Chapter 377 Rabbit
The sky that day was as blue as usual.

Under the bright blue sky, the basketball court is filled with youthful vigor as usual.

Zhang Yunqi sat on the stone steps above the basketball court and saw a group of students crossing the road beside the basketball court and entering the office building of No. 1 Middle School hidden among the camphor trees.

Those students are all well-known in the school.

First seen inside.

Zhang Yunqi withdrew his gaze and looked at Wang Jinshan who was sitting next to him.

Although they were in the same school, he had hardly ever run into Wang Jinshan.

The most profound impression was when we first met. It was right here, on the stone steps of the basketball court. At that time, Wang Jinshan was dressed like an unsophisticated country boy, wearing a pair of tattered Liberation shoes with patches on them.

In the blink of an eye, a year and a half had passed, and from the perspective of appearance, this boy looked no different from those ordinary students in the city. Not only that, his hair was neat and tidy, and he was tall and handsome, which really deserved the word "handsome as a thief".

I don’t know why, but every time Zhang Yunqi sees this boy, he thinks of his past self.

The same poor background.

The same excellent results.

The same strong self-esteem.

Same appearance...

Wang Jinshan didn't seem to be a patient person. He had been "invited" by Zhang Yunqi to come here for a long time. Seeing that he didn't say anything, he couldn't help but ask, "What do you want to talk to me about? I still have classes to attend."

Zhang Yunqi nodded: "Something happened."

After a pause, he said, "Chunlan was kidnapped."

Wang Jinshan looked as if he was frightened to death. He raised his head suddenly and said, "How could it be? Who kidnapped him?"

Zhang Yunqi stared at Wang Jinshan's eyes for a long time, then retracted his gaze and said, "It's just a joke. Chunlan is just not feeling well and has been resting at home these days. However, it seems that you are very worried about my sister."

Wang Jinshan was a little angry: "Please don't make such jokes in the future! She is my classmate of five years, how can I not be worried?"

Zhang Yunqi asked: "We've only been classmates for five years?"

Although Wang Jinshan was somewhat jealous of this famous figure, he still had a stubborn look on his face: "What do you mean?"

Zhang Yunqi lit a cigarette and said slowly, "I remember when Chunlan first came to No. 1 Middle School, she often packed up delicious food from home and brought it to school. Once, I asked her who she brought it to, but she didn't tell me. It doesn't matter if she doesn't tell me, I asked someone to find out, and then I found out that she brought it to you, right?"

Wang Jinshan tilted his head and nodded. He had to admit it even if he didn't want to.

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "It's nothing, we're all classmates, and we're from the same place. We should love and help each other. But now that I think about it, there's one thing I can't quite understand. I remember that after she brought you food for a while, she didn't bring you any food from home for a long time. But she did that again some time ago."

Zhang Yunqi turned his head and looked at Wang Jinshan: "Tell me, why is this? Why did Chunlan bring you food at the beginning, but didn't bring you food for half a year, and then brought you food happily again recently?"

Wang Jinshan seemed to be stumped by Zhang Yunqi's words, or perhaps because of his strong self-esteem, he couldn't save face because of a girl's mouth, so he hesitated and said, "Because when I first came to school, I didn't know anything. Chunlan was the only person I knew in this school. My family was poor and my living expenses were often insufficient. She wanted to help me. Later, I got familiar with the school and had my own good male classmates, so my relationship with her gradually became distant. After all, she is a girl. As for the period of time ago, I was not in good health and couldn't eat the food in the school cafeteria. Chunlan was kind-hearted."

Zhang Yunqi nodded, but the expression on his face did not tell whether he believed what Wang Jinshan said.

He put out his cigarette, stood up and said, "Anything else you want to say?"

Wang Jinshan said bluntly: "No."

Zhang Yunqi turned his head and stared at Wang Jinshan: "Then let me say some nonsense to advise you. Opportunities are not always available. Most of the key moments in life are often not felt by oneself. When you understand it afterwards, it may be too late..."

Wang Jinshan has already stood up and left.

He didn't even finish listening to Zhang Yunqi's words.

Ma Shi, who was standing aside, felt that this kid really didn't give his boss face, but just now when Zhang Yunqi and Wang Jinshan were sitting on the stone steps and chatting, he had been standing behind them.

He discovered an even more important detail! Ma Shi came up to Zhang Yunqi and said, "Boss, I just saw bruises on that boy's collarbone and shoulder blade from his collar!"

Zhang Yunqi stared at Wang Jinshan's back for a long time without saying anything.

After a long while, he said to Ma Shi who was standing behind him, "Is there anyone in the school?"

Ma Shi wanted to say no in his heart, but he said firmly, "Yes."

"Wang Jinshan is a tough talker and a quick thinker. But it's very unlikely that he has nothing to do with Chunlan's affairs." Zhang Yunqi came to this conclusion. In addition to the feeling that Wang Jinshan gave him, there is another very important point.

According to Huang Min, Chunlan's mood has changed a lot recently and she has cried, but their Zhang family is a happy one and her academic performance, which she values ​​very much, is also very good. Chunlan has nothing unsatisfactory about her. Her emotional entanglement is most likely caused by the heart-wrenching love that is unique to adolescence.

In fact, he knew a long time ago that Chunlan liked Wang Jinshan. Huang Min had told him before that Chunlan and Wang Jinshan were very close some time ago. Wang Jinshan often went to evening self-study with Chunlan and asked Chunlan for help with questions. Sometimes they even ate together in the cafeteria. During that time, Chunlan was in a very good mood. Living under the same roof, many classmates in the class saw it, and there was no way to hide it. Such daily interactions had already surpassed the friendship of ordinary classmates. Therefore, Zhang Yunqi basically believed that Chunlan's recent emotional entanglement came from Wang Jinshan.

Just now he asked Wang Jinshan if he had anything else to say, actually he wanted to hear Wang Jinshan talk about his relationship with Chunlan. If Wang Jinshan told him the truth, he would not be so suspicious of Wang Jinshan, but Wang Jinshan avoided talking about it and described his relationship with Chunlan as a classmate relationship, which could only mean that there was something hidden.

Jingle Bell……

As I thought of this, a phone rang in my pocket.

Zhang Yunqi took out his cell phone from his pocket and saw that it was an unfamiliar number, but it was different from the unfamiliar number from last night.

Zhang Yunqi picked up the phone, and a voice that was not familiar but left a deep impression on him came from the other end of the line: "Zhang Yunqi?"

"Yes."

"You didn't call the police?"

"No."

"Have money ready."

"How much do you need?"

"Two hundred thousand!" The person on the other end of the phone reported a number that was not greedy for Zhang Yunqi.

"Okay." Zhang Yunqi agreed without thinking. He held up the phone and said, "But no matter what, kidnapping is also a business. Since it's a business, we should make money in harmony and be honest. I will prepare the money and will not call the police. My only request is to ensure my sister's safety! Don't hurt her, and you must provide her with good food and drink."

"Your request is a bit too much. You have to pay more."

"How many?"

"Three hundred thousand!"

"Give me the address and I'll deliver it to you within half an hour."

"Raise the money first and wait for my call."

With a click, the phone was hung up.

Zhang Yunqi put down his phone and said something incoherent and inexplicable to Ma Shi beside him: "You said that rabbits will bite when they are anxious, but how can you make a rabbit anxious?"

Ma Shi thought for a long time: "Who is the rabbit?"

Zhang Yunqi said: "Find out all of Wang Jinshan's information as soon as possible, especially his off-campus connections. I want to see if this guy is the one I'm looking for."

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PS:

If you guys criticize me for being slow, I can understand it. But I don't quite understand why some book friends say I'm watering down the plot. This makes me very sad. I've been writing this book for 18 years, from December 12 to now. I've taken every word and sentence in it seriously. In the nearly 5 chapters I've written, I've stayed up at least 400 late nights. I don't know how many all-nighters I've stayed up all night.

If I were water, would I write this book so slowly? These chapters do have something I want to express. Maybe they are not well written and do not suit your taste, but in a word, I have tried my best. My ability to plan a story is limited. Also, this is not a greasy story of love turning into hate, or kidnapping because of love. It is not a detective investigation story that deviates from the main theme of the novel. This is just an introduction to the core plot.

(End of this chapter)