Guo Xuyang was driving and calling his father, but the line was busy. His mother’s phone was also busy.
He decided to call his parents later, as there was no rush.
However, in that brief period, his mother completely lost contact with them.
Guo Yiyu and Long Linping chatted extensively. After a short wait, Wu Shangqing came out.
“This is Mr. Li, he’s the one who helped bring the items over,” Guo Yiyu introduced to Wu Shangqing.
“Thank you, Mr. Li. I apologize for the trouble,” Wu Shangqing said politely.
“You’re welcome, it was just a small favor. Goodbye, Mr. Guo,” Long Linping said as he and Wu Shangqing left.
The two arrived at the parking lot. Long Linping opened the car’s trunk, quickly took out a handkerchief from his bag, and pressed it tightly against Wu Shangqing’s nose.
Wu Shangqing fainted before he could react.
Long Linping tied Wu Shangqing’s hands and feet, placed him in the trunk, and drove away quickly.
When Xiao Yu drove into the county town, she saw a man driving the opposite way who looked familiar, but before she could react, the car had already driven off.
She pulled her car over and dialed Guo Xuyang’s number: “I’m in the county town now, where are you?”
“I’m getting off the highway soon. Wait for me at the entrance of Bailian Elementary School. We’ll meet there,” Guo Xuyang said.
After hanging up, he called his father again.
“Dad, I tried calling you earlier, but the line was busy. Where are you now?”
“I was just talking to your mother. What is it? You should’ve called beforehand if you were sending something over, you rascal.” Guo Yiyu grumbled.
“Sending something? No. Who told you I was sending something?” Guo Xuyang’s heart skipped a beat. The thing he feared most had happened.
“A middle-aged man named Li just came to the school looking for me, saying you asked him to bring us something. I figured it wouldn’t be right to have someone travel so far just to bring something, so I had your mother go with him to pick it up.”
“When was this?”
“About five or six minutes ago. What’s wrong, Yangzi?”
“Nothing, Dad. Wait for me at the school entrance right now. Don’t go anywhere. I’ll be there soon. Make sure to wait for me at the entrance.”
He hung up and then called Xiao Yu.
“I just contacted my dad. A middle-aged man named Li tricked my mom into going out. It happened about five or six minutes ago.”
“Middle-aged man? Long Linping. Did you ask what he looked like?”
“No. You go to the entrance of Bailian Elementary School now. My dad is waiting at the school entrance. I’ll be there soon. We can talk when I arrive.”
Guo Xuyang hung up and pressed the accelerator, his car speeding off.
Guo Yiyu was getting anxious waiting at the entrance. Wu Shangqing hadn’t returned yet, and his son had made a cryptic call. Could they have really encountered bad people?
But Mr. Li didn’t seem like a bad person. He was very polite in his words and actions.
He never would have imagined that it wasn’t the elderly who had become bad, but the bad people who had grown old.
No matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t have guessed that Long Linping was once the underground king of Maicheng.
By the time Guo Xuyang arrived at the elementary school entrance, most of the students had already left.
He drove his car to the school gate and saw Xiao Yu and his father waiting for him.
“Dad, this is Xiao Yu. From the Provincial Bureau. Tell me what happened when you saw that person? What did he look like? Did he have any distinguishing features?” Guo Xuyang asked urgently.
“That person is really a bad guy? Will your mother be alright?” Guo Yiyu’s heart tensed upon hearing his son’s question.
“It’s okay, Dad. Please describe in detail the situation when you met that person today,” Guo Xuyang reassured him.
“Today…” Guo Yiyu recounted the encounter with Long Linping in detail.
He concluded, “It’s all my fault. I didn’t think to call you to confirm. Otherwise, this wouldn’t have happened, would it?”
After listening to Guo Yiyu’s detailed account, Xiao Yu stated with certainty, “That’s right, this person is Long Linping. His intention of changing his name and surname was certainly not good. In that case, the situation of your mother is not optimistic. The most pressing matter now is for us to quickly find Long Linping to ensure Aunt’s safety to the greatest extent.”
She paused and then added, “When I first entered the county town earlier, I saw someone familiar, but I couldn’t recall who it was at the moment. Now I remember it must have been Long Linping. I saw him before you called.”
“Before you called? It’s been nearly an hour now. He should have already left the county town. If he was fast, he should have returned to Maicheng. Weren’t you pursuing him in Maicheng? He wouldn’t return to Maicheng. If he’s not returning to Maicheng, where else could he go?”
Guo Xuyang said, turning his head to ask, “Do you have a photo of that person?”
“A photo? I don’t. But it should be in the system, and he should be wanted online by now. Let me check.” As Xiao Yu spoke, she opened her phone and brought up the system. “Yes, this is him.”
Guo Xuyang leaned over to take a look.
A very large forehead, relatively small eyes, a large nose, thick lips, prominent ears, and a mole on his earlobe. It was quite noticeable.
He firmly remembered Long Linping’s appearance. He knew his mother was in extremely unsafe hands now, and he didn’t know what Long Linping might do.
He could only rely on his special abilities.
“Dad, you go back and wait for news. This matter cannot be rushed. With the help of the comrades from the Provincial Bureau, your mother will surely be alright,” Guo Xuyang asked his father to return home and wait for updates.
“Captain Xiao, could you contact the bureau first and see if technology can be used to detect Long Linping’s location?”
“Okay, I’ll contact them right away.” Xiao Yu was calling the people in the bureau to check Long Linping’s vehicle and track its location.
Guo Xuyang, meanwhile, got into his car.
“Yu’er, can special abilities be leveled up three times in a row?” Guo Xuyang asked the little spirit of his special ability.
“Yes, Master. As long as you have enough merit, you can level up nine times. However, if you level up too quickly, it might cause some damage to your body, leading to dizziness and discomfort. Of course, as your body continuously strengthens, this problem will gradually disappear.”
“Then upgrade the X-ray vision ability now,” he said.
“Ding… Congratulations, Master, your X-ray vision ability has been successfully upgraded. Your X-ray vision ability is now level two.” Yu’er’s voice echoed in his mind. “This upgrade allows you to penetrate electromagnetic waves, see through human nature, and see through all objects within a thousand meters.”
He looked up ahead and saw Xiao Yu still on the phone, talking about the vehicle she had seen.
He could even see the vehicle Xiao Yu had seen at that time, a black Buick with a license plate ending in 312.
He also saw the appearance of the person she was talking to on the phone. That person had a slightly long face, was holding a pen and writing, and seemed to be asking something.
Xiao Yu was lost in thought.