Chapter 58: Chapter 58: If You Kill Me, You Can’t Escape
The only reason Shen Nian had been following them was to prevent the traffickers from finding a chance to escape. She never expected, however, that a moment of carelessness would lead to her being captured and used as a hostage.
With the trafficker’s hands wrapped around her neck, Shen Nian was tense, but she didn’t regret her actions.
At least, now that she was the hostage, the little boy was safe for the time being.
’I’m an adult. My ability to protect myself has to be much better than that little boy’s!’
"Save the boy first!"
Sure enough, one of the officers who had come to arrest the traffickers had the same thought. Three of them faced off against the trafficker, while the remaining officer picked up the little boy—who had been tossed to the ground and had apparently passed out—and began administering first aid.
"Don’t come any closer! One more step and I’ll strangle her!"
Before, he’d been holding a fragile little boy. The slightest bit of extra force could have killed him, which forced the trafficker to be cautious even while making his threats.
’Now that he has this woman instead, she can’t be that fragile, right?’
"Miss Shen! You—all of you, save her! Hurry, save Miss Shen!"
The train officer who had relayed the message earlier panicked when he saw the trafficker grab Shen Nian. In his desperation, he even shouted her name.
’This is bad.’
When Shen Nian heard the officer, she thought, ’This is bad.’
’Before, I was just another victim, so the trafficker wouldn’t have been particularly on guard against me. But now that the officer has shouted my name, my cover might be blown.’
’There’s no telling what a depraved man like that might do.’
Sure enough, upon hearing the officer, the trafficker shot him a glare before the arm clamped around Shen Nian’s neck tightened.
"Aha! So you’re all in this together! I knew there was something strange about you! Our plan was so meticulous, how could we have been discovered? It was you. You must have been the one who called the cops, right?!"
The trafficker, of course, recognized Shen Nian as the person who had been sitting opposite him earlier.
Everything had gone smoothly on their journey; they were just one step from the finish line. To be caught so suddenly... He wouldn’t believe it if there wasn’t something fishy going on.
It had all happened so suddenly that he hadn’t pieced it together before, but what the officer just said tipped him off.
’Why would an officer know an ordinary passenger’s name? The only explanation is that this bitch went to the cops! That’s why he recognized her!’
"You bitch! You actually dared to call the cops? I’ll kill you!"
"If you kill me, you’ll never escape!"
Shen Nian’s neck was clamped so tightly it was hard to breathe, and even speaking became a struggle.
But no matter what, she refused to yield to the trafficker.
’Besides, people outside must have been alerted by now. Maybe there’s still a chance for things to turn around.’
’That’s right, there has to be a turning point! An operation this meticulously planned must have a good commander.’
’If this one hadn’t suddenly run off to meet up with another trafficker, they’d probably all have been captured by now.’
The trafficker faltered at Shen Nian’s words and stopped squeezing.
He knew she was right. If he really killed the hostage, the police outside would have nothing holding them back, and his own escape would be impossible.
’For a desperado like him, what could be more important than his own life?’
With that thought, the trafficker stopped choking Shen Nian, lest he accidentally kill her. He then produced a knife from somewhere and held the blade to her throat.
"All of you, back off! Or else I’ll slit her throat!"
