Chapter 417 - Not Stony

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"Have gotten rid of the car?" Jessica looked behind.

The driver retracted his gaze from the rearview mirror and said, "Yes. It seems he's not following us."

"Nothing wrong with being careful." After saying that, Jessica closed her eyes again. She was a little sleepy.

Suddenly, a furious curse came from the back of the carriage.

"Fuck! This kid peed!"

"Motherfucker! Why didn't he tell me beforehand?"

They had forgotten that Stony's mouth was duct-taped and that Stony had tried to tell them by pulling their sleeves. They just ignored him.

For the first time, Stony wetted himself.

Jessica covered her nose in disgust. She turned around and swept her eyes all over the carriage. The carriage was dark because the lights were off. So Jessica only saw a few heads in the darkness. She frowned and withdrew her gaze. "Faster. I'm tired."

The driver nodded and said yes. Just now, they took a detour to avoid the car behind them. At this moment, everyone was a little resentful. They didn't why the car followed them. They cursed its driver in their heart.

The van jolted fiercely. Gradually, Jessica's resentment dissipated. Then, she closed her eyes and fell asleep. So she missed the figure that had clearly flashed through the bushes when the car stopped at the entrance of House of Hope.

"Jessica, new delivery?" As soon as the van stopped, the door was opened. A man walked out and asked.

Jessica smiled coquettishly and said, "Unfortunately, it's not a girl."

The man touched Jessica's butt and said, "It has nothing to do with me. You are the only one I want..."

"Go away!" Jessica shook off the man's hand and walked inside.

The men in the car also got off the car. One of them carried Stony. He asked, "Jessica, what should we do about him?"

Jessica walked to the door. She was about to enter. Hearing this, she turned around and said impatiently, "Bring him in."

The man was about to enter with Stony in his hand.

Not far away in the bushes, a few people were in ambush. A man asked, "Shall we do something now?"

Ferne checked the time. According to the plan, they should do nothing until two minutes later. He turned around and his expression suddenly changed. Staring at a high-beam light behind him, he said, "Wait a moment."

The car didn't seem to be theirs. Their people wouldn't have the lights on.

They immediately lowered their bodies. They all came here in a car. After getting off the car, their partner drove the car to a hidden place. They were waiting here for the support of other police forces.

After the car stopped, someone opened the door. Three people got out of the car one after another. Through the street lamps at the entrance, Ferne recognized two people. One was the abbot of the GY Temple, Leon. The other was the director of the City Hospital. The last one was a middle-aged woman. She seemed to be in her late forties. She had an average look and deep smile lines. She must smile a lot. However, for some reason, her expression was gloomy now. She walked in silently.

There was another person in the driver's seat. He should be the driver. He did not get out of the car. He sat in the car with the lights on, as if he was waiting for the people inside to come out. Or maybe he was guarding the entrance to prevent others from entering.

At this moment, several cars approached at the same time from afar. The driver might have noticed it. He immediately got out of the car and rushed into the door, shouting, "Something is wrong!"

Ferne and Noah immediately stood up and shouted at the same time, "Action!"

House of Hope was between the GY Temple and Forest Hot Spring. It was surrounded by lush trees. The scenery there was beautiful. Warm in winter and cool in summer, this place was like a summer resort.

However, such a place was not filled with hope, but with the despair of countless children. And its name is House of Hope. What a satire!

Noah was the first one to rush into the door. Teachers, the principal, security guards of House of Hope all walked out. They didn't look fearful. Instead, they looked panicked. One said, "Hello, may I ask who you are?"

Indeed, there was something wrong with them. They broke in in the middle of the night. They behaved way too calm.

Noah did not reply. He turned around to walk inside.

House of Hope had a unique structure. It was like a church. Many seats were inside. There was a podium at the front. A teacher's notes were still on the blackboard. Walking through a sandy field, they arrived at the students' dining hall. The innermost area was where students lived. The lights were turned off and the children were sleeping.

A teacher followed them. He tried to stop Noah, "No outsiders are allowed in here. What are you doing?"

Noah ignored him. He turned around. Then he saw Ferne. Ferne probably just finished searching other places. They looked at each other and both shook their heads.

They didn't find the three people who had just entered.

"Who are you?!" The principal and another teacher rushed over.

Ferne glanced at an undercover policeman. The latter quickly took out his police certificate and said, "We are the police. We are handling a case. Please wait to the side."

"Handling a case? What case are you guys handling?" The principal said angrily, "You barged in. This is trespassing. And do you know where we are? You are in House of Hope. Do you know who our boss is?"

Some sounds came from outside. More and more policemen rushed in, followed by Jaquan, Emma, Deon, and Bernice. As soon as they got here, they heard the principal's words.

Deon walked a few steps forward and asked, "Do you know who I am?"

The principal looked at him with disdain, "Who are you?"

Before Deon answered his question, a group of people dressed in black rushed in. The leader's face was full of scars. He looked scary. He came up to the principal and looked at him unkindly. Then, he looked down on the principal and said, "Have you heard of Deon?"

The principal had indeed heard of Deon. He looked at the scars on the man's face, and then at Deon. Suddenly, he felt that Deon was handsome. Then the principal realized that he was staring at Deon, the scary Deon. He immediately turned his head to face Ferne. In his eyes, Ferne was the least scary one.

Sweat was all over the principal's forehead. It was late. He didn't know why so many people came here.

"Search!" Deon said impatiently.

"Yes!"

Then people rushed in and started searching.

The principal couldn't stop them. He signaled the teacher and the doorman with a wink.

Emma walked up to him and blocked eyesight. She asked in an anxious tone, "A little boy has just been sent over. Where is he?"

The principal pretended that he didn't understand her words. "What little boy? I don't know. Our students are all asleep. Look."

He pointed at the dormitory area. All the lights were off.

"We have controlled all the gates. Some of Deon's men were also at the gates." Ferne and Noah told each other what they had done so far. "I just checked the front hall. The lights at the back were off. It's a big place. We are gonna need some time. I'm worried that there might be a secret way out..."

Noah stopped him and said, "Let's go searching first. Everyone, don't miss a corner."

Ferne nodded. Then he gave the order through his headphone.

Jaquan had searched all the rooms. He searched through the entire House of Hope. But he couldn't find Stony. He panicked and rushed to the student's dormitory.

"What are you doing!? Students had already fallen asleep!" The principal stopped him.

Jaquan was very anxious. The principal was stupid to stop him.

When Deon heard this, he grew impatient and was about to shut the principal up. However, Jaquan punched the principal in the face and made him fainted before Deon could do something. Deon was astounded. After a long time, Deon regained his senses. He retracted his hand and turned around. Then he saw Bernice and the undisguised admiration in Bernice's eyes.

Deon was speechless.

After beating the principal up, Jaquan rushed into the dormitory. Soon, Emma also rushed in. She had just checked every corner of the activity area, including all the cabinets, but she found nothing.

They turned on the lights of the dormitory. Hearing some noise, children sat up from their beds, rubbing their eyes in a daze. The youngest child was five years old and the oldest was fourteen. Altogether, there were about thirty rooms. A room had eight children. When children saw Jaquan and Emma, some of them cried out in fear. Some held their knees in the corner. Some covered themselves with blankets and shivered. Some locked the door to prevent them from entering.

Jaquan and Emma turned on the lights one by one. Jaquan rushed into the room to check the children one by one. He looked crazy.

Not Stony.

Not Stony!

Not Stony again!

When he finished searching all the boys' rooms, he was wet from the sweat. He even searched girls' rooms. Some of the doors were locked. He directly kicked them open, which scared many girls to tears. However, he still didn't find Stony.

His eyes were red. He shouted, "Stony...." His sound echoed throughout the dormitory area.

Emma came out from the other side. They saw each other. But they said nothing to each other. They were busy looking for Stony.

"Stony...Stony..." Jaquan shouted as he searched.

His shouts were so loud that people from miles away could hear him.