Chapter 10: Abandoned in the Wilderness
As soon as they got into the car, someone immediately took out a black hood and put it on the heads of the three people.
After a short period of panic, Li Ji's heart thumped. Who is this? Where are you going to take them?
The car was moving neither fast nor slow. No one in the car spoke, only the sound of wheels rubbing against the road. Li Ji was shocked and suspicious in his heart, and countless thoughts turned sharply.
After about half an hour, the car stopped. The three were taken out of the car.
Stumbling thirty or forty paces, there was a sound of rushing water in front of them, and the men stopped.
Li Ji felt like he was being thrown on the grass. There was the sound of the wind whirring in my ears, like a wilderness.
Are these people going to kill us? Li Ji thought about it together, and couldn't help sweating on his forehead, and his mind was blank.
"Listen carefully," it was the voice of "Golden Chain", "No matter who you are, don't come to this place in the future......
The doubts in Li Ji's heart outweighed fear. What is the relationship between these people and Shin Shin, and why do they say these things?
"Also," "Golden Chain" continued, "you should not get involved in the affairs of Shin Shin Company. If you don't obey, you look good!"
Li Ji's mind turned, and he felt that this matter didn't seem to be so simple.
"Forget it this time, if I see it next time, it's not so cheap!"
The sound of cigarette butts being thrown on the ground.
"Don't worry, as long as you are obedient, you won't have anything."
"Golden Chain" snorted.
Someone came up and loosened the rope from the hands of the three men.
"It's not far from the road, so you'll figure it out for yourselves. Uncle wants to hurry back to drink, so he won't wait! ”
Several people laughed.
Then, there was a jumble of footsteps.
Li Ji was lying on the grass and didn't dare to move for a while. A few minutes later, the sound of a car starting, and then the sound faded away, and there was no more movement.
Only then did Li Ji untie his hood and take it off. Look at Xiao Zhu and Xiao Zhang, the two of them fell on the grass, motionless.
"Alright, get up," Li Ji slammed his hood to the ground, "and they're gone." Xiao Zhu and Xiao Zhang took off their hoods and got up, sweating all over their heads.
The twilight was hidden, and the chirping of insects could be heard in the grass.
Only then did Li Ji find out that the three of them were beside a small river, surrounded by crops. As far as the eye can see, there are no village houses, only some hazy mountain shadows, and the shadows are sufficient.
Not far to the left, thirty or forty meters away, is a country dirt road. In the thickening twilight, like a gray python, winding into the distance.
"Let's find the road first." Li Ji thought for a moment, beckoned to the two, and then pulled up his legs and walked in the direction of the dirt road.
The three of them were one foot deep and one foot shallow, and soon crossed the barren meadow and came to the dirt road.
Night was darkened.
The crops in the late summer are growing luxuriantly. Looking back and forth, there was no one in sight. The evening breeze rustles the leaves, and it is a little scary.
Li Ji discerned the direction and listened attentively. There was an occasional sound of a vehicle passing ahead, faintly heard.
He no longer hesitated, beckoned Xiao Zhu and Xiao Zhang, and the three of them mustered up their strength and walked quickly along the dirt road.
After more than twenty minutes, the three of them reached the end of the dirt road. Suddenly, there was a big highway lying there. From time to time, vehicles passed by on the road, shaking the ground beneath their feet slightly.
The three of them were wide in their hearts, their feet were weak, and they sat down on the sand by the roadside.
The sound of four wild insects, the sky is already dark.
On the other side of the road is a village, far and near, with some bright and dim lights. Li Ji looked at it and recognized that this was Jiangjiazhuang in the east of the city, and he had been out of the city for almost twenty miles.
Xiao Zhu had already stood up, walked to the side of the road, and when he saw the vehicle passing by, he waved desperately. But for a long time, not a single car stopped.
Xiao Zhu was deflated, sat on a stone on the side of the road, reached out and grabbed a dog's tail grass, fiddled with it in his hand, and bowed his head silently.
Xiao Zhang didn't speak, but his expression was a little uneasy.
Li Ji knew that it was rare for taxis to come to this place at night. He stood up, patted the dust on his body, and as soon as he picked up his mobile phone, Liao Ying's call came in.
"Haven't you gotten off work yet?" Liao Ying asked, "I'm ready." ”
Li Ji's stomach tightened for a while, and he felt hungry: "I, I still have some things, so I'll go back." ”
"Hmm."
Hearing Liao Ying's soft response, Li Ji hung up the phone. He thought for a moment and dialed the solemn phone.
Zheng Zheng was Li Ji's primary school classmate, studied in the police school, and was assigned to the Criminal Police Brigade of the Municipal Public Security Bureau after graduation.
Zheng Zheng's mother and Li Ji's mother are former colleagues. When I was a child, the two families lived very close, and the two often played together.
After that, Zheng Zheng's father was transferred to work, and the two parted for more than ten years. Later, I met by chance at a class reunion, and I learned that they were all in the same city.
Reunited after a long absence, I have some feelings. The two are small, kissed since they came, and have similar temperaments and interests, and often meet together to play football and drink.
However, the two haven't seen each other for a few days recently.
"What, President Li Daxing remembered me again?" There was a solemn and hearty laugh on the phone.
"Brigade Zheng, you made me the president," Li Ji also smiled, "You have to give me a salary increase!" ”
"Haha!" Zheng Zheng laughed, "The weasel greets the chickens, what's the matter, let's talk about it." ”
"Ah, that's the case," Li Ji thought as he spoke, "Today I went to the company with two colleagues from the department, and on the way back, the car broke down and was towed to repair the ......."
"Damn, just let me pick you up, and you're still going around like this, aren't you tired!" Solemnly teased.
"Okay!" Li Ji also simply, "Then let's drive the Zheng brigade to serve the people once!" ”
"Where are you now?" Asked solemnly.
"In Jiangjiazhuang in the east of the city," Li Ji looked left and right, "It's at the head of the village, there is a junction here......"
"Okay, you wait, I'll be there soon."
Li Ji put down the phone and stared at the lights in the distance. Somehow, an inexplicable fear suddenly came to my heart.
Only twenty minutes later, a police car flashed its lights and drove up from the road. Li Ji hurriedly moved forward and waved his briefcase.
The police car slowed down, turned around, and stopped in front of Li Ji with a "squeak".
"Governor Li, get in the car!" Solemnly rolled down the window, baring a mouthful of white teeth.
"Hah, it's fast enough!"
Li Ji cocked his thumb, pulled the car door, and sat in the co-pilot's seat. Xiao Zhang and Xiao Zhu also got into the car.
The car quickly entered the city. Seeing the bright lights on both sides of the street, Li Ji's heart finally calmed down.
Xiao Zhu and Xiao Zhang got out of the car one after another, and only Li Ji and Zheng Zheng were left in the car.
"There's a Shin Shin new materials company, you know?" Li Ji asked.
"Oh, that company," he said, turning his head solemnly, "I know, it's in our district." ”
"What, you still have business?" There were question marks in Zheng Zheng's eyes, "That company has been out of business for almost a year." ”
"In the first two years, there were often workers pulling banners in front of the door to ask for wages, and I led people there several times." Said solemnly again.
Li Ji let out a breath, looked ahead, and stopped talking. He glanced at Li Ji solemnly, didn't speak, turned his head, and continued to drive.
The car stopped at the entrance of the school. Li Ji drove the door and said, "You can also come down and eat together, we haven't drunk for a few days." ”
"Another day," Zheng lit up a cigarette, took a puff, and shook his head, "I'm going to my girlfriend's house at night to accompany my future father-in-law, so I won't drink with you today." ”
"Damn, heavy color and light friends," Li Ji forced the door shut, "Team Zheng, see you back!" ”
"You kid, unload the mill and kill the donkey!"
solemnly "bah", spit out a puff of thick white smoke in his mouth, and drove away with a smile.
Li Ji picked up his briefcase and slowly walked into the school gate. My mind was turning over and over, still thinking about the afternoon, and I faintly noticed something.
He walked to the front of the dormitory building, and saw Liao Ying lying on the railing of the corridor on the second floor, looking down. Next to him, there was another person.
Li Ji took a closer look, and the person turned out to be Teacher Sun. Teacher Sun saw Li Ji, but immediately turned around and left.
Li Ji entered the building, and as soon as he stepped on the stairs, his mobile phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Han Mei.
"Han Mei, I'm Li Ji." Li Ji quickly picked up the phone.
Han Mei's voice was very depressed: "Senior brother, I didn't do that. ”