Chapter 206: My Intelligence
"Captain Zhang, I found something." A young female police officer said gravely to the middle-aged man beside her. "That female teacher named Xiao Ran is indeed a major suspect. The criminal Qu Zhiqiang had close social ties with her before he entered prison."
"Send someone to the kindergarten immediately to keep an eye on Xiao Ran." Captain Zhang nodded. "Team One, pull up the surveillance footage near Xiao Ran's home. Team Two, check her recent call records to see if Qu Zhiqiang contacted her after his release."
"Yes, sir!"
Before long, both teams had news.
"Captain Zhang, surveillance shows that after being released from prison, Qu Zhiqiang did appear near Xiao Ran's home. He stayed there for one night and didn't leave until the next morning."
"Captain Zhang, Xiao Ran has been in frequent contact with the same unfamiliar number recently. We suspect the owner of that number is Qu Zhiqiang."
Captain Zhang nodded and was about to give orders when his phone rang.
He pressed the answer button. On the other end was a woman's voice: "Hello... Is this Captain Zhang?"
"This is he. Who is this?"
"My name is Chen Ting. I'm Shanshan's teacher..."
"Oh, Teacher Chen, I remember you. What's the matter?"
"Well..." Chen Ting hesitated. "Today, Xiao Ran insisted on taking the child home again. I'm a bit worried..."
Chen Ting told Captain Zhang all her concerns in detail.
"Teacher Chen, I understand the situation. You can rest assured."
After hanging up, Captain Zhang turned around with an extremely serious expression and said to everyone, "Team One and Two, grab your gear and come with me. Team Three, get the car ready. Team Four, maintain surveillance. The traffickers might strike again today. We'll set up early. Damn it, they dare to kidnap children? It's time to catch them all in one net."
...
Qu Zhiqiang drove slowly along the street. To avoid attracting attention, he hadn't used the van this time but had switched to a black sedan.
He needed to wait until the teachers and students at the kindergarten had left before he could brazenly go and take the child.
As he gradually approached the kindergarten, Qu Zhiqiang noticed that the school seemed to be letting out early today. There was hardly anyone around.
The few street vendors weren't hawking their wares anymore either; instead, they were all unusually silent.
"Brother Qu..." The scar-faced man driving asked, "What now? Just grab the kid and throw him in the car?"
Qu Zhiqiang looked into the distance at Xiao Ran and the little boy standing at the kindergarten gate.
"Old Scar, how's your driving?" Qu Zhiqiang asked.
The scar-faced man thought for a moment and replied, "I don't have a license, but I've been driving for years. My skills are good."
"Good." Qu Zhiqiang pointed at Xiao Ran. "Run her over."
"Run her over?" The scar-faced man looked troubled.
"What's the matter? You scared?"
"It's not that I'm scared." The scar-faced man sighed helplessly. "It's easy to run her over, but you'll have to give me an extra five thousand for the car repairs."
"Hahaha!" Qu Zhiqiang laughed heartily. "No problem! I'll give you ten thousand. Just make sure you run her over hard!"
A newspaper vendor watched the black car approaching slowly. He lowered his head and spoke quietly into his radio, "Suspicious vehicle spotted at six o'clock. Team A, confirm identity. Over."
"Team A received. Over."
A moment later, the reply came.
"Team A confirms the occupants are the criminal suspect Qu Zhiqiang. Over."
The newspaper vendor nodded and switched the channel on his walkie-talkie.
"All units, attention. Criminal suspect Qu Zhiqiang is in the black sedan at six o'clock. Begin the takedown."
As soon as he finished speaking, a large number of nearby police officers turned their attention to the black car. But the very next second, the black car accelerated and sped toward the kindergarten gate.
...
Why haven't they come yet?
I stood there a bit anxiously. Tonight, I had an appointment with my psychiatrist, and this Qu character was really wasting my time.
Just as I was getting impatient, I saw a black car approaching from a distance.
It was driving very slowly, which seemed abnormal. Was this Brother Qu's car?
Was my money coming?
I was about to pull Chen Moran forward when the car suddenly accelerated toward me.
Before I could even react to what was happening, in an instant, a crowd of people rushed toward me from all directions.
They were shouting and yelling, saying all kinds of things to me and the black car.
But I couldn't hear a thing.
Because I saw the three pagodas of Chongsheng Temple in the distance starting to crack.
Then, a tremendous roar followed, and the entire ground began to shake.
Just as the black car was about to hit me, I hurriedly hugged Chen Moran and dodged to the side.
He was my sixty thousand yuan!
Everyone in the world could die, but not my sixty thousand!
I hadn't expected an earthquake to be so different from what I imagined. The ground wasn't bouncing up and down but swaying side to side.
I lost my footing and fell flat on my face.
At least I was fine. So was my sixty thousand.
Once the earthquake was over, I could trade him for money.
But just as I was dazed for a second, I saw the black car reversing and rolling toward me again.
It seemed determined to kill me.
I was hit. I couldn't remember anything after that.
...
I've been in this so-called "Land of the End" for three whole days now.
It stinks here.
Even worse than those old men I used to know.
What am I going to do now?
That guy named Qi Xia seemed very capable, but he didn't fall for my tricks. He said he was married, so he didn't like other women.
Disgusting.
I've hooked up with so many married men before, and they were all thrilled. What's he pretending for?
Because he's good-looking, he's putting on airs. Men like him are the hardest to deal with.
And that damned Zhao Haibo—damn it. I thought since he was a doctor, I'd let him take advantage of me, and he'd give me money to spend when we got out.
But when that Yun Yao was beating me up, he chickened out!
I have to kill Yun Yao...
But how?
She's always surrounded by Qi Xia and that thug. I can't get to her.
Is there any way to make Yun Yao willingly come to her death?
While I was lost in thought, I suddenly saw the rabbit mask I brought back yesterday.
Oh my god...
Isn't this the perfect method?
If I disguise myself as the rabbit... won't she come to die?
With that thought, I grabbed the mask and sneaked out of the school late at night, then crept toward the rabbit's arena under the cover of darkness.
This damn place has so many bugs. At night, their chirping is deafening.
The insects were rustling, right in my ears.
But whatever. As long as I get to the rabbit's arena and dispose of her body, that escape game will become mine.
Then I'll pretend to be the rabbit and wait for someone to come and die.
I hope it's Yun Yao who comes first. That way, I can get my revenge.
I'm so smart. I always find the shortcut to everything.
So... Yun Yao, can you tell that the rabbit is me in disguise?
Ah!
She's coming, she's coming!
And she's with some fat old man. Is that her lover?
How disgusting, Yun Yao. You look decent, but you're hanging out with an old man?
Don't worry. I'll kill you right now.
My name is Xiao Ran.
I'm about to start lying.