The little girl was dressed plainly. At first glance, she looked like a child from an ordinary family, selling flowers to earn some extra money.
She was still not far from the outside of the banquet hall. Jiang Zhi had no defense. Seeing the little girl was pitiful, she took two red banknotes from her bag and handed them to her.
Then she took all the roses from her hand. With the other hand, she touched the top of her head and said softly, "Sister bought them all. Go back and rest early."
The little girl took the banknotes, said "Thank you" and ran away happily.
Jiang Zhi held the flowers and continued walking towards the parking lot.
But after walking only a few steps, her head started to feel heavy. She patted her head and muttered, "Am I tired?"
Without thinking much, she quickened her pace.
The banquet venue was built earlier and didn't have an underground parking lot, only an open - air one.
But there was a small alley in between.
It was not long after the banquet ended, and there were still many pedestrians on the way back.
Jiang Zhi followed the crowd forward.
But the closer she got to the alley, the more uneasy she felt, and her head became heavier and heavier.
She vigilantly walked to the other side of the crowd, trying to stay away from the deep and dark alley.
Sure enough, a woman's sixth sense was very scary.
When she was a few steps away from the alley, suddenly someone bumped straight into her.
Her body was already heavy, and Jiang Zhi's feet felt weak. She fell to the ground.
The roses in her hand also scattered all over the ground. Some pedestrians didn't notice and stepped directly on the roses, crushing the beautiful roses.
Looking up, the person who bumped into her had already disappeared into the crowd.
She couldn't even see what he looked like.
At this moment, her side darkened, and a shadow covered her.
A pair of hands held her arm, and a young man's voice came from above, "Miss, are you okay?"
Jiang Zhi looked up and saw a man in his twenties wearing a black suit. He looked at her kindly and helped her up with force.
Jiang Zhi didn't like being touched by strangers. She struggled hard to free her arm from his grasp and said politely, "Thank you, I can do it myself."
But the man ignored her words. Instead, he held her tighter and said, "You can't even stand steadily. It's better for me to support you."
As he spoke, he led her to the edge of the crowd.
Seeing this, Jiang Zhi was shocked and shouted loudly, "Let me go!"
But her voice was weak and powerless, with no deterrent effect at all. It was even so quiet that only the people nearby could hear it.
Only then did she realize that she had been tricked.
Recalling the beginning of her physical discomfort, Jiang Zhi stared at the man holding her and said, "Despicable! You actually used a little girl to do such a disgusting thing!"
When the man heard this, he stopped pretending. He sneered and said, "You're quite smart. If I didn't do this, would you take the bait?"
Jiang Zhi felt more and more weak. Her current strength made it difficult for her to walk independently. Trying to break free from the man in front of her was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
She clenched her fists hard, letting her fingertips sink deeply into her flesh to get a sense of pain and keep herself awake.
And her other hand quietly reached into the pocket of her coat and touched her phone.
After unlocking it with her fingerprint, she tried to find the keys to make a call.
But the touch of smartphones was all the same, and she could only rely on her sense of touch.
She fumbled with all her remaining strength, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on her body.
Just when she was glad that she had worn the man's coat because her cheongsam was too eye - catching when she left.
The young man pulling her forward seemed to sense her intention and pulled out her hand that was pressing the phone.
Her bones were weak, and the phone fell to the ground as it slipped from her hand.
As the drug's effect became stronger and stronger, Jiang Zhi was almost completely held by the young man, pressed against him, with no room to resist.
In the eyes of outsiders, she looked like a drunk woman leaning against the young man.
No one would have thought that she had been drugged and kidnapped.
Especially since the two had already deviated from the crowd and disappeared into the dark shadow.
No one could notice this small conflict at all.
Jiang Zhi lowered her eyes and looked at the phone with a cracked screen on the ground in despair.
Her only hope was broken.
Fear suddenly occupied her heart, pulling her nerves and spreading to her limbs.
The dark alley was like a hell. Every step the man pulled her, she felt she was one step closer to death.
A similar thing had happened once five years ago.
But at that time, the gangsters didn't have such a deep - seated plan. Moreover, the school was built in the suburbs, and the surrounding area was full of lush forest paths, which were already sparsely populated, so there was no need for such a plan at all.
They could just drag people into the forest and no one would notice.
Back then, her father's imprisonment caused a huge stir in the school, and she was spat on and cursed by the whole school because of it.
Everyone regarded her as a floods and beasts.
She would never forget that night after the evening self - study.
Several girls from her class invited her to go to the nearby food stalls for supper after the evening self - study.
She was originally introverted. Normally, she would never go out.
But when everyone was Exclusion her, a few people suddenly said they wanted to be friends with her.
Her sensitive and broken heart cherished this sudden kindness very much.
So she followed a few girls out without any defense.
At first, there were only a few of them at the food stall. Later, three or four boys came one after another. They looked as old as them and were probably students from the same school.
And at the food stall, everyone talked and laughed, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
Gradually, Jiang Zhi let down her guard.
Until on the way back, two boys gave a signal to a few girls without Jiang Zhi noticing.
The girls left on the pretext of going to the toilet, leaving Jiang Zhi alone with the two boys.
After waiting for a long time, one of the tall and thin boys looked at the time and said that the girls had gone back first.
Let the two of them send her back.
By this time, Jiang Zhi had already noticed something was wrong. She politely told the two boys that she could go back by herself.
The two boys looked at each other and didn't insist, letting Jiang Zhi go back.
Just when Jiang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and walked quickly towards the dormitory.
The two men also followed her. Jiang Zhi thought they were on the same road, so she didn't say anything and just walked forward with a nervous heart.
But at the fork in the road between the men's and women's dormitories, the two men still followed her.
Jiang Zhi took the opportunity when three or two pedestrians passed by and ran away.
But she didn't expect the two boys to be so bold.
In front of these pedestrians, they ran to her in three or two steps, grabbed her hand, hugged her in their arms, and restrained her body.
Jiang Zhi struggled desperately and shouted for help loudly.
Passers - by looked over one after another.
One of the two boys covered her mouth, and the chubby boy said awkwardly to the pedestrians, "Couple quarrel, couple quarrel."
However, something more desperate for her was yet to come.