Chapter 16 — After I Escaped the Trap of 4.8 Million Yuan

Chu Hao's phone call was like a giant rock thrown into a dead lake. Stir up all the insecurity and fear inside me. Something happened to him. Abroad. In a place that I can't reach at all. And that person who wants to kill people... There is no doubt that he is the one behind it all. I immediately told Tran Vu everything. His first reaction was to call the police. But very quickly we all realized... Cross-border case, complicated procedures, long time. Wait for this side to start investigating... Maybe Chu Hao has nothing left.

“What should I do?” For the first time, I felt like my mind was in chaos.

This was the first time I realized... Things were slowly getting out of control.

“Tinh Tinh, calm down first.” Tran Vu tried to force himself to stay awake.

“Why did Chu Hao call you?”

“Because… he thought only you could save him.”

“Because in his eyes, right now you are the only one who can confront the person behind that.”

I got it. My cousin has always looked down on me since childhood. At the moment of life and death... He chose to call me for help. That proves he knows things that I don't know.

“Before the last scream, he seemed to have mentioned a name.” I said.

“But it was so chaotic, I couldn't hear clearly.”

“Did you record the call?”

“It says.” My phone has an automatic call recording function.

I immediately sent that recording of just over ten seconds to Tran Vu.

“I will ask the technical side to handle it.” he said. “Reduce background noise to a minimum.”

“Hopefully I can find out some clues.”

I sat on a cold bench in the hospital hallway. For the first time I felt... I felt like I was left behind by the whole world. My uncle is still in the emergency room, his life or death is unknown. She cried and fainted and was taken to the hospital room. Chu Hao went missing abroad. Faced with an enemy hiding in the dark, whose face cannot even be seen clearly. This is the first time… I feel so alone. Right at that moment. My phone rang again. It's still the number of that mysterious woman.

“Something happened to Chu Hao.” She said, her voice chillingly calm.

“You did it?” I asked.

"Not me." She replied. “It's him.”

“He started cleaning up the pieces.”

“Chu Hao knows too much, so he must die.”

“The next person… might be your uncle and aunt.”

“Even… you.”

My heart sank straight to the bottom of the abyss.

“Who are you anyway?” I asked. “Why do you keep helping me?”

The woman on the other side was silent for a long time.

“I won't help you.”

“I'm helping myself.”

“I'm just a chess piece.”

“A chess piece… wants to escape the chess board.”

“Now you go somewhere immediately.”

She read me an address. An abandoned warehouse in the suburbs.

“What are you doing there?”

“The 500,000 yuan Chu Hao left behind is there.”

“There is also a letter he left for you.”

“The letter contains all the answers you want to know.”

“He's about to get there, too.”

“You have to be faster than him.”

After speaking, she hung up the phone again. I looked at the address on the screen. I understand very clearly in my heart... This is most likely a trap. The person behind might be there waiting for me. But I have no other choice. The letter Chu Hao left behind... Is the only key that opens the whole secret. I must get it. I texted Tran Vu.

“I have to go to a place where I might be in danger dangerous.”

"If I don't contact you again in two hours, immediately call the police."

I also sent him the address. Then got up and left the hospital. I don't drive. But call a taxi. About a kilometer away from the warehouse, I got out of the car. It was completely dark. The surrounding wilderness is terrifying. Only a few street lights flickered to illuminate the abandoned and dilapidated factories. Like giant monsters sleeping in the dark. I followed my intuition and the weak light from my phone and finally found the warehouse. The door is not locked. Just closed. I pushed the door open and walked in, a musty smell mixed with rust and dust immediately hit me. Inside was pitch black. I turned on my phone's flashlight. Where the light shines, there are only piles of old goods stacked as high as mountains. Covered with spider webs. Follow the other woman's instructions. I found in the southwest corner an old, unremarkable iron cabinet. The cabinet is locked. A very ordinary encryption lock. I tried entering Chu Hao's date of birth. The lock opens. I pulled the closet door. Inside is a black travel bag. And a yellow-brown paper envelope. I picked up the envelope. On it is Chu Hao's crooked handwriting. Write three words: