You're dumping me, huh? Fine, then I'll just pick up the school beauty and make her my wif

The message consists of only one line of text, one photo, and one address.

In the photo, Su Qinghe is tied to a chair, her hands are tied behind her back, and her hair is disheveled and hanging down beside her face.

She had her head down, so her expression was not visible. The cuff of her floral blouse was torn, revealing a small patch of her fair arm.

Below the photo is a line of text—

"Come alone, don't call the police or bring anyone with you, or you'll bear the consequences."

Below that is a positioning coordinate.

Jiang Che stared at the photo for two seconds, then forwarded the screenshot to Bai Yuning, and then turned and walked out of the monitoring room.

The weather outside was already getting hot, and the sea breeze, carrying waves of heat, was blowing in, which should have made people's minds even more confused.

But the wind actually made Jiang Che's mind clearer.

Although we still don't know who the mastermind is, at least we know where Su Qinghe is.

And most importantly, since the kidnappers were willing to send him their address, it means they probably wanted to get something from him.

In other words, Su Qinghe's life is highly unlikely to be threatened.

Having figured this out, Jiang Che finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He then hailed a taxi, got in, and gave the driver the address provided by the kidnappers.

The driver, a local, glanced back at him after hearing the address. "Young man, that's a deserted place, full of abandoned warehouses. What are you going there for?"

Jiang Che remained silent, simply picked up his phone, scanned the QR code, and transferred one hundred yuan to the driver.

The driver looked at him in shock, then thought, "What else is there to say?" Without asking any more questions, he stepped on the gas and sped off eastward.

The car sped along the road, and the scenery outside the window gradually changed from the bustling city to the desolate suburbs.

Jiang Che's mind never stopped; he kept trying to figure out who the kidnapper was.

First, the fact that this person could accurately know Su Qinghe's whereabouts at the resort indicates that they had been paying close attention to her movements.

Finding out Su Qinghe's location isn't difficult, because she's posted photos with location tags on social media in the past two days. So, as long as you follow her account, you can easily get her location.

In addition, the kidnappers sent him a message after abducting Su Qinghe, asking him to come for a meeting, which means that the kidnappers knew about his previous romantic relationship with Su Qinghe.

All signs point to one possibility: the other party is likely someone they know.

Jiang Che quickly went through all the possible candidates in his mind.

Both of them were students before, and they had basically no conflicts with people in society. Those who had conflicts with them were already in jail.

As for Liu Wei, Jiang Che hadn't seen him jumping around in front of him for half a year.

Moreover, according to Grandpa Liu, Liu Wei has been leading a team on missions at the border recently, so it's impossible that he was behind it.

At school, there were almost no people who had a conflict with Su Qinghe and him. If you had to name someone with a conflict...

A name immediately popped into Jiang Che's mind.

Zhao Wenyu.

He was publicly humiliated at the commendation ceremony.

There was a motive, there was hatred.

Jiang Che frowned slightly. If it really was Zhao Wenyu, then his purpose was most likely not to seek money.

What he wanted was revenge, to vent, to return the humiliation he had suffered exactly as it was.

Su Qinghe was the breakthrough point he chose.

Thinking of this, Jiang Che's temples throbbed twice, and a surge of anger rose within him like wild vines.

But he forcefully suppressed it.

Now is not the time to lose your temper.

A moment later, Jiang Che's phone vibrated; it was a message from Wang Kai.

"Brother Che, we've found the license plate. The owner is Chen Dalong, a local from Atlanta. He has a criminal record and has been detained twice before for disorderly conduct."

"This guy is a small-time gang leader who makes a living by hanging around the urban villages."

"Also, I checked his recent call records and found a number that he frequently contacted, and the owner of the number is Zhao Wenyu."

really.

When Jiang Che saw this name, he felt a little more at ease.

What's scary isn't knowing who the enemy is, but not even knowing who the enemy is.

He quickly replied to Wang Kai with a message: "I'm already on my way. I'll share this information with the police."

"Got it. Be careful, Che-ge, don't be impulsive."

impulse?

He's as calm as a bull now.

Because he knew very well that Su Qinghe was waiting for him, and based on that alone, he absolutely could not afford to make any mistakes.

……

Twenty minutes later, the taxi stopped in a desolate seaside shantytown.

Several abandoned seaside warehouses are scattered on the overgrown open space, their corrugated iron walls rusted by the sea breeze.

The surroundings were very quiet, with only the sound of waves crashing on the shore and the occasional bird call from afar.

Jiang Che got out of the car and was about to walk inside when Bai Yuning called.

"Jiang Che, where are you now?"

Bai Yuning, who is usually so calm, now had a hint of urgency and unease in her voice.

She rushed back to the hotel lobby, only to find out from the front desk that Jiang Che had left more than ten minutes earlier.

Jiang Che then remembered that he had forgotten to tell Bai Yuning about the kidnappers, so he replied as he walked inside, "Sorry, sis, I was in a bit of a rush and forgot to tell you. The kidnappers sent me Qinghe's location, and I'm here now."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yuning immediately panicked, "Ah?? Jiang Che, listen to your sister, don't rush in yet, wait for me, I'm on my way now, I'll be there soon—"

"Sister, it's too late."

"Whether it's the police or you, it will take at least 20 or 30 minutes to get here. Qinghe's life or death inside is unknown, so I have to go in first."

Bai Yuning wanted to dissuade her further: "But it's too dangerous for you to be alone—"

"sister."

Jiang Che interrupted Bai Yuning again, "She's inside."

As soon as those four words left his mouth, Bai Yuning knew she couldn't stop him.

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Che went deeper and quickly located one of the metal warehouses, then strode over there.

The side door of the warehouse was half-open, and faint sounds could be heard coming from inside.

But strangely enough, these sounds sounded so much like wailing.

And it was a man's wailing?