After sending Fang Juan home, Ding Haoran couldn't bear it anymore while sitting in her brother's car. She threw her small bag on the seat and rushed towards her brother.
"Brother, what do you mean? You tricked me into coming out to play with you. What do you mean?"
"It doesn't mean anything, I just do it for your own good."
"What is good for me? Is it good for me to leave my friend alone?"
"What a friend! You are not allowed to associate with that Bai Chen again from now on."
"Brother! Are you okay? You don't care who I associate with."
"Father is dead, I have the right to take care of you."
"I don't want you to take care of it!"
"Let me tell you, if you are dating other people, I can ignore it, but if you are dating Bai Chen, I will take care of it."
"Why? Why did Bai Chen offend you?"
"There are many things that I can't explain clearly to you. I hope you can listen to me."
"Don't you explain why I listen to you?"
"For yourself and for your dead father."
"Don't use your father to pressure me."
"Of course, let me tell you again, I don't agree with you dating Bai Chen."
"If you don't agree, I don't agree. I don't need your agreement."
"Of course, can you listen to me? Is there not enough trouble in our family?"
"Is it because of me that so many things happen? Why don't you take care of them!"
The conversation between the brother and sister broke up unhappily. Ding Haodang looked at his sister who was going upstairs angrily, with a look of helplessness on his face. Now that their home is like this, he doesn't know who to blame? His father? His mother? Or his mother?
Blame his father's murderer?
He sat downstairs for a while and smoked a few cigarettes. Feeling a little sleepy, he got up and walked to the bedroom upstairs. The bedrooms of the three brothers and sisters were all on the third floor.
When passing by his younger brother Ding Haomiao's room, he found that the door of his younger brother's room was open and there was no light on inside. He thought to himself that his younger brother was still playing outside and had not come home. He took out his mobile phone and wanted to make a call, but then he thought about it.
He thought that this younger brother was even more disobedient than his younger sister. He only played games in the Internet cafe all day, and the phone calls were in vain. So he gave up the idea of making phone calls and returned to his room.
At 7 o'clock the next morning, Ding Haodang's landline phone suddenly rang. The nanny who had gotten up early to clean the house answered the phone.
"Hello, who is that?" the nanny asked.
"We have Ding Haomiao in our hands. We are preparing a ransom of 10 million. If we call the police, we will cancel the request immediately."
"Ah, what did you say?" The nanny suspected that she had not heard clearly and asked nervously.
There was a busy tone from the phone. The nanny stood there holding the phone for two minutes before she suddenly came to her senses. She threw away the phone and ran upstairs in a panic.
Ding Haodang's bedroom door was knocked violently, and the nanny screamed desperately outside the door:
"Haodang, Haodang, open the door, something happened, something big happened."
Ding Haodang heard the knock on the door and quickly got out of bed, opened the door and asked:
"What's wrong?"
"Oh, Haomiao, it scared me to death. I just received a call saying that Haomiao is in their hands and asked us to prepare 10 million."
"What? Haomiao. 10 million? What did they say?"
The nanny calmed her mind, waited for her breath to subside, and then told Ding Haodang the content of the phone call word for word.
"Damn, there is such a thing!"
He looked up at the clock on the wall and knew that Ding Xiang had already gone to the mine. He quickly found his mobile phone and dialed Ding Xiang's number.
"Uncle, please go home quickly, something big has happened."
Ding Xiang sat on the sofa and listened to the nanny and Ding Haodang's narration. He rubbed his dry face with both hands, exhaled a long breath and asked:
"Have you ever called Haomiao?"
"I've called my brother, turn off the phone." The movement at home also disturbed Ding Haoran, who likes to sleep in.
"What should we do? Uncle." Ding Haodang asked anxiously.
"Close the door first and no one is allowed in or out. This matter must be kept strictly confidential and must not be spread outside, let alone grandparents." Ding Xiang said to the nanny.
After listening to Ding Xiang's words, the nanny quickly turned around and went out to close the door.
"Do you want to call the police? Uncle."
Ding Xiang looked at Haodang and Haoran surrounding him, lit a cigarette, took a puff and said:
"Wait a minute, if it's really a kidnapping, they will still call."
"Yes, is there someone playing a prank?" Ding Haoran said.
"Oh, I hope so, otherwise our family will be very unlucky!" Ding Haodang said.
"What did Haomiao do last night?"
"I heard from the nanny that he went out after waking up at noon and never came home. What else could he do, play games in the Internet cafe," Ding Haodang said.
The three of them were sitting in the living room when the phone on the table suddenly made a harsh ringtone, startling both Ding Haodang and Ding Haoran. Ding Xiang put out the cigarette in his hand, took a deep breath and answered the phone.
"Listen, Ding Haomiao is in our hands. Hurry and prepare 10 million in cash to redeem him. If it's too late, you will only see the body." The kidnapper's voice came from the receiver.
"who are you?"
"You don't care who we are, whether we want money or people, you decide quickly."
"How can you prove that Ding Haomiao is in your hands?"
"This is not easy, just wait!"
After about a minute, a faint cry for help came from the receiver:
"Ah! Help, help!"
"Fuck, I told you to scream!" There was a snap from the receiver.
"Haomiao? Is that you?" Ding Xiang asked eagerly.
"Ah! Uncle, uncle, please save me quickly, they are beating me." Ding Haomiao's voice came from the receiver.
"How is it? Do you believe it now?" The kidnapper's voice came on the receiver again.
"Don't hit him."
"Hmph, beat him! If you don't get the money quickly, we will kill him!"
"How much do you want?"
"10 million in cash, not a penny less!"
"Our family simply doesn't have that much money."
"Don't have money? All of your coal bosses are worth over 100 million. I want you 10 million, but it's just a small plate of tea."
"Our money has been invested in equipment to expand production, and we simply don't have that much money on hand."
"I don't care, I want 10 million anyway."
"Besides, we don't have any cash. Who would have so much cash at home?"
"I don't have you at home to raise money. I'll give you one day. If you don't raise enough money at this time tomorrow, don't blame me for being rude."
"One day is really not enough. It will take time for me to borrow it. Ten million in cash is a lot of money!"
"How many days will it take you to raise it all?"
"It will take at least four or five days."
"Four or five days is too long. Two days. I'll give you two days. At 8 o'clock the day after tomorrow, if you still can't raise money, I will cancel the vote."
"Two days are too short and we really can't raise money."
"Don't be so damn nagging! Let me tell you, I have an informant within the police. As long as you call the police, I will know immediately. If you call the police, you don't have to raise money. You can just wait to collect the body."
After the kidnapper finished saying this, he hung up the phone with a snap. The living room became quiet, and the three people sat there in silence, no one spoke.
"Uncle, should we call the police or raise money?" Ding Haodang asked.
"Hey, let's call the police and raise money at the same time. Nothing is as important as Haomiao's life." Ding Xiang sighed and said.
"Okay, what do you want me to do?" Ding Haodang asked.
"Go to the company and see how much funds are currently available in our accounts, and then ask the finance department to contact the bank to withdraw cash. Please keep it confidential."
"What do you say when you withdraw such a large amount of cash?"
"Let's just say we want to acquire a mine, and they want all the money in cash."
"Okay, I'll do it right away." After Ding Haodang said that, he hurried out of the door.
"Uncle, what should I do?" Ding Haoran asked.
"Just stay here and wait for the call. If the kidnapper calls, you can't leave it unanswered."
"Okay uncle, I'm not going anywhere, I'm just waiting here."
Ding Xiang finished arranging things and came to the reception room on the second floor. He lit a cigarette and considered how to call the police. The kidnappers said that there was an insider in the police. I don't know whether this statement is credible or not. Maybe they were trying to scare themselves.
, but if they have an insider and Haomiao is voted out, it will be troublesome.
If he didn't call the police, Ding Xiang would feel even more unsure. If he didn't raise enough money for the kidnapper, he would have no choice but to let the kidnappers fight with him, and there would be no way out.
Ding Xiang thought for a long time and finally took out his cell phone and dialed Su Zhengyang's number.
"Captain Su, I am Ding Xiang from Dapeng Mining."
"Oh, hello Mr. Ding, what's the matter?"
"We are in trouble, Captain Su."
"What trouble?"
"My nephew, Ding Peng's youngest son Ding Haomiao, was kidnapped."
"Ah! When did it happen?"
"I received a call from the kidnapper at 7 o'clock this morning."
"Did you call the police?"
"No, because the kidnapper said there is someone inside the police. If you call the police, they will know and they will immediately cancel the ticket. So I called you."
"Oh, how many times have the kidnappers called? What did they say?"
"There were two calls in total, asking for a ransom of 10 million, and the money was required to be raised at 8 a.m. the day after tomorrow."
"What are you thinking about now?"
"We are rushing to raise money, but it may be difficult to raise 10 million the day after tomorrow, but I will continue to talk to the kidnappers. I would like to ask the police to investigate secretly and catch the kidnappers while ensuring the safety of the children.
"
"Then can we go to your home to investigate?"
"I think it's best not to come. I'm worried that they will set up spies outside my house. We will try our best to cooperate with the police's actions."
"If we don't enter your home, we won't be able to monitor the origin of the kidnapper's phone calls, making it difficult for our investigation to be effective."
"It's no problem if there are few people. You can come and go in our car."
"Okay, I'll report and make arrangements right away. Try to conduct an investigation as small a scale as possible. Don't wear police uniforms or use police vehicles to avoid revealing information about police involvement to the kidnappers."
"Okay, thank you, Captain Su."
"Okay, let's keep in touch on the phone."
Ding Xiang hung up the phone from Su Zhengyang, with a slightly relaxed expression on his face, but soon became serious again. How can he raise 10 million in cash?