The man strode aggressively towards Nancy. As soon as he reached her, he stretched his hand out
and forcefully grabbed her hair. "Nancy! What the hell is this?"
He showed her the phone in his hand. On it, there was a video recording of Nancy pouring chili powder
and all kinds of condiments into Mr. Bai's drink.
Nancy raised her head, noticing a camera that was mounted in an obscure corner of the room.
With a mocking smile, Nancy said, "You even installed surveillance cameras in here..."
Then, the man turned off the video and tugged at her hair. "Of course, we did. We are quite lenient with
the others, but not with you. You're too cunning. Therefore, it makes it really hard for us to trust you.
Tell me, how should I punish you?" As he said this, the man grinned wickedly. He raised Nancy's chin
with the hand that was also holding the phone.
Nancy suddenly stretched out her hand and tried to grab the phone. The man was a bit caught off
guard when she did this.
All she needed was to take hold of any phone and call Charles. If she succeeded, then maybe...
However, it was much too difficult to achieve this. The man was able to pull the phone out of her reach.
Soon after, he kicked Nancy to the ground. "How dare you grab my phone?! Do you really want to
die?!"
With a loud bang, Nancy hit her head hard on the tea table. She staggered as she almost blacked out
from the impact.
Nevertheless, she endured the pain and remained silent.
"What a nuisance! Throw her into the snake cave!" The man grunted and ordered his men to take her
away.
"Yes, sir! Right away!" Two of his men came over and dragged Nancy upwards. Then, they forcefully
restrained her.
Nancy struggled as they dragged her away. "You won't get away with this! Don't be too cocky. You will
regret ever doing these things to me! And if you kill me, Charles will find you sooner or later..." They
merely laughed at her and said. "Ha-ha, right. Just shut up, lady!" Nancy knew what she was going to
face next. She couldn't help but get anxious and scared.
There was no doubt that it would be horrible. Ever since she was a child, she had always been afraid of
snakes.
She had a flashback of a certain memory back when she was still young. Jill asked her to water the
flowers in the yard. However, when she opened the door, she saw a green snake coiled beside the
water valve. Naturally, young Nancy screamed and immediately ran back to the villa.
She sobbed as she told them what she saw. "T-There's a-a s-snake! A-a g-green s-snake!" Nancy's
voice trembled as she stuttered. However, she didn't get any comfort from Jill.
She dismissed her and merely said, "Nancy, it's just a snake. Will it eat you?"
That snake in the past couldn't have eaten a person, right? Maybe it was quite harmless because it
was just one snake. But what if a person encountered countless snakes? Would she survive?
Even if they weren't able to eat her, they could just torment her to death, couldn't they?
Out of desperation, Nancy closed her eyes and thought about Charles and her two lovely children.
She simply couldn't accept not seeing them ever again!
Unfortunately, she didn't have the strength to struggle anymore. Was this her end?
She didn't know how long they had been walking through the corridor. Soon after, they started to
descend to the basement. As soon as they opened the door, they threw Nancy inside.
Nancy didn't want to open her eyes. She was afraid that as soon as she opened them, she would see
the snakes coming towards her.
She could hear the snakes crawling on the ground and hissing. She trembled in fear as the hairs on the
back of her neck stood up.
The two men had already walked out, and slammed the door shut. Nancy also heard them locking it
from the outside.
How long could she even survive if she was left alone in here?
She knew that she was a strong woman. However, this was a totally different matter since she was now
facing snakes. It was quite unthinkable that she could just stop being afraid of them.
After quite some time, Nancy's eyes remained closed. Surprisingly, no snake had slithered towards her
yet.
Slowly and carefully, Nancy opened her eyes. They immediately widened in shock as soon as she saw
lots of them in front of her. She couldn't even count how many they were. She saw several bundles of
snakes coiled around each other.
Each one of them was slithering towards her... Curiously, they stopped moving forward when they were
just a short distance from where she was standing.
In fact, they were only a few centimeters away from her.
Nancy slowly retreated back to the door. To her surprise, the snakes did not follow her. She instantly
guessed there was something blocking their way.
She quickly calmed herself down. Then, Nancy cautiously stretched her hand out in front of her. Sure
enough, there was a glass wall in front of her that separated her from the snakes.
Nancy took a deep breath and let out a great sigh of relief as she collapsed on the ground. Only then
did she find out that her clothes were completely wet.
Thankfully, they didn't throw her directly into the pit of snakes. Therefore, she didn't want to frighten
herself any more than she was right now. She was still alive. She was determined to keep herself alive.
After a short while, Nancy walked towards the farthest corner of the room which was away from the
snakes. She sat down and squinted her eyes in concentration.
It was a good thing that she ate something in the private room. Because of that, she was not hungry
yet. She wondered what she would face next after this horrible night had passed.
Would it be the fierce man again? Or... Would it be Nana?
Maybe it would be Charles?
'Charles, why haven't you come to save me yet? It's already been three days! I'm so tired.
If you don't come soon, you might never see me again!'
Nancy prayed earnestly. Over and over again, she hoped that Charles would find her soon.
'Charles, please come find me quickly.' Nancy sobbed as she fell asleep due to exhaustion.
At this time, Charles was obviously still looking for Nancy. It completely pissed Charles off when they
spent a lot of time on Derrick, but got nothing. They were already out of clues as to where Nancy was.
Needless to say, it made Charles very desperate. In the business world, he was considered almost
invincible and all-powerful. But now, he couldn't do anything. He felt powerless as he sat on the
hospital's sofa. His eyes were closed as he rested his head upon his hands. He looked utterly
depressed.
"Don't worry, Charles. We will find Nancy soon. Let's think of a plan again! Maybe there's something
we've overlooked." Jay also felt really anxious. But all he could do was comfort Charles. He couldn't
stand seeing the helpless look on his friend's face.
"What else can we do? It has already been three days. We haven't found any clue about Nancy yet.
Where on earth did she go? Why can't I find her?" Charles' voice sounded hoarse and tired.
"Maybe... Maybe Nancy will come back tomorrow! Or maybe she's on her way home right now..." Jay
faltered as he couldn't find the right words to comfort Charles. What else could he do?
Charles smiled bitterly. "I know you're trying to comfort me, Jay. But right now... I don't really need it.
And it's not working."
Jay stared sadly at his friend and sighed. He didn't know what else to do.
In the past, it didn't matter what sort of difficulties Jay encountered. His first thought would always be to
ask Charles for help.
And without fail, Charles would always be there for him. Jay couldn't even remember how many times
Charles helped him.
To him, Charles was almost godlike. He could always make things happen and do whatever he wanted
to do.
But now, it seemed like there were also things that Charles couldn't do anything about.
Jay's heart ached for Charles. He wanted to comfort his best friend, but he didn't know what to say.
The room fell silent for a while. Neither of them spoke.
All of a sudden, they heard someone talking loudly. "The patient who just transferred is in a very critical
condition. Where is Director Nancy?"
"Director Nancy was asked to attend to the patient's consultation," replied another nurse.
But then another one chimed in, "What on earth are you talking about? Director Nancy has been
missing for a few days now, remember? How can she attend to a consultation?"
"Oh, that's right! I'm sorry, I forgot. What should I do? The patient's bone marrow became infected after
her leg was fractured. The small hospitals didn't want to accept the patient, so they transferred the
patient here. Aside from Director Nancy, no one else can treat him!" the first nurse narrated anxiously.
"But what do we do? Director Nancy is not here. I guess our hospital won't be able to attend to this
patient. The skeletal inflammation is much too serious. Maybe he'll need an amputation," the second
nurse stated gravely.
"How could Director Nancy disappear without a trace? It's unbelievable!" the third one asked.
"Yeah, you're right. No one even knows whether she's dead or alive," said the other one.
The three of them continued talking as they walked away.
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