"So, you were also speculating and investigating me."
The girl's voice came from behind, but it was obvious that the voice was using teasing to cover up something deeper, a voice that was cautious, concerned, and tentative, and then there was silence.
The only sound in the air was the squeaking sound of Cheng Ran pedaling his bicycle.
Jiang Hongshao is very low-key. Perhaps she still hopes that her life can be more ordinary and that she can have normal social interactions that are not affected by external factors.
Therefore, in many cases, she hoped that others would not judge her based on factors such as her family. So even when she and Cheng Ran were working on the cultural wall, she did not reveal any of her own situation in the face of Cheng Ran and Yu Xiao's indirect questions, and always changed the topic appropriately.
After a moment, her voice sounded again, "Actually, I'm very pitiful... I followed my dad and bought boxes of instant noodles at home. In the end, I learned how to cook and I had to cook for my dad. If I didn't cook well, he would often find fault with me, making me like his life nanny."
Jiang Hongshao said pitifully in the back seat, which seemed to be a way to lower his attitude and show that even though his father was the mayor, his life was no different from that of an ordinary family. Was he afraid that Cheng Ran would remain silent after his silence just now, or even become distant
"Where's your mother?"
"My mom is always away on business trips, so it's more reliable to follow my dad. Everyone thought I was enjoying life with my dad... but after all, I'm the only laborer in the family..."
For some reason, Jiang Hongshao was afraid of losing something and was trying hard to explain in the back seat. Cheng Ran found it very funny when he imagined it.
"It seems that your family are all... important people..."
"Don't say that..." Jiang Hongshao said in a low voice, "You make me regret telling you this..."
Some things are just like this. Family factors can make people mature too early. This is probably the reason why Jiang Hongshao has matured.
"It doesn't matter. If you can't find anyone to talk to, I'd love to listen..." Cheng Ran said.
"Hmm?" Jiang Hongshao could hear the lightness in Cheng Ran's tone, which was completely different from his tone just now. She was originally worried that after she revealed her background, there would be some estrangement between them, but it didn't happen. He seemed to not care about it at all, so she suddenly felt much better, "...Okay."
"For example, tell us about your family's grudges and gossips..."
Jiang Hongshao: “…”
Cheng Ran suddenly grinned.
Three long fingers pinched my waist hard and twisted it.
…
…
"By the way... how delicious is the food you cook?"
The van drove along the S-shaped mountain road below, and when it reached the bottom, it drove in along a forked riverbank path. The road passed two lakes, Sancha Lake and Heilongtan, and the range was narrowed again.
He drove Jiang Hongshao downhill, holding the steering wheel steady and squeezing the brakes. It was much easier than going uphill or on a flat road.
"Are you planning to try the food I cook? That's a good idea... but you'd better give up the idea as soon as possible."
"Don't be so sure. Maybe one day you will be willing to do it."
Cheng Ran's waist meat is in trouble again.
"If you pinch it again, it will get swollen... Also, you can pinch it if you want, but why do you twist it? Just change the channel on the TV!" He was going crazy.
"Ah... Sorry, I learned this from my aunt. She handles her children like this... I'll try other methods next time." Jiang Hongshao chuckled maliciously.
And there will be a next time. Which dozens of times will that be
Although it is a relatively safe way of tracking, the criminals they are tracking are extremely vicious, and as the clues become clearer, an invisible pressure and panic will emerge in the hearts of the two people, so the bickering and communication between the two people is more to relieve the pressure of the increasingly dense air around them.
Creak!
Cheng Ran stopped at the fork in the road where the van entered. He took the phone from Jiang Hongshao and called Cheng Bin. The line was always busy. It was obvious that at this time, the mobile phone he said had become a dense information exchange node.
At this time, the large-scale search of the public security organs is more limited by equipment. The 350 MHz police trunking communication radio system is generally only used in large cities and has not yet been extended to smaller cities. Even small cities like Shanhai City have to temporarily set up relay networking equipment to cover the police response area. Some control points are equipped with many square brick-like devices.
Pagers, radios, landlines, and mobile phones all formed the mainstream of police communications at that time. It was also because of the equipment limitations of the time that many cases in those years were not handled in a timely manner, which allowed criminals to escape justice or aggravated their own casualties when fighting against some vicious criminals.
The call finally got through.
"Uncle, I'm Cheng Ran..."
Cheng Ran immediately put away the phone to avoid the overwhelming scolding coming from his cousin.
After a moment, he put his ear close again, "Okay, okay... From now on, you can scold, beat, or sue my dad and he will listen to you. Now listen to me, I am at the intersection of the dirt road in the Fangjia Village section of Huanhu Road. Here I found the tire marks of the criminals' vehicle. They have turned into this road..."
In the Santana, Cheng Bin put the speaker on his phone, while Gu Xiaojun spread out a map and drew on it with the help of the mirror light from the Santana's passenger seat.
Cheng Bin turned his head to look at the things on it, pointed a few times on the map to signal Gu Xiaojun, and continued to speak into the microphone, "Don't move where you are now. Also, where did you get the phone? Whose phone is this?"
"My classmate's!"
"Is there anyone else with you?"
"My classmates and I..."
"Okay, don't move there. Wait for me to come find you. Remember to hide yourself well. Cheng Ran, you have done enough, more than enough! Protect yourself. Uncle will be here soon..."
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After hanging up the phone, Cheng Ran looked at Jiang Hongshao.
In fact, it was not enough. The road was covered with thin grass, and it was difficult to continue tracking with tires. From that road, there were many forks in the road. The terrain of Heilongtan was complex, with more than a dozen depressions. From the map, it really looked like a ferocious dragon with bared fangs and claws. The area around Sancha Lake was also large. Even if my cousin followed, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack to find the criminal.
Most importantly, they didn't know that the criminals had used the iron cage they had taken today to kill Xie Houming. Maybe the criminals had discovered it and Xie Houming's family had called the police. In other words, even if the police conducted a large-scale search in this direction later, or when they finally found the criminals, Xie Houming would have probably been killed.
The only way now is to keep an eye on where the other car goes.
Cheng Ran's eyes were fixed on the hill in the southeast corner of here, a peak about 300 meters high with a gentle slope and covered with pine forests. Although he could no longer track the car based on the tires, most of the roads here were winding mountain roads, and the terrain extended downwards. By going to that hill, he would be able to keep an eye on the route of the car.
Without saying anything more, he pushed his bicycle into the bushes beside him and said to Jiang Hongshao, "Let's go up the mountain!"
Looking at the gently sloping mountain, it is actually quite difficult to climb up. The ground is a thick layer of dead pine leaves that have accumulated over the years, and at the bottom are rugged rocks. Sometimes I even slip. Fortunately, there are dense pine forests and some grass stems on the ground to grab for leverage. Sometimes when I look back and look down, I realize that I have climbed very high, and I am afraid that I will slip and roll down. If I hit a broken tree, I would probably be stabbed through.
It was just that Cheng Ran had ridden a bicycle for more than 20 kilometers before, and his physical strength was severely depleted, so he was not as fast as Jiang Hongshao in climbing.
The girl used her hands and feet to quickly get ahead of him, which was a bit hurtful to his self-esteem. Now Cheng Ran believed that she often went hiking to sketch, and her physical fitness was definitely developed from mountaineering!
What hurt her self-esteem even more was that Jiang Hongshao grabbed a pine tree, stopped, and stretched out her slender hands.
Seeing the five slender fingers almost reaching his nose, Cheng Ran was stunned for a moment, then he stopped being polite and reached out to grab her hand.
For some reason, it seemed as if his body was suddenly filled with potential, and he could even take care of Jiang Hongshao instead.
They climbed, helping each other.
The two climbed to the top of the peak when the sun was setting, and just in time they saw the van moving on the side road to Heilongtan...
Let me explain. The parallel world of the system in this book is not linked to the real system. The directors and mayors who appear are basically positive, and there are few political struggles. At most, they are disputes over methods and approaches, which are just mentioned briefly.
Just treat me as a hooligan~