Chapter 194 - Kidnapping for ransom
Chapter 194 - Kidnapping for ransom
Cheng Lingqi made the last phone call instructed by Ning Fei, but did not get any "life-saving promise" from her biological sister - even if there was a rescue plan, Cheng Mengxiao would not have been able to inform her in advance - and could only rely on her trust in Ning Fei and set off.
Ning Fei's identity this time made it inconvenient for him to follow him, so he only agreed with him that as soon as the news of his disappearance came, he would immediately send Cheng's mother to Shashi. As soon as Cheng Lingqi and his party left Yucheng, Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong also packed their luggage. Not much, basically one box for each person. In addition to basic clothes and money at the bottom of the box, there were also some pickled ingredients and dry food. The materials are so complete that you can just jump out of bed in the middle of the night and take them away. They also prepared a third box, which mainly contained some things that women might need on the road, in case of emergency.
In addition, Ning Fei also asked someone to buy a few barrels of oil for storage. Yucheng seems relatively stable, but supplies are becoming increasingly scarce. Ning has to ensure that when he wants to leave, he will not be held back by these basic resources. In fact, it didn't matter to him whether he could go out or not, but he had to send Cheng's mother to Shashi again, and he was not very confident to let others do this job.
The main reason is that this kind of task with average cost-effectiveness does not bring high income, and Ning Fei is too lazy to delay it and wants to finish it as soon as he can pass it. To put it bluntly, he didn't come here to earn luck. Otherwise, he wouldn't want to come for such a crappy task, as the effort and income are not proportional.
Of course, Ning Fei would not explain it so clearly to Duan Yunhong. Otherwise, with this guy's ability to associate ideas, just hearing one sentence would make him so proud. Ning Fei also wanted to finish this mission as soon as possible so that he could escape from this world and think alone. In order to save Ning Fei from having Duan Yunhong hanging around every other day, beating around the bush, hinting and hinting at his desire to join the Administration, Ning Fei was almost brainwashed by him.
Anyway, after seeing Cheng Lingqi off, Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong's lives became completely peaceful. Or rather, they acted it out "smoothly as usual".
Ning Fei also took the time to ask Chen Lili, who worked as a maid in his home: "My son, I'm giving you a chance to choose. Do you want to stay in Yucheng, or do you want to move to the place I chose for you that might be safer?"
Chen Lili asked blankly, "Where is the 'safer' place?"
"Not necessarily. He may be in Yucheng, or he may not be."
"Then I...then I don't want to go." Chen Lili's voice was a little timid, but the content was very clear, "I want to wait for my mother in Yucheng. We have an appointment."
Ning Fei didn't comment on this answer and waved her hand to let her go.
Turning around, Ning Fei saw the look in Duan Yunhong's eyes and asked with raised eyebrows, "Why, do you still want me to take her directly to Shashi?"
"No." Duan Yunhong replied, "You have already given her a chance. She chose not to go. Respect other people's fate."
Ning Fei said: "I thought you would think that since she is only nine years old, I should explain the things behind her more clearly. For example, according to the current situation, it is a long way to go before Qiao Li comes to pick her up. On the other hand, the situation in Yucheng is getting more and more chaotic, and we will leave soon. Once she loses my protection, she may not be able to survive this life of being a 'maid' in name but living and eating for free in reality. This is very dangerous for a girl who is only nine years old.
"Why don't you just come with us? We will most likely hand her over to someone related to that organization. Even if life won't be as easy as it is now, it will be safer. Anyway, according to what you said, that organization should take good care of vulnerable groups like orphans, right?"
"...your ability in publicity and promotion is definitely many times better than Shen Zejun, Liang Zhiming and others combined in terms of recruiting people for the organization over there." Duan Yunhong sighed, "But what you said can only be said to have become the ideas of Cheng Mengxiao, Shen Zejun and others, not mine. So it doesn't matter if you didn't explain it to Chen Lili, it's not your responsibility. To put it another way, even if you didn't ask Chen Lili if she wanted to go together, it's normal. Taking her away from Ping was already an extra favor on your part. Without you, she would have been held in the hands of Secretary Cui to threaten Qiao Li. They won't treat a 'hostage' like this well. Even if she can be guaranteed to survive, other aspects are likely to suffer various injuries.
"This world and this country are just so cruel. Maybe you will say it is better than yours, and there is still hope that it will get better in the future. But for now, the danger is far from over."
"Once we leave, this house and the people inside will lose contact with us. Secretary Cui's tracking of us will also be cut off, and Chen Lili will at least not be easily harmed by their tracking." Ning Fei stood up, walked to the table next to him and fiddled with the coffee machine. "I have indeed done my best."
Duan Yunhong listened to the voice slowly coming from behind him and thought: At least 60% of the time he did all he could for me.
Compared to Ning Fei's previous "cold-bloodedness", Chen Lili was definitely treated specially.
Ning Feike didn't know what Duan Yunhong was trying to flatter her, and continued, "There's just one thing - her identity was exposed so quickly, and the name 'Xiao Shui' was hardly used. Boss Duan wasted his time to come up with it."
Duan Yunhong came back to his senses and replied, "I just thought of it casually. It didn't take much effort."
Ning Fei: "I haven't asked you about the reason for this name, how about you give me a brief account?"
Duan Yunhong: "No reason, just a random thought."
Ning Fei: "Thinking of the water bed?"
"..." Duan Yunhong turned around on the sofa and looked at Ning Fei. Ning Fei seemed to have eyes on her back and turned back to look at him.
"Why, no?" Ning Fei raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Then tell me the real reason."
Duan Yunhong opened his mouth, but for a moment he couldn't say anything reasonable. If he said something like "The highest good is like water" at this time, Ning Fei might not even question it and would just start laughing. So, it’s not that Duan Yunhong can’t come up with an excuse, it’s that he can’t come up with a reason that Ning Fei would believe.
So he remained silent. He knew very well that as long as there was no convincing argument, Ning Fei would react the same way regardless of whether he refuted it and it had nothing to do with the water bed.
Sure enough, within a few seconds, Ning Fei burst into laughter: "Hahahaha...! A water bed is a water bed, what's the big deal? It's not shameful that you like a water bed!"
Duan Yunhong: "...You like water beds!"
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Half a month after Cheng Lingqi left Yucheng, Ning Fei received a call from Shashi at dinner time one day.
"What? Adjutant Cheng was kidnapped by bandits?!"
Ning Fei frowned and said in a serious tone: "Miss Cheng, are you serious? I remember he took a lot of people out, how could this happen...Have you notified the General's Mansion?
"...You want to lend me 30,000 as ransom?!" Ning Fei raised his voice again, "This is not a small amount. Even for me, it is difficult to take out so much money at once... Yes, I know he is in danger now. I am a friend of Adjutant Cheng, and I should help him. By the way, how much money can you and General Liu give now?
"...Uh, I don't know how much money I can get. So, are you sure he can come back safely if I give him the money?
"...Don't cry first, calm down. Let me ask you, are you sure he is still alive?
"...You don't know this either? I'll teach you how to do it now. Write a short message and ask him to reply with one or two sentences that only you two know. Remember to put some loose money in it, otherwise that group of people may not want to help you pass the message..."
The call lasted for about ten minutes. When Ning Fei hung up the phone with a click, Duan Yunhong, who had also followed, commented: "You acted so seriously even on the phone."
"My phone might have been monitored on a regular basis. Even if it wasn't, it would definitely be monitored this time." Ning Fei's anxious look was gone, and he spread his hands and said, "Cheng Mengxiao said that Liu Fan also received Cheng Lingqi's letter for help. Liu Fan was suspicious of Cheng Lingqi and would not easily believe in kidnapping. Liu Fan also suspected us, and he would definitely monitor our reaction after Cheng Lingqi was arrested."
"I know you've always been very careful and able to switch between the two with ease." Duan Yunhong said, "Cheng Mengxiao's explanation is that the bandits want a ransom? Thirty thousand?"
"She said the total price was 50,000, and she couldn't come up with it, so she called me to borrow it." Ning Fei replied, "I only told Cheng Lingqi to ask his sister or Shen Zejun to find a way to notify me if he was arrested, but not too obviously. Their trick of distributing the notice is good, and Cheng Mengxiao's phone skills are pretty good. It seems that there is indeed someone behind the scenes giving advice."
"However, why didn't they just make it seem like Cheng Lingqi died in the battle? That way, they wouldn't have to rush to take his mother away. It would be safer to take her away quietly after the rumors died down a bit..." Duan Yunhong was talking when he suddenly thought of the key point, "It seems that when the bandits captured Cheng Lingqi, they were seen by other people, and those people even ran back to tip off the police.
"If we still want to spread the death news, we have to bring back the body to make it convincing. Instead of going through so much trouble, we might as well say that he was kidnapped and use the ransom issue to muddy the waters. Afterwards, whether it was the organization over there that defeated the bandits and took Cheng Lingqi away, or Cheng Lingqi was killed by the bandits, it all happened after Cheng's mother was transferred. Liu Fan would be too far away to do anything."
Clap, clap, clap.
Ning Fei clapped his hands: "What a brilliant deduction, Boss Duan!"
"You didn't think of that?" Duan Yunhong glanced at him. "Impossible. You just sang the same tune with Cheng Mengxiao, and you didn't have any questions after hanging up the phone, which means you and the other side have the same idea."
"Come on, don't think I can't tell that you sound like you're praising me, but in fact you're praising yourself, and you're secretly happy that the organization's style hasn't changed."
"Really? Aren't you just teasing me?"
"...You are hallucinating again." Ning Fei raised an eyebrow, "I think we should get down to business."
"You decide your mission." Duan Yunhong smiled meaningfully, but followed his words to change the subject. "So, Mr. Ning, what should we do next? Give me your orders."
"Why are you pretending? Didn't we make a plan long ago?" Ning Fei looked at his watch. "Let's eat first. Then pick up the suitcase, pick up Cheng Lingqi's mother, and set off directly. Even if there are people following us here and at the Cheng family, it is impossible for every follower to have a car. Once the car starts, who will know where we are going? Once we run out of the city, it will not be easy for Liu Fan to catch up with us."
Duan Yunhong said: "I thought you wanted to add some drama? Like going to the bank to withdraw money or something?"
"The bank is closed now. If I want to act out withdrawing money, I have to visit the bank president's home and act out an anxious scene. Forget it, I'm not addicted to it." Ning Fei said, "Okay, let's go eat. After eating, everyone has a cup of coffee, including your driver...ah, Boss Duan--"
Ning Fei approached Duan Yunhong and straightened his collar: "Your driver is completely trustworthy, right? I have great confidence in your methods of educating your subordinates to be loyal. Don't let me down."
"Don't worry, we've passed the 'special training' and even confirmed another route to Shashi." Duan Yunhong also raised his hand and pretended to help Ning Fei straighten his collar. "If he betrays me, I will kill him immediately and then I will drive. Is that ok?"
Ning Fei raised an eyebrow: "Then don't drive the car into the ditch. I don't want to be buried with you."
Duan Yunhong smiled: "Of course, things like 'suicide for love' should be done when there are only two of us. What will happen if there is another person's mother?"
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