I don't know how long it took, but Hua Ting struggled to open her eyes.
Her head still hurt.
She recalled that she seemed to have been knocked unconscious by something like a stick, and then she didn't know anything.
This was not the time to think about this.
She was shocked to find that her hands were tied behind her back, and her wrists and ankles were tightly tied to a worn-out wooden chair with hemp ropes, making her unable to move.
Surrounded by cracked cement walls and a water-stained ceiling dripping water, the place looked like a dilapidated basement, damp, cold, and dim, with only a small lamp on a wooden table not far away emitting faint light. of light.
Who did she mess with?
She could eat all the meals here.
Could it be that she was an accomplice of the men in black in the theater just now?
It's impossible.
They are Bai Qihong's people.
They wouldn't be stupid enough to kidnap his daughter.
Hua Ting twisted her body a few times and found that the rope was too tight and there was no way to break free.
Her stomach began to hurt from the stranglehold.
The door creaked open, and a man who seemed to be about 1.8 meters tall was smoking a cigarette and slowly walking towards her.
His figure formed a dark and wretched silhouette in the dim light.
He shook After a few puffs of cigarette ashes, I walked closer to Hua Ting.
He had small eyes, a big nose, a black mole on his philtrum, an everted lower lip and severe buck teeth.
He looked disgusting, and Hua Ting was sure she had never seen him before.
So they have no grudges, why would he tie her up?
"I think you kidnapped the wrong person," Hua Ting said first.
Unexpectedly, the man in front of me laughed loudly, with a beast-like light flashing in his eyes, and his abrupt teeth were exposed in the air, "How could the eldest lady of the Bai family make a mistake?
Do you think we are blind?"
It seemed that it was indeed aimed at her.
Hua Ting tried to recall, "Have you and I ever had any problems?"
"It's not just Liang Zi."
He came closer and blew the smoke from his mouth into her face, "That's a deep hatred."
Hua Ting felt nausea in her throat and tried her best to avoid her face.
"We finally seized this opportunity."
He stood up straight and looked at her condescendingly, "Why would Miss Bai sit on the roadside and eat such a thing?"
Whoever had time to chat with him, it was really funny, "We have never met, right?
I think you really arrested the wrong person."
"How come I haven't seen it before?"
The man with a vulgar smile turned sideways so that she could see clearly the figure that appeared at the door at an unknown time, "I think you must remember him."
The figure at the door gradually approached her.
His face was blurred, his figure was thin, and he was short.
He was more than a head shorter than the man in front of her.
Especially his legs, which were as thin as two bamboo poles, were covered with black hair.
Another wave of nausea rose in her throat.
As the man approached, his facial features gradually became clearer.
Hua Ting was surprised to find that she really recognized him.
She remembered him.
He was the cup shaker in the casino that day.
The difference is that the right hand of the cup shaker is wrapped in a thick layer of cotton.
You can tell by the shape of the cotton cloth.
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Hua Ting swallowed.
She really guessed the rules of the world that Bai Qihong mentioned that day.
So, he is here seeking revenge.
Should I chop off one of her hands?
Thinking of this, no matter how brave Ren Huating was, she would inevitably feel a chill down her spine, and even feel a little creepy.
"Miss Bai, you really made me suffer."
The cup-shaking guy had a ferocious smile on his face.
He took the half-remained cigarette from the big man's hand and was about to put it in his mouth.
Suddenly something occurred to him and he walked up to Hua Ting and said, "You have made it impossible for us to live in Shanghai, and we have no money to run away.
What do you think I should do?"
The flame in the cigarette butt flickered on and off, less than two centimeters away from her eyes.
She tilted her head slightly, frowned and said, "What do you want?"
"I can't even sleep well if I can't breathe this out."
After finishing this sentence through gritted teeth, the cup-shaking guy stubbed out the cigarette butt on Hua Ting's knees.
Fortunately, she changed her pants today, and the thick cotton fabric relieved her pain a little bit, but the heat from the fire still made her frown, and she couldn't help but hum softly: "What on earth do you want?"
"It's simple, give me some money."
"I have no money."
The cup shaker smiled slyly, "Of course I know you don't have money, but your father does."
Oh, Hua Ting suddenly felt enlightened.
It turned out that the other party had the idea to kidnap the daughter of a wealthy family and then use it to extort huge sums of money.
This was a common method.
"I don't mind if you can get money from him."
After Hua heard this, the little brother shook the cup and gave the big man a wink.
He walked to the dilapidated wooden table, picked up an old telephone next to the desk lamp, opened the drawer, took out a sharp straight-handled knife, and walked to Hua Ting.
"Of course I need your cooperation."
He put the phone on the ground, handed the receiver to Brother Shake Cup, and held the sharp knife to Hua Ting's throat.
As long as she didn't chop off her hands or other parts of her body, she wasn't very scared.
She also said, "You guys are really brave.
I'm not afraid that Bai Qihong will kill you afterwards."
The knife was closer to her skin, sharp and cold.
She could imagine that as long as he moved his hand even slightly, the skin on her neck would immediately be torn open and blood would drip from it.
The guy who shook the cup squatted down and skillfully dialed the Bai family number with his left hand holding the receiver.
The call was quickly connected.
Maybe it was because the receivers of this era were relatively poor in soundproofing.
She could clearly hear Mrs.
Bai's voice on the other end of the phone.
She just said "Hey" when the cup shaker guy directly threw out One sentence: Your daughter is in my hands Madam Bai immediately panicked and called Bai Qihong.
"Hey."
He was calm and collected as usual.
"Mr.
Bai," Brother Yaogu pulled the phone cord that was in a mess on the ground and stood up, "I guess at this point, you are going crazy looking for your precious daughter."
"No need to talk nonsense, just tell me what you want."
Bai Qihong was really straightforward.
"Mr.
Bai is so happy."
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There was a smile that couldn't be concealed on the corner of the cup shaker's mouth, "Don't worry, I'm just asking for money, and I don't want to kill anyone.
So, please ask Mr.
Bai to prepare two hundred dollars in half a day."
A gold bar and delivered it in person.”
"Wait a minute," Bai Qihong interrupted, "How can I believe that my daughter is in your hands?"
The guy who shook the cup put the receiver to Hua Ting's ear and motioned for her to speak.
Anyway, it was Bai Qihong's money that was used.
It was none of her business.
Thinking of this, Hua Ting called into the receiver.
Unexpectedly, the voice in the receiver was replaced by Jian Yi.
"Hua Ting, it's me" Why is he here to join in the fun again?
Before she could speak, Jian Yi suddenly said: "whereareyou"
Hua Ting was about to laugh or cry, but she immediately thought of the meaning of this English sentence.
She glanced at the little brother shaking the cup warily.
He was staring at her condescendingly, but from his expression, it seemed that he did not understand what he just said. meaning.
Hua Ting is not good at English.
She only scored 70 points on the 120-point college entrance examination paper.
It seems that she is going to put her life-long learning to use.
"heanthestadarkbasent" He's the guy from the casino last time, I think I'm in a dark basement "What tricks are you playing?"
The big man's right hand holding the knife exerted some force.
Hua Ting's neck was cut open, and blood flowed out.
"Fuck" she cried softly, it really hurt.
"Hey Hua, let me know how you are doing."
Jian Yi's panicked shout came from the receiver.
The guy who shook the cup then kicked her in the stomach and said angrily: "I advise you to stop playing tricks with me, let alone try to create a police station.
I will give you one day.
If you can't come up with two hundred gold bars, I'll chop off one of her hands and you can do what you want."
This kick almost knocked her breath away.
"Hey, if you have something to say, tell me carefully.
I understand what you mean."
Jian Yi seemed even more worried than her father Bai Qihong.
"Let me tell you, I have people in the patrol room.
If you dare to report the case, I will chop off a few of her fingers first."
Once the voice on the phone calmed down, they knew it was Bai Qihong, "Tell me where to deliver the goods."
"I'll call you again tomorrow."
The guy who shook the cup hung up the phone.
Hua Ting's neck was still bleeding, and the collar of her shirt was stained red.
"What did you just say?"
He kicked the phone aside.
The knife was still on Hua Ting's neck.
She took a breath and said, "I don't know where this place is.
What can I say?
I just told him that I was scared and asked him to come and save me."
"Don't play tricks on me."
The cup shaker looked at her doubtfully.
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"I really don't know where this is, brother."
Hua Ting pretended to look around.
In fact, she had no other clues except that this was a basement.
"You are really good.
You know how to use foreign languages to spread the news.
Do you think it's fun for me?"
Brother Shake Cup took the knife from the big man's hand and lightly scratched her cheek twice.
"Do you want to keep this?"
It’s up to you to show your face.”
The cold and cruel face of the knife reminded her that if she didn't find a decent reason, he might do anything.
"Well actually" The tip of the knife pointed sharply at the lower right side of her eye.
If there is a scar left here, I don’t dare to think about it.
"Actually, I just asked him to go to the patrol room to report the crime."
The guy who shook the cup tightened his strength.
Hua Ting hurriedly avoided her face.
"Later you said that there were your people in the patrol room, and they would never dare to act rashly."
Having said this, Brother Shake Cup's facial nerves relaxed a little.
"They are smart people.
They can't really report the crime unless I don't want my hands anymore."
Speaking of this, Hua Ting secretly glanced at his right hand wrapped in heavy cotton cloth, feeling fearful.
As if he thought there was some truth to what she said, the guy who shook the cup hesitated for a moment and put the knife back.
"I don't think you dare to," he said, but he still stared at her for a long time with a dubious attitude, and then went around her.
He slowly walked around on his chair.
In fact, he had said everything that needed to be said and threatened everything that needed to be threatened.
What else did he have to be afraid of?
Finally, he said, "Just bandage her up," and then left the door.
At present, it seems that she does not need to worry about her life safety.
The other party's intention to seek money is obvious.
Without her as a powerful bargaining chip, how can he get his one hundred gold bars?
However, usually a kidnapped person will not end up well as long as he sees the face of the prisoner.
There are countless examples of people who get the goods and then tear up the tickets.
Right now, she is only temporarily safe, and she can only hope to give clues.
Can help Jian Yi.
By the way, there’s also Chen Shu I don’t know what the man named Chen Shu will do when he finds that she is missing when he comes back.
He probably thought she was impatient to wait and left first.
Although their small table is a little out of place, someone must have noticed such a big movement.
She didn't know how much time had passed.
Hua Ting could no longer distinguish between day and night.
She just felt that every second was as long as a century.
Her hands and feet were numb and she had no feeling.
Only when she wanted to go to the toilet, the big man would take out a The enamel spittoon was placed in the center of the room.
He then slightly loosened the hemp ropes on her hands and feet and asked her to find a way to squat down and pee in front of him.
Seeing the old spittoon, she lost the urge to urinate, so she decided to forget it.
I don’t know how long it took, but the big guy also left, leaving Hua Ting alone in the basement.
She thought of countless ways to escape, but she was tied to this broken wooden chair and could not move at all.
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It was difficult to even stand up, let alone move around.
She tried shouting a few times, but the surrounding was very quiet, not like a place with neighbors, so this place was undoubtedly a basement that never saw the light of day.
Just waiting for Bai Qihong to prepare a hundred gold bars, but she was not stupid.
She knew that whether Bai Qihong delivered the goods or not, she would not walk out of here alive.
Hua Ting moved her feet, which had been tied up without feeling.
The soles of her shoes made a squelching sound when they rubbed against the wet cement.
She suddenly discovered that this wooden chair was not as heavy as she thought.
As long as she used it more With strength, you can move your position.
So she took a deep breath and leaned forward first.
This action was easier to think about than it was to do, and it took a lot of energy from her.
It was equivalent to a chair being carried on her back, and the weight was not light.
By the time she succeeded in squatting, she was already out of breath and almost couldn't catch her breath.
After standing crouched for more than two minutes, Hua Ting took a deep breath again and jumped forward.
This jump almost used up all her strength, and the nerves in her newly activated legs had not yet fully reacted.
When she came over, she was shaking and numb and almost fell.
Fortunately, she had a good sense of balance since she was a child, and she stabilized her body in time.
However, the toe of her shoe just happened to brush against the old telephone on the ground.
Although the impact was not great, the lightweight machine She tilted her body and the receiver slipped down, lying just 5 centimeters in front of her toes.
Telephone Hua Ting had an idea Why did you forget that you can also use the phone in front of you to call for help?
But how can I make the call?
With no arms or legs, could it be possible that we have to rely on our thoughts?
By the way, she remembered that in addition to a lamp on the broken wooden table, there was also a box of leftover fried dumplings and two pairs of chopsticks.
Fortunately, this basement is not big.
As long as she is given another seven or eight minutes, she can jump step by step from here to the wooden table, pick up a chopstick and jump back again.
In order to buy herself time, Hua Ting gritted her teeth and speeded up.
With every step she took, she felt like she was about to collapse, but her desire for survival strongly supported her and she was not allowed to fall.
She still had to go back to see her father Bai, Ding Yaoyi, and go to college.
Five minutes later, she returned to the phone holding the end of a chopstick.
Unable to reach it, she tried to squat down further, but suddenly thought that she didn't know Bai Mansion's number, nor did she know the police number in this era, so who on earth was she going to call?
Forget it, now was not the time to think about this.
She could dial every one she could.
With difficulty, she took her chopsticks in her mouth and poked at the number button randomly.
Her face was flushed with congestion, and she couldn't hold on any longer.
Her legs went weak.
The whole person and the chair fell sideways to the ground.
A man's "Hello" came from the phone receiver.
Hua Ting was stunned for a moment and almost burst into tears.
"Hello" this time the voice was slightly questioning and impatient.
"Hey, listen," Hua Ting was so excited that her voice became sharp, "I don't care who you are, anyway, I've been kidnapped, you must believe me, you must believe me, I'm afraid you are the only one who can save me now."
In response to her excitement, the other end of the phone could not respond for a long time.
"Hey, did you hear that?"
The male voice on the phone actually laughed, "Miss, are you kidding?
Do you know what time it is?"
“What time is it?”
"I won't play with you anymore, I'm going to sleep."
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He said and yawned for her.
"Don't sleep.
Do you know who I am?
I am Bai Qihong's daughter.
If you save me, I guarantee you will get a generous reward."
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while.
"Bai Qihong's daughter" "That's right."
His tone seemed a little wavered.
"That sounds interesting."
"Just believe me.
I don't know where I am now.
It's like a basement.
I was knocked unconscious in a snack street near the Gu family ancestral hall on Xiangyang South Road."
Hua Ting tried to remember, she knew that she I have to describe it more specifically, "It's a food stall that sells pork ribs and rice cakes.
I heard from a friend that this pork ribs and rice cake shop is famous in the entire snack street.
You will know if you just ask around.
Anyway, I was picked up there.
I was knocked unconscious.
I think the place where they detained me was not far from there.”
The other end of the phone smiled softly.
"I'm not lying to you, please be serious."
She heard footsteps approaching from far away at the door.
"Remember what I said, you can hang up.
Someone is coming.
If I'm discovered, I don't know how I died."
He added at the end, "I don't care what method you use, you can find my father Bai Qihong.
It’s not right to look for the patrol room.
There’s no need to look for the patrol room.
Anyway, I’ve said everything I need to say.
It’s up to you whether I can save you or not.”
After hearing this, Hua heard the sound of the key being inserted into the keyhole.
Then, with a "squeak", the door was opened.
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