Chapter 443: Chapter 443

After the deed was done, Boss Jin directly handed Chu Xueli a bank card, "Xue Li, after experiencing so many women, it’s still you who captures my heart and makes me comfortable. There’s two hundred thousand in here—tomorrow take it and buy yourself two beautiful dresses."

Hearing the card only had two hundred thousand, Chu Xueli’s hand trembled slightly as she held it. When had Boss Jin become so stingy? He had previously said he would take her to the most upscale mall and let her choose any clothes she wanted. Now, throwing down two hundred thousand as if that could get rid of her—two hundred thousand would only buy two or three luxury items, not enough for the top tier.

Weighing her options quickly, Chu Xueli forced a smile and pushed the card back towards Boss Jin.

"Mr. Jin, what, are you planning to leave me behind?" Chu Xueli said with a grievance.

Boss Jin laughed heartily, reaching out to lift Chu Xueli’s chin, "Look at you, always overthinking things. My initial plan was to accompany you shopping tomorrow and then part ways, but now I’ve changed my mind. Being with you is simply too delightful, and I can’t bear to leave you just like that.

It just so happens that tomorrow night I’m boarding a global cruise, with the final destination being Europe. I want to invite you to join me on the cruise to travel the world. So, take this two hundred thousand to casually buy a couple of dresses first. Once we get to Europe, we’ll buy even better ones. I remember you used to love the fanciful dresses there."

Get on a cruise? Travel the world? Go to Europe?

Chu Xueli was momentarily stunned, her heart tempted. If it were just a day or two it would be fine, but traveling the world would take too long. She still hadn’t gotten in touch with An Zihao, and most importantly, she wanted to get closer to Yan Hui.

Seeing Chu Xueli hesitating, a glint flashed in Boss Jin’s eyes as he said with a smile, "On that cruise, there will be a gathering of elite talents from around the world. I heard there are many young and promising men, a rare opportunity to mingle with the upper class."

Young and promising men?

Yan Hui’s image flashed through Chu Xueli’s mind—there could be men even more outstanding and perfect than Yan Hui on the cruise.

To just agree ? That wasn’t Chu Xueli’s style.

Chu Xueli smiled demurely, "Thank you, Boss Jin, for your high regard, but I still have work and a family to support. I can only wish you a pleasant journey."

As if having anticipated this, Boss Jin laughed, "I’ve inquired about your job; you really know how to bide your time. With your talent and ability, you ought to be on a much larger stage. This cruise trip—if you seize the opportunity..."

Then he changed his tone, "Besides, you are accompanying me on this trip, so naturally, I can’t let you do it for nothing."

Seeing that Chu Xueli was about to speak, he gestured with his hand to interrupt her, preemptively saying: "I know you’ve never been much for wealth; being a simple man as you know, other than money, I don’t know what else might please you. Once we’re on the cruise, I’ll give you a million, and after we get to Europe, I’ll take you around the fashion capitals of the world. Whatever you want to buy, I’ll buy it for you."

Seeing Boss Jin talk to this extent, Chu Xueli could only put on a façade of being overwhelmed by his generosity, feeling it’d be inappropriate to refuse any longer, so she took the two hundred thousand and left the hotel.

As for Boss Jin’s claim, it was that he was going to help Chu Xueli with the procedures for joining the cruise, and he even took her ID card.

Holding the two hundred thousand, Chu Xueli went straight to a mall and quickly bought two dresses she had long set her eyes on before returning home to pack.

Before boarding the cruise, she dialed An Zihao’s number again; this time it wasn’t switched off, but no one answered. She didn’t take it to heart, sending him several messages, while also continuing to call, email, and text Mai Qiqi.

She always knew to leave multiple backup plans for herself, also knowing that keeping one’s options open is the true essence of life.

Just three days after the cruise ship set sail, Boss Jin disappeared without a trace. Chu Xueli, who was still in her dreamworld, was grabbed by two burly men who ruthlessly stripped her, shackled her hands and feet with chains, and threw her into an iron cage before ignoring her completely.

Chu Xueli was terrified out of her wits, struggling and wailing, but soon realized it was all in vain. No matter how loudly she screamed, no one paid her the slightest attention.

After a long time of hair-raising fear, she came to the realization that she had probably been sold by that Boss Jin.

It must be said that Chu Xueli was also a woman of strong resolve. After being passed through several hands in the underground black market of the Middle East and enduring inhuman torture, she still managed to seize the opportunity to escape.

She traveled carefully, making her way back to her country, by which time more than half a year had passed since she boarded the cruise.

Fortunately, her little house in Beijing was still there. She hid at home for a week, and after seeing that there was no trouble, she went to look for An Zihao.

She didn’t dare to hope for Yan Hui now, thinking that only someone as naive as An Zihao was someone she could cling to.

Who knew that after An Zihao saw her, instead of his previous nervousness and affection, he looked at her with contempt:

"Did I hear you were sold into the black market? Is the money good? Are the people there easy to please? Oh, I misspoke, you must have enjoyed it."

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An Zihao sneered and, without another look at her, stepped around her and walked on.

A few seconds later, Chu Xueli came to her senses and roared, "An Zihao, is it your doing? Is it? Why are you so heartless towards me?"

An Zihao stopped, didn’t turn his head, and said indifferently, "If you want nobody to know, you mustn’t do it yourself; don’t show your face around me again." Then he left.

He had still given Chu Xueli a chance; otherwise, his cousins would have thrown Chu Xueli back into hell for daring to come looking for him again.

Regrettably, Chu Xueli wasn’t willing to let go, and two days later she went to find An Zihao again. Unfortunately, this time there were others with An Zihao.

Chu Xueli took out three photos from her bag and handed them to An Zihao.

An Zihao received them with an expressionless face and glanced at them. They were indecent photos of him and Chu Xueli together. Back then, to please Chu Xueli, he would do anything she asked, and the poses in the photos were quite indecent.

An Zihao’s cousin grabbed the photos with a laugh after a look.

"Zihao, see, you’re too soft-hearted, but she certainly isn’t."

An Zihao closed his eyes for a moment, his heart growing colder and harder, and it was unclear to whom he was speaking: "I’ll leave it to you to handle." He then turned and walked away.

Upon seeing this, Chu Xueli twisted her face and yelled, "An Zihao, all the photos and negatives, five million. Otherwise, I will let everyone in the world see these photos."

An Zihao’s pace was steady, his heart colder and harder, and a sneer slowly appeared on his face. He really was foolish.

However, after that incident, Chu Xueli never appeared before him again. The photos were never revealed to the world. Whether Chu Xueli was alive or dead, she had nothing to do with him anymore, and he didn’t want to hear even the slightest bit of news about Chu Xueli.