"Yaru, is that you?"

"Ye Chen?"

Upon hearing this familiar voice, Lin Yaru suddenly got excited, stood up from where she was, and then quickly ran towards the door.

"Yes, it's me. Yaru, are you inside? Are you okay?"

"I'm, I'm fine. Ye Chen, please, you have to get me out of here, please rescue me."

"Don't panic, just wait a moment; let me find the keys."

"The person who has them is a rather short young man; it's hanging on his waist. I've seen the keys before."

"Okay, I've got it."

After listening, Ye Chen nodded and looked over to see a man who indeed was on the shorter side.

He approached him and felt around his waist, finding not only the sharp weapon but also a set of keys.

After taking out the keys, he accurately located the right one, opened the door lock, and right then, Lin Yaru, upon seeing him, threw herself into his arms and started to cry.

"There, there, no need to cry anymore. It's alright, I'm here to check on you, just to see what your situation is and to make sure you're unharmed."

While talking, he pulled Lin Yaru to the side and finally walked over to a spot.

"What do you mean? Aren't we supposed to leave now?"

"Yaru, when I came in here, I saw that they have provided you with all the videos, and there's even a bottle of red wine. It looks like they haven't mistreated you, have they?"

"No, they really haven't mistreated me. In fact, they once told me that if I cooperated well here, then nothing else would happen to me."

"Good, then I can be at ease. I wanted to see if you were hurt in any way."

"What do you mean? Ye Chen, aren't you here to rescue me?"

"Right now, I can't take you with me. If I were to do so, the whole plan would fall apart, and it would only alert the enemies. So I can't do that just yet."

"What do you mean? So, now, you're here just to check on me and then leave?"

"I've said before, if you were truly suffering and being tortured here, no matter what the grand plan was like, I couldn't ignore it and would have to rescue you. But now, seeing you're fine, it proves that these people really didn't harm you."

"But why did they capture me?"

"Actually, capturing you was just to restrain the forces on this side, but they hadn't planned on truly harming you. Now, I understand what the old master said; they wouldn't lay a finger on you to save their lives."

"So I still need to stay here, in this place?"

Lin Yaru's tone clearly showed some disappointment.

She had been trapped here for a day and a night, and seeing Ye Chen was an immense surprise.

But she hadn't expected what followed; Ye Chen became incredibly serious, which was not what she had initially thought.

"Yes, you need to endure a little longer. If all goes well, they should release you tomorrow during the day. And don't worry, it will be them who will actively bring you back."

"They kidnapped me just to restrain you, and now they're going to actively release me? How come all this seems so unbelievable?"

"To be honest, I also found it unbelievable when I first heard it, but that's the reality. So we don't need to dwell on this any longer."

"Alright, since you've seen I'm fine, can you leave now?"

"Yes, I do have to leave. So remember, you must not resist them; just stay here quietly and do nothing. Believe me, everything will be sorted out naturally."

"And after it's resolved?"

"After it's resolved, I'll give you a proper explanation. Also, I'm still unclear about your identity and background, so there are too many complications involved, and I can't explain everything to you right now."

After saying this, Lin Yaru hesitated slightly because she knew what Ye Chen was thinking.

Previously, when she was with Ye Chen, he had tried to probe into her family issues, but she always managed to cleverly avoid the topic with another question.

Thus, Ye Chen didn't continuously pursue the matter.

But now she knew that continuing the conversation would not really aid in clarifying certain things.

"Okay, you better hurry and leave. By the way, what about those two men? If they wake up, won't they report this, thereby alarming our target just the same?"

"Don't worry about that; they won't. I used a special drug on them, so when they wake up, they will have no memory of what happened. Yaru, you just need to stay here and be safe, got it? Don't worry, I'll ensure your safety."

"Okay, I got it."

After that, Lin Yaru simply nodded, then Ye Chen stood up from the couch. In fact, there was something else he had to do, but it felt rushed at the moment, so he didn't proceed.

"By the way, who did you come here with?"

"It's Anying. Remember when I stayed with you at their place before? But you misunderstood me then."

"Let's not dwell on that now. Let's continue this discussion after I leave."

"I can tell you, Anying is now one of our own, so he has become a very useful assistant to me and has helped resolve many issues."

"You don't need to tell me these things; your mission is accomplished. That's it for now. Let's not trouble over this anymore."

In fact, Lin Yaru was very sensible and knew that in this situation she couldn't afford to delay matters any further.