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Chapter 54: “Ticket Torn”
Chapter 54: “Ticket Torn”
Chapter 54
Shi Li, who had insight into the developments of her previous life, felt like screaming.
[This change is too drastic. It should have been the class monitor's father who was kidnapped, but now it's become Xue Xuejia's father who's been abducted.]
[Is the class monitor's father safe now?]
[Surely there hasn't been an additional wave of kidnappers on top of the psychopath?]
[Or did the psychopath hit the jackpot and take away three people at once?]
Shi Li began to doubt herself.
[Surely this couldn't be caused by my butterfly effect, could it?]
Everyone: Don't doubt it, it's you, it's you, it's still you.
The classmates, who had heard Shi Li's inner thoughts at the weekend party, were now similarly puzzled.
They couldn't understand why the class monitor's father had escaped unscathed, only for Xue Xuejia's father to take his place.
At this point, no one had guessed that Xue Xuejia had given her own father a forceful push.
In the entire class, only the class monitor knew it had something to do with Xue Xuejia, but he would absolutely never tell anyone.
He had a basic professional ethic when doing things for others.
When the classmates heard that Xue's Father had been kidnapped, their eyes all turned towards the class monitor.
They all felt that something unknown to them had happened between these two.
The Math Teacher, standing on the podium, had a clear view of what the students below were doing.
He saw that when Xue Xuejia mentioned her father's kidnapping, everyone looked at the class monitor instead.
The Math Teacher was thoroughly confused. What's this? Did the class monitor kidnap Xue Xuejia's father?
If it wasn't the class monitor who did it, why are you all looking at him?
Really, all the students in Class 1 were sick in the head.
Considering that the student's father had been kidnapped and it would greatly affect her, even if they continued with the class, her state of mind might not be good and efficiency would be low.
So, he humanely suggested, "Since something has happened at home, why don't you go back today and see if there's anything you can help with."
He didn't think a high school student like Xue Xuejia could be of much help.
Xue Xuejia: That's not necessarily true~ Without me, my dad wouldn't die (?)
"Thank you, teacher. My family had the same idea. The bodyguards and driver will be here in about half an hour."
Xue's Mother didn't know that Xue's Father had just accidentally stumbled into the psychopath's hands. Worried that the psychopath might be targeting their family and concerned for her daughter's safety, she sent bodyguards to pick up her daughters from school.
Shi Li stared at the Math Teacher's bald spot, her thoughts drifting from the Pacific to the Mediterranean.
[If, and I'm just saying if, we could sacrifice Mr. Xue in exchange for capturing the psychopathic serial killer, wouldn't that be a pretty good deal?]
Shi Li immediately rejected her own idea. [But after all, that's Xuejia's father. It doesn't seem right.]
Xue Xuejia: There's nothing wrong with it. My dad has a spirit of fearless dedication. He'd be willing.
Xue's Father: ???
Under the eager gaze of all her classmates, Xue Xuejia left the classroom to go home.
She was escorted home by bodyguards, where Xue's Mother was anxiously waiting by the phone.
Xue Xuejia went forward and hugged her mother, "Mom, don't worry too much."
Seeing both her daughters safe, Xue's Mother's heart eased halfway.
"Jiajia, take your sister upstairs to play. You don't need to worry about these matters."
Xue Xuejia handed her Younger Sister to the nanny, asking her to take the child upstairs.
She then sat beside Xue's Mother, inquiring about the current situation.
"When did the kidnappers call? What demands did they make?"
"I received a call at 10 o'clock. They demanded we gather 50 million in cash within two days, or they'll kill him."
"I've already sent people to withdraw the cash."
The next time the kidnappers call, they'll instruct Xue's Mother to deliver the money to a specified location.
Xue Xuejia snatched her mother's phone and communicated with the kidnappers on the other end.
The details of their communication remained unknown to others.
In a short time, the Blue City police caught a criminal gang that had been on the run for over a decade, responsible for more than twenty cases.
The gang leader resisted arrest and was shot dead on the spot, while the rest of the gang was captured in one fell swoop.
A dark cloud that had been hanging over all the wealthy was removed, and the families of the rich who had previously been killed by the kidnappers sent pennants to the police in gratitude.
Bringing the psychopath and his gang to justice seemed to be an exciting event. The only downside was that of the two hostages kidnapped by the psychopath this time, one was found by the police with severe injuries, while the other, who was in an even more critical condition, was found barely alive and died en route to the hospital.
The police expressed deep regret about this.
In the highly connected world of the 21st century, people have no secrets. The news that the alleged CEO of Xue Group had been kidnapped and found dead when rescued from the den of thieves made the headlines of tabloids.
With no official news outlets reporting this information, the public thought it was fake news. They berated those few tabloids, accusing them of disregarding their reputation for the sake of traffic. How could they casually curse someone to death? Even if they were spreading rumors, they should find a more plausible reason. Saying someone was kidnapped and killed was too outrageous.
How could the mighty CEO of Xue Group die such a pathetic death?
The tabloids hadn't received a definitive answer either; they were just taking a gamble. They didn't dare respond to the abuse in the comments section.
Many netizens were tagging Xue Group's official media accounts in the comments, calling for the legal department to take action.
Just then, someone noticed that Xue Group's official website had turned gray.
This was truly an unexpected plot twist for everyone.
Who could have imagined that the CEO of Xue Group, in the prime of his life, would be gone just like that?
Even more unimaginable was that he died in such a pitiful way, just as the tabloids had reported.
Shi Li, being a 5G surfer, was completely stunned when she saw this news on her phone.
It was one thing for her classmate's life to be different from the previous life,
But now you're telling me that the psychopath was actually killed by the police? He wasn't supposed to be an important character in this novel.
He was meant to complete an important and irreplaceable task, which was to kidnap the female lead, catalyzing the final stage in the development of Liang Rongrong and Feng Yunhe's relationship.
Now that he's dead, who's going to kidnap Liang Rongrong? Surely she won't do it herself.
Only after reading the entire news article did Shi Li realize that Xue Xuejia's father had lost his life during the kidnapping.
The news stated that the other kidnapped person had been sent to the hospital and was now out of danger.
If nothing unexpected happened, the other kidnapped person should be Mr. Hei.
Mr. Hei's fate was similar to that in the previous life, but as for the fate trajectories of others, Shi Li had to wonder if her memory was playing tricks on her.
In her previous life, it was the class monitor's father who was kidnapped, but in this life, it had become Xue Xuejia's father.
In the previous life, the class monitor's father suffered a severe injury. Due to his physical condition, he had to recuperate at home for a long time, and the company was handed over to the deputy manager during this period.
In this life, Xue Xuejia's father passed away abruptly.
Shi Li couldn't help but wonder what on earth this gentleman had done to the kidnappers to get himself killed.
The Xue family didn't intend to keep the news of Mr. Xue's death by kidnapper under wraps.
As his nemesis, the class monitor's father paid close attention to Xue's Father.
Suddenly learning about the death of his arch-rival, he felt more shocked than pleased.
It was a sense of unreality that was difficult to describe in words.
The class monitor's father had imagined countless scenarios of defeating his arch-enemy in the business world, but he never imagined that before he could take action, the man would be gone.