She looked ahead and behind her. Apart from her and Zhou Yuanhang, there were no other pedestrians in the alley.
The exit was only a few dozen meters ahead, leading onto the main road.
Perhaps... she was being too sensitive.
But before Song Ning could put the thought to rest, several people suddenly sprang into the empty alley.
They had come out through the back door of someone's home.
Zhou Yuanhang, who was walking ahead, had no time to react.
A sack was pulled over him.
Sensing trouble, Song Ning turned and ran.
Someone ahead pointed at her. "Quick! There's a woman too! Don't let her get away!"
They were too close. Song Ning had barely run a few steps... before a sack dropped over her head.
Then pain struck the back of her neck, and she lost consciousness.
When Song Ning woke again, her entire body felt as though it had fallen apart.
She was being jolted incessantly.
Clearly, she was lying on the floor of a vehicle.
The jolting had shaken her awake.
She was still inside the sack.
She could not see what was happening outside.
But there were definitely other people in the vehicle.
She could only use its bouncing movements to quietly shift her body.
She tried to ease the pain as much as possible.
Fortunately, the vehicle stopped shortly afterward.
The people around her clambered out.
Someone lifted her by the head and feet, then shut her in a room.
No one spoke the entire time.
That left her unable to determine where these people had come from or what they wanted.
The door creaked shut, followed by the sound of a lock.
Everything went quiet.
Only then did Song Ning lower her voice and try calling, "Zhou Yuanhang! Zhou Yuanhang?