Chapter 881 — A Successful Deception
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Now that he thought about it calmly, fifty million to play with two girls - and not even virgins - he would have been losing out badly! Money was better. With fifty million, what kind of woman couldn't he find?
Having given up the idea of violating Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, Zhen Yingjun became much more rational. The more he thought about it, the more impulsive he realized he had been before, and the more he felt it would not have been worth it! Thank goodness these two girls had gotten their periods. Otherwise, for one brief moment of pleasure, fifty million would have been gone!
At that thought, Zhen Yingjun picked up the phone and dialed Gu Pengzhan's number again.
When Gu Pengzhan received the kidnapper's call, he wanted to discuss a plan with Wei Zhao. But before he could speak, Qiu Lingshan's call came through first. Gu Pengzhan waited until Wei Zhao had finished talking with Qiu Lingshan before saying, "Xiao Yi, the kidnapper is demanding two hundred million..."
"Then give it to him. I just fear he'll have the life to take it, but not the life to spend it," Wei Zhao said lightly.
"That's what I thought too. As long as it buys Yaoyao and Xiaoshu's safe return, I'd give him any amount!" Gu Pengzhan sighed. "But from what the kidnapper said, he has other ideas about Yaoyao and Xiaoshu..."
This was also the question that worried and agitated Wei Zhao most. He hoped the two girls could stall for as long as possible and wait for him to come rescue them... Xiao Shu was a clever, slippery little thing; she ought to be able to think of some way to handle it...
The two of them were still talking when Gu Pengzhan's phone rang again.
Gu Pengzhan glanced gravely at the caller ID on the screen - still that number made up of a string of "0"s - and answered solemnly: "Hello?"
"Mr. Gu, after careful consideration, I have decided to accept your proposal. Two hundred and fifty million, and I will not harm your daughter or her best friend. What do you think of this offer?" Zhen Yingjun truly counted himself lucky that he had not let his lust get the better of him and taken Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu - if he had, the money would have been lost!
"Good, good, I agree, two hundred and fifty million it is!" Hearing Zhen Yingjun's words, Gu Pengzhan was both astonished and overjoyed. He had already braced himself for the worst, never expecting the kidnappers to agree to his proposal after all. It seemed the kidnappers still set great store by money!
Gu Pengzhan had no idea that Shen Yushu had staged that bizarre menstruation incident, and that this was what had made Zhen Yingjun decide to give up.
"Straight to the point! But I don't want it handed over afterward - I want you to bring me the two hundred and fifty million all at once. Any problem with that?" Zhen Yingjun knew Gu Pengzhan had always enjoyed a fine reputation, but that was only among his business partners. The role he himself was playing now was that of a kidnapper - could he really count on Gu Pengzhan to talk reputation with a kidnapper?
"This..." Gu Pengzhan hesitated. The liquid funds currently at his disposal amounted to only a little over two hundred million, but if he borrowed from his business partners, he should be able to scrape together the full sum!