Chapter 62: The Mystery of Bai Feng's Disappearance

  I agreed to go with Little Li to see his grandfather in the afternoon, so I went to Little Li's home together with him at night. Little Li's home is a place three kilometers north of the school, which he said was a new residence bought by his father after the senior attack incident.

  The house is relatively spacious, located in a residential area, and is relatively quiet. When we went there, we only saw Little Li's grandfather and Little Li's father, but didn't see the four bodyguards of Little Li's grandfather.

  I met Lao Li's grandfather, Li Xinfang. He said to me: "Guohua has told you about my affairs, right? I have something else to attend to and need to hurry back to Beijing. So let's get straight to the point, what do you think? You can tell me directly."

  I smiled and said: "Grandfather, I won't be joining your family because I'm afraid of being restricted. So please don't mention this again in the future."

  Li Xinfade nodded and said quickly: "Then let's not talk about this. Jin Cang, I have high hopes for you, maybe in the future you'll soar to great heights, at that time I'll still need to ask for your help for our Li family."

  I quickly said: "You overestimate me, I'm just a farmer's son, what can I do? Hehe..."

  Li Xinfahahaha smiled: "My little Li Zi is your friend, so please take care of him more in the future."

  I quickly nodded: "Don't worry, we are friends and will definitely take care of each other when something happens."

  Li Xinfeng and I exchanged a few more words before he stood up and left. He really had something to attend to, so couldn't stay any longer.

  Xiao Li's father also went to see off Li Xinfeng, so I took the opportunity to bid farewell and hailed a taxi, ready to head home.

  My phone rang in the taxi, and the number was unfamiliar. After answering it, I only heard a very low voice say to me: "Is that Jin Cang? A friend of yours is now in my hands, her name is Bai Feng. If you're smart, prepare 1 million for me, otherwise I'll send your friend's corpse to you immediately."

  I was shocked and quickly asked: "You said Bai Feng is in your hands? Who are you? What do you want to do?"

  "That low, muffled voice said: 'Cut the crap, I've already told you, give me a million and I'll let your friend go. Otherwise, get ready to collect your friend's corpse. Remember, you have four hours to prepare the money, after four hours wait for my call..."

  I wanted to say something more, but then I heard a "beep beep" sound from the phone and the other party hung up.

  I felt that Bai Feng must have had an accident, so I quickly called Zhou Hui and told her everything that had just happened.

  Zhou Hui listened to my words and became anxious, hastily saying: "Then agree to him, my sister's life is at stake..."

  I could only say: "It's useless whether I agree or not, the other party has already hung up the phone. You should now immediately notify your... no, it's Bai Feng's parents and see what they think. I'll report to the police now, the police will give us some help."

  "Can't call the police, the kidnapper will hurt my sister. I'll contact my dad first and then we can talk about it, don't report to the police yet..."

  I responded with a sound, hung up the phone and said to the driver: "Trouble you to hurry up, my friend has an accident, I have to rush over to help."

  The driver heard what I said and immediately stepped on the gas pedal. The car sped towards the Public Security Bureau like a flying arrow.

  In my anxiety, I didn't notice the driver's intention until after getting off at the Public Security Bureau. The police officer on duty inside asked me: "Is there anything?"

  I was taken aback and immediately thought of Zhou Hui's words. After a moment of hesitation, I said to the police officer: "I want to report a crime."

  The police officer immediately took out paper and pen, very calmly asked me: "First tell me your name and phone number. Then tell me in detail what you want to say."

  I nodded, and told the police officer everything I knew in detail. After listening to what I said, the police officer picked up the phone to inform the relevant department and asked me to sign my name and fingerprint. Another policeman came over and gave me a very small eavesdropping device, asking me to carry it with me so that they could grasp the information of the kidnapper, then let me go back and wait for news.

  After leaving the Public Security Bureau, I still felt uneasy, so I called Sun Heng. After listening to my words, Sun Heng immediately said: "You have to think of a way to deal with this matter, you are our voluntary informant and also a member of our troops. When facing kidnappers who harm ordinary people, we need to find a way to respond. I will contact the government personnel to investigate this matter immediately. You should cooperate with the relevant government departments to rescue Bai Feng, it's best to catch the kidnapper and eliminate the harm for the people. Also, don't tell Zhou Hui and others that you have reported to the police yet, we will secretly investigate this matter."

  I responded with a sound, hot blood boiling in my heart, feeling that Bai Feng's disappearance was something I should come forward to resolve, so I somewhat looked forward to meeting the kidnapper.

  "Jin Cang, my dad has agreed to give the kidnappers one million. Hurry up and come to my house, we'll talk about the details when we meet. Remember, don't call the police under any circumstances."

  I smiled wryly and didn't say a word, hung up the phone and rushed to Zhou Hui's home.

  Zhou Hui and Li Huanhuan, Dongfang Yu were all waiting for me at Zhou Hui's door. When they saw me, Zhou Hui said: "You've finally arrived. My dad is already raising the money, I believe it will take no more than an hour to gather one million. You just wait here at my house, when the money arrives, you can take it and go exchange for my sister's return."

  I nodded: "The kidnapper said he would contact me in four hours, now there are still three and a half hours left, we have plenty of time." I paused for a moment: "Didn't your sister Bai Feng come here with you? How did she end up in the hands of the kidnapper?"

  Zhou Hui was too anxious, spinning around in place, and didn't hear my words at all. Dongfang Yu said: "Feng'er sister received a phone call halfway and got off the car first, she didn't come over with us."

  I responded with a sound, and suddenly didn't know what to do. We knew nothing about the kidnapper's information, and could only wait for him to call again.

  The police have installed a bugging device on my mobile phone. Once the kidnapper calls me, the police will be able to locate his exact location immediately.

  Time slowly passed for an hour and a half, at which point Zhou Hui received a phone call and shouted to Li Huanhuan to drive out together. I thought they must have gone to pick up money, so I didn't pay attention.

  As expected, after more than ten minutes, Zhou Hui returned with Li Huanhuan carrying a suitcase. Zhou Hui handed the suitcase over to me and said: "You must help me bring my sister back safely..."

  I saw her looking anxious and uneasy, so I gave Li Huanhuan a signal to take Zhou Hui upstairs.

  Four hours later, at the time the kidnapper had specified, my phone rang on schedule: "Is the money ready? Send it to the post office outside your school immediately. There's a trash can at the entrance of the post office, and I've already prepared a box for you there. Remember, after putting the money in the box, leave immediately, and I'll go pick up the money myself. As for your friend, I'll notify you again when it's time to pick her up."

  "I immediately said: 'That's not okay, one hand takes the money and the other hand takes the goods, I don't trust you, I'm afraid you'll take the money and not let me go...'"

  The kidnapper's voice was laced with urgency: "Don't waste words, if you don't do what I say, I'll kill your friend right now..."

  My heart skipped a beat, I interrupted him: "If you don't let me see my friend, I won't give you any money. If you want the money, do as I say, otherwise, I'll call the police right away and have them arrest you."

  The bandit was taken aback for a moment, then roared in anger: "You dare to play tricks on me? Believe it or not, I'll kill Bai Feng with one knife right now and you'll never see her again!"

  I laughed: "Forgot to tell you, actually I and Bai Feng are just ordinary friends, although I have money, I don't care about spending it on her life, but if you want to use her to threaten me, then you're wrong. Whether or not to kill her is up to you, saving me 10 million, I should even thank you..."

  The kidnapper was completely confused by what I said, and after a long time, he said: "So you're not her friend, then why did you agree to give me money? You did it on purpose, didn't you?"

  I burst out laughing: "I've said it before, believe it or not, it's up to you. If you want a million, bring people over and take the money, otherwise, forget it."

  The bandit fell silent again, and then I faintly heard him talking to someone else: "He doesn't believe... money... people..."

  "You're like this..."

  Then I heard the kidnapper say: "I'll do as you said, but don't let me know that you've called the police, otherwise, I will really kill Bai Feng."

  I smiled and said, "Well, see you later. Remember, if I don't see you in person, I won't give you the money. At worst, I'll just slip away and forget about this whole thing... To be honest, if it weren't for White Feng's parents being very wealthy and having some connection with me, I wouldn't bother with her affairs..."

  Put down the phone, and I received another call from the police: "Bring the money to the scene, we will send someone to follow you secretly. Once it is confirmed that it is your friend Bai Feng, you will notify us to catch him. The way to inform us is to press the red button on the eavesdropper we gave you, remember."

  I responded with a sound and said a word to Dongfang Yu, grabbed the suitcase and went out.

  It was already past 11 at night, and there were very few taxis on the road. I finally managed to hail one with great difficulty, then rushed to the post office outside school.

  The streetlights outside the post office were still on, and occasionally a car would pass by, but overall it was quiet.

  After I got off the bus, I came to the trash can outside the post office and saw a dark-colored suitcase at a glance.

  I didn't pay attention to the trunk, but instead put down the trunk in my hand and sat on it with a plop, sitting very comfortably playing with my phone while waiting for the kidnapper to arrive.

  If the kidnapper really wants money, he will definitely come. I am still very confident about this. So I waited for the kidnapper to arrive in a very leisurely manner, without any anxiety at all.

  This is also the method I decided to use to deal with the kidnappers. The more it is at this time, the more I cannot be impatient, and calmly deal with the kidnappers, in order to have the opportunity to rescue Bai Feng while capturing the kidnappers.

  I am now a voluntary intelligence officer and also a "soldier". When facing kidnappers, what I need to do is capture them and rescue the hostages.

  Before, I didn't take my identity as an informant very seriously, but after talking to Sun Heng on the phone, I changed my mind. I am already a "soldier", so I should stand up for the ordinary people.

  No matter who the kidnapper is, and no matter whether I can really rescue Bai Feng or not, I must do my best. What I said and did just now was a plan that I carefully thought out for myself. I want to make the kidnapper think that Bai Feng and I have a very ordinary relationship, and I also want to let the kidnapper know that even if I can't rescue Bai Feng, I won't feel too guilty about it. In this way, the kidnapper will definitely think that I am a very cold-blooded person, and also a selfish person who only cares about benefits. This kind of person is almost the same as the kidnapper, so they will naturally believe that I am giving them money just to please Bai Feng's parents, and rescuing Bai Feng is just something I do on the side. In this way, they won't pay too much attention to Bai Feng herself, but only focus on getting the money and leaving.

  This is all I can think of, just hoping that I haven't misjudged anyone and there won't be any mistakes. Otherwise, I might end up harming Bai Feng. Although I have already contacted the public security bureau and got their approval.

  Fifteen minutes later, I saw a person. This person walked slowly towards me, looking around while walking, with a very cautious look.

  I just pretended I didn't see him and sat on the trunk, playing with my phone. The man slowly approached me and stopped when he was less than three meters away from me, saying in a low voice: "Jin Cang?"

  I looked up at this person, because it was dark and the streetlights could only roughly see his face. I took a good look at him for a while before saying: "Are you the one who kidnapped Bai Feng? Where is Bai Feng?"

  He took a step closer and said, "It seems you're punctual. Our people will bring Bai Feng over. You can rest assured. Where's our money? Is it in the leather suitcase you're sitting on? Don't try to cheat us, or we'll really kill Bai Feng."

  I smiled indifferently and stood up, pointing to the suitcase: "The money is here, but I want to see the person first. Otherwise, even if I gave this money to a beggar, I wouldn't give it to you."

  The man was taken aback, and then angrily said: "Are you scolding us? Don't you care about the safety of White Phoenix at all?"

  I chuckled: "If it weren't for the sake of White Feng's parents, do you think I'd be waiting for you guys in this godforsaken place in the middle of the night? Besides, the White Feng family is all part of the Wan Long Society. You're really bold to kidnap her. Humph, I advise you to take the money and run as soon as possible. Otherwise, White Feng's parents will send people to kill you soon."

  The man was shocked and hastily said: "Bai Feng is a member of the Wan Long Society? How did you know? Are you kidding me?"

  I looked at him with disdain: "What kind of kidnapper are you? You don't even know this and dare to kidnap someone. It seems that you're really fed up with living. If you know what's good for you, hurry up and take the money and let us go. I won't bother with whatever happens next."

  He stared blankly for a moment, then suddenly reached out and grabbed the leather suitcase containing money, opened it to take a look, and then took out his phone and made a call: "Bring the person over."

  Just then, a car came from afar, and the man said to me: "I knew you long ago. Your bravery in the last Wanlong Association's raid impressed me very much. Besides, I have no grudge against you, and it was only because we were forced to that we asked you for money. We didn't dare touch your friend Bai Feng with a finger, so you can rest assured. As for whether the Wanlong Association will cause us trouble, I don't care about that anymore. Farewell, and hopefully we won't meet again in the future, to avoid awkwardness."

  I was also taken aback, and muttered to myself: "If you're short of money, you can just ask me for it directly, no need to make things so complicated. However, I'm also a poor person and don't have much money either. This money was borrowed from White Feng's parents, not my own."

  This man seemed impatient to leave, but was caught by me: "The person hasn't arrived yet, you can't take the money away. Wait a bit longer, I'll see the person and naturally let you go."

  "This man wanted to leave, but still endured: 'You are the one I admire, and I won't make it difficult for you, just wait a little longer.' She said this, suddenly shouting loudly: 'You wouldn't have called the police, would you? Intentionally delaying time, waiting for the police to come and catch me?'"

  I smiled: "Just found out? Take a look at your car, hasn't it arrived yet? I'm guessing correctly, it must have been intercepted by the police. Don't struggle anymore, to be honest with you, you've already been surrounded by the police and can't escape."

  The man was furious, raised his hand and rushed towards me with a punch. I had been prepared for this, took a small step back, pulled the bag that the man was holding in his hand with force, and used the momentum to pull him down to the ground. Then I pressed him down and shouted loudly: "I caught him, I caught him..."

  At that moment, the police hiding around all turned on their lights at the same time, and the surroundings were suddenly bright. The police who had been hiding nearby also rushed up immediately, handcuffing the kidnapper who reacted a bit slowly.

  Everything was unexpectedly simple, far from the complexity and thrill of TV dramas, as if it were just a drill rather than a real rescue of kidnapped hostages.

  I breathed a sigh of relief and looked at a police officer who came over, asking: "Is the hostage safe? Nothing happened, right?"

  The policeman laughed and said, "Nothing's wrong, it's all right. Jin Cang, you're really brave, braver than us trained policemen."

  I also smiled: "Nothing, if you weren't around to give me courage, I wouldn't have dared to do so. By the way, I'll go take a look at Bai Feng first, and then go make a record later."

  The police nodded and I ran towards the car with the hostages.

  Bai Feng has escaped with the help of the police and is now staring at me, her face covered in dust, but still looking calm.

  I saw that she was also covered in dust, and it seemed like she had been through some hardships. So I said: "Don't worry, I'll take you home later, take a bath, eat something, and you'll feel better. Just relax."

  Bai Feng originally had her arms around herself, and her eyes also seemed to be pretending to be calm. But when I said that, she immediately threw herself into my arms and burst into tears.

  I glanced at the police around us, and after she cried for a while, I could only hold Bai Feng in front of everyone's gaze, softly comforting her: "It's okay, it's okay. I'll take you home now, your sister is waiting for you at home."

  Bai Feng nodded slightly and released her hand from mine, looking at me and saying: "Does sister know about this? Is she worried about me?"

  I nodded seriously and said, "It's not just worry, I'm so scared that I've lost my soul, all I can think about is finding money, afraid that you'll be killed by the kidnappers..."

  Bai Feng's face finally revealed a hint of a smile as she said, "Sister is very good to me, I know that... my parents also know, right?"

  I nodded: "This money was given to me by your parents... otherwise, where would I get so much money from? Alright, let's not talk about it anymore. We'll go to the police station and make a record now. Once we're done with the record, we can head back home. Let me call your sister first and report our safety, so she won't worry."

  Bai Feng nodded in agreement with my words for the first time, and it was also the first time she didn't show hostility towards me. So I went to the Public Security Bureau with her, after making a record, under the escort of the police, we returned to Zhou Hui's home.

  Bai Feng and Zhou Hui were sisters after all, although they had some disagreements in the past. At this moment, they still cared about each other very much. When they met, it was a good cry and comfort for a while, which made me and Li Huanhuan, Dongfang Yu don't know how to advise them.

  When they calmed down, it was already past one in the middle of the night. Bai Feng only went to wash and change at this time, accompanied by Zhou Hui. Li Huanhuan and Dongfang Yu made a few dishes for everyone as a midnight snack, and after finishing eating, it was already two thirty in the middle of the night.

  Watching Li Huanhuan and Dongfang Yu pick up bowls and chopsticks, I felt very tired and sat on the sofa in the living room, unknowingly falling asleep.