Chapter 541: Missing

"Are you really okay?" Chi Wenyan frowned slightly, obviously not believing it.

"Well, let's go see if there's a bonfire party over there? I heard it mentioned on the radio."

Ji Wan quickly changed the subject and pointed in the direction of the central square of the amusement park, where there were faint flickering lights and the music was getting more lively.

"Okay, okay. Bonfire night, Dad, I want to go."

Yaoyao's attention was immediately drawn, and he pulled Chi Wenyan's trouser leg and shouted excitedly. Nian Nian also poked her head out from Ji Wan's arms, her big black eyes sparkling with curiosity.

Chi Wenyan looked at Ji Wan deeply. Seeing that she insisted, he didn't ask any more questions. He picked up Nian Nian with one hand and took Yao Yao's hand with the other. "Okay, then let's go see what surprises the organizers have prepared."

As night fell quietly, a huge bonfire was lit in the central square of the amusement park. The flames were blazing and crackling, illuminating the surroundings.

Cheerful music filled the sky, people sang and danced around the bonfire, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.

The organizers also prepared many small games and food stalls, and the children were immediately attracted by all kinds of novel things.

Ji Wan held Nian Nian in his arms, while Chi Wenyan held Yao Yao's hand, as they walked through the bustling crowd.

The shadow brought by the strange phone call seemed to fade a little in such a warm atmosphere, but the tight string in Ji Wan's heart never really relaxed.

She subconsciously hugged Nian Nian tighter, her eyes warily scanning the crowd around her.

"Mom, balloons. Nian Nian wants that little rabbit balloon." Nian Nian stretched out her little hand and pointed at a stall selling balloons not far away, calling in a baby voice.

"Okay, Mom will buy it for you." Ji Wan responded with a smile and walked towards the balloon stall holding Nian Nian.

Chi Wenyan and Yaoyao were attracted by a ring-tossing game and temporarily stopped on the other side.

There were so many people, shoulder to shoulder. Ji Wan held Nian Nian in his arms and walked carefully through the crowd.

She finally squeezed to the balloon stand and was about to pay when the crowd behind her suddenly became a commotion, as if startled by something, and suddenly pushed forward.

"Be careful." someone exclaimed.

Ji Wan only felt an irresistible force hitting her from behind.

"Ah!" She was caught off guard and screamed, her body stumbling forward a few steps uncontrollably. In order to protect Nian Nian in her arms, she subconsciously arched her body, using all her strength to stabilize her lower body.

However, the force was so great that there seemed to be more than one person pushing her. In the chaos, she felt her arms go empty.

"Nian Nian."

Ji Wan's heart suddenly stopped beating.

She was pushed by the crowd and staggered, her knees hit the ground hard, and her elbows were scraped and burned with pain.

But she didn't care about all that. She suddenly raised her head and looked around in horror.

My arms feel empty.

Nian Nian, who was soft and coquettish in her arms just now, is gone.

"Niannian, Niannian--!" Ji Wan's voice changed due to extreme fear, and it was so sharp that it almost pierced the eardrums.

She pushed away the people blocking her way like a madman, stumbled to her feet, and desperately searched for the small figure in the chaotic crowd.

"Niannian, where is my Niannian?"

The people around her were startled by her actions and looked at her sideways, but more people were still immersed in the excitement of the bonfire party and did not notice anything unusual here.

"Wanwan. What happened?" Chi Wenyan's face changed suddenly when he heard Ji Wan's scream. He pushed through the crowd and rushed over anxiously. Yaoyao followed closely behind him, his little face full of confusion and worry.

"Nian Nian Nian is gone." Ji Wan grabbed Chi Wenyan's arm, her nails almost digging into his flesh, tears pouring out, her voice choked with sobs, "Just now someone pushed me so hard that Nian Nian disappeared. Wen Yan, my Nian Nian..."

Her world collapsed at this moment.

"Calm down. Wanwan, calm down first." Chi Wenyan's voice trembled slightly due to extreme shock and anger, but he forced himself to remain calm.

He held Ji Wan's cold hand tightly, his deep eyes filled with raging rage and bone-chilling coldness.

The pair of black eyes that usually seemed a little distant and indifferent were now bloodshot, like a wounded beast, emitting a terrifying aura of hostility.

"Call the police. Call the police quickly." Ji Wan's voice was shrill, as if he had grabbed the last straw.

"I've had someone do it." Chi Wenyan growled, and quickly took out his cell phone with his other hand. His fingertips turned white from the force, and he directly dialed a number. His voice was icy cold and without a trace of emotion.

"Seal off the paradise. Immediately. Immediately. Close all exits. Don't let a single fly out. Mobilize every available person and search every inch of this place. If anything happens to Nian Nian, all of you will be buried with me."

His voice was not loud, but it carried an unquestionable majesty and a cold murderous aura, causing several people around who noticed something unusual to shudder subconsciously.

Yaoyao was so frightened by this sudden change that his face turned pale. He looked at Ji Wan who was almost collapsed, and then at Chi Wenyan whose face was as gloomy as water.

He pursed his lips and tears welled up in his eyes, but he was sensible enough not to cry out loud. He just stretched out his little hand and tightly grasped the corner of Chi Wenyan's clothes, his small body trembling slightly.

Chi Wenyan hung up the phone, immediately bent down and picked up Yaoyao, wrapped one arm tightly around Ji Wan's trembling shoulders, half-holding her in his arms, and said in a deep voice.

"Wanwan, listen to me, Nian Nian must still be in Paradise. They can't get far. I will find her, I swear."

His chest was firm and his voice was forced with a hint of calmness as he tried to comfort Ji Wan.

"It's them! It must be them who took Nian Nian away." Ji Wan's whole body was cold, as if she had fallen into a bottomless abyss. Tears blurred her vision, and the world in her eyes was only blood red and dark.

That strange phone call now echoed in her mind like a spell.

"Who? Who?" Chi Wenyan's eyes suddenly became sharp, almost biting. "Do you know who did it?"

Ji Wan shook his head violently, then nodded, his thoughts in utter confusion: "I don't know, I don't know, but but that phone call, that phone call..."

"That phone call." Chi Wenyan's pupils suddenly shrank, and he understood instantly. He should have thought of it earlier.

That inexplicable phone call was clearly a diversion, or rather, a warning of some kind, but he failed to immediately connect it with the crisis at hand.

Damn it. He was so careless.

At that moment, the amusement park's announcement suddenly blared, shattering the lively atmosphere of the bonfire party: "Emergency Notice, Emergency Notice. Due to a sudden incident, all exits of this park are temporarily closed. Please remain calm, wait where you are, and cooperate with the staff's instructions and inspections. Repeat."