As soon as they entered the car, someone immediately took out black hoods and put them on the heads of the three people.
After a brief moment of panic, Li Ji's heart started pounding. Who is this? Where to take them?
The car was moving neither fast nor slow. No one spoke in the car, only the sound of wheels scraping against the road could be heard. Li Ji was shocked and suspicious, and had countless thoughts racing around.
After about half an hour, the car stopped. The three were taken out of the car.
After stumbling for thirty or forty steps, the sound of running water came from ahead, and those people stopped.
Li Ji felt like he was left on the grass. There is a whistling wind in my ears, like a wilderness.
Are these people going to kill us? Li Ji thought together, and couldn't help sweating from his forehead, and his mind went blank.
"Listen carefully," it was the voice of "Golden Chain", "No matter who you are, don't come to Xinxin Company again..."
Li Ji's doubts outweighed his fear. What is the relationship between these people and Xinxin Company, and why do they say these things?
"Also," "Golden Chain" continued, "Don't get involved in Xinxin Company's affairs. If you don't obey me, you will look good on me!"
Li Ji was thinking, and felt that this matter was not that simple.
"Forget it this time, if you let me see it next time, it won't be so cheap!"
The sound of cigarette butts being thrown on the ground.
"Don't worry, as long as you are obedient, nothing will happen to you."
"Golden Chain" snorted.
Someone came up and loosened the rope from the three people's hands.
"This place is not far from the highway. You can figure it out for yourself later. I want to go back to drink, so I won't wait for you!"
Several people chuckled.
Then, there was a jumble of footsteps.
Li Ji lay on the grass and did not dare to move for a while. A few minutes later, there was the sound of a car starting, and then the sound gradually faded away, and there was no more movement.
Li Ji then untied his hood and took it off. Look at Xiao Zhu and Xiao Zhang, they are leaning on the grass, motionless.
"Okay, get up," Li Ji slammed his hood on the ground, "They're leaving." Xiao Zhu and Xiao Zhang then took off their hoods and climbed up, their heads covered with sweat.
Dusk was closing in, and the chirping of insects could be heard in the grass.
Only then did Li Ji realize that the three of them were beside a small river, surrounded by crop fields. As far as the eye can see, there are no villages, only some hazy mountain shadows.
Not far to the left, thirty or forty meters away, is a country dirt road. In the growing twilight, like a gray-white python, it snakes into the distance.
"Find the main road first." Li Ji thought for a moment, waved to the two of them, then picked up his legs and walked towards the dirt road.
The three of them quickly crossed the deserted grassland and arrived at the dirt road.
Night fell.
The crops in late summer are growing vigorously. Looking back and forth, there was no one in sight. The evening breeze rustled the leaves, which made me a little scared.
Li Ji checked the direction and listened carefully. The sound of vehicles passing by occasionally came faintly ahead.
He no longer hesitated and called to Xiao Zhu and Xiao Zhang. The three of them mustered up their strength and walked quickly along the dirt road.
Twenty minutes later, the three of them reached the end of the dirt road. It suddenly opened up before our eyes, and sure enough there was a big highway crossing there. Vehicles passed by on the road from time to time, causing the ground beneath their feet to tremble slightly.
The three of them felt relieved, their feet became weak, and they slumped down on the sand by the roadside.
There was the sound of insects everywhere, and it was already dark.
Across the road is a village, far and near, with some bright or dim lights. Li Ji took a look and recognized that this was Jiangjiazhuang in the east of the city, almost twenty miles out of the city.
Xiao Zhu had stood up and walked to the roadside. When he saw the vehicles passing by, he waved desperately. But for a long time, no car stopped.
Xiao Zhu was discouraged and sat on a stone on the side of the road. He reached out and picked up a piece of dogtail grass and fiddled with it in his hand, lowering his head and saying nothing.
Xiao Zhang remained silent, but looked a little uneasy.
Li Ji knew that taxis rarely came to this place at night. He stood up and patted the dust off his body. As soon as he picked up his cell phone, a call came in from Liao Ying.
"Aren't you off work yet?" Liao Ying asked, "I've already prepared the food."
Li Ji's stomach felt tight and he felt hungry: "I, I have something else to do, so I'm going back."
"Um."
Hearing Liao Ying's soft response, Li Ji hung up the phone. He thought for a moment and made a serious call.
Zheng Zheng was Li Ji's elementary school classmate. He attended police school and was assigned to the Criminal Police Brigade of the Municipal Public Security Bureau after graduation.
Zheng Zheng’s mother and Li Ji’s mother were former colleagues. The two families lived very close to each other when they were children, and they often played together.
Later, Zheng Zheng's father was transferred from work, and the two were separated for more than ten years. Later, we met by chance at a class reunion and found out they were in the same city.
Seeing each other again after a long absence brings a lot of emotion. The two have been close since they were kids, and they have similar temperaments and interests. They often meet up to play football and drink together.
However, the two have not seen each other for some time recently.
"Why, did President Li think of me again?" A solemn and cheerful laughter came from the phone.
"Captain Zheng, you made me the bank president," Li Ji also smiled, "You have to give me a salary increase!"
"Haha!" Zheng Zhong laughed, "Weasel is giving New Year greetings to Rooster. If you want anything, just tell me."
"Ah, that's it," Li Ji was thinking, "Today I went to the company with two colleagues from the department. On the way back, the car broke down and had to be towed for repair..."
"Damn, just ask me to pick you up. Are you tired of going around like this?" Zheng Zheng teased.
"Okay!" Li Ji also simply said, "Then please ask Brigade Zheng to serve the people for once!"
"Where are you now?" asked solemnly.
"In Jiangjiazhuang in the east of the city," Li Ji looked around, "it's at the end of the village. There's an intersection here..."
"Okay, just wait, I'll be there soon."
Li Ji put down the phone and stared at the bright lights in the distance. Somehow, an inexplicable fear suddenly surged into my heart.
Only twenty minutes later, a police car drove up the road with its lights flashing. Li Ji hurriedly moved forward and waved his briefcase.
The police car suddenly slowed down, turned around, and stopped in front of Li Ji with a "squeak" sound.
"President Li, get in the car!" He solemnly rolled down the window and bared his white teeth.
"Ha, it came fast enough!"
Li Ji raised his thumb, opened the door, and sat down in the passenger seat. Xiao Zhang and Xiao Zhu also got in the car.
The car quickly entered the city. Seeing the bright lights on both sides of the street, Li Ji's heart finally calmed down.
Xiao Zhu and Xiao Zhang got out of the car one after another, leaving only Li Ji and Zheng Zheng in the car.
"There is Xinxin New Materials Company, do you know?" Li Ji asked.
"Oh, that company," he said solemnly, turning his head, "I know, it's in our jurisdiction."
"Why, do you still have business in your company?" Zheng Zheng's eyes were full of questions, "That company has been closed for almost a year."
"In the past two years, workers often held banners in front of the door to ask for wages. I took people there several times." Zheng Zheng added.
Li Ji exhaled, looked ahead, and stopped talking. He glanced at Li Ji solemnly, said nothing, turned back, and continued driving.
The car stopped at the gate of Finance School. Li Ji opened the door and said, "Come down and have something to eat together. We haven't had anything to drink in a while."
"Let's have another day." He lit up a cigarette solemnly, took a puff, and shook his head. "I'm going to my girlfriend's house tonight to spend time with my future father-in-law. I won't drink with you today."
"Damn, you value sex over friends," Li Ji slammed the car door, "See you later, Captain Zheng!"
"You kid, you're just trying to kill the donkey!"
He took a solemn "poof", blew out a puff of thick white smoke, smiled and drove away.
Li Ji picked up his briefcase and walked slowly into the school gate. My mind was turning over and over again, still thinking about what happened in the afternoon, and I was vaguely aware of something.
He walked to the dormitory building and saw Liao Ying lying on the railing of the corridor on the second floor, looking down. Next to him, there was another person.
Li Ji took a closer look and found that the man was Teacher Sun. Teacher Sun saw Li Ji, but immediately turned around and left.
Li Ji entered the cave and just stepped onto the stairs when his cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Han Mei.
"Han Mei, this is Li Ji." Li Ji quickly answered the phone.
Han Mei's voice was very frustrated: "Brother, I didn't accomplish that."
