Chapter 60
During the renovation, Cheng Yanchu specifically requested to install a door eye on his door, which came in handy at this time.
After calming down, Cheng Yanchu bravely pressed the door shut and looked outside.
A dark shadow was wandering outside the door of his parents' room, holding a knife in his hand. The lights in front of him were off, and his footsteps were light. In the darkness, the shadow moved quietly, and no sound could be heard.
Cheng Yanchu tried to get closer, wanting to see the other person's face clearly. Even though she suspected Cheng Xi, she didn't dare to think of Cheng Xi as the one who committed murder.
A dark shadow was peeping outside his parents' door. He placed his left hand on the doorknob and turned it downwards. As he saw the handle turning, Cheng Yanchu's breathing stopped and cold sweat oozed from his palms. He imagined the scene that was about to happen in his mind. It was so quiet in his ears that he could only hear his accelerated heartbeat.
Suddenly, the black shadow seemed to sense something, and with his left hand halfway through spinning, he suddenly turned back.
At this moment, Cheng Yanchu felt that their eyes met silently.
He found her!
Cheng Yanchu felt fear in his heart and instinctively dodged, huddled in the blind spot of the door, covered his mouth with his hands to prevent himself from making any sound, and his whole body was trembling.
It was unusually quiet that night.
Cheng Yanchu listened nervously to the noise outside the door. When the footsteps seemed to be far away, he dared to slowly climb up the door and check the situation outside again.
The door was empty and the shadows were gone, which made people feel relieved and relaxed.
A breath of air got stuck in my throat, and the sigh of relief that I had escaped suddenly turned into a scream, breaking the peace of the night.
"ah!"
A face suddenly appeared on the door frame, instantly catching Cheng Yanchu's eyes. The hostile eyes outside the door were almost murderous. The sharp knife in his hand had not yet been put down, and a seemingly friendly call came from him.
"elder sister."
"Sister, why are you still not sleeping at this late hour?"
"Sister, open the door. I'm Xiaoxi."
The "friendly" greeting went unanswered. The person outside the door seemed to become irritable, and his mood suddenly changed in an instant. The handle was forcibly twisted from the outside. The repeated actions were fruitless, which made people angry. The door was shaken violently, making a terrifying loud noise.
The people in the opposite room were sleeping peacefully.
Cheng Yanchu's legs went weak and she fell to the ground. Seeing that the door was about to be violently shaken open, she suddenly had an idea and stumbled to the desk. She grabbed the key to the room, inserted it into the keyhole, and stared at the door in fear.
Gradually, the door became quiet and the shaking stopped.
Cheng Yanchu's heart was in her throat. Having learned from the previous experience, she didn't dare to close the door eye rashly again. She stared at the door lock, not daring to slack off.
I don’t know how much time passed during the night. Cheng Yanchu squatted on the floor, looking at the door in front of him. His eyelids were about to close, and sleepiness quietly spread in the room.
His eyes involuntarily moved away from the handle, and at this moment, the key inserted in the hole quietly retreated and hit the floor with a crisp sound. The sound made Cheng Yanchu wake up instantly.
Looking at the key on the floor, Cheng Yanchu's face showed a look of confusion. His brain started to work slowly. The door handle turned strangely and a dark shadow broke in!
The icy tip of the knife flashed a cold light in the dark night and pierced straight into Cheng Yanchu's body. She could clearly feel a warm liquid flowing out, and the contents of her body were slowly draining away.
The severe pain paralyzed her nerves, and only when the knife tip was pulled out again did she feel the unbearable pain sweeping through her body.
She collapsed to the ground, whimpering helplessly like a little animal.
The sky brightened and a tear streaked across the corner of his eye. Cheng Yanchu instinctively raised his hand to wipe it away. In an instant, he realized that something was wrong, and suddenly opened his eyes, scanning the surrounding scene.
She carefully checked her abdomen but found no wounds. Everything that happened last night seemed like a dream, but she was indeed lying on the floor now, and the room key was lying where she had dropped it last night.
Last night’s dream was both real and unreal.
"Knock, knock, knock."
There was a sudden knock on the door, which startled Cheng Yanchu and brought him back to his senses.
As soon as he opened the door, "Cheng Xi"'s face appeared in front of him. The scene was the same as last night, and Cheng Yanchu couldn't help screaming.
"ah!"
"Cheng Xi" curled his lips slightly, revealing a friendly and caring smile. He reached out and held her firmly. His tone was exactly the same as Cheng Yanchu's dream.
"Sister, sister, what's wrong with you? Are you still not awake?"
Cheng Yanchu shook off "Cheng Xi's" hand reflexively and looked at him warily, his expression full of defense.
Shen Qingru heard the noise and rushed over, thinking that something big had happened. She saw Cheng Yanchu glaring at "Cheng Xi" with hatred, while "Cheng Xi" frowned and slammed his hand on the door frame, which instantly became red and swollen.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see what had happened. Shen Qingru slapped Cheng Yanchu on the head and couldn't help but blame him.
"Why are you yelling so early in the morning? I asked Xiaoxi to wake you up. If you want to blame someone, blame me. Why did you fight with Xiaoxi? Hurry up and eat. You still have to go to school after eating."
Seeing Shen Qingru was about to leave, Cheng Yanchu grabbed her and spoke tentatively.
"Mom, did you hear anything last night?"
Shen Qingru rolled her eyes at her, shook off her hand, and answered suspiciously,
"Why are you talking nonsense all day long? Go and eat."
Cheng Yanchu was still uneasy. He looked at the surveillance camera in the living room and came up with an idea.
On that day, I took the opportunity to sneak into the study, turned on the computer, and called up the surveillance footage from last night, but found that the surveillance footage from the middle of the night was completely black and was blocked by something, so I couldn't see what happened at all.
Without evidence, Cheng Yanchu could only swallow his anger for the time being.
After bringing the child back, Xu Guannan immediately checked the child's identity.
"We were knocked unconscious after entering the magic box. When we woke up, we were locked in a cage. There were many people locked up with me, including my friend Cheng Xi."
Cai Qianxun had been in a coma and didn't know anything else about the situation, but suddenly an idea flashed in his mind and he grabbed Lin Sheng's hand.
"Oh yes, sister, when I was lying in the tent, I seemed to hear them on the phone saying that a batch of goods would be delivered today."
"Goods? Looks like they're human traffickers. They have to perform during the day, so the delivery can only be done at night."
Lin Sheng frowned slightly, analyzed calmly, and signaled Xu Guannan with his eyes.
Xu Guannan understood her intention and explained briefly.
"I'll bring people over tonight, don't worry."
The moonlit night fell again, and a hazy atmosphere enveloped the city. In the suburbs, a small van came out of the theater and drove all the way to the city center.
The magic troupe has two performance venues, one in the suburbs and one in the city center. The stage in the city center is a temporary one, and the main performance venue is still in the suburbs.
Instead, in a temporary theater in the city center, Boss Li was sitting backstage, puffing smoke from a cigarette in one hand and playing with two shiny walnuts in the other.
Boss Li looked up at the clock on the wall. There were still ten minutes left. When he had lost his patience,
"You're not coming yet? Your boss wants to break the appointment?"
The man waiting on the side came closer and spoke respectfully.
"Don't worry, our boss won't break his promise. He will definitely be here before ten o'clock."
The person they were talking about was sitting in the van. The woman gently rubbed the girl's head with one hand, a smile on her lips, and she was in a good mood.
"My dear, you are so pretty. No wonder Boss Li likes you. Don't worry, if you follow Boss Li in the future, he will not treat you badly."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the driver in the front seat suddenly speak in a hurried tone.
"Boss! There's a car following us!"
The smile froze on her face. The woman looked unhappy and her eyes flashed with a fierce look.
"Try to get rid of him."
The driver responded, stepped on the accelerator, and the van rushed out, weaving along the road, leaving behind many private cars.
But the car behind me was still following closely, like a fly, very sticky.
Tang Ziyan sat in the passenger seat, tightly grasping the handle above his head, his throat moving slightly as he instructed Wen Yao,
"Don't push too hard, there are hostages in their car."
Wen Yao responded and wrote down the route of the van. The van circled around him several times but showed no sign of stopping.
Based on several detours, Wen Yan came to a conclusion and immediately instructed Tang Ziyan,
"Call the captain, they're going to the city center."
"Downtown? I remember the first magic show was at a makeshift theater in the city center."
After finding out the transaction location, Xu Guannan received a call and rushed to the temporary theater in the city center as soon as possible.
Wen Yao pretended to keep a distance, making the van mistakenly think that he had shaken off its tail, but Wen Yao was still following behind it.
After the van arrived in the city center, it stopped outside a temporary theater. The driver and the woman got out of the car together and carried out a wooden box from the trunk. The words "Magic Troupe Props" were clearly labeled on it.
Xu Guannan and his men were guarding outside the temporary theater. When they saw the van, they immediately became alert.
The woman had just taken two steps when she felt a pair of eyes staring at her from behind. Her temples throbbed and she looked around vigilantly, noticing that there seemed to be more cars parked outside the theater today than usual.
Although the temporary theater is in the city center, when the woman was looking at the location, she deliberately chose a street with less traffic. There is no underground parking lot near the theater, and vehicles can only park within the designated white line frame on the roadside.
"Wait a minute. Something doesn't seem right to me."
The driver looked at his boss in confusion. Just as he was about to turn around and look around, he was stopped by the woman.
"Don't turn around! Let's go in first and quickly notify Boss Li to retreat. We'll arrange the transaction time later."
The driver's expression froze instantly, his body stiffened, and he didn't dare to look to the side at all. He secretly sent a message to the contact person.
"Not coming? You just promised me that the goods would definitely arrive this time, and now you're saying you can't come. Are you deliberately standing me up?"
The man beside him quickly apologized and bowed.
"No, no, no, the boss found someone following the car on the way here, so he was probably exposed. To be on the safe side, our boss will take the initiative to contact you. Next time, he will definitely satisfy you."
The situation was urgent, so Boss Li did not dare to delay and left through the secret door immediately.
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