The house was too big for its limited popularity, and it smelled of death.

It was a dead breath that sunlight, flowers, and lights could not dispel.

He stood in the hallway, staggering.

It stands to reason that this should be his home, but every time he stepped on this spotless entrance, facing the sunlight that filled the room through the floor-to-ceiling windows, he was terrified.

At this time, faint music came from upstairs, and the melodious female voice was chanting the chorus repeatedly, and he was in a trance for a moment, as if he vaguely knew what was going to happen, and slowly walked inside.

The touch of sunlight falling on him became strange, cold, damp and cool, not like sunlight, but like the wind in a rainstorm, blowing through his bare/exposed forearms outside his summer school uniform, with a fine layer of goosebumps on them.

He walked up to the second floor, the sound of the music became clearer and clearer, the familiar melody stuck in his chest like a fish in his throat, he had a little difficulty breathing, and suddenly stopped, trying to escape.

However, when he suddenly turned around, he realized that everything behind him had melted into the darkness, everything seemed to be predetermined and arranged, and there was only one path and one destination in front of him.

The pervasive darkness flanked him from all sides, forcing him to retreat up the narrow staircase, forcing him to push open the door—

There was a loud "boom", he felt something explode in his ears, and then he looked down and saw the woman lying on the ground.

Her neck was tilted unnaturally to one side, her body was already a stiff iron blue, but her eyes were open—as if her body was dead, but her soul was alive.

The woman stared at him straight, leaving two lines of bloody tears in the corners of her eyes, and asked coldly, "Why didn't you save me?" ”

His breathing suddenly tightened, and he retreated.

The woman staggered to her feet and held out a hand that had already grown corpse spots at him: "You can feel everything, why are you avoiding me?" Why don't you save me? ”

The hand was entangled in the enveloping darkness, which seemed to have life, and it devoured her mercilessly, and she kept screaming and questioning, trying to reach for him, but she was constantly being pulled into the darkness.

He subconsciously grabbed the cold, corpse-strewn hand, and listened to the whistling screams, feeling like he was falling uncontrollably. Suddenly, something grabbed him behind him, his back against a hard, warm body, and a pair of hands wrapped around him, moving upwards, covering his eyes.

He smelled a faint smell of smoke on his bony hand, and then, a light exploded between his fingers.

Fei Du woke up violently.

He was sitting in his study, flipping through a somewhat boring project book, and saw that he was half asleep.

It was afternoon at this time, and a cool breeze with moisture poured in from the window, and the wind and clouds were surging outside the window, and a heavy rain was brewing, and the roaring sounds and sudden bright lights in the dream turned out to be lightning and thunder, and the mobile phone rang non-stop, and it showed that there were three missed calls—no wonder he heard the music in his dreams.

Fei Du took a deep breath and picked up his phone as he stood up to close the window: "Hey? ”

Zhang Donglai's voice squeaked into his ears and screamed: "It's broad daylight, Fei Ye, you can't get up and down in any beauty, I called you several times, but you didn't answer!" ”

"The thunder was too big to hear." Fei Du's head was still a little heavy, and he rubbed his eyebrows, "What are you doing?" ”

Zhang Donglai: "The wind and rain are heavy, the sun is big, baby, come out and make waves!" ”

Fei Du walked to the window, feeling that the moisture in the air was almost about to erupt, and the plants by the window lowered their heads slightly: "This is breaking the sky, where are the waves going?" ”

Zhang Dong said: "There is a new off-road racing track in the Xiling Ecological Zone, which is so awesome that they have opened up a 'death track', which is only opened when the weather is bad, and the more stormy it is, the more exciting it is - how do you say that?" Petrel, let the storm come harder! ”

After hearing this, Fei Du only felt that the mud ideas splashed into his ears with these words, and he looked indifferent: "To die?" ”

"Listen to what you say, how twilight and dreary, not at all the liveliness of contemporary youth. In this life, if you have eaten and seen, what else can you do? Isn't that all that's left to play to the death? Zhang Donglai said with words, "If you don't like to drive, you won't drive, just come and show your face, I tell you that they have a club in this parking lot, and they have pulled a small art troupe over, there are all kinds of temperament beauties in it, there are black long straight beauties, and there are little Wenqing who plays the piano, and those snake faces are not of the same grade, which is completely in line with your taste, the opportunity is rare, you hurry up, don't be infatuated with old men at home - don't everyone find a partner?" ”

"You're quite well-informed," Fei Du sneered, he was a president who grew up in a greenhouse, and he didn't want to be a lively little fool X, playing to the death in the heavy rain, he was going to refuse, but the words of refusal had already come to his lips, "I won't ......"

At this time, Fei Du leaned against the window, and suddenly saw his dimly lit study, and somehow remembered the upside-down dream of Fang Cai...... And the tobacco-scented hands.

It has been more than a month since the meal in Tao Ran's house, and Fei Du, who had been harassing Officer Tao at the two ends in the previous three days, didn't even make a phone call, first, because he knew that Tao Ran had someone he liked, and it was inconvenient to disturb him too much, and secondly, every time he saw the unlucky game console, he felt wrong.

Today is even more terrible, and I am riddled with nightmares.

"Okay," Fei Du changed his words temporarily, "you send me the address." ”

At the end of July, the rainy season in Yancheng is also coming to an end, but the continuous rain has not only died down, but has become more and more frustrating.

Luo Wenzhou went and returned two hours after work, he threw the car at the entrance of the city bureau, did not take an umbrella, directly put the hooded clothes on his head, and rushed into the building in the rain.

"Team Luo, the conference room on the second floor, hurry up!"

Luo Wenzhou shook his coat, revealing three blood marks on the back of his hand, ran up to the second floor in three steps and two steps, and gasped for a breath stuck in his chest: "What is the situation?" ”

"I don't know, I just arrived," Tao Ran rolled up the umbrella randomly, "What's wrong with your hand?" ”

Luo Wenzhou angrily scratched the wound on the back of his hand that had stopped bleeding: "The light bulb in our house is deflated, and I am changing the black light, and the old man suddenly called to urge me, urging me to step on the tail of the ancestor carelessly-Lu Bureau!" ”

Speaking of the old man, the old man will arrive immediately.

Lu Youliang quickly waved at the two of them, and a gust of wind blew towards the conference room, and Luo Wenzhou and Tao Ran hurriedly followed.

"Today is the last day of the summer camp for enrollment in the city's 16th middle school, the school organized these students to participate in the summer camp to visit the memorial hall of the ancient ape site in Xiling, rented a bus, in addition to the driver, there is a leading teacher and eighteen primary school students who have entered the graduating class, around five o'clock in the afternoon, the end of the visit, they set off to go back, originally scheduled to go to school at seven o'clock, but now even the car is again, together lost contact."

In the middle of the night, the third watch alarmed the criminal investigation team of the city bureau, and I knew that it was definitely not a car accident. Luo Wenzhou and Tao Ran glanced at each other, no one interjected, Lu Ju raised his hand and pushed open the door of the conference room, the people in the conference room were about to stand up, Lu Youliang raised his hand and pressed down: "Leave me alone, keep talking!" ”

The slide lantern in the conference room changed in response, and a huge reality map was laid out on it.

"The license plate number of the missing minibus is Yan nlxxxx, from Hengtong Leasing Company, the driver Han Jiang, male, 41 years old, driving experience of 15 years, the leading teacher Hu Lingling, female, 32 years old, is a teacher of 16 middle schools, a native of Yancheng. At about 6 o'clock, several parents of students learned that due to sudden extreme weather, some sections of the national highway were temporarily closed, and they had called the teacher to confirm that the news was that it had been detoured, but the road conditions were not very good, and it was expected to arrive at the school one to two hours later than planned. ”

At around 7:40, the parents called again to find out where they were, but the phone of the leading teacher, Hu Lingling, showed that it had been turned off. At this time, the parents did not realize that there was a problem, and then called the child's phone again, and after connecting it, he heard the child's crying, screaming and the sound of the man yelling and scolding, and before he could ask what was wrong, four seconds later, the phone was hung up. ”

The parents immediately called the police, and several children in the car had mobile phones with child locators, but the tracking results showed that they were scattered at the foot of a mountain, and it was speculated that they may have been ordered to be thrown away. But another child was wearing sneakers with GPS chips on them, indicating that their position had now deviated from the established route and was still on the road in the mountainous area of southern Xiling County. ”

"Was the kidnapper in the car or did he meet the robbers on the way?" Luo Wenzhou asked, "Have you taken the initiative to contact the outside world and what requirements do you make?" ”

"Not yet."

"Luo Wenzhou," the Lu Bureau raised his head, "This matter involves several districts and counties in our city, and various departments and special police teams need to cooperate closely, and you will make overall arrangements and report directly to me, can you do it?" ”

Luo Wenzhou was stunned for a moment, and for a while, he could obviously feel several eyes falling on him, fortunately, his psychological quality was excellent, his face did not move at all, and he nodded casually: "Yes." ”

"One qiē is subject to the personal safety of the children, speed!"

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and there is no intention of abating.

The girl sat next to the leading teacher, and the floral skirt on her body had been wet with the rain drifting in from the car window, but she didn't dare to close the car window.

She heard Teacher Hu's pleading: "Big brother, what do you want?" You can take the things and money in the car casually, and we will definitely not talk much, and we will definitely not sue others...... I have some contact information for some parents here, so if you have any difficulties, I can contact them immediately......"

"Shut up." The man sitting next to the driver interrupted her voice coldly, and the knife in his hand flashed, "What do I tell you to do, where is so much nonsense!" Keep going! ”

The young female teacher looked up pleadingly, looked in the rearview mirror, and glanced at the driver of the bus, hoping that the middle-aged man with the steering wheel in his hand would come up with something.

But the driver only gave her a frightened look, and then dodged away from her gaze, and obeyed the gangsters' words.

After the minibus full of students was rerouted, it came across a car that broke down on the side of the road on a muddy path.

That section of the road was very narrow, and the other party was so used as a whole gear, the minibus was a little unpassable, and the driver and teacher had to get out of the car to negotiate with the owner. The owner of the car is a young man, the image is a bit wolf, but he is very good at talking, the three adults worked together to move the broken down car to the side a little, and finally vacated the road, Mr. Hu did not have time to straighten up his waist, he was hit by a steel knife against the waist.

The windshield wipers made an overload-like "squeak" sound, and the bus completely drove into the Xiling Mountains, and there was no one near and far, and a thunderbolt struck down, illuminating the gangster's miserable face.

"Drive to the open space in front of you," he said, "and pull up." ”

The minibus obediently stopped at the designated position, and as soon as the engine was turned off, it became quieter and quieter, and the atmosphere became more and more terrifying.

The female teacher's heart had already risen to her throat, she heard the girls around her sobbing uncontrollably, and hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand, desperately shaking her head at the children around her, telling them to keep quiet and not to anger the gangsters, and at the same time secretly took a few deep breaths, she tried to suppress her panic and fear, and quietly put her hand into the bag.

"You," the gangster carried a machete to the driver's neck, stretched out his hand and pointed at Hu Lingling, the female teacher's hand froze in the bag, and the gangster's cold gaze was nailed to her, "Don't hide behind and make small moves, come to the front." ”

In a moment, Hu Lingling touched what she was looking for, she withdrew her hand, quietly stuffed the thing into the hand of the student in her arms, and touched the girl's hair.

The girl's eyes widened, and the teacher did not speak, but only signaled the direction outside the window with his eyes, and then slowly stood up, showed his hands, and walked forward according to the gangster's request.

The girl in the floral dress squeezed the self-defense alarm that the teacher had stuffed into her hand tightly and carried it behind her back.

Less than three kilometers away from here, the crazy gentlemen returned indoors, at first they said they were going to play with off-road vehicles, but they didn't like to drive halfway, so they changed to off-road locomotives, and ran around with a roar, pouring a cold heart.

Fei Du unbuttoned his collar, threw his helmet aside, took a towel, and raised his hand to pull his wet hair back to his head, and had to admit that the entertainment of death was indeed very relieving.

"Mr. Fei won't leave today, right?" The beautiful girl who handed him the towel looked at him with her chin in her hands, and the perfume smell of "Cheetah" mixed with the damp smell came to her face, strong and cold, which hit it off with the blood boiling after the car on a rainy day, and matched with the girl's elegant temperament, it was simply a contrast and temptation tailored to his taste.

Zhang Donglai smiled like a dog next to him, and Fei Du knew with his toes who arranged it.

In fact, it doesn't hurt to stay overnight, but Fei Du glanced at the girl, inexplicably unable to arouse interest, and always felt that the wild nature of the cheetah was a little less meaningful, as if he was a person who wanted to eat hellish millet spicy, and someone served him a plate of steak sprinkled with a little black pepper.

He was a little itchy in his heart, and wanted some kind of stronger taste, but he didn't and didn't plan to make do, so he smiled politely at the girl: "No, there is something going on in the company tomorrow morning, I have to rush over early, and I will go back to the city in a while." ”

The girl was a little disappointed: "It's hard to come here, it's so dark, and the road is not easy to walk, it's not safe to go back now." ”

"Isn't it safer than riding an off-road motorcycle in the mud on a rainy day? Actually, I didn't plan to come today, but I had a hunch that I would regret not coming for the rest of my life. Fei Du looked down at the girl, and said sweetly as if he didn't want money, "After seeing you, I knew that my hunch was really accurate, it was worth the trip, even if I went under the knife today, it was worth it." ”

The girl blushed at the sight of him, and was stunned to answer.

Fei Du picked up a bowl of ginger soup and was about to leave after pouring it, when the club owner walked out: "Fei Ye, if you want to leave, wait for a while, I just heard that the road is closed here, and a madman kidnapped a car of elementary school students for an outing nearby. ”

Fei Du was stunned.

The madman who kidnapped the elementary school students stood at the door of the only bus in the bus, holding a knife in each hand, and fearlessly aimed at the only two adults in the bus, and threw an old-fashioned non-smartphone to Mr. Hu: "Now I want you to call them." ”

Teacher Hu glanced at the girl in the floral dress, then looked back at the driver who was cowering cowardly to the side, slowly took the mobile phone and the paper student list, and dialed a parent's number: "Hey...... I...... I am Hu Lingling, the teacher who led the team, and our car was ...... by a robber on the way Yes! ”

The gangster poked the tip of the knife in the back of her neck, and the sharp stinging pain mixed with cold sweat tugged at the female teacher's nerves.

"Don't say superfluous words, sue them, say I want money, they raise funds, no matter what, do your best to get together five million, send it to my designated place before dawn, I'll call them again when I'm ready to tell them where to send the money, if they are willing to call the police, I don't care, anyway, these cubs are in my hands, I will do it when I see a police car, I will pick a cub and slaughter it when I see a police car, I can't run, I will blow up this car, let you taste what it tastes like!"

The phone was cut off with a "click", and Luo Wenzhou raised his head.

"Boss, it can probably be located, and the GPS information in the child's shoes is basically consistent, how can we get there?"

Luo Wenzhou pondered for a moment: "How is the personal situation of the driver and the teacher?" ”

Lang Qiao was stunned: "It's not that it's the robber I met halfway......"

Luo Wenzhou: "How did the robber who went on the road alone know that the car was full of children?" Even if he knew, even if he had a weapon in his hand, how could he have the confidence to deal with two adults alone? ”

Lang Qiao was shocked, and at this moment, Tao Ran's phone call came in: "Team Luo, we are in the residence of the driver Han Jiang, he sold a lot of furniture, and according to the people around him, he may have been addicted to gambling." ”

Luo Wenzhou frowned.

Hu Lingling's heart was beating extremely fast, and the kidnapper was dancing in front of her, the blade in his hand flying up and down in front of his eyes.

"It can't go on like this." She thought, and her eyes met the girl in the floral dress again, and the girl seemed to understand her eyes, and her small body curled up by the car window, and suddenly threw the alarm in her hand out.

The sharp siren exploded next to the bus, and the knife-wielding gangster was stunned on the spot, and at this moment, Hu Lingling jumped up and pounced on him, and the two of them rolled out of the half-open car door together, she ignored the stinging pain of the cold blade cutting through the body, and shouted loudly to the driver: "Drive!" Hurry up! ”