Praise You
The door was pushed open with a creaky sound.
The footsteps were heavy, probably someone coming in, but no one said a word. Ye Yuanyin asked, "Who are you from the village? What time is it now? Can you tell me?"
The visitor remained silent. Ye Yuanyin could not get any information from him, so he had to ask, "Can you give me something to eat? I'm hungry."
Still no one answered.
After confirming that she was in good condition, the door was closed again with a creaky sound.
Ye Yuanyin fumbled and turned her wrists to try to untie the rope, but the knot was too tight and she struggled for a long time without success.
Suddenly, someone said coldly, "I advise you not to waste your energy."
Ye Yuanyin was so frightened that he got goose bumps all over his body. His eyes were covered in darkness and he had no idea that there was someone beside him who was watching his every move.
"Who are you? Why did you kidnap me?"
But the man stopped talking again.
Time is like a blunt knife, every second is like a slow slicing.
I don’t know how much time passed, but Ye Yuanyin was so sleepy and hungry that she seemed to fall asleep, but she didn’t dare to sleep too deeply, so she bent herself into a bow.
A pair of hands suddenly touched her arm, and in the scorching summer heat, Ye Yuanyin broke out in goosebumps. The scent of male sweat reached her nose, and she dodged without a clue, but the person who came only pressed harder against her.
Ye Yuanyin braced herself on the ground with both hands and used all her strength to push against the oncoming person, using the momentum to increase the distance between them. As she ran like a headless fly, her back suddenly collided with a pillar. She leaned on her hands, trying to stand up, but accidentally got her left hand pierced by an exposed nail on the beam.
The man swept over again like a dark cloud.
Ye Yuanyin, enduring the excruciating pain, clutched at her bound hands, accidentally knocking over abandoned farm tools standing in the corner. The shovels and pickaxes, thickly crusted with mud, clattered against her, striking not only the man's feet but also her arms, leaving bruises.
She didn't care about the pain, she just thought that if she didn't resist now, it would be over.
The banging noise inside startled the people outside. The chain on the wooden door, which had been opened, knocked against the door panel. A gust of hot wind rushed over, and the man who had just entered let out a loud shout.
"stop!"
Ye Yuanyin seemed to hear the sound of flesh hitting flesh, followed by a muffled groan. One of the men shouted, "Fuck! Are you looking for death? I told you to live!"
The person being scolded said nothing.
Ye Yuanyin thought that perhaps this silent person was someone he knew.
The ropes binding her hands had been torn halfway by the iron shovel in the chaos. She identified the first man's position, suddenly reached out and grabbed him by the front of his collar, and beat and kicked him recklessly. They were neighbors, and they would see each other every day. Which bastard had dared to take advantage of the chaos to bully her?
The man who had just entered pulled her apart and threw her aside, then took another rope and tied her up.
The door was locked again.
After all the commotion just now, Ye Yuanyin really did find a bright red cherry-shaped hairpin on the man. She couldn't see it, so she naturally didn't know that the blood in her palm, which had not yet dried, had dyed the cherry even redder...
She suddenly figured out some things, and wanted to laugh and cry at the same time. Amidst the ups and downs of her emotions, she was picked up again and stuffed into the car by her head.
Before leaving, she threw the hairpin where it lay, the answer in her heart ready to come out. She felt a sense of calmness in the uncertainty of the future.
*
After hanging up the phone with Chen Yan'an, Zhang Yunrong felt increasingly furious, so she called Shen Yuheng. It was very noisy over there, as if she were in a den of extravagance and debauchery.
"mom."
"Find a quiet place to talk to me."
After a while, the background became less noisy. Shen Yuheng was in his fifties, but he still didn't dare to act rashly in front of the old lady.
"You say."
"Can your body withstand such torture?"
Shen Yuheng was ashamed to discuss his personal affairs with his mother. "Please tell me if you have anything to say."
"How long do you want to degrade yourself?"
Shen Yuheng asked, "Mom, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"Xiao Ye got into trouble, was it you who did it?"
Shen Yuheng was also surprised, "What happened to her?"
"Is it you?"
"Mom, what did Yan Jing'an say to you again? Do you believe him or me?"
Zhang Yunrong knew her youngest son well, and from his reaction, she knew he hadn't done it. Because he was the youngest, and her husband's financial situation had improved, she doted on him, inevitably leading to a tinge of indulgence. Later, she made another mistake, and she always felt guilty about it.
"I'm glad it's not you." Zhang Yunrong said tiredly, "What a sin I've committed. Except for Hua Feng, none of you don't make me worry."
A sneer pierced through Shen Yuheng's teeth. He said bitterly, "The crying child gets the milk. Big brother is so good at it. We can't catch up with him."
"Okay, Yuheng." Zhang Yunrong stopped talking, as if warning him to stop while he was ahead.
So Shen Yuheng asked again: "What happened to Xiaoye?"
"Kidnapped in Jiutao Village."
“…Who did this?”
"Chengdi An is checking."
"When did it happen?"
"Last night."
"What a waste." Shen Yuheng sneered.
"Don't get involved in this," his mother warned him again. "I'm telling you again, stay out of this. Do you understand?"
He knew his mother's fear very well, so he asked with a smile, "What are you afraid of?"
Zhang Yunrong immediately hung up the call.
*
That evening, Chen Dian received an anonymous call demanding 300,000 yuan. He said he didn't have that much cash on hand and asked where the transaction was to be conducted.
They said it was in City Z.
After hanging up the phone and looking at Secretary Ma, he asked, "What do you think?"
Secretary Ma said, "Is that all? It seems like they're not from Ancheng."
Sediment smiled and said, "Not necessarily. Contact Officer Zhang."
Soon, Zheng Youshan was called over as well. It was already late at night, and Youshan was ready for bed, but he braved the stifling wind and rushed over, still feeling overwhelmed.
"What's wrong, Mr. Shen?"
"Duofu is your cousin?"
"yes."
"Where is his second home?"
"ah?"
"Not cheating?"
Youshan was very concerned about his reputation, and he felt embarrassed when his relatives were criticized. "I don't know, is that true?"
Chen Yan looked at him and raised the corner of his mouth, "Do you think I have lost my memory?"
"Oh, that's out of the question." Youshan steeled himself, angrily saying, "This brat, who knows how he could have lost his mind! He's blindly going down this path, and Huamei is about to make a scene at home."
"Youshan," Chen Yan'an asked kindly, "Xiaoye is in danger. Do I look like I'm in the mood to waste time with you? She and you are childhood sweethearts. Please help me."
His words made Zheng Youshan feel very sad. "Why, do you know who did it?"
Chen Yan'an was in a state of confusion, with no clue what was going on. He decided to try his luck. "I have a guess."
Youshan was loyal and said, "Then let's go quickly."
Duofu's lover was originally the proprietress of a snack bar in City Z. After her husband's death, she was disheartened and wanted to escape from the world, so she came to Jiutao Village. Sometimes when Duofu's small restaurant was too busy, he would ask her to help out, and the two of them became familiar with each other.
Zheng Youshan knocked for a long time before the door was finally opened. Duofu wanted to close the door when he saw Chen Di'an, but Youshan stopped him. "It's not like you don't know him. What's the point of locking him out?!"
"What's the point? It's already late, won't you let me sleep? Come back tomorrow!"
After saying that, he used brute force to drive the two men out the door.
After all, two fists are no match for four palms. Youshan and Secretary Ma rushed forward with all their strength. Duofu couldn't stop them and looked a little self-destructive.
"Did Huamei ask you to come? I'm done with her! There's no need for you to mediate."
You Shan cursed: "What the hell! You're dreaming, why would I bother with your embarrassing business?!"
Xiandian looked around and saw a locked door in the yard, so he walked straight over.
Duofu quickly blocked him with his chest, "What are you doing? Why are you breaking into a private house?"
Dian Chen gave Secretary Ma a wink, and he understood and looked for handy tools in the yard, ready to break into the house.
Youshan was confused. Seeing his cousin about to attack, he quickly half-stopped and half-hugged him, saying, "Boss Chen, please don't be silent all the time. I'm not smart, but I can do what I want. What are we doing here? Do you suspect Duofu has kidnapped Xiaoye?"
In order to buy time for Secretary Ma, Chen Yanan had to patiently chat with him, "What kind of person do you think Xiao Ye is?"
"? Ah Yin? Ah Yin is very good. Smart, kind, and full of ideas."
"If she didn't know the person, would she open the door for him in the middle of the night?"
Zheng Youshan thought about it and said firmly: "No."
"I don't think she would either, so the person standing outside must be someone she knows. Who did she come back for? In my opinion, Lin Huamei can't escape suspicion either. Maybe she just set her up to get some money."
Chen Yan'an's eyes had been focused on Secretary Ma's every move. He turned and looked at Duofu, who was sweating from the heat. "There's another possibility. If Lin Huamei wanted to divorce you, she would have demanded a large sum of money. You were honest and kind, remembering our past relationship, so you would have given it to her for both public and private reasons. But you didn't expect the woman you met later to get pregnant. You were desperate for the money, so you kidnapped her and blackmailed her."
"It's not me!" Duofu was so anxious that he swore to the heavens, "It's definitely not me! Even if we can't make ends meet, we can't do anything that harms the world!"
Duofu's new wife ran out of the house with her hair disheveled, calling him a loser for letting someone break into their house in the middle of the night. Seeing Secretary Ma trying to break down the door, she threw herself at him like a tyrant, refusing to let him open it.
Zheng Youshan also felt that something was amiss and deliberately provoked them with words, "If you really have nothing to hide, open the door and let people see."
The blessed woman yelled, "Why should I let you watch? Who do you think you are?"
Youshan didn't care about anything else and pushed her away. Secretary Ma used a stone to break the chain on the door, and when he went in, there was indeed no one in sight.
Yan Dian'an's originally expectant mood waned again.
He observed the structure of the entire room, walking around slowly, not missing any details. Finally, he found bloodstains that had not yet dried on the pillars supporting the beams.
"Xiao Ma," he said, his voice tense, "Ask Officer Zhang how long it will take to get here?"
"Okay, boss."
Zheng Youshan, who was searching nearby with his head down, also noticed a bright red plastic cherry-shaped hairpin lying on the ground. He leaned over to pick it up, but Chen Di'an stopped him with a hand, "Don't mess up the scene."
Youshan was timid. As a law-abiding person from childhood, he never thought he would be so close to a crime scene in his life. His heart was pounding. "If Ayin really had been here, then where is she now?"
Who can answer him?
Longyan received a call from Chendian and came over shortly afterwards.
He briefly explained the situation and said, "Secretary Long, I'll leave this to you. I have to leave now, and I'll explain it to you in detail on the way."
Secretary Ma was confused and asked bewilderedly, "Boss, didn't you say we were going to City Z tomorrow?"
Chen Yan suppressed the bad premonition that was welling up in his heart and said with a sullen face, "Go, Xiao Ma, make arrangements as soon as possible and return to Ancheng immediately."
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