CHAPTER IX
I don't know how long it took, but Hua Ting struggled to open her eyes, her head still hurting, and she remembered that she seemed to have been stunned by something like a stick just now, and then she didn't know anything.
Now was not the time to think about this, she was shocked to find that her hands were tied behind her back, and her wrists and ankles were tightly tied with hemp rope to a worn wooden chair, making her unable to move. Surrounded by cracked concrete walls and a water-stained ceiling dripping with water, it looked like a dilapidated basement, damp and cold, dim, except for the faint glow of a small lamp on a wooden table not far away.
Who did she recruit and provoke whom? Can you eat here for a single meal? Could it be the same party of the group of men in black in the theater just now?
It's impossible, they are Bai Qihong's people, they won't be stupid enough to tie up his daughter, right......
Hua Ting twisted her body a few times, and found that the rope was too tightly tied to break free, and her stomach began to hurt.
The door squeaked open, and a man who seemed to be one meter and eight heads was smoking a cigarette, and was slowly walking towards her, the figure formed a dark and obscene silhouette in the dim light, he shook the cigarette ash a few times, and approached Hua Ting.
The eyes are small and the nose is big, there is a black mole in the middle of the person, the lower lip is turned outward and there are buckteeth with Yan zhòng, and the appearance makes people feel disgusting, and Hua Ting is sure that he has not seen him.
So they have no grudges, why did he tie her up?
"I guess you're tying up the wrong person, right?" Hua Ting spoke first.
Unexpectedly, the man in front of him laughed, his eyes flashed with a beast-like elite light, and his protruding teeth were exposed to the air without any image, "How could the eldest lady of the Bai family be mistaken?" When we are blind? ”
It seemed that it was indeed for her, and Hua Ting tried to recall, "Have I ever formed a bond with you?" ”
"Why is it Liangzi?" He leaned in and spat the smoke in her face, "That's a deep hatred!" ”
Hua Ting only felt a wave of nausea in her throat, and tried to avoid her face.
"We finally seized this opportunity," he straightened up and looked at her condescendingly, "how could Miss Bai sit on the side of the road and eat such a thing?" ”
It's hilarious who has time to talk to him, "We haven't met, have we?" I think you're really catching the wrong person. ”
"I've seen it! How haven't I seen it! The smiling man leaned sideways so that she could see the figure that appeared in the doorway at some point, "I think you must remember him, right?" ”
The figure at the door gradually approached her, her face blurred, her body was thin, she was short, more than a head shorter than the man in front of her, especially the legs that were as thin as two bamboo poles were covered with black hair, which made her throat feel nauseous. When the man approached, his facial features gradually became clearer, and Hua Ting was surprised to find that she really knew him, she remembered him, he was the little brother in the casino that day!
The difference is that the right hand of the little brother is wrapped in a layer of heavy cotton cloth, which can be known by the shape of the guò cotton cloth......
Hua swallowed.
The rules of the rivers and lakes that Bai Qihong said that day were really guessed by her?
So, he's seeking revenge?
Shouldn't I chop off one of her hands too? Thinking of this, no matter how bold Ren Hua is, she will inevitably feel a chill down her spine, and even a little creepy.
"Miss Bai, you really hurt me!" There was a hideous smile on the face of the little brother who shook the cup, he took the cigarette that was only half left from the big man's hand, and was just about to put it in his mouth, when he suddenly thought of something, and walked up to Hua Ting, "You hurt a few of us in Shanghai, and we have no money to run away, what do you think I should do?" ”
The flame on the cigarette butt flickered and flickered, and at a distance of less than two centimeters in front of her eyes, she tilted her head slightly, frowned, and said, "What do you want?" ”
"I can't sleep well when I don't breathe!" The little brother gritted his teeth and said this, and snuffed out the cigarette butt fiercely on Hua Ting's knee.
Fortunately, she changed her pants today, and the thick cotton fabric relieved her pain a little, but the scorching heat transmitted by the firelight still made her frown, and she couldn't help but hum softly: "What do you want?" ”
"It's simple, give me a sum of money."
"I don't have any money."
The little brother laughed slyly, "Of course I know you don't have any money, but your father does." ”
Oh, this time Hua Ting's heart suddenly became clear, it turned out that the other party had such an idea, kidnapping the daughter of a rich family, and then using it to extort a huge amount of money, which is a common method.
"You can get money from him, I don't mind."
After hearing this, the little brother shook the cup and gave the big man a look.
He walked over to the broken wooden table, picked up an old-fashioned telephone by the lamp, opened the drawer with his hand, took out a sharp straight-handled knife, and walked in front of Hua Ting.
"Of course, I need your cooperation." He put the phone on the ground, handed the receiver to the little brother in the shaker, and held the snowy knife against Hua Ting's throat.
As long as she didn't chop off her hands or other parts of her body, she was not very afraid, and said: "You are really bold, aren't you afraid that Bai Qihong will kill you afterwards?" ”
The knife was closer to her skin, sharp and cold, and she could imagine that if he moved his hand slightly, the skin on her neck would immediately burst open, and blood would drip.
The little brother squatted down and skillfully dialed the Bai family's number with his left hand holding the earpiece.
The phone was quickly connected, it may be that the sound insulation of the earpiece in this era is relatively poor, she can clearly hear the voice of Mrs. Bai on the other end of the phone, she just "fed", and the little brother who shook the cup threw out a sentence bluntly: Your daughter is in my hands!
When Mrs. Bai heard this, she immediately panicked and hurriedly called Bai Qihong.
"Hey." It's his usual composure.
"Mr. Bai," the little brother pulled the messy phone line on the ground and stood up, "Presumably at this point, you are looking for your baby daughter to go crazy, right?" ”
"No need to talk nonsense, just say, what do you want?" Bai Qihong is really simple.
"Mr. Bai is refreshing," there was a smile on the corner of the little brother's mouth that couldn't be hidden, "Don't worry, I'm just asking for money, and I don't want to kill people, so please ask Mr. Bai to prepare two hundred gold bars in half a day and send them over in person......."
"Wait," Bai Qihong interrupted, "how can I trust that my daughter is in your hands?" ”
The little brother put the earpiece to Huating's ear and motioned for her to speak.
Anyway, it was his Bai Qihong's money, what did it matter to her, thinking of this, Hua Ting fed the earpiece.
Unexpectedly, the voice in the earpiece was replaced by Jian Yi.
"Listen to flowers, it's me!"
What is he doing again?
Before she could speak, Jian Yi suddenly said, "Whereareyou?" ”
Hua Ting was about to cry and laugh, but immediately thought of the intention of this sentence in English, she glanced at the little brother who shook the cup vigilantly, he was staring at her condescendingly, but from his expression, it seemed that he did not understand the meaning of the sentence just now.
Hua didn't listen to English well, and she only scored 70 points out of 120 points in the college entrance examination, which seems to be about to use what she has learned all her life.
"Hewasthemaninthelastcasino, Ithinkiaminadarkbasement......" (He's the guy from the last casino, I think I should be in a dark basement...... )
“cao! What's the trick? The big man's right hand holding the knife exerted a few forces, and Hua Ting's neck was cut through a layer of skin, and blood flowed straight out.
"Damn!" She screamed softly, and it hurt a little.
"Hey! How's the flower listening to you!? Jian Yi's panicked shout came from the earpiece.
The little brother who shook the cup followed and kicked her in the stomach, and said angrily: "I advise you to play less tricks with Lao Tzu, let alone the idea of patrolling the house, I will give you a day, if you can't get two hundred gold bars, I will chop off one of her hands, and you can do it yourself." ”
The kick made her almost out of breath.
"Huh! If you have something to say, it's good to say! I see what you mean! Jane also seemed more worried than her father, Bai Qihong.
"I sue you, there are my people in the patrol room, you dare to report the case, I will chop off a few fingers of her first!"
As soon as the voice on the phone calmed down, it was Bai Qihong, "Say, where is the delivery?" ”
"I'll call you again tomorrow." The little brother hung up the phone.
Hua Ting's neck was still bleeding, and the collar of her shirt was dyed red.
"What did you just say?" He kicked the phone aside.
The knife was still on Hua Ting's neck, she eased her breath a little, and said, "I don't know what kind of place this is, what can I say?" I just told him that I was scared and asked him to come and save me. ”
"Don't play tricks on me!" The little brother looked at her in disbelief.
"I really don't know where this is, big brother!" Hua Ting pretended to look around, but she didn't have any clues other than knowing that this was a basement.
"You really can do it, you know how to use foreign language to ventilate the news, I'm good at it, right?" The little brother snatched the knife from the big man's hand and gently scratched her cheek twice, "It's up to you whether you want to keep this face or not." ”
The knife face coldly and cruelly reminded her that if he didn't find a decent reason, he was afraid that he would be able to do anything.
"Uh...... Actually......"
The tip of the knife pointed sharply at the lower right of her eye.
If there is a scar here...... The flower didn't dare to think about it.
"Actually...... I just told him to go to the patrol house to report the crime......"
Shake the cup, the little brother is tight!
Hua Ting's face was hurriedly avoided.
"Later, you said that there were your people in the patrol room, and they would never dare to act rashly!"
Speaking of which, the facial nerves of the little brother who shook the cup relaxed slightly.
"They're smart people, there's no way they're going to really report it!? Unless I don't want these hands anymore! Speaking of this, Hua Ting secretly glanced at his right hand, which was wrapped in heavy cotton, and was afraid.
As if he felt that what she said made some sense, the little brother who shook the cup hesitated for a moment and put the knife back, "I don't expect you to dare!" Saying that, he still stared at her for a long time with a half-believing attitude, and paced slowly around her chair, in fact, everything that should be said was said, and everything that should be threatened was threatened, what else did he have to fear?
Finally, he threw down the sentence "Bandage her casually" and threw the door away.
At present, it seems that she does not have to worry about the safety of her life, the other party's intention to seek wealth is obvious, without her powerful bargaining chip, how can he get his hundred gold bars?
However, usually the kidnapped person will not end well as long as he sees the face of the prisoner, and there are countless examples of tearing up the ticket after getting the goods, and at the moment she is only temporarily safe, I only hope that the clues I give can help Jian Yi.
By the way, and Chen Shu!
I wonder what the man named Chen Shu will do when he comes back and finds that she is gone?
Probably thought she was impatient to wait and left first, right?
Although their small table is a little bit outside, someone should always notice such a big movement, right?
I don't know how much time has passed, Hua Ting can't tell the difference between day and night, she only feels that every second is like a century, her hands and feet are numb and unconscious, only when she wants to go to the toilet, the big guy will take out an enamel spittoon and put it in the center of the room, and then relax the hemp rope on her hands and feet slightly, asking her to find a way to squat down and pee in front of him.
When she saw the worn-out spittoon, she lost the urge to urinate, so she thought about it or forget it.
I don't know how long it took, but the big guy also left, and Yuhua listened to a person in the basement.
She thought of countless ways to escape, but the whole person was tied to this broken wooden chair, and she couldn't move at all, let alone want to move, and it was difficult to even stand up.
She tried to shout a few times, but it was quiet, not like a place with neighbors, then it was undoubtedly a basement that did not see the light of day.
Just sit back and wait for Bai Qihong to prepare a hundred gold bars? But she is not stupid, she knows that no matter whether Bai Qihong delivers the goods or not, she will not get out of here alive.
Hua Ting moved the pair of feet that had been tied unconscious, and the soles of the shoes rubbed against the damp concrete floor with a small cracking sound, and she suddenly realized that the wooden chair was not as heavy as she thought, and as long as she used more strength, she could move the position.
So she took a deep breath and leaned forward first, this action was easier said than done, it took her a lot of strength, it was equivalent to a chair being carried on her whole body, the weight was not light, and when she squatted successfully, she was already out of breath and almost couldn't slow down.
After squatting and standing for more than two minutes, Hua Ting took a deep breath again, and jumped forward, this jump almost used up all her strength, and the leg nerves that had just been activated had not fully reacted, and she was trembling and numb and almost fell, but fortunately, she had a good sense of balance since she was a child, and she stabilized her body in time, but the toe of her shoes just brushed the old-fashioned telephone on the ground, although the impact was not large, but the light body was tilted, and the earpiece slipped down, just lying horizontally in front of her toes 5 cm.
Phone!?
Flower listens to the inspiration!
Why did you forget that you can still use the phone in front of you to call for help!
But how can I make a phone call?
If you have no hands or feet, do you have to rely on your mind?
That's right! She remembered that on the broken wooden table, in addition to a lamp, there was a box of leftover fried food and two pairs of chopsticks......
Fortunately, this basement is not very big, as long as she is given another seven or eight minutes, she can jump from here to the wooden table step by step, pick up a chopstick and jump back.
In order to buy time for himself, Hua Ting gritted his teeth and sped up.
With every step she takes, she feels like she is about to collapse, but survival ** strongly supports her and does not allow her to fall! She still has to go back to see her white father, Ding Yaoyi, and go to college!
Five minutes later, she returned to the telephone with the tail of a chopstick in her mouth.
couldn't reach it, and tried to squat down again, but suddenly thought that she didn't know the number of the Bai Mansion at all, and she didn't know the police number of this era, so who was she going to call?
Forget it, it's not the time to think about these now, you can dial one by one, she poked it indiscriminately on the number button with chopsticks in her mouth, her brain was congested and her face was red, she couldn't hold on anymore, her legs were weak, and the whole person fell to the ground with the chair.
A man's "Hey" came from the receiver of the phone.
Hua was stunned for a moment, almost bursting into tears.
"Hello?" This time the voice was slightly questioning, and a little impatient.
"Hey! Listen! Hua Ting was so excited that even her voice became sharp, "I don't care who you are, anyway, I was kidnapped!" You have to trust me! Trust me! You're the only one who can save me now! ”
For her excitement, the other end of the phone could not respond for a long time.
"Hey! Did you hear that!? ”
The male voice on the phone actually laughed, "Miss, are you kidding?" Do you know what time it is? ”
"What time is it?"
"I'm not going to play with you anymore, I'm going to sleep." He said and yawned to her.
"Don't sleep! Do you know who I am? I am Bai Qihong's daughter! If you save me, I guarantee you a good gratuity! ”
There was silence on the other end of the line for a moment.
"Bai Qihong's daughter?"
"That's right."
His tone seemed to waver. "It seems kind of funny to say that."
"You just believe me! I don't know where I am now, in short, it's like a basement-like place, I was knocked unconscious in a snack street near the ancient family ancestral hall on Xiangyang South Road," Hua Ting tried to recall, she knew she had to describe it more specifically, "It's a snack stall for pork rib rice cakes, I heard a friend say that this pork rib rice cake is famous in the whole snack street, you can just ask around, anyway, I was knocked unconscious there, I think the place where they locked me up should not be far from there." ”
The other end of the line smiled softly.
“cao! Lao Tzu didn't lie to you, please be serious! She heard footsteps in the doorway, from far to near.
"Mark what I say! You're good to go! Someone is coming, if they are discovered, I don't know how Lao Tzu died! At the end, he added, "I don't care what method you use, whether it's looking for my father Bai Qihong, or looking for the patrol room...... Oh no, you don't have to look for the patrol room! Anyway, I've said everything I should have said, and it's up to you to save you or not. ”
After hearing this, Hana heard the sound of the key entering the lock hole.
Then, with a "squeak", the door opened.