Chapter Thirty-Five: Positioning
"Mm," Jiang Ran nodded in response.
Then, putting aside his thoughts, he asked, "Do Si Zuochen and Si Youlin have tracking devices on them?"
Even her car has a warning system, so their safety level should be even higher.
Upon hearing this, Gu Nan was taken aback, then nodded and replied, "Yes, their smartwatches have GPS tracking."
After saying that, he couldn't help but feel annoyed with himself.
Concern can cloud judgment; he had completely forgotten about this measure.
"Then hurry up and find out their exact location," Jiang Ran urged from the side.
“I’ve found it.” Gu Nan opened the map on his phone and pointed out the location to her: “I came here following this location.”
Then, as if realizing something, she suddenly looked surprised and asked, "So you don't know their location? How did you know to go this way?"
Jiang Ran didn't answer him. Instead, she frowned and carefully sorted out her thoughts, feeling that she had overlooked something.
"Madam?" Gu Nan couldn't help but call out when he saw her standing there in a daze.
Jiang Ran waved her hand: "Wait a minute."
Then he lowered his eyes, did some quick calculations, and suddenly realized that something was not quite right!
How could Song Yuqing appear there so quickly? According to her style, she should have gone to the villa to wait for her.
Furthermore, I was on my way to find someone, so how could she know that I was passing by that side?
She already knew she had schemed against them; she should have brought Lu Ziyi along to confront her.
As usual, the two of them played good cop and bad cop, so why was he all alone?
Moreover, the questions asked were all superficial and innocuous, with the same question being repeatedly used to condemn the person.
Her timing was far too unusual.
Unless... she's deliberately trying to waste time!
Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration struck Jiang Ran.
This makes sense; everything is interconnected, designed to prevent them from finding the person.
But even if they try to stop them, it will only delay them for a moment; perhaps this time difference is exactly what they need...
Thinking of this, Jiang Ran suddenly looked up at Gu Nan.
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On the other side, after Si Zuochen finished lecturing Si Youlin, Si Youlin seemed to be deliberately going against him. Instead of walking side by side, he took two steps back and stood behind him.
Seeing this, Si Zuochen knew that he was just throwing a tantrum, so he didn't say anything more.
"ah--"
Halfway there, they heard a thud behind them, accompanied by Si Youlin's exclamation.
Si Zuochen quickly turned around and saw Si Youlin lying face down on the ground.
"What happened? You can fall even on flat ground?" Si Zuochen frowned slightly, then reached out and helped him up.
Not hearing him talk back, Si Zuochen was a little surprised and asked, "What's wrong? Did you fall?"
Then I looked up and saw that he was trembling all over.
"Ah Lin?" Si Zuochen quickly helped him sit down to the side, his tone tinged with anxiety: "What's wrong with you?"
Si Youlin seemed lost in thought until Si Zuochen waved his hand in front of him, at which point he looked up in a daze.
"Brother, I...I'm so cold." As she spoke, she bent her knees and curled herself into a ball.
"Cold?" Si Zuochen frowned slightly, looking puzzled.
It's the hottest time of the year right now, how could it be cold? And Dongcheng looks like this.
Si Zuochen took off his coat and draped it over his shoulders, but instead of getting better, it seemed to be getting worse.
My lips were frozen purple, and my teeth were chattering.
Si Zuochen hurriedly took out his watch to call someone to pick him up, but to his surprise, the watch showed no signal at all, and he couldn't even make a call.
how so?
Then he activated the phone's built-in alarm mode. Once he pressed it, Gu Nan would receive his distress call.
Then, he reached out and hugged Si Youlin, waiting for rescue.
But after a long time, no one came, and Si Youlin kept muttering that it was cold.
Si Zuochen grew increasingly anxious. He wanted to find someone to help, but he couldn't leave him there alone.
He glanced around, his brow furrowed, and fell into deep thought.
This is clearly a garden in an old town, so why is there no signal?
Moreover, this area hasn't been designated for development, so there should be a lot of people coming and going. But they've been here for so long, and not a single person has passed by.
Si Zuochen pondered the matter, feeling that something was amiss, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.
He stared blankly at his watch, then suddenly remembered that emergency calls didn't seem to require a signal, so he quickly dialed the emergency number.
But just a second before the call was made, the watch suddenly went black and shut down automatically.
Seeing this, Si Zuochen pressed the power button, but he couldn't turn it on no matter what he did.
He couldn't help but mutter a curse under his breath.
Unfortunately, the power went out at that moment!
He looked down at Si Youlin's watch, gently took it off, only to find that the watch face was broken because of the fall, and it couldn't even be turned on.
In that instant, he felt completely lost and helpless. As he felt Si Youlin's body temperature getting lower and lower, he suddenly hated his own powerlessness.
He couldn't even protect his own younger brother...
"Brother, brother..." Si Youlin called out to Si Zuochen in a daze.
Si Zuochen quickly tightened his clothes and replied softly, "I'm here."
Thinking back to when he fell, he was already out of consciousness, and the watch face was broken. I wonder if he had any injuries.
Thinking it over, she quickly lifted up his sleeve and did a quick check. Fortunately, apart from two bruises, there were no other injuries.
"Brother... I'm so cold, am I going to die here?" Si Youlin asked, shivering.
Upon hearing this, Si Zuochen frowned and said sternly, "Don't talk nonsense! I have already notified Uncle Anan, and he will be here soon."
He comforted Si Youlin, but only he knew that even he himself wasn't sure he could say those words.
With no signal and no sign of human habitation, all these coincidences combined meant he couldn't even be sure if Gu Nan had received his distress call.
He reached out and touched Si Youlin's forehead, only to find it burning hot.
The alternation between hot and cold was too much for his body to handle, and he developed a high fever.
Just then, Si Youlin spoke haltingly, "Brother... I really want to eat fried chicken pizza."
"When winter comes, we'll buy roasted sweet potatoes to eat; they're soft and chewy."
"Okay, sure," Si Zuochen replied softly.
Si Youlin closed his eyes and muttered to himself, "Actually, I have a little stash of money that I've been saving up secretly. When we escape from that woman, I'll take all the money with me."
“We won’t leave her a single cent.”
"Um."
"If I had a bomb, I would blow up the school, blow up the Si family's house, and blow up the world."
"oh?"
"I don't want to study, I hate studying..."
"Learning is the only way out."
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