Chapter 93

The man looked at her doubtfully, Ling Yue's face solemn: "Sorry, it just told me something important; I need to go to the police station."

Upon hearing this, the crowd gasped in surprise.

What kind of matter requires going to the police station? What exactly did the pigeon say, to make Boss Ling lose her composure like this?

People's curiosity surged, yet Ling Yue said nothing—whether it was a kidnapping case or a girl, this was a serious criminal offense, and she could not reveal any detail to the outside world.

The pigeon's new owner looked rough, but was actually reasonable: "If it's something important, take it with you; just remember to return it to me."

"This is my phone number, Boss Ling—don't you forget it!"

The last words still sounded a bit pitiful.

Ling Yue nodded solemnly, placing the pigeon in the passenger seat. The racing pigeon looked at her doubtfully; when they were alone, she told it: "You know about the kidnapping case, and you should also know that such acts are grave crimes in the human world. hearing you say, that little girl is only in her early teens, still as young as a flower."

The racing pigeon nodded and cooed: "I know, just like the young chicks among our pigeons, still small, they get snatched by people—so you're calling the police to rescue the little one, right?"

Ling Yue nodded: "Yes, I need to check first; please tell me the situation again. Is the girl within Jing Shi's area? Has she been injured?"

The racing pigeon shook its head: "She wasn't hurt, but she was tightly bound, she was terrified; when I landed beside the cave, the sound I made startled her."

"The cave isn't far from here, but it's not far either; actually, I still remember the route from here to the cave—I can guide you there."

Ling Yue's eyes lit up at the words: "Great!"

No wonder she was so agitated—there are many big and small mountains and continuous mountain ranges around Jing Shi; if they only knew it was a cave, by the time they found it the kidnappers might have already moved the victim, or the victim might have been discovered and her life would be in danger.

Either outcome is something Ling Yue does not wish to see.

Soon, the car arrived at the police station.

Ling Yue came up holding the birdcage, not filing a report directly but seeking out Lin Shaoze, captain of the Criminal Investigation Detachment.

If she said she heard it from a bird and told it to strangers, that would indeed be a laughingstock.

Unexpectedly, they dispatched officers; Ling Yue met Cheng Ziming, who greeted her and explained: "Miss Ling, our captain has gone out to investigate a case and will be back shortly."

"You—?"

He seemed in a good mood; Ling Yue tugged at the corner of her mouth, feeling a bit guilty: "I'm here to file a report."

She said, lifting the birdcage; the drowsy racing pigeon inside spread its wings: "Have we, have we arrived?"

It opened its beak, gave a tiny yawn, and still looked quite graceful.

Ling Yue: "I want to report a kidnapping case."

Cheng Ziming sucked in a breath of cold air: "Let's go inside to talk."

He said while pulling out his phone to call the captain, subconsciously feeling sure it would be another big case. After the call connected and he heard the reply, Cheng Ziming's eyes lit up instantly: "Coming back right away? On the way? Okay, Captain."

Here, Ling Yue nodded; some things were indeed unsuitable to say outside. In a private office, she placed the birdcage on the desk and said in detail: "This morning I was working at the shop, after finishing with this little creature, I heard it suddenly say that it had once found a cave in the suburbs of Jing Shi, where a girl was found bound."

Cheng Ziming's chin-stroking motion jerked to a halt; knowing she could understand animal speech and having helped her before, he could not possibly disbelieve her.

Moreover—

Cheng Ziming asked anxiously: "Do you know how old the bound girl is? Any distinguishing features?"

Ling Yue blinked: "The racing pigeon told me."

She looked at the racing pigeon; the little bird nervously pecked at its feathers: "I, I know, I have a good memory."

"'That little girl is only in her early teens, wearing a cotton dress; she had two super-super beautiful crystal flower hair clips on her head, almost blinding the pigeon, with two little braids, very pretty!'"

After Ling Yue repeated it, Cheng Ziming sprang to his feet, muttering: "What a coincidence, what a coincidence—yesterday the bureau also received a kidnapping case; the victim is the Chen family's only daughter, just started junior high, but she was kidnapped, and the captain went out to investigate that case."

Ling Yue: "Any news beforehand?"

Cheng Ziming shook his head: "No, I'm also frustrated with the Chen family—they're not short of money, and she's their only child, yet they didn't even have time to pick her up after work, letting her walk home alone; she took a taxi and then vanished."

"'The kidnappers demanded ten million; the Chen family paid, but when they discovered the child hadn't returned, they panicked and reported it.'"

"'Unfortunately, we investigated—the taxi was a scrapped vehicle, the plate was fake, later found dumped in an alley with no surveillance; a little girl was like a drop of water falling into the sea, disappearing without a trace.'"

Hearing about such a case, Ling Yue merely sensed a hint of danger, paused in thought, was about to say something when the office door suddenly swung open.

Dust-covered Lin Shaoze took off his police cap, hadn't even had a sip of water, and upon opening the door exclaimed: "What case?"

"'It's a kidnapping case!'"

Before Ling Yue could answer, Cheng Ziming exclaimed exaggeratedly, then quickly clapped a hand over his mouth after realizing.

Ling Yue didn't understand what was unspeakable, then saw Lin Shaoze's doubtful gaze sweeping over them: "A kidnapping case—could it be the Chen family?"

"'Captain, I haven't even said how you guessed that.'"

Lin Shaoze: "……"

Isn't this obvious enough? This guy previously said that investigating further would definitely kill him from overwork, yet now he's excited, and it's another kidnapping case…

Actually, Jing Shi's public security is decent—after all, it's the nation's capital—so for now, he only has this one case on his hands.

What else could it be?

Ling Yue coughed lightly: "I won't belabor it; let Officer Cheng speak—ask any questions, we'll settle this quickly."

Cheng Ziming: "???"

He felt as if many little question marks were stuck in his head—shouldn't this be something we say? Miss Ling truly has the people's heart, a pity she didn't become a police officer.

Cheng Ziming, trained in eloquence, seized the point in a few words; after making it clear, Lin Shaoze frowned tightly, pulled a photo from his pocket: "This is a screenshot from the surveillance—let this racing pigeon have a look, is it her or not?"

In handling a case, one must be thorough, certain, and not careless.

Ling Yue glanced; the girl was indeed adorable. Seeing her, the racing pigeon's mung-bean eyes blinked, and it cooed: "I'm sure—it's her!"

"'Good.' He looked at Ling Yue: 'Please ask it where it encountered the girl, and whether it can still remember the route.'"

Ling Yue: "No need to ask; I already asked before I came—it's just a racing pigeon, with a good memory, and it remembers the cave where the girl was kidnapped."

Lin Shaoze's motion stalled; beside him, Cheng Ziming interjected: "Captain, why are we just standing around? Let's move!"

After saying that, he realized something was off, covered his face: "I, I'll go call Dahei!"

Upon hearing Dahei, Ling Yue's eyes lit up instantly; her lustrous gaze turned to him as she lifted the birdcage and headed out: "Captain Lin, I'm coming too."

"'Good.' Lin Shaoze, taken aback by her, lightly coughed, unconsciously curled his fingers, his ears tinged red."

Ling Yue didn't notice at all—what man? Nothing is as thrilling as cracking a case!

She pulled out the pet food she carried, which scientific testing showed works on any pet; sure enough, the moment she took it out, the racing pigeon's eyes couldn't move.

"This, what is this?" it said, taking a sniff, what it didn't say was, "How fragrant!" Fragrant enough to make even the coo unable to walk, although it never walked anyway, always staying in its cage.

Ling Yue tossed a handful into the empty food box: "Pet food, you'll be flying later, a long journey—have a bite first—"

Before she finished speaking, Ling Yue lowered her gaze; the racing pigeon eagerly pecked at the pet food, eating it with a fragrant crunch, unable to lift its head.

What hunger and fatigue? As long as there's fragrant pet food, the pigeon can still fly another five hundred li!

Ling Yue was speechless at this little glutton.

Soon, the criminal investigation detachment had tallied its numbers; Ling Yue once again participated as a special consultant, with Big Black woofing, lying in its owner's arms, its tail almost throwing sparks.

Suddenly, it gave a light sniff, and the dog barked: "Owner, it smells so good, like…… that…… that thing~"

Ling Yue: "……"

Oh no, I was careless!

She awkwardly covered her lips; Big Black had already turned its head, looking at the racing pigeon pecking at food, then looking at her, its big eyes full of resentment and sorrow, as if saying: "Faithless woman! All these years of feeling were wasted!"

Ling Yue: "All right, all right~"

She ruffled the dog's head: "It's too hungry, so I gave it a bit; how big can a pigeon be? Owner, I'll give you another handful—much more than it got!"

Big Black woofed.

Ling Yue: "……Two handfuls? Can't give any more!"

The dog opened its mouth wide, tongue hanging, simple-minded, saying: "Mas—master, here, stuff it in here! Want lots and lots!"

Ling Yue pinched its doggy mouth: "You greedy glutton!"

However, the pet food she made really…… cough, cough, makes pets drool three feet; Ling Yue quickly fed two handfuls, and Big Black ate with a crunching sound.

"What a great appetite Big Black has!"

Ling Yue smiled, not noticing other police dogs secretly sticking out their heads: "Fragrant! Dogs are about to die from craving, humanity lacks virtue!"

Big Black took advantage of Ling Yue's inattention, secretly sticking out its head, baring teeth: "Go back, no smelling, this is what the owner gave me!"

It's overbearing to the point of being deadly, but whenever it speaks, the fragrance in its mouth bursts out again, the dog can hardly hold back.

Finally, the arduous journey ended, the car arrived at the mountain range indicated by the racing pigeon.

"This is the place!" the racing pigeon flapped its wings, perching on a crooked-neck tree: "There's a big crooked-neck tree here, the cave is inside it."

Ling Yue's expression grew solemn; after translation, Lin Shaoze, wearing a special uniform, gripped the gun in his hand—yes, a gun.

Lin Shaoze has always had a sidearm, though he rarely uses it.

Ling Yue waved at the racing pigeon, which immediately understood and lowly headed toward the cave.

Behind it, the criminal investigation team's members followed closely; Ling Yue, relying on her agility, was also at the front line, while Lin Shaoze ahead warned: "Be careful, don't make any sound."

At the same time, from deep in the dense forest's cave came a wailing sound.

Chen Xinsiru, bound all over, looked fearfully at the opposite party, shaking her head continuously; the man across from her was slight in build but had a kindly face, with only a pair of eyes that now gleamed with menace, sending chills down one's spine.

The kidnapper sighed: "What a pity, she's so beautiful and yet so young."

Sensing what he intended, Chen Xinsiru trembled like a sieve, her eyes about to tear up, her mouth stuffed with a wad of cloth, her cheeks bulging, her lips split open, bleeding.

"What do you want to say?" he said, pulling the cloth from the girl's mouth.

She burst out crying: "Waaah, don't kill me, my parents will give you money, uncle, don't kill me……"

"How pitiful."

He suddenly grabbed the girl's throat: "A light squeeze and you'll be dead for good—scared or not? Beg me!"

Pervert!

Chen Xinsiru cried and angrily scolded at the same time; she was certainly not a weak little girl who couldn't do anything, making uh-uh sounds as if she were about to be strangled.

The next moment, large gulps of air slid into her throat; she knew she had guessed right.

This man had a habit of abusing and killing; he didn't want to let her go like this—he wanted to see her struggling desperately.

"Poor little thing, uncle won't kill you now."

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, your parents already paid the money, but I still decided to renege—what gives you the right to enjoy such a good life? Tsk, I really can't stand it."

He turned around, never expecting that the girl he thought was a weak little lamb would actually fight back, leaning against a stone, her hands rubbed raw and bloody, she grabbed a large rock and smashed it toward the back of his head.

Run!

She didn't dare look back, nor dare to finish him off, because she had no idea whether her blow had killed him or merely hit him, or killed him; she only knew to run out quickly, that devil!

"Hey, little thing, you've got guts."

The fleeing girl suddenly stiffened, turned her head, and saw the man with blood-covered hands looking at her, then he gave a kind smile.

Just as she had seen before, because her family had forgotten her, Chen Xinsiru wandered dazedly down the street, a taxi stopped in front of her, and a kind uncle asked: "Little girl, do you want a taxi?"

She got in, watching the car drive farther and farther away, finally realizing something was wrong.

"I want to get out! Let me—mmph!"

She had her mouth and nose tightly covered, a pungent □□ smell instantly filling her lungs; when she woke up, Chen Xinsiru discovered she had been bound in the cave.

The man looked at her with a grin: "I've been observing you for a while; your international middle school has plenty of wealthy kids, your family isn't the richest, but only your parents don't really look after you."

"Finally I've gotten the chance."

One sentence made her whole body turn icy; meeting the man's malicious gaze felt like being stared at by a demon crawled out of hell.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

In the dense forest, Chen Xinsiru panted violently, her throat like a broken bellows wildly pulling; the man, head covered, chased madly, and she soon ran out of strength, even collapsing face-first.

A tearing pain shot through her ankle; the man looked at her, his eyes full of cruel amusement, walking over unhurriedly—the hunter and prey's chase was about to end.

Coo-coo~ coo-coo~

A beautiful gray pigeon flapped its wings and swiftly landed before her.

Racing pigeon: "!!!"

It was just curious, and it actually bumped into a little girl, panicking and shouting: "Save me, save me, save me! Murder!"

Ling Yue immediately turned around, and Lin Shaoze beside her blinked: "What's wrong?"

Ling Yue: "I found someone!"

After saying that, she sprinted off; at that moment, the distance between them was only a dozen meters, the man stopped, looking at the girl's desperate gaze, and his heart suddenly jumped.

Years of instinct made him suddenly turn around; the next moment, a gunshot rang out in the dense forest, the trees where he stood were hit by bullets, splitting open like a flower.

He hatefully glanced at Chen Xinrui: "Fuck!"

Just a little bit short.

Ling Yue finally arrived; the racing pigeon and the little girl, their lives hanging by a thread, leaned together, and the moment she saw them, the girl burst into tears: "Wuwuwu, I'm so scared, I'm so scared!"

Her hands and feet were ice-cold, she clung to Ling Yue like a little ice person, desperately drawing warmth from her.

It had been a full two days and one night since she was kidnapped by the pervert; one can imagine, a girl in her early teens trapped with a kidnapping pervert—even if he didn't come back often, she would be scared half to death.

Ling Yue glanced ahead, the other staff members closely followed in pursuit, she handed the little girl over to others, and went in that direction.

In the dense forest, a tense chase was underway.

However, the man, relying on his familiarity with the forest, repeatedly escaped, taking small paths and wrong turns; the police dogs could follow the scent but could not catch up.

Cheng Ziming wiped his sweat: "Holy shit, this guy's like a monkey, jumping up and down, damn it, why doesn't he just fly?"

"Don't speak." Lin Shaoze glanced at him: "Conserve your strength."

He showed no sign of fatigue, leading the big black dog in a frantic run, gradually leaving the other police officers behind.

Hearing the commotion, the man cursed under his breath and actually climbed onto the police dog.

He hadn't expected it at all; to be precise, he never imagined the location would be exposed so quickly, even though he had used a diversion and cleaned up all traces.

How could he have been discovered?!

His heart filled with reluctance, he fled madly like a madman, then suddenly looked up.

In the densely packed forest, towering trees stood everywhere, their branches lush and leaves thick, packed close together, with hanging vines.

The midday sun was blinding; he suddenly spat twice.

Moments later, the big black dog barked furiously at a tree: "It's right here, what's going on? Where's the person?"

Lin Shaoze's face darkened; he even looked up at the sky, the forest rustled with a loud wind that covered any traces.

Cheng Ziming's legs were about to give out; he gasped heavily before asking: "Boss, how's it going?"

Lin Shaoze said in a low voice: "We lost them."

Cheng Ziming stared wide-eyed in shock: "Impossible! Big Black is the best dog, its nose is basically cheating! How could we lose them?"

Just then, Big Black suddenly ran forward: "I smelled it, I definitely smelled it!"

Ling Yue finally arrived, looking at Big Black: "What's wrong?"

Big Black barked loudly: "I smelled that person's scent, but I can't find him; he's right here, no, forward——"

The dog ran left and right; Cheng Ziming had long been left behind, now only Ling Yue and Lin Shaoze followed it.

They looked like they were just running in circles.

"Big Black, did you really smell the scent?"

Big Black nodded vigorously, fully confident in its sense of smell: "I really did smell it; he's still moving, why can't I see him?"

Ling Yue and Lin Shaoze looked at each other; she absolutely refused to believe a living person could just vanish into thin air, especially with the dog's certainty that he was right here.

So where could he be hiding?

"Coo-coo~ coo-coo~"

At that moment, the racing pigeon suddenly flew over, seeing Ling Yue and began to complain: "Oh dear, save me, that little girl is really pitiful, she's been holding onto me the whole time, my life is almost gone!"

"Right, have you found him?"

Ling Yue shook her head: "The scent is here, but there's no sign of a person."

The racing pigeon nodded, as if thinking of something, puffed out its chest proudly.

It cooed: "I just saw that little police officer, his legs were about to give out, still chasing behind, wanting the dog to pull him—hilarious!"

"How can running on two legs compare to me!"

A pair of strong wings flapped open: "Once I fly, I can go really far, really high!"

Suddenly, Ling Yue stared at it: "Really far? Really high?"

Racing pigeon: "QAQ"

"Don't look at me like that, I'm scared!"

Ling Yue suddenly spoke: "I know where he is!" ，，.