Chapter 303 Finale (Part 1)

At lunch time, it started raining heavily again.

Chen Qing lay in the rocking chair on the terrace, resting with her eyes closed. The nanny knocked on the door and came in. She glanced at the untouched breakfast on the bedside table and sighed softly, "Miss Chen, the meal is ready. Please come downstairs."

"Not hungry."

"You only drank a glass of milk this morning. If you don't eat, the child won't be able to handle it."

Chen Qing didn't open his eyes and waved his hand to refuse, but unexpectedly the back of his hand was hit and hurt.

She gasped, holding her wrist and looking at the culprit.

Yan Baiqing stood aside, straightening his belt buckle that had been knocked crooked. "Hunger strike?"

"No appetite."

He paused for two or three seconds, then bent down, picked her up horizontally, and went straight out the door and down the stairs.

"Let me go!" Chen Qing's face flushed red and he jumped down.

The man threatened her seriously, "If you fall here, it will save Meng Hongwen a lot of trouble and put an end to it once and for all."

Chen Qing was not frightened at all. She stood straight and let him carry her into the restaurant.

Yan Baiqing was amused. After sitting down, he pressed her on his lap and said, "Eat your meal obediently. I have good news for you."

The record player in the corner of the first floor was playing an old song, and Li Zongsheng's hoarse voice was wailing throughout the room.

It's about love, but it doesn't seem like it's about love.

Chen Qing held onto the edge of the table, trying to keep his upper body away from the viewer. "What good news?"

Yan Baiqing brought a piece of bamboo shoots to her lips with chopsticks, his eyes dark and unyielding. "Eat."

She hesitated for a moment, then opened her mouth and took it in.

He fed her this meal with great patience, and she ate obediently. At first glance, it seemed warm and peaceful.

The nanny cleared the table and joked, "There are very few men nowadays who are so attentive. Miss Chen, you and your child are so lucky!"

Yan Baiqing put his arm around Chen Qing's waist, shook his legs, and said with undisguised affection, "Qing'er is a blessed person."

"I'm done eating." Chen Qing wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and said seriously, "Mr. Yan, you're not going to play tricks on women again, are you?"

He smiled and brushed the hair away from her ears. "I'm not lying to you. We'll go home this afternoon."

"real?"

"Well, we've changed our route, so it might take a little longer. We'll leave once you've rested."

Chen Qing stood up and said, "No need to rest anymore, let's go."

Yan Baiqing looked at her with a gloomy face.

"What's wrong?" She subconsciously avoided his sight, holding her face, "Didn't I wipe it clean?"

The man looked away, poured tea, and said, "Go change."

Chen Qing hurried upstairs. As soon as she stepped onto the stairs, Yan Baiqing called her from behind, "Qing'er."

She stopped, her heart beating as the music climaxed.

—Let me go with you, let me go with you—

Yan Baiqing put one hand in his pocket and stepped closer. "My mother couldn't get on the plane."

She was silent.

"He was taken away by Meng Hongwen's men."

She remained silent.

Yan Baiqing leaned against the stair railing, his throat hoarse, "I want to stay out here with you for a while longer, what about you?"

Chen Qing didn't look at him, but turned his head and said, "Let's go back. I'm not used to the southern climate."

"You're so eager to die," he said very slowly, "that you're unwilling to be with me."

Her heart was empty for a moment, "Let's go."

Yan Baiqing stared at her back and clearly felt the pain coming from his internal organs.

——You walked away without even a word of farewell——

He turned off the record player, and when he looked up again, the warmth in his eyes had completely disappeared.

With Chen Qing's cleverness, she had already guessed that Meng Hongwen was in Zhounan, and she also knew what she would face after returning home.

Similarly, the moment she handed over the information, she also knew what earth-shaking changes would happen to the Yan family.

Both of them walked into a trap this time.

It’s just that one has a chance to live and the other doesn’t.

The nanny came to change the teacup for Yan Baiqing.

He stared at her. "If Miss Chen wants to borrow your phone, promise her that you will report back later."

The nanny was anxious and just opened her mouth when Chen Qing called her from upstairs.

So she bowed slightly and stepped back.

The bodyguard walked in and nodded, "Mr. Yan, everything is ready."

"Wait a little longer."

"Old Qian has already—"

"I want to confirm one more thing." Yan Baiqing interrupted him, stroking the teacup thoughtfully.

The bodyguard didn't continue to persuade him and waited quietly by the side.

About ten minutes later, the nanny came downstairs and sneaked up to the two of them.

"Sir." She handed over the phone tremblingly.

The bodyguard understood what he meant and asked someone to check the usage records.

Just like yesterday, I sent a text message, and the other party's address was still the Tang family's old house.

The man crossed his legs, his whole body sunk into the sofa, his slightly open collar making his aura seem dull.

"Miss Chen, what are you trying to do?" the bodyguard exclaimed indignantly. "Didn't you promise her you could go back?"

Yan Baiqing smiled, his face like a rough jade under his black shirt, and said in an indulgent tone, "She wants me to die."

The bodyguard shuddered and frowned, "How ungrateful! You angered Mr. Meng in order to save her, and even took Mr. Yan hostage, and she still doesn't appreciate it!"

Yan Baiqing said nothing, stood up and took the coat, "Let's go."

…

Three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhounan Municipal Bureau.

Jiang Jingyan walked out of the meeting room and Mr. Luo happened to come out.

"Lao Luo." He took off his leather gloves and nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."

Before the Luo family immigrated, Jiang Jingyan kept Mr. Luo for a while longer.

On the day of his "sacrifice", Mr. Luo met him at the dock, contributed to the industrial park, temporarily detained the sniper, and accompanied him in pretending to be a gangster, unraveling the mystery, and uncovering the arms dealers on Tongbei Street, and naturally found Huafang Technology.

Some of the procedures in the middle did not comply with regulations, and Mr. Luo came to cooperate with the record-taking.

"It's not hard, Jingyan, my mission is over, right?"

Jiang Jingyan patted his shoulder and said, "It's over. I will send someone to reunite you with Mrs. Luo."

"Oh, I'm not in a hurry." Mr. Luo frowned. "I can't rest easy if Qing'er isn't found, and I can't explain it to my wife."

As he was speaking, Zheng Yuan opened the door from the inside, "Jingyan, come here."

He looked quite serious. Mr. Luo took a step forward and then took it back. "How is it? Is there any news about Qing'er?"

"Half an hour ago, Mrs. Jiang received another text message from Chen Qing, saying that Yan Baiqing was going home."

Jiang Jingyan took off his coat and sat down. "I asked you to track Qian Liu. Have you found anything?"

Zheng Yuan pointed at the red dot on the map on the screen. "The people he contacted are generally near Zhongyue Winery. Five minutes ago, there was another one, and the location was changed to the nearby pier."

Mr. Luo was anxious, "Are you trying to escape? Then hurry up and catch him!"

Zheng Yuan's subordinates explained to him, "We can't catch him. The Yan Group currently doesn't have enough loopholes to arrest the chairman. There's a lack of direct evidence related to Yan Baiqing, and no one can prove that Miss Chen was kidnapped. If we try to arrest her now, we might alert the enemy and let them take advantage of the situation. We can only approach quietly and quietly take Miss Chen away. We can deal with the rest later."

Jiang Jingyan clenched his fist and pressed it to the corner of his mouth. "Chen Qing said Yan Baiqing wanted to go home, but his location was close to the dock... Zheng Yuan——"

Zheng Yuan nodded. "I think the same as you. Yan Baiqing must have discovered that my sister-in-law was in contact with the outside world and released a smokescreen. If we focus our energy on the Yan family, he will have more time to deploy."

The subordinates disagreed with this statement, "What's he trying to achieve by tricking us? The Yan Group is his backer and lifeblood. If he leads us there, won't his entire life's work be ruined?"

The conference room instantly fell into silence, and the atmosphere was so low that it was hard to breathe.

After a long moment, Jiang Jingyan's face darkened. "My father is leading a team to investigate Huafang and the money houses. Zheng Yuan, you and Liang Jing should ask Lao Guan for permission to go to the Yan family and wait for the arrest."

"Catch someone?" Zheng Yuan was confused. "Catch who?"

"Two of the Yan Corporation's board members are Meng Hongwen's spies. If nothing unexpected happens, Yan Baiqing has already instigated them to turn against Meng Hongwen," Jiang Jingyan explained briefly, asking for Mr. Luo's car keys. "Now that he's set up the chessboard, it's time for you to make your move. Go about your business, and don't follow me. The team sent by Lao Guan will wait for news from me before taking action."

The subordinate wanted to chase him, but Zheng Yuan stopped him, "Forget it, it's already very difficult for him to endure until now."

Jiang Jingyan set off at four o'clock and did not stop along the way. He arrived at the pier three kilometers away from Zhongyue Winery at seven twenty in the evening.

He rolled down the car window, and the fingers holding the cigarette trembled slightly.