Chapter 99: Escaping the Predicament

  The triangular-eyed boss sat for a while and instructed his younger brother in front of him to keep an eye on the hostage, then got up and walked out.

  Song Jie thought maybe he was going to make a phone call to Zhang's father, but now there is no mobile phone, it's really not very convenient to get in touch.

  Zhang's father was worried that the kidnappers would call to extort money, so he stayed by the phone with the police. Since the police had all come to their home, their original plan to keep Zhang's mother in the dark about what had happened was ruined. At this point, both husband and wife knew that their son had been kidnapped, but they kept it a secret from the elderly people at home.

  Zhang's mother was frightened by the news and lost her usual calmness. Her eyes were already red and swollen from crying, while Zhang's father comforted her with a shoulder hug beside her.

  The shrill ringing of the telephone pierced the air, adding a few more ominous notes to the already deserted hall.

  The father rushed to the phone and picked it up: "Hello?"

  "Is this Mr. Zhang? Your son is in my hands, if you want to let your son go home, bring the formula for Hongyan to exchange." The voice on the phone was a hoarse male voice, obviously intentionally lowered.

  The police officer on the side signaled to Zhang's father to talk more with the kidnapper in order to gather more information.

  "How can I be sure what you're saying is true? I want to hear it from my son."

  "Hah! Believe it or not, I think you'll believe me eventually. Want me to send a finger of your son's over for you to take a look?"

  "Alright, alright, I believe you. Tell me where we can make the exchange. I want to hand over the goods and receive the payment at the same time." Zhang's father was getting impatient.

  Zhang's mother covered her mouth and tears fell "plop plop", she didn't dare make a sound, in her heart she was truly afraid the child would be abused.

  "You just listen to me, and follow my orders when the time comes." The kidnapper seemed unwilling to waste any more words.

  "Go ahead, but you can't abuse the child, and you must ensure the child's safety." Mr. Zhang reminded them.

  "It's just temporary." The kidnapper said and hung up the phone.

  Zhang Fu and Zhang Mu sat paralyzed on the sofa after listening to the phone call, the child was probably safe for the time being. The police had been feeling that the kidnapper was not far from Beijing after listening to the conversation. Therefore, the search intensity also increased, and it became more covert.

  At this time, Zhao's family was still unaware of anything. Song Jie sometimes didn't come back home for lunch, so her family members did not know that she had been kidnapped.

  The sun sets in the west, and the sky gradually darkens. There are still many mosquitoes in autumn, which come out to wreak havoc as soon as it gets dark. The kidnappers who were not afraid of the cold were shirtless, and the warehouse was darker than outside.

  A low-wattage white incandescent bulb was turned on. The dim yellow light barely covered the gloom in the warehouse.

  "Big Brother, why hasn't he come back yet? I don't know if it's successful or not." Scar asked.

  "What's the hurry? He'll definitely be back soon. Let's play cards." After Thin Monkey finished speaking, the four of them started playing cards again.

  Before long, Sanjiao Yan Lao Da finally returned, and several younger brothers put down the cards in their hands and quickly cleaned up the table.

  "Hey boss, how's it going?" asked Skinny Monkey.

  The boss took a sip of water and said: "Everything is going smoothly. After I make another call, we will move to a new location, this place can't stay for long."

  "Boss, after we finish this job, can't we have a good time?" Baldy thought it sounded pretty good.

  The big boss slapped a palm on his bald head: "What's there to be happy about, don't you want your life? Once we get the money, we'll make a run for it and won't dare stay here. We're just pawns, our employer won't let us off either. With such a large sum of money, we can live comfortably anywhere."

  "What the boss said is right." Baldy thought for a moment and felt that it was indeed reasonable. As expected of the boss, his thinking was more comprehensive than others.

  "It's late. Go buy some vegetables. Be careful not to leave any tails behind."

  "It's the boss." This time it was the driver who replied, and he turned around and left after finishing speaking.

  The triangular-eyed old man came to the side of the two children and saw that they were doing nothing, so he didn't bother them either.

  In just over twenty minutes, the driver drove back with a big bag of things in his hand when he got out of the car.

  Walk into the warehouse, put things on the table. The boss let a few people sit down and started eating. This time they were drinking white wine. On an autumn evening, the temperature was low, and a sip of wine warmed up the body. The boss didn't say much this time.

  After eating and drinking, several people felt dizzy and their tongues became swollen. Because there were two small children, no one thought they would run away, even if they did, they could be caught again. Where could they go? There was no human habitation around, so they felt at ease.

  Song Jie felt this was a good opportunity. If she didn't leave now, when would she? She didn't want to torture her stomach with another bowl of cold congee again.

  She pinched her right hand, and muttered "Binding Curse" in her mouth. The several people who were stiff there immediately didn't move, like being possessed by a ghost. Several bandits were scared to death, only their eyeballs were rolling around wildly.

  To avoid arousing suspicion from others, Song Jie pretended to pull out a few silver needles from her sleeve and threw them at the acupuncture points of those people.

  Song Jie picked up Xiao Pangzi: "Let's go, we're going home."

  "But... what about those people?" Little fatty still couldn't understand the situation.

  "Let's go, it's nothing." Song Jie was still a bit worried, so she went over and gave each of the kidnappers one of her homemade anesthetic pills, and didn't feel at ease until they were all lying down.

  The little fatty's mouth was wide open, staring at Song Jie in shock, with stars almost falling out of his eyes.

  Song Jie closed his mouth, tore a large chicken leg from the table and handed it to Xiao Pangzi: "Let's go, or it will be too dark."

  "Hmm hmm hmm" Little fatty nodded repeatedly, taking Song Jie's words as if they were sacred decrees.

  "Go!" Song Jie tossed her head and went out first.

  Open the warehouse door, outside the sky has already darkened, barely able to see the road underfoot. Xiao Pang quickly grabbed Song Jie's hand, his right hand still tightly grasping the chicken leg.

  "Song Jie, how are we going back?" Little fatty's heart was a bit fearful.

  "Just follow me and I'll lead the way. I remembered the road when I came." He added another sentence "Don't be afraid, follow me, I'll pull you along."

  All the way, only the sound of Little Fatty "baa baa" gnawing on chicken legs could be heard, which made Song Jie a little hungry. She rummaged through her pocket and pulled out another piece of chocolate, tore open the packaging and started eating it.

  "Song Jie, how do you still have chocolate? I want some too."

  "What's in the pocket of my pants, I'll give it to you."

  "Oh."

  It was almost pitch black in front of them, and there were some wild grasses and roots on the side. The two walked with great difficulty, stumbling and tripping constantly.

  "Eh, Zhang Yang, I have a secret, can you keep it for me?"

  "What secret? Got it!" Little fatty nodded in the dark.

  Song Jie's eyes are really bad, if it wasn't for her good eyesight, she wouldn't be able to see anything.

  "Alright," she said, and then pulled out a night pearl the size of an egg from her pocket. The surroundings instantly lit up like daylight, and the scenery within about 100 meters around them became clearly visible.

  "Wow~~", exclaimed Little Fatty.

  "This is a fluorescent stone, if you put it under the lamp and bake it for a while, it will shine brightly in the dark night. I secretly used my pocket money to buy it, don't tell anyone!" Song Jie said with a sly tone.

  "Uh-huh, it's really bright, I won't tell anyone." Xiao Pangzi hastily agreed, he was a trustworthy person after all.

  What a waste of treasure! The night pearl was said to be a fluorescent stone, which is too much of an insult. With the light from the night pearl, it's even clearer than a flashlight, and the two of them walked very smoothly.

  Song Jie followed the trail of stones she had left behind, moving forward slowly. The anesthetic pills could knock a big man out for a whole day, so there was no need to worry about being pursued.

  At night, the weather is much colder than during the day. Xiao Pang was shivering with cold: "Song Jie, I'm cold, are you? Let me give you my jacket."

  "No, I'm not cold, you wear it." Song Jie secretly despised herself, she was really bad at showing concern for others, and had even forgotten to cast a warming spell on the two of them.

  She raised her hand and cast a warming spell on each of them, the warming spell being the lowest level of magic that didn't even require an incantation.

  Song Jie pulled out a tissue from who-knows-where, just like Little Dangdang, and had Xiao Pang wipe his hands clean. If it were someone more astute, she would have definitely been caught off guard.

  The two of them walked slowly forward, full and warm, the cold night wind having no effect on them. However, this place was indeed remote, after walking for half an hour there were hardly any signs of human activity, Little Fatty was almost unable to move, he had been holding on tightly, thinking that when they got back he would definitely have to exercise, and also protect Song Jie.

  The pure friendship is the most touching, Song Jie had no idea of Xiao Pang's determination, and was still struggling to move forward with her short legs, cursing her short stature for the first ten thousand times.

  Just as Little Fatty couldn't help but stop and rest, a bright light appeared before his eyes.

  "Song Jie, you're married!"

  "Let's hurry up and go."

  The two quickened their pace and ran forward. As they drew closer, it was a village, and the lit-up place was a small grocery store.

  Song Jie threw the night pearl into space and pulled Xiao Pangzi into the small shop, where they saw some snack goods displayed under the dim lamp of the small shop, and a phone was also placed on the table.

  Walking into the small shop, Song Jie took out the money and handed it to the woman behind the counter: "Auntie, I'd like to make a phone call."

  "Go ahead." The aunt was knitting a sweater, took the money and ignored them.

  Song Jie had a photographic memory and naturally remembered the Zhang family's phone number clearly. She picked up the phone, dialed the number, and "ring... ring..." sounded.

  There was no news of the child in the afternoon, and Zhang Fu and Zhang Mu were so anxious that their hair turned white. Suddenly, the phone in front of them rang, and they all jumped in fright, thinking it was the kidnapper calling again.

  Father carefully picked up the phone and put it to his ear: "Hello?"

  "Uncle Zhang, I'm Song Jie."

  "Song Jie!!!!" Zhang's father stood up excitedly, causing the phone to "clatter". Seeing this, Zhang's father quickly sat back down, "Song Jie, how are you? How is Yang Yang? Where are you? Are you safe?" A string of questions revealed the anxiety in his heart.