Chapter 158: Chapter 158: Cash on delivery Chapter 158: Chapter 158: Cash on delivery Wu Xianjun said, “First, clean up the blood stains on her body and let her wake up.”
Xiao Dong busily nodded: “Yes…”
Wu Xianjun then asked, “You said you were poisoned, what’s that about?”
Xiao Dong replied, “I don’t know…” He started vomiting blood, bleeding from the nose, and feeling dizzy and swollen in the head for no apparent reason, like symptoms of poisoning.
Nearby, Zheng Xuanyi was also unconscious, with a steady flow of nosebleed, seemingly poisoned as well.
Wu Xianjun asked, “Have you reached the place yet?”
“Not yet.”
Wu Xianjun commanded, “Once you’ve arrived, call back.”
“Understood, boss.”
Wu Xianjun hung up the phone and returned to the living room, sitting down opposite Huo Tingdong.
Huo Tingdong was wearing a surveillance earpiece, having heard everything Wu Xianjun said to his subordinate during the call.
Wu Xianjun said, “Mr. Huo, I’m a very credible person. Once my man brings the person to the place, I will imdiately video call you.”
Huo Tingdong didn’t show any reaction.
This man in front of him brazenly claid to be a “credible” person. Had Huo Tingdong not overheard their conversation through surveillance, he might have actually believed it.
Huo Tingdong said, “Credibility is the number one rule in doing business, and you should be well aware of that.”
Right now, Lin Qi’s life was in the balance, and striking at Wu Xianjun prematurely was obviously out of the question.
This daring criminal, who boldly broke into the Huo Family’s ho with a bomb strapped to his body to et Huo Tingdong face to face, proved his exceptional boldness.
Regardless of whether the C4 on his body was real or not, his presence at the Huo Mansion—if by even one in ten thousand chance it led to an explosion—would be extrely hazardous.
Momo and Han were upstairs.
Destroying the Huo Manor was the lesser concern; he could not play with the lives of the two children.
This was a kidnapping and ransom case.
Following the incident, there are only 72 hours of critical rescue ti for the hostage.
After 72 hours, the kidnappers would start losing patience.
However, if money could solve the issue, then nothing would be a problem.
Huo Tingdong said, “I have already instructed my n to prepare the cash, money exchanged for the person.”
Wu Xianjun chuckled, “Of course! Mr. Huo, I am very sincere about this deal. I also know that such an amount cannot be withdrawn in one night, but I suppose Mr. Huo should have that five million deposit, right?”
Huo Tingdong said, “Mo Ke.”
Mo Ke nodded, stepped forward, placed a briefcase on the coffee table, and made a ‘please’ gesture.
Wu Xianjun looked at Huo Tingdong warily, not daring to be sure what exactly was in the briefcase.
Huo Tingdong said, “Here is ten million in cash.” The Huo Family also had a cash reserve, no more, no less than ten million.
Wu Xianjun extended his hand hesitantly, touched the briefcase, unlocked it, and slowly opened it.
Inside, the ten million in cash was neatly stacked.
Huo Tingdong said, “We’ll do a video call to confirm the person is still alive. Then you can take this money, and by this ti tomorrow, I’ll have the rest of the cash ready.”
Mo Ke said, “The money has been counted, not a penny less, all ten million.”
Wu Xianjun had seen the world, but this kind of resolute behavior from Huo Tingdong was new to him.
The man was too calm.
It was a calm that made Wu Xianjun wonder, how important was the woman tied up by his side to him?
Moreover, with a bomb strapped to him, Huo Tingdong’s calm deanor seed utterly unbothered by it, as if their eting was not so much a threat or extortion as it was a business negotiation conducted with a cool head.
Soon, a call ca from his subordinate.
Wu Xianjun picked up the phone, but it was another subordinate calling.
He went outside to answer, and the subordinate’s panicked voice ca from the other side, “Boss, Xiao Dong seems to be dead.”
“What…”
“Just now, Xiao Dong kept vomiting blood. We don’t know what that woman fed him, but suddenly he passed out and seems to have stopped breathing…”
Wu Xianjun asked, “Where are you now?”
The subordinate replied, “We’re temporarily settled, and that woman’s blood has been cleaned up. Boss, what about Xiao Dong?”
Wu Xianjun said, “Forget about him. Video call first.”
The subordinate imdiately started a video call.
The suburbs.
An abandoned chicken farm.
Lin Qi was tied to a chair, hands and feet bound, with the overhead incandescent light swaying continuously, surrounded by darkness.
Under the dim light, her shadow stretched out alone.
The musty sll hit her nose, mixed with a faint scent of blood.
With her eyes open, Lin Qi could see a man with a masked face setting up a phone in front of her, shining a flashlight on her face.
In the blinding glare, the surroundings beca even more unrecognizable.
Wu Xianjun returned to the living room, turning the phone’s video feed toward Huo Tingdong.
On the other end of the video, Lin Qi was seen sitting in the chair, hands bound behind her back, with traces of blood wiped from her body and face, bruises under her eyes and by her mouth. It was distressing to see.
It was as if his heart had been pierced.
It was evident that Lin Qi had been hurt and had been hit hard.
She seed to be sowhat disoriented, indicating that whoever hit her, did so with a heavy hand.
The cara zood in.
A man lowered his voice and said, “Do you see clearly? The person is still alive.”
He ordered Lin Qi, “Say sothing to the cara!”
In a daze, Lin Qi opened her eyes. She felt dizzy, her world spinning.
In her confusion, she heard Huo Tingdong’s voice: “Lin Qi?”
His gentle voice brought back a trace of consciousness to her.
“Huo Tingdong…”
Huo Tingdong said, “Don’t be afraid, it’s going to be all right.” His voice unavoidably betrayed a hint of undetectable panic.
Lin Qi said, “I’m okay…”
Before she could finish her sentence, the video was cut off.
Compared to photographs, every fra of a video is alive.
Thus, when Huo Tingdong saw Lin Qi, bruised and battered, his breath felt congested, becoming sowhat labored.
Wu Xianjun said, “Confird? She is still alive.”
Huo Tingdong said, “She is seriously hurt. What did I say? Don’t lay a finger on her.”
Wu Xianjun said, “I assure you, my n won’t touch her again as long as you fulfill your promise promptly, don’t call the police or try anything else, money exchange for the person.”
He hung up the phone and slowly stood up, casually picking up the briefcase full of cash. “Mr. Huo, sa ti tomorrow, I’ll co to collect the ransom.”
With that, he turned and left with the briefcase.
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