Chapter 9 Imprinted In Their Hearts

• When Yan Anmo saw the screen notifying her that she had been in a conversation with Uncle Seven for 38 seconds, her eyes immediately lit up. She had successfully picked up the call from Xi Zhiheng!
• "Uncle Seven!" Yan Anmo cried out with all her might. But, someone slapped her across the face.
• "Uncle Seven, is it?"
• "Let us turn on handsfree and allow him to hear his niece's cries!"
• On the other end of the phone, Xi Zhiheng remained silent for a moment, before he said coldly, "Let her go if you want to live."
• "Has your uncle gone crazy from fear?"
• "How dare he threaten us?" the man holding the phone was beginning to lose his patience. Throwing the phone aside, he got ready to to tear off Yan Anmo's clothes, "I've never touched such a delicate young woman before!"
• "Don't touch me!" Yan Anmo bit the man's finger. She could no longer control her strength as she bit down and drew blood.
• "Don't touch her!" Su Ci rushed forward with his chair and fell down in front of Yan Anmo. He was in a vulnerable state, but he still tried to protect her and not let anyone near.
• "Su Ci..." Yan Anmo's eyes were filled with tears. She wanted to step forward and help Su Ci up, but someone held her back.
• She watched as a man approached Su Ci from behind with a pole and her eyes opened wide in shock as she screamed and cried in disbelief!
• "Su Ci!"
• "No--!"
• But, the metal pole still ended up on Su Ci's leg with no mercy. In fact, the hit was strong enough to take his life.
• Su Ci sweated in pain. The vein that had popped up on his forehead was practically about to burst, but he did not make a sound. He endured with all his might and looked at Yan Anmo, "I'm...fine..."
• Yan Anmo began to cry, "Please let him go..."
• "I am the son of Su Yizou from Su Corp!"
• "If you let us go, my father will give you whatever sum of money you want!" Su Ci had no choice but to use his father's name.
• The men immediately stopped and looked at each other.
• The son of Su Corp? He was worth a decent amount of money!
• Brother Scar saw the opportunity and stepped forward, "20 million for two people."
• Without hesitation, Su Ci endured the pain and said, "I will give you 40 million to let both of us go!"
• It would have been fine if Su Ci didn't say this. But, these words only gave them the opportunity to get greedy. When the man that Yan Anmo bit heard 40 million, his eyes lit up and he said, "80 million for two lives."
• Su Ci was still young, so only then did he realize how stupid he had been!
• "You're being greedy!"
• The men laughed, "Rascal, 40 million is for your own life. 80 million is for you and your little girlfriend's life. Your choice!"
• But, Su Ci did not get the chance to respond.
• "100 million for just the girl," Xi Zhiheng's voice said patiently from the other end of the phone. His voice was neither cold nor calm, but it was impossible to reject his offer.
• Everyone was shocked. 100 million for one life?
• "Give us the money first and we will let her go!" Anyone could offer 100 million, but they had to see it with their own eyes to believe it. The men looked at each other, then at Brother Scar.
• Brother Scar lit a cigarette and sent Xi Zhiheng his bank account details. Not long after, 100 million appeared in his account.
• No one could believe this as they counted the zeroes several times.
• "When she arrives home safely, you will get another 100 million," Xi Zhiheng's charismatic and powerful voice calmed Yan Anmo down. But, his words did not include Su Ci.
• Yan Anmo couldn't help but call out, "Uncle Seven, what about Su Ci?"
• But, Xi Zhiheng did not respond.
• The dirty men were filled with glee. Initially, they just wanted to bring home a girl to play, never did they expect to earn 100 million for doing nothing. If they split it, they could each get, at least, 10 million.
• "Take her somewhere where she can catch a taxi and make sure she gets in," Brother Scar instructed.
• "Uncle Seven! Uncle Seven!"
• "What about Su Ci?"
• "Uncle Seven!" Yan Anmo began to panic as the men dragged her out.
• Su Ci was still there!
• How could Xi Zhiheng watch him die without saving him?
• "You guys agreed to let us both go for 80 million!"
• "Now that my uncle's offered 100 million, can't you let him go as well?" Yan Anmo couldn't understand why Xi Zhiheng was not responding, but she couldn't ignore it.
• "Little girl, since someone's willing to save you, then leave obediently."
• "Let him go and I'll ask my uncle to give you more money," Yan Anmo ran forward to untie Su Ci. Su Ci was almost unconscious from the pain.
• "I'll give you 10 seconds to get her out of there. Otherwise, you won't receive the second payment of 100 million," Xi Zhiheng suddenly said with anger.
• As soon as the men heard this, they rushed forward to tear Yan Anmo and Su Ci apart.
• "Su Ci!" Yan Anmo cried as she held onto Su Ci's hand. But, she was eventually pulled away.
• The last thing she saw as she left the factory, was Su Ci's gaze as he lay painfully on the floor.
• In the days following this incident, this gaze would remain in Yan Anmo's heart like a thorn, unable to be removed and unable to be forgotten.
• That year, they were both young, but that experience was forever imprinted in their hearts.