eurekapd Chapter 351 Blackmail
Chapter 351 Blackmail
The next morning, Bai Mengfei woke up and immediately saw that Xiang Yuntian had two big panda eyes.
Seeing his heavy dark circles, Bai Mengfei couldn't help but ask with a wry smile, "Didn't you sleep well last night?"
Xiang Yuntian, unaware of his appearance, frowned slightly and vehemently denied it, saying, "No, I slept quite well last night. Why are you suddenly asking this?"
"Because you have very dark circles under your eyes," Bai Mengfei said truthfully.
Hearing her words, Xiang Yuntian couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Neither of them paid attention to the time, unaware that it was already past eight or nine in the morning. Bai Mengfei's phone had dozens of missed calls, all from Zhen Liang.
However, because she had casually put her phone on silent last night, Bai Mengfei was still completely unaware of this.
When she picked up her phone, she realized that Zhen Liang had already called so many times. She glanced at the time again and thought to herself, "Oh no!"
Although the whisper was very soft, the room was very quiet, and Xiang Yuntian had very good hearing.
He hurried over and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong? What's the problem?"
Bai Mengfei immediately turned her head and whispered, "Zhen Liang called me a lot early this morning, but I didn't answer any of them. I missed his calls."
"Huh?" Xiang Yuntian was surprised. "But it's okay. I think he should still be at the hotel. We can wash up and go find him directly."
"Okay!" Bai Mengfei replied and rushed into the bathroom, quickly washing herself with a disposable toothbrush and towel.
After Xiang Yuntian had also hurriedly prepared, the two went out.
They arrived at Zhen Liang's room and rang the doorbell. However, after waiting for a long time, Zhen Liang did not come to open the door.
Bai Mengfei frowned, turned to look at Xiang Yuntian, and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"
Xiang Yuntian shook his head secretly and replied in a low voice, "I don't know either, but he should still be inside, right? I'll give him a call and ask."
"Good!" Bai Mengfei had a vague feeling that Zhen Liang might have already gotten into trouble.
Xiang Yuntian immediately called Zhen Liang, but no one answered. Sensing something was wrong, Xiang Yuntian went to the hotel owner to get the key and prepared to open the room door.
As he opened the door, he turned to Bai Mengfei and said, "Something's not right here."
"Yes, please open the door quickly." Bai Mengfei was extremely anxious.
A woman's intuition is often very accurate. At this moment, Bai Mengfei's sixth sense told her that Zhen Liang had most likely met with misfortune.
Xiang Yuntian opened the door and rushed inside, finding the room spotless. He searched under the bed but couldn't find Zhen Liang.
"That's strange, how could a perfectly healthy person just disappear?" Xiang Yuntian muttered to himself. "Could it be that he couldn't wait and went off to investigate the case himself?"
Bai Mengfei lowered her head, pondered for a moment, and nodded slightly in agreement, saying, "It's possible, and the possibility is quite high."
Xiang Yuntian sighed and turned to look towards the balcony.
At this moment, he shared the same worries as Bai Mengfei. Zhen Liang wasn't answering the phone and had disappeared without a trace, which was truly worrying.
The two stayed in the room for a while. Bai Mengfei felt that this matter was of great importance, so she suggested to Xiang Yuntian, "Why don't we go and talk to Director Zhu? We can't bear the responsibility if something happens to Zhen Liang."
"Us? Take responsibility?" Xiang Yuntian didn't understand why the responsibility should fall on their shoulders.
Bai Mengfei had no choice but to explain, "Last night, Mr. Zheng agreed to let Zhen Liang come out with us because of me. So if something happens to Zhen Liang now, Mr. Zheng will definitely come looking for me."
Xiang Yuntian felt that Bai Mengfei's words made sense and immediately panicked. After all, this concerned Bai Mengfei, and he hurriedly said, "Alright, let's go to the police station right away."
The two left the hotel and drove to the police station.
Before she even arrived at the police station, Bai Mengfei received a strange phone call.
"Hmm? This number is strange." She showed the phone to Xiang Yuntian.
Xiang Yuntian said, "This number has been blocked. Answer it, or you can just hang up."
Bai Mengfei thought for a moment, then answered the phone on instinct, asking, "Hello, who is this?"
"Who I am is not important." A sharp male voice came from the phone. "What is important is that the person you are looking for is in my hands. I know you are all very rich. If you want the person, prepare ten million in cash to ransom him."
After saying that, the other party immediately hung up the phone; the whole process took less than three minutes. This person seemed very familiar with police procedures.
Seeing Bai Mengfei slowly put down her phone, Xiang Yuntian asked softly, "Who called?"
Bai Mengfei took a deep breath, frowned, and said, "I don't know either, but it's obvious that this is a ransom call. They want us to pay ten million to ransom Zhen Liang."
Upon hearing this number, Xiang Yuntian's hand trembled slightly. Ten million was no small sum for them.
Instantly, his eyes widened as he stared at Bai Mengfei in disbelief.
"Are you sure? Ten million?" he asked in surprise.
Bai Mengfei nodded firmly and said, "That's right. What do you think now?"
Xiang Yuntian took another deep breath and shook his head repeatedly. He simply couldn't come up with ten million yuan if he didn't ask his family for it, so he couldn't make this decision.
"Let's go to the police station first and tell Chief Zhu what happened," he finally decided.
The two arrived at the police station and, after meeting Zhu Heng, told him the whole story.
A police officer who was bored in the police station also came over to listen.
After hearing this, he was stunned and stammered, "Ten...ten million? Even a thousand dollars is negotiable!"
Bai Mengfei always focused on results and disliked pointless arguments and mutual accusations. She placed her hand on the table, looked directly at Director Zhu Heng, and asked crisply, "What do you think?"
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