Chapter 425 You are not my biological mother, so you don’t understand
The crystal chandelier in the revolving restaurant reflected a cold light, shattering the smile on Xi Muxuan's face.
She twisted the stem of the red wine glass with her fingertips, and the scarlet liquid swayed in a dangerous arc in the glass, as if trying to trace the beating pulse in her neck.
"The conditions are simple."
Xi Muxuan's voice was shrouded in ice, and every word she said struck Shen Hanxing's heart. "Bring me the core data and authorization documents for the Xuanyuan family's new energy project, and I will release this child."
Shen Hanxing felt the blood rush to his head in an instant, and then froze into ice in the next second.
She stared at Xi Muxuan intently, her pupils dilated with shock. "Are you crazy? That's the hard work of several generations of the Xuanyuan family. Don't say I can't get it. Even if I could..."
"I just want results."
Xi Muxuan suddenly raised her voice, startling Xunxun. She leaned over to the child and whispered, a voice only the two of them could hear, "Little boy, it seems your mother doesn't want you anymore."
"Mother!"
Xunxun's crying sounded like a needle piercing into Chen Hanxing's eardrum.
She rushed forward, but was held down by two black-clad bodyguards on the shoulders. The sharp pain from her shoulder blades made her wake up instantly.
Xi Muxuan just wanted to provoke her and make her lose her mind.
In the shadows outside the restaurant, Qi Moxun's knuckles had turned white.
Shen Hanxing's suppressed breathing and Xunxun's intermittent crying came from the tiny earphones, and every syllable was like a red-hot iron burning on his skin.
The bodyguard whispered to ask whether to take action, but he stared at Xi Muxuan's reflection in the restaurant window, his Adam's apple rolling.
"Wait a little longer. If she dares to attack the Xuanyuan family, she must have powerful forces behind her. Acting now will only alert them."
The words were spoken very softly, but with unquestionable calmness.
Only he himself knew that his hands in his trouser pockets were already clenched with blood.
How he wanted to rush in right now and tear that woman into pieces.
Chen Hanxing finally managed to catch her breath. She looked at Xunxun, who was trembling in Xi Muxuan's arms, and her voice trembled slightly.
"We'll trade here in three days. I need to make sure Xunxun is safe first."
Xi Muxuan smiled and shook her phone, and a video of the warehouse lit up on the screen.
"See those iron racks? If the kid doesn't see the documents in three days, he might accidentally fall down."
She put away her phone, her eyes suddenly becoming fierce, "Don't play tricks, my people are watching you."
When Chen Hanxing rushed out of the restaurant, the evening breeze, carrying the fishy smell of the lake, blew in her face. She held onto the porch pillar and coughed violently, her tears mixed with the night wind and fell to the ground.
Qi Moxun quickly stepped forward to support her. The warmth of his palm came through her shirt, but it couldn't warm her frozen heart.
"There's a transnational criminal group behind her."
Qi Moxun's voice was low and hoarse. "They need the new energy project to launder money. Xi Muxuan wants to use this to exchange for lifelong asylum."
"What about Xunxun?"
Shen Hanxing grabbed his arm, his nails almost digging into his flesh, "We can wait, but the child can't wait!"
Qi Moxun was silent.
He looked at the moonlight on the lake that was torn apart by the wind, and his heart felt as if it was stuffed with a ball of water-soaked cotton, heavy and stuffy.
He knew that time was running out, but the more urgent the situation was, the more he couldn't lose his composure.
When I got home, Han Lingcui was standing by the window.
The neon lights of the city cast flickering shadows on her face. When she turned around, Shen Hanxing realized that her eyes were so red that they seemed to be bleeding.
"What does Xi Muxuan want?" Han Lingcui's voice tightened, and his fingers were tightly twisting the corners of his clothes.
When the words "Xuanyuan Family New Energy Project" came out of Shen Hanxing's mouth, Han Lingcui staggered back a step and bumped into the window frame.
She looked down at her hands. Those hands had traced the outline of Xuanyuan Pavilion countless times, but now they had to touch the wound that had long been scabbed for her son.
"I'm going to see Xuanyuan Pavilion."
Han Lingcui suddenly looked up, a look of almost destructive determination flashing in his eyes.
"No!" Chen Hanxing immediately retorted, "Xi Muxuan just wants to use us to get the project, we can't let her succeed!"
"Successful?"
Han Lingcui suddenly laughed, tears in his laughter.
"Are you going to watch Xunxun get into trouble? He's my son, the one I risked my life to protect from the car accident scene!"
She suddenly grabbed Shen Hanxing's wrist, her fingertips cold, "Tell me, besides this method, is there any other way to guarantee that he will come back safely tomorrow?"
Shen Hanxing was speechless when asked.
She looked at Han Lingcui's red eyes, and her heart was filled with unbearable pain.
Xunxun is also her child.
She was also anxious.
But you can't try random medical treatment just because you are anxious.
If you do things blindly like this, you will only expose your weaknesses more easily and allow the other party to exploit your weaknesses.
This time, Xunxun was caught precisely because they were careless.
"Lingcui, calm down." Qi Moxun supported Han Lingcui's shoulders. "The Xuanyuan family's project involves national security. If it is leaked, the consequences will be disastrous. Besides, Xi Muxuan will never keep her word."
"Then do you have a better idea?"
Han Lingcui shook off his hand, her voice suddenly rising, "Qi Moxun, you can wait for your Interpol, Chen Hanxing, you can stand on the moral high ground and say you can't give in, but I can't! Xunxun is a piece of flesh that fell from my body, I can't wait even for a day!"
Her eyes swept across Shen Hanxing's pale face, with a hint of almost cruel clarity.
"You're not his biological mother, you don't understand this feeling! Every second feels like a knife is cutting into your heart. As long as he can come back alive, I'd be willing to die."
These words pierced Shen Hanxing's heart like an ice cone.
She opened her mouth, wanting to retort that she was also willing to give everything for Xunxun, but the words turned into bitter silence when they reached her lips.
She did not have the same unforgettable blood bond as Han Lingcui, and this realization made her waver in her position for the first time.
That night, the lights in the room were on until the early hours of the morning.
Chen Hanxing and Qi Moxun analyzed the terrain of the warehouse based on the map, discussing how to rescue Xunxun without alerting each other, while Han Lingcui sat on the sofa in the corner without saying a word.
It was not until the sky turned pale that Shen Hanxing rubbed his sore eyes and turned around, only to find that there was no one on the sofa.
There was a note on the coffee table, the handwriting blurred by tears: "Don't worry, I will bring Xunxun back."
Shen Hanxing's heart suddenly tightened. She grabbed the note and rushed to the window. The street downstairs was empty, with only the early riser sweeping the floor.
Qi Moxun's face darkened instantly. He took out his cell phone and dialed a number, but a cold busy tone came from the receiver.
"She went to find Xuanyuan Pavilion." Qi Moxun's voice was filled with suppressed anger, but more of it was powerlessness. "We still underestimated a mother's determination."
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