Su Rou and Su Meimei had been brought to this warehouse since morning. By now, they hadn't even had a sip of water. Hunger was still bearable, but the thirst was really torturous!
Hu Yue and Xu Zhi looked at the two girls huddled against the wall. "Hey, should we get something for them to eat?"
"Well... we can't let them starve to death. Otherwise, we won't get any money!" Hu Yue nodded. "But... I'm afraid these two girls will gain the strength to escape if they're full!"
Xu Zhi thought for a while and took out a packet of medicine from his pocket. "Use this."
"What's this?" Hu Yue took a look and asked.
"I found this on that girl. She said it was sleeping pills she bought for her mom. Hehe... Add a bit to their food. Let them sleep until evening."
"Okay!" Hu Yue nodded. This was perfect. They could make the deal with the girls' families in the evening!
Xu Zhi walked over to Su Rou and Su Meimei with two glasses of milk and some snacks. He put the things on the ground. "Time to eat."
Su Meimei glanced at him and snorted disdainfully. "Who wants to eat your stuff!"
"Humph, it's free. If you don't eat, it's your loss!" Xu Zhi put the things down and walked away. Anyway, they were there. They could eat if they wanted.
Su Rou looked at Su Meimei. She was quite stubborn!
Evening
Xu Zhi and Hu Yue checked the time. They thought it was about right and started rummaging through the two girls' phone numbers. There must be the phone numbers of their family members on them!
"You call one. I'll call the other!"
"Okay!"
Hu Yue and Xu Zhi had installed a signal jammer in the warehouse. So when Su Rou took out her phone, it showed no signal!
Hu Yue turned off the jammer and started making a call. He went through Su Rou's phone and found there were only about four or five phone numbers. There were no numbers for her mom or dad. Hu Yue couldn't help frowning. "Why doesn't this girl have her parents' phone numbers?"
"Oh?"
"Just a 'Brother Ze'. Does she have no relatives?" They didn't expect to kidnap a poor girl! Just with a brother!
"Ah... there's nothing we can do. Get as much as we can. These two girls are quite good - looking. Sell the poor one. As for the other one, we can try to swindle more money from her family!" Xu Zhi suggested.
"Okay, I think that's a good idea!"
Hu Yue found Su Yuze's number and called him on his own phone. The call was answered almost instantly. "Hello."
"Cough, your sister is with us."
"Your demand." Su Yuze said coldly.
Hu Yue looked at his phone in surprise. He thought this man was a poor guy and would speak timidly. But unexpectedly... when he heard the man's voice, it was so domineering. He could even feel the pressure coming from the other end.
"You can't call the police. Then prepare... five million yuan!"
"..."
Hu Yue seemed to hear some soft conversation on the other end of the phone. He immediately shouted, "Are you calling the police?"
"No." Su Yuze said coldly.
"You'd better not lie to me." Hu Yue was a bit nervous because of Su Yuze's calm words. This man was too calm. He really wanted to ask if this girl was really his sister.
"Location." Su Yuze continued, as if he didn't take Hu Yue seriously at all.
Hu Yue was taken aback. "The location is in the eastern suburb. Then you put the money in the men's restroom. We'll go and get it. After we confirm the amount is right, we'll release the girl."
"Okay."
Before Hu Yue could hang up the phone, Su Yuze had already hung up. And he did it so quickly, as if he didn't care about the girl at all.
Xu Zhi was still negotiating, but it seemed to be going well. "Five million yuan. If you give one yuan less, you'll never see your daughter again!"
"..."
"Okay, okay, that's it! Remember, don't call the police. Otherwise, don't blame me for killing your daughter!" Xu Zhi said with a straight face.
Xu Zhi also finalized the deal and hung up the phone. He and Hu Yue looked at each other and smiled. Hehe, they were just waiting to collect the money in the evening!
...
After Su Yuze hung up the phone, he walked up to Yu Feng and asked, "How about it? Have you found them?"
"Yeah, the location is in the southern suburb." Yu Feng nodded. "The signal was very weak before. I don't know why it suddenly got stronger when you were on the phone."
"Let's not talk about this for now. Hurry up and find them!"
"Okay!" Yu Feng immediately stood up. "How many people are there on the other side? I'll bring some people for you!"
"Okay."
On the other side
After Liu Rulan answered the phone, she was in a panic. The man said he would kill her daughter and asked her to get five million yuan as soon as possible. Five million yuan was not a small amount, but for their family, it was still doable. As long as she could get Meimei back, five million yuan was not a big deal.
Su Hongyu saw Liu Rulan's face turn pale after she hung up the phone. "Mom, what's wrong?" Su Hongyu asked. "Who was on the phone?"
"It's... the people who kidnapped Meimei!" Liu Rulan said, and tears welled up in her eyes. "They want five million yuan!"
Five million yuan? It was really robbery! "Then what should we do? Quickly tell the police the location of the deal and go and arrest them!"
"No, we can't!" Liu Rulan shook her head frantically. "We can't. The kidnapper said that if I call the police, he will... he will kill Meimei!" She couldn't take Meimei's life as a joke.
Su Hongyu frowned and sat on the sofa. "But mom, last time when dad was sued and arrested, our family paid a lot of money. If we take out another five million yuan..." It wasn't impossible, but the family would be even more strapped for cash.
"We can't just leave Meimei alone!" Liu Rulan wiped away her tears and immediately stood up. "I'm going to prepare the money. I'm going to redeem Meimei!"
"Wait, mom! Calm down. What if they don't release Meimei even after you give them the money? We need to think this through!" Su Hongyu said.
"Yes..." Liu Rulan nodded. It was hard to say about this kind of thing. "Then I..."
"We still need to call the police!"
"If we call the police... he will hurt Meimei!"
...
Hu Yue and Xu Zhi were happily drinking. Thinking they would get the money soon, their faces were beaming with smiles!
Su Rou and Su Meimei saw their smug smiles and knew they must have finalized the price. They were afraid that... the kidnappers would not release them even after getting the money!
Su Meimei was extremely thirsty at this moment. Seeing the milk in front of her, she grabbed it and gulped it down.
"Su Mei..." Su Rou looked at her. She had drunk more than half of the glass of milk. Well, she thought Su Meimei was quite stubborn, but it seemed she couldn't hold on for long.