Chapter 152 Hearing a strange sound
The group searched the villa area carefully, but until dark, they still didn't find any clues.
Seeing that it was getting late, they were about to return when Han Jianye's cell phone suddenly rang.
He picked up the phone and heard the anxious voice of Political Commissar Gao: "Where are you? Come back now."
Han Jianye frowned and asked, "What happened?"
"Yes, there is news about Xiaolei." Political Commissar Gao's voice was a little nervous.
Han Jianye immediately looked at Ye Bai and said seriously, "Go back quickly. We have some clues about Xiaolei."
Su Wan had been waiting outside the police station for a long time. When he saw Han Jianye and Ye Bai's cars driving back one after another, he anxiously went to them and said, "Hurry, let's go watch a video."
"What video?" Han Jianye asked puzzledly.
Su Wan's face looked a little solemn. "What a coincidence. I led people to search several abandoned construction sites. When I came back, I ran into an old woman at the door of the police station. She said someone gave her 200 yuan and asked her to hand over a USB flash drive to us. I asked her what was in the USB flash drive, and she said she didn't know, but repeatedly told her to hand it over to us. I thought there must be something fishy about this, so I plugged the USB flash drive into the computer with the mentality of giving it a try. Unexpectedly, there was only a pre-recorded video in the USB flash drive, and the person in the video was Xiaolei."
When they hurried over, Political Commissar Gao and Director Zheng were already standing next to the computer, with serious and nervous expressions.
The images playing on the screen are heart-wrenching: Qi Xiaolei in the video is trapped in a huge cylindrical fish tank, with water constantly flowing into the tank and the water level slowly rising.
Qi Xiaolei was wearing the clothes she had worn for supper that night. They were intact, but her face was filled with fear and she kept pounding on the glass of the fish tank with her hands.
However, no matter how hard she tried, the glass did not move at all, like an insurmountable barrier.
The entire conference room was dead silent. Only Qi Xiaolei's cry for help echoed in the air. Her screams were mixed with sobs: "Where is this place? Let me out! Let me out now!"
Her voice was filled with despair and helplessness, which made people feel heartbroken and want to rush in and rescue her immediately.
Han Jianye frowned and asked in confusion: "There are no subtitles in the video, and the people who kidnapped Xiaolei did not make any demands. They let us watch this video, obviously wanting us to get anxious and angry. This is too sinister."
Si Yue also nodded in agreement: "Captain Han is right, they didn't make any demands, they just let us watch the video, just to see us mess up so they can laugh at us from the side."
"They are totally disregarding the law!" Director Zheng was so angry that his face turned red. "This is a blatant provocation to us. If we can't catch them, we will be so embarrassed!"
"Don't talk." Ye Bai suddenly interrupted everyone. He stared at the computer screen, closed his eyes, and tilted his ears slightly, as if trying to catch some subtle sounds.
There was silence in the conference room. Everyone was full of doubts, but they all kept their mouths shut tacitly.
After a moment, Ye Bai slowly opened his eyes and said seriously: "Did you hear the sound of the wind whistling?"
Han Jianye raised his eyebrows, "The sound of the wind?"
Ye Bai nodded affirmatively and turned the volume of the video to maximum.
As the volume grew, the entire conference room was suddenly filled with Qi Xiaolei's cries for help, and amidst these cries, there seemed to be a faint sound of the wind blowing.
Director Zheng did not hesitate and immediately called in technical personnel to adjust the sound waves of the video to look for more clues.