Chapter 489: Five Hundred Thousand
It was around seven in the evening, and Gu Siqing hadn't returned home yet. Gu Jianguo and Wang Yueju were both a little worried. She usually got home around six. Even if she was late for something, she would call home to let them know.
"What's going on? She hasn't come back yet." Wang Yueju and Gu Jianguo stood at the gate and looked out, but there was no sign of Gu Siqing. Instead, Ye Chi's car came over.
Ye Chi stopped the car and saw Gu Jianguo and Wang Yueju standing at the door with anxious looks on their faces. He asked, "Mom and Dad, what's wrong?"
"Xiao Si hasn't come back yet." Wang Yueju said anxiously, "He usually comes back around six o'clock."
Ye Chi frowned after hearing this and said, "I'll go look for her at her school."
"Okay, go ahead." Gu Jianguo waved his hand.
"I'll call the Su family to see if they have been there." Wang Yueju said as she walked towards the main hall, picked up the phone and dialed the Su family's number.
Su Wenshan and his friends were having dinner when the housekeeper answered the phone. As soon as he heard it was Wang Yueju, he immediately went to the restaurant to report. Kong Xiuwan put down her chopsticks to answer the phone. As soon as she said "hello", Wang Yueju said in a somewhat anxious voice, "Is Xiaosi with you?"
Kong Xiuwan was stunned. "No, what's wrong?"
"He usually gets home around six, but he's not back yet today. It's okay, I'll ask him if he went out to play."
Wang Yueju hung up the phone, and Kong Xiuwan began to worry. She knew that Gu Siqing was sensible and would call home if she came home late.
When she walked into the restaurant and told An Ruijin what had happened, he immediately said, "You two should go and see what's going on."
The security in the mainland is good, and kidnapping and extortion rarely happen. But it is different in Hong Kong. Many children in the surrounding area have been kidnapped.
"Okay." Su Wenshan put down his chopsticks and went to Gu's house with Kong Xiuwan.
Ye Chi drove to Beijing University and had to negotiate with the security guard before he was allowed to enter the campus. By then, school had already ended, so he could only find the phone number of Gu Siqing's department head, who then asked someone to use the radio to search for her.
"Gu Siqing, Gu Siqing, your family is here to see you. Please come to the broadcasting room immediately if you hear it."
It played several times in a row, and then the department head said to Ye Chi with a smile: "Is there something that delayed you?"
After all, it’s only a little after seven, not too late.
"Wait a minute." Ye Chi sat there with a frown on his face. The department head said nothing more. It was normal for parents to worry when their children were lost.
But after waiting for more than ten minutes, there was no sign of Gu Siqing. Instead, Hu Jiajia and Song Miaozhu came over. They must have trotted over and were still a little out of breath when they entered the broadcasting room.
"Siqing left as soon as school was over." Hu Jiajia said.
Song Miaozhu also said: "I saw her riding her bike out of the school gate."
Ye Chi's brow furrowed even more, sensing a gloomy situation. After thanking the department head, Hu Jiajia, and Song Miaozhu, he hurried downstairs and drove back to Gu's house.
When they arrived, they saw the main hall was full of people: Kong Xiuwan and Su Wenshan, Gu Erhui and Zhang Zijun, the Xia family, and even Xu Yusen. Ye Chi recounted the situation of looking for someone at school, and everyone's heart became even heavier.
"I went to the school to look for Xiao Si this morning. She was fine and nothing happened to her," said Xia Ying.
"Go out and look for him quickly," Xia Qingzhang said. "Search along the road from school to home. Bring Xiao Si's photo. I'm calling the police now."
Xia Qingzhang picked up the phone to call the police, but he didn't call 110, but a higher-level number.
Wang Yueju immediately went to Gu Siqing's room, took out her photo album, and took out a few photos to share with everyone. Everyone got up and walked out immediately after taking the photos. Wang Yueju said to Gu Yimin, "Just wait at home and take care of yourself."
"I know." Gu Yimin also knew his physical condition and did not try to be brave.
Kong Xiuwan and Su Wenshan got in the car and asked, "Do you want to tell Zhengping?"
Su Wenshan started the car and said, "Go ahead."
Kong Xiuwan picked up her cell phone and called Han Zhengping. Fortunately, he didn't have to go to the classroom every day and spent most of his time in the laboratory, otherwise it would be difficult to find him.
Han Zhengping was indeed in the laboratory. When he received the call and heard that Gu Siqing was missing, he immediately said, "I'll buy a plane ticket back now."
His voice trembled as he spoke. After hanging up, he strode out, still wearing his white coat, without even changing. He drove to his residence, grabbed only his ID and wallet, and headed for the airport.
I was so anxious that I wished I could get to Kyoto in an instant.
Here, four gangsters gathered together to discuss what to do:
"Boss, fifty thousand!"
"Yeah, boss, with 50,000 yuan, how beautiful a girl can you find?"
“But what if his family calls the police?”
"Do you think they won't call the police now? That girl is right. It's illegal anyway. How can three thousand be compared with fifty thousand?"
The gangsters expressed their opinions, and after a while the boss said, "Five hundred thousand."
The criminals were all confused. What five hundred thousand?
Then I heard their boss say, "Guangming Supermarket! How much money do they make in a day? 500,000, for sure."
The criminals all covered their chests, their hearts beating too fast, afraid they would burst out. Fifty thousand yuan was an unattainable number for them, but five hundred thousand! Their hearts couldn't bear it.
"Brother, five hundred thousand! Will her father call the police?" Gangster No. 2 thought it was better to be safe.
"We're doing something that's as risky as a trouser belt. We're not afraid of anything!" The boss looked at criminal No. 234. "After the deed is done, we'll each get hundreds of thousands of dollars, and we can do whatever we want with it."
This made gangster No. 234 excited, and the three of them rolled up their sleeves and said they would get to work.
The four of them discussed it, put on their hoods again, and went into the room where Gu Siqing was being held. The eldest walked up to Gu Siqing, squatted down, and said, "I've decided to ask your father for 500,000 yuan in exchange for you."
Gu Siqing hadn't expected the criminal's appetite to be so large, jumping from five thousand to five hundred thousand in an instant. Never mind the amount, as long as she was safe for the time being, she said, "Okay, I'll cooperate with you."
Seeing that she was well-behaved, the boss hummed in satisfaction. Seeing that the atmosphere between them had eased a little, Gu Siqing said, "I'm hungry. Can you give me something to eat?"
The boss thought about the five hundred thousand, and in a good mood he turned around and said, "Bring the remaining duck here."
Seeing that he was still able to communicate, Gu Siqing continued, "Can you untie my hands? It's inconvenient for me to eat with my hands tied. The four of you are watching me, I can't run away even if I want to!"
The boss looked at Gu Siqing again and saw that she was so frail, with wrists so thin that he could break them with one hand. He reached out to untie the ropes that bound her hands. Gu Siqing whispered to him, "Thank you!"
The boss was stunned for a moment. In the environment he lived in, no one had ever said thank you to others for such a small thing, not to mention that he was the kidnapper and she was the kidnapped person.
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