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Chapter 1524 - 1517: Epilogue (8)

Chapter 1524: Chapter 1517: Epilogue (8)

The kidnapper with a foreign accent was covered in blood, glaring at his accomplice who had caught someone and immediately said: "Bro, I’m gonna kill this bitch!"

The man looked at his brother-in-law with a cold indifference: "Do you still want the money, do you still want to live? Stick to the original plan; she’s gonna die anyway. We can take the money and run."

The guy with the foreign accent looked disgruntled and spat on the ground resentfully.

Qin Zhiyou, still following the original plan, arrived at the ransom drop-off location. Of course, neither the kidnappers nor Lu Weixi were there, but there was a walkie-talkie. Qin Zhiyou quickly picked up the walkie-talkie and roared into it: "I’ve put the money at the location, where’s my wife? Where have you hidden her?"

The kidnapper’s voice came through: "If you want your wife, go find her at the ferry pier."

The ferry pier was originally built at the northwest reservoir for fishing and managing the reservoir. Later, when the reservoir developed economic projects, it became a tourist attraction. However, due to poor management, the tourism company collapsed, and the ferry pier was abandoned.

Upon receiving this news, Qin Zhiyou immediately prepared to share it with the police. What he didn’t expect was that in the mountainous area near the reservoir, the signal was fine, but deeper in the mountains, even the mobile phone had no signal. However, Qin Zhiyou had come fully prepared, having brought a map of the area with him, and had a rough idea of the direction to the ferry pier.

After about another hour’s walk, when he reached a location where his phone could receive a signal, he immediately sent the message to the plainclothes officers following him. Once Lu Weixi’s location was known, whether it was the plainclothes officers searching the mountains or the criminal investigation experts stationed at the command center, a plan to encircle the pier was quickly laid out and everyone hastened towards the pier.

But no matter how fast they were, this wasn’t a tourist spot, there were no proper paths, and with each step varying in depth, even the physically fit police couldn’t move much faster.

Qin Zhiyou climbed the fastest, and was also the most anxious. On the way down, he missed his footing and ended up rolling down, coming to a stop only after crashing into a tree trunk. When he stood up again, his vision was greying out.

But he didn’t have the time to worry about that; shaking off the mud on his body, he continued forward.

Finally, after another hour, he was the first to reach the vicinity of the cruise ship pier.

The location of the cruise ship pier is where the northwest reservoir connects to Yan River. Normally, there is a sluice managing the area, discharging floodwaters during the flood season and storing water during the dry season. Above the sluice, there are dozens of meters of granite cliffs, very steep. Qin Zhiyou gasped for air and scanned the area around the cruise ship pier for a long time, but saw no sign of anyone. The water surface was calm, showing no signs of anyone having passed by.

Qin Zhiyou was close to losing his mind with rage and desperation. He tried calling the kidnapper’s phone, but it was an Internet dialing number, and it hung up as soon as he dialed, unreachable. Could it be that the other party was just after the money, and Lu Weixi wasn’t here at all?

But since entering the mountains, the plainclothes officers had been searching the area for a whole day. Although the Northwest Mountains connect directly to the next province with a sprawling mountain range, large areas with few people, having searched for so long, they should have seen someone by now, shouldn’t they?

If there were no signs of people in other directions, then they must be here!

Just as he was getting angry, he suddenly heard noises above his head! Though the sound was a bit distant, there was definitely movement.