I helped Wu Lijuan lie down on the couch and applied pressure to her philtrum area. Soon, she regained consciousness.
Once she came to, she started to cry uncontrollably.
I asked her what had happened, but she couldn't say a single word, only tears streaming down her face.
I picked up the piece of paper and took a quick look at it.
It turned out to be a ransom note stating that Song Shixiong had been kidnapped. She was instructed to swiftly transfer one hundred million to a designated account; otherwise, the kidnappers would harm him…
From a mining disaster to a kidnapping, the turn of events was too much to fathom.
I re-read the ransom note several times, beginning to doubt its authenticity.
"Auntie, don't panic. Could someone be taking advantage of the situation, or deliberately trying to create chaos? Don't worry…"
I could only soothe Wu Lijuan at this moment. In such a situation, we needed someone calm and composed.
