I can't tell if it's night or day in the basement, there is a dim light all the year round, and the air still smells of mold, a girl hugging her knees and shrinking in the corner expressionlessly, and her gaze has been staring at a place in a daze, and has never left, what her eyes are looking at is a boy, the boy fell to the ground, probably unconscious, his face and exposed skin are covered with bruises, he was beaten by the man in black a few days ago, and there are still a lot of blood stains left on his clothesOn the ground where he was lying, there was also a large pool of blood, so many blood stains, all from the same place on his body - the boy's left index finger had been cut off.

The girl has been paying close attention to the boy, and then heard an almost inaudible sigh from the boy's mouth, and then saw the boy move slightly, the girl's eyes widened in surprise, and quickly crawled towards the boy, she didn't seem to be injured but was locked up for so long, a little weaker, when the girl crawled to the boy's side, the boy had already opened his eyes, and as soon as he woke up, he immediately found out that he was missing a finger, and he suppressed his cry, The mood completely collapsed, and when he saw the girl coming over, he said to the girl with red eyes: "Sisi, what should I do?" He chopped off my fingers, and I became a wreck. Liu Sisi looked at his severed hand and wanted to reach out to check it, but she was afraid of hurting him, so she immediately retracted her hand halfway through, she comforted Cheng Cheng and said: "Don't worry, he has gone to your mother now, he just wants money, he won't do anything to you, and when you get out, I will accompany you for surgery, and it will be fine." Cheng Cheng listened to Liu Sisi's comforting words, shook his head with a wry smile, then looked up at Liu Sisi, with an apologetic face, and asked: "Sisi, I can't afford it, in fact, this person came at me and swept you in, do you blame me?" ”

I didn't expect Cheng Cheng to say anything, the girl covered her mouth in shock, shook her head vigorously, and then seemed to have made up her mind, opened her mouth, and said to the boy: "Actually, ......"

At this time, the sound of "creaking" opening the door completely covered Liu Sisi's voice, the door of the warehouse was opened, the sunlight was opened with the warehouse loss, and all poured in, a man dressed in black stood at the door, only the eyes that were exposed looked at Sisi and Cheng Cheng coldly, and then closed the door of the warehouse with his backhand, blocking all the sunlight behind the door, until the darkness came back in this warehouse, this person breathed a sigh of relief with satisfaction, and then walked towards them.

Liu Sisi turned her head and saw the man in black walking inside, her face became even paler than Cheng Cheng, she sat on the ground with a look of despair, while Cheng Cheng asked the man in black who was walking towards the two of them with a trembling voice with a trace of expectation, and asked, "Did you pass the news to my mother?" My mom will give you money, right? When can you let us go? The man in black seemed to feel a little funny when he heard his words, and let out a "ho" sound in his throat, then bent down, stared straight at the boy, and said in his strange voice: "Of course, but whether you can get out of here or not, you need your cooperation." ”

Cheng Cheng listened to his words, his face turned pale, and he didn't understand what he meant for a while, he quietly moved back and asked, "What do you mean?" The man looked at Cheng Cheng's face playfully, and suddenly felt very cool, he said lightly: "Actually, it's not a big deal, but you need to keep in touch with your mother, so that she can ensure your safety and give me money willingly." ”

Cheng Cheng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard him say this, and at this time there was a ringing on the man's body, he picked up his mobile phone and glanced at it, then pressed the speakerphone with a smile, and said in a hoarse voice: "Look, it was your mother who called?" ”

And an hour ago, I took the note from my employer, and after opening the note, there was a line of words on it - your son is now in my hands, don't try to call the police, don't do other useless actions, prepare 5 million to save your son. You can contact me when you've decided. If you don't wait for your call before dark, just wait to collect your son's body.

At the end of the note is a string of phone numbers. I silently read the note, then looked up at my employer and cautiously asked, "So, is it time to call the police?" The employer shook his head and said categorically: "I won't call the police if I die, I only have such a relative, I can't let him die." I can understand that she made this decision, but I saw Cui Zi'an standing beside her, when she heard her say this, she frowned slightly, a fierce light flashed in her eyes, and she looked really disdainful, his expression was really just a flash, and he immediately returned to normal in the next second, I smiled self-deprecatingly, I really looked away, just like Zhu Liu said, Cui Zi'an is really like a loyal little wolf dog to his employer, how could he have such an expression.

If the employer chooses not to call the police, it may require us to set up an ambush, and sure enough, in the next second, the employer said to me: "But I can't just let him go, I want you to find out about my child in a way that keeps me safe." "This sounds simple, but it is very difficult to do, the enemy is in the dark, we are in the light, I don't have the slightest information about the enemy, and the enemy is very likely to find out our situation clearly, if there is a little bit of trouble, he will make a move that we can't think of, and once he is forced by us, and it is possible to tear up the ticket, then Cheng Cheng's life will not be guaranteed.

After thinking about it for a while, I told the employer all the risks of the action, and after the employer was silent for a few minutes, she returned to her usual tough appearance, and she said lightly: "Just do what I ask, I won't swallow this breath." When Zhu Liu, Zhu Liu, and the bearded man didn't have time to react, she looked directly at Cui Zi'an and ordered him: "Call him, say that we agree to his conditions, and then make an appointment with him to meet at a time and place." Cui Zi'an nodded, and I handed him the note in my hand. Then he was amusefully silent.

After the phone was called, a boy's voice came out of it, sounding very weak and frightened, he kept crying and shouting: "Mom, save me, I don't want to die, save me......" The employer immediately recognized her son's voice, her eyes were red, and she collapsed in her chair at once, her lips trembling and unable to speak. Cui Zi'an hurriedly said to the person on the other side of the phone: "Don't hurt him, we are ready for the money you want, you name a location, and we will give you the money." Cheng Cheng obviously heard Cui Zi'an's voice, and his emotions suddenly became excited, and he cried on the phone: "Brother Zi'an, save me, save me, save us, think ......" I don't know why, this time before he finished speaking, he let out a muffled snort, as if he was knocked out by the people over there.

The employer frowned nervously, and was about to say something, when a strange voice came from the other side of the phone, and the man said into the microphone in a hoarse voice: "So far, the human voice has been heard by you, he is still alive, now let your boss speak." He said this to Cui Zi'an, and a trace of doubt flashed in my heart, but I still remained silent.

Seeing that the person on the other side of the phone was so arrogant, the employer held his breath, tried to suppress his crying, and said coldly to the other end of the phone: "Tell me the time and place, return my son, I promise not to call the police, but if my child is going to be hurt in the slightest, I want you to look good." ”

Hearing the employer's words, the person on the other end of the phone laughed twice, and then said in a strange tone: "It's all this time, and you're still so hard-mouthed." The employer shouted uncontrollably: "I agree with everything you say, let my child come back!" The person on the other end laughed coldly twice, and said with a cold smile: "Of course." Although he answered in the affirmative, it gave me a chill.

After saying a word, he hung up the phone directly, just when we were dumbfounded, the text message prompt of the mobile phone sounded, I took the phone, clicked on the text message, the text message was written "Commercial Building, Parking Factory, three days later, three o'clock in the afternoon." ”

I gave them my phone back and said, "It's where the deal is." "Looking at this text message, I feel even more uneasy, the time and place are so public, it doesn't look like a kidnapper just for money, if it's to get money smoothly, isn't it more appropriate to choose a more hidden time and place? I frowned and told them my doubts.

Cui Zi'an hesitated for a while, immediately refuted me, and said to everyone: "But he thinks that the most dangerous place is the safest place, and many times the kidnappers choose to trade in public, but it is more convenient to hide people's eyes and ears, and it is more convenient to escape." "He has a point, not to mention that we now have no other way than to choose to trade with kidnappers, and employers are not willing to take that risk.

I said to my employer: "After those three days, Cui Zi'an will go to pay the ransom normally, and Zhu Liu, and I, the bearded man, will ambush there in advance, and as long as the kidnapper appears, I will be confident that I will catch him." The employer listened to my assurance, nodded, and said, "Thank you for your hard work." "You're welcome." I smiled at her and was about to slip away, but she suddenly stopped me, she looked at me with longing in her eyes, and asked hesitantly, "Did you hear any clues from the phone?" In fact, she herself knows that it is impossible, the phone calls are not like videos, they can only be listened to, not watched, how do I know what the environment is over there, not to mention that they only said a few words, and they heard everything I could hear. Cui Zi'an also looked at me nervously, it seems that he is very concerned about this matter, and I can't reconsider his motives.

Although I was sorry, I shook my head honestly and said, "No clues." Her eyes darkened suddenly, and she waved her hand at me weakly, and sighed, "Go ahead." ”