Chapter 353 Jiang Wan is Kidnapped
Jiang Wan felt a strong gust of wind approach her, and then an unknown scent wafted past her nose. Immediately afterward, her consciousness went haywire, her vision went black, and she fainted.
Her rattan bracelet remained silent throughout, without making any response.
A hint of fierceness and mockery flashed in Lian Chuan's gentle and handsome eyes, hidden behind his gold-rimmed glasses.
He caught Jiang Wan as she collapsed, picked her up in his arms, and quickly walked towards the mountaintop, disappearing from sight in no time.
The entire process took no more than two minutes.
Soon, the city guards patrolled to this location but found nothing unusual.
It wasn't until the twins, unable to bear the hunger any longer, returned to the RV with the game they had hunted in the wild that they suddenly realized: "Why hasn't Mom come back yet?"
Cheng Zhen knew they were starving, so she patted their fluffy heads and said, "Xin Xin and Xiao Shu, are you hungry? How about I cook for you? How about we have grilled fish today?"
Although the twins accepted the reality that Cheng Zhen and Jiang Wan were together, they seemed to see them more as partners who lived together.
This kind of pairing is quite common in the post-apocalyptic world of oxygen deficiency. Even Jiang Wan himself defines their relationship in this way. So, although the twins no longer reject him, they still don't call him "Dad".
Jiang Xiaoxin quickly shook her head, looking disgusted: "I don't want to eat what you made, it's awful, I'm going to find my mom!"
With that, she got out of the RV and headed straight for the forest farm.
Jiang Wan's whereabouts are basically fixed, and there are only a few places to find her.
Jiang Xiaoshu was naturally worried about her younger sister going out alone, so she immediately got out of the car and followed closely behind.
I was rejected!
Cheng Zhen touched his nose, feeling a little embarrassed. It would be a lie to say that he didn't mind. After all, they were his own children, right?
It's truly pitiful for a biological father to treat someone like this!
Why……
Seeing the two children running further and further away, even though they were in Longxiang City, on his own territory, Cheng Zhen was still worried about them leaving his sight, so he took steps to follow them.
When the group of one adult and two children reached the foot of the mountain, they noticed some subtle anomalies. For example, near the forest farm, there were usually many people resting and breathing in the oxygen-rich air.
But there are only one or two people here today, and they are just two people who came back from outside to rest.
The two children had already run happily up the mountain. Cheng Zhen frowned, walked over and asked the two men, "Are you the only two here? Where are the others?"
They were taken aback by the question: "Yeah, boss, we didn't even notice if you hadn't asked. Where are the people here?"
Cheng Zhen frowned, just in time to see a patrol of city guards approaching. He asked, "What's going on here? Why is nobody here?"
They were all used to people surrounding the forest farm and didn't stop them from doing so. As long as they didn't enter the forest farm or damage the plants, Cheng Zhen always let them do as they pleased.
When he asked this question, the city guards were all taken aback. The leader thought carefully for a moment and said, "It seems like about an hour ago, everyone here dispersed."
Cheng Zhen felt increasingly uneasy and asked, "Do you know who these people are? Go and bring them here; I need to question them."
These kinds of people are easy to find. Just ask around and see who's resting near the forest farm today, and you'll find them quickly.
Just as the leader of the city guards was about to set off to find someone, he heard a voice coming down from the mountain.
"Mommy is gone! Waaah! Mommy is gone!"
Cheng Zhen's brow twitched violently, and his face immediately darkened. He turned around and saw Jiang Xiaoxin running towards him anxiously, shouting, "Daddy! Mommy's not here! Mommy's been kidnapped by bad guys!"
Behind her followed Jiang Xiaoshu, who also looked flustered and at a loss.
Cheng Zhen felt as if her heart was about to stop beating, and she couldn't even hear the "Dad" she had been longing for.
He crouched down and caught Jiang Xiaoxin, trying to stay calm, and asked, "What happened? What's wrong with your mother? Tell me properly."
In fact, the violent impulses within him had reached their peak, as if they were about to erupt at any moment.
Jiang Xiaoxin ran very fast, but the immense panic and fear she felt now made her forget to catch her breath. Between sobs and gasps, she spoke:
"Mom is missing! Mom isn't on the mountain! My brother just had me sense something, and they told me that Mom was kidnapped by a bad guy!"
Upon hearing this, not only Cheng Zhen but also the city guards were utterly shocked.
Jiang Wan is not only a botanical expert whom they are trying their best to protect, but she is also the city lord's woman and the biological mother of the city lord's twin children!
Such an important person was kidnapped right under their noses, and they didn't even notice. This is their dereliction of duty!
A squad of city guards immediately bowed their heads and knelt down, voluntarily accepting their punishment.
Cheng Zhen was not in the mood to argue with them about their dereliction of duty.
He asked Jiang Xiaoxin, "Then ask her again, who took her? And where did they go?"
In fact, he was also very shocked and quickly realized a possibility: there was a traitor in his team!
Because the guards of Longxiang City were personally appointed and strictly controlled by him, if they were not from within the city, or were not people Jiang Wan was familiar with, they probably wouldn't have had the ability to take someone away quietly.
Soon, his idea was confirmed, and Jiang Xiaoxin told him the results she had sensed.
"He was very tall, had fair skin, and was very handsome. He was a man who wore gold-rimmed glasses. My mother called him Lian Chuan."
Lian Chuan? It was actually him!
This was something Cheng Zhen hadn't expected. He believed he hadn't treated Lian Chuan badly, and Lian Chuan had been behaving quite well in the city lately. He would go hunting when it was time to go hunting, dig for gold and stones when it was time to go hunting, or be responsible for carrying water. He had completely abandoned his former bureaucratic ways and seemed to have truly put aside his pride and integrated into life in the apocalypse.
It turned out that he was just a wolf in sheep's clothing, lying in wait, numbing everyone before revealing his fangs.
Cheng Zhen inwardly blamed himself for his carelessness, gritted his teeth, and asked, "Does Xin Xin know where they left from?"
Jiang Xiaoxin immediately pointed towards the mountain: "They left from the top of the mountain. They said there was something that made people invisible, and it was nasty. After drugging Mom, they got her onto that machine and then disappeared!"
Invisible machines? What are they?
Cheng Zhen quickly regained his composure and immediately opened the portal to bring Jiang Wan back.
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