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The middle-aged scar man took a cold look at Ji Nuan and turned around to say some words to his men. The other men immediately ran out to check out what happened outside.

Several minutes later, they ran in. Obviously, they were not all Cambodians, and most of them were gangsters from all over the world. They spoke Cambodian and broken English when they talked to each other.

But Ji Nuan heard these men called the middle-aged scar man Aqib respectfully. It seemed that this Aqib was the leader of the gang. Even if he was not the leader, he must be an important figure.

She finally got some clues from their broken English.

“It was a fisherman from a nearby village who went hunting in the forests, stepped on the minefields and blew up, so the sirens went off just now. The XI base men outside the forests hadn’t taken any action yet.”

With a straight face, Aqib didn’t pay any more attention to the man who just came in and reported to him, and turned his eyes to the two men who came in behind Ji Nuan, asking, “Did you capture this woman?”

The two men immediately answered respectfully, “Yes.”

Aqib seemed not to be satisfied with their answer and asked with a frown, “Why?”

The pudgy man hurriedly said, “This woman was not with the XI base people but was sneaking around Tonlé Sap Lake. We suspected her, so we knocked her unconscious and brought her back.”

“Women are never allowed to enter XI base. Have you found out where she comes from? Who sent her here?”

The pudgy man paused and hummed and hawed for quite a while before he finally said, “She looks like a tourist to a village near Tonlé Sap Lake. Cambodia has seen a lot of tourists in recent years. This woman looks fragile and brought nothing with her. She can’t be related to the XI base. Maybe she was caught by us by mistake…”

Aqib snorted, sat down on a chair, took another glance at Ji Nuan, and frowned before he asked the old woman a few words in Cambodian.

The old woman took Ji Nuan’s hand and said a few more words to him, trying to convince him that Ji Nuan was mute, but he still stared at Ji Nuan suspiciously and said a few words coldly. Then someone came up and pulled Ji Nuan out of the cabin.

They took her out and began to frisk her!

These creepy-looking and dark-skinned men dragged her into a tent and were about to tear her clothes off. Ji Nuan struggled hard in terror. At this moment, the old woman came in. She glared at them and said something, and then these men walked out of the tent reluctantly.

The old woman came to frisk Ji Nuan and carefully searched her from inside out. Then the old woman looked at her in satisfaction, helped her put on her clothes, and untied the rope binding her hands.

Ji Nuan’s hands were finally free, but she knew she couldn’t rashly run out. She had a feeling that the old woman seemed to feel that she was of some use and therefore protected her.

She couldn’t escape, so she had to bide her time.

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As Ji Nuan expected, this woman was a nanny hired by Aqib. She had been taking care of these gangsters for years. She cooked and mended clothes for them. Although she just did housekeeping jobs, she was aged and took good care of these people, so she was trusted and somewhat respected by them.

The old lady was now in poor health and had little energy for work. She found out that Ji Nuan could cook, so she let Ji Nuan cook and wash clothes with her.

After a sleepless night, Ji Nuan was taken to Aqib again by the old woman the next day. By then, she had been forced by the old woman to change into a white dress of the sort often worn by women on Cambodian farms, with no pockets from top to bottom.

The old woman said something to Aqib in Cambodian. From the way Aqib and his men suddenly looked at Ji Nuan, she could figure out that the old woman was suggesting them to keep Ji Nuan here to work for them and have someone follow her and keep an eye on her at all times to make sure she didn’t do anything that threatened them. The old woman probably had mentioned that Ji Nuan was a pretty woman who could cook. They would have no loss keeping her here. The way they looked at her became more and more intolerable to her.

Ji Nuan kept her head down and didn’t speak, as if she could not read their expressions or understand their words. She just held the dishes she had just cooked with the old woman and put them on the table. Then she lowered her head and grabbed her white dress in her hand as if she were scared and nervous. She was so quiet as if she didn’t even exist and would not disturb them.

Unlike his men who were staring at Ji Nuan lasciviously, Aqib still looked at her coldly and suddenly said in English to his men, “Don’t kill her for now and let her work here. Dali, follow her from now on, and if she does anything suspicious, kill her.”

The young, strong, and dark man named Dali nodded.

Aqib could have told Dali this in Cambodian, but he used English. Apparently, he was warning Ji Nuan.

This man was still suspicious of her. It seemed that it was not easy for her to escape from here.

She kept her head down as if she had heard nothing.

After Aqib tasted the food she made, he looked at her thoughtfully for a moment and then turned to speak to one of his men in English, “Mr. Control hasn’t eaten for three days, has he? Let her cook for Mr. Control. The food she cooked tastes good. He might eat it.”

Who is Mr. Control?

Subconsciously, Ji Nuan thought that the person whom Aqib called by the code of Mr. Control could never be simple.

The old woman obviously didn’t expect that Aqib would have Ji Nuan, whom he didn’t trust at all, to send person food to that person, so she asked him a few words incredulously. Aqib glared at her and turned to Dali, “Dali, take her to bring the food to Mr. Control.”

Dali nodded and signaled Ji Nuan with his eyes to follow him out.

She didn’t know what they were going to do, but for the time being, she would have to obey his orders to stay alive. She went back for the meal she had prepared, carefully placed it on a tray, and followed Dali all the way to a particularly secluded area behind the forest.

When they reached a heavily guarded log cabin, Dali looked at her coldly and opened the door to let her in.

She carried the tray into the cabin. The cabin smelled damp and musty too, but as soon as she stepped in, she caught a familiar, refreshing whiff of vegetation.

She froze and then raised her eyes to look into the cabin.

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She froze and then raised her eyes to look into the cabin.

A man was standing in the cabin with his back to the door, facing the window of the cabin, which was nailed with dozens of thin steel bars. He stood there quietly, looking out the window through the cracks in the steel bars.

A black pair of handmade Italian shoes came into her view, looking a little worn than they used to be with mud and dark red blood.

She looked up from the shoes and saw a pair of legs that were as straight and slender as ever and wrapped in black trousers. The black handmade shirt he wore had some wrinkles and seemed to have bloodstain on it, which was barely noticeable because of the color of the shirt.

But even in such a situation, the man just stood there quietly, still clean, handsome, noble, and indifferent.

An absolute dominant figure.

His superiority was not the sort that those at the top of the business world had, but more like a wisp of pure air that could not be stained by mud. Even if evil and filth defiled him, he could still wash away the dirt and keep his true self.

There he stood, and there he was.

Mo Jingshen…

He was really here!

Ji Nuan’s lips moved but didn’t produce any sound. The man named Dali was right behind her, only a meter or so away from her. Any strange attitude or behavior she had now would be immediately noticed by him, and then not only would she be killed, but possibly even Mo Jingshen who was temporarily safe would be implicated as well.

She silently put the tray on her hand on the table close to the door. After seeing the man standing in front of the window indifferently without looking back, she gritted her teeth to make no sound.

Dali stood right behind her, watching her every move.

Seeing her put the food on the table, Dali suddenly said in English, “Mr. Control, we caught this woman. The food she makes is more to Chinese people’s palate. You haven’t drunk a drop of water or eat a mouthful of rice for three days and nights. Mr. Control, please stop risking your own life. Even if you die, the secrets of those arms deals won’t necessarily be kept…”

The man standing at the window seemed not to hear and didn’t look back.

It turned out that Mo Jingshen was the Mr. Control they mentioned.

Getting no response from Mo Jingshen, Dali wasn’t angry but sneered and said in English, “Mr. Control, we don’t know if this woman we caught is from China, Japan, or any other country in Asia, but she is really pretty. Aqib plans to let her work here first, and then, after the operation is over, give her to us brothers to enjoy. Sir, if you like, Aqib may let you touch her first. She’s still clean…”

Ji Nuan kept her head down, and when she heard this, she clenched the empty tray tightly in her hand, her eyes fixed on the food on the table.

He hadn’t eaten or drank anything for three days or nights?

How on earth did he get through it?

“But pitifully, this woman is mute…” Dali added.

The man standing in front of the window, apparently annoyed by Dali’s noise, turned his head.

Ji Nuan felt her heart missed a beat at the very moment Mo Jingshen turned around.

The man in front of the window lifted his eyelids when he saw her. His indifferent glance swept over her body and finally fell on her white dress.

His eyes were extremely indifferent, as if he was looking at someone unimportant, or as if he had never met her before. His handsome face remained placid, but his pupils suddenly constricted, and an icy gleam flickered across his eyes, which flashed so quickly that no one noticed it. Even Ji Nuan was startled by the cold look he gave her, and if she wasn’t sure that he really was Mo Jingshen, she almost wondered if he was someone who looked like Mo Jingshen, someone who didn’t know her at all.

She glanced at him quickly and then looked away.

However, when Mo Jingshen looked at her, his eyes were critical, unscrupulous, and even cold.

“Get out,” He said in English with his melodious voice.

Ji Nuan shuddered and felt her hair stand on end. Standing on the side, Dali narrowed his eyes and looked at Ji Nuan who remained expressionless and then at Mo Jingshen who seemed as cold and distant as ever. Only then did he remove his doubts about Ji Nuan.

“Mr. Control, why do you risk your own life? If the average person eats nothing for three days, he will only end up lying on bed powerlessly, but you are still on a deadlock with us without eating or sleeping. However, you’re only human. How long can you hold out? One day? Two days? Or ten days?” Dali taunted.

Mo Jingshen remained indifferent.

Dali smiled grimly again. He glanced at the food on the table. “Are you sure you don’t want to eat it? The food the woman made is really delicious.”

With a straight face, Mo Jingshen glanced at the food on the table and asked indifferently as ever, “She made this?”

Noticing that he seemed to be implying something, Dali looked at her warily, and at Ji Nuan who had been standing still on the side.

At this time, Mo Jingshen suddenly came up and stopped at the table. He lifted his eyelids and glanced at Ji Nuan. “Which country are you from?”

Ji Nuan pursed her lips and remained silent.

Daly chuckled. “I said she is mute. Her skin is fair. I think she is probably from China or Japan, or maybe South Korea.”

Mo Jingshen turned up the corners of his mouth. “Mute?”

“You don’t believe it, Mr. Control?” Dali suddenly reached out and gave her a sharp pinch on the arm. She bit her lips in pain but still remained silent. With a pale face, she looked away not to look at him, because she feared that once her gaze met his, he would expose their relationship.

Dali continued to pinch her while staring at Mo Jingshen’s face.

Mo Jingshen didn’t even look at her. He said, “It seems that Aqib has come to know me better. He knows I don’t like you guys talking so much bullshit, so he sent over a mute woman.”

Dali cast an annoyed glance at him.

Mo Jingshen said coldly, “Unfortunately, I’m not interested.”

Dali paused and moved his hand from Ji Nuan’s arm. Before he said anything, Mo Jingshen suddenly raised his hand slightly and ruthlessly knocked the food off the table. The rice, dish, and soup spilled all over the floor, but he didn’t even look at them and turned around coldly. Obviously, he was very sick of them.

Seeing that Mo Jingshen was no different from the last few days, Dali could do nothing but suddenly grab the collar of Ji Nuan and pull her out, slamming shut the door of the cabin.

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As soon as the door of the cabin was shut, Ji Nuan’s heart sank but, at the same time, hope also arose in her mind.

Mo Jingshen was alive. He had been standing in front of her alive the moment before.

Although he was unbearably cold toward her, she knew how keen and resolute he could be.

If he had shown the slightest sign of interest or relationship with her, she would have instantly been shot by Dali.

However, she finally found him, but she could not say a word and even suffered his indifference. Even the food she made for him was knocked over…

Ji Nuan felt a little depressed, but more so because she had heard that he hadn’t eaten anything for three days and nights.

Dali walked out with a cold face, apparently irritated by Mo Jingshen’s attitude. He turned to urge her to hurry, looking very impatient.

Ji Nuan walked quietly with him, farther and farther away from the cabin where Mo Jingshen was. She didn’t look back. Mo Jingshen’s attitude was very clear just now. Here, both must be very careful. Any negligence may bring danger to them or even cause them to be killed on the spot.

He was already careful about every move he made, so she had to be more cautious. Whether she could save him or not, she couldn’t hold him back.

What she didn’t know was that a dozen guns in the dense forest had been pointed at her since she left the cabin. Once she turned her head or looked back at the cabin, she would be instantly shot to death.

The old woman was still waiting in Aqib’s cabin. When she heard the noise outside and saw that Ji Nuan came back safe and sound, she was pleased and said a few words in Cambodian to Aqib who remained expressionless.

Aqib apparently didn’t expect that Ji Nuan was really not sent to lurk and rescue Mo Jingshen. His eyes were still cold and sharp, but his attention was no longer on Ji Nuan. He waved to the old woman to take Ji Nuan out.

Ji Nuan followed the old woman out, and her eyes caught a glimpse of little white flowers, which were not common in China and still smelled rich and fragrant from a distance. If she remembers correctly, this should be the national flower of Cambodia, the Rumdul flower.

Seeing that Ji Nuan had been looking at the flowers and seemed to be interested in them, the old woman smiled and pulled her over. Then she stopped to pick some and handed them to Ji Nuan.

Ji Nuan looked at the old woman in surprise, pointed to the flowers and then to herself, meaning if she could take the flowers or not.

The old woman nodded and was about to speak to her, but then remembered that she couldn’t understand, so she just smiled, put the flowers into Ji Nuan’s hands, and then pulled her back to the cooking tent.

Although the old lady was respected by the people here, she was only a maid who did the washing and cooking. She lived next to the cooking tent, a very simple and damp cabin, where she asked Ji Nuan to live with her.

Since Ji Nuan had seen Mo Jingshen today, her uneasy heart had calmed down a little, so she behaved more obediently and listened to the old woman’s arrangement. When she went into the cabin with the old woman, the latter found her a white dress for her to change and gave her a very thin quilt.

Ji Nuan could tell that this old lady must have been alone for years. It wasn’t easy to meet a young girl in a place like this that was full of brutal men. She did hope that Ji Nuan wouldn’t be killed by these people and could stay to help her with the cooking.

In the evening, Ji Nuan and the old woman prepared the dinner together and sent the food to Aqib’s cabin.

Every time Aqib saw Ji Nuan, he would stare at her for a while. Ji Nuan kept her head down. If she were too calm, it would only arouse suspicion, so her hands holding the bowl were faintly shaking, and she looked helpless and pitiful, seeming to be very afraid of everyone here.

The pudgy man who caught her was also in this room. Seeing her come in, he suddenly smiled and turned to whisper a few words to Aqib in Cambodian. Aqib ignored him, and a man beside him suddenly said in English, “This woman’s skin is really fair, which is really rare for Asian women, just like the snow on the top of the snow mountain. Her face is so small, and her eyes are big and starry bright. She also has a good figure. Look at her slender waist and abundant buttocks. Oh, she is so hot…”

Then all of a sudden, the people in the room began to speak in English. Some of them were very skilled in English and some spoke broken English, but Ji Nuan could understand what they were talking about.

It was all annoying dirty talk and was very disgusting.

They spoke English instead of Cambodian, which was a sign that they were still testing her.

Ji Nuan had been standing beside the old woman with her neck drawn up as if she had heard nothing, looking frightened and timid.

Then suddenly someone came up to Aqib and said, “There are lots of farms and women near Tonlé Sap Lake, but it’s hard to find a toy as fair and tender-skinned as her. Because of Mr. Control’s matter, we haven’t had fun or sex for a long time. Let this woman wait on us for a few more days. When the operation is over, let’s just throw her on the bed and ‘eat’ her together.”

The room immediately burst into laughter. The stares of these men on Ji Nuan became even more lascivious and unspeakably disgusting.