Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 651 - 485, Epilogue 12, Instigating a Game of Cat and Mouse (3 more 2)
The two chatted like this for a while, and Shi Nian felt satisfied.
In such darkness, as long as there was someone to accompany her and talk to her, she was not afraid of anything.
The only thing left was to maintain a cheerful mindset and wait for Dad to arrive.
She believed, that Dad would definitely come.
No matter how hidden they were, even if they had changed several locations, Dad would definitely find them.
She fell asleep with a smile.
The sound of a lock being turned came from the door. Tang Yanqing squinted and looked back, then got up, took off his jacket to cover Shi Nian, and resolutely walked out.
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Walking into Gu Yong’s room, Gu Yong greeted Tang Yanqing with a brazen smile: "Little brother, you’re quite satisfied, aren’t you?" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
He said while personally bringing over the ginger juice, watching as Tang Yanqing drank it down.
About half an hour later, Tang Yanqing felt the numbness in his mouth and tongue start to alleviate, and he began trying to speak.
Gu Yong then smiled: "Little brother, your conditions have been met, so now it’s your turn to help fulfill my wishes."
Tang Yanqing moved his mouth and tongue and glanced at Gu Yong.
Gu Yong nodded: "Just like how little brother used to do, let’s continue playing games with Shi Haoran."
He pointed around: "Although this place is very secure, I don’t intend to let him find us so easily. Little brother, you should help me set the stage, make it like a maze for Shi Haoran, so he doesn’t have a clue we’re here."
Tang Yanqing could already speak slowly.
He also looked around: "In a kidnapping hostage case, the golden time is 48 hours. Because most hostages can only survive for 48 hours. Shi Haoran naturally understands this principle, so he will definitely go all out within 48 hours."
"But it’s long past 48 hours now. Since Shi Haoran hasn’t found us, it proves that your previous methods have worked."
Tang Yanqing squinted his eyes: "Honestly, I’m quite surprised. You guys actually understand how to completely change your mindset and behavior, moving to a location so opposite to your income and cultural background. I’d like to know which of you came up with this idea?"
Shi Haoran also focuses on criminal psychology, so his way of solving cases must first involve profiling the suspect, then searching based on that profile. So, we can imagine that Shi Haoran and his team might still be searching based on the original profile, not realizing that the suspect’s chosen location doesn’t match it at all.
Tang Yanqing’s gaze swept over Gu Yong, Xiao Mao, Gun Si, and others present. He truly couldn’t believe any of them understood this.
So, who was the person guiding Gu Yong?
Gu Yong snorted: "After all these years of fighting wits and courage with Shi Haoran, why wouldn’t I think of what he can? All I need is to go against his reasoning direction."
Tang Yanqing shrugged: "The saying goes: do not employ suspicious people, and do not suspect those you employ. If you don’t trust me and guard against me, there’s no need for us to cooperate."
Gu Yong chuckled: "Little brother doesn’t want to help me anymore? Then I’ll have to renege on what I said earlier and can’t send little brother back to Shi Nian’s room."
Tang Yanqing narrowed his eyes and then said: "Your previous methods were effective, but they won’t last long. Shi Haoran is an excellent detective, though the more outstanding one is, the less willing to deny themselves. But he will eventually reflect. After a few days of fruitless searching, he’ll deduce in reverse logic again, and then this house will enter his view."
"So what we should do now is set another obstacle in the direction of his reverse logic."
Gu Yong’s eyes lit up: "How should we do it?"
Tang Yanqing lowered his head: "Use her phone, turn it on in a town reachable within three days of driving. Remember, only keep it on for three minutes, and after three minutes, turn it off and remove the SIM card."
After hearing this, Gu Yong thought for a while, then burst into loud laughter: "Let him think we’ve driven out of the city with his daughter, so he’ll have to search outside, making him neglect the city itself?! Haha, why didn’t I think of that!"
Tang Yanqing looked at Gu Yong quietly and then grabbed paper and a pen to draw a few zigzag lines: "On the second day, go to a town not connected by highway or national road to the first day’s location. On the third day, return to a town in the province nearest to the first day’s town."
Gu Yong stared at those lines, squinted, and thought for a long time.
"Why?"
"It’s simple." Tang Yanqing casually marked the location on the map for the first day: "By normal logic, if the police can’t find Shi Nian here, they will predict your next moves based on the town’s transportation network, which is conventional logic."
"And as long as you appear on the second day in a place breaking conventional logic, you’ll disrupt their reasoning, causing them to lose their logic and become passively blind."
"And if you return to the nearby location of the first day on the third day, you can completely jump out of their line of thought."
Gu Yong slammed the table and laughed: "Good idea! Then from now on, we’ll change location every day playing ’Chinese checkers’ like this!"
"No." Tang Yanqing stared into Gu Yong’s eyes and shook his head coldly: "You can only do this for three days. After three days, this method will become ineffective."
"Why?" Gu Yong was also stunned.
"Because all seemingly illogical matters, as long as their frequency is sufficient, can form a chain of logic. Shi Haoran is also an expert in this. If we give him three points, he can figure out what we’re playing and come up with countermeasures against it."
"In short, this is just a bluff. When he deduces back, he’ll understand we’re actually still in the city."
Gu Yong took a deep breath: "Okay. What should we do after three days?"
Tang Yanqing put his hands in his pockets and stood up, "After three days, you can come to me for advice again. For the next three days, don’t bother me."
He said this and went to the door: "Take me back."
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Gu Yong looked at Tang Yanqing’s back with some reluctance, then chuckled mysteriously: "Little brother doesn’t like being bothered by me, so he gave a three-day plan all at once? Heh, it seems that little brother enjoys being locked in the darkness with Shi Nian. I was worried little brother couldn’t handle it."
Tang Yanqing gave a light hum: "Are you and I the same kind of person?"
Gu Yong laughed exaggeratedly: "Alright, alright. Just because I know little brother is different from us, that’s why I want to depend on you. You want to go back, no problem, just one thing: I still can’t let you talk to Shi Nian."
"I’m just worried that you, little brother, are too soft-hearted. If you spend too long together with her, you might unconsciously tell her about my affairs. If we release her later and she returns to sell me out, then all my work would have been in vain."
"Bring it." Tang Yanqing stared at him coldly: "I’ll drink it."
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Banxia took effect again. He endured the numbness in his mouth and tongue, bowed his head, and walked back along the long corridor.
The quiet corridor absorbed the sound of his footsteps with the carpet, making his mind even emptier.
He knew how terrible the things he was doing were, he knew he was setting up obstacles for the police, but at the moment, he had no choice.
Given Gu Yong’s hatred for Shi Haoran, it’s imaginable that even if the police found them, a fierce battle would surely break out. By then, fugitives like Gu Yong might go for broke and harm Shi Nian first.
So for her safety, even if the police and Shi Haoran would blame him in the future, he had to do it.
Moreover... he vaguely sensed that there was someone else behind Gu Yong. That person’s comprehensive thinking even fooled Shi Haoran earlier. Clearly, that person was even more frightening, yet they still didn’t know who he was or what his purpose was, or when he would appear.
Tang Yanqing only worried that Gu Yong was just a vanguard, and ultimately controlling everything was that person. If his worry was correct, then there might be more severe casualties by then.
So now he could only feign cooperation, patiently observing more days within their ranks, and waiting until he was sure of that person’s identity and purpose, then devise the most suitable plan.
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Tang Yanqing was pushed through the door, and darkness instantly enveloped him.
Almost simultaneously, he heard her nervous gasp. She rushed over, stumbling a bit, and grasped his arm.
She anxiously asked: "Where did you go? Did they... interrogate you? Did they hit you?"
Due to their status as a single man and woman, her fingers restrainedly traced along his arm, as if trying to check if he was injured.
His heart quivered slightly, then he tapped her arm with two fingers.
He could feel that when he tapped her arm, she held her breath in nervous anticipation.
Then she paused slightly, before letting out a long sigh of relief, bending down while still holding his arm: "That’s great. You know, I was scared stiff when I woke up and found you gone."
He hesitated for a moment, then tapped her arm with his finger again.
He certainly knew she would worry about him, and he understood that having recently gained a companion, she was even more afraid of being thrown back into the darkness alone, so he abandoned his own considerations, agreed to their conditions, and quickly returned.
He knew, she was waiting for him.
