"Bang! Bang!"
Just then, a knock came from outside the courtyard gate.
Jiang Yiran trembled with fright, a flash of panic crossing her face. Could it be that Zhang Wei has returned?
She quickly stopped and walked outside the yard.
"Who is it?" she asked tentatively and cautiously.
A young woman's voice came from outside, "Is someone home? I live next door. I heard the child crying loudly just now, and I thought there were no adults at home, so I left the child home alone."
"As long as you have someone at home, we'll just be neighbors from now on. If you need any help, just let me know."
"Okay, thank you." Jiang Yiran suppressed her anger and responded politely.
Zhang Wei had specifically instructed her not to get into conflicts with the surrounding residents.
Otherwise, if they attract the police, none of them will survive.
After the neighbors left, Jiang Yiran breathed a sigh of relief and went back into the house with a dark face.
The two children inside were still crying loudly.
Jiang Yiran raised her hand as if to hit him again.
Thinking of the meddlesome neighbor next door, he worried that he might attract her attention again, or arouse suspicion from the surrounding people and get them to call the police.
She abruptly pulled her raised hand back.
She picked up the baby bottle that Zhang Wei had left over after he had given it to the two little bastards the night before, and put it into An An Le Le's mouth.
An'an immediately stopped crying, held the bottle tightly with both of her little hands, and began to drink the milk.
Lele was still crying next to me.
An'an stretched out her little leg and kicked her younger brother.
Lele looked at her older sister with her innocent big eyes, while An'an drank her milk even more enthusiastically.
Lele seemed to understand what her sister meant, so she quickly shut up and stopped crying, and drank her milk vigorously.
Although the leftover milk from last night was already cold and didn't taste good at all.
But the two little ones seemed to understand everything, and at this moment they drank their milk without any disgust, trying their best to fill their little bellies.
Meanwhile, Zhang Wei had arrived at a public phone booth, inserted a phone card, and dialed Huo Beixiao's number.
"Hey, Huo Beixiao, your son and daughter are in my hands!"
Huo Beixiao, who was driving around looking for his child, suddenly slammed on the brakes.
As the car stopped, he calmed down and asked composedly, "What do you want? I can give you anything, just don't hurt my child."
Upon hearing Huo Beixiao's words, a glimmer of hope suddenly appeared in Yang Qiaoqiao's dejected eyes.
She couldn't help but say from the side, "How much money do you want? We'll give you anything, just give me back my child..."
"You guys are pretty savvy." The other person chuckled twice, deliberately lowering their voice. "I heard you compensated each of those dead workers 120,000 yuan. So, for your own sons and daughters, I'd like to ask you for 250,000 yuan each. That's not too much to ask, is it?"
Yang Qiaoqiao's face turned pale.
Five hundred thousand!
This is an astronomical figure for them now.
But now, if money can bring back the child, Yang Qiaoqiao would be willing to sell herself for the money.
She replied in a deep voice, "Okay, we agree. How will we give you the money?"
“I’ll tell you a few addresses. After you write them down, divide the 500,000 into 500 remittance slips of 1,000 each and send them to these addresses.”
After I receive it, I will call you and tell you where your son and daughter are.
Yang Qiaoqiao frowned slightly upon hearing his words, "Why should we believe you?"
The other party chuckled softly, "Do you have any other choice? You may not believe me, but I guarantee you'll never find your son or daughter in your entire life."
Of course, it's also possible that by the time you find them, they'll already be two skeletons.
Upon hearing these words, Yang Qiaoqiao felt as if her heart was being put into a meat grinder and was about to be shredded, the pain making it hard to breathe.
"Okay, tell me your address, and I'll raise the money and wire it to you right away." She gave up struggling.
Even if there's only a one in ten thousand chance, she'll give it her all. Even if the child isn't in the other person's hands and they're just trying to scam her out of money, she'll willingly fall for their trick.
Zhang Wei read out the addresses he had prepared beforehand one by one.
Huo Beixiao had already prepared paper and pen and wrote down all the addresses Zhang Weinian had mentioned.
After writing it down, Huo Beixiao looked at the addresses and analyzed in a deep, cold voice: "These addresses lead from your province to Xishi and then all the way to Guangzhou."
It seems they plan to go directly to Hong Kong after getting our money.
Yang Qiaoqiao had no interest in listening to Huo Beixiao's analysis; she was only focused on calculating how much money she had left and how to raise the 500,000 yuan the other party wanted.
Huo Beixiao grasped her hand as she scribbled calculations in her notebook. "Qiaoqiao, I'll figure out the money. You don't need to worry about it."
Yang Qiaoqiao looked at the man with some surprise.
The man must have given all his money to her; with such a large sum, what other options could he possibly have?
Huo Beixiao seemed to see through her thoughts, "Wife, do you still remember my dowry when we held our belated wedding banquet?"
Yang Qiaoqiao: ...
She then remembered that when they held their wedding banquet, Huo Beixiao had indeed prepared a lot of dowry for her, carrying more than a dozen chests.
After being moved to the new house, they were all put into the storage room next to the study.
That night, Huo Beixiao also whispered in her ear that other new brides' dowries belonged to them, but his dowry and he himself belonged to his wife.
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