While they were busy looking for clues around the monument, Jenqyih saw their driver running over.
"What's wrong? Shouldn't you be guarding the car?" Yihshyong looked at their driver with a surprised look.
"Sorry, Sir! I have something important to tell you."
"Quickly say it," Yihshyong said.
"Earlier, while I was waiting in the car. An old man who was doing his morning exercise stopped when he saw me. He greeted me so kindly. The old man asked why I stopped there. I replied I was accompanying friends from out of town who want to take a look at the midpoint of this lake."
The driver of the car stopped briefly. It looked like he was trying hard to arrange the sentence he should say.
Was the old man part of those people?
"Then the man said that indeed he often saw people coming here wanting to see the place of the murder."
The words their driver had just said were not something to be trifled with.
"What murder?" Jenqyih was surprised. He took one step back.
"When I said that I didn't know about the murder, the person then said that there had been a murder of a family who were having a picnic by this lake. It was right at the halfway point of this long lakeside."
"So this place is really famous, huh? I didn't know something like that had happened here. Jenqyih, didn't you tell me you were here a few years ago? Don't you know about the murder incident?"
"I don't know. A friend took me here. He just said that this place is unique. That's all."
The driver then added. "That's right, Sir! The old man said that the murder happened about fifty years ago. So, I guess there is a possibility that the younger generation doesn't know about it."
"Apparently so," Yihshyong said. "Then what made you have to rush here to tell us? Can't you tell us about this later?"
"Look, Sir! The old man said that the location of the murder was not here."
"Not here? Didn't you just say that the place where the incident took place is right in the middle of the long lake that runs from east to west?"
"That's right, Sir! But the shape and area of this lake is not exactly the same as the shape and area of the lake fifty years ago."
"Not the same?" Jenqyih jumped. "You mean the shape of the lake changed?"
"The old man also said that the lake, which is now three kilometers long, used to be even longer. He said its original length was around three thousand six hundred meters. The murder location was right at the halfway point of the original length of the lake. So, it is about eighteen hundred meters from either end of the lake. Because there is a part of the lake that has dried up, so now, the length of the lake is only three thousand meters."
"But this monument?" Jenqyih pointed at the monument in front of him.
"It was only established about fifteen years ago. After this lake shrank about six hundred meters."
"Ah! So it's true that we misplaced." Yihshyong spoke those words aloud. Jenqyih felt that Yihshyong really couldn't hold back his disappointment.
"That's right, Sir!" The driver nodded vigorously. "The actual place is about three hundred meters east of this place."
"Let's go there quickly. We've lost a lot of time. I'm afraid we're too late," Yihshyong said.
Jenqyih nodded. If they arrived too late, it was likely that the kidnappers would reschedule the delivery of the ransom again. That would be even more annoying. Jenqyih was worried that Yihshyong would go on a rampage again. The three of them ran to the car. The car engine was still running. Right away, they headed to where they should have been.
While they were busy looking for clues around the monument, Jenqyih saw their driver running over.
"What's wrong? Shouldn't you be guarding the car?" Yihshyong looked at their driver with a surprised look.
"Sorry, Sir! I have something important to tell you."
"Quickly say it," Yihshyong said.
"Earlier, while I was waiting in the car. An old man who was doing his morning exercise stopped when he saw me. He greeted me so kindly. The old man asked why I stopped there. I replied I was accompanying friends from out of town who want to take a look at the midpoint of this lake."
The driver of the car stopped briefly. It looked like he was trying hard to arrange the sentence he should say.
Was the old man part of those people?
"Then the man said that indeed he often saw people coming here wanting to see the place of the murder."
The words their driver had just said were not something to be trifled with.
"What murder?" Jenqyih was surprised. He took one step back.
"When I said that I didn't know about the murder, the person then said that there had been a murder of a family who were having a picnic by this lake. It was right at the halfway point of this long lakeside."
"So this place is really famous, huh? I didn't know something like that had happened here. Jenqyih, didn't you tell me you were here a few years ago? Don't you know about the murder incident?"
"I don't know. A friend took me here. He just said that this place is unique. That's all."
The driver then added. "That's right, Sir! The old man said that the murder happened about fifty years ago. So, I guess there is a possibility that the younger generation doesn't know about it."
"Apparently so," Yihshyong said. "Then what made you have to rush here to tell us? Can't you tell us about this later?"
"Look, Sir! The old man said that the location of the murder was not here."
"Not here? Didn't you just say that the place where the incident took place is right in the middle of the long lake that runs from east to west?"
"That's right, Sir! But the shape and area of this lake is not exactly the same as the shape and area of the lake fifty years ago."
"Not the same?" Jenqyih jumped. "You mean the shape of the lake changed?"
"The old man also said that the lake, which is now three kilometers long, used to be even longer. He said its original length was around three thousand six hundred meters. The murder location was right at the halfway point of the original length of the lake. So, it is about eighteen hundred meters from either end of the lake. Because there is a part of the lake that has dried up, so now, the length of the lake is only three thousand meters."
"But this monument?" Jenqyih pointed at the monument in front of him.
"It was only established about fifteen years ago. After this lake shrank about six hundred meters."
"Ah! So it's true that we misplaced." Yihshyong spoke those words aloud. Jenqyih felt that Yihshyong really couldn't hold back his disappointment.
"That's right, Sir!" The driver nodded vigorously. "The actual place is about three hundred meters east of this place."
"Let's go there quickly. We've lost a lot of time. I'm afraid we're too late," Yihshyong said.
Jenqyih nodded. If they arrived too late, it was likely that the kidnappers would reschedule the delivery of the ransom again. That would be even more annoying. Jenqyih was worried that Yihshyong would go on a rampage again. The three of them ran to the car. The car engine was still running. Right away, they headed to where they should have been.
