stonecrandall Chapter 140 Pounce
Chapter 140 Pounce
"Bang..." After a loud noise, Meng Zhiling almost pushed down the entire wall.
This is the place that Heizi found based on the clues they provided and the screenshot taken by Meng Zhiling.
But when they arrived at the scene, there was no one there. There was only the chair and the rope that had been used to tie someone up, still lying quietly in the middle of the empty room, indicating that someone had been there before.
"What's going on?" Qiao Surong frowned and looked at Meng Zhiling who was about to explode.
"Fuck you!" Meng Zhiling stretched out her hand and the chair flew into her hand. She threw it out heavily, and the chair hit the wall and broke into pieces.
"Meng Meng, calm down. It seems that the enemy is very cunning. First of all, let's not panic. Think about it, who might dare to do this?" Qiao Surong hugged the furious Meng Zhiling, trying to calm her manic emotions.
"Who? I don't know who it is? Does anyone know about Mingzhu's existence? In this world, I guess only you, me and Mingyi know of her existence. I really don't know anyone else. How do you want me to guess?" Meng Zhiling said, and fell weakly into Qiao Surong's arms.
She was now overwhelmed with mixed emotions, regretting not having gone to Antelope City earlier, regretting that they had not yet reunited and now had to face the danger of separation forever.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Zhiling!" Meng Zhiling muttered to herself. She was not crazy, but was saying sorry, sorry to this body for making her mother suffer so much; and saying sorry, sorry to herself that she could no longer experience what maternal love was like.
"Meng Meng, cheer up. Isn't it the last moment yet? You are always so confident, why do you give in when faced with such a thing? Calm down. Since the other party is targeting you, they will definitely leave clues for us. I believe that they will not kill you so quickly." Qiao Surong put his arm around her shoulders. Seeing her painful expression, his heart also ached. However, he still tried to cheer her up and asked her to calm down, because what they would face next might be an invisible fierce battle.
"Yes, yes, it's not the last moment yet. It's not the time to say sorry." Qiao Surong's words woke Meng Zhiling up from her dream. She wiped the tears from her face and stood up from his arms, as if she had been given an injection of chicken blood.
"What is this?" Qiao Surong looked at the flickering lights on the wall, which seemed to have the rough shape of a few words.
Because this is an unfinished building and there is no light at all, they can see the scene in the house clearly because they are not ordinary people and have superhuman eyesight.
But the words on the wall seemed to be visible only under light, so they didn't notice them when they entered.
Now, with the help of the signal light from the building opposite, a few words appeared vaguely.
Meng Zhiling hurried forward, took out a flashlight from her pocket, and shone it on the wall for a few seconds. Sure enough, the words on the wall were extremely clear.
"Meng Zhiling, the game has begun, accept the challenge!" At the end of the line of words, a smiling face was drawn. It was very cute, but such an environment and such a state of mind looked so weird.
"Who is it? Come out!" Meng Zhiling spun her body, not missing any corner, but helplessly, she still found nothing in the end.
"Meng Meng, calm down. Since this is a game, there are rules. The only way now is to wait. Have you told Ming Yi? Maybe he has some guesses about the other party's identity." Qiao Surong hugged Meng Zhiling. Meng Zhiling was much calmer at this time and was not as irritable as before.
"Then I'll call him and ask." Meng Zhiling nodded. Now was the time when she needed his help. She suddenly thought of something. If it was really someone from the Ming family, then things would be interesting.
"No need to fight, I'm here." As soon as Meng Zhiling finished speaking, Ming Yi appeared outside the door.
"Ming Yi? How did you find this place?" Meng Zhiling frowned warily. Until now, she still didn't completely trust him, just because his surname was Ming and her father was indirectly killed by them.
"After I hung up the phone in the afternoon, I thought something must have happened. I called Mingzhu, but no one answered. Then I called her neighbor, and the neighbor said that she went out to buy groceries in the morning and hasn't come back yet. So I concluded that something had happened to her, and then I started looking for you, and found you here." Ming Yi told the truth.
After Meng Zhiling hung up the phone in a hurry, he was indeed very anxious.
"Have you found the pearl?" Meng Zhiling asked anxiously, still maintaining her vigilance.
Ming Yi shook his head helplessly. "There's been no news of her since then. The people I arranged to protect her have also disappeared. I can't get in touch with them at all."
Ming Yi's sincere and genuine worry was not pretended. Besides, he had recognized her a long time ago. If he wanted to deal with her along with the Ming family, why would he wait until now? Meng Zhiling thought about it carefully and let go of her vigilance and prejudice against Ming Yi.
"So now, apart from us, who else knows about the relationship between Mingzhu and me?" Meng Zhiling walked closer and asked. When she thought of the bomb with only a 24-hour countdown, Meng Zhiling was terrified.
They now have no time to waste. Apart from recording the video and mailing it to themselves, it would not be an exaggeration to say that half of the time has passed.
"As far as I know, only a few of us know about it. Even the old lady of the Ming family and other brothers and sisters all agree that you and your mother died in that accident. In order to avoid the Ming family's spies afterwards, I found a few scapegoats. It's a pity that I really couldn't do anything about your father back then." Ming Yi talked about the past sadly.
Qiao Surong lowered his head, looking very self-blaming.
"Then who would use the pearl to threaten me?" Meng Zhiling frowned, having no idea at all.
First, it was impossible for her to suspect Qiao Surong, and second, it was impossible for Ming Yi to do so either. Otherwise, no matter how he acted, he would reveal his flaws in front of her.
Just when everyone was immersed in melancholy, Meng Zhiling's cell phone suddenly rang, which was particularly strange in this silent environment.
When I looked at the screen, there was no incoming call display, only the answer and hang up buttons were flashing on the screen.
"Hello!" Meng Zhiling picked up the phone carefully and turned on the speakerphone so that Qiao Surong and Ming Yi could also hear it easily. The three of them had different personalities and different ways of thinking and perspectives on problems. As the saying goes, three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang.
"Hello, Miss Meng. If I'm not mistaken, you've already found the place in the video. Unfortunately, I didn't make it clear on the note I wrote. I wasn't referring to that place!"
"Fuck you!" Meng Zhiling yelled into the phone.
"Ms. Meng, don't be anxious. You won't get what you want if you're impatient. Besides, the person is in my hands now. I warn you to speak respectfully and keep your mouth shut. Otherwise, I won't be the one who gets hurt, you know." The specially processed voice on the other side spoke slowly.
He was not angry about Meng Zhiling's verbal abuse.
But the last hysterical scream did not have any human voice processing, Ming Yi could tell that it was Mingzhu's scream.
Meng Zhiling didn't need to see Ming Yi's nervous expression to guess that the scream was definitely from Ming Zhu. "Okay, okay, don't get excited. I won't scold you. Just don't hurt her."
"Hahaha, it seems that you still care about this woman. I really want to see the scene after you and your daughter reunite. What should I do if I can't wait? Do you think I should let you meet so soon? However, I am so conflicted, because once you and your daughter meet again, you will have to separate again. Oh, no, you won't separate. You can still accompany each other on the road to the underworld." Although the other party's voice was not real, the tone was so real that Meng Zhiling wanted to kill him through the phone.
It's just that she doesn't have this special skill.
"What the hell..."
"Ah..." Just as Meng Zhiling swore, a scream came from the phone.
Meng Zhiling stopped talking quickly.
"Don't hurt her. I'll grant you whatever you want."
"Oh? Really? Then I want your man, I want your life, okay? Hahaha." The other party's arrogant laughter reached Meng Zhiling's ears, and it was like a devil's sound.
Meng Zhiling glanced at Qiao Surong. Perhaps she could determine the other party's gender, but she didn't know if it was a trick of the other party. It was not clear at the moment.
"Okay!" Meng Zhiling nodded and said with certainty. In this situation, they could only unconditionally agree to any unreasonable demands of the kidnappers.
Otherwise, Mingzhu will be the only one to suffer.
"Haha, I think Mr. Qiao is right next to you. He loves you so much, and you can give up on him so easily. It's really pathetic. I feel sorry for Mr. Qiao."
"Don't try to sow discord here. I gave you my life. What do I have left?" Meng Zhiling narrowed her eyes slightly, despising the other person.
You little bastard! You'll never accomplish anything great!
"Haha, that's right, Miss Meng is a smart person!" The other party laughed arrogantly every time he said a word. This sentence obviously did not sound like a compliment to Meng Zhiling, but a complete provocation and sarcasm.
"Don't waste your time talking to me. Just tell me where I'd like to go and trade lives with you. One life for another, as long as you don't hurt her again!" Meng Zhiling finally couldn't hold back and brought the subject back to the point.
"A life for a life? How naive! Wouldn't that be a huge loss for me?"
"What exactly do you want?" Meng Zhiling couldn't control her temper again and roared.
"I don't want to do anything. I just want to see the touching scene of you and your daughter reuniting. It's been a long time since I've seen something so touching."
"Pervert, lunatic!" Meng Zhiling commented coldly.
"Thank you Miss Meng for your fair evaluation. Oh, and let me add one more thing. I would like to appreciate the anxious expression of Meng Zhiling, who has always looked down on the world. Just thinking about it makes me excited." No matter how Meng Zhiling scolded him, the other party still spoke at a leisurely pace, as if the word "angry" did not exist in his dictionary.