Chapter 165 The kidnapper’s call
In the director's office of Nanhu Subdistrict Police Station, Jin Lei answered the phone on the desk.
"Hello, I'm Jin Lei."
Upon hearing the voice on the other end, Jin Lei smiled and said, "Oh, Zhou Yi, why did you think of calling me? I thought you had gone to the Municipal Bureau for a high position and had forgotten about us."
Jin Lei's words were just a joke. Zhang Ning had told Jin Lei about how he helped Zhou Yi find Sun Kun when he got back.
Zhou Yi said anxiously on the phone, "Chief Jin, there is a very urgent case right now. I need the assistance of all our police officers."
Upon hearing this, Jin Lei immediately suppressed his smile and said, "Okay, no problem! Go ahead."
Zhou Yi paused and said in a deep voice, "Jin Suo, the procedures for this assistance may not be perfect, and we have to bear some risks."
Jin Lei was stunned for a moment, but replied without hesitation: "Zhou Yi, I told you last time that our agency is your family. With just one word from you, we'll go through fire and water for you."
Zhou Yi was instantly moved. Although he knew Jin Lei wouldn't refuse when he made the call—after all, Du Qingming had been wrongly accused for ten years, and he still wanted to overturn his case, demonstrating his loyalty and loyalty—he was still deeply moved by the other party's decisive words.
Zhou Yi described the nature of the case in the simplest terms, and then asked Wu Yongcheng to contact him later regarding the specific personnel arrangements.
When Jin Lei heard Wu Yongcheng's name, he immediately became excited.
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi called Wu Yongcheng again and told him that he had secured all the police forces from Nanhu Police Station. Although it was not a large number, it could at least solve the urgent problem because there were many things to check.
Wu Yongcheng was overjoyed. Suddenly, a possibility occurred to him. He said, "Zhou Yi, based on your analysis of the kidnappers, I also think this isn't the first time a professional criminal gang like this has committed a crime. We can look for similar kidnappings that have occurred throughout the province. I'll take care of this matter and use my connections to find out."
As soon as Zhou Yi hung up the phone, he heard a commotion outside the conference room and quickly ran out to take a look.
Nanny Sister Yang actually appeared at the property, and Zhou Yi suddenly felt something was wrong.
Sure enough, Qian Hongxing asked Sister Yang to explain clearly.
Sister Yang said breathlessly, "Boss...someone...called and said they wanted to see you. I didn't think the tone was right...I didn't dare tell them you were out, so I just said...you ate something bad and went to the bathroom. The person said to call back in three minutes, and if you don't answer, then...then...don't blame them for being rude."
After hearing it clearly, Zhou Yi and Qian Hongxing's faces changed. They knew that it was the kidnappers calling. Qian Hongxing, in particular, rushed out of the door without hesitation and ran towards his home.
Zhou Yi followed immediately.
The property manager hesitated for a few seconds, then gritted his teeth and chased after him.
Sister Yang, who had been running so hard that her soul almost flew away, suddenly felt her legs go weak and she collapsed to the ground.
Qian Hongxing's home is about 400 meters away from the property management office. It took Sister Yang nearly two minutes to hang up the phone, run over and explain the situation.
Qian Hongxing was completely out of his mind at this moment. He only knew that he had to run home immediately to answer the phone. If he ran too slowly, his son would die.
Zhou Yi chased after him and was surprised to find that Qian Hongxing, who was in his forties, could actually run faster than himself, a twenty-three-year-old criminal policeman. It was probably because of his adrenaline rush.
Although Qian Hongxing has the shrewdness, arrogance and mercenary nature of a businessman, it is undeniable that he is a good father.
When Sister Yang came out, the door of the villa was open. Qian Hongxing ran into the living room, and before he had time to catch his breath, the phone rang.
Qian Hongxing rushed over and was about to grab the phone, but was stopped by Zhou Yi.
Qian Hongxing was stunned, and Zhou Yi quickly said, "Wait three seconds, and calm down quickly."
Qian Hongxing understood what he meant instantly and took two quick breaths. As soon as he stopped, he felt uncomfortable, as if his heart was about to burst out of his throat.
When the phone rang for the third time, Zhou Yi reached out and pressed the hands-free button.
Qian Hongxing was still gasping for breath, his head covered in sweat, but he was trying his best to suppress his breathing.
"Hello..." Qian Hongxing said in a trembling voice.
On the phone, a man with a hoarse voice sneered, "Mr. Qian, is your stomach feeling better?"
"I... my stomach has never been very good. If I eat something slightly bad, I will... get diarrhea easily." Qian Hongxing said quickly, trying to make up for what Sister Yang had just said.
"Then you have to go to the hospital. How can the boss of such a big company not take care of his health?" The man on the phone laughed.
Zhou Yi saw a pen and a notepad next to the phone, and immediately picked them up, wrote a few words and handed them to Qian Hongxing.
Qian Hongxing took one look and immediately said into the phone, "I...I want to talk to my son."
After he said this, there was no response from the other side, and the room suddenly became deathly silent.
The property manager had caught up, but when he heard the phone ringing in the house, he didn't dare come in and stood at the door.
Suddenly, the man on the phone sneered and said something that made Qian Hongxing's scalp tingle.
He said, "The police are right next to you."
Qian Hongxing's face turned pale instantly and he looked at Zhou Yi with horror in his eyes.
Zhou Yi was also shocked, but immediately wrote four words and handed them to Qian Hongxing. The words on the note read: He is cheating you!
Qian Hongxing quickly and loudly denied it: "No, I didn't call the police. I swear on the name of my ancestors for eighteen generations."
There was silence for a few seconds again, but for Qian Hongxing, every second was a terrible torture.
Just when he was about to cry, the man on the other side suddenly laughed and said, "It's just a joke, don't be so nervous."
Qian Hongxing's legs went weak and he almost fell down. Zhou Yi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Can I talk to my son now?"
"No problem, wait."
Ten seconds later, a child's crying suddenly came from the phone from far away.
When she heard the child crying, Qian Hongxing could no longer hold back the tears she had been holding back, and cried out, "Come, come, don't be afraid, it's Daddy."
On the phone, Qian Lailai heard the voice and shouted heartbreakingly: "Dad, Dad!"
Suddenly, there was a burst of hurried footsteps on the stairs. Yao Yuling, who had been resting upstairs, ran downstairs. Suddenly, her foot twisted and she rolled down the stairs.
But she didn't care about the pain or her broken and bleeding arm. She rushed over and cried, "Come here, mom will definitely save you. Come here, don't be afraid."
But Qian Lailai on the other end of the phone was unable to call out "Mom". It was as if someone suddenly covered her mouth and her voice stopped abruptly.
The man said, "Mr. Qian, Madam Qian, you heard, your son is doing very well."
Qian Hongxing gritted his teeth and said, "Tell me, how much money do you want? And how do you want to pay it?"
"Mr. Qian, be frank! We are here for the money, not to kill. As long as the money is in place, your son will return the jade intact to Zhao immediately."
After hearing the last four words, Qian Hongxing immediately looked at Zhou Yi, as if Zhou Yi's previous judgment about the severed finger was correct.
But Zhou Yi didn't think so. Rather than saying that the other party was making a guarantee for Qian Hongxing and his wife, it would be more accurate to say that he was playing a trick on the hostage's parents. After all, the man opposite was in control of the initiative from beginning to end.
"Okay, okay, money is easy to talk about. How much do you want?"
"Not much." The man chuckled and said, "One million is enough."
"What?" Everyone on the other end of the phone was shocked.
What does one million mean in 1997? For ordinary people, it is an astronomical figure.
But Qian Hongxing agreed without hesitation: "Okay, I'll give it to you!"
The other party laughed and said, "How open! Mr. Qian is indeed a man who can accomplish great things."
After all, in the previous life, after Sun Kun killed Qian Lailai, Qian Hongxing had offered a million-dollar reward.
"But I need two days. After all, one million in cash is not a small amount." Qian Hongxing said that Zhou Yi wrote four words to him to delay time.
The other party sneered, "Two days? Mr. Qian really treats us as a nursery, trusting his son to us so confidently."
Qian Hongxing's sweat dropped and he asked nervously, "So...how long do you think is appropriate?"
"Today is Sunday, and the banks are closed. Even if Mr. Qian is rich, he wouldn't keep a million in cash at home, right?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Qian Hongxing nodded repeatedly.
"The bank opens at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. I'll give you two hours to withdraw the money. That's enough time, right?"
"That's enough. How do I pay?"
The other party laughed and said, "Don't worry, after you withdraw the money, go home and wait for my call. Just hug your wife and have a good sleep tonight, hahahaha."
The arrogant laughter stopped abruptly, and the other party hung up the phone, leaving only a busy tone.
Qian Hongxing fell to the ground, feeling weak all over, as if a layer of skin had been peeled off.
If Sun Kun used a trick to torture the eagle, then the kidnappers now just pull out its tendons and skin it.
Yao Yuling's eyes went dark and she fell down. Fortunately, Zhou Yi was quick to catch her.
Only then did the property manager dare to come in, and Yang's mother also came back. Zhou Yi helped Yao Yuling to the sofa, and Yang's mother came up and helped her to calm down and pinch her Ren Zhong point, which made Yao Yuling calm down. She began to curl up and cry.
The property manager quickly helped Qian Hongxing up from the ground and said kindly, "Mr. Qian, you must hold on. If you fall, what will happen to your son?"
These words seemed to give Qian Hongxing strength, allowing him to struggle to stand up.
"Officer Zhou, what should I do next?" Qian Hongxing asked.
During the call, Zhou Yi kept trying to capture some useful information from the phone.
But the other person's Mandarin was very standard, without any accent, the only characteristic being a slightly heavy nasal tone.
There was no obvious background sound. We could only judge from the fact that Qian Lailai's voice came from far away and gradually got closer when he spoke that Qian Lailai was locked up in a relatively large space. It took more than ten seconds from the time Qian Hongxing finished speaking to the time Qian Lailai's voice was heard. According to the normal walking speed of an adult male, the distance between the place where the man answered the phone and the place where Qian Lailai was locked up was twelve to twenty meters.
Zhou Yi did not catch any other clues.
Zhou Yi said, "Tomorrow, follow the kidnappers' instructions and prepare the ransom. It's 3:02 PM now, and if we calculate based on what they just said, tomorrow at 10 AM, we still have 17 hours. The hostages' safety can definitely be guaranteed before then. Don't worry, we'll do our best to find out more about the kidnappers within these 17 hours."
It looks like tonight will be another sleepless night. Luckily, I had a good meal and a good sleep at Director Wang's place last night, otherwise even my iron body would not be able to withstand such a torment.
Qian Hongxing nodded repeatedly. Zhou Yi was his only lifeline now.
Zhou Yi looked at his watch again and said, "Mr. Qian, I can't stay here any longer. I have to leave."
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