Under the influence of alcohol, the man’s heart stirred. Without a second thought, he slurred out the address to them.
Confirming the address matched the one displayed on his watch, Di Mingjue stepped on the accelerator, running through several red lights.
Upon arriving at the location, Jiang Zifei, hidden in the shadows, saw Jiang Ziyu appear.
Seeing them arrive empty-handed, she immediately called the man upstairs.
*Whoosh~*
After several rounds of drinks, the man, clutching his phone, collapsed on the ground and fell into a deep sleep. He seemed to have already received the money in his dreams, his mouth held open in a delighted grin.
Qianqian, listening to the continuous sounds emanating from his pocket, worried the man would be woken by the phone.
Alas, her fears came true. The man’s eyes snapped open as he looked at his phone, and with a casual press, he answered the call.
“Di Mingjue is downstairs.”
After the call connected, a distorted voice immediately came from the receiver.
Amidst the crackling static, the man let out a drunken burp, “Let him come. If he doesn’t come, how will I get my money?”
With that, the man hung up and tossed his phone aside, continuing his slumber on the floor.
Jiang Zifei, staring at the disconnected call, was furious. Damn it, so stupid, to have the duck but not eat the meat!
Pocketing her phone, she quickly entered the tenement building through a small entrance from the back, before Jiang Ziyu could pinpoint Qianqian’s exact location.
She accurately found Qianqian’s room, pushed open the door, and saw the man snoring on the floor. Disdainfully stepping over him, Jiang Zifei untied the rope binding Qianqian and carried her out through another door.
The tenement building had many exits. Jiang Zifei left through one, while Jiang Ziyu was still to the north.
Reaching the ground floor, Qianqian watched as Jiang Zifei was about to shove her into a minivan, and she nervously opened her mouth. No matter how hard she tried, no sound came out.
Just as the door was about to close, she saw Jiang Ziyu emerge from the corner.
“Mommy, I’m here!” Qianqian suddenly cried out.
Seeing that she could speak, Jiang Zifei instinctively covered her mouth with her hand.
Hearing the cry, Jiang Ziyu spun around. She was convinced the voice belonged to Qianqian, but the surroundings were filled with people and small vendors. She turned in circles, her eyes scanning all possible locations.
It wasn't until the minivan started moving and sped past her that her attention was drawn to the vehicle.
“Mingjue, quickly, drive! Qianqian is in that car,” Jiang Ziyu shouted excitedly.
The alley was narrow, preventing the car from accelerating. After the minivan had traveled a few hundred meters, they were hot on its heels.
Jiang Zifei, glancing in the rearview mirror and seeing the car behind them getting closer, cursed as she urged the driver ahead to ram into the roadside stalls.
The stalls were knocked over, scattering fruits and clothes everywhere. The stall owners stood in the middle of the road, cursing at the receding minivan, indirectly hindering Di Mingjue’s progress.
Seeing the minivan moving further away, Jiang Ziyu rolled down her window and began scattering cash out the back of the car.
“Cash falling from the sky!”
Someone shouted, and everyone in front of the car rushed to the back.
The tires ran over the scattered fruit, and Di Mingjue pushed the car’s speed to the maximum to chase the disappearing minivan.
Jiang Zifei thought they had escaped and was about to relax when the minivan was suddenly blocked by another car.
The car stopped abruptly in the middle of the road. Jiang Zifei instinctively looked behind her. Confirming that Jiang Ziyu’s car had not caught up, she ordered the driver to turn left.
The driver had no time to heed her command; Jiang Ziyu and Di Mingjue unexpectedly emerged from the vehicles ahead.
“Her, how could they!” Jiang Zifei couldn’t believe her eyes.
Seeing the car door about to be opened, she lunged from the back seat to the driver’s seat, snatched the steering wheel from the driver’s hands, and urged him to step on the accelerator, intending to ram through them.
Jiang Zifei was focused on the steering wheel, while Qianqian seized the opportunity to open the car door.