Chapter 54

Bark sat there and began to carefully examine the two mobile phones of Uncle Cheng and the truck driver's call records. There was nothing particularly unusual in the text messages and calls, which were few and far between, and there was hardly any content. But it was precisely this lack of peculiarity that caught his attention.

Similar to the original mindset of Mou Tianbo, Bark also wanted to cut off the roots. Since he had killed the seven kidnappers, he needed to find out if there were any stragglers. If he left someone with a deep-seated grudge, it could be dangerous for his parents and sister, and that would be a huge loss. Moreover, the relationship between Uncle Cheng and the Mou family indicated that the Mou family also had people on Uncle Cheng's side. Even if he killed someone, the Mou family might still use it to their advantage...

The phone numbers in his hand could all be traced back to these seven people, but the calls between them were very few.

Even to avoid suspicion and for counter-investigation, reducing communication, the call records were still too sparse. After all, this was a 20 million yuan case. Bark and his fellow war hyenas would do a lot of preparation for a one or two million dollar job.

This was not normal!

Bark didn't believe these people were always together. Ba Dacheng, sitting beside him, watched his son work with satisfaction. If his son had studied more, he would have had a bright future. It was his own lack of ability that didn't provide his son with a superior growing environment.

The old man had a lot on his mind.

Outside, his sister's voice could be heard: "Brother Liu has come! Brother Liu, you have to wait here, my brother is talking to our parents, how's your business lately..." The two voices intermingled, making Bark chuckle: "Come in, you sound like eunuchs in front of the emperor's door."

Ba Dacheng also laughed.

Liu Changyuan came in, dissatisfied: "Brother, what's wrong with you? You just threw the shop at me and walked away. It's your shop, business was good yesterday, I'll bring the accounts over, at the end of the month..."

Bark interrupted casually: "Come, come, sit down... I really have other things to do, take a look. You like playing with phones, right? Pick one. They should be good phones. I just have a question: what other ways of communication are there in the country besides calls and text messages?"

Liu Changyuan only then noticed the three phones on the table, surprised: "Wow, such good phones... big screens, this one is for bosses, it costs eight or nine thousand..." He enthusiastically squatted by the coffee table, reaching out to touch the phone, carefully touching the dual-screen folding phone that Mu Chenfei had called from, which indeed looked different. It seemed he really knew his stuff.

Bark was generous: "Once I figure out the residual value of these things, you can pick one."

Liu Changyuan picked up each phone and skillfully fiddled with the interface: "You mean WeChat? They don't have it abroad? They all have WeChat installed."

Bark had no idea: "What is it? Show me." Abroad, he used satellite phones the most, and he didn't delve into these civilian devices.

Liu Changyuan opened the app: "Wow, so many messages. Look at this, just tap to hear the voice message..." A series of sounds immediately came from the phone's speaker: "Old Zhou, call a taxi, we can't reach Liangzi, I'm afraid something happened. We'll collect the money early tomorrow and head to the island!"

The next reply played automatically: "Okay!"

Bark was delighted: "So it's this! It doesn't leave a call record at the telecom office, right?"

Liu Changyuan nodded: "As long as you delete the message, there's no record. It's data traffic, the mobile company doesn't keep records."

Bark suddenly understood: "Give me your headphones, I'll listen to each one." The content couldn't be spread.

Liu Changyuan smiled happily: "Brother, take this high-end phone, show it to your sister-in-law! It'll definitely impress her!" He handed over the headphones from his phone.

Bark wanted to kick him but decided not to bother with a sick person. He lifted him up and sat him beside him: "Take care of your health, don't squat too much, it's bad for your heart and blood vessels..." He quickly picked up the large-screen Samsung phone, checked it, and pulled out the SIM card, tossing it to Liu Changyuan: "Buy a charger yourself, and get chargers for these phones too..." As soon as he pulled out the money, Liu Changyuan jumped up: "Brother! Dear brother! I have money... I'll go buy them..." He left happily, clearly treating himself as Bark's brother without any reserve.

You could hear him outside tricking kids: "Let me see your phone... iPhone 5S, Brother Liu will buy you a case, what color do you want? How about getting a few more?"

The little sister had some backbone: "Brother didn't say he'd buy it! No thanks!"

Liu Changyuan chuckled and left.

Bark focused on listening to the messages in the headphones. Since he had used QQ and similar things before, he discovered that these people had formed a group called "Big Business"!

What put his mind at ease was that this group only had seven people!

Indeed, the initial planning and discussions were all over the place. He gestured for his father to sit beside him and gave him an earphone: "Here, those fools were planning a kidnapping."

Ba Dacheng listened as if it were a foreign language, his mouth hanging open.

For a lifetime honest mechanic who only went between the workshop and home, the content of the messages was like a fairy tale. A few middle-level managers, including Uncle Cheng, who was even a general manager, had somehow concocted a kidnapping plan!

But he believed his son even more.

From a few people complaining and coming to an agreement, to gradually pulling more people in to complete the kidnapping, from a flawed plan to constant adjustments and meticulous preparations, even examining the car wash area multiple times, Bark could tell that the man with the sunglasses, whose neck was twisted, was the mastermind. The Passat was his. Someone was responsible for finding guns and knives, and Uncle Cheng's confidant was the truck driver, the one who responded with "Okay" at the end. The truck was bought temporarily but registered under a distant relative of Old Zhou, making it easier to commit the crime.

The one who followed Uncle Cheng in the small boat was the mastermind's brother, which explained why the ransom wasn't kept by Uncle Cheng alone. Bark thought that Uncle Cheng might have been driven to this by the mastermind and his brother.

With this thought in mind, Bark clearly heard Uncle Cheng instruct his confidant: "Old Zhou, immediately drive the truck to the Xintiandi Logistics Market and park it in the truck area. Don't open the back of the truck, wait for our news, and we'll enjoy the open sky and sea together!"

Enjoy the open sky and sea?

Wait until the sea dries up and the rocks crumble!

He needed this information. Bark smiled, took out the earphone, and stood up. Ba Dacheng looked up at his son, his eyes full of worry: "Is there still danger?"

Bark shook his head: "No, they've all been caught. I'll go to the truck yard to check... Want to come with me?" At this moment, Bark felt that sometimes he really needed help. Liu Changyuan was actually not bad, young and trendy, familiar with domestic things, but he was a sickly person.

Ba Dacheng gritted his teeth: "Okay! Father and son together..." He limped to his feet, looked around, and picked up the two large kitchen knives his son had made!

Holding them in both hands, he didn't look particularly menacing, but he had some presence.

For his son, the mechanic had a sense of righteousness!

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