City S, in a residential building, a seventeen-year-old boy was gradually waking up from a coma.
After taking a few seconds to adjust to the light in the room, he saw the scene in front of him clearly.
The first thing that comes into view is three figures
It was three men wearing dark jackets, jeans, and ski masks on their faces. At this moment, they were sitting around a table smoking and playing cards.
Seeing the boy wake up, the three of them just glanced at him casually without much reaction.
But the young man immediately fell into panic.
Because he immediately realized that he was being tied to a chair behind his back. Not only his hands, but also his waist and feet were also firmly tied to the chair, making him almost unable to move. In addition His mouth was also taped shut and he could not speak.
"Where am I? How did I get here?" The young man asked in shock, "Who are these people? Kidnapped?"
Soon, along with a burst of dizziness, fragments of memories flashed through his mind
"That's right! In that toilet!"
This young man¡¯s name is Ma Junxiao. A year ago, he was an ordinary high school student who didn't study well, loved to play games, had an average appearance, and was worried about his height. But now, he is a star-level professional player, and one of the top players in the largest studio in the industry, with the ID of [Tiantian Guixiao].
Recently, due to the competition, Gui Xiao has been working the "night shift" every day. Of course, I say I'm "working", but I actually spend most of my time sleeping in the game cabin.
During the day, he does not need to stay at the company, as long as he remains online for more than three hours a day (real time, non-sleep mode), he can also work from home.
But in the eveninghe still had to check in at the order headquarters around ten o'clock and do some pre-match preparations. Then lie down in the company's equipment and compete.
At seven o¡¯clock this morning, Gui Xiao left the company building as usual bought some breakfast on the way, and took the subway home.
Although it is still the morning rush hour around seven o'clock, and it is well known that the subway in S City can squeeze people into juice, Gui Xiao does not "go to work" at this point, but "get off work". The line he takes is different from the crowded one. On the contrary, there are only about seven or eight people in a carriage on average.
Therefore, there was an empty seat for him to sit in as soon as he got on the bus today.
¡°However¡it only took two stops. Gui Xiao suddenly felt unwell. Maybe the breakfast I bought today was unclean A severe abdominal pain hit me without any warning.
Fortunately, the transit time on the subway was not long, and there was a toilet before leaving the station, so he rushed out of the carriage at the next stop and went straight to the public toilet in the subway station.
This trip took nearly two hours.
Two hours later, Gui Xiao, whose legs were weak and almost collapsed, walked out of the toilet cubicle.
In fact, in the last twenty minutes his diarrhea symptoms had basically alleviated, otherwise he might have called an ambulance. It's just that it took him another twenty minutes to massage his legs before his numb legs regained the ability to stand.
After coming out, Gui Xiao came to the sink in the public toilet. He took a long breath, washed his hands, and then lowered his head to wash his face.
But as soon as he lowered his headhe lost consciousness.
He couldn't remember the last memory, but he wasn't stupid Judging from the situation in front of him. Either he was knocked unconscious from behind, or his mouth and nose were covered with anesthetic.
"I don't feel any pain in my neck or neck, but my head is a little dizzy" After calming down for a while, Gui Xiao began to think, "It's probably because I was knocked unconscious by ether or something" His eyes swept over that place again. On three people. "These three are obviously adults based on their size. It would be easy to carry me away."
Thinking of this, he looked around again.
Where he is at this moment. It seems to be a rough room. There is almost no furniture in the empty room, but thick curtains have been hung around the windows; the walls and ceiling are simply painted with white paint, and the concrete floor is beneath the feet.
As far as the eye can see, the only furniture that can be seen is a simple folding table, a few armchairs, and fluorescent lamps in the corners of the ceiling. The light was on at this time, indicating that at least there was electricity in the house. According to Gui Xiao's reasoning there should be water, otherwise these guys couldn't run outside to use the public toilet while taking hostages, right?
"It's not goodthese people were as calm as ever after seeing me wake up" After looking around, Gui Xiao thought to himself, "According to the callIn the show the people who would react like this are either desperadoes or career criminals, or both" He broke out in a cold sweat, "Speaking of which they kidnapped me because they wanted to do it. Well? I'm not a young girl, so it's unlikely that I'll be raped"
It is indeed impossible because if the other party really wants to rob him, he will probably not "wake up naturally", but wake up in another situation.
"It's not right to rob wealth" Gui Xiao then thought, "My parents are ordinary working-class people. Although my current annual salary is not bad, it is not enough to be kidnapped. That's the point"
Yes, the inference of "for ransom" is also unreasonable.
In terms of difficulty, kidnapping a child is obviously much easier than kidnapping a high school student like him; and in terms of profit, if you really want to kidnap an adult you should at least choose someone whose family is relatively wealthy, such as Jin Fugui
No matter how you think about it, kidnapping Gui Xiao is a difficult and low-paying job; obviously, the three people who attacked Gui Xiao had other purposes.
"Wait Could it be" A few seconds later, a more reliable thought flashed through Gui Xiao's mind, "Is it related to my early morning game?"
He finally got an idea.
Buteven if he knew this, he still didn't have the ability to escape.
At this time, there are still twelve hours and fifty-three minutes until the game at midnight on the 16th.
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At the same time, Order Studio, Headquarters Office Building.
"Hmmstill can't get through" Meng Jingchan looked suspicious on his face as he listened to the sentence "The user you dialed cannot be reached" coming from the phone.
Brother Chan is a person who doesn¡¯t like to take work home, so instead of leaving the company in the morning like the rest of the first team, he switched to non-sleep mode and completed today¡¯s online requirements before getting ready to get off work.
"This is troublesome" This was the fifth time Meng Jingchan called Gui Xiao in forty minutes, but he couldn't get through.
It¡¯s a coincidence that when Gui Xiao came to the company last night. I forgot to bring the key to my own locker, so I borrowed Brother Chan's locker to use. As a result, this guy forgot to leave the key at the front desk when he came home this morning, and took it away in a daze
Where¡¯s Brother Zen Car keys, house keys, wallets and other trivial items are all placed in the coat, and the coat is placed in the locker
Of course, there must be backup keys for lockers in the company, but because it involves personal privacy and other issues, the administrative process for applying for this thing is very troublesome (there was a period when it was very casual, but then there were several thefts and infringements) Strict changes were made after the personal privacy incident), it may take half a day.
¡°At this moment¡ Brother Chan has nothing but a mobile phone. Naturally, he wanted to call Gui Xiao to ask about this kid.
But¡it just can¡¯t be opened.
"Hmm How about asking the team leader what the phone number is at this guy's home" Brother Chan hadn't thought about the worst yet. The first thing he thought about was whether the other party would throw his phone away where the signal was not there. Good places, or lost.
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Afternoon, four forty-nine.
There are still seven hours and eleven minutes until the game at midnight on the 16th.
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After hearing the vibration, Feng Bujue, who was browsing the web, glanced at the phone screen on the table and saw an unfamiliar number.
"Is this some kind of promotion or fraud again" Brother Jue muttered, picked up the phone and answered it.
Although he thought it was probably a harassing call. But he'll still pick it up. Basicallyif Feng Bujue answers this kind of call, he only listens to what the other party says for five seconds before he knows the general nature of the call, and then he hangs up without saying a word. And add the number to the blocked list.
"Hello, who's there?" Brother Jue said after picking up the phone.
"Uh hello, is this Feng Bujue?" A familiar voice came from the other side of the phone.
Brother Jue quickly searched for the source of the sound in his mind: "Is it hot?"
"Heyeven if you don't know my name, you can still call me by my game nickname" Brother Chan was not angry. It just hurts a little bit, "What the hell is smoking, drinking and scalding?"
"How did you find out my number?" Feng Bujue did not answer the other party's complaint, but directly asked a question that he was more interested in.
"I'm at the Public Security Bureau now. The police told me." Meng Jingchan's answer was quite surprising.
? ?"Oh" Feng Bujue responded casually and continued, "You were caught soliciting prostitution and you want me to protect you?" "
"Brother I really want to call you big brother" Meng Jingchan said, "How did you come to that conclusion?"
"It's very simple. Judging from your style of smoking and drinking, it gives me the feeling of frequenting low-end erotic places." Feng Bujue replied in a lazy tone, "Then you said that you were in The public security bureau called me, so maybe it¡¯s a case of catching up with the anti-pornography campaign? What about your situation? Notify the family members, and there is basically no way to survive; ask the leaders of the work unit to pick up the person, or ask a friend to provide insurance Not to mention that you won¡¯t be able to hold your head up in front of others in the future, the news will leak out sooner or later; so, you thought of me.¡±
Hearing this, Meng Jingchan on the other end of the phone was silent for a full thirty seconds.
"Brother Fengthe reasoning is okay, but your prejudice against me is too serious" Brother Chan held it in for a long time before he said this.
"Okay, then tell me, what's going on?" Feng Bujue said.
"Wellthat's it" Meng Jingchan said, "Guixiao seems to have been kidnapped."
"Huh?" Feng Bujue was stunned for a second when he heard the words, "Have you called the police?"
"I reported it at noon." Meng Jingchan said, "At first I thought it was a disappearance, and since he is a young man, the police didn't take it seriously But you also know that we have an important game tonight. So, our company leader made some connections and 'pushed' the progress of the investigation An hour ago, the police had already obtained the surveillance"
"Stop~Thank you!" Feng Bujue interrupted, "Just answer me 'call the police' and that's it you don't need to tell me so much."
"Brother Feng" Brother Chan continued, "I'm calling you just to ask for your help."
"Looking for my help?" Feng Bujue sneered, "Ha How can I help?" He then said a very shameless statement, "Although I, a great writer, also have the ability of a famous detective But it is obviously more appropriate for the police to take action in this kind of case." He paused, "Don't worry~ Our country's public security officers are very powerful if they are serious, and their investigation and execution capabilities are"
"Brother Feng." At this time, Meng Jingchan suddenly lowered his voice and said to Brother Jue in a very serious tone, "It's not that I don't worry about their abilities but there is something going on here."
"Oh?" Feng Bujue keenly caught something from the other party's tone, "How do you say this?"
"It's inconvenient to say on the phone Can you come to the Public Security Bureau?" Meng Jingchan replied.
"Hmm" Feng Bujue thought about it for a few seconds, "Okay" Before the other party could respond, he continued to ask, "Give me the address."
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Thirty minutes later, a silver Porsche parked at the door of a public security bureau in City S.
Two men got out of the car, one was Feng Bujue and the other was Wang Tanzhi.
Because they had contacted them by phone in advance, Meng Jingchan was waiting for them outside the reception hall.
"I said you two, come to the police station, drive a Porsche or something" As soon as the three of them finished greeting, Brother Chan complained about this matter.
"You don't need to say anything, I understand, we have always been so low-key." Feng Bujue responded calmly.
In a sense, he is right Compared with other cars in Xiaotan's family, this one is very low-key in terms of color and price
"Haha Okay Okay" Brother Chan really didn't know how to answer this, so he simply changed the subject and said, "By the way, time is limited, let's get down to business first"
After saying this, he mysteriously pulled Brother Jue and Xiao Tan aside and stood in a deserted corner outdoors.
"ThisI'm only telling you" Meng Jingchan is obviously a smart man. He knows that what he wants to say at this moment must not reach the ears of Guixiao's family or any police officer. "Actually, I also believed in the police, butjust before I called you, I accidentally heard the deputy director here talking to someone on the phone in the toilet" He said this, and then He cautiously looked around and lowered his voice, "The sound in the toilet is relatively muffled. I can hear the voices on the phone" He paused for half a second, stared into the eyes of the two of them and said, "I don't I know who the person on the other end of the phone is, but I heard clearly that he instructed the deputy director to try to delay the investigation and said that it would be delayed until at least two o'clock in the morning." (To be continued)