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Chapter 726 - 466 Big Monster_1
Chapter 726: Chapter 466 Big Monster_1
The child in front of him had been cooing sweetly over the phone just now, extremely docile.
Yet his true emotions were like a wild bear running amok.
Feng Yi looked at the calm surface of the other party, his brows knitting at the relentless, tumbling, and leaping emotional signals.
He didn’t have a deep understanding of this younger brother, as today was the longest time they had spent together. Therefore, he didn’t do much, worried it might backfire.
Soon, the United Protection Bureau and the emergency response team arrived.
Wei Hongxun, who was slightly closer, arrived first. He was out of breath when he arrived, and after seeing that Feng Yi was safe, his gaze lingered on the child sitting beside him for a moment before turning to the two unconscious figures on the ground.
He cautiously approached to check, confirmed that the two were indeed unconscious, and didn’t find any obvious wounds on them.
It seemed that Feng Yi had resolved the situation very cleanly.
"This incident really is unexpected," Wei Hongxun let out a long breath, his gaze sweeping over the child’s face again as he asked in a low voice, "This your brother? Your biological brother?"
"Yes, although we don’t look much alike, we are indeed from the same parents," Feng Yi said.
In front of outsiders, Feng Jing behaved even more quietly and shyly, looking the part of a genuinely well-behaved child to anyone.
Wei Hongxun was not good at dealing with matters outside his operational scope and thus didn’t keep an eye on Feng Jing. He started talking with Feng Yi about the news he had heard while rushing over:
"I heard from people of another team that they saw someone releasing fish by the river, just about to go over and ask questions, when suddenly a gunshot rang out. The person got so scared they turned around and ran, dropping the bucket in hand.
"The bucket was just filled with ordinary local carp, not illegal to release. They were purely scared by the gunshot... Speaking of which, where’s the gun?"
Wei Hongxun looked around; there was no gun on the ground, nor could he see one on Feng Yi.
"Oh, the gun is over there," Feng Yi pointed towards a patch of grass not far away.
Wei Hongxun went over to check, but did not touch the gun; the emergency response team had arrived, and they would handle it directly.
"I can’t continue with the task following this," Feng Yi said.
"No worries, you handle this first. I’ve already filed a report with the higher-ups," Wei Hongxun said.
"Okay then, I’ll go back and submit another report to explain the circumstances."
Feng Yi handed over the walkie-talkie and other items assigned by the task group to Wei Hongxun.
He would leave with Feng Jing to assist in the investigation, accompanying the case officers, and could no longer stay here.
The two people Feng Yi had knocked out were also taken away in handcuffs.
Not long afterward, Feng Yi saw his parents, but there wasn’t much interaction between them, and they soon parted ways.
Feng Jing was taken home by his parents, to their own place, not to Old Man Feng’s ancestral home.
Back at home, as the victim of the incident, Feng Jing did not receive much sympathy. There had been some concerned words before, but now was not the time for warmth.
A domestic quarrel erupted between the parents, escalating from the kidnapping to each other’s private lives, and then onto the matter of inheritance in Old Man Feng’s will...
Feng Jing very consciously locked himself in his room.
He took the note from his pocket, the one Feng Yi had given him with the phone number on it. He wrote the number in a drawing book and then shredded the note and flushed it down the toilet. Afterward, he set up his tablet to play an animated movie for background noise and sat at his desk, taking out a blank drawing book.
He drew an adult and a child.
In it, the adult had his foot on two monsters.
But as he kept looking, Feng Jing felt something was missing, as if it didn’t look fierce enough.
Glancing at the animation playing on the tablet, he saw a fearsome monster wreaking havoc with its claws and fangs...
His frown eased.
He knew what to do!
He picked up a pencil and on the adult figure—
Added sharp teeth!
Added fierce claws!
The eyes must look vicious!
Right, and a big tail too!
Only a big monster could beat little monsters.
Yeah, the logic was flawless!
Looking at the finished drawing, Feng Jing sat in the chair, swinging his legs with satisfaction.
Elsewhere, Feng Yi also returned home.
The two people he had knocked out had been taken away by those in charge of the case. After investigation and interrogation, it was confirmed that the two were professional "middlemen."
They really did not know Feng Jing’s identity, just took the money for the job: no questions asked about the "merchandise" origin, money in hand, goods transferred.
They were originally at another location in the city, someone handed over the "merchandise" to them, and they were supposed to take it out of the city to a designated place that most people wouldn’t notice because of its seclusion.
They had arrived there before dawn, only to find drones flying back and forth, patrolling over and over, which scared them into hiding. They then learned that today an illegal release was being checked.
Drones had patrolled before to monitor illegal fireworks to avoid safety hazards, but they normally didn’t fly over that particular area. If they had known, they would have changed the "delivery" location.
At the time, they also wanted to leave immediately, but before they could move, they saw patrol cars running back and forth on the mountain roads.
They couldn’t understand why there was such a big show just for checking an illegal release—it completely exceeded their expectations!
They had no choice but to watch and wait, hoping the daylight and people coming out to release funds would draw attention, and they could find an opportunity to retreat.
But unexpectedly, they ended up waiting for Feng Yi.
And then there was that string of "unexpected" events.
There was even gunfire.
Given the ferocity of their attack, if it hadn’t been Feng Yi standing there at that moment but someone else, the outcome might have been different.
As for the other cases tied to those two men, Captain Yang, who was in charge of this case, didn’t elaborate to Feng Yi.
By the time he returned home, Feng Yi, thanks to the information the butler and Yi had gathered, still learned quite a few things about the two men.
Those two specifically handled goods transfer, though previously it was just some merchandise, albeit illegal. This time, it was about transporting people, a serious crime.
Feng Yi wasn’t curious about other things; he glanced over the information summary he had in his hand and focused his attention on the information relevant to this case.
He just wanted to know, how had he gotten involved in this incident?
But the kidnappers who directly participated in the abduction of Feng Jing had not yet been caught, and some questions remained unanswered.
Before long, Feng Yi received a call from Uncle Bao with news about the kidnappers.
The key clue came from a broker.
For this, Uncle Bao had called in several favors and spent a considerable sum of money, but he didn’t mention these details to Feng Yi during their call. There was no need to specifically bring it up; he knew Feng Yi would understand.
Uncle Bao was quite pleased to have been able to help and specifically canceled several dinner parties to focus on this matter.
Helping Feng Yi was one thing, but on the other hand, he despised such actions, reminding him of some things that had happened in his own family. He was also curious, especially about the kidnappers’ differing treatment of their targets.
When dealing with Feng Yi, they used a very old-fashioned ransom note that left no digital trace. It was a joke-like demand for a ransom from someone who had long left the family, shamelessly asking for 500 million!
On the other hand, their treatment of the second son of the Feng Family in Yang City involved contact through untraceable phone calls, following a standard procedure, asking for 50 million.
A tenfold difference, what were they thinking?
Was it just kidnapping for ransom?
Uncle Bao even suspected that the kidnappers were trying to humiliate the Feng Family of Yang City with this move!
Old Man Feng was definitely enraged this time, and not lightly.
It was his own grandson who had been kidnapped, but he was probably more angry than worried. Old Man Feng didn’t lack for grandsons, especially one with whom he had a shallow relationship. What mattered more to the old man was his family’s face, the audacity of the kidnappers to take action near the family shrine, on his turf, was a provocation! A slap in the face!
And the difference in ransom with Feng Yi’s situation was like adding insult to injury for the already displeased Old Man Feng.
Now that Feng Jing was safely back home, Uncle Bao wasn’t worried about anything else and was just awaiting the outcome with a satisfied curiosity.
After getting the news from Uncle Bao, Feng Yi directly contacted Captain Yang, who was in charge of the kidnapping case.
That very night, three kidnappers were captured on a ship that had already left the port.
Realizing something was wrong, they tried to flee, but they were intercepted.
Two more individuals involved in the case were caught in a neighboring province.
According to their confession, they had planned three months ago to pull off a big job and then flee abroad to live in luxury. The three of them were familiar with Yang City and, after choosing back and forth, they targeted the Feng Family of Yang City.
After a meticulous plan, the gang committed the crime and successfully kidnapped the victim.
In fact, their initial target was not Feng Jing but the son of Feng Yi’s cousin, the child from the eldest branch of the Feng Family.
Everyone knew Old Man Feng valued the eldest lineage and most certainly the eldest son and grandson, so their initial target had been the eldest branch of the Feng Family, who as inheritors, were definitely wealthier.
However, there were some mistakes along the way. The initial target was heavily guarded and just then, Feng Jing, chasing after a toy car, ran out, and they immediately shifted their target and kidnapped him.
Feng Jing was actually their second target, and they had planned that, should they catch either, they would abduct that one.
After kidnapping Feng Jing, they didn’t personally take him out of Yang City, but "transferred" him with the help of a professional intermediary, safely getting the "goods" out of the city.
Having kidnapped someone, the next step was to demand a ransom.
The old man of the Feng Family in Yang City was notoriously stubborn, stingy, and hard-hearted; it would be difficult to get money from the old guy in a short time.
million? If they could get 5 million within the expected time, that would already be good!
Instead of wasting time arguing with the old man, it would be better to directly extort Feng Yi.
Feng Jing’s biological father couldn’t squeeze out much money, and his grandfather was unwilling, but his brother was rich!
As for why they demanded 500 million from Feng Yi...
Following the blue diamond incident, Feng Yi had become too famous, arousing their envy.
"As everyone knows, the shareholders of the Ancestral Factory are not short of money, and what’s more, he has that, that, such a huge blue diamond!" A kidnapper, still unable to control his jealous rage, turned red-eyed as he spoke.
It would be a disservice to that rare blue diamond to ask for anything less!
They settled on the figure of 500 million. Unable to contact Feng Yi directly, they found someone to deliver the letter to the property management of the residential complex where he lived. An entertainment show had once rented Feng Yi’s courtyard residence, so this was not a secret.
"We also know that it’s unlikely Feng Yi would want to pay so much for a little brother he’s not very close to, but Feng Yi is a public figure, an internet celebrity! If he doesn’t pay, we plan to threaten him with going public with the case and make a fuss about it. By then, he’ll be under moral pressure for sure. It’s just 500 million, and it’s not like Feng Yi can’t afford it!"
That kidnapper, while talking, burst into tears, mourning the loss of their money.
million! Gone!
All of it!
Gone, along with their own safety!
Everything had been planned so perfectly; who would have predicted an issue at the "transfer" point!
And it was Feng Yi who happened to intercept it!
Meanwhile, the "transfer" duo, already in custody, were filled with regrets: why hadn’t that shot hit its mark!
If only it had...
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