276: One on the body, one under the body

Qiu Qiu: "Pei Wenlong has been staying in his room and hasn't come out."

"All three meals a day are brought to his room by his subordinate from the restaurant."

At this point, Qiu Qiu's voice on the walkie-talkie turned helpless: "Young Master, I don't know what happened, but after Pei Wenlong returned from the Central Building that day, he had an extremely strong stench about him, which even lingered in the lobby and hallway, refusing to dissipate."

"The closer you get to the sixth floor, the stronger the smell. He also doesn't allow us to clean his room; it's as messy as can be."

"Today is the fourth day, and the hotel's stench has only just begun to fade."

Jiang Fei, standing nearby, looked up at the sky, feeling guilty.

Based on previous experience pranking scoundrels, Qiu Qiu would have to endure the stench for about three more days.

Not noticing Jiang Fei's abnormality, Mo Yanan spoke:

"Qiu Qiu, go to Pei Wenlong's room with the spare room card now and see if he's there."

He remembered how disgusting that stench was.

It was no exaggeration to say that any creature with a sense of smell couldn't stand it.

Pei Wenlong couldn't possibly stay in his room all day without coming out for fresh air.

After a while, the walkie-talkie rang again.

"Something's wrong, Young Master! Pei Wenlong is gone!"

"I just checked his subordinates' rooms; their luggage is gone too, and there are safety buckles for climbing on the open-air balcony."

Mo Yanan: "When was the last time you saw Pei Wenlong's subordinates?"

Qiu Qiu: "Last night, they went to the restaurant to get dinner."

"Understood. Find someone to clean up the hotel's stench."

Cutting off communication, Mo Yanan told Jiang Fei and You Chengyu his conjecture: "The kidnapping of You Yuxi is most likely related to Pei Wenlong."

"Pei Wenlong probably ran away a long time ago."

"The sudden stench on him and the subordinates he deliberately left in the hotel were all smokescreens to mislead people."

You Chengyu stood up abruptly, questioning Mo Yanan: "Didn't you just say that the Base wouldn't let Pei Wenlong leave?"

"And they were staying in your hotel."

"You couldn't even keep an eye on a few people? Are your men just decorations?"

Mo Yanan: "There are always unforeseen circumstances. Who knew they would run away in batches?"

You Chengyu pointed at him furiously: "If this matter really was done by Pei Wenlong, I'm not done with you!"

"You let him escape!"

Mo Yanan scoffed: "Lunatic, just like your sister, impossible to reason with."

"You!"

Just as the two were about to argue, Uncle Liu and the bodyguards arrived with seven trucks loaded with supplies.

Su Liuyuan and the others also returned, having loaded a truck full of supplies.

Jiang Fei seized the opportunity to change the subject: "Where did the kidnappers tell you to deliver the supplies?"

"Outside the Base. The kidnapper said he would contact me when the time came to tell me the specific location," You Chengyu said angrily:

"I tried calling a few times before, but that kidnapper completely ignored me!"

"Get in the car first, and let's go retrieve your supplies."

With that, Jiang Fei got into one of the trucks.

Mo Yanan and You Chengyu followed closely.

One sat in the passenger seat to give Jiang Fei directions, and the other sat in the back seat.

Uncle Liu and the bodyguards were responsible for driving the remaining trucks and cargo vans.

Su Liuyuan and the others went to open the small Supermarket for business.

You Chengyu's three trucks were parked on a street near the Fenglin Villa District.

Three of Mo Yanan's bodyguards got out, asked You Chengyu for the keys, and went to drive the trucks.

There were a total of eleven vehicles worth of supplies, no more, no less.

Driving to the road outside the Base, Jiang Fei stopped the car and waited.

At exactly 12 o'clock, the walkie-talkie You Chengyu held tightly crackled.

"Within one hour, deliver all supplies to the entrance of Kaiyang Village. Leave the car keys in the car door, and you and your people leave."

"If you dare to play tricks, you'll never see You Yuxi again in your life!"

You Chengyu: "When can my sister come home?!"

The walkie-talkie went silent.

No matter how You Chengyu called out, the kidnapper did not reply again.

Jiang Fei unbuckled her seatbelt: "You drive the rest of the way. I'll hide in the cargo compartment and look for an opportunity to save her."

"If the kidnapper really is Pei Wenlong, then after they get the supplies, they will definitely go back on their word and take You Yuxi away."

Fengquan City specializes in eating women's flesh.

You Yuxi is beautiful and a hostage who can threaten the You Family. Pei Wenlong would definitely not let her go.

That girl is quite nice, as naive as the original Xiao Hua Lao; she doesn't mind helping out.

Anyway, she has the Supermarket to cheat, so she won't be discovered.

Knowing Jiang Fei's capabilities, Mo Yanan did not object.

You Chengyu, however, flatly refused: "No, you're just one person, it's not safe."

"Do you want your sister to come back or not?"

You Chengyu fell silent.

A moment later, he gave Jiang Fei a gun and a few bullets he carried with him, turning his head away from her.

"Don't die."

"Otherwise, the favor would be too great, and I wouldn't be able to repay it."

"I won't die even if you do." Jiang Fei retorted to You Chengyu, got out of the car, and entered the cargo compartment.

You Chengyu locked the compartment door from the outside, went to the driver's seat, and started the car.

Jiang Fei took out a flashlight, a small stool, a sandwich, and a box of milk from the Supermarket warehouse.

After sitting down, she turned on the flashlight to illuminate the area and ate.

She hadn't eaten anything since morning and was hungry.

After eating and drinking her fill, she put the trash into the Supermarket warehouse, leaned against the boxes in the back, and closed her eyes, feigning sleep.

Kaiyang Village is over 100 kilometers from Kyoto Base.

It usually takes over an hour to drive there, but You Chengyu floored the accelerator the entire way, arriving 20 minutes early.

Feeling the car stop, Jiang Fei opened her eyes.

Thump-thump--

Someone lightly knocked on the cargo compartment from outside.

It was Mo Yanan.

He whispered a reminder to Jiang Fei.

"Your car is parked at the very front. We're leaving. Be careful, and contact me on the walkie-talkie if anything happens."

Knocking on the compartment once to respond to him, Jiang Fei put away the flashlight and small stool, replacing them with a knife and an "Invisibility Talisman."

She patiently waited for the kidnappers to transfer the supplies.

After an unknown amount of time, a faint unlocking sound came from outside the cargo compartment. Jiang Fei quickly applied the "Invisibility Talisman."

The next second, the cargo compartment door opened.

Jiang Fei took the opportunity to get out of the car.

There were three men in total.

Two, armed with guns, got into the cargo compartment to inspect the supplies in the boxes.

The remaining one waited below them, holding a walkie-talkie, ready to contact others at any time.

"So much food! It seems this You Yuxi is really important; You Chengyu actually dared to exchange so many supplies for her."

"Our Boss Pei is so clever. He investigated the You Family's background beforehand before kidnapping and extorting them."

"Let's go check the next car. If all the supplies are fine, we'll call the brothers to drive."

The man had just jumped out of the cargo compartment when he suddenly fell to the ground.

The skinny man next to him gloated: "Serves you right for trying to be cool and jumping down. You fell face-first, didn't you?"

"Don't think that if you don't get up, you can pretend nothing happened."

The skinny man got out of the cargo compartment and walked over to push the man, but was suddenly pressed down by the man holding the walkie-talkie.

"Ah! What are you doing?!"

The skinny man tried to get up, bewildered, but suddenly felt something wet.

He looked down.

His hands were covered in fresh blood.

The man on top of him had his neck skin split open.

The person beneath him had blood flowing from his chest.

Both had become corpses at some unknown point.

The skinny man frantically pushed away the corpses and stood up, only to find no one around.

There was no place nearby for a sniper to hide either.

Who killed them...? "Ghost... There's a ghost!"