed his fist on the table, his face livid, his eyes filled with worry and anger, “Who kidnapped her?”

"Brother, I've sent people to look for him. I'm sure there will be news soon." Zhong Shuhao comforted him, but his frown exposed his inner uneasiness.

At this moment, a text message came from an unfamiliar number. The content of the text message was only one sentence: "Li Luoxue is in an abandoned factory on the outskirts of the city. If you want to save her, come alone."

Zhong Yuxuan and Zhong Shuhao looked at each other, and an ominous premonition rose in their hearts. They knew that this was most likely a trap set by Li Luoyao, but in order to save me, they had no choice.

"Shuhao, you take people to the west city dock, and I will go to the factory alone." Zhong Yuxuan ordered calmly, with a firm light in his eyes.

Zhong Shuhao wanted to say something, but was stopped by Zhong Yuxuan's eyes. He knew that his elder brother had made up his mind, and the only thing he could do was to trust him and do his best to complete the task he had assigned.

Zhong Yuxuan and a few of his trusted men drove to the abandoned factory on the outskirts of the city. The night was dark and the cold wind was howling, adding a bit of weirdness to the night...

The warehouse was dead silent, with only my faint breathing and the pain coming from my wrist. Fear was like an invisible hand, tightly strangling my throat, making it impossible for me to breathe. Li Luoyao, what do you want? Imprison me here and let despair devour my hope?

Suddenly, there was a roar of a car engine outside the warehouse, coming from far away and breaking the tranquility of the night. My heart trembled suddenly. Could it be... Zhong Yuxuan came to save me?

The flame of hope ignited in my heart, and I struggled desperately to get their attention. However, my strength was too weak, and my wrists were tied up by the rope, but I still couldn't break free.

With a loud bang, the door of the warehouse was violently kicked open from the outside. The dazzling light shone in and I subconsciously closed my eyes.

"Luo Xue! Where are you?" Zhong Yuxuan's anxious voice echoed in the warehouse. My heart seemed to be wrapped by a warm big hand, and I couldn't hold back my tears anymore.

"I'm here!" I shouted with all my might, my voice hoarse but full of hope.

However, what responded to me was not Zhong Yuxuan's footsteps, but a sharp gunshot. I opened my eyes in horror and saw that many men in black suddenly poured into the warehouse. They were holding guns and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with Zhong Yuxuan's men.

"Shuhao, be careful!" Zhong Yuxuan's voice was full of anxiety and worry.

My heart sank to the bottom in an instant. It turned out that this was just a trap, a trap carefully designed by Li Luoyao!

Gunshots, roars, and screams intertwined, and the warehouse was filled with a strong smell of blood. I huddled in a corner in fear, my body shaking uncontrollably, and everything in front of me became blurry.

"Ah!" A scream pierced the air. I looked up suddenly and saw Zhong Shuhao covering his chest in pain, bright red blood gushing out from between his fingers.

"Shuhao!" Zhong Yuxuan rushed to Zhong Shuhao desperately, his eyes full of pain and anger, "How are you?"

"Brother... be careful..." Zhong Shuhao said weakly, his voice becoming lower and lower, and his consciousness began to blur.

I looked at everything in front of me in despair, my heart was broken. All this was my fault. If it weren't for me, Zhong Shuhao wouldn't have been injured and Zhong Yuxuan wouldn't have been in danger.

Li Luoyao, I won't let you go! I secretly swear that I will make you pay for what you did!

The sirens outside the warehouse sounded, and the men in black realized that the situation was not good, dropped their weapons, and fled in all directions. Zhong Yuxuan held the dying Zhong Shuhao, his eyes were full of bloodshot, and his face was full of fatigue and despair that he had never seen before.

I was roughly dragged up from the ground by the men in black, and they took me to a black van and drove away. I collapsed in my seat, watching Zhong Yuxuan and Zhong Shuhao getting farther and farther away, and my heart seemed to be torn into pieces, and I was heartbroken.

What will be waiting for me?

The van sped through the night, and I was thrown into a corner like a rag doll, with a burning pain in my wrist. Fear, despair, and deep remorse for Zhong Yuxuan gnawed at my sanity like a poisonous snake. I even began to hate myself. Why did I return to this city? Why did I cause all this? If I hadn't met him, would I have been able to live peacefully with my grandma?

I don't know how long it took before the van finally stopped. I was dragged roughly and stumbled into a dark and damp basement. The pungent smell of mold and disinfectant mixed together made me feel nauseous.

"Tie her up!" A rough voice sounded in my ears. Before I could react, I was pressed on a cold iron bed, with my limbs tied tightly with thick hemp ropes, unable to move.

"What do you want to do! Let me go!" I struggled and screamed, but all I got in return was the kidnappers' wanton laughter.

"Miss Li, we are also taking money from others and helping them to get rid of disasters. You'd better cooperate, or you will suffer." A man with a scar on his face said sinisterly, with an undisguised threat in his tone.

I closed my eyes in despair, tears falling silently. Li Luoyao, it's you, you must be behind all this! What do you want? Kill me?

The next few days were like hell. They didn't give me food or water, only endless torture and humiliation. My body became weaker and weaker, and my consciousness began to blur. I even began to doubt whether Zhong Yuxuan would find me. Was he already...

No, I can't give up hope! I told myself over and over again in my heart that Zhong Yuxuan would definitely come to save me, he promised me!

At the same time, Zhong Yuxuan was like an enraged beast, frantically searching for my whereabouts. He used all his connections and spared no effort to bring the kidnappers and the mastermind to justice. However, the kidnappers seemed to have been prepared and cleverly evaded the police's pursuit every time, and the clues were interrupted again and again.

"Damn it!" Zhong Yuxuan smashed the glass in his hand fiercely. Bright red blood dripped through his fingers, but he seemed not to feel the pain. His scarlet eyes stared at the map on the table. That was my possible hiding place that he had deduced based on the clues left by the kidnappers.

"Luo Xue, you must hold on, I will definitely find you!" Zhong Yuxuan said gritting his teeth, his voice full of fatigue and despair, but more of determination.

Just when Zhong Yuxuan was about to give up, an unexpected ally appeared in front of him and brought him a shocking news...

Just when Zhong Yuxuan was about to despair, the door of the study was suddenly pushed open, and a tall and straight figure appeared at the door. It was Lu Ziheng! How could he be here? "Why are you here?" Zhong Yuxuan rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, with a hint of doubt in his tone. Lu Ziheng didn't say anything, but just walked straight to him and threw a document in front of him, "Take a look for yourself."

Zhong Yuxuan picked up the document in confusion, and his face became gloomier the more he looked at it. This document turned out to be a record of Li Luoyao's financial transactions in the past few years, and a huge amount of money was transferred to the kidnapper's account! "How could this happen..." Zhong Yuxuan muttered to himself, with a surge of anger in his heart. He never thought that the person who kidnapped me was Li Luoyao! "I have found Li Luoxue's location, you'd better hurry, otherwise..." Lu Ziheng didn't say anything else, but the warning in his words was self-evident.

The place where I was imprisoned was an abandoned factory. It was desolate all around, with only a few crows echoing in the empty factory, which seemed particularly eerie and terrifying. I curled up in a corner, trembling with fear and cold, and my consciousness began to blur. In a trance, I seemed to hear a burst of hurried footsteps and Zhong Yuxuan's anxious shouts. I tried hard to open my eyes, but my eyelids felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

"Luo Xue! Luo Xue, wake up!" Zhong Yuxuan's voice was getting closer and closer. I finally opened my heavy eyelids and saw his anxious face. At that moment, all my strength and disguise collapsed, and tears rolled down like beads with broken strings. "Zhong Yuxuan... I'm so scared..." I grabbed his sleeves tightly like a frightened little animal, as if I was grabbing the last straw to save my life.

Zhong Yuxuan held me in his arms with heartache and kept comforting me: "Don't be afraid, I'm here, everything will be okay." He carefully untied the ropes on me, then picked me up and strode out of this dark basement.

I leaned weakly in Zhong Yuxuan's arms, feeling his heartbeat right beside my ears, one by one, strong and powerful, as if it could dispel all the fear and anxiety in my heart. His pleasant woody perfume surrounded me, making me greedily want to absorb more of his scent.

"Luo Xue, how are you? Are you hurt anywhere?" He looked down at me, his deep eyes full of heartache and self-blame. I shook my head, my voice so hoarse that it was almost inaudible: "I'm fine, it's just..."

"Just what?" He stroked my hair gently, his tone so gentle that water could drip out.

I bit my lip, wanting to say something but stopping myself. I didn't want him to worry, but the fear and despair surged into my heart like a tide, making it hard for me to breathe. "I was just... scared. I thought I would never see you again..."

"Silly girl, how could I let anything happen to you?" He hugged me tighter, as if he wanted to rub me into his body, "I promised you that I would always protect you and never leave you."

His words were like a shot of adrenaline, which gradually calmed my flustered heart. I looked up and saw his face. There was a hint of fatigue between his brows and a light layer of stubble on his chin, but all this made him look more mature, stable and charming.

"Zhong Yuxuan..." I called his name softly, feeling mixed emotions.

"I'm here." He looked down at me, his eyes burning.

"Thank you..." Thousands of words finally turned into these three words.

"What are you thanking me for? We are husband and wife, and it is my responsibility to protect you." He smiled, but there was a hint of bitterness in his smile.

I know he was blaming himself. If he hadn't been so busy with work and neglected my safety, I wouldn't have been taken advantage of by that vicious woman Li Luoyao.

"Zhong Yuxuan, I'm fine, really." I held his hand, trying to give him strength, "Let's go back."

He nodded and carefully helped me get into the car. After the car started, I saw from the rearview mirror that his face was terribly gloomy and his eyes were flashing with cold light. I knew that he was angry, angry about what happened to me.

"Li Luoyao, I will not let you go!" He swore secretly in his heart that he would make that woman pay a heavy price for what she had done!

The car sped along, but I felt the atmosphere inside the car was so oppressive that it made me breathless. I turned my head to look out the window, trying to divert my attention. At this moment, I caught a glimpse of a black car out of the corner of my eye. The car had been following us not far away, and the license plate number was... very familiar.

I suddenly remembered that this car seemed to be the one I saw at the entrance of the shopping mall that day, and the people sitting in the car at that time were... Li Luoyao and a strange man!

Is there something else I don't know?