* Your man *
When she heard that Phoenix was really looking for someone to take her to Los Angeles Airport, Lu Jia was stunned.
So what Phoenix said to him in the car was true?
However, this thought only flashed through his mind very quickly and quickly dissipated.
"Yes, she is."
How many times have you been cheated?
What if they're all colluding?
Thinking of this, Lu Jia's hand that was hidden in her pocket gradually tightened. The cold key ring left a deep imprint on her palm.
She still had to be fully prepared. Otherwise, she would not even know if he sold her.
Hector couldn't help but size Lu Jia up when he heard Phoenix say that. He looked surprised." Amigo... this doesn't seem like your style."
Phoenix didn't answer him. After a pause, she changed the topic and glanced at him indifferently." By the way, is Torres still doing that business?" This time, we're not here to cause trouble for him…"
Hector rolled his dark eyes and whistled."Torres is playing cards in there. Let me take you in and talk to him."
Phoenix nodded slowly when he heard what the other party said. However, before he left, he suddenly turned his head hesitantly. His deep grey-blue eyes looked at Lu Jia, who was still alert. He ignored Hector, who was waiting for him to catch up, and took two steps forward to walk in front of her.
"Lu…"
For a moment, he felt as if he were going to have to wait for a moment.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly raised his hand and fiddled with Lu Jia's messy bangs with his slender fingers. He slowly and gently brushed the sideburns behind her ears.
In the process of touching, his hot fingers touched the sensitive skin on Lu Jia's face. It was a little numb, and she couldn't help but tremble.
Lu Jia was stunned. She raised her head and looked at Phoenix, who was a little tired. She didn't know when green stubble had grown on his chin. He didn't have time to clean it up these past few days, so his eyes were dark.
But I have to say, he's damn handsome.
Especially his deep eyebrows and straight nose bridge, superior to envy, even if you look at a casual girl will give people a feeling of tenderness, affectionate illusion.
"Yes, this time it's true. I'm sorry to drag you into this, but thankfully it's over for you."
"I'll have Hector take you to Los Angeles airport. They can get fake Chinese-American passports."
As he spoke, he took out two rolls of green bills from his pocket." Here is a total of 6,000 dollars. 3,000 dollars will be given to them as compensation. After confirming that it's safe, you can pay them again. The remaining 3,000 dollars should be enough to buy your ticket back to China."
"If anything unexpected happens, immediately think of a way to get help from your embassy. Those who want to capture me are still targeting me. They shouldn't be targeting you for the time being. With the protection of the embassy, theoretically, they can't do anything to you."
Lu Jia didn't know what to say for a moment. She looked at Phoenix in front of her and took it in a daze. She didn't expect freedom to come so quickly.
Phoenix had really let her go back to China and was even teaching her how to protect herself.
…Wasn't this too unbelievable?
However, in the next second, Lu Jia's blank consciousness suddenly came back to life.
Somehow his hands began idly groping for the contours of Luca's ears. The friction was so loud that it upset her. The blood kept rushing up and the tips of her ears were burning.
However, she didn't expect Phoenix's actions to be more than that. She even placed her hand on Lu Jia's furry head and then leaned her head close to her ear. Her hoarse voice was slightly sighing.
Goodbye, bad girl…"
Lu Jia looked at Phoenix's handsome but somewhat embarrassed face in a daze. She had clearly been deceived to death by him, but for some reason, she suddenly felt lost at this moment.
Don't tell me she's a masochist…
It must have been just that this adventure, which never happened again in a lifetime, ended too abruptly.
However, Phoenix didn't show any signs of nostalgia. The subtle expression on his face faded like a tide. He retracted his gaze from Lu Jia and decisively walked to Hector's side.
"Let's go, Amigo."
After saying that, she patted him on the shoulder and quickly walked towards the abandoned warehouse.
He didn't even glance at Lu Jia the whole way.
It seemed like it was really over.
Lu Jia knew that she should be happy, but for some reason, she couldn't be happy. In fact, she was extremely upset.
Did Phoenix really leave him alone with strangers like this?
What if the strangers are bad people?
"Let's go, girl."
One of the hooligans sized Lu Jia up and pointed at the garage next to the warehouse in stiff English.
"The car is over there."
Seeing Phoenix, the only person familiar with them, walk further and further away, Lu Jia felt inexplicably flustered.
These people seemed to be the kind of people who didn't behave themselves, and Hector was what Phoenix called an 'informant.' Was it really safe for him to follow them?
As she followed them forward, she looked at the two hooligans in turn. For some reason, the more Lu Jia looked at them, the weirder they looked.
However, Lu Jia still had a glimmer of hope for humanity. Perhaps…perhaps they could keep their word?
Thinking of this, she asked tentatively," Don't look at me like this. In fact, I'm quite good. I don't want you to send me. Just lend me your car. I'll drive to Los Angeles Airport myself, and I'll give you the money."
The two pairs of hooligans were obviously surprised. They looked at each other. Lu Jia was about to continue her efforts when she heard a call from behind.
Turning around, Hector, who had sent Phoenix to the warehouse entrance, turned around and walked quickly toward them.
" Miss, time is tight. Let's go in quickly-"
Hector's expression began to change as he walked into the shadows. Seeing that Luca was watching them warily and motionless, he quickly gave the two hooligans a look, grabbed Luca's arm when they were unprepared, and pulled her into the garage not far away.
"Pull her in!"
Lu Jia immediately realized that something was wrong. She subconsciously wanted to struggle and scream, but when she turned to escape, a rough palm covered her mouth.
"-Woo!!"
Her eyes widened. Lu Jia happened to be facing Phoenix's back at this moment.
She tried her best to make a sound, trying to attract Phoenix's attention, but almost at the same time, an extremely shocking possibility inevitably flashed through Lu Jia's mind.
What if Phoenix knew?
Could this be another lie?
Her heart sank instantly. She watched as Phoenix tried to turn around and look back, but was pushed into the shadows of the abandoned factory.
At the same time, a few pairs of large hands dragged Lu Jia into the dark garage almost at the same time. As the garage door slammed down, Lu Jia and Phoenix were separated into two worlds.
"If you want to blame him…blame him."
Lu Jia was thrown heavily onto the hard concrete floor. Due to the violent impact, she felt dizzy and hurt all over.
Hector slowly walked to Lu Jia and looked down at the delicate Asian woman in front of him. He squatted down slowly and pinched Lu Jia's chin hard, forcing her to look at him with her absent eyes.
"I really wanted to ask someone to send you away, but…who asked that always high and mighty genius to treat you so differently?"
Hector sneered in front of Lu Jia, who was still in pain." Your man…became famous after using me two years ago, but after many years, I'm still just a nameless underling in San Diego, licking his blood every day. This is really unfair, isn't it?"
Lu Jia's brain was in a mess from the impact just now, but she still used her subconscious strength to slowly put her hand into her pocket, with the hard key lying in her palm.
" What angers me the most is that he only used 3,000 dollars to send me away…What a joke!"
" Fortunately, God is fair. Even someone as high and mighty as Caspar Phoenix has fallen to such a sorry state."
*
[Minutes ago]
It took Phoenix five days to get from Las Vegas to his intended destination, San Diego, and his overworked brain was screaming about exhaustion and burnout.
There were only five days left, and she had long been prepared to flee to the end of the world. However, Phoenix, who had always been a loner, suddenly felt a little uncomfortable after parting ways with Lu Jia.
- Sure enough, humans are social animals after all.
But no matter what, Phoenix was obviously the only one who could walk the road ahead.
He can't implicate that innocent girl anymore.
Thinking of this, Phoenix raised his head. He had already walked quickly to the entrance of the abandoned factory. A few hooligans were staring at him warily and greedily. He originally planned to slow down, but he turned around and took one last look at Lu Jia behind him.
However, no matter how tired Phoenix was, she was still alert.
Something's wrong.
" Crash!" There was a loud sound as the metal collided violently. Suddenly, there was the sound of the shutter door being pulled shut.
- Luka!
Phoenix immediately realized that something was wrong. He tensed up and wanted to rush to where Lu Jia was behind him, but he realized that he had already been surrounded by more than a dozen hidden hooligans.
"Caspar Phoenix…"
Torres 'voice rang out. He was hiding deeper in the darkness. An ugly scar could be vaguely seen on his face. He recited Phoenix's name as if he was muttering his lover.
"There's good news and bad news."
"The good news is that you are worth 500,000 dollars on the black market alive."
" The bad news is that you're worth 300,000 dollars dead."
Phoenix, who was on guard, was stunned. His forehead was sweating because of his nervousness. His attention could not help but drift to the sinful garage behind him. However, he pretended to be calm and chuckled, quietly placing his hand on his back.
"So in their eyes, I'm only worth 500,000 US dollars."
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