Chapter 260: Chapter 260: Woman who likes money_1
That night, on a street in TianDu City, the chill wind was biting, mingling with whirling snowflakes.
An old woman was standing in the cold, shivering as she anxiously peered around. She was guarding a box, waiting for sothing - or soone.
Perhaps she had been waiting for too long. She clasped her arms around herself, shuddering uncontrollably. Her face had turned white from the cold, lips turning a frightening shade of purple. But the person she was expecting did not show up.
"Why haven’t they arrived yet?" Mrs. Qian was frantic.
Earlier, the other party promised to arrive within an hour. But two hours had passed and the person coming to collect the money hadn’t shown up. When she tried the number again, it was switched off.
"Ding-dong..." Her mobile phone suddenly rang.
Mrs. Qian quickly took out her phone and pressed the answer button, asking, "Where...where are you? Why aren’t you here to pick up the money?"
"Um, what’s wrong?"
Mrs. Qian was taken aback, and asked, "Qian Bo, is that you?"
"Yes, it’s . Why aren’t you ho? Where have you gone so late at night?"
Mrs. Qian said, "I...I’m outside...you...weren’t you kidnapped? Why are you ho?"
"Who said I’ve been kidnapped? I only went out for a eting. I may have co ho a bit late, but can you stop overthinking? Where’s this kidnapping idea coming from?"
Mrs. Qian said, "But... I received a call earlier saying that you were kidnapped. They demanded one million in ransom. When I called you, your phone wasn’t reachable."
"Soone...soone called you?"
Mrs. Qian said, "Yes! Otherwise, why would I run out in the cold?"
"Where are you? I’ll co pick you up."
Mrs. Qian replied, "I’m at XXXX. Hurry up. It’s very cold."
"Alright, I’m on my way."
After hanging up, Mrs. Qian continued to wait by the roadside. But this ti, she felt significantly relieved knowing Qian Bo was okay.
However, she couldn’t help but wonder about the previous phone call. Was it just a prank ant to mock her?
About half an hour later, a taxi pulled up. Qian Bo was in the back seat, "Still standing there? Hurry and get in. You’re freezing."
Mrs. Qian, recognizing it was Qian Bo, quickly picked up the box and got into the taxi.
Qian Bo looked at the box and asked, "What’s this?"
Mrs. Qian said, "I’ll tell you when we get ho."
Qian Bo glanced at Mrs. Qian, furrowed his eyebrows but didn’t ask any more questions.
When they got ho and Mrs. Qian started to feel warmth return to her body, she asked, "Qian Bo, what exactly is going on? You weren’t really kidnapped?"
Qian Bo replied, "I’m fine. Who would kidnap ?"
"But..." Mrs. Qian said, "I did receive a call. They even asked for one million."
Qian Bo gave a bitter smile, "Where would we get one million? Not even if we sold everything we owned!"
"The...the money is in here..." Mrs. Qian said, opening the box.
"Damn..." Seeing the money in the box, Qian Bo almost jumped out of his seat. He quickly shut the box and asked, "Old woman, where...where did this money co from?"
Mrs. Qian, without looking at Qian Bo, nervously said, "It’s... soone gave it to us. A man who claid to be the vice director of the Land and Resources Bureau gave it to us. He wanted your help with sothing. But don’t misunderstand. I didn’t take this as a bribe. I took it because I had just received the call about your kidnapping and the ransom demand of one million."
Qian Bo, now furious, pointed at Mrs. Qian and yelled, "You...are you out of your mind? You’ve ruined
this ti, completely ruined !"
Mrs. Qian asked, "What... what do you an? Can’t we just return it? I haven’t spent a single penny of this money. And didn’t I do it worrying for you?"
"It’s too late..." Qian Bo was not soone simple-minded.
He may not have thought about it before, but now he had figured it out.
A phone call, an invite from Tan Yaowei, one million. The combination of these three events was enough proof that this was a trap to doom him.
Having been the city committee secretary for years, except for the first few years when people occasionally brought him gifts, he received none afterwards. His character was well known among the officials of TianDu.
Okay, a vice director from the Land and Resources Bureau suddenly ca along. Isn’t that suspicious?
The events were just too coincidental. Mrs. Qian had just received the call, and while she was anxious about the money, the sum she needed had just arrived. Could things really be so conveniently tid?
Sothing fishy was going on with Tan Yaowei as well. Qian Bo had been puzzled when he had co back. Not to ntion his strained relationship with Tan Yaowei, they didn’t even discuss any serious matters beforehand and the location of their eting was quite odd.
That damn place did not have mobile signal, and it was not just unreliable; it was downright non-existent. He wondered why there would be a restaurant in such a forsaken place.
He couldn’t receive any calls, his wife received a call from kidnappers, and the vice director of Land and Resources Bureau handed over one million...
Mrs. Qian said, "What do you an ’it’s too late’, explain!"
"You go to bed first." Qian Bo glared at Mrs. Qian, took out his phone, and dialed a number, "Mr. Sun, there’s a problem here."
"What happened? Explain."
Qian Bo said, "I’ve been frad. I might be facing charges of corruption..."
...
TianDu City, Panlong Mountain.
Mo Shaoyun was sitting on the hood of her BMW M6, looking into the distance with her eyebrows knitted together.
Two days had passed and she had found no lead in Zhang Xian’s case. Tong Xiong didn’t have much family in Tiandu, just a wife and a son.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law..." Buckteeth Zhou suddenly ran over.
Mo Shaoyun stood up and asked, "What is it?"
"After searching for two days, I finally found a useful clue," Buckteeth Zhou said with frustration. "I was going in the wrong direction earlier."
Mo Shaoyun asked, "What do you an?"
Buckteeth Zhou said, "Sister-in-law, we can actually start directly with Tong Xiong’s wife. I heard that the person he’s most reluctant to part with is his wife."
Mo Shaoyun asked, "Are you sure about this? We cannot make any mistakes with such matters, we must find the most suitable person."
"Absolutely reliable." Buckteeth Zhou nodded. "It’s just, I don’t know how to get Tong Xiong to cooperate with ."
Mo Shaoyun asked, "What’s the weakness of Tong Xiong’s wife?"
Buckteeth Zhou rubbed his right thumb and ring finger together, smiled, and said, "Money!"
"Good, as long as there’s a weakness, it’s easier to deal with, especially if it’s money." Mo Shaoyun gave a cold smile. "I think, I should have a way now."
Brother Buckteeth asked, "What’s your plan, Sister-in-law?"
Mo Shaoyun smiled and shared the plan she had just thought of.
Buckteeth Zhou looked Mo Shaoyun up and down, and then chuckled, "Sister-in-law, if I hadn’t heard it directly from you, I wouldn’t believe that you’d co up with such a plan."
Mo Shaoyun’s face turned red. She responded, "Why...why can’t I?"
"Hehe, let’s not waste ti. Let’s go talk to the woman now." Buckteeth Zhou smiled slyly.
Mo Shaoyun gave Brother Buckteeth a look, opened the door of the BMW M6, and said, "Hey, can you be a little more serious? I just want to save Zhang Xian."
"Heh, I’m very serious." Buckteeth Zhou laughed, "Sister-in-law, my car’s over there. Let’s take mine. I can’t let you drive. Brother Xian would kill
if he knew."
Mo Shaoyun nodded, climbed into Buckteeth Zhou’s BMW, and asked, "You should know where Tong Xiong’s wife is, right?"
Buckteeth Zhou said, "I know, I have soone keeping an eye on her now!"
Mo Shaoyun then asked, "What does the woman look like? She isn’t...you know..."
Buckteeth Zhou said, "She’s not as beautiful as sister-in-law, but she’s not bad. In my opinion, Tong Xiong doesn’t deserve her. And if she wasn’t pretty, Tong Xiong wouldn’t be so reluctant to let her go."
Mo Shaoyun nodded and stopped talking.
Not long after, the BMW pulled up in front of a small supermarket.
As soon as Buckteeth Zhou got out of the car, a minion ran over and said, "Brother Buckteeth, that woman is in the supermarket."
Mo Shaoyun lowered the car window and said, "You go and call her out. I have so things to discuss with her."
The minion nodded and scampered into the supermarket.
When he ca out again, he was followed by a woman in white clothes, leading a boy of about six or seven years old.
Upon seeing the woman, Buckteeth Zhou gave a little smile, "Beautiful lady, my sister-in-law would like to discuss a business deal with you."
The woman knitted her brows, "What kind of business?"
Buckteeth Zhou replied, "If you want to know about the business, you can ask my sister-in-law in the car. In short, this deal will definitely be profitable for you."
The woman, initially disinclined to engage, brightened up at the prospect of profit, and promptly climbed into the car.
Buckteeth Zhou leaned on the car, lit a cigarette, and waited quietly.
About half an hour later, the car door was pushed open. The woman erged from the BMW with the boy, a look of excitent on her face, embodying the saying ’everybody looks good when they’re happy’.
Seeing the woman’s appearance, Buckteeth Zhou already knew the outco. He chuckled, "Beautiful lady, the talk went well, didn’t it?"
The woman glanced at Buckteeth Zhou, "It was okay!"
Mo Shaoyun erged from the car and told Buckteeth Zhou, "Transfer 200,000 to her card. She has agreed to our request."
"200,000..." Buckteeth Zhou smacked his lips, quietly cursing the woman for her outrageous demands.
However, he knew that Mo Shaoyun was worried at this mont - as long as it would save Zhang Xian, be it 200,000 or even 2 million, she wouldn’t even bat an eyelid.
The woman giggled and said, "Once the money is in, we can start at any ti."
Mo Shaoyun nodded, "Alright, then let’s not delay. Let’s act imdiately, hit the bank for the transfer, then find that guy Tan Xiaofu."
Brother Buckteeth chuckled, opened the car door, and said, "Beautiful lady, please get in the car, we’re off to the bank."
The woman nodded and climbed into the BMW excitedly.
Mo Shaoyun looked at the woman, then turned to Buckteeth Zhou and asked, "Buckteeth Zhou, have you arranged for soone to watch Tan Xiaofu?"
Buckteeth Zhou replied, "Not yet...I didn’t think it was ti."
Mo Shaoyun said, "Arrange it now! Since we already have a way, don’t delay any further to avoid unnecessary complications."
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