By the time Gu Shanshan realized what was happening, the car had already started and she stepped on the gas.

"Gu Momo! Come back here! Where are you taking Ling'er! You dare to take her away! Neither Zhan Ting nor I will let you get away with this!" Gu Shanshan got up and chased after her for a few meters, but she couldn't outrun four legs and soon collapsed to the ground from exhaustion.

Gu Momo saw her extremely disheveled appearance in the rearview mirror and anxiously hugged her unconscious daughter tightly in her arms.

Inside the Maybach, the rain outside continued to fall.

Cold air drifted out from the air conditioner vents. Li Zhanting sat in the back seat of the car, looking like a giant ice sculpture. The low pressure emanating from his body was no less than that of the air conditioner's cooling system.

Assistant Mo Feng couldn't help but shiver, his hand trembling as he gripped the phone that had just been hung up, stammering and unable to speak.

The men they sent out had searched the area within a radius of more than ten kilometers, but they still couldn't find the young lady. Seeing the young master's gloomy face, he really didn't know how to start the conversation.

"Where is Ling'er? Have you found her?" Li Zhanting clearly had no intention of giving him a chance to catch his breath. He cast a sharp gaze at him, his tone unusually anxious and worried.

The young master never showed his emotions, but he valued the affairs of the young master and young lady more than anything else.

"I...I couldn't find it..." Mo Feng answered tremblingly.

"A bunch of useless trash!" Li Zhanting cursed, opened the car door and prepared to get out to look for it himself, when his phone rang in his pocket.

Looking at the three large characters "Gu Shanshan" flashing on his phone screen, he frowned, somewhat displeased.

But in the end, he withdrew the leg he had already stepped out, got into the car, and answered the phone.

"What is it? Speak!" Li Zhanting's voice sounded somewhat impatient.

"Zhan Ting, Ling'er! My sister has taken Ling'er away! The fact that I found Ling'er back then means that we have a deep connection. If Ling'er is taken away, I won't live anymore..." On the other end of the phone, Gu Shanshan cried out anxiously, with the sound of rain pouring down in her ears.

For the past five years, Li Zhanting had long suspected that she had taken Ling'er away, and had tried several times to investigate the whereabouts of Ling'er's mother from her.

But when she took the child from Gu Momo back then, she didn't leave any evidence.

No matter how much Li Zhanting suspected, he had no solid evidence, so naturally he couldn't do anything to her.

So for the past five years, she could only try to get closer to the Li family by relying on the fact that she was the one who brought the child to the Li family back then.

"Your sister?"

"Yes! Her name is Gu Momo. You've never met her. Many years ago, she was kicked out of the house by my father because of her improper private life!"

Li Zhanting frowned.

Gu Momo? It's her.

Gu Shanshan was terrified when she heard no sound from the other end of the phone, fearing that Li Zhanting had noticed something. "Zhanting, you should hurry up and find our daughter! My sister has never liked me! After she found out that I was close to Ling'er, she tried to use Ling'er to threaten me. I'm really worried that she will take revenge on Ling'er because of this!"

This was the only solution she could come up with after racking her brains. Anyway, Li Zhanting didn't know what had happened between her and Li Qingling. All she had to do was deny it and insist that Ling'er's accident was because of Gu Momo.

Li Zhanting had already hung up the phone.

His cold, stern face was shrouded in shadow, but upon hearing that Ling'er was with Gu Momo, he inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

He always felt that Gu Momo taking Ling'er away wouldn't hurt her.

The Li family is at the top of the capital's wealth list. He has seen far too many women who would sell their dignity to seduce him for money. Gu Momo's actions in getting close to Ling'er also make him very suspicious.

Logically, he should have treated Gu Momo the same way he treated other women and kicked her away.

For some reason, he couldn't bring himself to be ruthless towards Gu Momo; instead, he felt an urgent urge to get closer to her.

This feeling is so strange.

Li Zhanting pinched the bridge of his nose, shaking off these unfounded thoughts, and immediately instructed Mo Feng in the passenger seat:

"Search the entire city for Gu Momo's residence! Find the young lady before dawn tomorrow!"

*

The Lincoln sedan accelerated all the way into the Jiupin Yayuan residential complex in the capital.

Jiupin Yayuan is a luxury residential complex located on the coast of Beijing, backed by Lehai Lake and facing the most prime commercial area of ​​the capital.

This villa-style apartment features a large, single-level layout, floor-to-ceiling windows, a private garden, and a swimming pool, offering panoramic views of the capital city's nightscape and the coastal scenery.

There are only 88 units in the entire community. To live here, you need not only money, but also power, status, and social standing.

Even among the homeowners, there is a strict hierarchy.

Li Mo took out Gu Momo's homeowner card, which was the highest VVIP level. Upon seeing the card, the security guard personally came out of the security booth, bowed deeply, and said, "Respected homeowner, welcome home."

After parking the car in the garage, Gu Momo carefully picked up Ling'er and took the elevator to the 22nd floor.

The decor of Jiupin Yayuan is basically uniform, all of which are noble and elegant, with modern black, white and gray as the standard. As soon as she entered the room, Gu Momo immediately shouted into the air, "Turn on the air conditioner."

Then, a mechanical yet gentle voice came from inside the room, "The air conditioning has been adjusted to the most comfortable temperature for the human body based on your body temperature! Master, the little master in your arms is having an asthma attack. The danger level is three stars! We recommend using the special medicine as soon as possible!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a cabinet in the living room opened automatically.

This was Li Mo's first time visiting Gu Momo's house, and he was completely amazed by the anthropomorphic high-tech products.

"What are you standing there for? Go get my medicine from the cabinet! It's on the third shelf, the asthma medication!" Gu Momo snapped at him when she saw him still in a daze.

Li Mo then realized what was happening and quickly ran to the cabinet, rummaging through it.

Gu Momo didn't like ordering people around, but the little one in her arms had been holding her little finger with her cold little hand ever since she put her in the car, and wouldn't let go no matter what.

Both she and Ling'er got caught in the rain, and now she could only use a dry towel to wipe her soft hair over and over again. Fortunately, the air conditioning in the room was warm enough, and it dried quickly.

Only at this moment did Gu Momo have time to properly examine her daughter's appearance.

When Li Qingling was asleep, her eyelashes looked like tiny brushes, and the light and shadow left a gray patch under her eyes. Because of her illness, her skin was pale, and her cherry-like lips trembled slightly.

Her delicate appearance broke her heart, and she gently stroked her pale face with her free hand.

The sleeping daughter seemed to feel her touch; her little lips parted and she murmured in a sweet, childish voice, "Mommy~ Ling'er missed you so much~"