Chapter 595: Equivalent Exchange

He dared only think such things in his mind.

If he really did this, the kidnappers would probably call the police themselves.

After waiting a while longer, the other party indeed called an hour later.

To prevent the other party from remembering his voice, Yu Dazhang handed the task of answering the phone to his master.

"Is the car and the money ready?"

It was still that synthesized electronic voice, revealing no emotion or tone at all.

"It's ready." After Lv Zhongxin answered, he asked casually:

"Where should we deliver it to you?"

The other side paused for two seconds, then said:

"Give me the license plate number."

They're planning to pull a trick midway... Yu Dazhang immediately guessed the other party's intention.

If it were just about delivering the money, sending the money would suffice; there was no need to know our side's license plate number.

This isn't like hailing a ride-hailing car, where you have to cross-check the license plate number and the last digits of the phone number.

Although he could guess the other party's intention, he couldn't yet deduce exactly what they wanted to do.

Lv Zhongxin then reported the SUV's license plate to the other party.

"Go to the shopping center on Xijiangwan Road."

The electronic synthesized voice on the other side said coldly:

"Give me the phone number of the person delivering the money. I'll contact him directly later. If I find that your police have followed us, I will no longer guarantee the hostage's safety."

Now they had enough leverage to threaten the police... Yu Dazhang even felt a bit of admiration for the other party's calculation.

The other party had mailed DVDs to both families early this morning.

On the surface, this seemed like the kidnappers showing off to the police, indicating they had nothing to fear and would do anything.

In reality.

They were conveying an important message to the Su and Bai families as well as the police: the hostage was still safe and sound.

Only if the hostage was alive would the Su and Bai families and the police have concerns, dare not act rashly, and might even cooperate with the kidnappers in doing certain things.

This was undoubtedly a brilliant move by the other party.

Through this method, they cleverly seized the initiative in the situation.

And the current situation was exactly like that.

Facing the kidnappers' demands, Lv Zhongxin could only comply, reporting a string of phone numbers.

Only this string of numbers was not Yu Dazhang's mobile number, but that of one of his team members.

Because Yu Dazhang had used his own phone to call the two brothers from the Qi family, to avoid exposing his identity, he had to temporarily switch to another phone.

And this phone had been technically processed by the technical division officers; not only was GPS enabled, but it was also set up for surveillance.

Most importantly, this phone had a voice-changing function built in.

Yu Dazhang's voice would be automatically processed into another person's voice.

After Lv Zhongxin reported the phone number, the other party hung up directly.

Just as he was about to give his apprentice a couple of instructions, Yu Dazhang suddenly spoke up:

"Master, Captain Wei, you must lead your people to depart immediately and arrive at the shopping center before me. There, the other party's people must have already hidden themselves in advance."

Wei Qian looked at him and asked:

"Are you so sure?"

The First Brigade had handled several kidnapping cases and was quite familiar with the kidnappers' modus operandi.

Generally speaking, kidnappers would report several different addresses in succession, then look for a suitable opportunity midway to collect the ransom.

They had never encountered a case where the ransom was collected directly at the very first stop.

Moreover, based on the information currently at hand, these kidnappers did not seem to be the impulsive and reckless type.

"Since the other party chose the shopping center, it must have been a well-considered decision."

Yu Dazhang explained:

"They must intend to achieve some purpose at the shopping center. Whatever that purpose is, they will definitely arrange people to observe secretly."

"Moreover, the other party will arrange at least two eyes to observe from different angles."

So far, the impression these kidnappers had left on Yu Dazhang was: they acted with very strong purposefulness.

They had almost done nothing superfluous; every matter was proceeding step by step.