Chapter 2314: Waiting

Soon, Zhao Fusheng's phone received a text message.

The ransom amount had changed to two million.

Cash only!

Zhao Fusheng naturally dared not delay.

He directly replied, demanding the other party guarantee Yu Feihong's safety.

The other party did not respond.

Zhao Fusheng immediately called Chen Qiuyan and asked her to prepare the cash.

Chen Qiuyan dared not delay, quickened her pace, and contacted the bank, requesting them to prepare two million in cash.

Generally, withdrawing large amounts of cash from a bank requires an advance appointment.

But Zhao Fusheng was different; he was a major client of the bank.

Soon, Chen Qiuyan returned to Zhao Fusheng's home with two million in cash.

"Chairman, here is the money."

Chen Qiuyan laboriously placed the suitcase in front of Zhao Fusheng.

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "I understand."

His eyes were fixed on the phone on the coffee table.

"Contact the police."

After a long silence, Zhao Fusheng suddenly said to Chen Qiuyan.

Chen Qiuyan was startled: "Call the police?"

"Yes."

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "This matter still needs the police to handle."

"Okay."

Although Chen Qiuyan did not know what was going on, she still nodded.

She took out her phone and dialed Xue Yuanfang's number.

When Xue Yuanfang received Chen Qiuyan's message, he was greatly startled.

He never expected things to turn out like this!

The kidnappers had actually contacted Zhao Fusheng!

"I'll be right there."

Xue Yuanfang quickly said.

In his view, since things had come to this, they needed to be dealt with as soon as possible.

"There's no need for such trouble."

Zhao Fusheng took the phone and directly said to Xue Yuanfang: "If you come over now, I'm worried it might alert the enemy."

"You mean they might be secretly watching you?"

Xue Yuanfang was taken aback and quickly asked.

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "Yes, it's hard to say. Better safe than sorry."

Although the possibility was low, the problem was that Zhao Fusheng felt there was no need to take such a risk.

If the other party chose to fight to the death and harm Yu Feihong, it would be troublesome.

Thinking this, Zhao Fusheng said to Xue Yuanfang: "See if we can do this: the police investigate covertly, and if they come to collect the money, we set up surveillance in advance to see if we can secretly track down where that person is staying."

"You mean, you'd rather lose the money?"

Xue Yuanfang said to Zhao Fusheng.

"Exactly."

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "To be honest, that amount of money means nothing to me. As long as my sister comes back safely, I'd give a million."

This was what he truly thought.

Two million, and in RMB, was really not a big number for Zhao Fusheng nowadays.

He could easily give away that much money.

In fact, if the other party dared to guarantee the person's safe return, Zhao Fusheng wouldn't mind giving it to them right now.

What he feared was that the other party would be insatiable; once satisfied this time, they might use the same method against his loved ones again, which would be troublesome.

Even the richest person wouldn't want to encounter such a situation.

It wasn't that Zhao Fusheng was afraid of these people; he was mainly annoyed.

If an accident happened and they harmed someone close to him—family or friends—it would be very hard for Zhao Fusheng to bear.

Therefore, Zhao Fusheng decided that this time, he would thoroughly deal with these guys.

……

……

Soon, several guests arrived at Zhao Fusheng's home.

The leader, according to Xue Yuanfang's introduction, was the deputy director of the Capital City Public Security Bureau in charge of criminal investigation.

Additionally, there was the captain of the criminal police brigade.

"Chairman Zhao, we already have some leads on this case."

Given Zhao Fusheng's status, the criminal police brigade took the matter very seriously.

In other words, although a businessman of this level might not affect their careers, if word got out that even a businessman of Zhao Fusheng's wealth couldn't be guaranteed safety under their jurisdiction, it would be a devastating blow to the image of the entire capital.

"I also have some clues here."

Zhao Fusheng then recounted the clues he had traced through Zhang Qian, as well as the phone calls and text messages he had received.

The police officers exchanged glances, not expecting the Future Group to have investigated so deeply.

"We have now preliminarily determined that this group is a criminal gang led by a man named Wang Qian."

A criminal police officer said to Zhao Fusheng: "Their goal should be to seek money. According to what you said, initially they demanded five million in cash, but because of your words, it has now changed to two million."

"Yes."

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "The main issue now is that he hasn't told me where to deliver the money, so I'm a bit worried."

"You don't need to worry about that."

The criminal police officer smiled: "To be honest, we were worried earlier that if they never contacted you, things might go awry. Now that they've demanded a ransom, it means these people haven't fled far from the capital."

As the police, they had considerable experience handling such cases.

They could often deduce the correct answer from subtle clues.

Zhao Fusheng believed in that.

"So what's our next step?"

Zhao Fusheng asked the deputy director.

He wasn't stupid; he knew who had the authority to make decisions.

"Wait."

The deputy director, around forty years old, had a stern expression.

Clearly, he had a military background.

"Wait?"

Zhao Fusheng was somewhat surprised, looking at him in astonishment, not expecting that answer.

"Chairman Zhao, with all due respect, the other party is actually more conflicted than we are. After all, your identity cannot be hidden. For them, kidnapping Miss Yu means they will inevitably face the attention and wrath of the police, as well as your anger."

The deputy director said slowly: "At this point, we don't need to do anything; we just wait for them to make a move."

"Alright, I have no objections."

Zhao Fusheng nodded.

Knowledge has its order, and expertise has its specialization.

They were experts in this field and naturally knew better than him how to solve the case.

Soon, the police set up surveillance near Zhao Fusheng's home.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Xue Yuanfang said to Zhao Fusheng.

He could tell that Zhao Fusheng was very worried.

Zhao Fusheng smiled bitterly: "I know, but I'm still worried."

After all, no matter what, this was no small matter.

"I hope she comes back safe and sound."

Xue Yuanfang muttered to himself.

At this point, all they could do was this.

After all, man proposes, God disposes.