Chapter 22: Shock
"Sister Shi, could it be the kidnapper's call?" Guo Xiaoyang thought of this first.
"You've watched too many TV series, right? What kidnappers? Lu Zhigang won't tie up Liu Xuchen! Although Yashi said this, she didn't support it in her heart.
With a hint of apprehension, she picked up the phone. Guo Xiaoyang stared straight at his phone, as if he could see the person over there through the screen.
"Hey, is it Liu Xuchen's house?" A male voice came, revealing a bit of casualness and laziness.
Esther breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that this was not the tone that a kidnapper should have.
But in the next second, the man's words overturned his judgment.
After Yashi imitated the adult's voice "oh" and set the phone to external mode, the man was heard to continue: "Your son is in my hands, do you know what to do?" β
Yashi and Guo Xiaoyang looked at each other, they were both taken aback, and they didn't know whether to continue talking for a while.
It was about Liu Xuchen's safety, and they didn't dare to answer anything easily. After thinking about it, Yashi had an idea, she took her mobile phone from the sofa table, dialed Xu Haobo's number, and then whispered to him about the current situation.
Xu Haobo hurriedly asked Yashi to set her mobile phone receiver to be outside, and he wanted to talk to the kidnappers. EstΓ©e did as requested.
Hearing that there was no movement from Yashi's side, the man was already anxious, shouting that if he didn't reply again, he would do something to Liu Xuchen.
Yashi put the two phones together and let them talk in this way, as if Xu Haobo was by her side now.
When Xu Haobo was talking to the kidnapper, Yashi turned his head to look at Guo Xiaoyang, he was stunned, looking ahead in a daze, and his eyes didn't blink. Yashi patted him lightly on the back and comforted, "It's okay, Uncle Xu is here." β
Guo Xiaoyang came to his senses slightly, slowly looked at Yashi, and squeezed out a trace of an unnatural smile.
Faced with this situation, Yashi was not nervous, but she was the daughter of the captain of the criminal police, and subconsciously she felt that he should be as brave as her father.
"You said that Liu Xuchen was there with you, how can you prove it?" Xu Haobo's voice on the other end of the phone was very high and majestic.
"Who are you? You're not Liu Xuchen's father, are you? I'm not talking to you, I'm going to talk to his dad! The man seemed to sense that something was wrong.
"Liu Xuchen's father is next to me, and I am his second uncle!" Xu Haobo was afraid that the other party would know that the police intervention would threaten Liu Xuchen's safety, so he concealed his identity.
"Second Uncle Liu Xuchen is okay, tell your brother, his son is here with me, if you want his son to go back, prepare 500,000 for me!" The man continued.
Listening to the man, Esther didn't feel like a local, and he clearly had a regional accent. However, he could not think of any place where anyone spoke like this.
"Five hundred thousand? That's a lot! But we'll be ready right away, but you'll have to keep Xuchen safe. If Xuchen is injured a little, we won't give a penny! Xu Haobo pretended to agree to his request, but he did not show weakness in his momentum.
The man was silent for a moment, then replied, "Okay, I'll give you three days, during which time you will let your son eat and drink." β
"Having said all this, you haven't proved to me that Xuchen is with you." Xu Haobo insisted.
"Okay, you wait, I'll let him talk to you."
After a rustling of walking, Liu Xuchen's mournful voice appeared on the phone: "Dad, Mom, save me!" β
"Xu Chen, have you done anything, has he hurt you!" Guo Lijuan, who had been suppressed by Xu Haobo and didn't talk, couldn't help crying and asked.
"I'm fine, Mom, he said you and Dad gave me money and let me go." Liu Xuchen was obviously stupid.
"Well, you hear, your son is in my hands. Hurry up and prepare the money! β
After speaking, there was a beeping sound from Liu Xuchen's mobile phone at home, and the man hung up.
Yashi hurriedly picked up her mobile phone and said to Xu Haobo: "Uncle Xu, Liu Xuchen will be fine, right?" β
She doesn't worry about money, she only cares about the safety of her friends.
"It should be fine for the next three days, and I'll send them back right away. Don't worry, wait at home, don't go out! Xu Haobo told again.
Esther hung up in agreement, and she leaned back on the couch, wondering who this person would be.
Although she is just a child and has never participated in police cases, she has read a lot of detective novels, and she has been exposed to her father's side, so she knows more than ordinary children and is much calmer.
She expected that if this person was not Lu Zhigang, it was someone related to Liu Xuchen's parents. Otherwise, he would not know so much about the situation of Liu Xuchen's family. Fortunately, he doesn't want much, although Haichang Real Estate has financial problems, it should not be difficult for Liu Xuchen's father to come up with 500,000 yuan.
She was curious to check that the Porsche driven by Liu Haichang's driver was worth more than 1 million.
"Sister Shi, I'm really afraid that something will happen to Liu Xuchen. Hey, it seems that being the child of a rich family is not a good thing. No one like me will be concerned. Guo Xiaoyang sat on the side and thought about it.
Yashi couldn't help but be amused by him, poked at the door of his brain, and teased: "Don't worry, even if your family is rich, no one cares about you." Seeing that you can eat so much, it has already scared people. It's not cost-effective to tie you up, how much do you have to eat for this meal! β
Guo Xiaoyang said with a smile: "So, it's good to be a little fat." When I lie down, I can crush people. I'm not as useless as Liu Xuchen! β
While laughing, the two friends gradually relieved the tension just now, and replaced them with their worries about Liu Xuchen.
Of course, Yashi's worries are far greater than Guo's. She was worried that something so big would alarm her father, who was far away in City A. If my father returned, it might be dangerous.
Looking at the night sky like splashed ink through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Liu Xuchen's villa, Yashi's heart is difficult to calm down.
She thought she had saved her father, but she didn't want to cause trouble again.
She only hated that she was only a thirteen-year-old child and couldn't act alone. Otherwise, she must have gone to find Lu Zhigang. Whether the person who kidnapped Liu Xuchen was Lu Zhigang or not, you will know as soon as you meet.
Suddenly, she thought of a question, Lu Zhigang had already received the operation fee, so his wife would have surgery soon. At this time, is it necessary for him to kidnap Liu Xuchen?
Can he ignore his sick wife and take the money for himself?
Thinking about it this way, she excluded Lu Zhigang. So, who could this person be?
Is it an employee of Haichang Real Estate, a worker at the construction site, or someone Liu Xuchen knows?
Just as she was thinking about it, the doorbell of the villa rang.
Guo Xiaoyang got up from the sofa with a spirit, looked out through the floor-to-ceiling window, and said loudly: "Sister Shi, it's not Uncle Xu, it's a man!" β