Han Fei made a shushing gesture, and the children immediately shut up, their big eyes full of anticipation.
Han Fei, as they wished, pressed the speakerphone button.
A voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hey! Old man, don't you want your grandson dead?"
"Who are you?"
"I just called you today, have you forgotten? Are you suffering from dementia?!"
"This is a scam call, right? My grandson is perfectly fine and can't possibly be in your hands."
"Old man, you don't believe me? My phone belongs to your grandson!"
“Maybe he lost his phone. I don’t believe my grandson is in your hands based on just one phone call.”
How can you make me believe you?
"Video, let me see him."
Yamashita didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Han Chengda is currently munching on a fried chicken leg he bought on the way. If the other party saw him, they would never believe that Han Chengda had been kidnapped.
"He's being held in another place right now. Wait here, I'll video call you in a bit."
Yamashita hurriedly hung up the phone and snatched the chicken leg from Han Chengda's hand.
Han Chengda bit into empty air. "What are you doing! Shan Xia, the fried noodles at that shop were awful. I finally got a decent fried chicken leg, why are you stealing mine!"
"Cheng Da, you still have the appetite to eat chicken legs? Your grandfather doesn't believe me at all!"
"How could I not believe you? Didn't I believe you this morning?"
"He didn't believe me back then; he completely thought it was a scam call!"
"A scam call? But the phone is mine, and the caller ID on his phone shows my name."
"With today's advanced fraud techniques, not only can caller ID be faked, but even videos can be faked."
"So what do we do now?" Han Chengda sighed. "Even chicken legs don't taste good anymore."
"Idiot, all you think about is food!" Yamashita said coldly, "He wants to video call me and see you."
"Fine, go ahead and hit him, let him see what I'm capable of!"
"No, no one will believe you were kidnapped in the way you are now."
"Uh..." Han Chengda wiped his greasy hands on his clothes: "So what do I need to do?"
Seeing his disheveled and foolish appearance, Yamashita softened his tone and said, "We need to make the act convincing. You've been kidnapped, so naturally you have to be tied up, and you have to look miserable, preferably with some injuries on your face..."
"What? You're going to beat me up too?"
"Don't worry, I know how to hit people. I'll make you look bad, but it won't actually hurt much."
"Do you believe what Shanxia said? You're already injured, how can it not hurt? Just put some makeup on me. My grandfather's eyesight isn't good, and besides, the video call was blurry, he couldn't see clearly either."
"That's fine, but we don't have the materials. Your grandfather is waiting."
"Just grab some dirt from the ground, smear it on your face, and mess up your hair, that'll do it." With that, Han Chengda grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground and rubbed it on his face, messing up his hair as well. He rolled on the ground and asked, "Does this look terrible?"
"Uh... I don't know if it looks terrible, but it's pretty dirty."
"Alright, that's fine, just leave it at that. Do you have any rope? Tie me up."
"Yes, there is a well behind the kindergarten. We can use the well rope."
"A well in a kindergarten? What genius dug that well? Aren't they afraid the children will fall in?"
"I don't know about that. Wait a moment, I'll go get it."
Knowing the way around the mountain, they quickly brought over a rope.
"Why is this rope so dry? Wasn't it supposed to be a well rope?"
"It's lying around unused, not in the well."
"Alright."
“I’m going to tie you up, so put your hands out.”
"You don't need to actually tie it up. Just give me the rope, and I'll pretend to wrap it around my hand and hold it in my palm so it looks like it's tied up."
"That won't do, it doesn't look like it."
"Anyway, my grandfather couldn't see it clearly even through the lens."
“If we’re going to do it all, Cheng Da, I think it would be better if we were really tied together.”
"No, that won't do. My wrist hurts. I had myofascitis flare up a few days ago from playing games. Tying a rope around my wrist will only make it worse."
"But……"
"Shanxia, why are you dawdling? Just pretend like this, it's not like you're really kidnapping anyone. Hurry up and call my grandfather."
Yamashita's eyes turned cold. Just as Han Chengda was about to say something, two people suddenly rushed over from behind, trying to capture him.
Han Chengda instinctively dodged, hiding behind someone at the foot of the mountain: "Down the mountain, there are people here! Who are these people? They're dressed so strangely!"
"They're even wearing wall plaster and have green grass on their heads, are they trying to be funny?"
"Down the mountain, what are you daydreaming about?"
Han Chengda nudged Yamashita, who slowly turned around with a gloomy expression: "They are my men."
"Did you hire him to act in our play?"
"Hehe, who said this is acting? We really are going to kidnap you."
Han Chengda looked at him incredulously: "Shan Xia, are you out of your mind? You're willing to give up 20 billion M gold for a mere 20 million?"
"Heh, Cheng Da, it's not that I've lost my mind, it's that you're incredibly stupid!"
"I want 20 million."
"I want 20 billion US dollars too!"
Han Chengda retreated repeatedly, looking hurt: "You want to kidnap me to get 20 million from my grandfather, and you also want to use me to capture my grandfather and get 20 billion US dollars? Shan Xia, I treat you as a good brother, but you treat me as a cash cow? You have disappointed me too much."
"Who said I'm your buddy, you idiot!"
"Arrest them! What are you all standing there for?!"
At the foot of the mountain, a command was given, and tree bark fell off, revealing a ninja; wall plaster fell off, revealing another ninja; a ninja jumped down from the roof; and several more ninjas leaped out from the weeds.
Han Chengda was surrounded by ninjas.
Han Chengda looked down the mountain in pain and despair: "Do you think my grandfather would really come? He has seven grandchildren, and I'm the most disobedient one. There's no way he would risk his life for me."
“He cares about you a lot and will definitely come for you. Originally, I wanted to play the game of good brothers and good friends with you and use you to trick your grandfather out. I didn’t expect you to deliver yourself to play the kidnapping act. It opened my eyes. Your grandfather cares about you and will naturally take risks for you.”
"You're wrong, Shanxia."
"Whether it's right or wrong, you'll know once you try. I advise you to be obedient and not resist."
Han Chengda proactively extended his hand: "Okay, tie me up, I won't resist."
Han Chengda was tied up and thrown in a corner. Shan Xia made a video call to Han Fei: "Look, this is your good grandson. Look at his miserable state."
"Very good." Han Fei's voice, which sounded like a half-smile, came from the other end of the phone: "Has high technology advanced to this extent now? It's quite impressive."
"Old man! This is your grandson, this isn't a scam call!"
"Anyway, I don't believe it. Let him talk to me, and I'll hear if his voice is right."
Yamashita grabbed Han Chengda by the hair and made him face the camera: "Speak, have a good talk with your grandfather!"
Han Chengda smiled wryly at the camera: "Old man, I believe you. The outside world is dangerous. They are all wolves in sheep's clothing."
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