Chapter 314: Driving the tiger away from the mountain
Chapter 314: Driving the tiger away from the mountain
Zhang Jiheng hugged Zhang Tiantian tightly and shook his head helplessly.
"To be honest, I don't know who wanted to harm you. Last month, I was picking up my son from school and was knocked unconscious on the way home. When I woke up, my Tiantian...Tiantian was gone!"
He still felt a chill as he recounted what happened that day. "Not long after, I received a text message from a stranger saying that my son was in his hands! He showed me Tiantian's video, and I didn't dare to disobey."
These days, James took away Zhang Jiheng's cell phone, and he was the only one who pretended to be nice to that person.
"He didn't lie. The other party was really treacherous. The number was from overseas and we couldn't find any information about it."
Zhang Tiantian saw his father crying and reached out to wipe away the moisture from his eyes: "Dad, don't cry."
Zhang Jiheng's tears flowed even more violently.
"That's all I know, and I've told you all."
Ning Xi was thoughtful and took out her phone to carefully check the text conversations of the past few days.
James covered it up very well. The other party had no idea that Zhang Jiheng had been caught. He even said, "Keep an eye on Ning Xi's movements, or find a way to make her travel alone. If there is no result within a week, don't even think about seeing your son again."
She couldn't help but sneer.
Zhang Tiantian is already missing, and they are still using the child to threaten us. How despicable!
James couldn't help feeling angry.
"These black-hearted people, when I catch them, I will make sure they are in trouble! ... But Xiaoxi, what are you going to do next?"
It seems that all clues have been cut off here.
"Only by using the opponent's trick can we lure the snake out of its hole."
Ning Xi turned to Zhang Jiheng and said, "We have already arranged a place for you and your child to live. However, you have to stay out of the spotlight these days and can't go out casually."
"As long as you cooperate with me, I can pretend that nothing happened."
Zhang Jiheng was thankful to see his son return safely, so he dared not refuse and said hurriedly, "You saved my son for me, I can't thank you enough. If you can help me in any way, just let me know."
With Zhang Jiheng's words, things became much easier.
Ning Xi asked Zhang Jiheng to reply to the other party in a nice tone, and to show his authenticity, he also begged the other party to send him pictures of Tiantian.
Unexpectedly, the other party actually sent me a picture of himself playing with balloons every day.
Ning Xi raised her eyebrows: "There is still a lot of stock."
Two days later, she sent false information to the other party.
"I overheard that she would go to the eastern suburbs alone in the afternoon. As for what she was going to do, I have no idea. Please don't hurt my son!"
The other side quickly replied: "After the matter is accomplished, you and your son will naturally meet."
This time Ning Xi made full preparations. Not only did she order people to ambush around the destination early on, she also placed various self-defense equipment in the car.
James was still worried and wanted to go with them, but Ning Xi stopped him.
"I don't know how far their spies have developed. If they see other people in my car, then the matter will be exposed." She knew James's concerns and said softly, "I know you are worried about me. If anything happens, I will send you a message as soon as possible."
After much persuasion, James was finally persuaded.
Ning Xi went to the eastern suburbs alone, carefully observing the surrounding area for any suspicious people or vehicles along the way, but she didn't find anything wrong.
Since the other side is coming for her, she will join the game herself. Even if the mastermind behind the scenes does not show up in person, he will definitely send a high-level confidant.
When they arrived at the place, Ning Xi slowly got out of the car, took out a shovel, and pretended to dig something on the ground.
As she dug, she paid close attention to every move around her.
Not far away, a man wearing a peaked cap saw this scene and quickly pulled the person next to him over and said, "Third brother, she's here!"
"Monkey, don't scream so loudly!" The man called Third Brother took a deep puff of his cigarette and squinted his eyes as he looked towards Ning Xi. "Don't act rashly. The higher-ups said this little girl is very cunning. If you're not careful, you'll fall into her trap."
The monkey looked over there carefully and said, "She is the only one there."
"Anyway, she looks like she's digging something up, so she won't be able to leave for a while. So, you go this way and I'll go around from behind, which will be safer."
Although the monkey thought this was unnecessary, he did not dare to refute and just did as he was told.
He approached step by step in a covert manner, and was almost reaching Ning Xi, ready to pounce on her!
Who knew that in the next second, a burly man suddenly jumped out of the bushes and gave him a hard punch!
"Ouch!"
The monkey covered his nose and screamed, but before he could react, the burly man grabbed his arms firmly and pinned him there.
"Behave yourself!" Ah Hu pressed the thin man and asked, "Ms. Ning, I have him under control."
Ning Xi then threw away the shovel, crossed her arms and snorted coldly.
The third brother, who came around from the back path and saw this scene, couldn't help but be secretly shocked.
Fortunately, he had foresight and the two of them went separately. Otherwise, wouldn't this woman have caught them all in one fell swoop this time? !
Ning Xi quickly took out a hemp rope from the car and said to Ah Hu, "Tie him up first."
The third brother looked around anxiously, quickly picked up a thicker wooden stick nearby, held it in his hand, kept quiet, and approached quietly.
The monkey knew that his companions would definitely come to rescue him, so he could not care about anything else and could only struggle hard to delay time.
"How dare you move!" Ah Hu was not polite to him and kicked him hard on the leg.
The monkey fell to his knees with a thump in pain.
Just as the hemp rope was about to be tied, suddenly, a burly figure holding a wooden stick rushed towards Ning Xi!
Ah Hu was quick-witted and pulled Ning Xi over to protect him: "Miss, be careful--!"
Ning Xi didn't know what was going on. When she looked up again, she saw a man holding a wooden stick in front of her, and Ah Hu blocked his attack with his arm.
Ah Hu snatched the man's stick with his backhand, but the man didn't fight back and ran away in an instant!
Ning Xi and Ah Hu just chased for two steps, Ah Hu paused, and quickly reacted: "Oh no, this is a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain!"
When I turned around, the thin man behind me was gone!
"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap!" Ning Xi was anxious. She finally had the chance to lure the person out, and she couldn't let him get away like this. She said and ran in the opposite direction, "Ah Hu, go chase the other one!"
Ah Hu grabbed her and said firmly, "Miss Ning, this won't work. If you go there alone, I don't know if there are any ambushes over there. It's too dangerous. I can't let you out of my sight."
Ning Xi thought about it calmly and realized that she understood this truth, but she still felt annoyed.
"This bunch of insidious and cunning people...!"
Ah Hu opened the car door and said cautiously, "Let's go back to the car first."
Ning Xi returned to the car and let out a long breath.
"I just can't bear to let them go like this."
Ah Hu consoled him, "Since they've shown their faces, we can go ask around. Residents or surveillance cameras may be able to capture some information."
"This is the suburbs, far from residential areas. By the time we get to a place with residents and cameras, they will probably have almost run away. Even if they show their faces..."
As she spoke, Ning Xi suddenly paused and thought of something.
The face of the man holding the stick just now...?
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