Chapter 292, Counterattack Begins
The Pei family has Si Nian's chess piece...
Huo Zhigui was abducted silently, and that person also accurately cleared all the surveillance cameras. The person who could do this was obviously someone who was very familiar with the internal structure of the Pei family.
But, the Pei family's current servants and guards...
Pei Xiao smiled bitterly. "Those people are all close associates of my mother or father, and have worked in our Pei family for at least ten years. If Si Nian is one of them, when did that guy Si Nian start planning this?"
"From the time my father got married, from the time her brother died, or from the time your mother got married..." Jiang Ran scratched his hair twice and smiled bitterly, "Don't underestimate that woman's scheming and perversion."
Pei Xiao: "..."
Huo Lingyin was anxious: "What should we do now?"
Jiang Ran said calmly, "She dug up the grave and kidnapped Madam Pei just to exchange for the reagents I have. Wait, she will contact me soon."
"What if she doesn't want the reagents, but only wants revenge?" Huo Lingyin frowned. "You also said that the woman was trapped by love. Now she has Professor Jiang's ashes. If she..."
"No." Jiang Ran said, "She dug up the grave, so she should know that there is nothing in it."
Huo Lingyin was stunned: "Nothing... nothing?"
She was a smart person and immediately understood the twists and turns: "You knew she would come?!"
"I know." Jiang Ran's eyes were cold and his tone was sarcastic. "That woman transformed my father into a mutant just to trap him... Everything she did was for her so-called love. Now that her love has been taken away from her, how could she remain indifferent?"
Huo Lingyin frowned: "You mean Si Nian is still in the Dongchao base?"
"Even if she's here, it'll be hard for us to find her if she doesn't show up."
Si Nian had worked in Dongchao City for many years and knew everything about the place. If she really wanted to hide, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack for them to find her.
"What...what should we do now?" Huo Lingyin turned around twice, irritated. "We can't just sit there and wait for death."
"I didn't expect her to kidnap Madam Pei." Jiang Ran looked at Pei Xiao, "What is Commander Pei's plan?"
"Father has already mobilized the special ability team to search for him." Pei Xiao said, "Also, the Shi family is here too."
"The Shi family?" So many things had happened in the past few days that Jiang Ran almost forgot about the Shi family. "This is too much of a coincidence."
"Hmm, it's indeed a coincidence." Pei Xiao's eyes were clouded. "I'm afraid this Dongchao base isn't just Si Nian's pawn."
It is definitely not just a coincidence that the Shi family "happened" to visit again today.
"Where is Pei Shuai now?"
"Military Building." Huo Lingyin curled her lips. "Shi Yujiao is here too."
"Is that so?" Jiang Ran had a destination in mind. "Since Pei Shuai isn't here, Pei Xiao, let's go to your house first."
Go to Pei's house?
Guessing she was looking for information about Huo Zhiju's disappearance, Huo Lingyin said, "We've checked every possible area of the villa, but there are no clues."
Jiang Ran was not surprised: "I know - I just want to go to the Pei family to meet someone first."
"Um?"
"Si Nian's chess piece."
…
Before leaving, Jiang Ran whispered a few words to Chu Yuan. The latter did not go to Pei's house with them, but stayed in the apartment.
…
Because of the disappearance of the hostess, the atmosphere in the whole villa was very depressed.
The servants were trembling with fear, worried that they would be fired by the Pei family and lose their place to make a living, so they were inevitably absent-minded when doing their work.
Unlike the servants who were walking on thin ice, the maid did not discuss her master's kidnapping with anyone. She stayed away from the crowd and wiped the table quietly by herself.
"Xiao Lai." Someone called her, "The young master wants you to go to the study."
"Oh well."
The maid put away the rag, tidied her clothes, and went to the study on the second floor.
Pei Xiao was not the only one in the study, Jiang Ran and Huo Lingyin were also there.
Seeing her come in, Pei Xiao tapped the table lightly and spoke to Jiang Ran in a low voice: "She is my mother's personal maid."
Jiang Ran nodded without saying anything.
"Master, Miss Jiang, Miss Huo." The maid greeted the three of them neither servile nor arrogant, lowering her head and glancing at Jiang Ran from time to time. "Master, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Pei Xiao said: "It's not me, it's Miss Jiang who wants to ask you about something."
"yes."
Jiang Ran looked at the ordinary-looking girl and spoke in a soft voice, like a spring breeze, which made people unconsciously relax their guard: "I heard that you delivered milk to the lady last night?"
"Yes," the maid replied, "I remember it was 10:20 p.m. - Madam has had trouble sleeping lately, so I bring her a glass of milk every night."
"At that time, was Madam still in the room?"
"This... of course it is."
"After delivering the milk, you went back to your room to rest. The next time you went upstairs was this morning. When you went upstairs, you found that your wife was gone, right?"
"Yes. Madam finished her milk, and I washed the cup and went back to the room."
"How old are you this year?" Jiang Ran suddenly asked a completely unrelated question.
"Ah?" A look of confusion crossed the maid's face. "I'm twenty-one years old."
"I heard from Pei Xiao that you were an orphan taken in by the Madam?" Jiang Ran asked. "Where did you live when you were taken in by the Madam?"
"I forgot." Xiao Lai licked his lips and said hoarsely, "Before the madam took me in, I had a high fever. After I woke up, I forgot everything that happened before."
"Oh?" Jiang Ran looked at Pei Xiao, who nodded, confirming the maid's words.
"Amnesia? That's such a pity." Jiang Ran sighed nonchalantly and got straight to the point. "I heard that a person can discover subconscious memories and abilities under hypnosis. I have a friend who's very good at hypnosis. He happens to be at the Dongchao base. I'll ask him to help you."
"What?" The maid's eyes widened. "Hypnosis? I, I don't need it... It's just an insignificant memory. I don't have to recover it."
"How could it be an insignificant memory? Maybe after hypnosis, you'll remember who your biological parents are?"
"I don't……"
"Don't you understand?" Huo Lingyin interrupted the girl and said coldly, "We are doubting you - it has nothing to do with your memory. Whether you want to regain your memory or not, you must undergo hypnosis... We suspect that what you are saying now is a lie."
"Suspect... me?" Xiao Lai looked terrified. "Do you think I kidnapped Madam? Why would I do that? Madam is my savior and my second parent. Why would I harm her?"
"We don't know either." In stark contrast to the excited girl, Jiang Ran replied with a smile, "That's why we're thinking of using hypnosis to find the answer. Don't get excited yet. We don't just suspect you, but we can't deny that you have the biggest grudge. For the sake of your savior and reborn parents, please bear with me for a while."
(End of this chapter)
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