Inheritance of Two Trillion
Chapter 973: Uncle, The Bad Guy?

Chapter 973: Chapter 973: Uncle, The Bad Guy?

The driver, upon seeing that Bai Xiaosheng had not yet closed the car door, continued his phone call while looking at him and flashed him a smile, signaling him to close the door.

Bai Xiaosheng looked normal, returned the smile, closed the car door, and prepared to leave.

Even if this uncle was speaking about Zhao Beiqing, the very Affairs Officer Zhao Beiqing that Zhang Tianze had mentioned.

So what.

It was just a minor coincidence.

Bai Xiaosheng did not take it seriously.

However, just as the car was about to leave, Bai Xiaosheng suddenly heard two sentences.

These two sentences startled him!

"What, you caught his assistant, a woman?"

"Hubang Village, number 34, that place? Okay, I’ll be right there!"

Afterwards, the car drove off.

Bai Xiaosheng stood there, stunned.

Throughout the ride, he had noticed that the driver seemed unsettled, deeply preoccupied.

He had even guessed that the uncle was making some difficult decisions.

So it was this!

Kidnapping!

And it was a girl, an assistant to the Affairs Officer Zhao Beiqing!

Someone from the corporation!

Bai Xiaosheng’s eyes hardened.

In that case, he couldn’t just ignore this matter!

Bai Xiaosheng felt that he should go and have a look first.

With Lei Ying accompanying him, even if it really was a kidnapping, the two of them could certainly handle it!

"What’s wrong, Xiaosheng, why are you zoning out? I’m about to find a car," Lin Weiwei said as she came over with her phone.

"Just now, did you hear what that uncle said?" Bai Xiaosheng asked her.

"I heard it, yeah, but it was in a dialect; I couldn’t understand a single word," Lin Weiwei looked at Bai Xiaosheng’s expression, curious, "What happened?"

Lei Ying also looked at Bai Xiaosheng, wondering.

"I could understand that dialect!" Bai Xiaosheng told them.

Lin Weiwei and Lei Ying showed no reaction, unsurprised.

Over the past year, they had seen it many times.

Bai Xiaosheng could understand many languages, various local dialects, and even several foreign languages.

Having heard it so often, Lin Weiwei and Lei Ying were no longer initially shocked, but rather took it as usual.

"So what about it?" Lin Weiwei asked.

"I heard something shocking!" Bai Xiaosheng lowered his voice and briefed them on the situation in a few words.

This time, Lin Weiwei and Lei Ying were truly surprised and couldn’t help but look at each other.

"Can’t be," Lin Weiwei said incredulously, "That uncle seemed like a decent man. A kidnapper... I can’t believe it!"

"There’s no evil on him; either he’s deeply secretive, or even I misjudged," Lei Ying frowned.

Usually, Lei Ying sensed the violent and vile types even before Bai Xiaosheng did.

But this time, he felt nothing.

"No need to guess anymore, let’s just go and see, then everything will be clear!" Bai Xiaosheng said.

"Hubang Village, number 34!"

"Got it, I’m finding a car now!" Lin Weiwei quickly operated her phone.

"Is it easy to get a cab here?" Bai Xiaosheng asked.

"I’m going to the roadside to flag one down now, should be easier than the place we were just at," Lei Ying said.

As they spoke, they realized Lin Weiwei was looking at them with a strange expression.

"What’s wrong, Weiwei?" Bai Xiaosheng asked, puzzled.

"No need to look for a car anymore!"

Lin Weiwei picked up her phone and showed them a map marker on the screen.

"Five hundred meters from here!"

Hubang Village, an urban village.

The city of Linshen was continuously expanding its boundaries. In all directions, north, south, east, and west, thriving commercial belts and circles were springing up.

But amidst the prosperity, there were places where the lights dimmed at night—urban villages. Hard to demolish, too costly to tear down, they managed to survive in the torrent of urbanization.

In Hubang Village, there were few locals; most of the places were rented to wanderers, a mix of all sorts of people.

At this very moment, Bai Xiaosheng and his two companions were walking through it, asking around, looking for No. 34 Hubang Village.

"No need to look anymore!" Bai Xiaosheng suddenly raised his voice and pointed.

At the end of the street they were walking on, behind a large tree, there was a car parked, its license plate faintly discernible.

The numbers were incredibly unique, almost like a road sign, very clear.

"Found it!" Lin Weiwei’s eyes lit up as she clicked her tongue in amazement, "If the uncle drove this car to commit a crime, he’d be caught in minutes."

"It wasn’t him who took action," Bai Xiaosheng said. "We’re also unclear about the full story. Come on, let’s go check it out!"

No. 34 Hubang Village was an old-style courtyard house.

A small entrance and large wooden doors. The bricks, stones, and wood all bore the marks of weathering, appearing somewhat aged.

Around here, there were no elderly people walking around or resting. It was indeed very quiet.

"Great place!" Lei Ying couldn’t help but praise as he walked over.

The environment? The architecture?

Neither Bai Xiaosheng nor Lin Weiwei thought so. They both believed Lei Ying said this solely because—

This was a great place to take action!

The three approached and saw the wooden door was tightly shut.

Through the crack of the door, they could see a wooden bolt inserted inside.

"I’ll knock!" Lin Weiwei volunteered.

Among them, she was a girl; knocking on the door, posing as someone from the community service or a delivery service, the other party would be more likely to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, no one could stop them.

"It won’t open, they’re not fools," Bai Xiaosheng muttered. "Let’s think of something else!"

"Leave this kind of thing to the professionals," Lei Ying smiled and pulled out his set of keys.

On it were keys and some little gadgets he had made himself.

"This bolt isn’t like modern locks. Once it’s properly inserted inside, it’s hard to move, and the gap in the wooden door is too small. It might be difficult..."

Lin Weiwei hadn’t finished speaking when she saw Lei Ying push the door open and then look back at her. "What were you saying?"

Lin Weiwei, "..."

The courtyard was small.

It was filled with discarded clutter. The hall facing the gate was cleaner.

In the center of the courtyard, near the gate, there was a chair.

A man was sitting on the chair, looking rather frail and weak, wearing glasses.

At that moment, the bespectacled man was frowning, occasionally looking back at the inner room, then straining his ears to listen.

The distance from the room was quite far, so he couldn’t hear anything.

His only job was to watch the gate.

But it wasn’t until Bai Xiaosheng and Lei Ying entered that he realized, and he stood up suddenly.

By then, Lin Weiwei had already bolted the door from the inside.

"You! Who are you? How did you get in here!" the bespectacled man was startled, his first words not quiet, but he quickly lowered his tone.

The matters here, if heard by outsiders, would be ruined!

In his panic, he noticed the baseball bat next to the chair and immediately picked it up.

However, his posture was rather effeminate, holding the bat with both hands and hugging it in his chest, lacking any semblance of an offensive or defensive stance.

Bai Xiaosheng and his companions found it genuinely amusing.

If all kidnappers were like this, matters would be much simpler.

Comparing their presences, it was hard to tell who the real bad guys were.

To avoid startling him further and alarming the people inside, Bai Xiaosheng had no choice but to speak softly and politely inquire—

"Excuse me, are you also a kidnapper?"