Chapter 76 The desire to die has never been so strong
Pang Wei sat in his office, wearing a perfectly wrinkle-free suit, and calmly looked at the police.
"Then I must have misremembered. I had dinner with President Gu last night and drank a couple of extra glasses, so my mind got muddled."
Xiao Xia didn't believe him at all.
"The surveillance footage clearly shows you carried her into the car. Don't use being drunk as an excuse. Hand her over!"
Pang Wei frowned. "I have a dashcam. Although it can't capture images of the inside of the car, it can record audio. What's going on? Why don't we just let the police listen to it?"
Xiao Chang observed Pang Wei's expression, feeling puzzled, but remained silent.
The dashcam footage showed that when the car was almost at the Nankun Bridge, Ji Ying called for a stop, saying she wanted to go for a walk by the river. Then there was the sound of the car door closing, and Pang Wei's voice trying to persuade her to stay.
“So,” Pang Wei said with a smile, “Miss Ji got out of the car on her own, does that clear my name?”
The police officer pondered for a moment, then said that he would need the officer's cooperation if there were any further developments, and then left.
Xiao Chang asked, "President Pang drank last night, so he misremembered the place where he parted ways with Ji Ying?"
Pang Wei's sharp gaze shot towards him, "The Xiao family has powerful backing, why do they have to meddle in everything?"
Xiao Chang smiled and said, "Reporting drunk driving is the responsibility of any good citizen."
...
Xiao Xia was so angry that she almost bit her lip until it bled.
“Yingying is definitely in his hands; he wasn’t telling the truth.”
Xiao Chang remained calm. "Given his position, drunk driving would result in suspension. We need to keep a close eye on him and see where he's hiding the person."
"But can Yingying wait? What if he's a pervert and...?"
Xiao Xia dared not think about what would happen next.
Xiao Chang paused for a moment, then decided that he should let Gu Yanchen know.
So he found the other party's number and dialed it.
"Hello……"
The person who answered the phone was Wen Lingxue.
Xiao Chang was also surprised. Gu Yanchen always had his phone with him at all times, unless...
"How...how is it you?"
“My brother picked up the wrong phone. Does Dr. Xiao need his help? I can pass on the message.”
Xiao Chang didn't answer and hung up the phone directly.
...
Pang Wei returned to his villa in the southern suburbs.
As I walked down to the basement, the doctor had just finished another round of electric shocks and was getting ready to go home.
Ji Ying lay sprawled in the corner, like a broken puppet.
"Did you get it?" Pang Wei asked.
The female doctor shook her head. "Not ideal."
Pang Wei lost his patience. "Incompetent good-for-nothings shouldn't exist."
The female doctor was shutting down the computer when her hand trembled slightly.
"Increasing the current might work, but there's a chance it won't work. If it fails, she'll be ruined."
"If it's ruined, bury it in the garden!" Pang Wei said.
The female doctor took off her white coat. "Okay, but you'll have to wait 12 hours."
Pang Wei frowned. "Why do we have to wait so long?"
"This is her last chance. If it doesn't work out, you'll have to look for donor number 38 again, so we need to make sure the success rate is as high as possible."
The female doctor spoke as if she were saying that the soy milk she made this morning was a little bland.
Pang Wei waved, signaling her to leave.
"There might be someone watching me outside, I'm worried about going out."
After saying that, he walked up to Ji Ying, knelt down on one knee, grabbed her hair, and made her lift her head.
Ji Ying's eyes were glazed over, blood-tinged saliva dripped from the corner of her mouth, and her skin had an unnatural bluish-gray tinge.
Pang Wei shook his head. "I feel so sorry for you. Why don't you cooperate with me and call your friend to tell them you're traveling for half a month, and I'll treat you gently?"
Ji Ying spat a mouthful of bloody phlegm at him.
"I will never grant you any of your wishes unless you kill me."
The pain of electric shocks made her feel like she was dying, and whenever she was about to faint, she would be injected with many drugs to keep her awake.
The torture, which lasted every four hours, had pushed her to her limit, and the urge to die had never been so strong.
Pang Wei laughed, "You're someone President Gu doesn't want, so stop being stubborn now. Cooperate with me, and after the cells are extracted, maybe I can keep you around because of your pretty face."
It turns out he had always known about his relationship with Gu Yanchen.
Ji Ying stared at him in surprise.
Pang Wei raised an eyebrow. "What? Your husband publicly protected that woman, forced you to serve tea and wine, and even implied that you were a pawn to be abandoned. Do you expect him to come and save you?"
Ji Ying smiled through gritted teeth, "Go find Number 38, you won't get anything from me."
Seeing that she was stubborn, Pang Wei slammed her head hard against the floor tiles and left.
Ji Ying slowly raised her head, and her dull eyes suddenly shone with an intense will to survive.
The bad guys are all alive, so why should she die first?
Twelve hours was her chance to escape.
She struggled to sit up and looked around the room.
There was surveillance, but she didn't think Pang Wei would sit next to the monitor forever.
The female doctor's computer is here, but it probably doesn't have internet access.
There is only one door in the entire room for entry and exit.
Therefore, Pang Wei did not put handcuffs or shackles on her because he was not afraid that she would ask for help from the outside world or escape.
Finally, she collapsed from exhaustion.
After several rounds of electric shocks, she didn't even have the strength to crawl; it was a hopeless situation with no way out.
...
Over there, Xiao Xia could no longer sit still.
"Let's just arrest that guy surnamed Pang and interrogate him."
Xiao Chang was changing clothes. "Who do you think you are? A gangster boss, or Gu Yanchen?"
Xiao Xia, "..."
“We’ve had someone check where he lives, and there’s nothing unusual. You have no idea about the background of the man surnamed Pang. Don’t you really care about your parents’ old age?”
Xiao Xia was very sad, "But Yingying is in danger."
Having witnessed so much birth, aging, sickness, and death, Xiao Chang's attitude became more rational.
"Regarding Ji Ying's matter, her adoptive mother's family has no say, and her husband's family doesn't care either. What can you, an outsider, do? Admittedly, it would be best if you could help, but if you can't..."
He remained silent for a few seconds.
Xiao Xia clenched her fist and glared at him.
"...Then let's find someone who can help."
That's at least a human way of speaking.
“I’m going to work the night shift. Keep an eye out. If Yingying sends you any messages, either call the police or tell me what to do. Don’t act alone.”
Xiao Chang left after he finished speaking.
Should I wait for her to send a message?
Even if she is trapped and cannot use her mobile phone, she can still connect to the main unit of Qing Sui and contact herself using a key!
Xiao Xia went to the company immediately.
...
Ji Ying slept fitfully for a while, and her body was no longer so weak.
She didn't know what time it was, and she didn't care whether there were surveillance cameras or not, she climbed up to the laptop.
The computer is not connected to the internet, and no network can be found in this area.
She picked up the power adapter next to her, smashed it, and used the parts inside to assemble a makeshift carrier transmitter...
Ji Ying's fingers trembled on the keyboard.
It was 5:30 a.m., and I wondered if anyone was at Qing Sui's computer.
Just then, the sound of high heels came from the marble steps outside. Ji Ying panicked for a moment, and without waiting to confirm whether anyone was there, she smashed the computer as well.
On the other end, Xiao Xia received the address and was about to respond when the line went dead.
She was so startled that she jumped up from her chair.
Faced with the choice of calling the police or contacting Xiao Chang, she ultimately chose to take out the unassuming business card from her bag and dial the number of the secretary in Beijing…
Six o'clock in the morning, the top suite of the Cloud Top Hotel.
The secretary didn't have time to wash her face; she just combed her hair before knocking on the boss's door.
The man looked like he was working out, with a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.
"Miss Xiao just called me and asked me to do her a small favor."
The man pursed his lips, letting him continue.
"It's actually a trivial matter that even the police can't handle, but we've done two DNA tests, and Miss Xiao isn't the person we're looking for, so... should we get involved in this mess in Kun City?"
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