Huang Wei's face instantly turned bright red with anger. After all, he was the deputy police chief, and now he was being humiliated in front of so many people—how could he swallow such an affront? Thus, he immediately bellowed in fury and rose to throw another punch at Ye Wutian.
But Huang Wei's fist hadn't even reached Ye Wutian before it was blocked by Liang Xuhui. Though Ye Wutian's previous move had been subtle, it hadn't escaped Liang Xuhui's sharp eyes.
"Haven't you embarrassed yourself enough?" Liang Xuhui shook off Huang Wei's fist and scolded furiously.
No matter how hot-tempered or arrogant Huang Wei was, he didn't dare to offend his immediate superior. He could only glare with eyes wide, panting furiously like a scolded dog as he stared at Ye Wutian.
"What? Want to bite me? Come on then, don't think I'll be scared just because you're bulging your eyes," Ye Wutian said provocatively, beckoning Huang Wei with a wave of his hand. Then, it was as if he had noticed something, he leaned in and sniffed Huang Wei, his lips curving into a smirk, "I didn't expect you to not only be a pig but also a breeding boar. You must have been mating just an hour ago, right?"
Hearing Ye Wutian suddenly throw out such an accusation, Huang Wei's body trembled slightly, and he retorted with less confidence, "You, you're talking nonsense."
Ye Wutian ignored Huang Wei's denial and continued, "The sow you mated with used a perfume with the scent of mandrake flowers, which indicates she is a lively, adorable, cheerful, and optimistic sow, probably aged between 18 and 23 years old. If I'm not wrong, she must have been wearing a currently trendy Japanese-style side ponytail, or perhaps a lively straight-across fringe with wavy hair."
At this, Huang Wei's complexion immediately turned ashen, thinking to himself, "Could it be that this brat saw something while I was at Haojue earlier?"
Ye Wutian continued, "Judging from the quality of the perfume, it is not cheap knock-off street merchandise, but it's also not from a high-end luxury brand. The user is likely from the ordinary working class. Combining these points, it's quite possible she's a hostess at an entertainment venue."
Since Ye Wutian's voice was quite loud, the surrounding crowd also heard everything, and immediately bursts of condemnation and curses filled the air.
Although Huang Wei had managed to become the deputy director through some cleverness, he naturally wouldn't publicly acknowledge his misdeed. Seizing on the fact that Ye Wutian had no proof, he adamantly denied, "You're slandering me! If you keep spouting nonsense, don't blame me for being rude."
Ye Wutian chuckled, "It seems you have a short memory, forgetting even the events that happened an hour ago. Let me remind you then, you were just mating with that sow. However, halfway through the breeding session, a sudden phone call came through. You hastily finished up and rushed over here—in such a hurry that you even left Tiananmen open."
Huang Wei quickly looked down to find his zipper undone and hurriedly pulled it up.
In truth, Ye Wutian's successful deduction was based on three parts observation, three parts guesswork, and four parts experience. As a Peerless Divine Doctor, he could tell from Huang Wei's physical state that he had just been engaged in the act. Using his years of experience in reading women and starting with the scent of perfume on Huang Wei, he simultaneously guessed and observed Huang Wei's reactions to reach the correct conclusion.
This guy could be a detective, couldn't he? A series of astonished gazes converged on Ye Wutian, and even Liang Xuhui, who had cracked numerous cases, had to admire Ye Wutian's deductive skills.
But admiration aside, Zhao Lihong hadn't forgotten about her daughter in danger and, seeing that everyone's attention had shifted to Ye Wutian, she anxiously reminded Liang Xuhui, "Xuhui, we should quickly think of a way to save my daughter first."
Reminded by Zhao Lihong, Liang Xuhui suddenly snapped back to reality. He glared fiercely at Huang Wei and said coldly, "Huang Wei, I will thoroughly investigate your conduct later. For now, return to your post."
"Yes!" Huang Wei answered shakily, then cast a resentful glance at Ye Wutian before retreating to the side.
It was at that moment that the criminal in the bathroom finally spoke up.
"Is Tang Weiwen out there?"
Hearing the criminal's voice, Tang Weiwen hastily snatched the loudspeaker from Huang Wei's hand and shouted towards the bathrooms, "I'm out here. State your demands, and please do not hurt my daughter."
"The demands are simple: ten million in cash and a car filled with gas. That's just the first step. Next steps will follow when the time comes; I will instruct you. Just cooperate without any tricks, and I guarantee your precious daughter will return to you unharmed," the speaking criminal stated calmly, obviously an old hand at this.
"Alright, alright, I agree to your terms, but ten million in cash is no small sum. It will be difficult for me to gather it quickly," Tang Weiwen said with difficulty.
"Don't give me excuses. You'd better prepare it within twenty minutes. If it's not ready in twenty minutes, I'll chop off one of your daughter's fingers, and then one more every ten minutes after that. It's up to you," the criminal threatened with a harsh tone.
During the day, gathering ten million in cash in twenty minutes wouldn't be an issue, but at this hour, it seemed a stretch. Tang Weiwen's complexion turned pale as he looked helplessly at Liang Xuhui.
Seeing Tang Weiwen glance his way, Liang Xuhui also didn't know what to do for a moment.
That's when Ye Wutian spoke calmly, "The criminal has high psychological resilience, and from his words just now, there's no room for negotiation. So there's no need to haggle with them."
"But to prepare ten million in cash in front of them within twenty minutes, I really don't have the confidence to do that," Tang Weiwen said anxiously.
"There's absolutely no need to prepare any cash because the rescue operation must be completed within these twenty minutes. Otherwise, once they get the cash and change the location, many uncertainties will arise, and the difficulty of the rescue will greatly increase," Ye Wutian said, his tone remarkably composed despite the tense atmosphere on scene.
Liang Xuhui, of course, agreed with Ye Wutian's analysis, but the problem at hand was there was no way to rescue the hostages within those twenty minutes.