"What's wrong with me?"

  Twenty-six-year-old Zhao Ganquan and twenty-five-year-old Qian Lihong, being efficient in their work, quickly figured out the preparations for openly distributing money in a wealthy village on the outskirts. It wasn't year-end or a major holiday, but such things rarely happen after all.

  Those boss-like people who lead villagers to make their careers bigger and stronger, if they don't reveal the things that made them earn a lot of money to let everyone be excited and delighted, seem to feel particularly uncomfortable.

  Such things happened again and again, making Shui Quan Yuan very puzzled. Why show off wealth? Why pile up so much cash to distribute to everyone? Why expose the fact that you have money in broad daylight, inviting others' jealousy and courting disaster?

  A string of "whys" later, Shui Quansheng and his two most trusted subordinates were red-eyed with excitement.

  After Shui Quansheng and Zhao Ganquan Lianfang clarified the situation of openly distributing money in Guojiazhuang on the outskirts within three days, they found out that it was almost time for the village branch and village committee to hold elections. The secretary and director had used their power to get a large sum of money from village-run enterprises and new rural construction projects. In order to win votes, the incumbent village officials with real power took out 8 million yuan in cash from various channels to publicly distribute bonuses to villagers, and invited leaders from the municipal district to attend the scene, which was broadcast live on radio and television.

  After racking his brains, Shui Quansheng finally came up with an idea. He decided to take a risk and try to get at least half of the 80 million cash away. His plan was detailed and thorough. He didn't hesitate to spend 500,000 yuan to first bribe the wife of the village head of Guojiazhuang Village, who was also his cousin-in-law. Starting with a poor woman in her 40s who was struggling to make ends meet with two children should be the first step to break through.

  The water source is taught by machine, let Qian Lifen come out.

  Qian Lifen went to the village chief's brother-in-law's wife's house, and after getting close to her, she gained her trust. She invited him to a private room, handed over 50,000 yuan, and he was so happy that he almost fainted... He quickly called out the village chief's brother-in-law. This man, although related to the village chief by blood, lived a much poorer life than the village chief. When he learned that as long as he could get the village chief and others to come out for dinner, 100,000 yuan would be his, he nodded without hesitation.

  Twenty-two hours before the money was withdrawn from the bank, Shui Quan Yuan tied up the village chief and his 17-year-old son and 15-year-old daughter, covering their eyes and mouths, and took them to a basement that had been prepared in advance. After that, everything went smoothly. Shui Quan Yuan asked Zhao Ganquan and Qian Lifen to remove the things that sealed the three people's mouths, and he started talking to the village chief as if they were chatting.

  Shui Quanyuan said: "Village director, how old are you this year?" The village director said: "Forty-five."

  "At your age, according to old sayings, you are a donkey, which is an ominous sign."

  "Yes, I believe."

  "Good, you have self-awareness! Once you're here, no matter what age or what kind of person, it can be said that the ominous sign has already occurred."

  "Right."

  "But whoever it is, as long as they cooperate with us seamlessly, can turn danger into safety and change bad luck to good fortune. Understand?"

  "I understand."

  "Alright. It doesn't matter if you don't understand, as long as you know what the outcome is when we're done. This is an underground room, at least thirty meters from the surface. In other words, no matter how loud a sound is made here, it's very difficult for it to reach the surface."

  "I know."

  "I'll let you know the consequences of not cooperating with us: There are three main ones: First, cut off all fingers on your left hand at the root, apply lime water to stop the bleeding, it's very painful but can stop the bleeding; Second, dig out your right eye and use lime water to stop the bleeding; Third, strip naked, pour gasoline on both legs, hang upside down from a beam, remove the blindfold, set fire to yourself, watch with your own eyes, burn for five minutes before extinguishing with cold water..."

  Just as Shui Quanyuan was saying this, the village director's son and daughter suddenly burst into tears. The son said: "Dad, agree to them, agree to whatever they say!" The daughter said: "Dad, life is most important, I don't want to die, nor do I want to become a disabled person!"

  "The village head said: 'Son, daughter, with your father here, you don't have to be afraid... Speak up, kidnappers! What do you want? I'll agree to it, just don't scare the kids!'"

  "Alright, let's get back on track. Do you know what our purpose was in bringing the three of you here?"

  "I don't know."

  "Let's put it bluntly: we're a bit short-handed and want to get some money from you."

  "No problem. How much?"

  "Eighty million."

  "Ah, 80 million! The lion's mouth is wide open! That's our collective money!"

  "It doesn't matter whose money it is, as long as it becomes our money."

  "How am I supposed to get so much money for you?"

  "You're the one! You're the village director! You're the administrative head! Without your signature, not a single cent of the village's money can be spent! On the other hand, with your signature, isn't it like opening the floodgates for the village's money to flow out?"

  "You still don't understand. If there's less money, I'm in charge, but if there's more, can I be the boss?"

  "We don't care about that. No matter what method you use, as long as you can get the money into our hands, we will let your whole family of three go, without touching a single hair. Otherwise, the three things I mentioned earlier, one by one, person by person. Your life is worthless, but have you enjoyed everything you should? However, can you bear to watch your most beloved son and daughter suffer with you? If you don't follow our demands, at the latest tomorrow, get someone to withdraw 8 million in cash from the bank and transfer it to us, or else don't blame us for being ruthless!"

  Jin Hui-ping had been quietly staying in the small hotel where Huang Guang-yao paid for three days, but after two days and three nights, she couldn't calm down anymore. In these dozens of hours, except for sneaking out at night to buy some food, drinks, and women's supplies, she almost never left her room. She didn't dare to go out either.

  She is very afraid.

  What's wrong?

  Jin Hui Ping didn't tell Huang Guang Yao the truth. How could she dare to tell him the truth? Facing the man who saved her and returned her money, whom she also liked very much, if he knew about her past, would he still be able to look at her with respect?

  A year ago, Jin Huiping and her childhood friend Wu Xiangchun came to this small city from their hometown, originally wanting to find a place to work and earn money to support themselves and alleviate their family's worries. However, more than a month had passed, and they hadn't earned a single penny. With the few hundred yuan borrowed by her parents about to run out, she was getting anxious. To be honest, as long as one wasn't afraid of hard work and fatigue, there were places to find work, even without any skills. But Jin Huiping and Wu Xiangchun were both women who feared hardship and fatigue. They didn't want to be waitresses in a restaurant, complaining that they would never have time off; they didn't want to be cashiers in a supermarket, saying that standing all day would be unbearable for their legs! They didn't want to work on an assembly line in a factory, thinking that was inhumane labor. They didn't want to be maids, as that was servant's work, and they were both junior college graduates after all! Jin Huiping and Wu Xiangchun both wanted to find jobs that were easy and paid well. But where could they find such good opportunities?

  When the money in Wu Xiangchun's waist bag was barely enough for a few days of food and lodging, he said to Jin Huiying: "After my careful observation, there is work to be done!" Jin Huiying asked: "What kind of work?"

  "Waiter."

  "Where is the waiter?"

  "Hotel's or ballroom's or bath center's."

  "I understand, you want to be a prostitute."

  "Can't it be? Doesn't this fit our original idea? The work isn't tiring and is very flexible, but the pay isn't bad either. I've inquired about it, women with average looks can earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a month when business is good!"

  "Unbelievable, can it be that many?"

  "Let me calculate for you: ten customers a day, each customer two hundred, commission one hundred and twenty; what about ten days? Twenty days? Thirty days? Even if it's just twenty days, how much is that? 24,000 yuan!"

  "You, if you want to do this job, why wait so long and suffer so much? Even if I earn more money, I won't do it! I'm a young lady from a good family, and I still hope to find a good husband and live a good life in the future!"

  "You really won't do it?"

  "Nothing to do with me!"

  "What's wrong with me?"