"Hmph, you have no credibility with me now, I won't trust you. The price remains the same, but the delivery time is brought forward to 9 a.m. tomorrow. Otherwise, you can expect to be collecting your son's corpse."
Upon hearing this, Li Jiacheng was greatly surprised.
"I really meant well for you all, the police have really..."
Before he could finish speaking, the other party immediately interrupted him:
"Don't talk to me about the police. Didn't you want to pay money, or did you create this mess yourself?"
Li Jiacheng's forehead was covered in sweat.
"No, no. I really didn't call the police. Please believe me, I can vouch for it with my integrity."
"Hmph, stop talking and hurry up and raise the money. How to get the money is my business; you just need to prepare the money."
Li Jiacheng wanted to talk to the other party again, but the other party had already hung up the phone.
Holding the microphone, Li Jiacheng stood there blankly, head bowed, without saying a word.
He is truly experiencing a mix of emotions right now.
Although I have experienced many hardships in the past, none have been as dangerous as this one.
Most importantly, this torment of the heart, this worry about his son's life and safety, made him feel like the sky was about to fall.
Just then, Zhuang Mingyue woke up.
She got up from the sofa.
Just now, in a daze, she heard Li Jiacheng say that he was going to pay the other party a portion of the money.
She was shocked and heartbroken, believing that Li Jiacheng only wanted to pay a portion of the money and was bargaining with the kidnappers.
"Sir, you can't do this! You can't refuse to pay them; you have to do what they asked for."
As Zhuang Mingyue spoke, she cried, tears streaming down her face, each word as if she were weeping blood.
“Mingyue, don’t worry, I will pay in full. I’m just worried that the other party won’t receive the money, so I want to give them a portion first,” Li Jiacheng explained helplessly, his tone tinged with impatience and anxiety.
However, the old lady didn't quite believe him at this point.
She inadvertently saw the box on the table and the bloodied severed finger inside, and was heartbroken once again.
At the same time, she saw several tabloids spread out on the table, the top one of which clearly read, "Kidnappers Demand a Ransom of One Billion!"
This question dimmed the light in her eyes.
The other party demanded HK$1 billion, a fact known only to those present, yet this amount was brazenly printed in the newspapers.
No one would believe that no one revealed it voluntarily.
"Ah Ju, quickly help your mother upstairs," Li Jiacheng said to Li Zeju.
Upon hearing this, Li Zeju immediately went to his mother's side. "Mommy, let me help you go and rest for a bit."
Despite her small size, Zhuang Mingyue possessed immense strength, remaining firmly rooted to the ground, motionless.
She just kept pleading.
"No, I don't need to rest. Master, you must promise me, save Ah Kai, save him!"
A hint of displeasure appeared on Li Jiacheng's face, and he straightened his expression slightly. "Mingyue, of course I will save him. This is our son. Listen to me and go rest."
Then, he said to Li Zeju, "Hurry up and take your mother to rest."
Li Zeju had no choice but to whisper in his mother's ear, "Mom, don't worry, Dad and I will work together to get A-Kai back safely."
Li Zeju has a very good relationship with his mother.
He is closer to his mother than to Li Zekai.
In recent years, Li Ka-shing has devoted himself to business and has not paid enough attention to Zhuang Mingyue, which has often left her in sorrow and sadness, and depressed.
Li Zeju couldn't persuade his father to come back and visit his mother more often. He could only do his best to spend time with her and try every possible way to make her happy.
Therefore, Zhuang Mingyue trusted Li Zeju's words quite a bit and knew that he took good care of Li Zekai.
At that moment, she had no choice but to trust Li Zeju.
So, with Li Zeju's help, she slowly went upstairs.
Once inside the room, I closed the door.
Only now, away from everyone, did Zhuang Mingyue glance outside the door. Seeing no one, she whispered to her son, "You must persuade your father to bring your brother back. I know he loves you and A-Kai very much. But I also know he loves money even more. Ten billion yuan—it has to be said, that would kill him."
She sat quietly for a moment, took a few deep breaths, and forced herself to speak before continuing:
“I highly suspect that the police were able to receive the information so quickly because it was released by your dad.”
Li Zeju's eyes widened in disbelief. "Impossible, right?"
"Hehe, you don't understand him, but I do."
Perhaps it was because they had lived together for decades that she saw Li Ka-shing's true colors.
That's why she said that.
That's why she was hesitant to believe Li Jiacheng's earlier statement that he was trying to find a way to bring her son back safely.
If Chen Dong overheard the conversation between the mother and son, he might burst out laughing and say, "No wonder she's Li Ka-shing's wife; she knows his character so well."
He might even think that it was pointless for him to proactively leak the information.
Because Li Ka-shing really might have done that.
In his previous life, he did not choose to call the police because he had his own reasons.
In this life, the situation is different, and his choices may be different.
In fact, the truth is not important. What is important is that Zhuang Mingyue does not trust Li Jiacheng, and Li Zeju's impression of his father is not so good either; at the very least, there is a great deal of distrust in him.
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