About forty minutes later, after clarifying what had happened, He Wenlin and her parents signed their statements, and Liao Jianhai and Officer Huang got up to go back.
Before leaving, Officer Huang said, "Young man, you are very brave. We will bring the remaining kidnappers to justice as soon as possible. Take a good rest and don't worry too much. We will let you know if there is any news."
Mr. He: "Thank you for your hard work."
Officer Huang: "This is what we should do. If needed, we may have to come back to you to understand the situation."
He Wenlin: "I will definitely cooperate fully with the police."
...
After seeing them off, Mr. and Mrs. He breathed a sigh of relief.
Mrs. He said, "This really scared us to death. From now on, we'll pick you and your brother up from school."
If this happened again, He Ma felt she would be so scared she would fly to heaven on the spot.
Mr. He nodded and said, "Your mother is right. I will pick you and your brother up from now on."
"What about the fast food restaurant?" He Wenlin remained calm and said, "Let's hire another driver. My brother and I will need a car to pick us up from school, and I'll also need a car to go to business meetings or inspections."
Mrs. He said worriedly, "I'm afraid outsiders are unreliable."
“Even our own people aren’t necessarily reliable,” He Wenlin said. “People who kidnap, extort, kill, and rob are definitely a tiny minority. Mom, why don’t you go to the job market tomorrow and hire a driver?”
"Alright."
At this moment, He Wenjun returned.
The first thing he did upon returning was to ask He Wenlin how she escaped.
He Wenlin didn't hide anything from him and told him how she escaped.
He Wenjun was just as shocked as everyone else: "You can actually drive!"
“Every time my dad drives, I observe carefully and practice secretly. Last night, no, I should say early this morning, given the situation, I had no choice but to take a gamble!” He Wenlin said. “Those kidnappers probably thought I couldn’t drive and that I would crash after only a few meters, so they chased me on motorcycles. There were two of them on one motorcycle, one riding and the other watching my hammer. They smashed the car window with the hammer, which startled me. I even thought about running them over!”
Mr. He cursed and said, "Damn it, this kind of scum deserves to be hit and killed!"
“You are a victim and a minor. I heard that you don’t have to take responsibility for killing someone in a hit-and-run,” He Wenjun said. “Now I just hope these people can be arrested as soon as possible! Linlin, from now on, I’ll take you and Xiaojun to school in the morning. Anyway, I don’t have much to do in the morning.”
He Wenjun is in charge of the second store. There's not much to do in the evenings and nights. He only occasionally has to fill in at the Caijiangcun fast food restaurant in the mornings or during late-night snack times. Compared to last year, this year is much easier, and he has more time to rest.
“I’m planning to hire a driver to pick up and drop off my brother and me in the future, but we’ll talk about it later.” He Wenlin yawned. “I’m going to take a shower and catch up on some sleep first.”
Mr. and Mrs. He didn't sleep all night either. The three of them took turns boiling water to take a bath and then went back to their room to sleep.
Whether she was frightened or worried that He Wenlin would have nightmares, He's mother insisted on sleeping with He Wenlin.
He Wenlin didn't sleep well that night. She dreamed that she was killed, then she dreamed that she failed to catch the kidnappers, and the kidnappers turned around and set fire to her shop. She also dreamed that she ran over and killed the kidnappers with her car.
In short, all sorts of vague fragments flashed by in her dream.
He Wenlin was startled awake.
When I woke up, I checked the time and it was not even 11:30. I had only slept for three hours.
He Wenlin glanced at her mother, who was fast asleep, but didn't disturb her. She tiptoed out of bed and went to the fast food restaurant.
Ring ring~
Aunt He's mobile phone rang.
He Wenlin answered the phone as soon as she saw it was Li Shulin calling.
"President Xu~"
“It’s me, He Wenlin.”
Li Shulin was unaware that He Wenlin had been kidnapped, so he wasn't surprised that He Wenlin answered the phone. He said, "Ms. He, why isn't anyone answering your phone?"
"My phone and bag were stolen, so please don't call that number for now," He Wenlin said. "My mom is resting. What do you need?"
“We can’t get in touch with Yang Gangyong no matter what we do. He was supposed to deliver the goods to Yu County today, but the goods haven’t been loaded onto the truck, the truck isn’t at the factory, and we can’t find him.”
Yang Gangyong often drove He Ma and He Wenlin to and from school. Li Shulin was anxious and had to find the mother and daughter.
Mrs. He was also woken up by the phone call. Upon hearing this, she said, "He's not with us. Is he delivering goods? Maybe he's unloading and didn't hear the phone ring."
Li Shulin: "The problem is that the receiving department said he didn't load any goods and leave today."
Aunt He: "Could something have happened? Go check on his rented apartment. Yang Gangyong is a very capable and responsible person. Go look for him, just in case something has happened."
Hearing this, Li Shulin thought it made sense and hurried to the rented house to look for Yang Gangyong, but he was not there.
"Where is he going back to? How much goods does Yu County need?" Aunt He asked Li Shulin.
"They need 450 boxes of goods over there, and they need them urgently."
"You should first explain the situation to the guests and reassure them. We'll continue to contact Yang Gangyong."
After hanging up the phone, He Ma got angry: "This Yang Gangyong is usually a good guy, what's wrong with him today? I specially got him a cell phone, but I still can't reach him."
He's mother felt that Yang Gangyong was irresponsible, but He Wenlin had a different opinion.
She had just had an accident, and then Yang Gangyong became unreachable. Was it a coincidence?
"Mom, does Yang Gangyong know about our loan?" He Wenlin asked.
"You should know, you suspect him?"
He Wenlin remained silent, but began to analyze the situation in her mind: As a long-time employee, Yang Gangyong must know a lot about her side of the business, such as the collection of payments and the performance of the food factory. He must have also heard about the loan application, since she often asked him to pick her up and drop her off. When they talked on the phone about the loan, he must have heard it too.
Now he's disappeared again, and she's from Jiangsu Province, and those people also speak with a Jiangsu accent.
The more He Wenlin thought about it, the more suspicious Yang Gangyong seemed!
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