Eudora got nervous and declared, "I'm her mother. Tie me up instead!"
"Get out of my way!" Cody was about to kick Eudora again, but Naomi had shouted to stop him, "Don't touch my mom, tie me up!"
"Naomi!"
"Mom, it's okay! I'm in good health. I promised dad that I'll protect you. I'm sorry that I've dragged you into trouble this time. If anything happens to you, I can't explain it to Dad and I won't forgive myself either!"
After that, she walked resolutely towards the two men.
Cody laughed as he spoke, "That's right. You're a good girl, you've saved us so much trouble!"
A moment later, Naomi had been tied up and hung over the edge of the cliff by the men.
Not only that, but they also brought out both Eudora and Nelson.
When Eudora saw the scene, her legs went limp and she almost fainted.
The cliff was so high that they could not see the bottom, and clouds can be seen drifting around.
There was a small tree by the edge, but its trunk was not very thick.
Naomi was hung up from the tree, and any bit of movement from her would cause the tree to start swaying.
Eudora had her heart in her mouth when she saw that.
Eudora shouted, "Naomi, don't move, please try not to move!"
Then, she turned to look at the two men. She said, "What do you want? We have been cooperative. Please don't hurt my daughter like this!"
The two men laughed again.
"Isn't it enough to lie to us once? Do you still want to lie to us for the second time? We won't believe you anymore."
"We didn't lie!" Eudora was so agitated that she didn't notice that they were behaving unusually.
She could only try her best to fight for her daughter. She spoke again, "We really didn't lie. There might be some misunderstanding. How about you let me contact..."
"Shut up!" Cody shouted.
"We're no longer in a hurry for the money. Now, I want to have some fun with you guys for a while. You love your daughter so much, don't you? Fine, then you can go! Do you see that rope? If you can remove it, then I'll let go of your daughter!"
Eudora followed his gaze and looked over. She saw the rope, which was used to hang Naomi. It wasn't tied to the tree, but to a protruding rock next to the tree.
The rock was practically hanging on the edge of the cliff with only a little bit of it connected to the edge of the cliff. There might have been a structure connecting it, but it seemed to have been removed by the two men.
It was on the verge of collapse.
Unfortunately, the wind was beginning to pick up while they were talking.
As the wind blew, the tree shook even more violently and the cracks between the rock and the cliff became larger.
"I'll go!" Without hesitation, Eudora instantly ran towards Naomi.
Cody suddenly stopped Eudora and said, "Now, I don't want you to do it. I want him to do it instead!"
He was pointing to Nelson.
Nelson was brought out by them too. It was only because his body was weaker that he had remained quiet all this while.
He was also distressed by what was happening to Naomi, but he smelled a rat from his observation of how the two kidnappers were behaving.
Kidnappers usually only cared about the money. However, the two of them acted as if they did not want money at all.
Eudora had told them repeatedly that she was willing to pay, but both of them turned her down time and time again.
In addition, they were looking for ways to torture them, as though they were completing some kind of task.
Just as he was thinking, he heard Cody calling him out of the blue.
He raised his head and realized that he was asked to do something.
Eudora quickly said, "No, he hasn't recovered yet. What if he couldn't find his feet?"
She didn't intend to be an alarmist, but the tree and rock were indeed shaking. A normal person might not be able to succeed, let alone Nelson, who had been drugged.
If he went, it was very likely that he would fall off the cliff with Naomi.
That would be an unacceptable outcome!
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