Chapter 850 I know where it is
Zhai Yizhong was completely flustered and almost collapsed to his knees in front of Ye Wanxi.
"Miss Ye, please, save Xiaofeng and Tingting. If you save them, you'll be a benefactor to our whole family. I'll do anything you want, even give my life!"
Ye Wanxi rolled her eyes at him, annoyed: "What would I do with your life?"
"Yizhong?" Mr. and Mrs. Ji were a little confused when they saw this. Their eyes darted around Ye Wanxi and her son-in-law a few times, and they looked bewildered.
Before Zhai Yizhong could explain, there was a knock on the Ji family's door.
Bai Haoqi rushed over to open the door, where several police officers who had received an emergency call came to investigate.
One of the young men paused for a moment upon seeing Ye Wanxi, somewhat surprised: "Miss Ye... what are you doing here?"
Zhai Yizhong and the others were also stunned: "You know each other?"
Ye Wanxi sized up the young man for a while before finally making some impression on him.
"It's you."
The young man's eyes brightened slightly: "Miss Ye, you still remember me!"
This Miss Ye is quite a celebrity in their area.
There have been several cases that defied common sense, all of which were somewhat related to this Ms. Ye, so this young man had met with her a few times.
However, later a special department was established, which reduced the probability of them receiving such cases, and they had less contact with Ye Wanxi.
The young people had learned beforehand that this was a common kidnapping case, and logically it shouldn't have anything to do with Ye Wanxi.
That's why he was so surprised to see Ye Wanxi here.
"I remember." Ye Wanxi knew this wasn't the time for pleasantries between old acquaintances, so she asked proactively, "Did you discover something by coming here at this time?"
The young people then realized what had happened and quickly informed the parties involved of the results of their investigation.
“We checked the nearby surveillance footage and found that the person who took your child was a woman in her early thirties dressed in black. Before the incident, someone saw her loitering near the kindergarten entrance. She was wearing a black baseball cap and was hiding in the shadows, acting suspiciously.”
Knowing her behavior was suspicious, but lacking evidence, no one knew what she was up to. Even if they found her strange, they wouldn't actually do anything; they would simply stay away from her.
"Afterwards, we spoke with people in the neighborhood and discovered that the woman in black had been staking out outside your daughter's kindergarten several days before the incident. Therefore, we concluded that this was a premeditated kidnapping."
As the young man spoke, he handed Zhai Yizhong and the others images of the woman in black that he had retrieved from the surveillance footage.
The woman in the picture was heavily disguised, just like the man who attacked Ji Yafeng, covering her face. Her identity could only be guessed from her overall silhouette, figure, and height.
Mr. Ji and the others looked for a long time, but they still couldn't figure out who this person was.
Zhai Yizhong felt a strange sense of familiarity with the person's back, as if he had seen him before, but couldn't quite place where.
"What about the man who kidnapped my wife? Have they found out who he is?"
"The perpetrator, like this woman, was also disguised, and very well disguised, without showing his face."
The young man seemed to remember something and added, "Oh right, we went to see the kindergarten teacher. According to her, the child seemed to recognize the woman who picked him up and went with her on her own. That's why she believed the woman was the child's parent and let her take the child away."
"The child knows her?" Zhai Yizhong exchanged a glance with Ji's parents. "How could the child know her? Mom and Dad, do you have any relatives or friends in their early thirties?"
“This…” Mr. and Mrs. Ji exchanged glances, thought carefully for a moment, and frowned, saying, “No.”
Zhai Yizhong also thought about it and realized that he didn't have many relatives left, but he did have quite a few female colleagues.
He has a family, and he has always been very careful to avoid his female colleagues, and he has never introduced them to his children, so it definitely wasn't them.
"Grandma, when you take Tingting out to play, do you know any women in their early thirties?"
"No. Apart from the parents of the few kids in the neighborhood who are good friends with Tingting, Tingting has never had any contact with a woman like that."
"Could it be..."
“No.” Before Mr. Ji could finish speaking, Zhai Yizhong shook his head: “Xiao Feng and I have met those parents before, and they are not this size.”
The room fell silent instantly, and just then, the phone rang.
Everyone was immediately startled, and the young man gestured to Zhai Yizhong to answer the phone.
At the same time, the people he brought quickly connected some instruments to the phone, clearly intending to use this phone call to find the other party's whereabouts.
Zhai Yizhong took a deep breath and picked up the phone with trembling hands.
The next second, a voice, altered and indistinguishable as male or female, came from the other end of the phone: "Mr. Zhai Yizhong."
"It's me."
"You should know why I'm making this call. Your wife and children are in my hands."
Zhai Yizhong trembled all over, whether from fear or anger: "What do you want?"
"Kidnapping naturally costs money. Tonight at 7:30, at the abandoned building at the end of XX Street in the south of the city, 50 million. Pay up and they're released; no money, they're killed. Understand?"
"I understand. Please don't hurt them. I'll go raise the money right away."
"My patience is limited, so please be mindful of the time. Also, I know you've already called the police, and I don't want any unwanted people showing up nearby, otherwise..."
The other party's words caused everyone present to gasp in shock. They already knew that Zhai Yizhong had called the police, and even knew that the other party might be listening to their conversation right now, yet they still dared to so recklessly state the time and place and issue a warning.
This is blatant provocation! Some of the people present even suspected that this might be a smokescreen deliberately thrown out by the other party to lure them around and buy them enough time to do bad things.
Hearing the busy tone on the other end of the phone, Zhai Yizhong suddenly lost his composure and turned to the others for help: "What... what should we do now? Raise money?"
Mr. Ji pursed his lips and gritted his teeth, saying, "Let's raise the money first!"
Fifty million is not a small amount for either family, and it is indeed very difficult to raise it. But for the sake of their two children, even if it means going bankrupt, they cannot give up easily as long as their children can return safely.
The others present shared the same sentiment.
Ye Wanxi and her companion had remained silent as bystanders until now, but their gazes sharpened, and they suddenly spoke up to stop them: "Wait."
"What's wrong?"
Ye Wanxi stared at the wagging tail of the shadowy figure at the doorway, paused, and said, "I think I might know where they are."
(End of this chapter)
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