Akai Shuichi clearly had no intention of waiting for Jiang Xia to finish renting a motorcycle and return.
After all, he was no ordinary citizen, nor did he need protection from a detective like Jiang Xia. If anything, Jiang Xia following him to find the kidnappers was more worrying.
—Compared to charging into a kidnapper's den with an unarmed high school student who only had a collapsible baton, this lone wolf, Akai Shuichi, was far more accustomed to solving problems alone.
Jiang Xia got himself a motorcycle nearby. When he returned to the bus terminal, he glanced through the window toward the office and saw that Akai Shuichi, who should have been waiting there, was gone.
Jiang Xia: "..." Mm... normal procedure.
Just as he was looking around, a passerby driver came running down from a bus parked in the lot, his face drained of color. "Kidnapping! Someone's been kidnapped!!"
Jiang Xia calmly reassured him, "Don't panic. Take your time and tell me what happened."
The passerby driver wiped away a cold sweat. "How can I not panic?! That tall guy who came with you was taken right beside my bus! When they dragged him into the car, the back of his head hit the edge of the vehicle with a 'thud'—I was afraid he'd been killed on the spot."
Jiang Xia: "..." Being tall has its troubles too... But there's no need to worry about him being killed by that. Akai Shuichi's head is very hard.
Still, he immediately put on a serious expression. "Where was the kidnappers' car parked? Take me there."
The passerby driver had long heard that Jiang Xia was a famous detective, so he led him over to his bus.
Jiang Xia swept his gaze over the ground and, as expected, spotted a small