Time Travel: Conditional Wealth

I’m in my senior year and there are no important classes anymore. I have to either wait for graduation, prepare for postgraduate entrance exams, or prepare for employment.

He Xi was walking on the road after work that day. She always felt that someone was staring at her recently. It was a malicious feeling, not the kind of silent protection that Lu Jinan provided.

Recently they have made new discoveries in solar energy, and the team members have expanded smoothly. He Xi has his own business outside, and basically will not stay to work overtime after completing his job. Useless talents must demonstrate their value through overtime work.

The road home was exceptionally quiet today. Although it is usually the same, I felt uneasy today because of the quietness.

He Xi obviously felt something was wrong. At this moment, the system suddenly prompted: "Something bad is happening. Hostility from four men has been detected."

He Xi cursed in a low voice: "Nonsense, I can feel it even if you don't say it, what's the use of you?"

It was too late to run, and it was impossible to slip into the space. Doing so would expose his identity, and the space could not be known to more people.

The four men stared at He Xi's beauty greedily. They held sticks in their hands and hit the palm of her left hand from time to time. There was also a sack that could hold her. It seemed that they came prepared.

You have to run even if you don't have time. Although the alley here is dark, there may be a glimmer of hope. Let's give it a try.

There was someone there. The system dropped the banana in its hand and shouted anxiously, "No, there is someone there."

It was too late, he couldn't stop the car, "Ah" there was still a blood clot. Why did he hit that part? He Xi's back of the head was suddenly hit by a blunt force.

Pain and dizziness came at the same time. She could clearly feel the pain and a heat at the back of her head. It must be that the blow was not gentle.

Some people gathered around and looked at the blood on the back of He Xi's head, feeling a little scared. Er Laizi bravely used his fingers to feel He Xi's breath. Was it gone?

No breath?

"Damn it." Er Laizi cursed, "Go away, don't tell anyone about what happened today."

No one cared about He Xi's "corpse", it just left the same way it came.

While the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. After Er Laizi left, another group of people quietly walked out of the darkness and looked at He Xi who was unconscious on the ground.

The other person felt the pulse on He Xi's neck and found that it was still beating, but too weak. He was happy that he was not dead.

"Boss, this woman is still alive."

The man's voice was recognizable: "That's right, take him away. We can't fail again this time because we failed last time."

Lu Jinan came to watch over He Xi a little late today because he had an experiment to do. As long as He Xi was at home, he would sit in the same position for a while every night before leaving. He would watch her finish washing, turn off the lights and go to bed, and then watch over her for a while before leaving.

From a distance, I saw that the lights in the house were not on. Even if He Xi was tired and fell asleep, she would still keep the lights on. She only liked to turn off the lights at that time.

Because I was looking in the direction of home, I didn't pay attention to my feet. When I realized it, I didn't know what I stepped on.

The infrastructure is not perfect now, so Lu Jinan has the habit of carrying a flashlight at night. The mini flashlight looks even smaller in his hand. As the flashlight becomes brighter, he can clearly see the bloodstains on the ground.

It was a dark red bloodstain, not covering a large area, so it shouldn't be a fatal injury. Combined with the fact that there were no lights on in He Xi's house at that time, Lu Jinan's heart couldn't help but tighten. No, it couldn't be He Xi.

The door was locked from the outside. There was only one possibility: she hadn't come back yet. Where could she go? Because of the blood clot in her head, she would never go anywhere except for the necessary classes and experiments and work.

Was the bloodstain just now really hers?

Lu Jinan felt the blood in his body freeze instantly. He stared blankly at the bloodstain. He couldn't imagine who had done it.

He Xi was glad that after she broke up with Lu Jinan, she got into the habit of wearing pants and gave up wearing skirts.

Where is she now? Wasn't she going to run away?

He Xi slowly opened his eyes and felt a sharp pain in the back of his head. Things in front of his eyes were double, everything was blurry, and he felt nauseous.

Is the other party going to beat her to death?

Hmm? I can't move, my hands and feet are tied up. What is the other party's purpose?

He Xi clenched her palms and found that she could still use strength. It seemed that the other party did not give her any inferior drugs. Drugging is common in novels, but it has never been seen in the real world.

It took her a long time to see clearly what was in front of her. She was the only one in the shabby room. Although there were a lot of things piled around, it was obvious that the environment had been cleaned and was not covered with the dust that it should have been.

Because her body was tied up, He Xi had to bend her body, and the beautiful curve of her lower back was forced to be revealed.

In order to prevent He Xi from making any sound, her mouth was tied with a cloth. At this time, the door was suddenly opened and several tall and strong men came in.

The leader said, "Now that you are awake, it is necessary to explain that the injury on your head was not caused by us. We only want your skills."

Technology? Ours? He Xi couldn't imagine what they had in their hands that the people in front of them were thinking about?

No, the key point now is that the people in front of us are not Chinese. They have the typical characteristics of foreign friends, nor do they have the characteristics of the fighting nation that day. Who are they?

The man looked at He Xi for a few seconds and then looked away, saying, "As long as you cooperate with us, I promise they won't hurt you."

The other party's words further confirmed He Xi's guess that his foreign friend's poor and unclear Chinese really meant that with the reform and opening up, foreigners have become bolder and dared to act wildly in Huazhong.

The other party gestured and the cloth on He Xi's mouth was removed.

She moved her chin. He Xi didn't want to waste time talking and went straight to the point: "What do you want?"

She should be very scared, but her eyes were calm. The woman in front of him was becoming more and more interesting. The man chuckled and said, "If I hadn't been on a mission, I would have pursued you too."

What? His target was actually me?

He calculated the time and the letter should have been delivered to Lu Jinan. Now what he needed to ensure was He Xi's safety. He asked someone to help He Xi deal with the wound on the back of his head.

Lu Jinan has already called the police. The other party is his elder and the captain of the provincial department police brigade last time - Ning Ci.

He frowned and looked at the letter in his hand. He couldn't believe that such a terrible incident of kidnapping and extortion had happened in Harbin, which he governed. He really brought shame to the old leader.

Lu Jinan took a few seconds to calm himself down, then said, "I'll give you the things."

"What?" Ning Ci didn't quite understand the solar energy technology they were talking about, but since the other party was willing to resort to such a radical method as kidnapping to get it, he instinctively felt that it was important.

Lu Jinan explained: "He Xi is sick. Her body can't bear it. The blood clot in her brain may put her life in danger at any time."

Alas, Ning Ci sighed, okay, with strict control, we will definitely be able to catch the other party.