Chapter 50
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The deeper they went into the forest, the weirder the posture of the trees became. In the air, the trees that had been strangled to death by countless aerial roots were like rotting giants. They stood dejectedly and blocked the sunlight. On the ground, the intersecting aerial roots were covered in slippery moss and lichen, forcing people to hold on to them carefully with every step they took. If they were not careful, they would slip and fall.
"Hiss."
As soon as the sound of breathing behind him faded, Yan Xuan immediately stopped. "What happened?"
Jiang Stops rubbed his palms hard, only to see a long line of big ants crawling on the trunk he had just supported.
"Who told you to support randomly? You got bitten." Yan Ji grabbed Jiang Stops' arm hard and forced him to tilt his center of gravity to himself. At the same time, he scolded him in a low voice, "I told you not to follow me, but you didn't listen. What if you slip later? I have to send you to the hospital quickly. You're so delicate."
Jiang Stops frowned and said, "Don't be so nosy. I'm not a little girl."
"Ouch, a little girl is not as delicate as you!"
"Why are you so talkative?"
"What I said is the truth summed up from countless blood and tears …"
Just like that, the two of them continued to bicker as they trudged forward. Not far away, the criminal police led the police dog in the dense forest, and the intermittent chirping of cicadas came from above.
"Deputy Commander Yan!" The policeman trotted forward from the front and shouted, "We have reached the limit of the police dog's tracking range. We can't be sure if we go further!"
Yan Ji stood still and placed Jiang Stops, who was delicate and couldn't be touched, and had to be careful of being bullied by ants, on the flat and soft layer of fallen leaves. Then he looked around.
This place was really in the middle of nowhere. The surroundings were all similar towering trees and shrubs. There was no signal for ordinary mobile phones. Since the police dog couldn't track further, presumably Shen Xiaoqi and Bu Wei didn't stay here and didn't leave a particularly strong smell in the bushes or on the stones.
The police dog ran over, panting, and Yan Ao plucked it a few times. He took out a piece of beef from his pocket and peeled it to feed it to the dog. However, the dog turned its head and refused to eat it.
"Oh, good training." Yan Ji casually praised and threw the beef cube to the trainer.
The trainer smiled and fed it again, and the police dog ate it.
"How did the two little kids come to this damn place?" Yan Ji's eyes narrowed behind the sunglasses, and he said thoughtfully, "This is not the way down the mountain."
"Not only is it not, it's the only way to go down the mountain!" Ma Xiang came out from behind the tree and held up the map of the forest. "Look, they've been walking deeper into the forest. If they walk at the normal speed of a fifteen-year-old, it'll be dark by the time they get here. Aren't they afraid?"
"Are there any villages or rivers up ahead?"
"Damn, I'd believe it if there were wolves or foxes."
The trainer was holding the police dog, which was wagging its tail. He squatted on the ground and looked at the policemen. It was obvious that he was trying to help. "Could they have completely lost their way, or been kidnapped?"
Yan Ji didn't say anything. He walked around for a while before stopping.
"Both are possible. What do you think, police beauty? "
Jiang Stops was holding her arms and avoiding the ants everywhere. She said, "Yes, it's hard to speculate at the moment. Both possibilities are possible."
Ma Xiang couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean, police … Consultant Lu?"
Yan Ji immediately stared at him, as if saying, "Only I can call you the police beauty." The innocent Ma Xiang shrank back.
"If they were kidnapped, when did the kidnappers start to target them? Why did they go deep into the forest instead of the more mobile road? It doesn't make sense. If they were lost, they walked in a very straight direction. There weren't many signs of them going around in circles, and it didn't conform to the normal track of getting lost in the wild. " Jiang Stops patted the ants climbing on her body and changed the topic. "But the above two possibilities can't be ruled out. Maybe the kidnappers deliberately took the two children to a deserted place. It's hard to say."
Ma Xiang didn't understand. "But why would the kidnappers do that?"
Jiang Stops didn't answer. Instead, she asked, "Is Bu Wei's uncle rich?"
"Uh … According to the information, he works as an intermediary for galleries in other places all year round …"
"Rich enough to take out 200 million?"
"Of course not," Ma Xiang winked and nudged Yan Ji with her elbow. "The only one who can take out 200 million is here."
Yan Ji immediately said sensitively, "Go away! What are you doing? You're touching me. "
Jiang Stops turned a blind eye to their little movements and said, "That's right. If the kidnappers ask for 10 million or even 20 million, they can say it's for money. If they ask for a sky-high ransom and don't leave any room for negotiation, it can only mean that their purpose from the beginning was the two children themselves. It also represents the worst of all the scenarios. "
Although she had a hunch in her heart, Ma Xiang couldn't help but tremble when she said these two words. "Kill the hostages?"
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