Chapter 78 Countdown to the Critical Moment

Chapter 78 Countdown to the Critical Moment

Chapter 78 Countdown to the Critical Moment

On the street, a woman with shoulder-length hair was walking in front, wearing a pink top and holding a black plastic bag in her hand.

And at a distance behind her, there was a man secretly following her, always with a strange expression on his face.

He seemed a little hesitant, and seemed to be struggling with something.

Qinghai Chuantang, who was not far away from the man, looked at all this and felt a little puzzled: Could he be a stalker?

Just as she was thinking this, a gray van suddenly stopped by the roadside, forcibly dragged the woman into the car, and took her away.

"Don't run! Stop—"

The man immediately chased after him.

However, the car has four wheels and people only have two legs, so he can't catch up.

Unless, he can sprint.

Qinghai Chuantang walked over, picked up the plastic bag and opened it.

I saw a red, sticky thing in the transparent bag.

After a closer look, I realized that it was fried rice cake.

The man knew he couldn't catch up, so he could only run back.

Then he gasped, "Let's call the police!"

"It takes a certain amount of time for the police to respond. During this period of time, you never know what will happen next. The fried rice cakes left at the scene are the evidence that helped find her."

When the man heard this, his face instantly became excited.

He agreed and said, "You are right! The most important thing in investigating a kidnapping case is time."

"The 12 hours after an adult female goes missing is called the critical moment. If it exceeds this time, the chance of survival will be reduced by %!"

Seeing the other party looking at him with some confusion, the man realized something.

He quickly explained: "My name is 'Ye Jiusheng', and I'm a student at the police academy. These are what the instructor taught us in class."

Qinghai Chuantang nodded and said his name.

Then he continued: "This is a planned crime, and it is very likely that this is a repeat offender."

"The leftover fried rice cakes indicate that her family lives nearby. Because rice cakes will become mushy after being soaked for too long, people usually choose to buy them nearby."

"Also, the onions here are all cut into shreds."

Therefore, just find the merchants that meet this condition and check them one by one.

"There is no time to lose, let's act quickly!"

Having said that, Ye Jiusheng didn't care about the principle of "no physical contact between men and women" and pulled her to the nearby snack street.

After asking several times, I finally found the store where the other party purchased it.

And I learned from the boss that the other party is a regular customer here.

Although the boss didn't know her home address, her workplace was in a nearby building.

And here is an ear cleaning shop.

The dim lights and the tempting posters in the corridor always make it feel a little informal.

"What are you doing standing still?"

Qinghai Chuantang looked at him standing at the entrance of the corridor and asked with some confusion.

Ye Jiusheng turned and looked at her, his face flushed.

"Well, I won't go in. I'll leave it to you."

Qinghai Chuantang couldn't help but smile, she didn't expect that she was shy.

Soon, she came out of the store with a sticky note in her hand, which had Jiang Mei's current address written on it.

Asami Emi is actually a high school student who ran away from home and came here to work.

In addition to herself, there were also some other children who ran away from home living in that house, not far away from here.

After passing through an alley, the two came to a dilapidated, dirty three-story building.

Jiang Mei lives in Room 303 on the third floor.

The person who opened the door was a man with messy blond hair.

He stared at them with a wary look on his face.

"Which one?"

"Is this Miss Jiang Mei's home? She was kidnapped, so I want to find out more about the situation."

As he spoke, Qinghai Chuantang moved his body slightly to the right and looked inside.

Asked: "By the way, is there anyone else in there?"

Unfortunately, the other person's body was blocking the view so tightly that I couldn't see anything.

The yellow-haired man was a little nervous, then smiled and said, "Wait a moment, I'll open the door for you right away."

After saying that, the other party closed the door.

Perhaps it was because the house didn't seem to have very good sound insulation, she clearly heard the sound of the other party locking the door handle.

Ye Jiusheng immediately realized something and knocked on the door.

This time, the person who opened the door was a girl with a ponytail.

"He escaped through the window."

Ye Jiusheng cursed in his heart, "Damn it!" and then said to Qinghai Chuantang, "Miss Tang, chase her from outside!"

He himself chose to jump off the balcony.

There was a truck parked right below. And at this height, there was no chance of falling or getting hurt.

Unfortunately, he seemed to have overestimated his abilities and did not land steadily on the roof of the car. Instead, he jumped over his head and landed on a pile of garbage.

Fortunately, the garbage was piled high enough so that he was not injured.

"Where's that guy?"

When I ran to the fork in the road, I found that the man had disappeared.

"I'm going this way!"

The two of them were in tacit understanding and pointed in the direction closest to them.

One goes east and one goes west.

When passing by an underground parking lot, Qinghai Chuantang heard a sound coming from inside.

And judging from the time just spent, the other party should not be able to run far.

Qinghai Chuantang walked in and observed the vicinity to see if the other party was hiding in the vehicle.

Unexpectedly, when passing by a stone pillar, the other party suddenly jumped out with a fruit knife in his hand.

Without saying a word, the other party stabbed at her with a fruit knife.

Fortunately, she was no pushover and easily dodged the opponent's attack.

Then he picked up a nearby broom and hit it like a sword in the swordsman's hand.

At times like this, the difference between paying players and civilian players can be best seen.

She quickly subdued the yellow-haired man and tied him to a stone stake using tape she found nearby.

At this time, Ye Jiusheng also happened to arrive.

With an incredible look on his face: "You, you subdued him?"

Qinghai Chuantang pointed to the broom beside him and said with a smile: "I'm just lucky."

"Now that he has been caught, we should get clues about Miss Jiang Mei's whereabouts as soon as possible."

Ye Jiusheng nodded, searched the other person's body and found a mobile phone.

Qinghai Chuantang squatted down and kept his eyes parallel to the other person's.

Asked: "What is your relationship with Miss Jiang Mei?"

"I-I don't know! It really has nothing to do with me!"

Ye Jiusheng searched for a while and finally found information related to Jiang Mei.

I saw that he had exchanged messages with a man named "Steel Gate".

They also provided information such as when the other party would get off work, where they would pass by, and even provided private information such as photos.

"Who is this man called 'Steel Gate'?"

"I don't know him well. He's just an acquaintance who asked me to introduce him to a runaway girl and give me a reward after the incident."

"Where is that man now?"

"H-He's usually at the Spanish BBQ bar in Manho-cho. There's his business card in his wallet."

Qinghai Chuantang nodded, and was very satisfied with the other party's cooperation with the questioning.

So he removed the fruit knife from his neck, which made Bao Tiao breathe a sigh of relief.

After searching the note, Ye Jiusheng finally found the bar's business card, which had the address recorded in detail.

Before leaving, Qinghai Chuantang took the phone with the insurance slip and put tape on his mouth.

However, after leaving the parking garage, the two did not go to the bar immediately, but returned to where Jiang Mei lived and bought some food.

In addition to asking about Jiang Mei's situation, another purpose was to get the two of them to leave here.

Otherwise, they may become the next "Jiang Mei".

There were two girls in the house.

One was the ponytail girl I had seen before, and the other was a short-haired girl who looked a little timid.

After the short-haired girl took the food, she began to eat carefully without saying a word.

Just look up at them from time to time.

"Where did you meet Miss Jiang Mei?"

“On social media.”

"When?"

"It was about a year ago, when we just ran away from home. She said she met a yellow-haired man named 'Bao Tiao' through a social software and he said he could let us live here."

Ye Jiusheng looked at her, a little confused: "So, you haven't been home for a year?"

The ponytail girl nodded.

"Anyway, my family hasn't contacted me. My cell phone number has not been changed, but there has been no calls."

Ye Jiusheng expressed his apology in a low voice: "I'm sorry."

Qinghai Chuantang looked at her and continued to ask: "Then do you know the reason why Miss Jiang Mei ran away from home?"

"She said she was beaten by her stepfather and even passed out."

The short-haired girl, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.

"Sister Jiang Mei, was she really kidnapped?"

Her tone was full of fear, and even a little trembling.

Qinghai Chuantang hesitated for a moment and did not answer her question, but asked: "Have you ever thought about leaving?"

The ponytail girl nodded.

"Sister Jiang Mei said before that she would leave. Besides, she has already found a house and is waiting to move in."

"In that case, then you should leave here."

After all, I already have a new residence, so I don't need this place anymore.

The kidnappers' purpose was not ransom.

These children have run away from home, and their parents have not looked for them, so they will not choose to pay.

Human trafficking or forcing them to go to red-light districts.

No one will look for them.

So even if these girls were kidnapped, the police would not know anything.

It was truly a "perfect" kidnapping.

"Then, the next destination is the bar."

It is called a bar, but its location is the same as the previous ear cleaning shop, hidden under the corridor.

The only slightly better thing is that it has a door.

The door was ajar, so they walked in easily.

Pretending to be customers, the two ordered a grilled meat and sat down at a table in the corner.

Ye Jiusheng quietly looked around, lowered his voice, and said softly: "I have a good idea, give me the phone quickly."

Qinghai Chuantang guessed what he wanted to do, so he took Baotiao's cell phone out of his pocket and handed it to him.

Sure enough, after the other party took the phone, he found a person named "Gangmen" from the address book and called him.

At the other table, a man with a chestnut-haired head heard the phone ring.

"That way, we can know who he is."

After speaking softly, Ye Jiusheng hung up the phone.

After a few seconds, Chestnut Head called back.

Bao Tiao's cell phone rang, making the atmosphere a little awkward for a moment.

(End of this chapter)