Chapter 205: Chapter 0205: Photo Background (First Update)_1
 

“I actually thought you really went mad,” Luo Weiwei glanced at him, letting out a sigh of relief.

“If they want to drive me mad, then let’s just play along,” Ye Xiong whispered. Suddenly, he burst out yelling, “Keep talking, it’s useless, I absolutely won’t stay. If I find out who took her, I’ll tear them to pieces.”

Luo Weiwei knew he was continuing the act and followed by shouting, “Are you done yet? It’s just two women that were taken, there are dozens of lives here waiting for you to save them. Can’t you tell which is more important?”

“What’s the plan?” she asked quietly after the shouting.

“Since they want to lure the tiger away from the mountain, let’s just go along with their plan.”

“What do you mean?”

“You’ll know when the time comes,” Ye Xiong had just finished speaking when the phone rang, it was Chen Xiao on the line.

“Perfect timing.”

…

Du Yuehua slowly regained consciousness to find herself lying in a dimly lit room.

This seemed to be a hotel room with all the curtains drawn shut, and as dusk approached, the room appeared very dark.

Du Yuehua climbed out of bed, turned her head, and nearly jumped out of her skin in shock.

Three meters in front of her, Hei Ying stood silently.

Soundless and indistinct, enshrouded in a black robe, they looked like a demon straight out of a Western fantasy movie.

“Who are you, and why did you kidnap me?” Du Yuehua backed away, pressing herself against the wall.

Skeleton sighed softly, speaking in a hoarse and gentle voice, “We took you because you are valuable. Just cooperate with us, and we won’t harm a hair on your head; but if you don’t cooperate, don’t blame us for not being nice.”

“What do you want?”

“Make a phone call to that man named Ye Xiong, tell him to come and save you,” Skeleton tossed over a cellphone.

“I won’t make the call.”

“Since you won’t call, then I’ll do it.”

Skeleton extended two slender fingers and picked up the cellphone from the bed.

Seeing him handle the phone with just two fingers caused Du Yuehua’s body to shiver violently.

In this world, there were very few people who held a cellphone with just two fingers, and coincidentally, her husband Ruan Jingyang was one of them.

Ever since Ye told her that her husband Ruan Jingyang might not be dead, her mind had been filled with memories of her husband. Instinctively, she compared the figure in the black robe to her husband.

Upon comparison, she was startled.

The body, posture, and movements of the Black-Robed Person were strikingly similar to her husband’s.

A woman’s intuition is sometimes very accurate, even if the other person looks completely different, the feeling can still lead her to find the person she is looking for among a sea of people.

Du Yuehua felt her heart pounding uncontrollably, and her limbs trembled.

“Hoping for one’s heart, till hair turns white, never to part…” she murmured softly.

This line of poetry came from a song, once the favorite of both she and her husband, and even their daughter Youyou had come to love it.

She clearly noticed that upon hearing this line of lyrics, the Black-Robed Person’s movement momentarily hesitated.

Though very slight, Du Yuehua, who had been closely observing him, noticed everything.

Suddenly, she felt that the Black-Robed Person was not scary at all; instead, he felt familiar.

“Who are you really?”

Du Yuehua walked up to him, staring into his deep green eyes.

Skeleton turned away, speaking indifferently, “Does it matter who I am? You should just obediently do as you’re told and not struggle unnecessarily.”

“Why won’t you look me in the eye? Are you afraid?” Du Yuehua moved in front of him again, staring.

This time, Skeleton did not retreat.

A pair of sullen green eyes, showing not the slightest intention of backing down.

“Why do you think I would be afraid of a little woman like you?” Skeleton faced her, unwavering.

“Because, you are Jing Yang,” Du Yuehua said, word by word.

“Are you crazy, or has your dead husband been gone for too long, leaving you too lonely, grasping at anyone to take as a husband?” Skeleton sneered, his voice dripping with scorn. “Don’t you already have a man? Yet you still cling to a dead one, what’s the point?”

“You can’t fool me, my intuition isn’t wrong, you are Jing Yang.” A tear threatened to fall from Du Yuehua’s eyes. “You’re clearly not dead, so why abandon your daughter and me? Do you have any idea how we’ve survived this past year?”

“Crazy woman!” Skeleton cursed.

“Won’t admit it, huh? Then I’ll prove it to you.”

As soon as Du Yuehua finished speaking, she suddenly threw herself violently against the wall.

This thrust gathered all her strength, with only one goal: to seek death.

If even her own husband wouldn’t save her, then what was the point of living?

As her body was about to hit the wall, a hand, swift as lightning, caught her.

“Got anything else to say?” Du Yuehua asked.

“You’re thinking too much. I saved you because you still have value to me; I won’t let you die that easily.” After saying that, Skeleton suddenly slapped the back of her head, knocking her unconscious.

Gently placing her on the bed, Ruan Jingyang sighed.

Ten o’clock in the evening.

Ye Xiong’s phone rang, and a message came through—a picture.

The photo showed a misty vast sea in the background with a woman, lost in slumber, tied to a post on the sandy beach at the edge of the sea.

Behind her, the sea waves churned.

Then, the phone rang.

“Did you get the picture?” Skeleton’s voice, slightly hoarse, asked on the other end of the call.

“What exactly do you want?” Ye Xiong asked coldly.

“Judging by the tide’s speed, she’ll be submerged within two hours. If you don’t want your beloved woman to drown, you can choose not to save her. Oh, and don’t even think about sending someone else to rescue her—unless you go personally, otherwise…”

“Where exactly is this place?”

“Sorry, I don’t even know where my men took her. You figure it out!” Skeleton hung up after saying so.

Ye Xiong rushed out of the room, urgently saying, “Technicians, immediately check where this background is?”

The logistics and tech team hastily brought up the photo and displayed it on the big screen; in an instant, everyone gathered around it.

“Can anyone tell me what place this is?” Ye Xiong asked.

A minute passed, and no one answered.

“Are all you dozens of police officers brains full of shit? You’ve been cops for so many years and you can’t even tell where this background is?” Ye Xiong roared in fury.

“There’s just sea in the background, nothing else—who can tell?” a policeman muttered resentfully under his breath.

“What do you mean no background? Don’t you see the mountains in the distance, the lighthouse?” Ye Xiong pointed at his nose furiously and shouted, seeing everyone still in a daze, “What are you standing around for, not checking yet?”

Several technicians hurried to their computers, frantically searching online.

Ye Xiong waved his hand in frustration and turned to walk back into the room.

The surrounding officers exchanged uneasy glances, their faces showing their discontent.

Finally, Zhu Fang couldn’t hold back any longer and said to Hong Tian, “Team leader, we can’t let him go on like this. Apart from caring about his woman, he does nothing. If this continues, we’re ruined.”

“He has the Dragon Fang Token, what can I do?” Hong Tian said helplessly.

“So what if he has the Token? If we all stand together and overthrow him, even if the higher-ups blame us, we’ll have evidence. We can’t let him continue to run amok, can we?” Zhu Fang continued.

“You’re suggesting a coup?” Hong Tian was taken aback.