full-time abuse

"What does origin mean?" Ji Youning chewed on that sentence, confused.When answering the phone, the boss will choose to turn on the hands-free, so everyone in the car can hear the endless content.

Song Chen's expression suddenly became ugly!

"At home!" He frowned stubbornly, "If I had known about it, I would have let Yuchi sit on the sidelines...I really..."

Stupid home.

It's really not impossible to mess up!

Isn't it the place where they all started?Now that the other party knows where their home is, it will be a breeze to go in and put something down when everyone is leaving.

If he had calmed down and thought about it at that time, with Song Chen's mind, he would never have guessed that the other party might sneak in and leave someone alone to wait, so he could catch him right away, and when the time comes, he will turn his back on the customer and force him to ask about Zhong Wan's whereabouts. It's not difficult.

"Don't be so busy blaming yourself, let's talk about it when we go back." Yuchi Foyin comforted, "I can only take one step at a time, even a god can't count everything. You Ning, drive."

Ji Youning started the engine and carefully reversed the car out of the parking space.

Electronic City is not too far from home, and you can take shortcuts on foot—but the biggest problem with motor vehicles is traffic jams!

It was fine when I started, but not now.Although it can't be called impenetrable, no matter how you calculate it, it will take twice as long as usual to get home.

"You guys drive, I'll run back." Song Chen glanced at the road conditions in the back seat, and opened the door directly in disregard of traffic rules.

"Wait!" Yuchi Foyin stopped him in the passenger seat and slammed on the car door, "You can't find that person if you go back now. Even if the other person is standing in front of you, can you recognize him?"

"It's good to go back earlier." Song Chen always pursued efficiency.

Yuchi Foyin was a little angry, "Listen to me - at least the kidnapper hasn't threatened anything obviously, and won't let us hear Zhong Wan's voice, but he didn't tell us that he was abused. From this point of view, Is the other party's attitude quite gentle?"

"Maybe something happened to Ah Wan long ago..." Song Chen was still not very optimistic.

"In this situation, no news is the best news!" Yuchi Foyin said sternly, "It's a good thing to go back later. So far we haven't had much time to think, that's why you've been fooled around by him , Forgot to monitor the home. And obviously, the kidnapper will not issue new instructions until you complete his current request..."

Before he finished speaking, Song Chen had already come to his senses, "You mean to pretend to follow the rules and try to delay the time for thinking."

"That's right. If something happens to Zhong Wan, it's the first thing. Whether you complete the request quickly or slowly, it doesn't make any difference to the kidnapper." Yuchi Foyin nodded, changed the subject, and then Said, "But if he is still alive, the thinking time procrastinated now will be necessary."

"...Okay." Song Chen's empty gaze fell on the motionless long queue of motor vehicles outside.

He had to think, to think carefully, whether he could find anything that revealed his identity in the limited information revealed by the other party.

How did that happen?

He was still lazy in the morning, thinking about raising some kind of animal and living comfortably, but when he woke up, he was completely different.Originally, I was thinking about going to see the new house with Ah Wan, planning to move...

Song Chen only felt that the feeling of laziness and ease was only experienced in his previous life, and it had become quite distant.

The sun is showing a tendency to tilt in the sky, and the temperature has dropped a bit. The twilight is gradually rising from the sky, and some places have already turned on the night lights early.

In the end, it took nearly two hours to go home, and he didn't think about why.It's just that the kidnappers are very familiar with their identities and habits, which is really weird.

Song Chen only remembered some trivial matters in daily life after being reminded by the other party.

……

Before going upstairs, Song Chen went to the coffee shop to inquire again, but no one saw a stranger approaching their house.

The head waiter of the coffee shop noticed that Song Chen's face was not very good, and asked with concern what happened, but Song Chen dealt with it vaguely.

Opened the anti-theft door with the key, the light in the living room was dim, Song Chen raised his hand to turn on the light, and immediately saw the thing on the floor leaning against the wall!

Sure enough, someone has been here!

The thing formed a very dangerous angle with the wall, and it was shaky, as if the movement of walking was a little louder, and it would fall down.

"What is it?" Ji Youning, who followed closely into the door, tilted his head and looked carefully, while walking lightly.

"It seems to be modified with two hourglasses?" Yuchi Foyin approached on tiptoe, looked carefully and came to a conclusion.

They were indeed modified hourglasses, two identical ones, they were not big, and they were glued together fragilely with something, but there was no colorful fine sand in the hourglass.

The vision was much clearer with glasses on. Song Chen stared at an hourglass and observed carefully, and found that the upper layer was filled with dark liquid, the small hole in the middle was blocked by something, and a thin string was connected to it. .

And that thread leads to the lower layer of another hourglass, where there is only a small piece of paper, folded and folded in a square shape, with some kind of pattern drawn on it. If Song Chen wants to see more clearly, he has to It's getting closer.

He took off his shoes, held his breath, and moved a few steps with his bare feet, and the things in his field of vision magnified little by little.

Another string was tied to the small note, extending outside until Song Chen's feet, and the two hourglasses were transformed in this way.

—So it seems that as long as you take out the bottom of one of the hourglasses, it will open another small hole that blocks the flow of liquid, and the other note will be damaged?

Very simple self-made mechanism, but also very creative.

Song Chen thought for a while, and found that this kind of hourglass, which can be seen everywhere in handicraft stores, really makes it impossible to analyze the identity of the buyer, and it has no special features.

"Can you get the dark liquid on it out first, both of them." Song Chen kept squatting, turned his head and asked Yuchi Foyin.

After observing carefully for a while, Yuchi Foyin shook his head: "The angle is too ingenious, and the connection between the two hourglasses is also very fragile, and they are leaning against the wall, so they will fall if touched."

"Damn it..." Song Chen frowned and cursed, "It's not a bomb!"

The real vertical coordinate must be in one of the hourglasses, but how do people choose?Just pick one!

If you choose the wrong one, what is waiting for you is the deadly mechanism or Zhong Wan's body?

Song Chen thought for a while, and he would rather be the former.

"What if the two hourglasses are turned over at the same time?" He asked again unwillingly.Let the dangerous liquid in the upper layer become the lower layer, take out two coordinates to compare, and choose the more reliable one.

"It's really impossible." Yuchi Foyin patiently explained to him, "The support points of the hourglass are on the ground and the wall, and I can climb over the ceiling, but the slightest vibration will make them fall down, so the kidnappers will put the thread The purpose of making the rope so long is to allow you to take out the paper while you are far away. I guess if you get closer, even if you step lightly, it will cause it to collapse. And..."

Her dark pupils looked there, "The things that stop the liquid from seeping are gradually failing, and something has already leaked out."

This kind of penetration is extremely slow, but because the liquid has color, Song Chen also saw extremely small dark lines appearing on the transparent glass wall of one of the hourglasses, slowly winding away.

"Time is running out..." Song Chen was anxious and angry, but he didn't dare to vent, for fear that the two hourglasses would be destroyed by too much action.

"Choose one, how do you choose? Has the other party not reminded you yet?" Ji Youning was worried that something would happen to him, so he stood far away and dared not approach, "At this time, the kidnapper should give some hints."

Song Chen lowered his head and turned on the phone screen, then shook his head at the two of them, "It seems that there is no reminder."

The phone call outside the electronic city was probably the last contact.

He took a deep breath, and dialed the number out of nowhere.

"Sorry, the number you dialed is an empty number." The expected notification sound came in, and Song Chen guessed that the kidnapper used some means to hide his number.

After the call is hung up, the phone returns to the address book page.Under the kidnapper was Zhong Wan's number, an ordinary name without any special remarks.

In the past, Song Chen was worried that if he lost his mobile phone one day, someone would get some information from the address book, so no one would make special notes, and sometimes use notes that no one could understand as names.

But when he clicked on the name "Zhong Wan", he realized that not only was it an intimate name with a special meaning, but he didn't even have many contacts with Zhong Wan.

...That's right, the two of them get along day and night, and spend so much time together every day, who would deliberately call and contact each other.

Song Chen looked at the number, suddenly slipped his hand and dialed it!

"Beep-beep-"

It worked!

His hands trembled, and his breathing eased a little.

But it was just a call, and no one answered.

Song Chen didn't come back to his senses until he automatically hung up after 1 minute. He settled down and studied the differences between the small notes in the two hourglasses.

"Is the painting on it... a flower?"

A voice so soft that it was almost talking to himself sounded, Song Chen didn't expect anyone to answer.

To be precise, it is something like a combined flower basket or bouquet. Many kinds are gathered together, and the painting is quite beautiful, but I can't tell which one is more beautiful.

It seems that the kidnapper's drawing skills are quite good, the flowers are very similar, even if the patterns are not big, the difference can be easily seen.

And Song Chen just happened to read some materials about flowers.

Is... when did you watch it?