After Xiao Chen pulled the sullen-faced Xiao Lin away from the milk tea shop, Captain Zhang turned back to Li Qicheng with a serious expression and said:
"Go back first and call the old man and your sister-in-law together. The kidnappers should call tonight."
Li Qicheng nodded vigorously. Captain Zhang was a friend of his for over ten years. Now that it was confirmed to be a kidnapping rather than human trafficking, Li Qicheng felt a little relieved.
His biggest worry was that Xiao Yanbao had encountered child traffickers; if that were the case, the Li family would have a very difficult time finding Xiao Yanbao.
But kidnapping is different. Kidnappers only want money. As long as you meet their demands, Xiao Yanbao is basically safe.
"Thanks, Brother Zhang!"
"You should go back now, with these little ones."
Just as Li Qicheng and the driver were taking Xiao Yanbao's older brothers home, Xiao Yanbao, whose hands and feet were tied, slowly woke up. Xiao Yanbao twisted his body and sat up against the wall covered with newspaper.
Looking around, the room was very simple, with only a simple spring bed. The mattress on the bed was torn with many holes of different sizes. The only window seemed to have been bricked up. Through the light coming through the crack in the door, Xiao Yanbao knew that it would soon be dark outside.
"Click—!!!"
As the sound of the door lock being opened rang out, the man who had been in the milk tea shop earlier pushed open the security door and walked in.
"Little one, you're awake? Could you tell me your dad's or grandpa's phone number? I'll have them pick you up."
The person who came was Gao Ping. When Xiao Yanbao heard Gao Ping's words, he subtly hid his phone watch in the sleeve of his sun-protective clothing. It was because of the sun-protective clothing that Gao Ping did not notice Xiao Yanbao's phone watch.
"Uncle, I don't remember. I'm so thirsty, could you let me have some water?"
Xiao Yanbao knew that Gao Ping's request for her phone number was definitely not out of kindness, but rather to ask him to pick her up, because when Gao Ping said that, the dark aura around him intensified once again.
This uncle practically had "I'm not a good person" written all over his face.
Even though he originally had a rather refined appearance, his appearance and aura have long since changed because of the improper things he has done over the years.
"You've been naughty! Uncle can't contact your family, so you'll have to suffer from thirst and hunger here. There might even be ghosts eating children here at night."
Gao Ping thought his words would scare Xiao Yanbao to tears, and then he could get Li Qicheng's or the old man of the Li family's contact information.
Gao Ping knew that Gao Keyin must have the two people's phone numbers, but he couldn't ask Gao Keyin for their contact information because Gao Keyin had told him that he must completely pretend that he didn't know the Li family, even in front of Xiao Yanbao...
Even Gao Ping's appearance was specially altered by Gao Kexin using makeup techniques, so that the police could not find her through the portrait drawn from eyewitness accounts.
In the past few days, Gao Ping has often sincerely praised Gao Kexin's caution and meticulousness. Once the overseas anonymous account is processed, they can ask the Li family for the ransom. This was also Gao Kexin's special instruction, as only through this kind of account can they ensure that the Li family will not find them.
Once the ransom is received, I will be abroad, and I will definitely take Kexin to Las Vegas to dominate the battlefield.
Thinking of this, Gao Ping revealed a slightly lewd smile, but Xiao Yanbao's words were like a bucket of ice water poured over his head in the dead of winter.
"Uncle, what you're thinking is dangerous. I see horizontal lines running through the frown lines between your eyebrows. I'm afraid you might face some bloodshed."
Xiao Yanbao was actually very serious when she said this. Her clear, clean eyes were completely pure, without any impurities.
Because Gao Ping's facial features changed so drastically, Xiao Yanbao knew without even looking at the color of his aura that Gao Ping was about to encounter something fatal.
"Little friend, Uncle won't be scared by you! Call me whenever your family calls, I'm going to eat now."
When Gao Ping reached the vicinity of the door, Xiao Yanbao hesitated for a moment. Just as Gao Ping's right foot was about to step out of the room, Xiao Yanbao hurriedly spoke:
"Uncle, you'd better step out with your left foot first. If you step out with your right foot, tonight's dinner will be your last meal. If you step out with your left foot, there's no danger to your life, but you'll just be a little unlucky."
Gao Ping abruptly retracted his raised right foot, hesitated for a moment, then turned and glared fiercely at Xiao Yanbao, saying menacingly:
"If you curse me again, I'll starve you to death!"
That brat dared to curse him! She's asking for trouble!
If it weren't for the need to save her life in exchange for ransom, he would have lost patience with her long ago.
At this moment, Gao Ping's true nature was fully revealed, and his gaze toward Xiao Yanbao became bloodthirsty and crazed.
However, since the ransom hadn't been received yet, he naturally couldn't touch Xiao Yanbao in the slightest. But when Gao Ping left the room, he deliberately stepped out with his left foot first. Although he didn't believe Xiao Yanbao's words, as a gambler, he was still quite superstitious.
"What's wrong, honey?"
Seeing Gao Ping storm out of the room where Xiao Yanbao was being held, Liang Yueling immediately put down the plate of food she was carrying, then took her phone and went to Gao Ping's side, offering ingratiating concern.
Are you tired? Would you like me to give you a massage?
"Get lost! I get angry just looking at you."
Gao Ping kicked Liang Yueling, who was sidling up to him like a dog. However, instead of being upset after being kicked, Liang Yueling smiled and handed her phone to Gao Ping.
"Honey, look."
"What are you looking at? Spit it out!"
Gao Ping pushed away the phone Liang Yueling handed him, then sat down alone at the dining table and began to eat large mouthfuls of meat slices from the plate.
"I've borrowed 20,000 yuan. Honey, you can use it first. I can borrow some more tomorrow."
Upon hearing that there was money, a slight smile appeared on Gao Ping's face. He snatched Liang Yueling's phone, then spoke with his usual fierce tone:
"Remember to borrow more tomorrow. Only if you borrow more can I break even. Then I won't hit you anymore."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Ping felt his throat go dry. It seemed that he had eaten the meat too quickly and a large chunk of unchewed meat was stuck in his throat, which he could neither swallow nor spit out.
"Heh, heh, heh."
Gao Ping's face turned as red as a pig's liver. Liang Yueling hurriedly stepped forward and patted Gao Ping's back forcefully. It took a full minute for Gao Ping to spit out the lump of flesh in his throat. The moment he breathed in fresh air, Gao Ping started punching and kicking Liang Yueling again.
"Are you trying to choke me to death? Tell me, do you have a lover outside? I'll beat you to death..."
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