Chapter 2402 — Wei Zhao's Warning
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"Forget it, Big Mule, he didn't know." An Liwen waved a hand and did not blame Little Pure. "I've been courting Gu Pengzhan's daughter. If we kidnapped her and she found out afterward, I'd basically have no chance with her..."
Though by now, An Liwen himself felt he had little chance left, there was still, after all, a sliver of hope.
"Ah... I'm sorry, Young Master Wen." Little Pure was startled and silently committed the lesson to memory, thinking to himself that Gu Pengzhan was not someone to offend lightly. "But then what about Lei Daming's daughter?"
"If the money isn't there in an hour, finish her," An Liwen said coldly. "It will serve nicely to make an example of one to warn the rest. Kidnapping isn't easy for us either—those who won't pay naturally can't be allowed to get off easy! Fixed prices, no cheating anyone!"
"Understood!" Little Pure nodded.
An hour later, Lei Daming had not paid the ransom, so Big Mule finished off Lei Daming's daughter and dumped the body in the desolate countryside, having Little Pure call Lei Daming to identify the corpse.
Near a garbage dump on the outskirts of East Sea City, several police cars flashed their lights. Qiu Lingshan, Liu Wangli, and the others stood beside a woman's corpse while other officers were stringing up the cordon. Lei Daming sat on the ground at that moment, wailing loudly—he had never imagined the kidnappers would mean what they said and truly kill the hostage.
Though Qiu Lingshan found the kidnappers' arrogance truly outrageous, she felt little sympathy for Lei Daming in her heart. As a running dog of the hidden Zhao family, during his time as chairman of the East Sea Chamber of Commerce he had colluded with certain local merchants to bully and drive out outside investors, leaving the East Sea business world in a foul mess. Now he had been cast off by the hidden Zhao family and his daughter had been killed by the kidnappers—one might well call it evil repaid in kind.
Still, worthless as Lei Daming might be, the case had to be solved. After surveying the scene, Qiu Lingshan took Liu Wangli and headed straight for the An family villa in East Sea City.
Since Wei Zhao had said this matter might be connected to An Liwen of the Fire Wolf Gang, Qiu Lingshan naturally had to go and investigate in person.
When Qiu Lingshan arrived at the An family villa, An Liwen was not at home—only his father, An Mingyue, was there.
"Mr. An, I am Qiu Lingshan of the East Sea City Police Department's Criminal Investigation Unit. Here is my identification." Qiu Lingshan handed her credentials to An Mingyue. Though she and An Mingyue were hardly strangers, she still went by the book.
"So it's Lingshan. What brings you to see Uncle An?" An Mingyue said with a smile, though his heart gave a jolt—could something have gone wrong on An Liwen's end, some slip that gave them away? Otherwise, why would Qiu Lingshan come straight to him?