Chapter 673 What are you doing here?
After leaving the Jiang family, Yang Han told Qiao Xing about it.
"Let's call the police first. I've asked Jiang Wang. Although he seems unreliable usually, he would never lie about something like this. I suspect that Wu Wei orchestrated this whole thing, either to snatch the child or to extort money."
If this matter has nothing to do with Jiang Wang, then it's equivalent to no one knowing Wu Wei's whereabouts.
Qiao Xing quickly informed Wang Ye, told him what had happened, and then asked him and Bai Yi to decide whether or not to call the police.
Linlin's situation is a bit complicated. Wu Wei is Linlin's biological father, so it's only natural for him to take him away.
Even if he is arrested by the police, as long as he firmly denies that he committed kidnapping, the police will have no way to deal with him.
After all, Bai Yi and Wang Ye have no blood relation to Linlin.
However, if they don't report it to the police, it will probably be very difficult for them to find Wu Wei's whereabouts on their own.
Wang Ye paused for a moment on the phone, then said, "There's no need to call the police. Wu Wei has already called Bai Yi. He said he wants one million yuan, otherwise he won't hand over the child."
Qiao Xing was surprised, "So many?"
“Money is secondary, I can find a way, but I’m afraid that this matter won’t be over after he takes the money. No matter what, Wu Wei is Linlin’s biological father. If he uses the same method to extort money in the future, we will have no way to deal with him.”
Qiao Xing understood Wang Ye's concerns; Wu Wei had always been a source of anxiety for Bai Yi.
Neither Bai Yi nor Wang Ye can watch Linlin 24 hours a day. If something like this happens once, it will definitely happen twice or three times in the future.
Wang Ye didn't want to see Bai Yi living in constant fear because of this.
“But you have no choice but to agree to his request. It would be one thing if he had no relationship with Linlin at all, but he happens to be Linlin’s biological father.”
“I know I can’t change the fact that he’s Linlin’s biological father, but if he reaps what he sows and ends up in jail by accident, then this matter will definitely be resolved.”
Qiao Xing sensed something was off about his words. "Cousin, what are you trying to do?"
"I didn't mean to do anything, don't worry, I won't do anything stupid. I just feel that we can't let Wu Wei continue to be so arrogant. He has to stumble on this matter, otherwise Bai Yi and Linlin will never have a peaceful day again."
Fearing Wang Ye might act impulsively, Qiao Xing quickly advised him, "Cousin, listen to me, this matter can't be rushed, you..."
She was interrupted by Wang Ye before she could finish her sentence, "Cousin, let's stop here for now. I need to figure out how to raise the money."
Qiao Xing had originally intended to offer to help if he didn't have enough money, but Wang Ye didn't mention it, and Qiao Xing knew he definitely didn't want to trouble her.
After receiving Wu Wei's call, Bai Yi tried to raise the money.
When Wu Wei asked for the money, he was very calm. He even told Bai Yi that he would not do anything to Linlin until he saw the money.
He even filmed a video of Linlin. When Wu Wei brought Linlin over, he told her that he was Wang Ye's friend. The naive Linlin believed him and had no suspicion of Wu Wei.
He sat obediently on the carpet, playing with the toys Wu Wei had bought for him. There were also many snacks around him, showing that Wu Wei was taking good care of him.
After seeing the video, even though she knew Linlin was in Wu Wei's hands, Bai Yi wasn't so scared anymore.
She knew that Linlin was Wu Wei's most important leverage, and he would definitely not do anything extreme before he got the money.
Bai Yi took out all the cards and spread them out on the table. "I scraped together a little over 300,000 yuan, but I'm still far from enough..."
Wang Ye also took out his savings, "I only have 200,000 yuan here. This is the budget I set aside when I first opened the store, just in case."
Bai Yi was on the verge of collapse. "Should we call the police?"
Letting the police handle this might be troublesome, but at least we won't have to figure out how to raise so much money.
"No, you said it yourself, calling the police is useless. If he insists that he only took Linlin out to play, what can you do? Besides, he really didn't do anything to Linlin."
"But we can't raise the rest of the money..."
In fact, both of them understood that raising the remaining money would be easy; they just needed to ask Qiao Xing, Xiao Lin, or even Yang Han.
However, several hundred thousand is not a small amount, and even if they could come up with it, neither of them had the courage to ask.
After all, they already owe each other enough favors from the people around them since they got married.
After much deliberation, Wang Ye finally came up with a desperate solution: "How about I go and get the card from home?"
Bai Yi refused without even thinking, "No, you know that card is your parents' savings, you absolutely can't touch it."
"That was originally left by my mother for my wedding," Wang Ye said softly.
If He Fen hadn't been dissatisfied with Bai Yi as her daughter-in-law in the first place, she might have taken out the money.
“That won’t do either, Wang Ye. You’ve already had such a falling out with your family. I can’t let you completely worsen your relationship with them because of me.”
If it were Wang Ye's own son who was saved today, He Fen would definitely have taken out the money without hesitation. But Linlin is not, and He Fen has disliked Linlin for quite some time.
If she found out that Wang Ye had given over 100,000 yuan to someone else for Linlin's sake, and that this person was a man she believed had an affair with Bai Yi, she might have been so angry that she ended up in the hospital.
Bai Yi was exceptionally resolute in this matter, so Wang Ye had no choice but to remain silent. "Then tell me, what should we do?"
Bai Yi was also in a dilemma. She had rejected Wang Ye, but she couldn't think of any good solutions.
Just as the two were wondering what to do, Jiang Wang suddenly appeared at the shop entrance.
Wang Ye and Bai Yi stood up almost simultaneously. Bai Yi asked coldly, "What are you doing here?"
Although Wang Ye had told her that Wu Wei taking Linlin away was not Jiang Wang's doing, Bai Yi still couldn't change her opinion of Jiang Wang.
Wang Ye was much calmer than Bai Yi, because he knew that Jiang Wang was not there to cause trouble.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have inexplicably spent two thousand yuan on a hot pot meal last time.
"If you want to eat hot pot, come back tomorrow. We're closed for the day," Wang Ye said to Jiang Wang.
“I didn’t come here for hot pot.” Jiang Wang walked over to the two of them and took out a card from his pocket. “I know Wu Wei took your son away to get money. There’s 500,000 in here. I don’t know if it’s enough. You can take it and use it first. If it’s not enough, I’ll figure something out.”
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