When she woke up again, Yiyao found she was tied to a chair. Her strength was drained and she
couldn’t see anything, because it was too dark.
Suddenly, a light was turned on. It took her a while to adjust to the sudden brightness. Then she looked
around, and found she was in a small room. There was no window, and there were jumbles of stuff at
the corners of the room.
A few men dressed in black were sitting opposite her. They looked very proud for catching her. And one
of them said: “I was under the impression that people in the C Army are all smart people. Turns out, I
was wrong.”
“Who are you? I don’t think we met before.” Yiyao said coldly.
“No, we haven’t met before. But that doesn’t matter.” A man stood up from his chair. He walked to
Yiyao, put a gun under her chin and lifted her head up. He smiled slyly and said: “Now we are meeting
each other.”
“What do you want?”
“Okay. Let’s be direct. We want you to tell us the locations of the secret bases of your troop. All the
bases. Then we will let you go.”
Yiyao laughed. “This is not my first day to be a soldier. I am well-trained.”
“So, you won’t tell.” The man said coldly.
Yiyao tilted her head back and looked at him. She said: “I need to think about it. Give me two days.”
“You think people will come and save you? Stop daydreaming. Nobody can find this place.” The man
knew what she was thinking.
“I won’t escape. But the military has too many bases, and you need to give me some time so that I can
remember all of them.”
The man looked into her eyes and said: “You are not fooling me, are you?”
“If you don’t trust me, just shoot me. Stop wasting your time.” Yiyao said calmly.
That was not the first time Yiyao got kidnapped. She remembered the last time she got kidnapped, she
fought back violently, but she was no match for her enemies and she was almost beaten to death.
Luckily, the police found her in the end and saved her, or she would be killed.
So this time, she knew better than to use violence against these people. She would wait patiently and
look for opportunities. She was not afraid of death, but she must die in the battleground, not in the
hands of this mob.
The man didn’t know what to do. He couldn’t kill her, because he hadn’t got the information yet, and he
couldn’t trust her, because she was obviously lying to him.
He thought about it very hard and then decided to give her some time. He said: “Fine. I will give you
some time. But two days is too long. You will need to tell me what I want to know tomorrow morning! Or
I will shoot you!”
“No problem. But can you give me some food? I’m starving and my brain is not working. I can’t
remember anything.”
The man glared at her and said viciously: “You will get food when you remember all the bases.”
Yiyao laughed inwardly. She knew these people would absolutely kill her when she gave them the
information.
“If you don’t have food, at least let me drink some water.”
“There is no water!” The man’s anger boiled up. He grabbed Yiyao’s collar and said: “Yiyao Duan! I am
bloody serious! Don’t you try to mess with me!”
Yiyao smiled. She said: “Look at me. I am tied to a chair! How can I possibly mess with you?”
The man then released her and said to two young men: “Keep an eye on this woman.”
“Yes, sir.”
Then the other men walked out. Only Yiyao and these two young men were left in the room. Yiyao wore
a blank expression, but she was actually thinking about how would she escape from this place.
The silence outside the room was utter. It was quieter than the villages. The air was rather cold and a
musty smell wafted in the room. It was probably a basement. Yiyao thought.
The three of them just looked at each other. None of them spoke anything. It was late, Yiyao suddenly
said to these two men: “Sir, I need to use the bathroom.”
“No, you can’t.” One of them said.
“Sir, I’m serious. I’ve been locked here for more than three hours. I need to pee!” Yiyao said in a
chocked voice.
Then, one man stood up and walked out to report. A few minutes later he came back and said: “Our
boss asked how many bases have you recalled? If you can say one, you will be allowed to use the
bathroom.”
Obviously this group of people are not to be fooled easily. Yiyao thought about it and gave them a
location of a base. Because she had to go out and check the environment, so that she could come up
with a plan to escape. The base she told them is of course, one of these bases they rarely use,
because of its remote location.
The man felt very glad. He rushed out again to report. And soon, the man came back, and a woman
was walking behind him.
A cigarette was dangling from her mouth. And she walked to Yiyao and covered her eyes with a
blindfold. She then untied Yiyao and pulled her up.
“Let’s go.” The woman said. Her voice is high-pitched, which made people very uncomfortable.
“My feet and hands are still bound together.” Yiyao said.
“Can’t you jump?” The woman then pushed Yiyao suddenly. Yiyao was not prepared for this and she
fell heavily on the ground. Her shoulder bumped against the floor and a sharp pain shot through her
body.
Yiyao felt angry. She shouted: “What the fuck! Why do you have to push me!!”
The woman only laughed coldly. She said to the other two men: “Pull her up.”
Yiyao was then lifted up violently. The woman then put her hand on Yiyao’s shoulder, the way police
always escort prisoners, and said: “Jump.”
Yiyao refrained her anger. She jumped forward, and counted inwardly how many times did she jump.
She remembered she turned right when she jumped out of the room, and after a while, she turned left.
Then she could smell dishes. She guessed she was in a kitchen or a restaurant. And she kept on
jumping. Then, she heard a door was opened, and the stink of urine filled her nostrils. She was in the
bathroom.
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