As the two talked, they let go of each other's hands and walked side by side to the observation deck. Under the night sky, they walked in the beautiful scenery by the riverside and talked about their lives and worries.
Li Rui returned to the villa where he was temporarily staying. Of course, he didn't dare to go back too late because he, Song Chaoyang, and Du Minsheng were assigned to the same villa. The two leaders lived on the second floor, while he lived on the first floor. When he returned to the villa, Song Chaoyang and Du Minsheng were further confirming the arrangements for tomorrow's meeting with Shuanghe County Party Secretary Zheng Yuanfang and County Magistrate Fang Qingyun. He listened to them for a while, feeling bored.
After the two leaders finished their report, they left. The three of them washed up and went back to their rooms to rest.
At midnight, Li Rui had a dream, which was exactly the same as Qingman's dream. He found Zixuan walking not far in front of him and hurriedly shouted. However, Zixuan acted like he didn't hear him and walked faster and faster. He ran to chase after him, but found that Zixuan was even faster. He couldn't catch up and watched as Zixuan disappeared into the darkness in front of him, never to be seen again.
After he finished this dream, he was scared awake. His heart was pounding. He didn't know if this dream foretold something, or if it was just a review and review of Qingman's dream. Either way, he had a bad premonition …
While Li Rui was tossing and turning, unable to sleep, on the other side of the ocean in Washington, the weather was sunny and the sun was shining brightly. The President of the United States, Guan Hai, was in the garden of the White House, warmly welcoming the visiting President of France. Behind the two presidents, countless officials and aides were paying attention to the conversation between these two world-class figures. On the side of the line, countless reporters were taking pictures of the two people … The entire White House, and even the entire District of Columbia, where the White House was located, was immersed in this state visit called "the alliance of the century."
But only five minutes later, the mainstream media of the international community, the domestic security forces of Europe and the United States, the CIA and the FBI, and the embassies in the United States all turned their attention to another kidnapping incident that suddenly caused an earth-shattering sensation on the Internet and even in the international community.
On the largest video website in the United States, "The Show," someone uploaded a short video. The video was divided into two parts. First, two Asian women were kidnapped and imprisoned. According to the kidnappers' request, they faced the camera and said something. They requested the country to come forward and negotiate with the relevant countries in Europe and the United States to withdraw from the military strike against the ISIS organization. Otherwise, the two women would be beheaded in ten days. The second part was a kidnapper tightly wrapped in a black robe and hood. Only his eyes were exposed. He held an AK rifle and faced the camera to explain the kidnapping incident. He emphasized that if the request was not met, the consequences would be terrible. In the end, he shouted a few religious slogans about invincible holy war.
The video did not state which organization was responsible, but anyone could see that the ISIS organization was the culprit behind the kidnapping. They did not state that they were responsible for the incident now. They would wait until the two women were beheaded in the future.
In fact, similar kidnapping incidents had occurred frequently all over the world in recent years, especially in countries in the Middle East. Previously, U.S. citizens and Japanese journalists had been kidnapped and eventually killed by the ISIS organization. But unlike the previous kidnappings, the kidnappers did not ask for ransom this time. Of course, in the previous kidnappings, ransom was only asked to tease the victim's family and the country. This time, the kidnappers directly proposed political and military conditions.
Like the previous kidnapping videos uploaded to the "The Show," as soon as this video was uploaded to the website, it attracted a large number of onlookers and comments. In addition, this time it involved the emerging third-world countries in the world. In recent years, China had risen to the world's second-largest economy. It had always been fair, upright, friendly, and tolerant in the international community. Therefore, this video quickly attracted crazy attention, comments, reposts, and dissemination. In a short time, it set off a huge wave on the world's Internet.
The FBI, which was responsible for domestic security in the United States, was the first to pay attention to this video and contacted many brother departments, such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Customs Service, to confirm the identity of the victims in the video. After finding and confirming Gao Zixuan's identity as a business traveler with the US Customs Administration, they found another victim, Mary, through her activities in New York over the past few days. She was the translator and tour guide that Gao Zixuan hired from the airport service company. After confirming the identity of the two victims, the FBI investigated the two women's last appearance in Philadelphia, the largest city in Pennsylvania, through the route of the two women's activities in the United States. Finally, they confirmed that the two women were kidnapped by the ISIS organization in Philadelphia, and they were most likely still in the United States.
After the FBI learned the basic situation, on the one hand, they organized a special investigation team and cooperated with the local police in Philadelphia to investigate the whereabouts of the terrorists who carried out the kidnapping and the two women. On the other hand, they informed our foreign relations department in the United States as usual. After the foreign relations department in the United States learned about the situation, they also paid special attention to it. On one hand, they actively cooperated with the United States police to rescue the two women, and on the other hand, they reported the situation to the national foreign relations headquarters. The foreign relations headquarters immediately sent people to contact the families of Gao Zixuan and Mary.
Although Mary had obtained a green card in the United States and obtained permanent residency in the United States, her parents were still living in Taiwan. Therefore, her parents were still Chinese. Of course, it was more troublesome to contact them. After all, they had to go through the local government.
Soon, the foreign relations department used the home phone number recorded in the family information that Gao Zixuan filled in when she applied for the passport. They called Gao Guotai and Hao Yalan, who were sleeping soundly in Jingnan City, and woke them up. The next moment, Gao Hao and Hao Yalan heard the shocking news. After a short shock, the couple hugged each other and cried bitterly …
It was only eight o 'clock in the morning when Li Rui received a call from Qingman from the provincial capital of Jingnan. Qingman cried and told him about Zixuan's kidnapping.
For Qing Man to know about this matter, it wasn't Gao Guotai or Hao Yalan who told her. It turned out to be Gao Dongdong who contacted her and told her about it. She didn't know what he was thinking. Qingman almost had a nervous breakdown when she heard about the situation. She immediately rushed to the Gao family to ask about the details. He Suli was worried about her, so she accompanied her to the Gao family's house.
When the mother and daughter arrived at the Gao family's house, all the relatives of the Gao family were there. Gao Guotai was crying, Hao Yalan was crying, and Gao Dongdong's face was gloomy. The other relatives also looked frightened. The whole family was in grief. Qingman saw that she could not help much, so she could only try to comfort Gao Guotai and his wife. Everyone in the Gao family knew that she was pregnant and should not be sad, so they quickly persuaded her to leave.
After Qingman returned home, she called Li Rui to tell him about Zixuan's whereabouts. However, she did not know that Li Rui already knew that Zixuan had gone to the US. He just did not expect that Zixuan would be kidnapped. Moreover, it was not an ordinary kidnapping. It was a kidnapping by the notorious ISIS organization.
Qingman also told him about what had happened. "Our outreach department in the US has already discussed with the relevant departments in the US. The US has agreed to send two to four people to the US to monitor the development of the case." "Our outreach department is actively communicating with the US Embassy in the US. After the US Embassy in the US applies for a special visa for Zixuan's family, they can fly to the US." The Gao family has also reached a consensus to send Gao Guotai and Gao Dongdong to the US. As for Hao Yalan, she was too sad, so she could only wait for news in China.
In the end, Qingman cried and said, "This is almost the same as the dream I had. If I had known this would happen, I would never have had that dream."
Li Rui's eyes were also red and swollen, and tears were rolling in his eyes. He had never thought that the tall lady who was supposed to be enjoying an exotic life in the United States would be kidnapped. Moreover, she was kidnapped by the most terrible, cruel, and inhumane terrorist organization in the world. In this era, after the fall of Al Qaeda and the collapse of the Taliban, the ISIS organization had become the most powerful and harmful terrorist organization in the world. There was no comparison. The victims of the various kidnappings they created were often victims. Therefore, it could be imagined that the kidnapping of Zixuan was almost equivalent to a declaration of death.
Although the kidnappers had put forward conditions, even if our country worked hard to mediate negotiations with the European and American countries, it would not be so easy to complete. After all, the military strike against ISIS included the political and economic ambitions of various countries. Two ordinary women were obviously not enough to make them cancel the operation plan. Moreover, even if the European and American countries agreed to withdraw their military forces, how could they do it in ten days? Moreover, was there even enough time left for ten days?
Li Rui's mind was in a mess, and he did not have any ideas. He just comforted Qingman and told her not to be too sad. He also told her not to pay attention to the development of this incident, so as not to hurt the baby. Then, he hung up the phone and called Gao Dongdong.
Gao Dongdong was very confused by his call. After he explained that he wanted to know more about Zixuan's kidnapping, Gao Dongdong asked in confusion, "Why are you so concerned about my sister?"
Li Rui said impatiently, "Nonsense, Zixuan is a good friend of my husband and wife. Qingman is pregnant now, so I can't pay too much attention to her. Only I can pay attention to her. I'm doing my best as a friend. Why are you asking so much?"
Gao Dongdong sighed and said, "I don't know more about the situation. Maybe I'll only know when I arrive in the US. I'll call you then. Sigh, I hope that Zi Xuan can be safe and be released by the kidnappers, but … but I heard that all the hostages who were kidnapped by this organization basically didn't survive. They were all brutally … sigh, sigh! "At the end, her voice was choked with sobs. It was obvious that she couldn't control her sadness.
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