Chapter 505: Overnight Rescue
Chen Guilan was restless and kept calling Su Jiaojiao. Ding Linyu comforted her, "Auntie, Wang Hua just called me and said he'll be here soon. He said the Lu family has called the police and they're working on a plan. Jiaojiao will be fine."
"It's all my fault. I should have realized something was wrong long ago." Chen Guilan cried until her eyes were red. She blamed herself, "I knew she was at Chaoyang Temple. When I couldn't get through to her on the phone, I should have gone looking for her. But I waited until dark..."
If she had told Lu Jingyou a few hours earlier, things would definitely not be like this.
She was too slow to react.
"Auntie, please don't blame yourself. No one could have imagined things would turn out this way." Ding Linyu was also panicking. She tried her best to suppress her emotions. "Jiaojiao is a person with ideas. She will definitely find a way to escape."
"Linyu, take me to Chaoyang Temple. I'm going to find her. I'm willing to exchange my life for hers." Chen Guilan couldn't wait any longer and stood up to walk out. Ding Linyu hurriedly chased after her and held her back. "Auntie, don't get excited. It's not that serious. Mr. Lu repeatedly told us not to let you go out. Let's just wait at home!"
As the two were arguing, Wang Hua arrived. Knowing that Chen Guilan was worried about Su Jiaojiao, he told her about the arrangements at the old house: "Auntie, Mr. Lu and the police have already gone to Shanquan Village. They plan to rescue her overnight. We can't help if we go, and it will only cause more trouble. It's better for us to wait at home!"
"If she can't find her, how will she get through the night..." Chen Guilan stared motionlessly out the dark window, feeling terrified and helpless. If anything happened to her daughter, she would not live either.
Old Mrs. Lu was also very uneasy. She could not accept it no matter what happened to either of them. Song Xiangyun stayed with her all the time and told her not to worry.
Wu Xinyue sat on the sofa with red eyes, silent. For such a long time, she had poured all her pain into Lu Qingqing, but she didn't expect that Lu Qingqing, at such a young age, could not bear it.
Lu Qingqing has been well-behaved and simple since she was a child, and she is ignorant of the world. She would not go to Chaoyang Temple for no reason. Someone must have told her something.
Lin Manli listened expressionlessly as Mr. Lu told Lu Jiahe about going to Chaoyang Temple tomorrow. She didn't understand why Su Jiaojiao was with Lu Qingqing. Now, she was implicated as well.
At the foot of Shanquan Village, Lu Jingyou was the first to discover Su Jiaojiao's car, which was parked on the roadside at the entrance of the village.
He shone the flashlight inside the car. Her beloved rabbit doll was still placed on the back seat, and her bag was placed on the passenger seat. It seemed that she was not planning to go up the mountain. She might have been unable to wait for Lu Qingqing, so she went all the way there to look for her.
Lu Jingyou stood in front of the car, stroking the body of the car with his hand. How he wished she would suddenly appear behind him and tell him that she was just hiding...
"Mr. Lu, let's hurry up the mountain!" Officer Liu reminded in a low voice. He was from a nearby village and had also been to Chaoyang Temple. He was very familiar with this area.
In order to avoid attracting attention due to the large number of people, they divided into four groups and surrounded Chaoyang Temple from different directions.
Lu Jingyou put away the flashlight and quickly followed.
The two of them, one in front and one behind, walked quickly along the steps towards Chaoyang Temple under the cover of night.
The other two groups came up from the small road and arrived first. One of them went into Chaoyang Temple and searched carefully. When he didn't find anyone, he asked the others to follow him in.
The group of people held flashlights and carefully examined the area. Lu Jingyou picked up a bracelet from the ground and examined it again and again. He said hurriedly, "Officer Liu, this is my girlfriend's bracelet. I gave it to her."
"So, they're being held captive in this room." Officer Liu shone his flashlight back and forth. "We're too late. They've been moved."
At this moment, Lu Jingyou's phone suddenly rang. Officer Liu motioned for him to pick it up. "Mr. Lu, if you don't follow the rules, don't blame us for being ruthless."
"If you're following the rules, you should let me hear their voices and confirm that they're in your hands and safe, instead of just ordering us around unilaterally." Lu Jingyou felt the other person's voice sounded familiar, and he spoke word by word, "Remember, you want money, we want people. If you want the money, you have to ensure their safety."
"Don't worry, they're safe now." The other party's voice was also very calm. "Mr. Lu, I called you before, but you were indifferent. You are also responsible for the current situation. We were just pushed into a corner. If you push us again, we can't guarantee what we will do."
"Don't worry, you won't be short of money." Lu Jingyou said calmly, "If you don't believe me, just release one of them first. Let us see your sincerity, and we can make the deal tonight."
If they put one first, they will most likely put Su Jiaojiao.
It’s not that he doesn’t care about Lu Qingqing, but he wants to save as many people as possible. Also, since Su Jiaojiao is involved, he can’t really stay calm.
"We have the final say on when to trade and when to release the person." The other party hung up the phone.
"The technical department sent a message saying that the call just now came from a public phone in Xicheng District." Officer Liu walked over with his phone and said, "Xicheng District is an urban village, so it's a bit difficult to investigate. Let's rush over now."
Except for the police who were responsible for surveillance, the group quickly went down the mountain and ran towards Xicheng District quietly.
In the dark night, Su Jiaojiao spent over an hour using broken glass to wear down the ropes on her hands bit by bit. Then, she quietly untied the ropes on Lu Qingqing's hands and whispered, "Don't be nervous. Let's take a look at where we are first."
Lu Qingqing nodded and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The two of them slowly walked to the window and looked out. They were trapped on the third or fourth floor of an abandoned factory. The downstairs was overgrown with weeds. There was a gardenia against the wall, and the flowers were in full bloom, with a very strong fragrance.
There was a van parked under the tree, with cigarette butts flickering in the cab, and the man in red was in the car.
The other person is missing.
In other words, there are only two of them, one is responsible for looking after them, and the other is responsible for external contact.
It will definitely not work if you force it.
I have to think of a solution.
The two walked back and forth in the room and gently pushed the door. The door was locked. There was only one set of windows in the room. In the moonlight, they could see a desk and two chairs in the room. This should be an office.
There were several pieces of broken glass on the window, but it wasn't stuffy, there were just mosquitoes, and they were very hungry mosquitoes that would bite if they caught them.
Su Jiaojiao opened the desk drawer, found two old newspapers, gave one to Lu Qingqing, and the two of them fanned the newspapers back and forth to shoo away mosquitoes.
It was so quiet, so eerily quiet.
"Sister Su, why do you think they brought us here?" Lu Qingqing was scared to death, but with Su Jiaojiao accompanying her, she was not so scared anymore.
"Think about it, if we were at Chaoyang Temple, your brother and the others would have found us without any effort." Su Jiaojiao lowered her voice, "Because they want money, and they won't let them find us until they get the money."
"I see." Lu Qingqing suddenly realized, "It's all my fault. I was careless."
"By the way, how did you come up with the idea of going to Chaoyang Temple?" Su Jiaojiao didn't believe that she was just going there to buy those bamboo plaques.
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