"Ha…"
Mo Chen woke up with a startle. His forehead had a frown that showed his confusion which vanished away soon as he started to remember soon in what kind of situation he was in at this moment.
Looking down at his hands and feet that were tied with a rope completely, he bit her lips as his eyes started to go teary.
He could feel the pain in his temple and cheek and that made him remember how he was slapped heavily when he had tried to run away. The slap was so heavy that he couldn't control his body and fell down on the ground with his temple hitting a big stone.
He also remembered that when he had touched his temple he had found blood on his hand. However, what happened after that was completely unknown to him as he went unconscious just at that moment.
"Jiejie…Mom… "
Mo Chen whispered to himself as a big fat tear fell down from one of his eyes.
His sister and mother will be looking for him, right?
Did they even know that he was missing?
Mo Chen wondered as he felt the fear filling his heart.
No, his friends must have found out until now that he was missing and his school must have informed his sister and mother.
Thinking this, Mo Chen felt a little assured. He just needs to wait here. His sister will come for him soon.
Mo Chen trusted his Jiejie very much.
His eyes narrowed when he looked around the room while sitting on the chair he was tied to.
The room was dark but there was a small window that was covered with wooden bars with some small gaps in it so a few rays of moonlight were falling inside the room making him unable to see a little.
It was a small room and seeing the sandy ground …Mo Chen thought that perhaps he was still inside the forest.
His eyes went wide when he heard some sound outside the room and he rested his head on the chair headrest as he closed his eyes again.
At the same time, the door of the room opened.
"He is still unconscious."
Mo Chen heard the familiar voice. His tied hands could not help but clench because of anger as well as fear.
"You should not have slapped him so heavily."
Xun Weilan said to her husband with a frown on her forehead. She then turned to look at Mo Chen again.
Taking out a handkerchief from her handbag, she walked towards Mo Chen.
Mo Chen thought that he would be caught now when Xun Weilan pressed the handkerchief on his wound because it pained very much. He couldn't even do anything except tighten his already tied hands to bear with this pain.
Fortunately, the room had only a little bit of light because Xun Weilan didn't notice any movement of his hands because of this.
He didn't even know why he didn't want to let them know that he was unconscious.
Perhaps it was fear that stopped him from opening his eyes or perhaps he wanted to find out what actually they wanted from him.
Did they want to blackmail his mother and sister and then asked them for money?
Mo Chen thought that Zhu family must be very stupid if they had this plan
Because his family didn't have any money.
Fortunately, Xun Weilan still seemed to have some kindness inside her heart left perhaps. She even blew air on Mo Chen's wound softly as she tied her handkerchief on his wound.
"He would be fine. Don't worry so much."
Zhu Jidong sighed as he said and walked to stand behind his wife. His arms hugged her from behind and he put his head on her shoulder softly.
Xun Weilan however was too irked at this moment.
Her eyes were filled with guilt and regret when she looked at unconscious Mo Chen. Pushing her husband away and freeing herself from his hold she looked at him blankly and said
"Don't forget that our Ruru needs him. If something happens to him we won't be able to save our Ruru."
Zhu Jidong sighed again while looking at his wife's blank face.
"You worry too much."
He cupped her cheek and caressed it with her thumb.
"Everything will be fine very soon. We have done everything very well until now. Nothing will go wrong in the future too. And it was not like I wanted to injure him. I was too angry when he bit on my hand and ran away. In anger, I didn't remember anything and put too much force while slapping him…"
Zhu Jidong saw that his wife's face still has not softened so he sighed for the third time and accepted his mistake.
"Sorry."
Xun Weilan softened immediately and hugged her husband.
Zhu Jidong also put his arm around his wife. He knew that she was afraid. He too was.
But they didn't have any other choice. For their son, they have only this choice.
A few moments later, they pulled away from each other, and Zhu Jidong said
"We will leave in a few moments, I think. They must be about to come here."
Xun Weilan nodded her head.
They didn't switch on their phones because they were afraid that they would be found out by the police. By now, Mo Chen's family must have filed a complaint in the police station.
So they had to be very careful not to get caught.
Hence they could only guess the time like this.
"Rest for some time. I will wake you up as soon as they come here."
Zhu Jidong said to his wife.
Xun Weilan nodded her head. Before leaving the room, she turned around to look at Mo Chen again.
A tear rolled down from her eyes. It was not that she didn't have a heart. It was just …she loved her soon too much to lose him.
Her Ruru…her birth was a miracle to her. Her Ruru was her and her husband's life happiness.
They would not be able to live without him.
With one last glance at Mo Chen, she turned around to leave the room.
Zhu Jidong was the only person who was left inside the room now. He checked if Mo Chen was tied properly or not and then after a few moments he too left from there.
After the door of the room was closed again, Mo Chen opened his eyes again. His eyes were filled with complete confusion as he didn't understand even a bit what exactly the Zhu family wanted from him.
Why does Zhu Jiangru need him?
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