In the rebel-occupied area, outside a small town called Cole, three cars were parked. Xue Pingan got out of the car holding a satellite phone.
Next to the endless fields, Xue Ping'an, wearing a Tang suit and holding a cigarette, dialed a number.
…
At the gate of a military airport in Washington.
Zhou Xian sat in the helicopter, lowered his head and instructed the entourage below: "You will go to Uncle Jiu's troops later and personally monitor their preparations. Tonight, entertain the officers participating in this operation, give them money and exchange feelings. Once I am ready, they will set off."
"Understood!" The officer below nodded.
Zhou Xian signaled his assistant to close the hatch, raised his head and shouted, "Let's go!"
The helicopter took off and headed straight for Bana City.
Zhou Xian sat in the cabin, reached out to pick up a pen and paper, and was about to write something down when his cell phone rang.
"Hello?"
Zhou Xian answered the phone.
"Commander Zhou, Xu Zhou and Zhu Peng are in my hands. Would you like to talk?" an electronic voice sounded.
Zhou Xian frowned instantly, clenched his fists and asked back, "What do you want to talk about?"
"Haha, it's nothing. You can do it with just one phone call. Get the rebels and Warhammer Group to withdraw." The other party made a request.
Zhou Xian's face was gloomy: "No matter who you are, no matter who you hold in your hands, do you think this condition can be agreed to? If I agree, will the higher-ups agree?!"
"No, is it?"
"…!" Zhou Xian was silent.
"Haha, that's right! Although you are an old-fashioned prince, you still have to do things according to the wishes of the upper echelons." The other party said jokingly: "Then change the conditions."
Zhou Xian still didn't respond.
"I want An Qiqi. Bring her out of the district, and I'll contact you." The other party said softly, "Don't lie to me. I have friends in District 1 as well. If An Qiqi doesn't come out, I'll chop off another hand of Xu Zhou."
Zhou Xian gritted his teeth, remained silent for three seconds, and then decisively replied: "Okay, sure, I'll wait for your call."
"that's all."
After the two ended the call, Zhou Xian looked down at the paper and pen, lost in thought.
…
Outside the town of Kerr, Xue Pingan hung up the satellite phone, turned around and said, "Let's go. Wait for Zhou Xian's response."
A sturdy man came up and said, "Brother, why don't you call Su Tianyu directly? Can't we just use Xu Zhou and Zhu Peng to exchange for our family members?"
"That's definitely not possible!" Xue Ping'an replied while taking a step forward: "Whether Xu Zhou and Zhu Peng live or die, what does that have to do with Su Tianyu? Our cards can't threaten him, so there's no way to talk about this. If I were Su Tianyu, I wouldn't want these two people either. If you want to talk, just bring An Qiqi back. How much easier would that be?!"
The sturdy man nodded slowly: "Yes."
"Don't make any noise, we just go back."
"If we go back like this, once Zhou Xian notices it, we won't be able to leave." The sturdy man reminded.
"In their eyes, how much is my life worth? Our whole family combined is not as valuable as Mr. Xu." Xue Ping'an said self-deprecatingly: "My life is worthless no matter what, what's the point of fighting?!"
After saying that, Xue Pingan stepped into the car and said calmly, "Let's go back to the city."
…
In the helicopter.
Zhou Xian dialed Deputy Commander Xu's number while his brain was working rapidly. He lowered his head to look at his workbook and wrote a word on it with a pen.
install!
After writing, the phone was connected: "Hello, Xiaoxian!"
"Uncle Xu, the kidnapper called me and claimed that Xiaozhou and Xiaozhu were with him." Zhou Xian immediately said, "Although I haven't confirmed whether he has them, judging from the conditions he proposed, he should be confident."
"What do you mean?"
"He first asked us to withdraw our troops, but I didn't respond. Then he said he wanted to put Qiqi back in peace." Zhou Xian replied: "If the other party puts forward such a condition, there won't be many people to suspect."
Having said that, Zhou Xian wrote another word "Su" on the notebook.
Deputy Commander Xu paused for a moment and asked, "Why didn't he call me?"
"Maybe you think it's safer to contact me." Zhou Xian immediately responded: "Uncle Xu, no matter who they are, as long as they put forward conditions, it will be easy to deal with. Leave this matter to me, don't worry, I will definitely...!"
"Wait for their call. If they confirm that the two children are in their hands, notify me directly and I will send someone to handle it." Deputy Commander Xu was obviously worried about leaving the fate of his son in Zhou Xian's hands, so he immediately said, "Don't make a decision easily."
"Okay." Zhou Xian nodded: "What about An Qiqi?"
"Bring her out." Deputy Commander Xu said without question, "But she must not be lost. She must be held in your hands."
"clear!"
"that's all."
After the two ended the call, Zhou Xian lowered his head and wrote another word on the notebook - Xue!
After writing the three words, Zhou Xian lowered his head and looked at the workbook. After thinking for more than ten minutes, he turned his head and said to his assistant: "Call Kang Dinghuang and tell him that the situation in Bana City has changed. I am short of people. Ask him to transfer Xue Ping'an to the Warhammer Command Base, right now!"
"Yes!" The assistant knew that Zhou Xian and Kang Dinghuang had just had an argument, so he did not persuade the former to call and communicate himself.
…
At around 3:00 p.m., in a major prison in Washington, D.C., a dozen female police officers walked to the door of an isolated cell.
In the low confinement cell that was less than one and a half meters high and two meters wide, An Qiqi hugged her legs, her hair was messy, she smelled sour, and she stared at the floor with a dull look in her eyes.
"You, come out! Squat down against the wall!" The sturdy female police leader shouted at An Qiqi in English.
The cell door opened, and An Qiqi almost squatted out and leaned against the wall in silence.
Under the bright light, An Qiqi was wearing prison uniform, his body covered with bruises and scratches. He had lost at least 20 kilograms, and his cheekbones were noticeably protruding.
An Qiqi was originally a slim girl, about 1.7 meters tall, but at her heaviest she only weighed about 102 or 130 kilograms, so after losing weight, she looked like skin and bones.
Next to the wall, An Qiqi looked down at her toes, and the panic and fear no longer appeared on her pretty face.
In just over twenty days, God knows what the flowers in this greenhouse have experienced!
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Sri Lanka Caliper Military Base.
Xin Xiaodong rushed into the headquarters, frowned and said to Su Tianyu: "Tagu's headquarters contacted us three times within an hour. They requested that our troops arrive near Bana City as soon as possible to support them."
Su Tianyu pressed his hands on the table: "Call back, we'll leave right away."
"yes!"