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Chapter 391 Buried Voices
Chapter 391 Buried Voices
The police had arrived.
Lily knew she was about to be saved.
“What’s going on?”
Their vige was so remote, police never came around. Hearing sirens outside made both men <b>wary </b><b>and </b>confused.
Soon after, they heard the heavy thud of a door being kicked open.
Clearly, the officers had forced their way through the front gate.
Realizing what was happening, their expressions turned grim.
From the basement, sounds from above could still be faintly–heard.
Footsteps grew closer. Lily wasn’t about to waste this chance to scream for help.
She no longer pretended she was still restrained. Instead, she leapt up and rushed toward the basement stairs.
As she ran, she shouted, “Help! I’m Lily! I’m in the basement! Mmph-!”
Ben lunged forward and mped a hand over her mouth and nose.
From below, they could hear the movements above, but it was almost impossible for surface to hear what was happening in the basement.
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The officers outside didn’t hear Lily’s cries.
They searched every room, but of course, they found no trace of her.
“The signal clearly says this yard. Why isn’t Lily here?”
The basement entrance was far too well–hidden, too expertly camouged.
The officers never noticed it. And since they were assuming she must be on the ground floor, their faces were full of confusion.
“Maybe the signal’s a bit off. Could she be in another viger’s house?”
“Possible.”
I’m in the basement! Please help me!
The footsteps were growing faint. Lily was shaking with panic.
Ben’s grip over her face was too tight–she could only let out muffled whimpers.
Ben and Jerry were wiry and lean, but clearly very strong.
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She knew the utility knife in her hand wouldn’t be enough against either of them.
Worse, if she provoked them too much, they’d punish her even more brutally.
But if the police left and didn’t find her in any other house, they might assume the tracking <b>signal </b><b>was </b>wrong–and leave the vige entirely.
If that happened, she’d never escape these mountains for the rest of her life.
This was her only chance. Even if it killed her, she had to try.
She seized a moment of distraction and plunged the knife hard into Ben’s stomach.
Before he could react, she stabbed him again.
“Bitch!”
Ben had never suffered a hit like that in his life.
He pped her hard across the face.
But in doing so, he let go–giving her back her freedom.
Lily screamed at the top of her lungs. “Help! I—”
Jerry lunged like a mad dog and mped his hand over her face.
Lily struggled wildly, raising the knife to sh at him.
But Jerry was far more agile than Ben. She only managed to cut his arm before he ripped the knife from her hands and flung it away.
“You bitch! You hurt my brother–I’ll kill you!”
Jerry tightened one hand over her mouth and the other around her throat.
He hissed through gritted teeth, “You see that skeleton in the corner? That’s what happens when you don’t behave.”
“You cooperate, marry into our Zhou family, give us kids, I’ll let you keep all your limbs. But if you try to escape again or hurt us, you’ll end up just like her. I’ll break your legs, shatter your bones, and leave nothing behind.”
Lily had been too focused on cutting her ropes to notice the strange pile in the corner.
Now, hearing Jerry’s words, she looked over and saw a pile of bones.
Thest woman they bought had clearly been dead for years.
“You okay?” Jerry nced at his brother, noticing blood seeping from the wound.
“I’m fine.”
Ben was gritting his teeth in pain. But with the police <b>still </b>nearby, going to patch up <b>the </b><b>wound </b><b>might </b><b>raise </b>
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suspicion.
Thankfully, it wasn’t too deep. He decided to tough it out and wait until the police left the vige.
He barked, “Keep your hand over that bitch’s mouth. Don’t let her make another sound!”
“Mmph…”
Lily screamed silently in her mind.
I’m in the basement. Please save me<i>! </i>
But no one could hear her. Only the fading sound of boots above. And then–nothing at all<b>. </b>
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