Is Chapter 104 just like this?
Jiang Shaofeng saw the reactions of the two people and wanted to laugh, but couldn't.
The two men's methods weren't particularly sophisticated, but for him at the time, they were like a bolt from the blue.
The parents who once loved him might one day abandon him, and his beloved younger brother might even become his enemy one day in the future.
The five-year-old child was at a loss and subconsciously wanted to seek help from his parents, but was warned by the two that if they knew that he knew the truth, it would give them a reason to not want him.
In a state of extreme panic, he believed almost everything the other person said and answered whatever they asked.
In this way, they took advantage of the child's vulnerable state of mind, found out the couple's usual outing times, and waited for the right opportunity to have Jiang's youngest son kidnapped.
"What, kidnapping? Have they gone mad?" Gao Min's face was rather unpleasant. Even though it wasn't her business, she felt an inexplicable sense of unease.
There really are so many people in this world who will do anything for money.
Jiang Shaofeng lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "They knocked me unconscious, took my brother away, pretended it was a kidnapping, and extorted money from my parents, warning them not to call the police. I was terrified at the time, and I kept crying when I got home. My mother saw me crying and cried with me, holding me and crying together."
"And then?"
"Later, my dad still called the police. When the police came to question me, they found something was wrong and shifted their investigation to those two people."
Jiang Shaofeng was very grateful to his adoptive parents because they were very restrained after learning the truth. They did not lose their temper in front of him, nor did they blame him.
But after comforting him, the mother he thought was the most gentle one in the world would not be able to help but run to another room and yell, cry, smash things, and become hysterical.
Although his father would sometimes tell him strictly what he should and should not do, he loved his family very much. Sometimes, when he woke up in the middle of the night, he would get up alone and sit there smoking all night.
They hid all their negative emotions and didn't want him to see them.
But the more he felt this way, the more guilty Jiang Shaofeng felt. He had ruined his family, hurt his parents who loved him the most, and hurt his younger brother who loved him the most.
"Didn't... he come back to life?" Gao Min asked, knowing full well that Jiang Shaofeng's younger brother was in grave danger, but she still couldn't help but hold onto a sliver of hope.
"They never intended for him to come back alive from the beginning; the extortion was just their insatiable greed for more money."
Ye Wanxi, who had been silent since she asked the first question,
"So, they got arrested, but your brother went missing."
"Yes, after those two were arrested, they told the police that I was jealous of how much my brother was loved by our parents, so I asked them to take him away and abandon him. I was the mastermind, and they were just accomplices."
Upon hearing this, Gao Min finally couldn't help but swear: "How can they say something like that, pushing the blame onto a child!"
Jiang Shaofeng pursed his lips. The police naturally could not believe the nonsense of these two people, but their actions still indirectly brought a considerable psychological shadow to Jiang Shaofeng.
"That child..."
“When they were first arrested, they lied and said the child was dead. Later, when they learned that the child was dead, they knew they would be sentenced to a heavier sentence, so they changed their story and said that they had just taken the child to a remote, desolate mountain area and lost him, and that the child was not dead.”
Jiang Shaofeng paused here, then continued, "When my parents took people there to look for it, they didn't find it. Besides, that place is really remote, and it's said that wild animals roam there..."
"You suspect he was carried off by a wild animal and unfortunately died?" Gao Min suddenly realized, no wonder Jiang Shaofeng reacted so strongly when he heard that his brother was still alive.
After searching aimlessly for so many years, they didn't know whether the other person was alive or dead. Now they can confirm that the other person is still alive, which at least proves that their efforts over the years were not in vain.
This alone was enough to excite Jiang Shaofeng.
Not to mention, he has probably been trapped in the guilt and panic of possibly killing his brother all these years. Now that he knows that the mistake he made is not irreversible, shouldn't he cry with joy?
“Many people said that at the time, but my parents and I didn’t want to believe that my brother was gone. Over the years, we have never given up looking for him.”
Jiang Shaofeng closed his eyes. His parents almost turned the mountain upside down but still couldn't find his brother.
When he returned home, he held her tightly and said, "I've already lost him, I can't lose you too." These words were deeply etched in Jiang Shaofeng's heart, and he has never forgotten them even after all these years.
Jiang Shaofeng's eyes were red and he looked at Ye Wanxi with anticipation.
Ye Wanxi stared at him for a while before giving her answer: "Two weeks later, at 2 a.m., at Chengnan Airport."
Jiang Shaofeng was shocked: "You mean, he lives in the same city as me?"
"Not now." But it came two weeks later.
Jiang Shaofeng was so excited that his heart was about to jump out of his chest. He wished he could travel to half a month in the future right now and bring her home.
Fortunately, his agent hadn't been blinded by joy and hurriedly asked, "Is there anything else? What does it look like specifically? Perhaps you could be more specific about the location, as Seongnam Airport is quite large."
Ye Wanxi smiled but remained silent. Her manager frowned, about to ask again, when Jiang Shaofeng stopped her.
"Thank you. Once my parents and I find my brother, we'll definitely thank you properly." Jiang Shaofeng paused, then added, "As long as it's within our capabilities, you can name your terms."
His words reminded Ye Wanxi of the important matter at hand.
"Forget about the rest, I've heard your family has quite a wide network of connections."
Jiang Shaofeng's agent's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he thought Ye Wanxi wanted to use this favor to let the Jiang family give her more top resources.
Jiang Shaofeng was also taken aback, but his thoughts were completely opposite to those of his agent.
If Ye Wanxi really only wanted resources, it actually relieved him, since the hardest thing to repay in this world is a favor.
But once human relationships take on concrete value, it might not be a bad thing for people like them.
"My parents do have quite a few close friends."
“I urgently need a batch of rare and precious Chinese medicinal herbs, but there are too many fakes on the market, and I don’t know where to get them. If you can find your brother, could your parents please help me find out where I can buy genuine herbs? Of course, it would be even better if you could also help me make connections.”
Jiang Shaofeng's expression froze, and his agent couldn't help but look surprised.
"That's all...?"
"Otherwise, what do you think I wanted to say?" Ye Wanxi saw through their thoughts at a glance and chuckled, "To be quick to help others in their time of need and to share their worries. What you think is worthwhile may not be what I need."
(End of this chapter)
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