Chapter 193: Midnight Fright
After returning home, she could no longer maintain her calmness. She collapsed on the bed, her hands and feet swollen and purple from being tied up for so long, and she felt excruciating pain.
Thinking of what Li Zhigang said, she felt a wave of fear. She really shouldn't have thought that way, saying that they were only after money and that if she was obedient and cooperated, they would let her go after getting the money.
Don't you think that people who are capable of kidnapping cannot be good people? How can they have any bottom line? How can they have any credibility? Not to mention sympathy.
What's more, those kidnappers who were just seeking money at first will also change their minds as the situation changes!
I was so naive that I didn't even think of a way to escape!
If Tian Guoqiang hadn't been smart, he would probably be a corpse now, or even chopped into pieces and put into a pressure cooker.
The more Deng Xiuzhen thought about it, the more scared she became.
Thinking about the fact that there was no news about Tan Yanlin, her mind was in a mess. Thinking about the possibility that Tan Yanlin might have met with an accident, her heart felt like it was being cut by a knife.
Feeling as if her head was about to explode and her whole body was burning hot, she struggled to get up and took the antipyretic and anti-inflammatory drugs prescribed by the doctor.
Finally fell into a deep sleep.
I woke up in the middle of the night and the fever had gone away, but my hands and feet were still painful, but less so than before, and my mind was much clearer.
I feel better and my stomach feels hungry.
Deng Xiuzhen got up and went to the kitchen to cook some noodles. After eating, she felt much better.
Deng Xiuzhen smelled a strange odor on her body, so she boiled some water to take a bath, put her clothes in the washing machine to wash, and prepared to go back to bed.
"Knock, knock, knock, knock." There was a series of knocks on the door, and Deng Xiuzhen was so scared that her heart almost stopped beating.
She held her breath and stretched her ears to listen.
The sound disappeared, Deng Xiuzhen breathed a sigh of relief and walked gently towards the bed.
"Knock knock knock, knock knock knock" the knock on the door sounded again.
Deng Xiuzhen took off her slippers, walked barefoot to the bed, picked up her cell phone, and hid under the bed to check the surveillance.
In the surveillance video, a burly man stood at the door with bare arms. Because of the angle, his face was not clear, but the eagle tattooed on his arm had particularly sharp claws under the dim corridor light, which looked very creepy.
Deng Xiuzhen's heart was pounding with fear.
She wanted to ask for help, but shouting or calling would probably offend the other party. Deng Xiuzhen thought about it and sent a message to Tian Guoqiang with trembling hands: "I'm at home, there are bad guys at the door, please come and save me quickly!!!"
She knew that Tian Guoqiang was probably sleeping at this time and might not see the text message.
However, with this text message sent, even if danger came and her call was interrupted, the other party would know what happened.
The text message was sent successfully, and Deng Xiuzhen turned on the surveillance again.
The man was still knocking on the door, but his strength had obviously increased, like he was pounding on it.
Deng Xiuzhen felt relieved when she heard the knock on the door. This person might not be a criminal, but most likely a fool or a mentally ill person.
Only this kind of person would knock on someone else's door in the middle of the night and knock so loudly that it deafens the heavens.
Deng Xiuzhen hid under the bed and didn't come out or say a word.
She didn't dare go out because she could see from the surveillance video that the man was knocking more and more frantically. If he continued like this, he might break into the house in the next second.
She hesitated whether to call Tian Guoqiang. Because of the incident between Zhang Bin and Cai Bang, she was still traumatized and was a little afraid to call the police.
At this moment, she saw someone coming to her door on the surveillance camera, and there were more than one or two people. Upon closer inspection, she found that they were people from next door.
Deng Xiuzhen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"What are you doing here?" the man asked the tattooed man.
"What am I doing? What can I do? This family has been making a lot of noise at home since about 2 a.m. Listen, it's still making noise now! How can I sleep if it keeps going on like this?" the man asked back loudly.
A little after two? Noise?
Deng Xiuzhen heard the sound of the washing machine and understood what was going on.
She quickly crawled out from under the bed and turned off the washing machine, thinking that she should go and apologize to the other party.
But the man didn't listen and continued waving his fists in excitement.
Deng Xiuzhen didn't dare to take the risk. She couldn't face such a furious person directly.
Even if you apologize, you have to wait until the other person is calmer and apologize in front of many people.
"What are you doing? Don't you want to go back to sleep?" A petite woman came over, patted the man's arm and asked.
"I'll be back right away. I'll be back right away." The man's face changed in an instant, and he said in a low voice with a flattering smile.
The voice was extremely gentle and the gesture was extremely considerate.
The people around him got goosebumps all over the floor.
Deng Xiuzhen remembered that she had seen that woman before. She was a tenant who moved in a few days ago. She lived next door to her, right next to the bathroom, where the washing machine was placed...
Finally, all the people outside the door left.
Deng Xiuzhen took out her cell phone and texted Tian Guoqiang again, telling him not to come, saying it was a misunderstanding and had been resolved.
"Knock, knock, knock." While I was typing, there was another knock on the door, but this time the knock was not very loud.
Deng Xiuzhen's heart skipped a beat. She stopped sending text messages and quickly turned on the surveillance camera.
The person knocking on the door turned out to be Tian Guoqiang.
Deng Xiuzhen quickly got up and opened the door.
"What happened?" Tian Guoqiang said, scanning Deng Xiuzhen and the room.
"I'm sorry, it was a misunderstanding. I was texting you to explain, but you came before I finished the message." Deng Xiuzhen recounted what had just happened.
"You'll have to explain this misunderstanding to others tomorrow." Tian Guoqiang smiled.
"Well, we'll go and apologize to them tomorrow. But I just thought of something, do you want to hear it?" With Tian Guoqiang around, Deng Xiuzhen felt at ease.
"What's the matter? Just tell me, but keep your voice down, otherwise someone will come knocking on the door later." Tian Guoqiang still had a smile on his face.
Deng Xiuzhen thought for a moment and said, "Just now when I was hiding under the bed, I suddenly thought of a case.
There was a man who had been pretending to be an old woman. He took advantage of people's kindness and sympathy for the old, weak and disabled. He tricked some people into coming to his home and locked them up in his cellar.
It’s just that in that case, they only arrested young women and little girls, not men.”
"That old man doesn't look like a disguise, he's a real old man. But if there is an accomplice and she is just acting as bait, then it all makes sense.
But Tan Yanlin is a man, why are they arresting a man?" Tian Guoqiang frowned.
Deng Xiuzhen didn't say anything. She knew that Tian Guoqiang was thinking deeply and it was best not to interrupt him in this situation.
A series of "Gurgle Gurgle Gurgle" sounds came out, interrupting Tian Guoqiang's thoughts.
He smiled awkwardly and said, "It's okay. It will be dawn soon. I'll go to breakfast after I finish talking."
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