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Fortunately, He Tiantian had learned how to use such a phone before, so she picked up the phone and dialed her home number.

Uncle Sam answered the phone.

"Hello!" came Uncle Sam's consistently warm and mellow voice from inside.

"Hello, Grandpa Sam, this is Jenny. Angela and I were kidnapped, but we've escaped. We're at the Kira Police Station," He Tiantian said in one breath. "By the way, are Grandma, Uncle, and Aunt there?"

"My God, you've been kidnapped?" Uncle Sam exclaimed. "I'll contact Madam immediately. Sir, please hand the phone to the police officer next to you. I need to speak to the police."

"Okay." He Tiantian put down the phone. "Sir, my family would like to say a few words to you."

The policeman walked over and answered the phone.

He Tiantian couldn't hear the voices inside, but she could tell from the policeman's constant nodding and his no longer straight back.

Uncle Sam puts pressure on the police!

After hanging up the phone, the policeman said in a friendly tone, "Beautiful lady, you must be hungry now."

"We are a little hungry." He Tiantian nodded. They hadn't eaten anything since they were kidnapped yesterday at noon, and they were very hungry.

“Our police station may be small, but we have delicious sandwiches and milk. Would you mind having a taste?” the middle-aged policeman said respectfully.

"Thank you very much," He Tiantian said gratefully, her stomach growling with hunger.

Seeing that the police had accepted the case and contacted the sisters' family, Mrs. Brown smiled and said, "My lovely girls, now that you're safe, I must be leaving. Goodbye!"

He Tiantian was very grateful to this kind woman. From her clothes and the worn-out furniture behind her, it was clear that she lived a hard life.

"Mrs. Brown, please wait for my family to arrive before you leave, okay?" He Tiantian pleaded. "My sister and I are very scared!"

Mrs. Brown hesitated slightly, but still nodded, stepped forward and hugged He Tiantian and Qi Zhengmin, saying, "Okay, don't be afraid, I'm not in a hurry anyway."

The plump Mrs. Brown had a faint fragrance, probably from laundry detergent, and her embrace was very warm.

Because of Sam's phone call, He Tiantian, Qi Zhengmin, and Mrs. Brown ate simple sandwiches and fragrant milk at the police station.

Even simple food tastes delicious when you're hungry.

Meanwhile, after He Tiantian and Qi Zhengmin went to the restroom and didn't come out for a long time, the bodyguard outside called a female waitress to go in and check. She found that there were no two girls inside, as the guests had mentioned, and there was a faint, pungent smell inside.

Upon hearing this, the bodyguard was terrified and rushed inside, only to find that there was indeed no one there.

Based on the open window, the footprints on it, and the smell in the bathroom, they determined that the two women had been kidnapped.

They dared not hide it and quickly reported it to their husband and wife.

Upon hearing that their daughter, He Tiantian, had been kidnapped, Qi Shuliang and the others dropped their wine glasses and immediately called the police, ordering their bodyguards to track her down.

"Darling, what should we do now?" Anna asked anxiously. "Angela, Jenny..."

"Shuliang, you absolutely must save Tiantian and Zhengmin!" Grandma Qi was extremely anxious. If something happened to He Tiantian here, how could she explain it to her godson!

“Mother, Anna, don’t panic. Those people kidnapped Angela and Sweetie for money, otherwise they wouldn’t have gone to such lengths to take them away,” Qi Shuliang comforted her. “As long as it’s not for revenge, everything else is negotiable.”

Anna thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "What you said makes sense, but what if the kidnappers see that we called the police and then kill the hostage?"

“That’s right!” Qi Shuliang said. “You guys go back to the hotel first. I’ll go to the police station immediately and tell them to keep a low profile and, preferably, to act discreetly.”

“I’m not going back. I’m going to the police station with you,” Anna said hastily. She couldn’t stay at the hotel and wait for me.

Qi Shuliang comforted his wife, saying, "Anna, that person can kidnap Tiantian and Zhengmin here and know our whereabouts. If they are really kidnappers, they will call the hotel, not the police station."

“Yes, yes.” Anna realized, “Mom, let’s go back to the hotel and wait for the call.”

These people were acting on purpose, and there was no way she and her mother-in-law could find them.

If something happens to the mother-in-law again, the husband will be even more panicked and at a loss.

Grandma Qi knew that they were in a foreign country and there was nothing she could do to help. Not causing trouble was her way of helping.

"Okay, let's go back." Grandma Qi was anxious, but she knew their current situation and didn't want to put her son and daughter-in-law in a difficult position.

Grandma Qi clasped her hands together and prayed to the heavens and all the gods to protect her two granddaughters.

Once at the hotel, Anna sat by the telephone, waiting for a call.

There were only three policemen in the town, who, along with the bodyguards, searched the area. Countless pieces of evidence indicated that the suspicious dark-colored car had already left.

The town's police were at a loss and could only apply to their superiors for help.

Qi Shuliang was anxious and discussed with the police how to rescue his daughter.

That evening, Anna received a ransom call from an unknown voice demanding twenty million US dollars. If she didn't receive the money by the next morning, the hostage would be killed.

Anna wasn't stupid; she said, "How can you prove my child is in your hands?"

"Heh, since you don't believe me, I'll kindly send you some photos," the person on the other end of the phone said arrogantly.

Anna told her husband what had happened.

Qi Shuliang was shocked and said, "Twenty million US dollars? I can't come up with that much money all at once!"

"What do we do now?" Anna asked. "What did the police find?"

"There are no effective leads yet," Qi Shuliang said. "We're still investigating."

"By the way, the kidnappers said they'd send photos of Jung-min and Sweetie. Maybe we can use that to investigate further," Anna suggested. We can't just sit here and wait to die!

"Alright, we'll wait together," Qi Shuliang said in a deep voice. Many plainclothes police officers have already been deployed to investigate the area, hoping to find them.

The next morning, a newsboy delivered the newspapers, which included an envelope specifically for Qi Shuliang.

When the police questioned the newsboy, he said that a burly man had given him ten dollars and asked him to deliver the letter when he delivered the newspapers.

The newsboy calculated that an hour had passed since the man handed him the envelope.

When the police asked the newsboy about his appearance, he could only describe his height and his full beard.

There were many people coming and going from the town, and they were all checked one by one.

However, none of the people coming in and out resembled the bearded man. A search of the town was conducted, and even the newsboy was asked to identify him, but no one looked like him. (To be continued.)