Mingyao glanced at her phone; fifteen minutes had already passed.

No matter how much they settle the bill, they should be back by now.

Ding Qingle complained, "He hasn't come back for so long, I wonder if something happened to him."

She froze, then instinctively looked at Mingyao.

Ding Qingle quickly took out her phone and called her, "The number you dialed is not being answered, please try again later..."

I made three calls, but no one answered.

Ding Qingle panicked and told Mingyao to continue hitting.

Mingyao's phone call yielded the same result as Ding Qingle's.

The two stared at each other, and Ding Qingle stood up abruptly. "Let's go find someone!"

Qiao Yu was nowhere to be found at the checkout counter, but a waiter provided a clue.

As Qiao Yu was preparing to go back, she received a phone call and headed towards the fire escape.

Mingyao and Ding Qingle didn't dare to waste any time and rushed towards the escape stairs.

Where was Qiao Yu on the emergency exit?

Ding Qingle and Ming Yao were completely at a loss. Ding Qingle, panting, continued to call Qiao Yu.

Ring ring—

Mingyao followed the sound downstairs and found the broken-screen phone on the third-floor steps.

There were no surveillance cameras nearby, so Mingyao and Ding Qingle couldn't find anyone.

Ding Qingle gripped her phone tightly and cursed loudly on the escape stairs: "If you dare touch me, I'll catch you, or I'll skin you alive!"

Ding Qingle suddenly became irritable and started cursing incessantly.

Mingyao stared at Ding Qingle in astonishment.

It's unimaginable that such a cold exterior hides such a volatile personality.

Great, she likes it very much, just like her.

Ding Qingle seemed to sense something and looked at Mingyao.

Noticing the eerie, unsettling smile on her face, Ding Qingle shuddered: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Go find them quickly!"

Mingyao and Ding Qingle split up to search, and to be on the safe side, they talked on the phone the whole time.

If one person encounters a special situation, the other person can call the police in time.

When they reached a small alley, Mingyao suddenly stopped.

She looked down into the alley, which was shrouded in darkness and resembled a wild beast with gaping jaws, sending chills down her spine just by looking at it.

Could it be here?

Mingyao mustered her courage and went inside.

The alley looked very dark, and the section wasn't very long; you could see the opposite road after just 100 meters.

Mingyao walked out of the alley and looked around.

Soon, her gaze settled on the three men and one woman not far away.

The woman was surrounded by three men, who appeared to be chatting and laughing.

Mingyao glanced at them first and thought the four people were strange, but didn't find anything wrong.

She looked over again and felt that the woman's back looked somewhat familiar.

She clenched her fist and quickly followed.

"Ding Qingle, I saw someone who looks a lot like Qiao Yu."

"It's right on Wutong Avenue."

Mingyao quickened her pace and suddenly called out Qiao Yu's name as she was about to get close.

The woman turned around, her eyes lighting up: "Sister Su!"

Qiao Yu's eyes were red and her face was streaked with tears.

At the same time, all three men turned around.

Mingyao recognized the three men at a glance; they were the same three who had ambushed Qiao Yu in the alley near the bar last time.

I can't believe they dared to come again!

The three thugs recognized Mingyao and grinned, "Sister Su, we meet again."

Mingyao's heart skipped a beat, but she still wore a faint smile: "You know my name, so you should know who I am, right?"

"Oh right, you said you're Pei Siyu's wife."

The three thugs burst into laughter in unison, as if they had heard a joke: "You're President Pei's wife?"

"President Pei has a wife, but it could never be you."

The leader of the blond thugs looked at Mingyao with a sinister gaze: "Miss Su, you're not leaving now that you're here."

The next second, Mingyao's shoulder suddenly felt heavy.

She froze, only to find a man who was 1.8 meters tall standing behind her.

The man was fairly good-looking, but there was an undeniable fierceness in his eyes and brows.

Mingyao felt a chill run down her spine and wanted to shake the man's hand off.

The man gripped her shoulders tightly and affectionately put his arm around her: "Sister, we're all so lonely. Why don't you keep us company tonight?"

The man hooked his arm around her neck and pressed down on her shoulders, leaving Mingyao with absolutely no chance to resist.

Mingyao had been secretly competing with the man, but unfortunately, the difference in strength between a woman and him was too great, and she was completely suppressed.

The man leaned against Mingyao's back, his long, slender hand pinching her chin.

"With your dear sister."

The man had a strong grip, and his pinch made her chin hurt.

Qiao Yu looked at Ming Yao with tears in her eyes and choked out, "It's me again, dragging you down."

"What do you mean by being a burden? You just want a woman by your side, don't you?"

Mingyao looked up and met the man's gaze without the slightest fear.

"Release her, and I'll go join you."

The man looked at Mingyao with slight surprise, his eyebrows raised slightly, and a hint of amusement in his eyes.

"Sister, I didn't expect you to have such a big appetite."

"Unfortunately, we cannot release Qiao Yu."

The man deliberately leaned close to Mingyao's ear and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Someone wants us to play with her."

"You can't just let a duck that's been delivered right to your mouth fly away."

The man's words sent a chill down Mingyao's spine: someone had hired them to ruin Qiao Yu?

The man stared at Mingyao's profile with an ambiguous look, gently touching her cheek with the tip of his nose. "Sister, if you pretend you didn't see what happened today, I'll let you go."

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