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Immediately, the little girl was petrified with fear, crying and screaming at the top of her lungs, "Don't kill me, don't kill me... I'm a good person, not a bandit! Wuuu~ Help, don't kill me~~ Wuuu!"
Then, came her terrified cries, which abruptly stopped without warning, leaving only the final sound of a faint whimper, clearly a broken voice of pain.
Xie Jingchen's gaze turned icy. Because the dense trees obstructed the view and the distance was outside the range of his spiritual power, the sound was clearly coming from the very center of the encirclement. It was then he realized that a little girl had been taken hostage without his notice.
"Damn it!" Xie Jingchen cursed under his breath, giving Yan Jinchang a look. Yan nodded, crouched down, and quietly opened the rear car door, then, along with the sharp screams of the woman, locked the rear door again before blending into the shadow of the car and vanishing entirely.