Serve as a hostage

Actually, logically speaking, whether a villager leads the way or not doesn't have a particularly significant impact. The concern is that in the dead of night when there's no one around, if someone happens to get separated, it will be very troublesome without someone who is familiar with the local terrain.

But fortunately, for now, everyone is staying at their posts and just quietly waiting to rescue that batch of wild animals. So no one pays much attention to whether a villager stays or leaves.

Ji Chen has always been standing at the front of the team. She's thinking of rushing out to rescue the wild animals the moment they are freed.

Next to Ji Chen is the police chief who is leading the team. The police chief glances at the watch on his wrist from time to time, looking a bit anxious.

According to the latest clues, this group of smugglers are habitual offenders. They have smuggled a considerable number of animals over the years, yet they have never been arrested by the police even once. This indicates that these smugglers have extremely high vigilance and very meticulous modus operandi...

The difficulty and danger level of this seizure mission are evident.

On Li Xuan's side, after making breakfast for Ji Chen, he went to Lidi Entertainment to discuss with Bai Li how to spend future full moon nights. As a result, he had no idea where Ji Chen had gone.

According to Bai Li, the longer a wolf demon stays in the human world and the more time it spends interacting with humans, the shorter the time it transforms into a wolf demon on a full moon night. There are even some senior wolf demons in the company who, after experiencing hundreds of years of human life, gradually no longer transform into wolves on full moon nights. Although this is accompanied by a degradation of their sense of smell and hearing, it's just a minor issue because their abilities are still hundreds of times better than those of ordinary people.

Of course, all this is beside the point. He likes Ji Chen. Throughout the entire human world, he only wants to hide this fact from Ji Chen because he's afraid of scaring her. But if it takes hundreds of years, it doesn't matter much to him, yet for Ji Chen, she can't wait that long. So does that mean he has to hide every full moon night in the future?

In the end, since the problem wasn't solved, Li Xuan didn't stay any longer. On his way back, Li Xuan stopped by the animal clinic. He was in such a hurry when moving that he left a lot of his clothes and other items behind, and he just wanted to go back and get them.

It was already around seven or eight o'clock in the evening. The employees in the clinic were tidying up and getting ready to leave work. Since the animal clinic usually has patients coming for treatment during the day, and for emergency cases, people call for the vet to come to their homes, they usually close at eight o'clock.

After greeting the trainee veterinarians, Li Xuan went straight to the rest room to sort out his clothes.

"Do you think the store manager and the others will be okay? I heard that smugglers are really brutal! And the store manager is a woman..." One of the male trainee veterinarians was chatting with another trainee veterinarian as he walked towards the door.

"What did you just say? What about Ji Chen? What smugglers?" The hand with which Li Xuan was packing his clothes froze in mid-air the moment he heard these words. With a quick movement, he was behind the two of them and grabbed the collar of the person who had spoken and asked.

Because Li Xuan was worried about Ji Chen, he unconsciously used a bit more force, pulling the person who had spoken several steps backward, and the person stumbled and almost fell.

"What's wrong with you!" That person knew the relationship between Ji Chen and Li Xuan and also knew that Li Xuan was worried about Ji Chen, so his attitude wasn't overly hostile. This "What's wrong with you!" was just an instinctive reaction and an involuntary utterance.

However, he immediately adjusted his attitude and replied to Li Xuan, "Don't you know? Ji Chen packed a lot of injections and medicines in the clinic early in the morning and took several veterinarians out. She said she received news about smugglers smuggling animals. Anyway, she's going to rescue those wild animals and such..."

Before the person could continue, Li Xuan quickly said, "Send me their address now! Hurry up!"

Then he immediately disappeared into the night.

There are no magic doors in the human world. The best Li Xuan can do is to fly in the sky with all his might.

But that place is really far away. It takes from early morning until dusk to reach there by car...

"Chief, don't be so anxious. With so many of us, we will definitely succeed!"

Ji Chen comforted the police chief weakly. In fact, how could she not be worried herself? It had been so long. Had those wild animals already died? Or what if those smugglers discovered their ambush... She didn't even dare to think about these questions.

"I hope so. It's nine o'clock. It should be soon. Now pass the word along one by one and tell the people behind to be more vigilant!" The police chief didn't relax because of Ji Chen's comfort. Instead, he became even more nervous as the time approached.

People passed the message along one by one to the people lying in ambush behind them, speaking in very low voices, just loud enough for the two people passing the message to hear. They were afraid of alerting the enemy by accident.

"Here they come!" Ji Chen said softly to the police chief as she looked at the three trucks approaching in the distance. There were usually very few people on this road, let alone three trucks covered with green cloth in a row.

Almost everyone saw them at the same time. Those who didn't see them also had some guesses and became more alert because of the reactions of the people around them.

Ji Chen watched the trucks approaching with a nervous and excited feeling. Her hands clenched tightly, and she wished she could tear these people to pieces.

When the trucks drove close enough, the police chief ordered everyone to surround them.

At that moment, all the police officers raised their guns to block the trucks, and the veterinarians rushed towards the rear of the trucks with first aid kits in hand.

Ji Chen rushed forward first, with Xiao Qi following closely behind.

The drivers of the smuggling trucks saw the situation and raised their hands one after another, opened the doors, and slowly got out, then squatted down with their heads in their hands.

Just as all the drivers were gathered in a circle surrounded by the police with guns.

Several figures suddenly appeared behind the last truck and slowly walked closer.

The police caught the drivers, but they missed the smugglers escorting the goods in the trucks. The last truck was loaded with a large number of pangolins, so there were two guards in this truck.

They put knives to the necks of Ji Chen and Xiao Qi and used the lives of the two hostages as bargaining chips to negotiate with the police to let them leave with the last truckload of goods.

Ji Chen tried to resist, but the person holding her was a black man with bulging muscles and a fierce appearance. Her hand was clamped by the man, and she couldn't move at all. After several attempts to resist, Ji Chen was stabbed deeper by the black man with the knife. A row of horizontal knife marks immediately showed blood.

One drop, two drops. The blood dripped down the knife, which was so sharp that it glinted with silver light in the moonlight. "Pat, pat..." It stained the ground red.

Seeing this, Xiao Qi beside her couldn't stop trembling, and the tears in her eyes couldn't be held back and streamed down. But she didn't dare to make even the slightest sobbing sound.

As Xiao Qi's body trembled more violently, the white man holding her also impatiently pushed her backward with his knee. Xiao Qi immediately knelt down on the ground, but was then lifted up by the white man like pulling out a radish and stood in front of him.

Although the police chief was reluctant, he was at a loss and had no choice but to order his subordinates to let them go. He himself uploaded the license plate number to the headquarters and sent people to track the whereabouts of the truck at all times. Then he followed the navigation and kept up with them.

But he didn't dare to get too close, for fear that the hostages would be threatened with their lives.

"Sh*t!The d*mn cops are still following!" The black man was very annoyed and slapped the horn of the truck in his hand, angrily scolding the police.

"F*ck!Now!First go to the agreed site and meet the boss!" The white man slapped the side of the truck hard to vent his anger.

"I'm your father! You b*st*rd sons!"

Ji Chen suddenly said this. Xiao Qi was a bit puzzled: "What are you saying? Why are you swearing at this time?"

Ji Chen relaxed her tightly furrowed brows a bit: "I'm testing whether they understand Chinese!"

"What are you talking about?Shut up!Smelly mother–in–law!" The black man roared at Ji Chen and Xiao Qi sitting in the back.

In fact, the people who hijacked them were either black or white. Only the local hired drivers could speak Chinese. But now that the drivers had been caught, no one in this truck could speak Chinese...

Ji Chen suddenly gave a sly smile: "It's OK, I'm just a little scared,I want to know where you'll take us. I promise if you don't hurt us , we can do anything!

The black man and the white man sitting in the front immediately exchanged a smirk: "The girls are pretty good-looking. We can have some fun tonight hahaha!"

After hearing these words, the two of them obviously felt much more at ease and were even discussing their actions for tonight in a lewd way in the front...

So Ji Chen leaned closer to Xiao Qi and whispered, "You heard them too. They're taking us to their lair. We will definitely be able to rescue more wild animals there. But I can't take you to take risks. You have to get off first and meet up with the police!"

"But what about you! You're not really going to the lair alone, are you! If you go, you might really not be able to come back! But if you really want to go, then I'll go with you!" Xiao Qi said seriously.

"You'll just hold me back, you know! I can protect myself alone, but taking you with me is like adding a variable. I don't know what changes you'll bring to my plan. This isn't the time to talk about morality! If you really want to help me, go and inform the police about the location of their stronghold. That's the only way to save me!"

Xiao Qi was a bit anxious. She knew that Ji Chen said these words because she didn't want to take her to take risks, but indeed, the only way to keep Ji Chen safe was for her to go and report the news.

"But how can I escape? Once we get to their stronghold, how can I possibly get away?"

"Who said you have to escape at the stronghold?"

A sly smile spread across Ji Chen's face...