Chapter 086
Shimen Yihshyong
Without hesitation, Yihshyong opened the wooden box. Inside the wooden box were two photographs, and a neatly folded sheet of paper. Yihshyong's eyes immediately fell on the two photos. In the first photo, a man was seen showing the first page of a newspaper. One glance, Yihshyong could recognize the man in the photo. That man was Shinnshiow. His face looked flat. He didn't look happy or sad. Yihshyong could also clearly see the date in the newspaper. The newspaper was today's edition.
"They must have taken this photo this morning," said Iren as Yihshyong handed him the photo.
"Shiowdi looks fine," Jenqyih said.
"That's a relief. It seems they did keep their promise," said Iren.
Yihshyong turned his attention to another photo. He automatically frowned after paying attention to the object in the photo. The photo showed a bag that was roughly the same size as the bag Songfei had with them. The color was also similar, namely dark blue.
"What is this?" Chioujen's face changed slightly when he saw the photo of the bag.
Iren took the photo and brought the photo closer to his face. He looked at the object in the photo.
"Let Shyongge read the instructions first." Jenqyih pointed to another object that was also in the wooden box, namely neatly folded paper.
Yihshyong grabbed the paper. Carefully, he unfolded the paper. It turned out that there were two sheets of paper in the fold.
"It's like a letter." Yihshyong spread out the two sheets of paper on the table.
"Please, Uncle, read the contents of the letters first," said Tsaehorng.
Yihshyong took the first sheet and began to read it. The letter comprised nine paragraphs. Six paragraphs contained a summary of the events of Shinnshiow's abduction, while the next three paragraphs were instructions for delivering the ransom items. One thing that differed from before was that the kidnappers stated that the carrier of the ransom items could be accompanied by one person. It was really not reasonable. As far as Yihshyong knew, kidnappers anywhere would only allow one person to deliver goods or ransom. More than one person showing up, it's likely to cause trouble for the kidnappers.
I have never heard of a kidnapper giving a record of a kidnapping incident to the victim's family or friends. Either these kidnappers don't know how to kidnap properly or indeed they are eccentric kidnappers.
Yihshyong smiled to himself as he thought about that. He felt it was ironic. An eccentric kidnapper had kidnapped an eccentric person. Yihshyong thought he and his friends were unique people.
After that, Yihshyong read the second sheet.
"Hah?" Yihshyong shouted.
"What's in it, Shyongge?" Iren asked.
"Exactly what the police thought. This is how we deliver the ransom items in exchange for Shinnshiow."
"Then what do they want us to do?" asked Chioujen.
"They asked us to cooperate in tricking the police," Yihshyong said.
"How to trick the police?" Tsaehorng asked.
"The first sheet is the sheet that we must give to the police. It contains the place and time of handing over the ransom items. The second sheet contains the actual instructions. There they say that we must look for the exact same bag as the one in the photo. Then we move the things from Songfei's bag to the new bag. Then we fill Songfei's bag with other items that are the same in number and weight as the Songfei's things that we have moved. We have to deliver the two bags to the drop-off point."
"They told us to deliver both bags to the same place?" asked Jenqyih.
"It's not like that. So, there are two locations that they will use as a place for the handover of the ransom," said Yihshyong.
Chioujen nodded. "So, at the time of handing over the goods, Songfei's bag will only function as a decoy. The original goods will already be transferred to the new bag."
Yihshyong nodded.
"Are we going to comply with the kidnappers' wishes?" Jinqkang asked.
This kid is so naïve.
Iren laughed. "Of course not. But we have to pretend to be cooperating with the kidnappers. So we're still going to tell the police all this stuff."
"Shyongge, now you better copy the contents of the two letters first," said Chioujen. "So after the police contact us, we can immediately hand over these two letters."
Yihshyong nodded. He rose from his chair to find pen and paper. A moment later, he was back again and began to copy everything that was written on the two letters.
"Are any of you hungry?" Jenqyih suddenly asked such a strange question.
"Of course I'm hungry now," said Iren. He then rose from his chair.
"Where are you going?" Jenqyih asked.
"Of course I want to go to the kitchen to warm up the food we got this afternoon."
"No need," said Jenqyih. "When I got home, someone was distributing flyers at the bus stop in front of them. The flyer was about the opening of a new restaurant."
"Are they still open at this hour?" Iren asked.
"In the leaflet it is written that specifically during this promotion period, they are open twenty-four hours," said Jenqyih.
"What kind of food do they sell?" Yihshyong asked. Chilly nights like this made him felt hungry again.
Jenqyih reached into his pocket. He took out a folded piece of paper. He unfolded the paper. The paper looked wrinkled. Jenqyih had folded and pocketed the paper carelessly.
"They sell pizza," Jenqyih said.
"Pizza?" Iren asked. "Is there any pizza here?"
"Of course there is," said Chioujen. "Why does Renge think there's no such thing in this city?"
"Because so far I've never seen a place that sells pizza in this city," said Iren.
"Pizza is not popular in this city. But I think someone must be selling it here," said Yihshyong. "Tsaehorng, you're from here. What do you think?"
"It's very rare here, Uncle, but there are some areas in this city that are inhabited by immigrants from certain areas where the residents are familiar with pizza."
"Well, that means there is, right?" Yihshyong said.
"Of course there are. But the number of places selling pizza in this city that I've seen with my own eyes is only eight or nine places," said Tsaehorng.
"So what now? Shall we order pizza?" Jenqyih asked. He seemed impatient.
"How do we order?" Jinqkang asked.
"Of course by phone," answered Iren. "Even if someone tapped our phone, it wouldn't be a problem because we only order pizza."
"What kind of pizza does that place sell?" asked Chioujen.
"There are four kinds here." Jenqyih pointed at the sheet of paper he was holding. "Now is the promo period, so they have reduced the price by fifty percent."
"Only four kinds?" asked Chioujen.
"It's only one sheet of paper. It only says four types of pizza. If we want to see the full menu, I think we should go there," said Jenqyih.
"We'll just order the enormous size of each of the four types. I think that's enough," said Yihshyong.
Jenqyih then moved closer to the telephone to order by phone.
"Tsaehorng, you eat first. After you finish eating, you can go home," said Iren.
Tsaehorng nodded. Looked like he wanted to taste too. Maybe he hadn't eaten pizza in a long time.
Jenqyih's voice was very loud when he ordered the pizza. They all looked at each other while holding back laughter. Although Jenqyih was an expert in ancient languages. However, in his daily life, he often recites foreign words using the local accent of Yeuandong. The names of these types of pizza were foreign names. The names that came out of Jenqyih's mouth sounded hilarious.
During scientific presentations or discussions, Jenqyih can pronounce foreign terms clearly and precisely. But in everyday life, he instead chooses to pronounce the words strangely. I think the pizza seller there must be desperately trying not to laugh at this point.
"All right," said Jenqyih. "We'll just have to wait a bit. This restaurant is very close to the Jongharng Station. So I think our orders will arrive soon."
Iren looked at the clock hanging on the wall. "Shall we call the police now or wait for them to call us?"
Yihshyong looked up at Iren. "I'm almost done copying these papers. Earlier, the police gave us an hour. So we don't need to rush. We'll just have to wait until they call us."
They all sat patiently waiting for the police to contact them via Huahshiang, and at the same time waiting for their pizza to arrive.
Less than five minutes later, there was the sound of a car stopping in front of their house.
"Who's coming?" Iren turned to Yihshyong. His gaze was filled with astonishment.
Yihshyong shrugged.
About thirty seconds later, they heard the sound of someone screaming.
"Pizza!"
Everyone presented there looked at each other.
"So quick!" Jinqkang said. "This is impossible!"
Jenqyih stood up instantly. He walked briskly to the front door. After opening the door, he ran towards the fence right away.
Yihshyong glanced at the clock on the wall. It was still about fifteen minutes before the police were supposed to contact them.
A moment later, the front door opened again. Jenqyih appeared from behind the door. But strangely, he wasn't alone. Behind him was someone following Jenqyih's footsteps. The person pushed some kind of stroller. There were four boxes piled on top of the stroller.
This is the first time I've seen a pizza delivery man using a stroller. The boxes are big. But not that big, so the courier had to use something like that.
"This jumbo pizza is huge," Jinqkang shouted.
Jenqyih kept walking. He headed towards the dining table. Arriving at the dining table. The person who brought the pizza moved the large cardboard boxes one by one onto the dining table. Yihshyong could smell the sweet smell emanating from the pizza boxes. The smell made Yihshyong feel starving.
The man finished putting the pizza boxes on the table. He then took off his hat.
"Gentlemen, I apologize. There is someone who wants to see you at this time."
They were all stunned when they heard the pizza delivery man's words.
Good grief! Is he an undercover cop? How could they predict we would order pizza?
"Who wants to meet us?" Yihshyong asked.
The person then bent down beside the stroller he was carrying. He opened the panel at the bottom on the side of the stroller. From behind the open panel, came someone. The man was wearing a dark brown leather jacket. As he stood up, they could all see his face clearly. He was Jongli Jyhren. Dongfang Jenqyih's friend.
Yihshyong turned to Jenqyih. Jenqyih looked very surprised. His mouth opened as he looked at his friend.
Is Jenqyih just pretending to be surprised?
Everyone then stood up.
Jongli Jyhren said, "Sorry, gentlemen. This pizza delivery guy is my colleague. He will take this stroller out and back into the vehicle we brought. This is to convince those who are watching this house that the person who just came it's just a pizza delivery guy. And that guy came right back after he finished delivering the order into the house."
The pizza delivery man bowed his head towards them. He put his hat back on. After that, he grabbed the handle to push the stroller. He turned the stroller toward the exit and headed straight for it.
Without being asked, Jinqkang walked beside the person. They both then left the house. A moment later, they heard the sound of a car driving away. Not long after, Jinqkang returned to the house. He immediately sat down where he had sat before.
"Good evening, gentlemen," said Jenqyih's friend. "I, Jongli Jyhren, apologize for making you gentlemen wait too long. For one reason or another, only now have I been able to come here again. At this point, I have some things to say."
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