My whirlwind marriage partner is a wealthy CEO

Chapter 217 Lock TA in the freezer and let them fend for themselves

"Haoyu!" Zhu Ziqing saw the phone ringing and anxiously called out Tan Haoyu's name, her voice filled with fear.

"Shut up, you bitch!" The kidnapper rushed over menacingly and snatched the phone.

"Tan Haoyu, listen up. Deliver the money to the trash can in front of No. 120 Tianfu Road. If you're short a penny or try anything funny within an hour, you can expect to be collecting the corpses of your wife and children!"

The kidnapper leader, his face contorted with rage, strode up to Zhu Ziqing, grabbed her long hair, and slapped her hard across the face with a resounding "smack."

"This is what happens when you don't listen!" he roared fiercely, threatening Tan Haoyu on the other end of the phone.

Zhu Ziqing's eyes instantly filled with tears from the pain, but she endured it without making a sound. A red handprint quickly appeared on her fair face.

Immediately afterwards, the kidnapper leader pulled out a gleaming knife and brandished it at Zhu Ziqing's slightly protruding belly.

"Tan Haoyu, if you don't want anything to happen to the baby in your wife's belly, you'd better behave!"

"Don't hurt her! I'll do whatever you say, just don't hurt them!" Tan Haoyu's voice came from the other end of the phone, filled with an unprecedented tension.

Perhaps feeling that Tan Haoyu was completely under their control, the kidnapper leader threw his phone in front of Zhu Ziqing, "Hmph, you have one minute to behave yourself!"

After saying that, he stepped aside and stopped listening to their conversation.

"Qing'er, don't be afraid, it's me." Tan Haoyu's voice was cautious, completely lacking its usual deep and sexy tone, replaced by full of worry and heartache, "I'll come to save you right away, very soon, just hang in there a little longer."

"Haoyu, I'm not afraid. I believe in you. The baby and I are waiting for you." Zhu Ziqing suppressed her fear and tried to make her voice sound calm. With Tan Haoyu's comfort, she felt she had regained her strength.

The kidnappers stood aside, their faces growing increasingly grim. Only now did they fully realize that they had kidnapped someone from the Tan family, Jack Tan's woman from the Sunshine Group.

They had heard many legends about Tan Haoyu and knew that he was ruthless and had a wide network of connections.

Thinking about all this, they started to panic, worried that they had gotten themselves into a huge mess.

"This Tan Haoyu is not someone to be trifled with. Will he really obediently hand over the money?" one of the kidnappers muttered anxiously.

"Don't fucking scare yourself. We'll run once we get the money, where will he find us then!" Another kidnapper said this, but his eyes also betrayed his unease.

As soon as the call ended, the kidnapper leader snatched Zhu Ziqing's phone and quickly turned it off.

"Don't panic, once we get the money, we'll run away!" he said, trying to sound calm.

The three kidnappers sat together, lit cigarettes, and tried to relieve their anxiety with nicotine.

But their hands trembled uncontrollably, and they stubbed out their cigarettes halfway through, growing increasingly anxious.

They knew in their hearts that Tan Haoyu would never let them off easily, and what awaited them was likely a catastrophic disaster, with no peace to speak of in the future.

The three kidnappers sat in a dimly lit corner, surrounded by smoke, their faces filled with anxiety and unease.

Suddenly, one of the kidnappers seemed to realize something, abruptly raising his head, his voice trembling slightly: "Brother Qiang, this woman has seen our faces before. If she goes to the police after we get the money, we're finished!"

Upon hearing this, the other two turned deathly pale; clearly, they had also considered this possibility.

The kidnapper leader, Brother Qiang, frowned and took a deep drag on his cigarette.

He then made a throat-slitting gesture and said viciously, "Then let her shut up forever, and that'll be the end of it!"

Although Zhu Ziqing was blindfolded, she keenly sensed the kidnappers' unusual behavior, especially their gazes fixed on her abdomen, which stirred a strong sense of unease and fear within her.

She prayed silently in her heart: "Haoyu, hurry up, the baby and I are waiting for you..."

Just then, a wicked thought flashed in the eyes of one of the kidnappers.

He slowly stood up and walked towards Zhu Ziqing. Hearing the footsteps, Zhu Ziqing instinctively shrank back, trying to create distance.

"Little beauty, don't be afraid, brother will take care of you." The kidnapper reached out, pinched Zhu Ziqing's chin, and groped her face wantonly.

"Don't touch me!" Zhu Ziqing screamed in terror, waving her hand forcefully away from him.

However, she had nowhere to retreat and was soon cornered by the kidnappers.

"Hmph, you dare to resist?" The kidnapper pressed down hard on Zhu Ziqing's stomach. "If you don't behave, I won't be so polite!"

"If you dare to hurt my child, Tan Haoyu will never let you get away with it, and none of you will escape!" Zhu Ziqing tried to remain calm, but her voice trembled uncontrollably. She knew she had to stay calm at this moment; for the sake of the child in her womb, she had to fight with all her might.

"As long as you don't hurt me and my child, you can take the money, and I can even ask Tan Haoyu not to pursue your responsibility!" Zhu Ziqing tried to make her voice sound firm as she attempted to negotiate with the kidnappers.

Upon hearing this, Qiang Ge's face darkened. He glanced at his men committing the crime, then at Zhu Ziqing, who was trembling with fear, and suddenly shouted, "Let her go! We're just after money; we don't want to risk our lives!"

The kidnapper reluctantly released his grip. Qiang Ge walked up to Zhu Ziqing and said coldly, "Consider yourself lucky. But we can't leave you here to get in the way."

After saying that, he waved his hand, and the two kidnappers grabbed Zhu Ziqing and pushed her into the nearby ice storage room.

With a "bang," the door to the icehouse slammed shut, and Zhu Ziqing was instantly enveloped in a bone-chilling cold, shivering uncontrollably.

She reached out and ripped off the blindfold, but the freezer was pitch black, and she couldn't see anything.

She groped her way to the door and tried to pull it open, but the door was locked and she couldn't open it no matter what she did.

Disappointed, Zhu Ziqing withdrew her hand and retreated to the center of the icebox. She gently stroked her belly and whispered, "Baby, don't be afraid, let's wait together for Daddy to come and save us..."

Time passed second by second, and Zhu Ziqing felt her body getting colder and colder, and her consciousness gradually became blurred.

Just as she was about to lose consciousness, she felt a tattered coat in the darkness.

She quickly wrapped the coat around her body; the warmth temporarily relieved her cold and rekindled her hope for survival.