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In the dead of night, the surroundings were quiet, except for the subtle noises made by some flowers, plants and trees when the wind blew.

To the east of the city, near the outskirts, there was a construction site that had been suspended for a long time. Suddenly, some light shone on the third floor of an unfinished building.

On the dim floor, Zhang Yuxi, who had long hair, shawl eyebrows, and a melon-seed face, and was wearing a small black suit, was lying on the ground with her hands and feet tied, her mouth sealed.

Her hair was messy and she looked at a group of men in the distance with a haggard expression, her eyes falling on one of the people she knew.

The strong man with tattoos on his body, big shoulders and round waist, and a fierce look on his face sat on a plastic chair. He looked at Zhang Yuxi, who was lying on the ground with his hands and feet bound and unable to speak. He said with a smile to the middle-aged man with a sloppy beard beside him.

"Boss Wang, after we get the ransom from the woman named Liu Lan and deal with Zhang Yuxi, can you let us have fun with her first?"

"After you get the ransom, as long as you don't let this woman see the sun tomorrow, you can do whatever you want..." Wang Dezhu, who was already bankrupt, looked at the embarrassed Zhang Yuxi with a look of resentment and said indifferently.

"Woooooo..." Zhang Yuxi listened to the conversation between the two people and scolded them angrily, but her mouth was sealed with tape and she could only make a whining sound.

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At eight o'clock in the evening, at this usual time, "Garbo Pearl" should have been closed, and the store clerks had all gone home from get off work. But today, at this time, the lights in the store were still on.

Liu Lan, with a sad look on her face, walked back and forth in the financial room, muttering something to herself.

Since she received the call from the gangster last night, she has not slept a wink until now.

Because the gangsters made it clear to her on the phone that as long as she dared to call the police, once they found out, the kidnapped Zhang Yuxi would be killed immediately.

Therefore, for Zhang Yuxi's personal safety, Liu Lan did not dare to call the police, and she did not dare to tell Zhang Yuxi's mother about it.

The gangsters offered a ransom of 20 million and demanded that all be exchanged for spiritual stones. Liu Lan followed their request and withdrew 20 million in cash from the company's account. This morning, he took all of it and exchanged it for spiritual stones. Now it is installed in In a tote bag, on the desk.

At this time, there was only one hour left before the gangster agreed to pay the money. Liu Lan originally thought that as long as she handed over the ransom to the gangster, the kidnapped Zhang Yuxi could come back safely.

But now, as the time agreed by the gangster to pay the money was getting closer, a voice in Liu Lan's heart began to grow louder.

"You can't just give the ransom to those gangsters. After they take the money, they might tear up the money on the spot..."

Opposition to paying the ransom kept echoing in her mind, and Liu Lan's face was full of confusion.

Although she has a lot of experience, she is still just an ordinary person.

When encountering this kind of thing, I don't know what to do. Because I hope Zhang Yuxi can come back well, I always subconsciously want to do what the gangster says.

Now the voices in his mind that were against paying the ransom were constantly amplifying, shaking Liu Lan's decision.

Liu Lan, who was pacing back and forth, suddenly saw a piece of white paper on his desk with a set of bank card numbers written on it.

"I...I could try calling him for help."

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The refrigeration device in the corner was operating in an orderly manner. In the cool living room, Lin Li was sitting on the sofa, holding half an iced watermelon in his hand, scooping out food with a spoon, and watching the popular TV series on the TV. .

Suddenly, the mobile phone beside him rang.

"Dinglingling..."

Lin Li turned around and took a look. It was an unfamiliar phone number.

He put the half watermelon in his hand on the coffee table, then picked up the phone and answered the call.

"Hello."

"Is it Mr. Lin Li?"

"It's me, who are you?" Lin Li heard the somewhat anxious female voice on the phone. He thought about it carefully, but he didn't recognize who the other party was, so he asked confused.

"My name is Liu Lan, the accountant of the jewelry store. The last few times you came to our store to sell pearls, I paid you for the goods..." Liu Lan introduced herself.

"So it's Accountant Liu! What's the reason for calling me?" Lin Li heard the other person's self-introduction and immediately matched the voice coming from the phone with the appearance of the financial accountant of the jewelry store in his memory.

"Mr. Lin, my boss was kidnapped by gangsters and they asked me for ransom.

In another forty or fifty minutes, it will be time to pay the ransom. I'm afraid they won't let me go after collecting the ransom. What should I do? What should I do? "

Because time was tight and Liu Lan was feeling anxious now, she didn't mince words and directly told Lin Li about her current situation.

"What?!!!" Lin Li listened to Liu Lanyan's concise and concise narration, and was confused by what she said. He asked in disbelief, "You said Zhang Yuxi was kidnapped by gangsters?"

"Um."

"..." Lin Li received a positive answer. He raised his hand, pinched his eyebrows, calmed down his emotions, and then said to Liu Lan, "When did it happen?"

"It should have been last night when my boss was on her way home from get off work.

I received a call from a gangster asking for ransom at 11 o'clock at night, saying that he would come to collect the ransom at 9 o'clock tonight..." Liu Lan said.

This was the first time that someone he knew was kidnapped. Lin Li felt a little nervous and thought about the matter quickly in his mind.

Liu Lan saw that there was no sound coming from the phone. She waited for about half a minute, and then asked Lin Li anxiously.

"Mr. Lin, should I follow what they said and hand over the prepared ransom to them when the time comes?"

"Did you call the police?" Lin Li asked instead without answering Liu Lan's question.

"I didn't dare to call the police because the gangsters said that if I called the police, they would immediately attack the boss after they found out..."

"When the time comes, how will you hand over the ransom to them?"

"They asked me to put the ransom money next to the trash can diagonally opposite the store entrance."

"Listening to what you said, I think the other party has arranged for someone to monitor you near the jewelry store..."

Liu Lan was shocked when she heard this, "Mr. Lin, you mean, there are gangsters near the jewelry store now?"

"That's right. Since they told you not to call the police, they will definitely send someone to monitor you. In case you don't listen to the threat and insist on calling the police, please ask personnel from the relevant departments to come to solve the matter." Lin Li analyzed.

"Mr. Lin, what should I do? If something happens to the boss, I don't know how to explain it to her mother." Liu Lan's tone was full of pessimism and she said helplessly.

"Accountant Liu, please calm down. I will let Zhang Yuxi come back safely. Now you just do as I say. I am going to do this..." Lin Li comforted Liu Lan, and then he expressed his thoughts.

"Okay, I will do as you say..." Liu Lan, who had found the backbone, nodded quickly. After hearing Lin Li's plan, her restless mood was greatly relieved.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Li picked up the TV remote control and turned off the TV. He didn't have time to clean up the remaining half of the watermelon. He quickly set out to go to Zhang Yuxi's jewelry store.

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At nine o'clock at night, it was time to pay the ransom as the gangster said on the phone.

The door of the jewelry store was pushed open, and a nervous Liu Lan walked out with a handbag in her hand.

She did as the gangster said on the phone, placed the handbag containing the spiritual stones next to the trash can on the street, then turned around and left, returning to the jewelry store.

"Why haven't you shown up yet?" Liu Lan stood in front of the glass window of the jewelry store and looked at the bag containing spiritual stones next to the trash can on the roadside in the distance.

Time passed minute by minute, and while waiting anxiously, it felt like time passed very slowly, as if Liu Lan was living like a year, her nervous and anxious mood became more and more serious.

Just when she couldn't help but call Lin Li, the situation changed and she saw a black car driving in the distance.

This black car was very fast. In a blink of an eye, it arrived at the place where Liu Lan had just placed the bag containing the spirit stones next to the trash can on the roadside.

After the car stopped, the door opened immediately, and a man wearing a black hood got out of the passenger seat. He picked up the handbag next to the trash can and immediately returned to the car.

"Boom..."

The car restarted, and the driver who stepped on the accelerator quickly drove away in a black car.

"Finally here." Lin Li, who had been lying in wait for a long time, muttered to himself on the street. Then he started the car and quickly followed the black car that left.

Liu Lan, who was standing in front of the glass window in the jewelry store, saw the silver-white van following the black car that left. She breathed a sigh of relief. Next, she just had to wait patiently for Lin Li's message to come back. Good news will do.

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The street lights on both sides of the street emitted dim light. After the black car accelerated away from the entrance of the jewelry store, it slowed down.

"Open it quickly and take a look." The driver urged his companions.

"I know, don't destroy it!" In the passenger seat, the man wearing a black hood took off his hood, and then opened the zipper on his handbag.

Through the dim light on the roadside outside the window, you can see that the handbag contains many small, crystal clear things the size of pigeon eggs.

"With so many spiritual stones, we have become rich..." The two gangsters stared at the large amount of spiritual stones in their bags and shouted excitedly.

"Fuck, look in front of you and drive the car right!" The gangster sitting in the passenger seat was frightened when he saw his companion looking at the pile of spiritual stones in his handbag intently like him. A clever man cursed loudly.

"Don't worry! My driving skills are good! There won't be an accident..." The driver who was scolded by his companion quickly looked back and said confidently.

"Ding ring ring..." At this time, the mobile phone in the pocket of the gangster sitting in the passenger seat rang, and he quickly took out his mobile phone to answer it.

"Brother, the ransom has been received. I haven't counted the amount yet, but it should be fine."

"Very good, well done, please be careful on the road..."

"Brother, don't worry! The woman named Liu Lan was obviously frightened by us, and she did as we told her honestly.

During the time I monitored her, I never saw her stay with a stranger for more than ten minutes..."

Just when the gangsters in the black car were bragging to their boss, they didn't realize that behind them was an ordinary silver-white van.

More than twenty minutes later, the black car left the busy urban area and entered the suburbs. They came to a construction site that was dark and had been suspended for a long time.

"Crack."

After turning off the engine and parking the car, the two gangsters opened the car door. After getting out of the car, they quickly walked into the unfinished building with faint lights in front of them. They stepped on the rough stairs and reached the third floor in one breath.

When the companions on the third floor saw the two people returning, they immediately turned their attention to the bag containing the spiritual stones that the two people brought back.

"Brother." He put the bag on the table in front of his boss and opened the zipper.

"Wow, hahaha... so many spiritual stones, we will make a fortune!"

The gangsters present looked at the spirit stones in their bags, their eyes filled with greed, and they let out a burst of warm laughter.

In the distance, Zhang Yuxi, who was lying on the ground with her hands and feet tied and her mouth sealed, saw the gangsters cheering after receiving the ransom, and knew that she was not going to die soon.

Moreover, before she died, she might have to be bullied by these gangsters. Suddenly, her eyes were filled with despair.

"Zhao Qiu, now that the ransom has been received, let's divide the money quickly. After that, you will deal with that woman and leave here!" The bankrupt Wang Dezhu was extremely eager for money. He looked at the spiritual stones in his handbag and thought about the tattoo on his body. said the tattooed brawny man.

"Okay, let's divide these spiritual stones now..." Zhao Qiu, the tattooed man and the boss of the gang, nodded when he heard this.

Then, he counted a hundred spiritual stones from his handbag, put them into a black plastic bag, and handed it to Wang Dezhu.

"..." Wang Dezhu looked at the black plastic bag handed to him. He did not reach out to take it, but said with some dissatisfaction, "Zhao Qiu, we agreed on a 50-50 cent ransom, what do you mean? "

"The ransom of 10 million, or 50/50 is 5 million, and I will give you 100 spirit stones. The number is correct!" The tattooed man Zhao Qiu said seriously.

"But the ransom here is 20 million!" Wang Dezhu said.

"Boss Wang, what you said is wrong... Your initial proposal was to ask for a ransom of 10 million from the woman named Liu Lan, while my proposal was to ask for 20 million.

At that time, you were still firmly opposed, saying that the amount of 20 million was too big and the other party couldn't afford it, so 10 million would be fine.

After my repeated insistence, now I want a ransom of 20 million, and you told me that you want to share more money. How can this make sense..."

After the tattooed man Zhao Qiu finished speaking, the boys around him immediately started cheering.

"Our eldest brother is right! At that time, you repeatedly insisted that the ransom was only 10 million. Now that the ransom has been obtained, according to the original agreement, the ransom was divided into 50 and 50 parts, and you were divided into 5 million. We did not break the agreement. .”

"That's right, since you initially insisted on a ransom of only 10 million, the extra 10 million has nothing to do with you."

"From the beginning to the end, we actually did all the things that should be done. You just opened your mouth and provided some information, and you got a share of five million. It's time to be content..."

"I..." Wang Dezhu wanted to argue again, but he immediately closed his mouth and did not say what he wanted to say.

Because he noticed that the group of people in front of him looked at him more and more unkindly.

If he insists on paying more ransom, he may completely anger them, and by then, he may not even get a penny.

The tattooed man Zhao Qiu felt that the atmosphere was about to change. He stuffed the black plastic bag containing the spiritual stones into Wang Dezhu's hand, then raised his hand and patted his shoulder and said.

"Take it! You are already bankrupt now. As long as you don't mess around with this five million, it will be enough for you and your family to live the rest of your life. Don't be ignorant..."

"..." Wang Dezhu held the black plastic bag containing the spiritual stones in his hand and said nothing more.

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