Dark, silent.
"...Wu Yu..."
Is someone calling me
"... Wu Yu... Wu Yu! Wake up!"
As if being pulled out of the deep, drowsy and painful water, Wu Yu suddenly opened his eyes, and the next second, the burning pain swept his body from his chest, making him curl up on the cold ground, and suddenly choked out a mouthful of blood. !
"How are you? Where are you injured?" A familiar arm hugged him tightly: "Wu Yu! Look at me! Wu Yu!"
Wu Yu gasped for breath, the dim light made him squinted subconsciously, and then he saw Bu Chonghua in a trance.
The blood on Bu Chonghua's forehead ran down his face, it had dried up, his face was terribly pale, and his lips were all chapped. Wu Yu opened his mouth, feeling the warm liquid flowing down the skin of his lips in the severe dizziness, and it took a long while to realize that it was blood.
"… you… "
"I'm fine, but you're injured a little." Bu Chonghua hugged Wu Yu and sat up, letting him rest in his arms, and whispered, "The car overturned from your side, it should have hit The head, abdominal cavity, and internal organs are also a little hit. Don't move around, be careful of internal bleeding."
Wu Yu closed his eyes, and after a long while, he barely regained a sense of consciousness from the terrifying turmoil. He opened his eyes and reluctantly looked around: "This is..."
Bu Chonghua was silent and did not answer.
The surrounding is very dark, it looks like an abandoned warehouse, and the surrounding walls are green and moldy due to the long-term water seepage. The only small window at the top was nailed down by a few planks, the iron door was closed, and the outside must have been locked as well.
There was a shadow curled up in a corner more than ten meters away, Wu Yu's eyes were fixed, and with the extremely dim light in the window, his face changed uncontrollably: "Peng Wan?!"
Hei Ying moved with difficulty, raised his head dully, and finally revealed the plain face of Peng Wan in the profile photo, but at this moment his face was as pale and blue as a dead man, holding a motionless child in his hand, if not breathing There are subtle ups and downs, it looks like she is dead, it should be her three-year-old son Peng Ze.
"What is this place? What time is it?" Wu Yu sat up reluctantly, "Why are we here?"
"She was already here when I first woke up." Bu Chonghua leaned against the wall and must have been injured, but he couldn't see clearly in such dark visual conditions, and he could only hear a very hoarse voice: "It should be We were brought here by the gang that crashed on the highway, and judging from the hunger, thirst, and the level of light and dark outside, maybe 18 to 20 hours have passed, and it should be the next afternoon."
"What do they want to do?"
"I don't know." Bu Chonghua gave a wry smile: "The only window here has been sealed, and the door is locked from the outside. I tried to open it, but I could only insert the latch inside, and I couldn't touch it at all. Find out what the other party is planning."
Wu Yu's mind was buzzing, his temples throbbing and throbbing, he gritted his teeth and stood up forcefully, staggering forward despite the severe pain in his chest and abdomen, pulling out the latch and slamming the door, but the solid double-layer solid wood-clad iron door remained motionless. , only the dust rustled down, causing him to cough out again.
"Cough-cough! Cough-cough-cough-"
"It's alright, it's alright," Bu Chonghua hugged him hard, pushed the door latch back, clasped Wu Yu's head in his arms and rubbed it hastily: "It'll be alright, don't worry, it'll be alright..."
How could it be okay
Who locked them in, why didn't they kill them, and what did the other party want to do? !
"...don't waste your efforts..."
At this moment, a thin and trembling female voice suddenly sounded in the corner, and Bu Chonghua turned back suddenly, it was Peng Wan!
This was the first time Peng Wan spoke after they woke up, probably because she was too dry and thirsty, she was so hoarse that she didn't look like a living person, like a female ghost in this cold cell: " They just want us to die, ha, they just want us to die..."
"Who are they?"
"It's them," Peng Wan said vaguely, "the one who brought us here."
The two looked at each other with suspicion in their hearts at the same time. Bu Chonghua carried Wu Yu to the corner and sat down. He supported his body against the wall and walked to check on her and her son, but before he got close, he heard Peng Wan scream and hugged the child nervously: "Don't come! Don't come!"
Bu Chonghua said: "I'm a police officer from the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Nancheng Branch. We have been investigating the case of your kidnapping by Ding Sheng and Deng Le. The night the two kidnappers were shot..."
That evening.
The four words were like a switch, causing Peng Wan's whole body to tremble, even in such a dark room.
"—What happened the night that Ding Sheng was shot?" Bu Chonghua was seriously injured, but still keenly noticed her slightest emotional changes: "You saw the murderers' appearance and knew who they were, right? wrong?"
Peng Wan was shaking all over, hugging the child desperately to the corner: "I don't know anything, don't come here, don't come over..."
"Did Wan Changwen bring you here?"
"I don't know, I don't know..."
"Who gave you the human bone helmet, why didn't Wan Changwen take your son?"
"Shut up! Ahhh, shut up!" Peng Wan's spirit collapsed, and he even rolled and climbed forward to beat and shove Bu Chonghua desperately: "Stop talking! Go away! Go away!!"
In the next second, she was mercilessly pushed down by Juli and staggered to the ground. I saw Wu Yu rushing up to protect Bu Chonghua, pushing him to the other side with all his strength, turning around and staring at her who was sitting on the ground crying and crying coldly, "How does it feel like to blame yourself?"
Peng Wan's venting cry suddenly stopped.
"Did you think about the present when you pretended to be your husband and kidnapped yourself? Didn't you worry about getting hot when you got the human bone helmet from Qin Chuan?" Wu Yu pointed to the weak and comatose child on the ground, "A mother puts her young son in this situation. , do you have any regrets, Peng Wan?"
"!!"
Peng Wan was firmly there, and even Bu Chonghua was stunned.
"...What are you talking about?" Peng Wan took a breath, as if he had heard something extremely absurd: "kidnapping myself? Why would I do that?"
Wu Yu shook his head and gave a short laugh, and in the ridicule there was some helplessness and sadness: "Because your husband never wanted you to disappear. It is true that he cheated, his character is low, he is full of lies, and his credibility is questionable... But It's true that he has absolutely no intention of divorcing you. The only person who wants you to disappear is you."
Peng Wan's lips trembled: "...you are talking nonsense, you are talking nonsense..."
Wu Yu interrupted her with the next sentence: "Qin Chuan came to contact you two months ago, right?"
Peng Wan was nailed there.
"Qinchuan is an extremely successful broker. The so-called broker relies on a strong reputation and a strong intelligence network to do business. I guess Qin Chuan has not let you leak out of his network for so many years, at least he can let you I always remember that there is such a person as him, so you wouldn't be particularly surprised when he reappeared two months ago, and at the same time accepted his proposal to entrust you to transfer the human bone helmet to Wan Changwen, because it is your escape from the present An important opportunity for this kind of life.”
"Your company often places overseas orders for horror simulation haunted house equipment and has its own customs declaration channels, which is very important to Qin Chuan, otherwise it should be difficult for him to transport things like human bone helmets back to China. But the sad point is that even if you I got this helmet smoothly, and there is no place to store it at all. You live with your parents-in-law, and you don’t have the slightest respect for your personal space. When the police were investigating the kidnapping case at your house, I saw your mother-in-law rummaging through your wardrobe. The bedroom of your husband and wife will not knock on the door; the office is a good place for many people to hide things, but the nature of work determines that you often run back and forth in various parks, shopping malls, and playgrounds. There is not enough space in the back box of the electric car, the small cloth packaging is too conspicuous, and the trunk of the family car has to risk being discovered by the husband; in desperation, you applied for the preparatory project of the amusement park haunted house two months ago, because in the In the haunted house, no one would doubt that the head in mid-air is not fake."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Peng Wan said hoarsely with his fingers tightly twisted, "what head, what helmet, I'm just a part-time worker for the boss..."
"It's useless if you don't admit it, Peng Wan." Wu Yu said lightly, "If you don't doubt this kind of thing, it's easy to find evidence. The external orders you handle, customs declaration documents, logistics materials, handover records... that The human bone helmet you put in the organ has been found by our colleagues, as long as it is sent to the technical investigation, it is absolutely covered with your fingerprints, how can you escape?"
Peng Wan's eyes widened instantly, and his mouth was bloodless.
"I guess Qin Chuan chose you because he knows that you are not ignorant of Wan Changwen's whereabouts." Wu Yu paused and said, "I don't know how you communicated with your father. , but I guess you have seen how rich he is and how fast the drug business can make money. Wan Changwen is the only hope to get you out of the current stagnant water, but you also know that once you and your son disappear, the Tao family and the police will At the same time, frying the pot, your father will not accept you who are followed by countless policemen, just like when he first threw you four-year-old from the boat when the police invaded the village."
"So you must find a way to escape Jin Chan, and at the same time prove to Wan Changwen that you have the ability and means to be worthy of being his daughter, worthy of returning to Myanmar with him, and will not become a burden for him to smuggle out of the country."
"So I planned this kidnapping case to tie myself up? Why did I use such an extreme method?" Peng Wan seemed to have heard a very ridiculous joke: "Can't I get a divorce first and then disappear? Can't I pretend to take my children to travel and disappear? Obviously there are so many ways…”
"The disappearance of the scenic spot can be searched, the movement is too big and uncontrollable; the divorce takes too long, and the Tao family will desperately fight with you for child custody. Wan Changwen will not take risks to help you, and more importantly, he plans The smuggling should have been recently, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have started to act so suddenly."
Peng Wan was at a loss for words: "... Then, I'm not afraid of them calling the police?! Once Lao Tao called the police, wouldn't I be exposed faster?! And what if the kidnappers hurt my son, have you thought about these common sense?!"
"I thought about it, so I once thought that you are quite smart, and you deserve to be a technical person." Wu Yu's words were straightforward, and there was no irony at all: "If only you were kidnapped and not your son, your father-in-law would definitely insist on calling the police. No one should try to persuade him to take out 440,000 yuan. If the ransom is set too high and exceeds the price that the Tao family can pay, then they will cry for a long time at most and call the police, and the police can also immediately call the police. I knew you were missing. So you set the price of your mother and son's ransom very cleverly. A lottery ticket can be exchanged for a precious 'heart grandson'. Although the heart hurts, it can also bear it. Therefore, the possibility of the Tao family calling the police is very small and infinite. approaching zero."
Peng Wan screamed: "But Tao Zhengqing called the police! Did you know that our mother and son were almost torn apart! Look at my injury! Look at—"
"Speak well and don't take off your clothes." Wu Yu sighed and said, "The reason for the torn ticket was because the kidnapper had an accident when he took the ransom. He thought he was filmed, so he evacuated the amusement park without even taking the money. It was purely accidental to learn that you were kidnapped. It was just because your mother-in-law was crying bitterly on the street. It happened that the patrol police passed by and found the money bag from the trash while questioning her. Otherwise, your mother-in-law would probably have been killed. said."
Peng Wan froze there, and the whole person was stunned.
"... They didn't call the police?" she murmured. "Didn't they call the police?..."
"Yes, no." Wu Yu looked at her sadly, "If this can give you some comfort."
Peng Wan looked back at him blankly, not only his pale face, but his whole body seemed to be frozen, unable to speak.
"If no one took pictures when the kidnappers took the money, and if no patrol police happened to pass by when your mother-in-law was crying, then judging from the Tao family's strong distrust of the police, they would at least insist on calling the police for another three or four years - and you worked so hard to win it. These three or four days are just enough for you to escape with your child and a human bone helmet. When the police find out Ding Sheng, Deng Le, and then follow the clues to catch your husband, everyone will think that your husband is cheating. You colluded with outsiders to kill your own wife and children. At that time, it is estimated that you and Wan Changwen have smuggled out of the country and changed your name and surname, and started a new life in the Golden Triangle. "
"You must have thought a lot about planning this operation, Peng Wan. I guess when you pretended to be Tao Zhengqing to communicate with the kidnappers, you repeatedly told him that this was just a show, not to really hurt the hostages, so when Ding Sheng thought that Tao Zhengqing called the police, he I was so shocked and angry, I didn't understand how I could be betrayed by my accomplices."
Wu Yu leaned forward slightly, looked into Peng Wan's lost eyes, and sighed with mixed feelings: "This plan should have been perfect, everyone was used by you, if it weren't for a series of emergencies that made it completely out of control. if."
Peng Wan's trembling lips moved, and finally suddenly woke up from the shock, loss, disbelief, and mixed emotions just now, and cried out incoherently: "No, no, it's not the kidnapper that I pretended to be my husband! You have no evidence, You can't talk nonsense!"
"—Peng Wan." Wu Yu called her name again, and the ending was helpless: "I said just now that everything you plan is without suspicion. As long as you suspect, you will be able to find evidence. If I let The technical investigation comprehensively combed Ding Sheng's hard disk, network disk, and data traffic records. Going back in time, you can definitely find out how you usually find him to plan all this; then check the chat time one by one, and look at the conversation IP one by one, By comparing Tao Zhengqing's daily whereabouts one by one, he can always find his alibi."
"As long as there is a chat message showing that the IP is in your home, and your husband can prove that he was in a meeting at the time, then all Tao Zhengqing's suspicions will be overturned." Wu Yu looked straight at her red eyes: "Technology will not deceive people. , Peng Wan, only people know that. The most guarded person in this world is the person next to the pillow, and the one who can't be guarded the most is the person next to the bed."
Bu Chonghua's eyes moved slightly, as if he glanced in Wu Yu's direction, but his eyes stopped halfway, and after a few seconds, he took it back inch by inch.
Peng Wan was completely paralyzed on the ground as if the last bone had been completely taken out, staring straight at Wu Yu. Her black eyes were obviously smaller than the whites of her eyes, and for a moment Bu Chonghua thought she was going to suddenly go crazy and rush up to attack Wu Yu, but just as he raised his hand to pull Wu Yu behind him, he heard a low, short laughter from her nostrils. It came out intermittently, like a rough iron hook scraping across the ice, and then turned into hysterical laughter mixed with crying.
Peng Wan was fighting all over his body, his hands and feet spasmed, and he slowly leaned back to the wall, his messy hair against the moldy wall. She looked at the dark and hazy void, as if she had seen the most ironic, funny, absurd and tragic comedy with her own eyes.
"Peng Wan," Wu Yu seemed to be unable to bear it. He took a half step forward and was grabbed by Bu Chonghua: "Peng Wan, you..."
"… Mother… "
The little black figure beside Peng Wan finally wriggled a little, whether it was a dream or a whimper. At first, it was so light that the two police officers didn't notice it, but Peng Wan turned his head suddenly.
"I'm so sick, Mom..."
At that moment, Peng Wan seemed to have been unplugged, and there was no movement, and all the madness stopped abruptly.
She just looked at the child by her lap, then slowly stretched out her hand to hug him tightly, put him in her arms, gasped for several times, and finally burst into hysterical crying.
Wu Yu slowly sat back, leaning on Bu Chonghua's shoulder, and closed his eyes exhausted.
"Since when did you doubt her?" Bu Chonghua asked in a low voice.
Wu Yu turned his head slightly to look at him, with sadness deep in his eyes: "Do you know why she asked her family for a ransom of 444,444? Because of 15 kilograms of gold."
"Fifteen kilograms of gold?"
"Yes, when Wan Changwen absconded 30 years ago, in order to save a basket of fifteen kilograms of gold bars, he threw four-year-old Peng Wan off the boat. The price of gold at that time was $300 per ounce, and 15 kilograms was 529.1 ounces. The total value is 158,730 US dollars, and the exchange rate between US dollars and renminbi on the day of the accident is 1 to 2.8." Wu Yu smiled wryly: "444,444 yuan, is a man who was killed by his father. The price of the little girl thrown into the water is also a hurdle that Peng Wan will never forget in his life."
Bu Chonghua was stunned.
"Thirty years later, the four-year-old girl still can't make it through... She still wants to know how much a child can be worth in a father's heart."
As if a bitter and bitter heat surged up his throat, Bu Chonghua's Adam's apple slid violently twice, panting and looking back at the daughter of his annihilated enemy.
"Baby, my baby," Peng Wan hugged her young son tightly, tears streaming down the child's dirty collar: "My dear baby..."
"Since you love your child, why did you take him to join Wan Changwen?" After a long time, Bu Chonghua finally opened his mouth. This was the first time he had spoken to Peng Wan in a normal tone. Pain and anger: "Do you know how dangerous smuggling is, how many people will die along the way, and what will be the end of being a drug dealer?"
Peng Wan shuddered and choked, only shaking his head and unable to make a sound. After a long while, she finally tried her best to raise her head to look at the high window, and there were a few bleak rays of light from the wooden slats, which reflected in her scattered eyes.
"...My mother taught me since I was a child that I must have a boy. When I got married, my mother-in-law also said that I wanted a boy."
She hugged the child in her arms and smiled with tears in her eyes.
"I was so happy when I gave birth to my son. I felt that my life was worth it, and my mother Jiuquan must also think it was worth it. My husband was ecstatic, and my mother-in-law praised everyone. I lay on the delivery bed and looked at the wrinkles A wrinkled little baby boy who thinks he loves him, really loves him."
She shook her head with a smile, buried half of her face in her son's tender neck, and muttered, "But I can deceive others, but not myself. No matter how much I want to love him, I still hate him in my heart."