Shimen Yihshyong could feel a frown on his forehead. He shook his head. He was so sure that there was a much simpler explanation for the phone call that had just come in.
"I agree with you." Chioujen spat out those words quickly.
"Let's first turn on our communication devices." While speaking, Yihshyong got up from the couch. He walked over to the phone. He lit the two box-shaped Huahshiangs. After that, Yihshyong put earphones into both his ears.
There was someone following him. Yihshyong turned around. He saw Iren standing right beside him. Iren quickly put the earphones from the other Huahshiang into his ear.
"Good night. We are the police. Can you hear my voice?" There was a sound from the earphones they were wearing.
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"We can hear your voice very clearly." The sentence came out of Yihshyong's mouth in such a steady tone. The voice of the policeman who was speaking differed from the voices of the policemen who had previously spoken to them.
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"We are the party that just called your house." The policeman repeated the words they had just said. "We've tried contacting Mr. Mingju's pager, but it looks like our message didn't get through."
"Jinqkang, let's see what happened to Tsaehorng's pager," Yihshyong said. This afternoon, before going to the hospital, Tsaehorng gave one of his pagers to Jinqkang. The young man did have another pager. However, Yihshyong suspected the pager number the police knew was the pager number that was in Jinqkang's hand.
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Jinqkang took out a pager from his pocket. He looked at it for a moment.
"Did any messages come in?" Iren asked.
"This pager is off, Sir," said Jinqkang
Tsaehorng immediately said. "I'm sorry. It's possible the battery ran out. It's time to replace the battery."
"Sorry, Sir," said Yihshyong. "Mr. Mingju's pager has run out of battery. Is there anything important that the police want to tell us?"
"That's true, Sir. We intend to inform you of the progress of our investigation."
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Yihshyong turned to Iren. His friend frowned. It was clear that Iren also smelled something strange.
"Please explain to us," said Yihshyong.
"What happened in the park, at first glance, doesn't make much sense. But we suspect it's just a tactic the kidnappers used. We also think that from the start they didn't intend to use the park as a place for the handover of the ransom. "
"Then what about the person who met us, Sir?" Yihshyong asked.
"Earlier, when we were still in the park, as soon as we listened to that person's explanation, we came to the conclusion that the man, the actor who met Mr. Shimen, was deliberately brought there in order to distract the police from their real plan."
Yihshyong turned to Iren. His friend grinned. The police also thought the same as them. The kidnappers, from the very beginning, had planned to use other means to contact them.
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"The kidnappers most likely used the actor to confuse the police. Earlier, we concluded the kidnappers would immediately contact you to inform you about when and how you should hand over the ransom. Therefore, we retreated from the location of the pond and its surroundings right away."
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"We're really sorry about that. We didn't explain it to all of you because we didn't want the kidnappers to realize that we could read their movements."
"It's all right, Sir," Yihshyong said. "Totally, we can understand that."
"Our guess is not wrong. While you were looking for messages that your kidnappers might have left around the pond, we saw that someone was watching your movements. After you found the package in the cavity of one of the stone benches there, the person left the place straight away. We followed that person very carefully. We don't want to lose such a precious track."
Iren raised his hand. He pointed at Chioujen. Chioujen quickly approached. Iren removed an earphone from one ear. He then gave the earphone to Chioujen, who instantly put the earphone in his ears.
"We followed the man with the utmost care. He left the place in a car which turned out to be heading straight for Pyngyuan."
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Did that person's car really stop at a location near here?" Yihshyong asked.
"Right, Sir. The man we followed entered into a fairly large house. The location of the house is approximately three kilometers from our current location. Until this moment, the person is still inside the house. We haven't taken any action yet because this time we have to be sure that the person we're tailing is not just a distraction."
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"Thank you for your notice," said Yihshyong. "Now, what do the police want from us? What should we do?"
"We want you to tell us in detail what is in the package that you found in Chingjoong Park earlier. If the contents of the package are too difficult for you to describe, perhaps you should just send it to us."
The policeman stopped talking for a moment.
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