When Ye Xunzhi heard the door close, she pretended to slowly wake up and looked around in confusion.
"You're awake." Xu Qi's voice was extremely hoarse. Ye Xunzhi glanced at him and saw that he was a complete mess, his cheeks sunken and his face terribly haggard.
Ye Xunzhi said, "It's you!"
"That's right, hahahaha, it's me." Seeing the shock on her face, Xu Qi burst into crazed laughter.
"Your eldest brother never dreamed his most beloved little sister would fall into my hands, did he?"
Ye Xunzhi said, "So you kidnapped me to get revenge on my eldest brother?"
"Of course not." Xu Qi gave her a sinister smile.
"Your eldest brother really screwed me over. He left me being hunted by loan sharks, and I couldn't afford the compensation he demanded even if I sold everything I owned."
Xu Qi looked like a madman driven into a corner. Everything about him felt abnormal as he poured out his grievances.
"You know, I shouldn't have had the ten million to have you kidnapped, but your second brother just had to be ruthless too."
Ye Xunzhi frowned. "What does my second brother have to do with this?"
"Of course he has something to do with it." Xu Qi's eyes were venomous.
"Remember Bai Zhao? Your second brother demanded back every penny he'd spent on her back then, and even made her pay double. He practically cleaned her out."
"I visited her in prison a couple of days ago, you know." Xu Qi gave a meaningful smile.
"I used all sorts of ways to tell Bai Zhao my plan, and she handed over her last ten million so I could hire people to kidnap you."
Ye Xunzhi's eyes shifted, and she quickly understood his intentions. "You want to kidnap me to