Chapter 78 - Killing the Hostage In Advance
Chapter 78 – Killing the Hostage In Advance
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Just like any other ordinary person in this residential area, Little Wang was wearing a loose-fitting singlet, shorts, and flip-flops. His feet were propped up on the ground as he casually sat on the scooter and talked to Ding Rong, who was in the house.
He acted as if he didn’t notice anything amiss and said casually, “It’s alright, Auntie Ding. Slow work yields fine products. My mother isn’t in a hurry either. Auntie Ding, I’m in a hurry to go drink with my colleagues, so I won’t be going in to greet you.”
Ding Rong raised her voice as she usually did and said, “Alright, Little Wang, go and have fun.”
The sound outside the door gradually disappeared. The kidnapper who had been hiding by the window and observing in the dark turned around and nodded at the leader. “It’s a young man on a scooter. There doesn’t seem to be any problem.”
The scooter made a turn and the slightly roguish Little Wang immediately looked solemn. The scooter stopped beside a police car and Little Wang immediately said, “There are about six or seven kidnappers in the house. They have a hostage in their hands. I’m afraid to agitate them, so I didn’t dare to enter directly.”
In such a situation, ordinary police officers did not dare to take the risk either. They could only contact the armed police to deal with it. The police were still carefully observing in the dark, but they did not know that their probing had already alerted the kidnappers.
The kidnappers’ boss frowned and thought about it for a moment. He suddenly said in a deep voice, “I have a bad feeling…”
His underlings were confused. “What’s wrong, Big Brother?”
“That person earlier gave me a very strange feeling. Just in case, we can’t wait anymore!”
His underlings all understood what he meant. He clearly didn’t want to take the risk of waiting for Huo Tian to send the ransom over. Instead, he wanted to kill the hostage and leave.
Ding Rong understood their words and felt relieved. Regardless of why these kidnappers were suddenly leaving, as long as Tiantian did not encounter them, her life would not be in danger.
As for her, now that things had reached this point, Ding Rong no longer had any hopes of saving her life.
Although the underlings were a little dissatisfied with their leader’s decision, they didn’t dare to challenge his authority. Hence, they started to take care of the aftermath.
They pulled the chair with Ding Rong tied to it and dragged her to the backyard. They placed her on an open space near the tap, holding a machete in their hands, waving it back and forth as if they were venting their anger.
Liu Jun, who was hiding behind the plants, was so frightened that he almost stopped breathing. He was just a few steps away from the kidnappers and could clearly see the distorted and malicious expressions on their faces.
The leader spat on the ground, stared at Ding Rong, and said viciously, “Don’t blame us for being unreasonable. If you want to blame someone, blame the mastermind who led us here, or blame yourself for having a bad life.”
As the leader spoke, he went up and moved Ding Rong’s hair away in a rough manner, revealing a fair neck.
Liu Jun hadn’t dared to believe that they would kill the hostage. He felt that there was no way that a murder would take place. Now, he finally realized that these kidnappers really dared to do such a heartless thing.
He was so nervous that his entire body was trembling. He tried hard to curl up and hide behind the green plants, afraid that he would attract the attention of these kidnappers.
However, there was a saying that went like this: the more one was afraid of something, the more it would happen.
Liu Jun did not realize that his back had touched the leaf of a green plant, and the leaf rustled.
The leader of the kidnappers looked up warily. “Who’s there?”
The Ding Family’s courtyard was not big and was also tidied up neatly by Ding Rong, who liked to be clean. There was no junk in the courtyard at all, and the only things that could hide someone were the two rows of tall green plants on the south side.
The leader gave his followers a look and they carefully walked towards the green plants.
Liu Jun’s heart almost jumped out of his throat. He prayed silently in his heart, “Don’t find me, don’t find me…
However, the two kidnappers who came to check still approached Liu Jun’s hiding place step by step. They looked like they were about to reach out and pull away the wide leaves in front of Liu Jun.
However, the people in the courtyard suddenly heard the sound of tires rubbing against the ground coming from the street outside.
The kidnappers immediately became alert. They could not be bothered to check what was hiding behind the green plants anymore. They surrounded their leader and asked anxiously, “Boss, someone is coming. What should we do?”
The leader of the kidnappers was still very calm at this moment. “Only one car came. It doesn’t look like the police. The two of you go and check out the situation. The others stay on guard.”
Ding Rong, who had been quietly waiting for death to arrive, suddenly thought of a possibility that she hated to see the most. It could be because of her intuition as a mother or because she was telepathic with her daughter. Perhaps the person who had stopped the vehicle outside was her daughter, Huo Tian.
Ding Rong immediately started struggling without any care. She looked toward the back door of the tailor shop and moaned in despair…
The leader of the kidnappers saw Ding Rong’s performance and an exaggerated smile appeared on his lips. “You think your daughter is back? That’s great.. You and your daughter can finally reunite!”