Inside the large warehouse.
Xiao Yucheng was extremely anxious when he saw the dozens of people who were detained with him. With so many "suspects" in one place, he didn't know when he could be interrogated again, let alone when he could call someone.
The child was alone at home, and Xiao Yucheng was worried and uneasy. He looked around frequently, observing the surroundings to see if there was any chance for escape.
After enduring a whole night in agony, Xiao Yucheng did not find any chance to escape. But just when he was about to collapse mentally, the man who beat him yesterday walked into the room with his men.
The man came to Xiao Yucheng, put his hands behind his back and asked him, "Have you finished reflecting?"
"I've thought about it, all right!" Xiao Yucheng nodded immediately: "Brother, take me out first, and let's talk outside."
The man smiled and waved at the guards: "Come on, uncuff him, I'll take him out for a chat."
…
Ten minutes later, Xiao Yucheng was taken to a dilapidated off-road vehicle.
“Brother, I know the rules. Let me call a friend and I’ll ask him to contact you later and give you something like this…” Xiao Yucheng made a subtle gesture of counting money to the other party.
The man smiled while smoking a cigarette, looked at Xiao Yucheng and replied: "Brother, I think you are quite honest. Let's talk about it."
"You say, you say!" Xiao Yucheng nodded.
"This is no small matter. No matter how you explain, you have worked for the Chi Army, right?" The man pointed at Xiao Yucheng and replied, "The Chi Army has now been completely incorporated into the Mofei official army. You are a major military spy. Also, after the control order was issued, the materials that passed through your hands are still flowing, which is also a violation of the law."
Xiao Yucheng immediately replied: "Brother, I sold all the supplies before the control order came down. The current circulation has nothing to do with me!"
"It's no use for you to explain to me. What's important is whether the law believes your confession. If someone else bites you, just say that you sold it after the control order was issued, then you will have to go to jail." The man replied with a chuckle.
Xiao Yucheng was speechless.
"Brother, don't be afraid. This matter is not difficult to solve." The man took a puff of cigarette and whispered, "There are so many arrested laborers. The higher-ups are unclear about who has committed a crime and who has not. You can get it done, but you have to pay for it."
When Xiao Yucheng heard that it could be done, he immediately asked, "How much?"
The car was filled with smoke. The man stared at him and raised two fingers: "Two hundred thousand."
"How much?!" Xiao Yucheng was stunned.
"It only costs 200,000 yuan, and it won't be a problem to get your permanent residence." The man put out his cigarette and replied, "Brother, listen to me, spend money to avoid disaster!"
"I... I'm just a laborer, how can I afford 200,000!"
“How come you don’t have it? You’ve been dealing in supplies in Sinalo for so long, and you can’t even take out 200,000?” the man frowned and asked.
“My son is sick… ”
"What's the point of you saying this?" The man interrupted directly: "Isn't what I said obvious enough? If you want to get rid of the disaster, you have to pay. If you don't pay, then once someone is willing to pay, you have to go in."
Xiao Yucheng was completely confused. He couldn't understand why Longcheng, where he had always wanted to return, was now so absurd and dark.
"If you lose money, you can still earn it back, but if you lose your life, what's the use of money? What do you think?" the man asked again.
Xiao Yucheng didn't understand and couldn't figure out why he responded to the call and spent thirteen years of his youth in Sinalo, only to return as a suspect.
A series of negative emotions such as frustration, anger, and confusion were impacting Xiao Yucheng's heart, but after thinking for a long time, he calmed down. He had to go out now, otherwise no one would take care of the child.
Xiao Yucheng clenched his fists and said, "Okay, I'll go back and get some money."
"Okay, I'll give you two days to collect the money. If you can't come up with it, then... then I can't do anything about it. Do you understand?"
"Yeah, I understand." Xiao Yucheng nodded.
"Erbao, follow him." The man pointed at the burly man in the passenger seat and said.
"Okay." Erbao nodded.
"Don't even think about running away, or you'll die without knowing how." The man pointed at Xiao Yucheng and warned him, then turned around and called to his brother next to him, "Send him out through the backyard."
"Hey!" Mazai nodded.
…
On the street beside the office compound, more than a dozen private cars were parked on the side of the road, all with people sitting inside.
In a van, a middle-aged man with a shabby appearance asked a worker, "Where's the money?"
"Here, here!" The other party took out a purse and handed it directly to the other party. The amount was about 250,000.
The frivolous middle-aged man, holding a cigarette in his mouth, roughly counted the cash, and waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can go."
"Brother, am I okay this time?" the laborer asked with wounds all over his face.
"It's okay. Your household registration will be completed within a week at most." The other party replied, and said impatiently: "Hurry up and leave."
After the two finished their conversation, the laborer pushed the door and got out of the car. His surname was Wang, and he was the second-hand dealer who had called Xiao Yucheng to get him to invest. It was also after he was arrested that he pointed out Lao Xiao, which was how he was exempted from the "operating fee" of 50,000 yuan.
On the streets, roughly the same conversation was taking place in every car, and bags of money were also collected.
About two hours later, a huge van drove over and started collecting money from car to car. It gathered the "ransom" handed over by the workers together and took it away.
The money-carrying van left the street and drove for half an hour before entering the Material Control Bureau's office in the urban area of Longkou. Then four white men opened the back gate and let the van in.
After a while, several men under Karl came over with a smile, checked the cash of at least four or five million in the car, and nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, well done."
"Smoke, sir..." The idle person in charge of running errands nodded and took out a cigarette box.
Under the policy, there was blatant personal coercion, blatant payment for work, and one-stop service, which was like a vampire, lying on the weak Long Cheng who had just raised his head, sucking his energy.
…
After Xiao Yucheng left the detention center, he immediately called Zhao Weihu, but the latter was busy and had no time to answer the call. In the end, Xiao had no choice but to send a text message to the other party: "Brother, I need 50,000 yuan, can you lend it to me?"
After a long while, the other party replied: "Card number."
After sending the text message, Xiao Yucheng was sent home by Erbao. He immediately took the key and opened the door of his house: "Mingming, Dad is back...!"
After calling out several times without any response from inside the house, Xiao Yucheng panicked. He quickly looked around the house but did not see the child. He also saw the nebulizer his son usually used thrown on the table. He checked and found that the medicine inside had been used up.
An ominous premonition arose in Xiao Yucheng's heart. He pushed open the door and rushed downstairs. Under the surveillance of Erbao, he began to inquire around.
At the entrance of a breakfast shop, the owner pointed to a nearby street and said, "Last night, I saw your son playing football with a few other kids there, but I didn't see him again after that."
Upon hearing the sound, Xiao Yucheng ran over there like crazy, ready to ask the kids on the street.
Not far ahead, in a supermarket, a patrolman said to the owner, "Do you know the father of that child?"
"I haven't seen it before, what's wrong?"
"He couldn't be saved. We have to find his family!" the police officer replied.
While the two were communicating, Xiao Yucheng ran into the house and said, "Hello, let me ask you, did you see a group of children playing football here last night?"
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Yu family.
While packing his luggage, Bai Hongbo said to Zhou Tonghui, "Why don't you come with me? I heard that the Old Triangle is a man's paradise!"