Chapitre 167: Recollection

Jing Tian smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly. "I tried to protect not only you but also all of us.

"Anyway, your guess earlier was right. The kidnappers didn't plan to let us go after getting the money so they didn't even wear a mask. Nanyang and Gu Yan kept crying and that annoyed the kidnappers. They wanted to beat the girls so I shielded them. I told them to not bully the kids. Therefore, they took their anger out on me instead.

"Since they hadn't gotten the ransom money, they only beat me to half dead. When they were done, they tossed me to that corner."

I held him tighter. His hands were very cold.

"Did the kidnappers beat the other kids?" I asked.