Soon, Ning Meng and Ding Daming appeared on the big screen; the place where they were talking was the hotel's backyard.

Sound also came from the speakers—

“I’ve already bribed the Huo family’s bodyguards. All you need to do is steal that child out.”

"Miss Ning, why would you steal a little girl? Little girls aren't worth much!"

"Just do what I tell you to do! Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Ning Meng's face turned deathly pale, and all her strength seemed to have been drained away. She collapsed to the ground with a thud.

"So this woman was trying to abduct the Huo family's youngest daughter?"

"Strange things happen every year, but this year there seem to be more than usual! She's the apple of the eye of both the Huo and Lu families! She just steals her away like that? Ha..."

"No, no..." Ning Meng shook her head frantically, "I... I didn't mean that, Young Master Huo, please let me explain!"

"The sound is so clear, what explanation do you have?" Jiang Mianmian stared coldly at her. "Are you going to tell me that the person in the surveillance footage isn't you at all?"

"Ning Meng, you're really overestimating yourself." Huo Junyu took a few steps forward, his footsteps carrying a chilling aura. As soon as he spoke, the scene fell silent.

"You think my Huo family's bodyguards are so easy to bribe?"

"What?" Ning Meng looked up abruptly. A moment later, two people slowly walked in from outside the door. They were the bodyguards she thought she had bribed.

The two men stared at her expressionlessly, their brows furrowed slightly, their expressions cold.

"You betrayed me?" Ning Meng was stunned for a long time before slowly uttering these words.

"Miss Ning, are you joking?" Jiang Mianmian smiled slightly. "They are bodyguards of the Huo family. They are just doing their duty."

The Huo family's bodyguards are all handpicked, not only for their excellent skills, but also for their professional psychological tests in the final stage of the recruitment process. If they fail this test, they cannot join the Huo family's bodyguard team.

Moreover, given the treatment the Huo family provides to their bodyguards, no one would be foolish enough to betray them.

So when Ning Meng first bribed those two people, they had already informed Huo Junyu of the news, and the Huo family strengthened their security to protect Xiao Yuanyuan.

Unexpectedly, Ding Daming intervened and abducted Qin Nuan.

Ning Meng collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, her head covered in sweat as if she had been pulled out of the water.

Several people from the Ning family also came, but they all kept their heads down in the crowd. Fan Yawen even turned on the Ning family on the spot.

"The Ning family is a prominent clan, how could they raise such a daughter!" Fan Yawen's voice boomed. "It seems our generations-long friendship is coming to an end!"

"Aunt Fan..." Ning Meng scrambled to her feet, trying to grab her skirt, but Fan Yawen dodged her in time.

"Auntie, I was wrong! I was just momentarily blinded by greed, I didn't really want to abduct the Huo family's youngest daughter... Auntie, please help me, I..."

"Bewitched by evil spirits?" Jiang Mianmian said angrily, "You plotted to kidnap my daughter just to frame Niannian! Your mind is so vicious that you can even use a child! And you still want people to give you a chance?"

"That's right!" Qin Yu also stood up, his voice trembling slightly even though he was usually calm. "No parent would forgive someone who hurts their child!"

"Ning Meng, you harmed my daughter, I will make you pay tenfold, a hundredfold!"

Ning Meng tried several times but couldn't stand up. She lay on the ground like a mangy dog, her whole body trembling with fear.

Huo Jingnan reached the entrance of the banquet hall just as the police arrived. Xiao Zheng winked at him and said with a smile, "This time we really are here to arrest someone, right? We've come to the right place, haven't we?"

“That’s right.” Huo Jingnan gave a thumbs up and pointed behind him, “It’s right inside!”

Xiao Zheng immediately had Ning Meng taken away.

“This is the mayor’s banquet; we shouldn’t be here,” Xiao Zheng said with a smile. “But we have no choice. Protecting the safety of citizens is our duty! There’s a human trafficker here, and we must bring her to justice!”

"No, I'm not a human trafficker!" Ning Meng screamed as she struggled. "I haven't kidnapped any children... It was Ding Daming, it was all Ding Daming who did it! Let me go!"

However, her struggles were in vain, and her voice and figure grew farther and farther away until they disappeared outside the hotel.

Ding Daming's legs went weak at the sight.

He's currently being held by the Huo family's bodyguards, and he'll definitely end up like Ning Meng, going with the police!

His mind went blank, and he knelt down on the ground with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly.

"Please spare me, please spare me! I didn't know she was this kind of person. She...she gave me money, and I did things...I didn't know it was something like this!"

"Keep those words to yourself at the police station!" Xiao Zheng waved his hand, signaling someone to take him away as well.

But just then, Ding Daming spotted Ding Cheng in the corner.

Despite his young age, his eyes were fierce, and when he stared at him, he showed endless indifference, as if they were not father and son, but enemies.

But this child is Ding Daming's only bloodline in this world...

Ding Daming was both angry and anxious. The way Ding Cheng looked at him, as if he wished Ding Daming would be arrested and executed immediately, deeply pierced his heart. He was his father; how could a son dare to look at his father like that?

I did beat him, but what son would dare to hold a grudge against his father?

Ding Daming's deep-seated inferiority complex was triggered, and at this moment, his blank mind had only one thought—even if he died, he would take someone down with him!

And the person who should be taken down is preferably his own son!

Ding Daming rolled his eyes, his expression changed, and he cried out loudly.

"Okay...okay, I'll go with you! But before I leave, I want to say a few words to my son..."

"Save your words for the police station!" Xiao Zheng emphasized again. "If you want to see your son, see him at the police station!"

"you……"

"Ding Daming!" Xiao Zheng shouted sternly, "Don't try anything funny! There are more of us than you, you won't get the better of us!"

Ding Daming froze for a moment, then lowered his head blankly. A pair of cold handcuffs bound his hands together, and he suddenly shivered.

But at that moment, that small figure chased after them from the corner.

"Wait a minute!"

Ding Daming stopped in his tracks and slowly turned around.

The ice in Ding Cheng's eyes didn't melt away; instead, it grew even more distant. He pursed his lips and uttered two words with difficulty: "Dad."

However, the way he called him "Dad" sounded very stiff, as if Ding Cheng was saying goodbye to his identity as "Ding Daming's son".

"Do you know what my dream has been since I was a child?"

Ding Daming narrowed his eyes. "What?"

Ding Cheng chuckled coldly, enunciating each word clearly: "My only wish is that you disappear from this world forever!"

"you……"

Ding Daming instantly flew into a rage, the veins on his neck bulging. Like a mad bull, he suddenly broke free from the people around him and headbutted Ding Cheng hard.

His hands were bound, so he raised his hand and fiercely smashed the handcuffs against Ding Cheng's head.