Chapter 186 - 185: Kidnapping (Second Update)
Gu Changhai slapped his thigh, "Great idea! Ruhai, you’ve worked in the city and your brain works well. This method is indeed a good way, not only making everyone contribute, uniting people’s hearts, and gathering the strength of our Gu Family Village, but it also solves such a huge financial problem.
Okay, I’ll immediately go back and hold a village committee meeting, explain this matter, let everyone express their opinions, and then I’ll have the accountant give you a figure."
Without delay, Gu Changhai got up and left.
Gu Ruhai finally felt at ease in his heart.
What a troublesome day.
Mr. Gu only woke up at noon, and Li Xuemei made a simple pot seared noodles, hand-rolled, with broth made from boiled bones, adding some small greens, tofu, and a few slices of pork belly, seasoned with some green onion.
Mr. Gu ate two bowls all at once. If not for Gu Ruhai’s concern about Mr. Gu’s appetite, which he was truly worried couldn’t handle more, Mr. Gu might have eaten even more.
In the afternoon, Gu Xiaoying stayed with Mr. Gu, while Li Xuemei and Gu Ruhai visited a few close houses in the village to chat.
It wouldn’t feel right to just leave like this after finally coming back for a visit.
Saying hello at least means someone can still look after Mrs. Gu.
In the evening, before it got completely dark, Gu Changhai came over with the accountant.
The village had already made a decision. Once people heard that no money was needed and they could work in exchange for it, everyone agreed. As long as no money was involved, anything would be fine.
When it comes to working, people were willing since anyway, it would be contributing money to the village. In the future, when talking about the road, at least everyone would have contributed, for the name or the honor.
So everyone unanimously agreed.
Recalculating the amount, since labor was considered a major item, it saved fifteen thousand.
Leaving thirty-five thousand.
Without a word, Gu Ruhai told Li Xuemei to bring out thirty thousand.
This money wasn’t brought out right from the start; seeing they needed money today, Li Xuemei had gone to her family, Li Weimin, to borrow it in the daytime.
Their savings book couldn’t be used here.
So the money had to be turned around by borrowing first.
The remaining five thousand was to be covered by the village.
This finally resolved the issue satisfactorily.
The next day, Gu Ruhai’s family set off on their return journey.
It was already the twenty-eighth, with just a couple of days before the New Year was upon them.
The matters here weren’t mentioned.
What Gu Ruhai and Li Xuemei didn’t know was that during their three days’ absence, something happened to Gu Xiaoqing.
Gu Xiaoqing’s school tutoring continued until the 26th of the 12th lunar month.
Gu Xiaoqing planned to go home, with no need to pack luggage, just covering the bedding with a sheet would do.
After tidying up, Gu Xiaoqing planned to take the bus home.
Upon leaving the school gate, she ran into Wei Ziyun.
Seeing Wei Ziyun alone surprised Gu Xiaoqing. This kid always had He Yan or Guo Donghua with him, or those two inseparable bodyguards; to see him alone was astonishing.
But seeing Wei Ziyun lurking around, Gu Xiaoqing could tell he had sneaked out.
Initially, Gu Xiaoqing didn’t want to bother with Wei Ziyun, intending to leave directly.
Unfortunately, he wouldn’t let her off that easy.
Wei Ziyun grabbed Gu Xiaoqing’s arm with affection, saying, "Gu Xiaoqing, which car are you taking?"
He never treated himself as an outsider.
Gu Xiaoqing had no choice but to point ahead, "There’s a bus over there, I’m taking that one."
She didn’t believe Wei Ziyun would squeeze in with everyone else.
To her surprise, hearing this excited Wei Ziyun.
"I’ll ride with you, I’ve never been on a bus before."
This kid was curious.
Gu Xiaoqing sighed.
Who did she tick off to end up this way.
How did she get so unlucky to run into this person?
She could only walk forward with him.
Gu Xiaoqing had to ask, "Where’s your bodyguard?"
"I ditched them, had He Yan and the others help me, and I sneaked out."
Wei Ziyun was excited; it was so thrilling.
No wonder she didn’t see He Yan and the others, his usual followers, anywhere.
Turns out they were acting as decoys for Wei Ziyun.
Walking towards the bus stop.
The stop was quite far; there couldn’t be a bus stop set right at the school gate.
Besides, now it was winter vacation, few people were around.
Apart from those suffering third-year students taking extra classes, everyone else had gone home long ago.
Hence, there were very few pedestrians on the road.
Gu Xiaoqing pondered how to shake off this young lady.
Originally thinking of taking a hard-won break to relax properly.
Now, tangled with Wei Ziyun.
Fortunately, she didn’t need to think of a way.
A minivan screeched to a halt in front of them.
Gu Xiaoqing and Wei Ziyun had no time to react when the car’s back door opened, and two men with scarves over their heads, exposing only their eyes, jumped out and grabbed them.
A towel was pressed against Gu Xiaoqing and Wei Ziyun’s noses and mouths. Gu Xiaoqing smelled something acrid, then her vision went black, knowing nothing more.
The last thought before losing consciousness was that she knew nothing good would come from following Wei Ziyun, and here was the immediate consequence.
Gu Xiaoqing awoke again amid the bumping of the vehicle.
Her groggy head rubbed against the car seat fabric, its roughness scraping against her skin.
Gu Xiaoqing closed her eyes to calm down a little.
There were voices talking beside her ear.
"Mr. Wu, why capture two, wasn’t it supposed to be one?"
A hoarse voiced man asked, sounding like he was in his thirties.
"Boss, you don’t know, this opportunity is rare. This girl was finally without those two bodyguards, just a little girl following her, if we didn’t act, we wouldn’t have the chance. Who knows how long it would take until next time. So we grabbed them both together. If it doesn’t work out, just kill and bury them on the spot. No big deal."
A squeaky voiced man explained; Gu Xiaoqing sensed he was barely in his twenties.
"Alright, tell the others to hide for a while and come out later. We’ll deliver today, what happens next is none of our business."
The boss continued.
Gu Xiaoqing kept her eyes closed, hearing no more conversation.
It seemed only the two of them were in the vehicle.
She tried moving her wrists, finding they weren’t tied.
Squinting her eyes barely open, she saw the car’s floor.
Trying a slight turn of her head, she found herself facing another lying figure next to her.
Wei Ziyun.
If Gu Xiaoqing didn’t realize she was implicated by Wei Ziyun, she would be foolish.
She didn’t know why they were kidnapping Wei Ziyun, but Gu Xiaoqing understood that once the two delivered their goods, she’d be in danger. (to be continued. If you like this work, welcome to vote for recommendations or tickets on Qidian.com, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)