The next day, Ran Xiaoke suddenly woke up from his sleep, sat up, and recalled his dream in a daze.

He vaguely remembered dreaming of Zhang Meng, the picture of the two going to class and running together in college, laughing and laughing happily, and dreaming that Zhang Meng was tied to an iron chair, the time countdown of the electronic display screen was over, and the sword hanging over his head fell and was inserted right on Zhang Meng's head......

Ran Xiaoke didn't dare to think about it anymore, raised his hand and looked at his watch, at 7 o'clock, he made an appointment with his father to meet at the gate of the Skyline Tower at 8:20, he quickly got up and washed up, ate some biscuits and drank some milk, and woke up Zhao Yixin in the guard room.

The two drove to the entrance of the Skyline Tower.

"What time is it?" , Ran Xiaoke asked Zhao Yixin.

"8:10," Zhao replied.

"...... at 8:10," Ran Xiaoke whispered.

"Time!" , Ran Xiaoke suddenly raised his voice, as if he had thought of something.

"Quick, call Miss Xiao Wang, and ask her to contact the Railway Bureau immediately to check whether there was a train passing through the city at 7:35 last night, and if so, calculate which section of the road to pass!" , Ran Xiaoke instructed Zhao Yixin. "That's right, the clock in Zhang Meng's video points to 7:35, and we just heard the sound of the train passing!" , Zhao Yixin woke up like a dream, "I'll contact you immediately."

"Inform the SWAT team to be ready to rescue the hostages at any time," Ran Xiaoke added, "After determining the road section, mark out the communities along the road section, focus on the households with closed curtains on the side of the railway, and ask the SWAT team to use drones to check the windows embroidered with peony patterns."

"Clear!" , Zhao Yixin replied dryly.

At this time, a black Cadillac stopped on the side of the road, and a middle-aged man got out of the car and walked straight towards Ran Xiaoke, who was Ran Xiaoke's father, wearing a very formal dark suit.

"Dad, very punctual!" , Ran Xiaoke said to his father.

"That's right, my son's blind date, I must pay attention to it, it's a major event related to the continuation of our family's incense," Ran's father said.

"Then let's go up," Ran Xiaoke said.

"Okay", Ran's father is also very simple.

The three of them sat directly on the elevator upward, and the display screen showed the 75th, 76th, and 77th floors, and the height showed 210 meters, 220 meters, and 230 meters...... In about a minute, the three of them arrived at the 77th floor, 239 meters above the ground.

Step out of the elevator and you will see the rooftop of the Sky Tower. The large rooftop of more than 400 square meters, 360-degree rotation invincible vision, is the symbol of the city, the whole mountain city is in full view, and there is a feeling of seeing the mountains at a glance.

"Eh, why is there no one? Are we here too early? Ran Dad wondered why there was no one else on the rooftop, didn't he say a good blind date, and he didn't see any activity arrangement, such a blind date was too simple, Ran Dad thought to himself.

"Dad, I won't lie to you, I didn't come on a blind date today", Ran Xiaoke said embarrassedly.

"What did you call me to do here?" , Ran's father was puzzled.

"Zhang Meng was kidnapped, and her kidnappers said that they must invite you here, and they must talk to you on the phone, otherwise they will tear up the ticket", Ran Xiaoke said.

"Why are you talking to me on the phone, and who is the other person?" , Ran's father was even more puzzled.

"I don't know at the moment, so I can only wait for him to call and act when the opportunity comes," Ran Xiaoke said.

"How is Zhang Meng now?" , Ran's father cared, of course he knew Zhang Meng, his son's classmate and girlfriend in college.

"It's okay at the moment, it's not life-threatening," Ran Xiaoke said.

As he spoke, Ran Xiaoke's mobile phone rang, and he looked at his watch, which was exactly 8:30.

Ran Xiaoke's heart was tight, and he had an ominous premonition that he couldn't say anything.

Answering the phone, Ran Xiaoke pressed the speakerphone, "Hey".

"You're punctual, good," said a low, visibly voice-changer voice on the other end of the line.

"I want to talk to Zhang Meng", Ran Xiaoke is very clear-headed, he must first know whether Zhang Meng is safe, this is the premise for the dialogue to continue.

"Don't worry, she's fine, I said I wouldn't hurt her as long as we cooperated," the other party said.

"I have to hear Zhang Meng's voice", Ran Xiaoke was uncompromising.

"Open the email I gave you earlier, there is a link in it, click on the link to see the live broadcast", the man said unhurriedly.

Ran Xiaoke motioned to Zhao Yixin, Yixin understood, and immediately opened the mailbox on his mobile phone, and there was indeed a link in the new receipt, and Yixin immediately clicked to enter.

The connection was successful, only to see Zhang Meng still sitting on the iron chair, his mouth gagged. Nothing else has changed, but Ran Xiaoke still noticed subtle differences.

That is, through the thin curtains, a rising sun is rising, the outline is very obvious, there is no longer the darkness of last night in the room, the light is coming, Ran Xiaoke can't help but cheer up.

Then the camera switched, and a man in black appeared, wearing a baseball cap, and the pressure was very low.

"Hold your phone, I want to see the rooftop scene," the other party said.

Yixin pointed the camera of his mobile phone at Ran's father and the master.

Ran Xiaoke put the mobile phone on his shoulder, tilted his head to hold the mobile phone, and freed his two hands to compare the gestures of writing and drawing to Zhao Yixin.

Yixin took out paper and pen from his backpack and handed them to the master.

Ran Xiaoke continued the conversation, "You asked my dad to come here, what can you say?" ”。

"Haven't you been confused that all three truck drivers have the same tattoo on their hands?" , a deep voice came from the phone, and the atmosphere became solemn.

"Yes, in addition to the three truck drivers, there is also a retired Lao Du, he is not a truck driver, but he has the same tattoo on his hand", Ran Xiaoke said while drawing quickly on the paper, his father and Yixin watched attentively on the side, and saw Ran Xiaoke draw a straight line from the upper right corner to the left on the white paper, and turned to the lower left corner to draw a straight line to the bottom left corner of the entire paper, and drew the lines representing the river and the square of the building along the line, Ran Dad and Yixin were very puzzled.

Ran Xiaoke drew a circle on a square on the paper, wrote two lines of words, and showed it to Zhao Yixin, who hurriedly took out a spare mobile phone to take a photo and sent it out through the Internet......

"Let your dad hear clearly, if he doesn't want to see his beloved son's girlfriend die, do as I say." The other party said undoubtedly.

"Okay", Ran's father thought to himself that as long as he could save Zhang Meng, he would be such a precious son, and he would be willing to do anything.

"Roll up your left sleeve," he said.

Ran Xiaoke and Zhao Yixin looked at each other, both confused. But Ran's father didn't feel confused, but he was very reluctant and didn't want to pull up his sleeves.

"What? Is there anything unsightly? Roll up your sleeves and let everyone see". The other party said unhurriedly, everything is under control.

Seeing that his father didn't react, Ran Xiaoke said, "Dad, what's the matter, pull up your sleeves", he didn't think it was embarrassing.

Ran's father hesitated, the other party on the phone and his son were urging, he knew that he couldn't roll up his sleeves, but he couldn't care about Zhang Meng's life or death.

Ran's father finally moved slowly, and the sleeve of his left hand was slowly pulled up, little by little, Ran Xiaoke and Zhao Yixin were just curious about why the other party made such a request, and they didn't feel that things would be bad, and it would be so bad that it would be suffocating.

When the sleeves were pulled close to the elbows, a tattoo appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the eyes of Ran Xiaoke and Zhao Yixin widened a little as the sleeves were pulled up, and their mouths opened involuntarily.

Yes, Ran's father has a tattoo on his left arm, the same part as the truck driver and Lao Du and the same tattoo!

The atmosphere froze for a while......

Ran's father, Ran Xiaoke, Zhao Yixin, and the other party on the phone did not speak.

But Ran Xiaoke was the first to react, he couldn't accept such a fact, why did his father have the same tattoo on his left arm?

"Why?" , Ran Xiaoke rarely lost control and yelled at his father.

Although he didn't know why the truck driver and Lao Du had tattoos and what they represented, he vaguely felt that the tattoo was a bad hint.

Ran's father pulled his left sleeve with his right hand, lowered his head, and did not speak.

Ran Xiaoke stared at his father, stepped forward and grabbed his shoulders, shaking vigorously, "Why?" ”。

Ran's father was stunned.

"I'll tell you," the other end of the phone said, "Do you remember the Ho Kee Noodle Restaurant in the former petrochemical plant?" As you might expect, I'm the son of the owner of Ho Kee Noodle Shop, but I'm adopted."

Hearing He Ji Noodle Shop, Ran Xiaoke and Zhao Yixin were not surprised, because it was this man who led them to the original petrochemical plant through the geographical coordinates of the email number, and the photos on the wall of He Ji Noodle Shop also reflected that they were a family, but the other party said that he was adopted unexpectedly, but it did explain why the man in black could not be found on He Runfu's household registration.

"He Runfu, the owner of Ho Kee Noodle Restaurant, is my adoptive father, in the early years of the prosperity of the former petrochemical factory, in order to make a living, he took my adoptive mother and daughter to rent a shop outside the factory to start a small noodle business, people come and go, although he did not make a lot of money, but there is no problem in raising a family, and the life is comfortable", the other party said unhurriedly, "My original family is relatively poor, I have always been frail and sickly, when I was 4 years old, I was taken to the original petrochemical factory by my biological parents by car, Although I was still young at that time, I was able to realize that they were reluctant to buy a bowl of good noodles for me to eat before sending them away. My biological father and mother took me in, ordered a bowl of the most expensive braised beef noodles for me to eat, they sat opposite me, watching me eat, it was so fragrant, now I still remember the fragrance of the beef noodles, and when I finished eating the noodles, I looked up, where were there people on the other side, only the noodles on the table. My adoptive father, He Yunfu, and my adoptive mother, saw that I was smart, and at first they thought that my parents had gone to run errands and forgot about the child, but after a long time, no one came to take me back, and they probably just wanted a son, so they adopted me."