"Mr. Kuang, I'm sorry to inform you that your daughter has been kidnapped. Do you know anything that might be relevant?"
"Two police officers were killed when Linda Kuang was kidnapped. Before that, an off-duty officer was shot dead and another officer was wounded..."
As he listened to the questions in English over the phone, veins throbbed on Kuang Jie's forehead, yet his whole body felt cold.
It was as though a bucket of cold water had been poured over him from head to toe.
Kuang Jie gripped the receiver and shouted:
"It was Gu Sheng! Gu Sheng did it! You have to arrest him!"
"Gu Sheng? Please give us the details!"
A long while later, Kuang Jie hung up and sank limply to his knees.
"Gu Sheng..." Kuang Jie was frantic. He wasn't afraid of dying, but his daughter was still young.
His daughter should have a full life, finally drawing her last breath in bed in her old age, surrounded by her children and grandchildren.
Not die in some unknown place.
He was even more afraid of what terrible things might happen to his daughter.
Those people had no humanity at all.
There were only two paths before him now: wait for the police in England and the Hong Kong Island Police to recover his daughter, or go to Gu Sheng.
Kuang Jie sat slumped on the floor for a while, then climbed to his feet and went to find Gu Sheng.
"Well, if it isn't Officer Wei. What, got nothing to do?" At the Hong Kong Island Police Force Headquarters, Officer Wei was heading upstairs when he came face-to-face with someone.
It was an Inspector from the Action Group. He scratched his nose as he looked at Wai Ting-bong, his gaze carrying a hint of malice.