When a Snail Falls in Love Episode 3 Recap
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Siren blared loudly, and the police quickly mobilized, cordoning off the surrounding area. Ji Bai got out of the car. Although he was wearing sunglasses, his solemn expression behind the lenses was still visible. He walked to the front of the building and looked up. It seemed someone was about to jump from the building, and the fire department had laid thick cushions downstairs. The bearded man's coat was splashed with a drink by Yao Meng.
When Yao Meng rushed to apologize and tried to wipe off the stain for him, her wrist was instead seized by the man. Yao Meng looked astonished. The man seemed unfazed, wiping the stain himself, but secretly observing the direction Yao Meng and Ye Qiao were heading and following them. Yao Meng pondered that this man had extraordinary skills and something was amiss. As Yao Meng had expected, the man had been tracking them.
Ye Qiao and Yao Meng feigned running out of the store. As expected, the man was drawn in, sat in their seats, took the suitcase containing cash, and strode away. He was coincidentally spotted by Zhao Han and Xu Xu nearby. Zhao Han secretly ordered the police to take action. The police swarmed forward and apprehended the man, but he seemed to have no knowledge of Zhang Shiyong.
Xu Xu, however, noticed an inconspicuous cleaner wearing a baseball cap and a mask, quietly leaving the crowd. Xu Xu decided to follow him herself. The cleaner pushed a cart and quickly ran off. Xu Xu also quickened her pace, not having time to call out to Zhao Han and others, and went up a secluded passage while reporting her location to Zhao Han.
Xu Xu discovered that the cleaner had discarded his disguise of clothes and hat, further confirming he was the kidnapper. After hastily pressing the elevator button, she was surprised to find the kidnapper already inside, so she had no choice but to take the elevator with the kidnapper. The atmosphere was extremely tense. At this moment, Zhao Han heard Xu Xu's report and quickly rushed with his team to provide support.
Xu Xu's face was pale, but she showed no fear, standing calmly with the kidnapper and secretly sending information to Zhao Han. The two arrived at the top floor together. After exiting the elevator, Xu Xu continued to track upwards along the stairs leading to the top floor. She found a wrench and tiptoed around the rooftop, searching for traces of the kidnapper.
When she sensed someone behind her, Xu Xu raised the wrench, intending to strike hard backward to deal with the kidnapper, but the kidnapper easily dodged it. The kidnapper coldly questioned Xu Xu. Xu Xu revealed her police identity, and with an injured wrist, she was controlled by the kidnapper. Zhao Han rushed there with his team and encountered kidnapper Yang Yu pointing a dagger at Xu Xu's neck, threatening the police to provide a car and a gun.
The two sides were in a standoff. Tears streamed down Xu Xu's face, but she still firmly refused the kidnapper's demands and advised him not to do anything foolish that would shame his parents. In the nick of time, Ji Bai hooked the kidnapper's arm with a grappling hook, subdued him, and Xu Xu was rescued. Ji Bai mocked Xu Xu, calling her the first criminal investigator to be threatened by a gangster.
Xu Xu stood up and looked down, receiving more ridicule from Ji Bai. She analyzed that Zhang Shiyong's life was in danger, but Ji Bai remained silent. Only Yao Meng was concerned about Xu Xu. Yao Meng hoped that she could become a legend in criminal investigation, like Ji Bai, and was also very curious about Xu Xu's ability to identify the kidnapper.
Xu Xu, meanwhile, muttered that even if the kidnapper got the money, he would not let go of the hostage. It turned out that the bearded man was just a pickpocket; he did not know Yang Yu. Yang Yu admitted to burying the blade, which he had also obtained from Zhang Shiyong, but he remained silent about the reason for kidnapping Zhang Shiyong. Ye Qiao did not know Yang Yu, but she knew Yang Cheng Zun—Yang Yu's father.
It turned out that Yang Yu's father had co-founded the predecessor of Ye Group with Ye Qiao's paternal uncle. Ye Qiao's uncle was unfortunately murdered, and Yang Cheng Zun also suffered heavy losses as a result. At this moment, Ye Zixi came before Ye Qiao and Ji Bai, expressing concern for her kidnapped brother-in-law. However, Ye Qiao spoke coldly, implying that Ye Zixi had an improper relationship with her brother-in-law, Zhang Shiyong.
Xu Xu pointed out to Ji Bai that Ye Zixi was Zhang Shiyong's mistress, and Yang Yu kidnapped Zhang Shiyong not just for money, but also for Ye Zixi, whom he deeply loved, and for his father, a meritorious official of the Ye Group who had suffered tremendous losses. Ji Bai largely agreed with Xu Xu's viewpoint but still did not immediately rescue the hostage as Xu Xu wished.
It turned out that Yang Yu had hidden Zhang Shiyong in the waste material that an old man was about to dump into a biogas digester. The old man was visually and hearing impaired, and Zhang Shiyong was tied up with his hands and feet bound and his mouth and nose gagged, so the hostage's life was very likely in danger. Just then, Ji Bai received a call that Zhang Shiyong had already been sent to the hospital.
It turned out that Ji Bai had already found Zhang Shiyong and only ordered the arrest of the kidnapper after rescuing the hostage; everything was within his calculations. Xu Xu finally let out a sigh of relief. Ji Bai questioned Xu Xu's method of handling cases based on intuition and also silenced Xu Xu by bringing up the incident where she was threatened by the kidnapper. Xu Xu could only drink her coffee alone, feeling somewhat dejected.
