Chapter 268 - Fifty Million in Cash. You Must Send It Here Within An Hour (1/2)
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Liu Dui nodded. “I heard that Wang Qingyi was serious about it. His hatred of Jian Yi is deep. If Jian Yi is caught by him, he’d meet a horrible end. In such a desperate situation, he’d possibly commit something extreme.”
Liu Dui more or less knew about Jian Yi’s banishment from the Qi family. After all, the news was reported extensively by the newspaper and internet media at that time, so it was difficult not to notice it.
Thus, Jian Yi really had the motive to commit the crime.
“If it was Jian Yi, he would surely contact you. Since he isn’t working now and is in hiding, first and foremost his money would become less day by day, and I suppose this was the reason he abducted Mrs. Qi. First, he wanted to seek revenge on you by demanding a large amount of money. Secondly, he needed an ample amount of funds for him to run away,” theorized Liu Dui. He turned his head and said to Dong Jiadi, “Jiadi, please investigate for any recent use of Jian Yi’s credit card from the records.”
After a while, Dong Jiadi said, “He withdrew all his savings in the bank around one month ago. Moreover, he used his credit card to purchase triazolam and sevoflurane, ropes, and knives two weeks ago. He also bought some daily necessities. He went over the limit of his credit cards and didn’t have any further records of expenses via them after that.”
According to their investigations to date, it was almost confirmed that Jian Yi was the person who abducted Song Yu.
Qi Chengzhi stood up suddenly—he could no longer sit in silence. His hand was still holding Song Yu’s phone. In the list of recent contacts, his name was the first one to appear on it. Qi Chengzhi’s eyes had turned red, and he wished that time could flow backward so he could accompany Song Yu to return home no matter what.
“Do you have Jian Yi’s number?” Qi Chengzhi turned his head and asked Cheng Dongge.
Cheng Dongge immediately found it. Qi Chengzhi memorized it and called the number. As expected, the number was no longer owned by anyone. He was just trying his luck in any means he could think of since there were no better ways available. He was hoping that someone would answer the call.
The two teams that Liu Dui sent previously had returned too.
“I had removed the monitoring device at the main road in front of the entrance of the residential area,” said Xiao Chen. He passed the device to Liu Dui and he switched it on. After a while, the device’s screen displayed a car without a number plate.
Liu Dui paused it and enlarged the image. From the blurred image, he could vaguely see an unconscious Song Yu with her eyes closed. The driver was a man who wore a baseball cap and a mask, obscuring his face entirely.
After that, the car took a turn into a small lane and went out of sight.
Qi Chengzhi truly hoped he could enter the image to save her. Song Donglin was clenching his teeth furiously. He wiped off the tears on his face that flowed from his eyes just now.
Fang Zi said, “We had asked the neighbors living nearby and a young married couple who were staying there said that they were passing by downstairs when the incident happened. According to them, there was indeed a man who wore a cap and a mask carrying a pregnant lady. They inquired about her, and the man told them he was her husband and she suddenly fainted, so he was rushing to bring her to the hospital.”
“He was wearing a cap and a mask—it was such a strange attire. Didn’t they feel that it was abnormal?” Qi Chengzhi was unsettled, if the young couple could sense that it was suspicious, they would stop him right away or secretly lodge a police report.
Fang Zi sighed and said, “They were probably afraid to invite troubles, we spent quite some effort to make them talk about it and be the witness. At first, they were unwilling to cooperate and told us that they did not see anything suspicious.”
“How could they do this!” said Qi Chengyue agitatedly. “If they reported it to the police, this wouldn’t have happened to Song Yu!”
Cheng Dongge hugged Qi Chengyue and patted her back to calm her down.
Song Donglin buried his face in his palms—he felt like he could no longer bear this with his mental strength.
Qi Chengzhi’s eyes were bloodshot and he was praying incessantly in his heart that Song Yu was safe. If Jian Yi did this just for money, then Song Yu’s safety would be assured. So long as Song Yu could be safe, he would pay him no matter Jian Yi requested how much money from him. He wanted her unharmed.
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Just as Qi Chengzhi and the police were striving to find for Song Yu, she regained consciousness slowly. She felt a little dazed due to the drugs. She forcibly frowned and move her eyes, and she slowly remembered that she was at the staircase and was on the way home at first. It was then when a person suddenly appeared out of nowhere and smashed her cell phone. He then covered her mouth and nose with his gloved hand. She slowly lost consciousness and could not remember anything after that.
Song Yu’s face turned pale and she was totally awakened by her nervousness due to the current situation. She found out that her legs were tied together by hemp ropes and her hands were tied to her back. She was sitting on a damp cement floor and her back was leaning against a mottled wall.
Most of the limestone on the surface of the wall had peeled off and areas of black interspersed among areas of gray. It was bone-chilling here.
Song Yu tried to struggle with her arms which were tied to her back and even tried to use her fingers to reach for the knot, but she could not touch even the edge of the knot.
Song Yu was worried that the cold of the ground would be bad for the baby, so she struggled very hard. Her back was leaning against the wall and she tried to support her body with her hands and pushed herself to stand. However, she was also afraid that she would suddenly fall due to a lack of strength and hurt the baby. She proceeded with the utmost care and was able to stand up at last. She supported her body against the wall with her hands from the beginning as she dared not let her back touch the freezing wall.
She looked around her surroundings—the room looked like a small workshop and it was extremely dirty and messy. There were a few buckets of water and three buckets of paint beside the wall. There were some old machines in which she was unsure of their functions placed at the opposite wall.
There were a few windows at the highest part of the wall, just below the ceiling. The windows were covered by dust and through the rays of sunlight shining into the room through the dirty small windows, she could see the thick layer of dust on the floor.
Both of her legs were bound tightly together. She would have to hop if she wanted to move around but she dared not do it because she was pregnant.
At this moment, she could hear a loud and low sound coming from the iron door. Immediately after that, Song Yu saw the iron door opened and a man wearing a baseball cap and a mask walked into the room. He quickly shut the door after entering the room.
“You’re awake?” The voice was frosty and even sounded cold-hearted. It contained a feeling of arrogance probably because he had the power to determine whether she would live or not.
Song Yu’s stared at him with her eyes wide open, her eyes filled with disbelief. “Jian Yi, it’s you!”
Derisive and soft laughter could be heard from behind his mask. Jian Yi then removed his cap and his mask to reveal his face which she had not seen for a long time.
“Jian Yi, what are you doing?!” shouted an enraged Song Yu. “Are you crazy?”
“Song Song, stop struggling, stop worrying and just stay here, I won’t hurt you.” Jian Yi smiled and tried to reassure her. “We had known each other for more than twenty years. Don’t you trust me?”
“You said you won’t hurt me, but what are you doing now? You knocked me out, brought me here, and tied my hands and legs. Jian Yi, what are you thinking?” Song Yu believed he was already deranged.
He also said that they had known each other for more than twenty years, but how did he change into a person like this? She could still remember vividly the scene of her saving him from a group of teenagers—the memory did not fade a little even after a long time. She could still remember that Jian Yi was an honest and gentle teenager during that time, but without her knowing, he had become more extreme and hideous as time passes.
“What am I thinking? I just wanted to ask for what was supposed to be mine.” Jian Yi sneered at her.
“What did you lose that has belonged to you? What are you trying to ask for?” Song Yu did not understand what Jian Yi was thinking. How could he think that the things that he lost were being seized by others?
“Asking for what? Aren’t you curious about the reason I am wearing like this?” Jian Yi sneered. “That day on the roadside, I saw you sitting in the car.”