“Young Miss.” Aunt Lin looked at her.
It's unusual for someone to knock on the door at this time, but there's a fire on the mountain right now, and seeing lights on in the house, it's possible it's a villager from town.
But what if the bandits are pretending to be villagers?
Su Ziqing calmed herself down. "Don't open the door yet. How far is the town's police station from here?" No matter who is knocking on the door, she should wait until the town's police station arrives.
“It won’t take more than five minutes if you’re driving,” Aunt Lin replied.
The call connected quickly, and as soon as the other party answered, Su Ziqing spoke first, "Chengjue, it's me."
Gong Chengjue had just gotten off the plane and left the airport when he saw that it was a local landline number in City A. His heart tightened, fearing that it might be bad news.
Upon hearing Su Ziqing's voice, he immediately recognized her, "Ziqing? Where are you now? What are their conditions?"
“I’m at the Su family’s old home right now. You’ve been here before.” She recounted her ordeal to Gong Chengjue again, her hand covering the landline, her palms sweating. “There’s someone knocking on the door right now. I’m not sure if it’s a kidnapper.”
"Don't open the door, I'll be there soon," Gong Chengjue reassured her. "Don't open the door for anyone."
"You'll be there soon?" Su Ziqing was a little surprised to hear this. "You're in City A?" That's not right. When we talked on the phone last night, wasn't he still in the capital?
"Yes, I came here by private jet. I'm taking a helicopter to your place now. Wait for me, it'll be quick." It is indeed very fast to get from downtown A City to the Su family's old residence by helicopter.
"Okay." Su Ziqing felt much more at ease and put down the phone.
There were still people knocking on the door outside.
Aunt Lin looked out the window, then walked back and said to Su Ziqing, "They are villagers from this town."
"Don't drive." For safety's sake, Su Ziqing insisted on her initial decision.
Because she wasn't even sure if the kidnappers were also villagers from the town.
Although the Su residence is located here, Su Ziqing did not grow up here.
Aunt Lin hummed in agreement and went back to Su Ziqing's room to get a clean set of clothes. "Miss, these are the clothes you left here. They're clean. Why don't you change into them?"
Su Ziqing hummed in agreement; she was indeed in a terrible state.
Since being tied up, my heartbeat has not returned to a normal frequency.
She took her clothes to the bathroom to change, and when she saw herself in the mirror, Su Ziqing was still startled, even though she had prepared herself mentally.
This was truly the most embarrassing day of her life so far.
His long hair, soaked with sweat, hung down his face, his clothes were covered in stains, and his arms and legs, exposed outside his clothes, were covered in scratches of varying degrees.
His face was covered in dirt.
She had just changed her clothes and hadn't even had time to comb her hair when she heard police sirens outside.
Only now could she truly breathe a sigh of relief.
A moment later, even louder knocking came from outside.
"Aunt Lin, are you there? Aunt Lin, there's a fire on the mountain! Come out quickly!" someone shouted from outside.
Aunt Lin went to open the door, and the villagers breathed a sigh of relief. "What's wrong? You've been calling for so long and you haven't come out to open the door. Look up at the mountain..."
Aunt Lin thanked the kind villagers, and the police officers bypassed the crowd and went directly into the Su family's house.
"What's going on?" someone asked curiously from the side.
Aunt Lin didn't say anything, but told the kind villagers to disperse first, saying, "There's such a big fire on the mountain, everyone please help put it out."
"How do we put it out? The flames are shooting into the sky. It's the middle of the night, and it's this time of year. I don't know how the fire started."
Indeed, the fire has already burned so brightly that even the Su family residence, located a short distance away, is now illuminated.
"We can only wait for the fire brigade."
"Yeah yeah."
Seeing that everyone was chatting and leaving, Aunt Lin returned to the Su residence.
Inside, Su Ziqing had already changed her clothes and was chatting with the police officers.
These are all town police officers. She has already reported the matter to the police, but the case is being handled by the city police.
The town's police officers treated Su Ziqing with great politeness. The Su family was quite well-known in the town and had done a lot of charity work, especially Old Master Su, whom no one spoke ill of.
"Miss Su, are you going to come with us to town now, or stay here? There's a fire on the mountain, and although it's some distance from here, the air is thick with dust..."
Su Ziqing hadn't considered leaving the Su family. "Thank you, but I'll stay here. It's safer here."
Although she was accompanied by public officials, she couldn't guarantee that she wouldn't run into the kidnappers again on the road.
Moreover, she really couldn't understand how those kidnappers dared to abduct her in the city, in public, and even take a roundabout route to bring her here, only to disappear now.
What exactly is the purpose?
She couldn't understand it, and couldn't comprehend it at all. Was this just playing house?
Is it now possible to kidnap someone so easily?
If they hadn't kidnapped her, she would have suspected they might have kidnapped the wrong person.
"Miss Su?" The police officer called out softly when he saw that she was silent and lost in thought.
Su Ziqing snapped out of her reverie. "Um, I'm sorry, I was thinking about something. If it's alright, could you please stay with me here?"
"Yes, that's how it's arranged from above."
The officer then took out his notebook to take her statement. "Ms. Su, could you tell me what happened tonight? Also, could you describe what the kidnapper looked like?"
Su Ziqing hummed in agreement, then recalled the events of the evening.
Not long after the statements were taken, everyone was analyzing the kidnappers' intentions, and Gong Chengjue's helicopter was almost there.
The buzzing sound was even clearer at night.
However, many people thought they were there to fight wildfires. When there is a fire on the mountain, helicopters are often dispatched to fight the fire.
Su Ziqing couldn't help but stand up.
"Miss Su?"
She looked at the police officer and asked, "If we go up the mountain now, will we be able to find any clues?"
"...That's highly unlikely, the wildfires are too big."
That's right, which means the evidence is gone.
Where did those kidnappers go? What were they doing kidnapping her?
"Ziqing." Gong Chengjue walked in quickly, and upon seeing Su Ziqing, he almost disregarded the number of people present and pulled her into his arms.
Su Ziqing felt like she could hardly breathe from being hugged so tightly, but she didn't make a sound and let her be hugged.
Luo Jinhan negotiated with the staff, who handed him their statements and then expressed their own thoughts, "Does this look like they're tying you up to scare you?"
Moreover, the other party did not cause any substantial injury or harm to Su Ziqing, so even if they were caught, they would only be detained for a period of time at most.
Those who treat going to jail as routinely as going home don't feel anything even after being imprisoned for several years.
"Tie him up to scare him?" Upon hearing this, Luo Jinhan felt something was off.
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