Chapter 19
Hope It’s Not Too Late to Love novel Chapter 19
Chapter 19
After
hesitating
for
a
moment
,
Henry
stopped
knocking
on
the
door
.
He
said
to
Vania
,
“
Boss
,
it
seems
like
there
‘
s
nobody
in
the
house
.
The
village
‘
s
terrain
is
too
complex
,
and we
‘
re
short
of
manpower
.
It
‘
s
getting
late
now
,
so
how
about
we
spend
the
night
in
the
car
and
make
plans
tomorrow
morning
?
”
Leo
had
a
bad
feeling
as well
.
He
chimed
in
,
“
Henry
is
right
.
If
anything
wrong
hap
p
ens
,
things
might
get
pretty
tricky
.
It
‘
s
important
to
save
Little
Master
,
but
if
we
‘
re
all
ambushed
and
trapped
here
,
we
‘
ll
lose
more
than
we
gain
.
And besides
,
I
don
‘
t
think
anything
will
happen
to
Little
Master
tonight
.
”
Vania
furrowed her
brow
.
How
could
she
not
understand
what Henry
and
Leo
meant
?
She
had
been
waiting
for
such
a
long
time
;
why
would
she
mind
waiting
a
night
longer
?
At
this
very
moment
,
however
,
she
had
a
sense
that
her
child
was
no
longer
here
.
This
wasn
‘
t
the
first
time
such
a
thing
had
already able
to
accept
it
with
equanimity
. Still
,
unwilling
to
resign
herself
to
t
h
e
outcome
,
she
said
, “
Let
‘
s
open
the
door
and
take
a
look
.
Don
‘
t
go
in
,
though
.
Be
careful
.”
Henry
nodded
.
“
Got
it
,
”
he
said
while
placing
his
hand
on his
waist
and
curling
his
fingers
around
the
weapon
he
had brought
with
him
.
Then
,
he
kicked
the
door
open
effortlessly
with
a
thud
.
The
door
wasn
‘
t
locked
.
The
house was
so
small
that
one
could
see
the
inside
of
it
at
a
g
lance
.
It
was
dilapidated
and
empty
,
with
no
sign
of
a
human
.
This
is
bad
,
thought
Henry
to
himself
.
He
immediately
stepped
back
,
saying
,
“
Boss
,
we
gotta
get
out of
here
.
”
There
was
nobody
in
the
house
,
but
the
candle
was
lit
.
Obviously
,
someone
had
purposely
set
them
up
.
If
their
purpose
was
only
to
prevent
them
from
finding
Vania
‘
s
son
,
they wouldn
‘
t
have
neede
d
to
go
to
so
much
trouble
.
Obviously
,
this
was
a
trap
designed
for
them
.
Upon
hearing
Henry
‘
s
words
,
Vania
immediately realized
what
was
going
on
.
She
and
her
men
had
found
out
the
address
on
their own
,
but
Melanie
knew
the
address
too
.
If
it
weren
‘
t for
Melanie
‘
s
instigation
,
how
could
the
bunch
of
human
traffickers
possibly
have
moved
her
son
away
overnight
from
the
small
and
poorly
connected
mountain
village
?
I
wondered
why
Melanie
would
give
me
the
real
address
so
easily
.
Turns
out
she
‘
s
waiting
to
spring
a
trap
on
me
here
,
huh
?
Ha
!
She
‘
s
really
gone
ou
t
of
her
way
to
deal
with
me
,
hasn
‘
t
sh
e
?
She
had
imagined
so
many
scenes
of
her
reuniting
with
her
son
,
but
now
,
all
her
h
o
pes
and
efforts
had
gone
up
in
sm
o
ke
.
At
this
moment
,
she
was
disappointed
as
well
as
resentful
.
However
,
just
as
the
three
of
them
were
about
to
leave
,
six
burly
men
suddenly
popped
up
from
nowhere
and
blocked
their
path
.
By
the
dim
candlelight
in
the
house
,
Vania
,
Henry
,
and
Leo
could
vaguely
make
out
the
six
men
‘
s
burly
figures
and the
ferocious
looks
on
their
faces
.
Obviously
,
they
were
here
to
find
trouble
with
them
.
In
an
instant
,
the
three
of
them
placed
their
hands
on
their waists
and
held
onto
their
weapons
,
having
readied
themselves
for
battle
.
Just
then
,
one
of
the
six
men
stepped
forward
and
guffawed
loudly
in
front
of Vania
,
saying
vulgarly
,
“
Wow
,
w
hat
a
hottie
indeed
!
Seems
like
we
didn
‘
t
come
here
for
nothing
today
.
”
Then
,
he
stopped
laughing
and
said
to
Vania
with
a
ferocious
expression
,
“
Just
save
us
the
trouble
and
don
‘
t
resist
so
that
you
‘
ll
suffer
less
.
The
three
of
you
are
no
match
for
us
,
anyway
.
”
Vania
was
now
certain
that
these
people
were
after
her
life
.
If
the
three
of
them
were
to
die
in
this
remote
mountainous
area
,
no
one
would
probably
be
able
to
trace
it
down
to
Melanie
.
At
such
and
place
,
she
and
her
men
could
only depend
on
themselves
.
Trying
to
buy
time
for
an
opportunity
to
escape
,
she
said
,
“
Who
are
you
?
And
what
do
you
want
,
mone
y
?
As
long
as
you
let
us
off
,
the
five
million
in
cash
in
our
hands
will
be
yours
.
”
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r
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The
six
men
burst
out
laughing
upon
hearing
Vania
‘
s
words
.
“
Haha
!
B
r
o
,
seems
like
we
didn
‘
t
come
to
this
f
*
cking
place
for
nothing
;
we
can
earn
five
million
more
!
Haha
.
.
.”
The
man
who
had
stepped
forward
just
now
seemed
to
be
their
leader
.
With
a
sprig
dangling
from
his
lips
,
he
said
roguishly
,
“
You
guys
are
right
.
This
babe
looks
delicate
and
tender
.
How
bootylicious
.
”
“
Haha
!
Bro
,
let
‘
s
not waste
our
breath
talking
to
them
.
Just
hurry
and
finish
them
off
before
we
go
back
to
town
and
paint
the
town
red
.
”
Their
leader
replied
,
“
You
guys
are right
.
”
Then
,
he
leered
at
Vania
,
saying
,
“
We
‘
ll
have
both
your
money
and
you
today
.
”
“
How
dare
you
!
”
Henry
and
Leo
immediately
stood
in
front
of
Vania
to
protect
her
.
Upon
seeing
this
,
the
six
men
roared
with
laughter
once
again
.
“
W
o
w
!
These
two
toy
boys
want
to
be
the
hero who
saves
the
damsel
in
distress
!
Haha
.
.
.
they
said
.
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As
they
spoke
,
they
began
to
stretch
their
wrists
,
necks
,
and
joints
,
which
produced
cracking
sou
n
ds
as
they
did
so
.
“
Bro
,
let
‘s
hurry
up
and
strike
instead
of
wasting
our
breath
talking to
them
.
”
“
Our
hands
are
itching
terribly
.
”
“
Just
the
sight
of
this
little
hottie
makes
my
body
gp
limp
:
Let
‘
s
hurry
up
and
take
her
down for our
enjoyment
.
”
The
men
‘
s
off
–
color
remarks
were
disgusting
to
hear
.
Then
,
as
their
leader
waved
his hand
,
they
immediately
rushed
at
Vania
and
the
others
after
having
produced
some
gas
bombs
in
their
hands
from
nowhere
.
All
of
a
sudden
,
the
gas
bombs
exploded
in
front
of
Vania
and
the
others
,
producing
thick
fog
that
made
them
unable
to
see
the
six
men
before
them
.
Vania
took
out
the
flying
daggers
used
for
self
defense
from
the
bag
her
three
kids
had
given
her
before
throwing
them
at
the
men
.
Startled
,
the
six
men
swore
,
“
Watch
out
,
guys
!
This
woman
‘
s
got
a
weapon
!
”
Just
then
,
Henry
an
d
Leo
took
out
their
own
knives
used
for
self
–
defense
and
threw
them
at
the
men
as
well
.
Ho
we
ver
,
the
fog
was
too
thick
,
making
them
unable
to
aim
accurately
,
so
they
only
managed
to
injure
the legs
of
two
of
the
six
burly
men
.
“
Ouch
!
Ouch
!
It
f
*
cking
hurts
!
Bro
,
we can
‘
t
let
them
off
!
How
dare
this
b
*
tch
wound
us
!
I
‘
m
gonna
kill
you
!
”
With
that
,
the
burly
men
swung
the
long
sticks
in
their
hands
at
Vania
and
the
others
.
There
were
only
three
people
on
Vania
‘
s
side
,
after
all
.
Since
they
were
outnumbered
,
they
had
no
choice
but
to
take
it when
the
men
hit
them
with
the
stic
ks
.
Seizing
the
opportunity
,
the
burly
men
immediately
kicked
the
three
of
them
right
in
the
chest
.
Vania
only
felt
her
b
ody
going
weak
,
and
she
had
trouble
keeping
her
balance
.
On
the
other hand
,
Henry and Leo
were
still
resisting
.
However
,
the
three
of
them
were
outnumbered
,
after
all
.
Before
long
,
they
w
ere
swiftly
tied
up
by
the
burly
men
and
thrown
into
the
dilapidated
house
,
.
It
was
pitch
–
dark
in
the
house
,
but
the
cramped
space
was
packed
with
these
people
. Vania
clenched