Xia Jiufa slammed down the phone.
Ma Yunfei sighed. That night, he had a series of nightmares, dreaming that Xia Jiufa was holding a pig-slaughtering knife and shouting, "You surnamed Ma, if you have the guts, stop right there!"
Ma Yunfei fled for his life like a madman, but no matter how fast he ran, he couldn't run fast, and Xia Jiufa was catching up with him.
Ma Yunfei pleaded, "President Xia, please... please grant me three more days. I promise to deliver Xia Tian safely to you."
Xia Jiufa said angrily, "You finally admitted it, you kidnapped my daughter! Humph! You must hand over my daughter right now, I can't wait a moment longer."
Ma Yunfei had no choice but to plead, "President Xia, please give me just one day, just one day."
Xia Jiufa viciously stabbed the butcher knife into Ma Yunfei's chest, piercing right into his heart.
Strangely enough, this cut actually ripped out Ma Yunfei's heart.
He was astonished to see that his heart was black, like a large lump of coal.
"Haha... You surnamed Ma, so you're a black-hearted devil. I wasn't wrong about you at all. You just want to seduce my daughter."
Ma Yunfei's eyes widened in horror as he realized his heart was still beating.
The problem is: he has no heart, but he can still breathe and speak.
Ma Yunfei moved his hands and feet and found that he could move freely.
That's really strange. Can a person live without a heart?
Ma Yunfei was startled awake; his heart was pounding wildly.
This dream is too ominous; perhaps it means that Xia Jiufa might make a move against him.
As dawn broke, Ma Yunfei could no longer sleep, so he sat up.
After careful consideration, he decided that he could not delay any longer and had to find out today whether Xia Tian lived in that villa in the suburbs.
He got up and knocked on Ye Ya's bedroom door.
There was no movement inside, so Ma Yunfei pushed the door open. He saw Ye Ya lying sprawled on the bed, snoring softly.
Ma Yunfei nudged Ye Ya and said, "It's dawn, get up quickly, we need to get to the villa as soon as possible."
Ma Yunfei had made up his mind; he had to figure out the old lady's secret code for entering the villa.
Ye Ya rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up, glancing out the window. She said, "Brother Ma, it's just dawn. Why did you wake me up so early? I was dreaming about eating a big, sweet cake."
"Hey girl, if you want some cake, I'll buy you a big one after we're done, so you can eat as much as you want."
Ye Ya excitedly jumped off the bed and said, "Brother Ma, I want to eat that big cake with lots of cream on it."
"Okay, whatever you want to eat, I'll buy it for you, I promise you'll eat your fill."
Wild Girl quickly rinsed her mouth and washed her face, urging, "Let's go."
Seeing that Xiao Jie hadn't gotten up yet, Ma Yunfei left a note on the coffee table in the living room.
They took a taxi to the villa in the suburbs.
Ma Yunfei found a bush near the villa gate, and the two hid there.
At 9:30, the deaf-mute old woman came over.
Ma Yunfei raised his binoculars and carefully observed the old woman's every move.
He saw the old woman raise her hand and knock on the door three times, pause for a moment, then knock three more times. She did this repeatedly, pausing once and knocking three times, pausing once and knocking three more times, repeating this seven or eight times.
The villa's small door creaked open, and Ma Yunfei saw clearly that it was an old man of about sixty years old with a gray beard who opened the door.
The old man gestured to the old woman, who nodded and went into the villa.
Around 11 a.m., the old lady left the villa.
When the old lady had disappeared from sight, Ma Yunfei and Ye Ya ran to the front gate of the villa.
Ma Yunfei imitated the old woman, knocking three times in a row, then paused for a moment, and knocked three more times. When he knocked for the sixth time, the small door creaked open.
The moment the door opened, Ye Ya rushed inside, grabbed the old man by the neck, and said viciously, "Don't make a sound, or I'll strangle you."
The old man whimpered, his eyes filled with terror.
Ma Yunfei entered the villa, closed the small door, and said to Ye Ya, "Drag this old man into the villa."
Wild Girl was very strong. She used her arm to strangle the old man and dragged him into the living room of the villa.
This is a two-story villa with a small garden in front, and there is also a rockery in the garden.
Wild Girl let go of the old man.
The old man said fearfully, "What...what are you two going to do?"
Ma Yunfei smiled and comforted him, "Grandpa, don't be afraid, we're not bad people."
Who are you?
"We're here to investigate drugs."
Ma Yunfei didn't say he was a police officer because impersonating a police officer is illegal.
"You...you are plainclothes police officers?"
Ma Yunfei remained noncommittal and asked, "Besides you, is there anyone else in this villa?"
The old man shook his head repeatedly and replied, "The owner of the villa rarely comes here. I'm the only one looking after this villa. In the morning, an old lady comes to clean it."
Ma Yunfei asked authoritatively, "I'll ask you one more time, is there anyone else in this villa besides you?"
"That's all, really, that's all. It's just me. If you don't believe me, you can search for me."
Wild Girl tied the old man up with a rope, and then the two of them searched the villa together.
The two-story building had more than a dozen rooms and a basement. They searched it very carefully and found no one else.
Ma Yunfei was somewhat puzzled. Wang Xiaobian's family only had two villas. It was impossible for Xia Tian to be held captive in the villa where Wang Xiaobian's family lived, because Wang Xiaobian must have kidnapped Xia Tian without telling his parents.
If he's not in this suburban villa, where would he be in the summer?
Ma Yunfei asked the old man, "How many years have you worked at this villa?"
“I…I’ve worked here for five years.”
"When did the Wang family buy this villa?"
“I don’t know about that. When I arrived, the Wang family had already bought this villa. The doorman in front of me was also an old man. He got sick and was fired. When I handed over my shift to him, he just said to me: ‘The Wang family is dishonest.’”
Ma Yunfei thought for a moment and then asked, "Do you know if the Wang family has any other houses nearby?"
The old man replied, "There's a small village called Xiaoli Village about five miles from here. I heard that Wang's son bought a small house there. Wang's son likes to keep dogs, but the city doesn't allow you to keep too many dogs, so he bought the small house specifically to keep dogs."
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