"Meng Rong, stop pretending. I know it's you. By this point, the only person who could kidnap Meng Nianchu is the kidnap victim rescued from Jin Hui's house, and that's you."
Previously, when the police raided Jin Hui's villa, apart from finding various kinds of incriminating evidence, they also found a person imprisoned and controlled in a room and successfully rescued her. This person was Linda, who had been imprisoned by Jin Hui.
By sheer chance, she managed to escape unscathed in the guise of a victim.
After being said so by Mu Junze, there was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.
After a while, the voice rang out again. This time, it was her own voice without any processing.
"Mu Junze, you're so heartless!"
The one speaking was none other than Linda.
"Why did you team up with the police to arrest all of Brother Hui's men at the concert? Even if you wanted to teach Brother Hui a lesson, you've already achieved your goal. Why did you still call the police and tip them off about Brother Hui's drug - dealing? One should leave some leeway for others, so as to meet again in the future. You've gone too far. You're so heartless!"
Linda kept scolding Mu Junze. It was obvious that Jin Hui's arrest had a huge impact on her.
"Good will be rewarded with good, and evil with evil. Jin Hui's downfall today is entirely due to his past actions. If he had behaved himself, the police wouldn't have been able to do anything to him."
"Stop making excuses!" Linda interrupted Mu Junze and said, "Now Meng Nianchu is in our hands. You have no right to talk about these things. All you can do is come up with one billion in cash to ransom your woman, or I'll kill her."
As Linda spoke, the camera slowly moved forward. After a while, it reached Meng Nianchu.
She first reached out a hand and gently stroked Meng Nianchu's head. Suddenly, her hand turned into a claw, grabbed Meng Nianchu's hair and yanked it back forcefully.
"What are you doing?!"
Bailing and Ju Zisheng saw Linda's actions and screamed, "What are you going to do to her?"
Mu Junze's heart stirred when he saw Linda's actions.
He had said that only he could bully Meng Nianchu, and he had also said that he would protect Meng Nianchu for a lifetime.
There came Linda's crazy laughter from the other end of the phone.
"Hehe, if you don't come, or if you don't bring enough money, I'll kill her here."
As Linda spoke, she let go of Meng Nianchu's hair. Her hand slid down gently along Meng Nianchu's neck to her stomach, and then she slowly said,
"By then, I'll cut her open first, take out your unborn child and show it to you. Then I'll cut her skin piece by piece, so that she can also experience the feeling of disfigurement and plastic surgery!"
Everyone sighed. This woman had completely gone crazy. Maybe she didn't want a single cent now, but just wanted to take revenge on Meng Nianchu and Mu Junze.
"How much do you want? One billion, right? I can give it. The assets of the Mu family exceed tens of billions. I can easily come up with one billion. But I have to tell you..."
At this point, Mu Junze's eyes revealed a killing intent never seen before. He said into the phone, "If you dare to hurt a single hair on her, I will never let you go. You'll die a horrible death then."
Linda seemed to be intimidated by Mu Junze's tone. She could feel the killing intent in Mu Junze's eyes and the determination in his words even on the other end of the phone. So she stopped teasing him and started talking about the details of the deal.
"I'll give you one day to prepare. At 5 p.m. tomorrow, bring the money here and exchange it for your woman and the child in her belly."
"Where?"
"What do you mean where? Don't you already know? The factory."
"At 5 p.m., right?"
"Yes! Let me tell you, don't try any tricks! You think you've wiped out Brother Hui's entire team, but let me tell you, Brother Hui has a lot of people. I have a large number of people at my disposal now. My people will be all around the factory by then. If you dare to bring anyone else or try any tricks, just wait to collect Meng Nianchu's body!"
"I've said that if anything happens to Nianchu, you won't get away either."
"Hahaha, everyone has to die eventually. And I've had two lives. If Meng Nianchu can die before me, I'll die without regret."
"Fine, then give it a try."
Mu Junze's words made Linda feel a bit embarrassed. She didn't know how to respond, so she changed the subject, "Remember, at 5 p.m. tomorrow, bring one billion in cash to the old factory on the outskirts of the city to exchange for your woman. If you don't show up, we'll just kill her. Do you understand?"
"Okay, but you must treat her well until I get there. Otherwise, I still won't let you go."
"You can rest assured on this point. After all, she's my younger sister. How could I treat her badly?"
"I hope you keep your word."
"Don't worry."
After Linda finished speaking, she cut off the connection, and the screen went black.
On this side, Ju Zisheng, Bailing and Mu Junze fell into silence.
"What should we do? Are you... going?"
Ju Zisheng once again played his role of breaking the ice and stepped forward to ease the awkward situation.
"If I don't go, do you want to go?"
Mu Junze didn't look at Ju Zisheng. He was still looking down at his phone and replied without raising his head.
"Then you..."
"Wait a minute. I'll make a call."
As Mu Junze spoke, he dialed Tracy's number and gave him an order: "Something's happened. Come to the company office and wait for me within 15 minutes. Do you understand?"
Tracy had already been about to go to bed and have a rest. It was a rare day with nothing to do. After receiving Mu Junze's call, he immediately put on his clothes and rushed to the company office.
After making the call, Mu Junze said to Bailing and Ju Zisheng, "You two go back first. This is aimed at me. It has nothing to do with you."
"No, we're going with you!"
Bailing said a bit angrily.
"Yes, we're going with you. We can discuss and give some advice. As the saying goes, three cobblers with their wits combined equal Zhuge Liang, the mastermind. With the two of us and Tracy, we can be half of Zhuge Liang. And with you, the real Zhuge Liang, the result might be even better."
Mu Junze didn't have the mood to argue at this time, so he agreed to them.
"Then let's go together. Get in the car."
After almost half a night of discussion, they finally decided that Mu Junze, Ju Zisheng and Bailing would go with the money to make the deal with Linda.
Tracy, on the other hand, had to contact the police. Since a missing - person case can only be filed and the police can only be dispatched 24 hours after the person goes missing, Mu Junze, Ju Zisheng and Bailing had to figure out a way to stall for time during this period.
"This time it's extremely dangerous. Are you scared?"
"If we're scared, we're not friends."
"Good. I have something to say to you."