Chapter 55: The Kidnapping Case

  Li Yang spread his hands and said, "Hehe, you're thinking too much. I just want you to help me ask the class teacher for leave. Just say that before the college entrance exam, I need to assist the police with a case and can't go to class, okay?"

  "Hmph, you little scamp! So you wanted me to help you skip class, how dare you say it out loud!" Liu Xia smiled slyly.

  "Come on, you're just making a phone call, but I have to pay out one million, no matter how you say it, I'm at a loss." Li Yang said anxiously.

  "It's all urgent now, can I refuse? Hurry up and go to the police station with me, when I have time, I'll call your class teacher Li Ling."

  "Alright, it's settled!" Li Yang's face broke into a brilliant smile.

  At this time they came to Liu Xia's motorcycle, and the two quickly put on their helmets. Liu Xia flipped onto the bike, gesturing for Li Yang to sit behind her. Li Yang obediently sat up, his hands feeling around in all directions, sensing that there was no place to grasp.

  "Hold onto my waist, or you'll be thrown off!" Liu Xia instructed without turning her head. Having no choice, Li Yang could only lightly hold onto her lower back.

  Officer Liu Xia skillfully started the car and then stepped on the gas, the motorcycle speeding away, and in the blink of an eye they were out of the school.

  As they ran to the outside of the school, Liu Xia's motorcycle speed was even faster, reaching one hundred meters. Li Yang had his arms wrapped around her slender waist, feeling a warm and smooth sensation in his hands, his handsome face slowly turning red.

  Liu Xia in front might be too anxious to notice that Li Yang's arms were getting tighter and tighter, the two of them rode off into the distance on the motorcycle in a very ambiguous manner.

  Actually, Li Yang didn't see it, but Liu Xia's face was bright red, all the way to her ears. Fortunately, she had a motorcycle helmet covering her, or else she would have been humiliated in public.

  Liu Xia's motorcycle driving skills were very high, she took Li Yang to overtake all the way, and rushed quickly on the streets with cars and horses in the night, and soon arrived at the Dongnan City Public Security Bureau.

  The two got off the bus, Liu Xia in front and Li Yang behind, rushing towards the upstairs at a rapid pace.

  When they arrived at a conference room-like place on the second floor, they pushed open the door and saw more than thirty police officers with tired faces sitting inside.

  As soon as Li Yang entered the house, he heard a burly middle-aged man shouting in a deep male voice: "I don't care what methods you use, you must dig out this kidnapper! The hostages have been in their hands for two days now, and the longer it takes, the greater the possibility of the hostages being harmed! All the people of Dongnan City are watching you, looking at each and every one of you like a plague chicken that can't muster up any energy, how can you crack the case like this?!"

  "Director, I've brought Lei Yang with me. He's agreed to lend us one million to stabilize the situation with the kidnappers." Liu Xia came forward and saluted the middle-aged man.

  A middle-aged man turned around with a gloomy face, and when he saw Li Yang for a moment, his eyes suddenly lost their focus, and he said in a low voice: "Liu Xia, is this the big entrepreneur you were talking about? Isn't he just a student?"

  Li Yang knew he was the director of the Dongnan City Public Security Bureau, and didn't dare to be slow. He hastily stepped forward and said: "Director, your eyes are good, I am indeed a high school student, but at the same time, I am also the manager of Li's Metallurgy Company under Nanfeng Group."

  "Are you from the Nanfeng Group? Then there's no problem. Hehe, I'm Liu Jian, just call me Uncle Liu. Li Yang, can you really come up with 1 million to help us crack the case?" The director chuckled and said.

  Li Yang nodded and said: "No problem, it's just one million, don't delay, let's transfer the money to the suspect now." Li Yang smiled lightly.

  Director Liu Jian patted Li Yang's shoulder and said: "Good, quick and decisive, clean and efficient, the young man is not bad, I have high hopes for you!"

  Then he turned to Liu Xia and said urgently, "Liu Xia, ask the technical department to help transfer money to this group of lunatics. First transfer 200,000 yuan, saying that the informant is raising money, and then transfer another 200,000 yuan in half an hour. This can stabilize the criminal and not let him jump into desperation, while also giving us more time to crack the case."

  The technical team immediately opened online banking and first transferred 1 million yuan from Li Yang's card to the victim's family member's card, then started transferring money to the card provided by the criminal. The first 200,000 yuan was quickly transferred out.

  The victim's family member is a middle-aged man in his 40s, surnamed Fang. Everyone at the police station calls him Boss Fang. The kidnapped child is their eight-year-old son. His wife has been hospitalized due to excessive grief, so he is the only one here helping the police crack the case.

  Mr. Fang owns a clothing company, with a 300-square-meter storefront on the busiest street in Southeast City, and a large factory in the suburbs, employing over 100 employees.

  These years, due to the impact of e-commerce, the profit margin of the clothing industry has become thinner and thinner. The rent and labor costs have increased, and Boss Fang's business has grown bigger, but in reality, he is already deeply in debt. Therefore, when his child was kidnapped this time, although he wanted to rescue him, he couldn't come up with any money, and the kidnapper's demand for one million yuan completely pushed him to a dead end!

  Mr. Fang, a middle-aged man who had a child in his old age, now has this precious son kidnapped and his life or death is unknown. In the past two days, he has cried out all his tears and aged a lot. Seeing that the money was transferred smoothly, he excitedly grabbed Li Yang's hand and thanked him repeatedly.

  Before long, Mr. Fang's mobile phone rang, Director Liu raised his middle finger to signal everyone to be quiet, took it over and pressed the hands-free key, indicating that Mr. Fang should answer the phone.

  "Boss Fang, you're lucky I'm a reasonable man. The 2 million has been received. This money was paid just in time, I was about to tear up the ticket. The bank's incoming message just arrived. This 2 million just saved your son's life, if you want him to continue living, hurry up and prepare the rest of the money. Remember my patience is limited." A hoarse male voice came from the other end of the phone.

  "Friend, you must not tear the ticket! Wuuu, can't you let me say a word to my son? I'm using the fastest speed to gather money for you, you must not harm my son!" Mr. Fang said urgently into the phone.

  "Don't worry, your son is fine now. Give me another 200,000 and I'll let him say a word to you. Hmph, that little brat's neck was slashed by my knife and he's crying over there, you should be able to hear him, right?"

  On the phone, there was indeed a faint cry of a child. Mr. Fang listened carefully and excitedly shouted: "Ah! It's my little dragon! He's crying! Wuuu, I'm raising money for you, don't hurt Little Dragon, I'll definitely raise one million for you!"

  "Beep...beep...beep...", there was a busy tone on the phone, apparently the other party had already hung up.

  Liu Xia's eyes turned red as she said, "It's not good! The little kid might get hurt! We have to act faster. If we can't determine the child's location soon, he might be in danger of losing his life!"

  The listener next to him angrily took off his headphones and said, "This guy is too cunning, he hung up after only 18 seconds of conversation! There's no way to locate him in such a short time."

  Liu Jian said in a low voice, "Don't worry, all the major transportation routes in Dongnan City have been blocked, and the suspect should not have the opportunity to escape from Dongnan City. I have already deployed 600 police officers, as long as this criminal dares to go to an ATM within the city limits to withdraw cash, we will be able to catch him!"

  The atmosphere in the task force was heavy and oppressive, so all the police officers were busy. Some were reviewing surveillance footage of key areas, while others were answering phone calls to contact police officers who were staking out outside.

  Liu Jian stood with his hands behind him, in front of a huge window, his eyebrows furrowed. Before him was the dark expanse of the southeastern city. He knew that the criminal was hiding somewhere in the city, but he just didn't know where, which made him very anxious.

  The hostage was almost killed just now, and is now in a precarious situation, at risk of being killed at any moment. If the ransom is too little or paid too slowly, the criminal will be enraged and kill the hostage. If the ransom is too much or paid too quickly, the criminal may feel satisfied but still kill the hostage to eliminate future trouble.

  As the commander-in-chief of the task force, Liu Jianxin's heavy burden was like a thousand pounds on his head, and he now had an iron face, fiercely smoking.

  Everyone was busy and tense, no one had time to greet Li Yang, he was idle and about to leave when he suddenly looked up at the screen in front of him and saw a photo of the victim's innocent and lovely face, and couldn't help but stop and watch.

  This little boy, seven or eight years old, was smiling there with a toy gun in his hand. His eyebrows were clear and bright, with two small dimples on his red cheeks. Just thinking that this lively and lovely little boy was in the hands of criminals made Li Yang's heart tighten.

  He communicated with the flying saucer star brain through his consciousness: "Flying saucer brother, can you help find out where this little boy is?"

  "The little boy is quite pitiful, after being with you for so long, I've even developed sympathy for humans. Finding him won't be difficult, after all, I'm the most powerful spaceship in the universe!"

  "Don't be smug yet, go find someone first. That little boy can be kidnapped at any time, it's extremely urgent!"

  "Alright, I'll use the probe system to scan your entire Southeast City. With over 20 million people in there, it's a real headache to find one person. Hmm, found him! The culprit is just over a kilometer away from the Southeast City Public Security Bureau!"

  "I saw it! The little boy indeed had an injury on his neck and was bleeding! What road is this... Shi Qiao Road intersection, next to Xia Fei Road. The criminal is in a residential building, what's the name of this neighborhood... Shi Qiao Second District, Building 3, Unit 4, Floor 6 East suite! Got it, I said to Flying Disc little brother, why can you see things that I can also see?"

  "Only ghosts know, maybe your kid's three souls and six spirits are hiding on me." Xīng Nǎo Guài shouted.

  "Nonsense, it's you who has possessed me. Alright, you go ahead and busy yourself, I'll carefully consider how to tell the police what I know."

  "Haha, this is a mind-boggling question. If you blurt it out, even if they don't think of you as an accomplice to the villain, they'll still consider you a freak."

  "Yes, it's a headache! I don't know what to do with anxiety, knowing too much but not daring to say anything and feeling suffocated. Flying Disc little brother, you go ahead and busy yourself, I'll slowly think about what to do."

  Liyang furrowed his brow and paced back and forth, thinking of how Holmes used to reason from details to crack the case. It was a tough problem to find an excuse that could lead out the hiding place of the criminal.

  All they had to go on was a telephone recording left by the criminals; there were no other leads.