Chapter 150: Could it be that the box contains

On the other side, Qin Hao Bei and two police officers rushed to the Happiness Residential Compound where Xing'er was renting.

Upstairs, the door to Xing'er's house was wide open. It was clean and tidy inside, with no signs of a struggle and no useful clues left behind.

Qin Hao Bei knew that the top priority was to find Xiao Shiliu immediately!

So, he and the two police officers went to the security room at the entrance to retrieve the footage from an hour ago.

"Stop!"

Halfway through the surveillance video, Qin Hao Bei's gaze suddenly turned stern, and he pointed to a man in a black smock carrying a large suitcase in the footage.

"I just saw this man enter the compound, which coincides with the time Xiao Shiliu went missing. Moreover, he wasn't carrying anything when he went in, but when he came out, he had this large suitcase. That suitcase is big enough to hold a 6-year-old boy!"

A police officer next to him also nodded with a serious expression.

"Indeed, I also think this man is very suspicious!"

"Check the movements of this man."

"Yes."

Soon, the security guard retrieved the footage from the cameras on both sides of the street. It showed the man in black walking out of the compound, getting into a black Toyota car, and putting the suitcase in the back seat.

Judging by the man's movements, the suitcase should be very heavy; there was definitely something inside.

"Zoom in on the license plate!"

The two police officers got the license plate number of the black Toyota and quickly called the Public Security Bureau to investigate the vehicle's information.

A few minutes later, the Public Security Bureau called back.

"The owner is Gu Fei, 29 years old, a librarian at the Lanwan Dance Academy, a local."

Lanwan Dance Academy? Wasn't that the school Shi Xi attended?!

Qin Hao Bei's gaze focused:

"That's right, it's him!"

The voice of the public security officer came through the phone:

"We just checked the system, and the last location of this vehicle in the surveillance was... Fisherman's Wharf at Lanwan Port."

"Let's go, to Fisherman's Wharf!"

Half an hour later, Qin Hao Bei and the two police officers drove to Fisherman's Wharf.

This was an abandoned port, full of old shipping containers and warehouses, and there wasn't even a street lamp on the road.

"Let's split up!"

Qin Hao Bei said decisively.

"But... the suspect is likely armed. Sir, it's best if you stay with us!" a police officer said with a face full of worry.

Qin Hao Bei smiled slightly and touched the pistol at his waist.

"Don't worry, I am a soldier."

On the Lanwan City Expressway.

"Shi Xi's phone location shows she is now at the Fisherman's Wharf ahead. We'll be there soon."

Shi Heng was driving while occasionally turning his head to check on Shi Yi's state.

He saw her face was pale, her thin lips were tightly pursed, her hair was soaked through—whether by rain or sweat—her chin was slightly tilted against the seat, and one hand was pressed deeply against her upper abdomen.

"Is your stomach hurting?"

Shi Heng asked with a face full of worry.

Shi Yi shook her head gently and didn't speak. At this moment, it wasn't just her stomach; she felt the toxins in her body showing signs of stirring, burning her internal organs with dull pain.

Three years ago, she was injected with a deadly poison by terrorists, and since then, she had needed to take antiviral medication every day, never missing a dose.

And today... she hadn't had time to take her medicine.

However, Xiao Shiliu's life and death were still unknown at this moment, and Shi Yi knew she couldn't collapse.

"I'm fine, keep driving."

She breathed out a scorching breath tremblingly and said.

Half an hour later, the car stopped at the end of a coastal road at Fisherman's Wharf.

"It's just ahead."

Shi Heng unbuckled his seatbelt and instructed Shi Yi:

"Xing'er, you wait in the car, I'll go down and take a look."

"I'll go with you."

Looking at Shi Yi's firm gaze, Shi Heng knew that trying to stop her would be useless, so he nodded silently.

"Okay."

The two got out of the car and saw a black Toyota sedan parked not far away. Shi Heng took a deep breath and walked up cautiously to check, only to find the car empty.

Shi Heng called Shi Xi, and the sound of a phone ringing came from inside the car.

"The phone is inside, there's no one!"

His face sank.

Shi Heng found an iron rod from somewhere and pried open the trunk of the Toyota; it was empty.

"The person might have been moved," Shi Heng said thoughtfully.

Shi Yi's heart sank to the bottom. She had no choice but to search around while shouting:

"Xiao Shiliu?"

"Xiao Shiliu!"

Just then, a loud "bang" suddenly sounded in the air!

"It's a gunshot! Over by the warehouse!"

"Let's go, we're going over there now!"

Shi Heng and Shi Yi followed the direction of the gunshot one after another and arrived at an empty, abandoned warehouse.

Rusty shipping containers were stacked into a ferocious steel forest, and a dim light in the corner flickered, stretching the figures of the two people confronting each other very long.

Shi Yi saw clearly that standing below was Qin Hao Bei, and the person standing on the high shipping container was holding a huge suitcase.

Shi Yi's brain went "buzz!"

That suitcase... could it be... could it be... Xiao Shiliu?!

Is he still alive?!

"You stuffed a six-year-old child into a suitcase?! He will suffocate!"

Shi Yi roared like an angry beast.

"Xing'er! Why are you here?"

Qin Hao Bei's pupils shrank suddenly when he saw Shi Yi and Shi Heng appear before him unexpectedly.

Just then, Gu Fei suddenly looked up and laughed "hahaha," his laughter echoing harshly in the empty warehouse like a madman.

He kicked the side of the box hard.

"Suffocate? If I can't live, no one else is going to live either! Put down the gun and back out!"

Qin Hao Bei stepped back cautiously, but he didn't put down the gun in his hand.

He deliberately kept his voice flat, but he couldn't hide the tension in his throat.

"Gu Fei, calm down. That child is innocent. You only carried out a fake robbery; you haven't caused a major mistake yet. Turn back now, and everything can still be saved!"

"Stop talking nonsense! I told you to put down the gun!"

Under the dim light, Gu Fei's face became crazy and distorted. He stepped hard on the lid of the box and picked up a piece of steel bar from his side, holding it against the box.

"See that? If I move my finger now, this steel bar will pierce his throat!"

Hearing Gu Fei's words, Shi Yi's heart felt as if it had been pierced by the steel bar in his hand in an instant.

She fell to her knees with a "plop," spat out a mouthful of blood from her throat, and shouted heartbreakingly:

"Don't!"

"Please, don't hurt Xiao Shiliu!"

"Don't hurt Xiao Shiliu!" ===== CHAPTER 151 =====