What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Xia Tianhuo nervously said to the phone: Mom! I am...I am Huohuo! I called you so late at night to tell you something important...what...we were kidnapped. Now. I’m in Myanmar now…”

Halfway through, he was hit on the head and almost lost his phone. Xia Tianhuo said quickly: I was kidnapped. The kidnappers want five million US dollars in cash. By the way, you can't call the police... Wait a minute, two brothers. , does this police call refer to the police here or the domestic police?”

Xia Tianhuo's cell phone was taken away by Zhu Bajie Mask, and he said in Mandarin with a strong accent: Get the money ready within three days. If you dare to call the police, you will get the ticket.

The person on the other side of the phone finally said: Where do you want to hand over? If you are in China, there is no way to prepare so many US dollars in three days...

But before she could finish her words, the call had been cut off.

Xia Tianhuo said quickly: If you don't tell her whether to pay ransom at home or abroad, she can't prepare!

Stop talking nonsense! Zhu Bajie Mask slapped him on the head again.

Bajie, go get ready and prepare to leave. Tang Seng Mask said.

Okay, Brother Kui... uh, okay, master. Zhu Bajie's mask slipped and he subconsciously shrank his neck.

Tang Seng Mask cursed, took off his mask, threw it at Zhu Bajie Mask, kicked him, and walked out of the room.

Zhu Bajie Mask felt unhappy after being kicked. He looked at Xia Tianhuo who was tied to the chair. After stuffing the rag into his mouth again, he directly raised his foot and kicked him to the ground with the chair, and then helped him up. Get up, put on the hood, and leave with satisfaction.

Xia Tianhuo was kicked so hard that he almost lost his temper, but he didn't have time to get angry with the kidnapper at this time. He was thinking about what he just said to Lao Xia. He didn't know if the message he wanted to convey was passed on?

But now, I can only believe Lao Xia.

…

When Xiang Kun rushed back to the rented house in Chongyun Village, he saw Xia Libing sitting in the living room on the first floor with a tired face. One after another Napoleon cake appeared in front of him, some of which continued to exist, and some changed with the new ones. The cake appears and disappears.

Hearing the door being opened and looking back to see Xiang Kun, who was still barefoot and carrying a bag with shoes and clothes, Xia Libing stopped Fantasy, all the cakes disappeared, and the invading fatigue almost made him She fell straight to sleep.

But after closing my eyes for a second,

She quickly opened it again, took out her mobile phone, and played a recording for Xiang Kun. It was the recording of Xia Tianhuo's previous call.

After receiving a call from Xia Tianhuo and hearing him shout Mom suddenly, Xia Libing immediately realized something was wrong and pressed the record button to record the entire call.

So except for the first sentence, everything else in this call is there. Of course, Xia Libing also told Xiang Kun the supplementary content of the first sentence.

After listening to the recording, Xiang Kun naturally understood what Lao Xia's emergency was.

However, he did not express any opinions immediately, but continued to listen to Lao Xia's introduction:

Judging from my cousin's character and consistent behavior pattern, he did not call my uncle and aunt, but shamelessly called me 'Mom' on the phone. He must have realized what was going on and thought that only I could detect it. I can save him.

Xia Libing played the recording again and said: He calls himself 'Huohuo', but in fact his nickname is 'Tiantian', and he was only called that when he was a child. When he grows up, he doesn't want to be called that. Nickname. If you just want me to know who he is, it would be more appropriate to state the name directly, so these two words should contain the information you want to convey, but it shouldn't be too complicated. I guess it may be related to 'Ten Thousand Urgent' Meaning, he should have realized through what details that the person who kidnapped him was very cruel and would probably kill him regardless of whether he paid a ransom or not;

And listen here, he said 'a very important thing', and then said 'we were kidnapped'. Although he said the word 'we' very quickly and lightly, it was obviously for the purpose of highlighting. It may be that he was not alone when he was kidnapped, or that the person who kidnapped him had interacted with him before;

He said 'temporary call'. The wording was very weird. This 'temporary' was most likely a reminder. He dared to use my number to replace my aunt. It can be seen that he knew that the kidnapper was treating him and us. We don’t know much information about the family, so the other party may have kidnapped them temporarily;

My cousin was kidnapped in Myanmar, and he was still in Myanmar at this time. However, when the other party asked for ransom, they only asked for preparations, but did not mention whether the ransom would be paid in China or in Myanmar. It is possible that they had not mentioned it before. This was not taken into account;

The kidnapper spoke Mandarin, but with a strong accent. Judging from the accent, he should be from Guihai.

I have called my third uncle before and told him the situation. He will determine how to contact the police, whether to ask for help from Interpol, when to tell my uncle and aunt, and how to prepare the ransom. I also gave my The judgment told them, because the kidnappers may continue to call my mobile phone number, so I have to go to Citong immediately to meet with Sanshu and the others. Please drive me there. I am very sleepy now and can't drive.

Okay. Xiang Kun nodded, took a quick shower, changed clothes, then got into a pickup truck and drove Lao Xia out of the village.

Feeling that Lao Xia, the co-pilot, was about to fall asleep, Xiang Kun said quickly: Send me that recording file. Also, do you know which city in Myanmar your cousin was kidnapped in?

Xia Libing said while sending the recording file: According to the entry status and his consumption records that my third uncle found, he arrived in Mangtamila City, Myanmar yesterday.

Xiang Kun nodded and said after a few seconds: Look at the flight from Jianzhou City to Nande City. What is the earliest time? Nande City is a city very close to the border with Myanmar.

Xia Libing was stunned for a moment and asked, Are you going to Myanmar?

Well, according to your analysis, your cousin should be in danger now. The kidnappers are likely to be extremely vicious people, and they are very likely to break up even if they pay a ransom. The most important thing is that he was kidnapped in Myanmar. In the case of kidnapping, the help that the domestic police can provide will be relatively limited, and the time will be delayed, which increases his danger. Since he asks you for help and believes that you have the ability to save him, then we must do our best to save him. Xiang Kun said.

Xia Libing said: I remember you don't have a passport, and you will be drinking blood the day after tomorrow... Are you planning to enter the country in an unconventional way?

Yes, Xiang Kun, a little country bumpkin, has never left the country, and has never even been to Hong Kong, so he doesn’t have a passport at all. Although it is very fast to apply for a passport now and it is not difficult to get a tourist visa to Myanmar, he does not have time to apply for it.

There should be 40 hours left before my normal blood-drinking period. If everything goes well, I should be able to make it in time. And can't I use the 'love injection' to sense your rationality and suppress violence now? It should be the same for 20 more hours. No problem. Xiang Kun said.

If an unknown person is kidnapped in Myanmar, or a distant relative of Lao Xia who is unknown to Xiang Kun is kidnapped, Xiang Kun will definitely not hesitate if he can save it with a little effort at home, but he may not be willing to risk traveling far away on his own. Traveling thousands of miles into other countries to rescue.

But he had seen Xia Tianhuo before, and his impression of old cousin Xia, who was half a head taller than him, was actually pretty good. He was like a big kid. Moreover, Xia Tianhuo directly made a ransom call to Lao Xia's mobile phone to ask for help in a vague way. Lao Xia had already deeply tied up this matter, so he had no reason to stand by and watch.

Naturally, Xia Libing never thought that Xiang Kun would go directly to Myanmar to save people. She originally just wanted Xiang Kun to give her some advice from his perspective and help her check for any deficiencies to see if there was any ill-thought out. , where the judgment was inappropriate, after all, Xiang Kun's brain's ability to deduce and calculate is already superhuman. But that's why she knew that Xiang Kun must have made this decision after careful thinking and with certain plans and plans. So she nodded and said:

Then what do you need me to do for you?

Xiang Kun said: Inform me of the latest news you get, the information about the kidnapper and your cousin at any time.

good.

Xiang Kun originally wanted to briefly introduce Lao Xia's encounter tonight in the northern mountainous area of ​​Wushu Mountain, but he found that she was indeed very tired and haggard. She didn't speak for two seconds and dozed off in the passenger seat, so he said nothing more.

When they arrived in Jianzhou City, it was already past seven in the morning. Xiang Kun drove Lao Xia directly to the bus station, then helped her buy the nearest bus to Citong, said goodbye to her, and headed to the airport.

After buying the latest flight and waiting to check in, Xiang Kun asked Alice to process the call route that Lao Xia sent him and try to distinguish the background sound inside. Unfortunately, the background is very quiet, and there is no special sound that can be used to distinguish the location.

Then he asked Alice to search the Internet for information about Xia Tianhuo's trip to Mengtamila, Myanmar yesterday, to see who he had contacted, what services he had used, how his location had changed, and to try to investigate and see what Dial Lao Xia's mobile phone number to find out if there is any information.

At this time, Xiang Kun naturally gave Alice the highest authority and freedom. Anyway, based on previous experience, Alice was basically invincible on the Internet and in the data world.

Arriving at a city on the southwest border at noon, Xiang Kun carried his backpack and started walking off the paved road. He took off his shoes and headed barefoot towards the rugged and difficult areas.

He had done some research before and knew that there were places separated by cliffs and mountains that were more convenient for entry. Those places were like natural chasms to ordinary people, but they were no obstacles to him and there was no pressure at all.

Coupled with his super senses, he was able to avoid other people in the mountains and soon entered Myanmar.

He was traveling at full speed in the mountains, moving extremely fast. However, after leaving the mountains, he could no longer run openly on the road, so he put on his shoes and took a ride.

He changed his image slightly during this trip. He did not wear glasses and wore a dark peaked cap. Judging from his attire, he looked like an ordinary tourist.

For the convenience of tourists, people in various industries in Myanmar can directly accept RMB, so Xiang Kun does not need to specifically exchange for kyats.

In order to maintain contact with Lao Xia and receive information support from Alice, Xiang Kun also enabled international roaming on his mobile phone.

In the evening, when he arrived in Mentamila, the city where Xia Tianhuo appeared before he was kidnapped, Xiang Kun also got some latest news from Lao Xia.

Xia Tianhuo made an impromptu decision to go to Mentamila yesterday. The purpose was to meet a client named Teng Li to discuss some temporary business issues.

This client himself is the son of a wealthy businessman from Myanmar, but judging from the latest news today, Tengli died in a car accident last night.

Xiang Kun asked Alice to help him find translations of some relevant news and civil discussions on the Internet in Myanmar. He found that someone mentioned that when Tengli left the casino he often visited last night, he seemed to be with a very big man. The two guys were together. When he drove away in his two-door sports car, the big guy was also sitting in the passenger seat. But after the car accident, the big guy was gone. Therefore, I suspect that Teng Li might have been killed by that big guy. That big guy was some kind of killer who deliberately caused the car accident.

Xiang Kun didn't have to guess whether the information was true or false, because Alice actually got the surveillance video of the casino. It turned out that the big man who left the casino with Teng Li was Xia Tianhuo.

The two seemed to be having a great time talking to each other, and neither of them seemed to be drinking, so they acted sober.

However, it can be seen from the video at the entrance of the casino that the Burmese young man Tengli drove very fast.

Xiang Kun checked the photos of the accident again. It was on a relatively narrow path. No matter how violent Tengli was, it would be difficult to drive the car very fast.

In fact, from the photo, his car hit the wall next to a small open space. The deformation was not serious. Under normal circumstances, the airbag would pop up to protect the person and the person would not be injured.

But it was a good thing. There were many steel pipes for building sheds over there. After the car hit the steel pipes and scattered them, there happened to be a steel pipe that bounced onto the hood. One end was against the wall, and it stood sideways for a short time. The other end was inserted right into it. The driver stabbed Teng Li in the head, killing him on the spot.

Judging from the description in the news and the photos of the scene, it looked like a scene from Death Is Coming.

There was no surveillance in the alley, and no witnesses could be found, but it could be seen from the tire marks at the scene that the car driven by Teng Li braked suddenly near the intersection, then backed up, and then turned towards the open space. , and ended up hitting the wall, causing a tragedy.

Xiang Kun found that in the picture of the car accident at the scene, the body was removed from the front of the car. While the driver's door was still closed, the passenger's door was open.

He speculated that this was where Xia Tianhuo was taken away by the kidnappers after a car accident.

Xiang Kun arrived at the scene of the car accident and made a quick observation. Although the vehicle involved in the accident has been removed, many traces can still be seen.

But Xiang Kun didn't stay there for long and left quickly. Because he found that there were many strong young Burmese men there, like him, observing and wandering around, obviously looking for something. There were also Myanmar police checking the tourists' documents. One policeman even noticed him and walked over to him. Fortunately, he used the terrain to get away.

It seems that there is no need for the Xia family to call the police. The Myanmar police and some local forces have already taken action.

In this case, his investigation may become more difficult.

Based on what Alice collected and what he observed in Montamira, Brother Xia Tianhuo was probably just an unlucky guy who had been affected by Chi Yu.

The real target of the kidnappers was most likely not him, but the deceased driver, Tengli, the son of a wealthy businessman from Myanmar.

Xia Tianhuo's arrival in Mentamira yesterday was a temporary decision, and his meeting with Tengli was not planned in advance. His appearance in Tengli's car and in that alley was unpredictable before last night. Estimated.

The choice of taking action in that alley was obviously carefully planned and carefully chosen.

Not only was it remote and uninhabited, but the terrain was also convenient for action. With both ends of the alley blocked, there was no way to escape. It was also the road Tengli often took after leaving the casino. Those kidnappers were clearly heading for Tengli.

Xiang Kun seemed to be wandering aimlessly in Menta Mira, but in fact he was using his super sense of hearing and smell to search for Xia Tianhuo. He was also searching for Mandarin with a Guihai accent, trying to find the kidnapper. trace.

Alice is also using her expertise to search for surveillance videos that can be found around her, trying to find the car that kidnapped Xia Tianhuo and left.

Judging from the time, the car accident happened around 12:50 last night, and the kidnapper called Lao Xia at 4:11 in the morning, which was about three hours apart.

In other words, the place where Xia Tianhuo was taken was no more than three hours' drive from the alley.

And according to Xiang Kun's speculation, since their original kidnapping target died unexpectedly and temporarily kidnapped Xia Tianhuo, they would not make a decision so quickly after arriving at the place, so the actual distance must be far less than three hours' drive.

Xiang Kun speculated that there was a high probability that the kidnappers would still stay in Mentamila last night, and there was a certain probability that they would arrive in a nearby city.

However, this could only be limited to when they called Lao Xia last night. After most of the day today, they might have moved to other places.

For Xiang Kun, as long as he finds a clue and a connection point, he can use his various methods to deduce and find the location of Xia Tianhuo and the kidnapper at this time.

If we could find the place where Xia Tianhuo was kidnapped last night, even if they were no longer there, it would be of great help to his tracking.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, Xiang Kun walked into a small street restaurant, pretending to be a backpacker, and after ordering a few dishes, he chatted with the boss in his imitated Guihai Mandarin.

Xiang Kun just searched through auditory information and discovered that the owner of this small restaurant is a compatriot, and he speaks Mandarin with Guihai accent and part of Guihai dialect.

Of course, this boss is not the kidnapper who talked to Lao Xia.

However, Xiang Kun still planned to obtain some information through him.

The boss didn't need to go to the kitchen by himself. The chef was watching in the kitchen, so Xiang Kun asked him to chat, but he didn't refuse. After all, Xiang Kun was not only a compatriot, but also a fellow from Guihai, and he was very skillful in speaking. It can scratch the boss's itch, causing him to talk so much that he can't stop talking.

Xiang Kun actually didn't speak Guihai dialect, he just imitated his accent, so the boss said he was happy and occasionally said a few pure Guihai dialects, but he couldn't understand it at all.

But it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand. Xiang Kun can directly connect the context and the boss’s personality and facial expressions to make inferences and make appropriate responses. He can even deal with it naturally using the Guihai dialect he has learned.

Because Xiang Kun imitated the accent very authentically and responded very appropriately, the boss completely regarded Xiang Kun as his fellow Guihai native and had no doubt at all.

The information Xiang Kun inquired from his boss was about where the Guihai people from Mengtamila gathered. The boss had been in Myanmar for ten years, so he was naturally quite aware of the situation of his compatriots and fellow villagers.

Of course, those kidnappers are most likely not people who have been making a living in Myanmar for a long time. They may not have entered Myanmar or Montamila very long ago.

But one characteristic of Chinese people is that they like to hang out together, find friends and helpers when going out, and the starting point is usually fellow countrymen, relatives and friends.

Xiang Kun asked which Guihai people were doing catering in Mentamira, which Guihai people were doing engineering, and which ones were doing gray area businesses.

Recently, due to Myanmar's relatively loose policies, many people from the country have gone to Mangtamila to do business such as underground online casinos or sideline live broadcasts, relocating some gray industries that have been severely cracked down in the country and have no room for survival. Here, a circle of interests is formed.

Overall, the conversation with the restaurant owner was quite fruitful, and he was able to eat a lot despite the stones in his stomach.

After leaving the hotel, Alice's search also produced some results, giving video screenshots of four possible suspect vehicles, three of which were vans and one was a minivan.

Alice's work efficiency was so strong that Xiang Kun hesitated, because he knew very well that the server resources he configured for Alice were not enough to support such a large amount of data processing.

But now was not the time to think about those issues. He decided to focus on finding Xia Tianhuo first.

Xiang Kun went to the hotel where the owner said that some Guihai people without legal status were in the area where Mentamila lived. The boss reminded him not to go to those places. Although those people were also fellow villagers, they were plotting to steal money from the fellow villagers. Come on, be more ruthless than the locals.

But for Xiang Kun, that was where he wanted to focus his search.

After Xiang Kun arrived at the area, a young man with dark skin and wearing flip-flops approached him soon after and said in Mandarin with a strong Guihai accent: Handsome guy! Is he Chinese? Come on, come on, Come with me, we have something fun here, cheap and safe! Even though it’s shabby on the outside, it’s very well decorated inside! There’s baccarat, poker, all kinds of games, and there’s even a beautiful sister to accompany you!”

Xiang Kun was about to say a few words, but the young man was pulled by a companion next to him, dragged to the side and allowed to leave.

After walking far away, Xiang Kun heard the man who pulled away from the young man whisper: That guy is not easy to mess with at first glance. He is obviously not here for fun. There is something wrong with the news at this time, so be careful.

These words gave Xiang Kun a wake-up call, so he hunched his back slightly to look more concealed when observing the surroundings, making himself look more insignificant and cautious, and he also began to avoid the obvious eye-catchers on the street as much as possible.

Xiang Kun didn't check those underground casinos first, because in his judgment, these shady places to collect money are very profitable in themselves, and they are inextricably linked to local forces, so they are unlikely to directly participate in this kind of table-topping. matter.

When passing through an area full of various car repair shops, Xiang Kun explored it through his senses for a while, because he found that this was a good place to handle and prepare vehicles for committing crimes. Moreover, a large part of the conversations among people in the car repair shop here are in Guihai dialect or Mandarin with Guihai accent.

After standing in a dark corner of the street for more than 20 minutes, Xiang Kun failed to find any useful information through sensory information search, so he continued walking inside.

Seeing that this area has been almost explored, just when Xiang Kun thought that he was looking in the wrong direction and was planning to leave here and start from other directions, he found it at a scrap collection station not far from a car repair shop. Discover.

During Xiang Kun's sensory information exploration, although Xia Tianhuo was not inside, some of Xia Tianhuo's scent remained. Basically, it can be judged that this is a transit point for the kidnappers. Even when he called Lao Xia yesterday, Maybe it's all here.

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