One of them, an older man, stepped forward.
"Maybe… maybe you can forgive her this once?"
"She's sorry."
"Yes, she did wrong, but maybe don't go to the police."
"Let her go… Please?"
A few others joined in.
"Please, Gu Jin…"
"She's young."
"She won't do it again."
They all looked at her with pleading eyes.
But Gu Jin's face didn't soften.
She looked at all of them and said in a low voice:
"If I was the one begging like her, none of you would've saved me."
Everyone felt a chill run down their backs. She was right. If Gu Jin hadn't shown the video, everyone would have believed the lies. They were ready to call her a kidnapper just because she was from another country.
The crowd went quiet.
Meanwhile, the three men—Lain, Lechisney, and Cane—were trying to crawl away quietly, like rats trying to escape.
But Gu Jin's eyes caught them.
