Chapter 144: Opportunity to Ask for Help
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Hai Tang gently turned her head to look, then pointed to the various paintings at the side and said,””Many of these are paintings by famous artists. If they were to be sold, the minimum price for each painting would be 20,000 yuan.”
She even deliberately pointed at the largest and heaviest oil painting display area and said this.
Hai Tang thought that perhaps, when the criminals were greedy enough to move the painting, she could take the opportunity to escape.
Sure enough, when he heard that a painting was worth at least 20,000 yuan, the criminal was immediately tempted. He licked his lips greedily and muttered, “Are these lousy paintings so valuable?”
However, in the next second, the criminal pushed Hai Tang to the front of the painting and ordered,’”‘Tear these paintings off their frames!”
Hai Tang couldn’t help but say,” This will damage the original value of the painting. It won’t be worth that much.”
She did not expect the criminal to be so crazy as to ask her to destroy the framed painting and take it away by force.
The criminal spat indifferently and said, “Stop talking nonsense and get to work! If I tear the painting down, it will be worth a lot. I can’t carry it with so many wooden shelves! ”
Not daring to provoke the criminal again, Hai Tang could only slowly squat down and separate the painting from the frame according to his request.
From time to time, the criminal would even hold a knife and command her.’ Tear this one and this one. That one looks very valuable too. Hurry up and tear it apart!”
As she destroyed the paintings of various famous artists, Hai Tang only felt a dull pain in her heart. The works that these masters had needed countless nights and painstaking efforts to condense had been violently torn apart just like that.
In order to minimize the damage done to the painting, and to stall for time and wait for an opportunity to escape, Hai Tang’s movements were very careful.
Even if the criminal urged her, she insisted on persuading him.”lf the painting is torn, it’s worthless.”
At this moment, a motorcycle stopped in front of the shop. A young man got off the motorcycle. He seemed to be attracted by the decoration and furnishings of the shop and stopped in front of the shop.
Hai Tang was sweating profusely from dismantling the paintings. She noticed a figure passing by from the corner of her eye. She pretended to wipe her sweat carelessly and looked up.
The two of them happened to meet each other’s eyes.
The young man outside the door seemed to be very curious about Hai Tang and the Moon Breeze Shop. He knocked on the glass window and waved his hand, as if he wanted to come in.
“Dammit, what are you looking at!” The criminal immediately became alert. He first looked outside the door and saw a strong man. He quickly hid the dagger in his hand and took a step back to hide in the shadow of the light.
Then, he pulled on Hai Tang’s clothes and wanted her to stand up. He used Hai Tang’s body to hide, but he did not forget to continue pressing the knife against Hai Tang’s back.
“Is this your husband? Why are you empty-handed? You lied to me!”The criminal suddenly became angry and excited.
Hai Tang’s body stiffened. She realized that the criminal had mistaken the young man passing by for her husband who would send cash. She was held hostage by the criminal and looked at the young man outside the shop.
She was afraid that she would never have such a good opportunity to ask for help again. She had to seize the opportunity.
She quickly found an excuse and said, “I’m not lying to you. Don’t be agitated.
Money…” In his motorcycle.”
“If you want to live, just let him throw the money at the door of the shop and leave!” the criminal said fiercely.”
“Alright, I’ll tell him.” Hai Tang agreed. At the same time, she looked into the young man’s eyes and quickly blinked. She said according to the criminal’s request,’”‘Hubby, just leave the money at the door. You can go home.”
At an angle where the criminal could not see, Hai Tang opened her mouth again and mouthed silently, “Save me.”
With a certain distance and a glass door between them, she wasn’t sure if the other party could see her mouth shape for help, but as long as there was a glimmer of hope, she wouldn’t give up.
However, the young man didn’t understand her last cry for help. He didn’t even hear what she said clearly. Instead, because of her response, the young man walked to the glass door and wanted to enter the shop to take a look.
However, the door had been locked by the criminal. He turned the handle a few times but failed to enter..
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