In the video, a figure wearing a white mask appeared, still dressed in those oversized robes.
"Hey, hello there! I didn't expect you to find me. Impressive, impressive!"
"But I also didn't anticipate that these little brats would dare to cut off my fingers. Fine, since that's the case, I’ll have to raise my price!"
"Prepare fifty thousand. Deliver it to the trash can at the intersection of Global Center within half an hour, or you know what the consequences will be!"
"Smack!"
The video ended.
Captain Chen's phone rang again.
"Alright, prepare for action!"
"Yes!"
"Notify the Wei Family to get the cash ready!"
"Yes!"
"Global Center!"
"Yes!"
After making four or five calls, Captain Chen finally stopped.
"Captain Chen, how is it?" Father Li asked eagerly.
"You all go home and wait for news!" Captain Chen glanced at us and said.
Captain Chen told the kids to wait at home for news, but how could I possibly stay calm? Father Li and Father Wang felt the same way; with the children missing, how could we relax at home?
None of us left; instead, we anxiously waited at home. After three hours, my phone suddenly rang. It was Captain Chen calling.
"Come to the police station."
"Okay!"
I hurried over.
As soon as I entered the station, Captain Chen pulled me into the conference room.
"Mr. Ma, something has happened."
Captain Chen's expression was grave.
"What happened?"
My heart sank.
"We just cracked the cloud accounts of Li Jun, Xue Yungui, and Wei Hao, and found several videos. You... take a look."
Captain Chen handed me his phone.
In the video, Ma Zhaoqiang was kneeling in the corner, while Wei Hao slapped him repeatedly across the face.
Veins bulged on Ma Zhaoqiang's arms, but after Wei Hao said something, he relaxed.
Then Li Jun took over from Wei Hao, slapping Ma Zhaoqiang while crying and apologizing.
Before long, Ma Zhaoqiang collapsed to the ground.
Xue Yungui approached, looking at the fallen Ma Zhaoqiang, suddenly turning vicious.
He kicked Ma Zhaoqiang repeatedly until he grew tired and finally stopped.
I trembled all over.
Is this how my child is bullied at school?
After I lost my job, my ex-wife divorced me.
I understood her well; after all, I had to live too—my son's tuition and living expenses all required money.
And it was on that day that I saw the video of Ma Zhaoqiang being bullied by Wei Hao.
When Wei Hao saw me, he walked over with a smile.
"Uncle, have you been having trouble finding work lately?"
"You play with us, and I'll have my grandfather arrange a job for you. How does that sound?"
"My grandfather is Wei Yunqing."
I fell silent.
I walked over to Ma Zhaoqiang, who looked at me with a pleading expression.
But I pretended not to see.
"Alright."
I agreed to Wei Hao's request.
The next day, I found a position at Wei Hao's family company.
My job was easy; I only needed to drink tea and read the newspaper every day.
But inside, I was tormented.
I had condoned the bully who tormented Ma Zhaoqiang.
But...
The pressure of adulthood was overwhelming, so much so that I felt powerless to bear it.
"I... I should have killed Wei Hao."
I clutched my hair, trembling all over.
captain Chen looked at me, the last glimmer of hope in his eyes extinguished.
"I never thought you were this kind of person."
captain Chen no longer wanted to talk to me; he urged me to think carefully about the last place Wei Hao and the others had been seen.
"That day, we were all in Ma Zhaoqiang's room. Wei Hao and the other two were discussing how to kidnap him while Ma Zhaoqiang... was doing his homework."
"They stayed in Ma Zhaoqiang's room the whole time. After they left my house, I had no idea where they went."
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