Pi Qinghua was not feeling well today, so they went straight home after leaving the herbal medicine market. But halfway through, on a main road in the suburbs, a few people appeared from nowhere and blocked the entire road with a rope, apparently to collect a toll.
Pi Qinghua frowned. Those people had white towels wrapped around their heads. It was estimated that someone in their family was hit and killed on this road, but the murderer could not be found, so they just looked for vehicles traveling on this road.
Pi Qinghua had seen this kind of thing a few times before, but it was something that only happened in rural areas or small towns. Even in the suburbs of a metropolis like City A, this kind of thing shouldn't happen. This moment alone was enough to cause a traffic jam.
Although Pi Qinghua's three-wheeled electric vehicle was not big, it couldn't grow wings and fly across the crowded lane, so he had no choice but to stop. Fortunately, he saw the traffic police coming in the distance, so the traffic jam shouldn't last long.
It was under such circumstances that Pi Qinghua saw two people on the roadside holding a large sign saying "Selling Blood" and looking around.
"Second father, there is someone selling blood over there." Little Langzhi pulled his second father's arm.
Pi Qinghua nodded to indicate that he had seen it, but even if someone sold blood, he didn't have the equipment to take blood, so he didn't want to watch. However, Langzhi and Dahei both thought they should go and ask.
"At worst, you can just ask." Lang Zhi said.
Finally, Pi Qinghua felt that it would be a bad idea to miss this opportunity, so after those people who were blocking the road were driven away, Pi Qinghua drove to the two people selling blood.
"… You want to sell blood?" Pi Qinghua looked at the two healthy young men and asked with some doubts: "Why sell blood if you have nothing to do?"
When the two young men saw Pi Qinghua asking, they immediately showed their enthusiasm: "We are short of money! We need money urgently! We don't have any other way to make money, so we thought of selling blood. But after standing there for such a long time, no one came to ask. It's really true. Several of my family's friends also want to sell blood. I thought it was something that could make money immediately, but who knew it would be so difficult."
When Pi Qinghua heard that there were a few more people who wanted to donate blood, his expression changed. If there were ten people, it would be a good opportunity. "I would like to buy some, but I don't know how to draw blood. How can I buy it?"
Then Pi Qinghua heard the two young men say with a relaxed look: "What's the big deal? There is an old Chinese doctor in our village who can draw blood. You just need to follow us to our village, right? But how much do you want to pay? If you think it's less, we won't sell it to you."
Pi Qinghua originally thought that things were a bit coincidental, but after hearing the last sentence, he felt that there should be no conspiracy. After all, he didn't know anyone here at all, so no one would know that he wanted blood, and no one would use this to plot against him.
"A 200cc bag of blood in the hospital costs 400 yuan, I'll give you 500. For 400cc, I'll give you 1,000. How about that? Moreover, I'll charge as much as the number of people who want to donate blood in your area, and I won't pay less."
After Pi Qinghua finished speaking, he saw the two young men opposite him showing delighted expressions, and then they nodded together: "This deal can be done. I finally met someone who is willing to buy. Then you can come with us. Our village is just ahead and it will take about 40 minutes to walk. We came here on a motorcycle, and you can just keep up with us on an electric one."
Just like that, Pi Qinghua drove the car and followed the two men.
After walking for about 45 minutes, Pi Qinghua did see a few farmhouses on the roadside ahead, but they were not a village, at most just a few small courtyards where people lived together. However, Pi Qinghua thought that these families were probably familiar with each other, so he didn't think much about it.
"That's our house. You follow him in first. I'll go get the old Chinese doctor and the others who want to donate blood." One of the two young men said as he got out of the car and walked towards the houses nearby, while the other one motioned Pi Qinghua and the others to follow.
When they arrived at the house, the young man said to Pi Qinghua, "We don't allow dogs in here. Please put the dog outside."
Pi Qinghua thought about it and felt that the old Chinese doctor who was drawing blood would probably mention Dahei, so he asked Dahei to wait at the door and talk about it later if there was anything.
Then, Pi Qinghua took Lang Zhi and stepped into this seemingly normal yard.
Then, when Pi Qinghua woke up, he was already tied up.
! !
The moment he opened his eyes, Pi Qinghua's heart was cold. He knew that he was careless. He had already felt that things were a bit coincidental, but he was still eager to get blood and followed. Thinking of the fragrance he smelled after entering the room, it must be a kind of incense. He smelled it too much and naturally felt dizzy.
Pi Qinghua laughed at himself. The last time he was nearly burned to death was because he drank a glass of water that Pi Yuan poured for him. Unexpectedly, he didn't drink the water this time, but still got burned.
He suddenly turned his head and looked around, only to find that he was the only one in the dark room, and his adopted baby son was nowhere to be found.
"Who are you? Tell me what you want? Where's my son?" Pi Qinghua felt cold in his heart. No matter what kind of treatment he would face, he must not let Lang Zhi get into trouble. The kid was already half-human before he was picked up by him. If he got into trouble again this time, he would never grow up well.
Then Pi Qinghua saw the door was opened, and a man dressed in black, with a piece of cloth covering his face, leaving only his eyes exposed, said in a hoarse and unpleasant voice: "Hehe, he is indeed a good father. The first thing he did when he woke up was to look for his son. Don't worry, your son is fine. We are treating him well! If you want your son to be well forever, you need to cooperate with us. You know what we say, right? You'd better agree to everything we say, you ugly bastard."
Pi Qinghua's pupils shrank.
After a while, he said quietly, "What do you want me to do? What do you want? I don't have much money, but if you want it, I can give it all to you."
The man chuckled twice and said, "Of course I want the money. Give me your keys and password, and then we'll let you go. Just help us do that thing, and we'll take care of your son for a few days and return him to you intact."
Pi Qinghua exhaled lightly: "There is only 10,000 yuan on my card, and the password is three sixes and three eights. You can take it all. Just tell me what you want me to do."
When the man heard that there was only 10,000 yuan, his voice became obviously unhappy: "Aren't you delivering goods for Old Man An? How come you only have this little money? And don't you have a house in Langfeng Community? You can't be a poor guy! Where are the other money and cards? I advise you to hand them all over. Think about your son and don't do anything stupid."
Pi Qinghua closed his eyes. Uncle An, Langfeng Community. These people actually knew where Uncle An and he lived. If you think about it this way, I'm afraid this group of people have been following him for a long time. But at this time, Pi Qinghua was still a little relieved, because just based on these two points, he knew that they were not sent by the Pi family to find him.
However, I still need to find out why I am looking for him.
"Brother, you may not know that my son and I just came to City A. We used to collect and sell medicine in the countryside. We finally saved some money and came here, but it was only enough to buy a second-hand house in Langfeng Community and pay the mortgage. So I really don't have much money. As for Uncle An, I only started delivering goods a month ago, so brother, I really don't have any other money on me. If you don't believe me, you can search it."
The man snorted. He had searched the card long ago. There was only that card. There was nothing else. "Tsk, if someone wasn't willing to pay, we would have killed you with that ten thousand yuan! You have a nice body and skin, but your face is burnt like a ghost. No one wants you even if you sell it to be a prostitute! Humph, listen carefully. I'll keep the card. In the next ten days, you have to deliver the batch of Magnolia officinalis, Ghost-seeing Feathers and Dictamni Cortex that we put on your tricycle to Anyun Pharmacy. As long as you do this, we will naturally send your son to the gate of your community in ten days."
"Of course, if you dare to play tricks or call the police, you'll have to wait for your son's body to be collected! We are not vegetarians and will monitor your every move, so don't act rashly!"
Pi Qinghua's body froze, and he quickly calculated in his mind. Now he knew the main purpose of these people. Uncle An, Anyun Pharmacy. Who wanted to send fake medicine through him to frame Uncle An's pharmacy? !
“…Okay.” Pi Qinghua’s voice was a little hoarse: “But I want to see my son before I leave. Otherwise, I won’t believe you.”
Pi Qinghua's expression was quite determined. The man saw Pi Qinghua's look and felt that if he didn't show it to him, the man would probably not be honest, so he snorted and shouted to the outside. Then, Pi Qinghua heard the sound of someone's footsteps.
The door was opened again, and this time, Pi Qinghua saw Lang Zhi being carried on the shoulders of a big man. At this time, Lang Zhi's face was red, and he was struggling violently. There was no panic on his face, but his eyes were red and vicious, as if he wanted to eat someone.
"Xiaozhi, be quiet." Pi Qinghua suppressed his anger after seeing the appearance of his wolf cub. "Stay with these uncles. Dad has something urgent to do and needs to leave first. I will pick you up after I finish my business."
What surprised the two big men in the room was that the struggling child suddenly became quiet after hearing his father's words. Then the child raised his head, looked at the tied Pi Qinghua, and finally nodded.
"But Dad, why did these uncles tie you up? I think they are bad guys."
Pi Qinghua felt relieved. He knew how to act cute and silly, which meant that this kid was not possessed by demons. So he laughed and said, "You misunderstood. Dad just wanted to play a game with you. Look, you're scared!"
The two big men didn't want to make a big deal out of it, and they didn't want to see the kid getting upset. They had already said what they needed to say, so they stepped forward to untie Pi Qinghua's rope, then patted him on the shoulder and said, "Haha, that's right, how can you be a father like that, scaring your son for fun. Okay, if you have something urgent to do, just leave. We will take good care of Xiaozhi, right? Take care of Xiaozhi."
Pi Qinghua nodded after hearing this, then walked over to Lang Zhi and pinched his cheek, "Be good here and don't lose your temper. Then, wait for Dad to come back."
Lang Zhi stretched out his hand with a tense face to grab the corner of Pi Qinghua's clothes, but finally let go with gritted teeth and nodded: "Dad, you are not in good health, you must take care of yourself."
Pi Qinghua turned around and walked away, walking very quickly with his head down, so the three people behind him or the people hiding around him did not see the raging rage and extreme coldness surging in his eyes.
Just wait and see. Just wait for me.