When Qin Huo and Lan Jin got up and went downstairs, the villa was quiet, leading them to believe that their precious granddaughter had gone to play in the garden.
After finishing breakfast, they went to the garden.
In the familiar flower bushes, there was no one, not even the big white goose.
Qin Huo furrowed his brows and curiously murmured, "Where could Ann have gone to play?"
There were many places to play in the Bay Villa, just like a few days ago when their granddaughter went to the golf course, and yesterday she went to play near the basketball court.
Lan Jin scanned the surroundings but didn’t see the lovely figure of their granddaughter within her sight.
She waved and called a bodyguard, "Where is Ann?"
The bodyguard looked puzzled.
If he remembered correctly, Miss An’an had already returned from the garden to the villa and hadn’t come out again.
But he was afraid he might be mistaken, so he tapped the Bluetooth earpiece he was wearing, the internal communication device for the Bay Villa security.
After asking the other bodyguards and receiving a unanimous answer, the bodyguard replied, "Old Madam, Miss An’an returned from the garden to the castle an hour ago and hasn’t come out since."
"The castle?" Qin Huo furrowed his brows again.
"Why didn’t I hear anything just now?"
Could it be that he was getting old and his ears weren’t working well?
Lan Jin also thought that she was getting old.
They supported each other and returned to the castle.
"Ann, Ann?"
Lan Jin’s heart faintly felt uneasy.
She let go of her husband’s hand and called out while walking quickly into the living room.
There was no one in the living room.
Just as she was about to turn around and go to the chess room to take a look, she caught a glimpse of a piece of paper on the table.
The paper was pressed down by a delicate ornament, preventing it from flying away.
Lan Jin paused for a moment, turned back abruptly, walked to the table, and picked up the paper.
The paper was filled with drawings.
There was a pig, a milk bottle, bread, and biscuits, a big white goose, and a big person with long hair, as well as a small person who looked like a child but seemed like an adult.
On the paper, there were also two houses and a prominent red brush marked arrows going back and forth between the two houses.
Lan Jin furrowed her brows tightly.
She recognized one of the houses as their villa, but where was the other house?
This was drawn by their granddaughter, without a doubt.
Why did their granddaughter draw these?
Qin Huo arrived late, seeing her serious expression, he hurriedly approached, leaning on his cane and running, "What’s wrong? What’s wrong?"
He leaned over to take a look, "Ann drew this? What does she mean by drawing these?" Was it just for fun?
Lan Jin didn’t speak, her brain quickly spinning. In the next moment, she shouted at the surrounding bodyguards, "Search for Ann in the Bay Villa."
"Yes, Old Madam!"
All the bodyguards responded in unison and conveyed her orders.
The entire Bay Villa’s bodyguards mobilized, searching for any trace of Ann.
"The castle, nothing."
"The basketball court, nothing."
"The golf course, nothing."
"The pool garden, nothing."
...
With each report, Qin Huo and Lan Jin couldn’t sit still anymore.
Lan Jin’s voice trembled, "Quick, call Haochen."
After saying this, she took out her phone in a hurry, her fingers trembling, pressing several times before dialing the number correctly.
Qin Huo’s heart was in a panic, and he reluctantly said comforting words, "Don’t worry, we checked the surveillance. Ann didn’t leave the Bay Villa. The Bay Villa is so big, the bodyguards haven’t finished searching yet."
Lan Jin took a deep breath and pressed the phone to her ear.
After a few beeps, someone finally answered. It was the assistant, He Yan, "Old Madam, the president is in a meeting, you..."
"To hell with his meeting! Ann is missing!"
Lan Jin angrily interrupted, "Tell him to come home immediately!"
He Yan took a deep breath and immediately rushed into the meeting room, "President!"
When Qin Haochen saw his assistant’s unpleasant expression, his heart suddenly panicked.
He Yan approached him and lowered his voice, "President, Miss An’an is missing!"
Qin Haochen stood up abruptly, leaving the meeting room with a chilling aura.
Inside the meeting room, the remaining executives looked at each other, their expressions filled with fear and apprehension.
"What happened?"
"What did Assistant He tell the president?"
"What’s going on here?"
"The president’s expression is so grim!"
... Although Qin Haochen didn’t give any instructions, He Yan knew what he had to do.
He immediately called the driver, "Bring the McLaren to the entrance of the company."
The driver immediately drove the backup sports car, McLaren, to the company entrance at the fastest speed.
As soon as the car stopped, Qin Haochen had already walked out of the company.
The driver didn’t dare to ask too much and quickly got out of the car.
Qin Haochen sat in the driver’s seat, and the sound of the engine roared.
In the blink of an eye, the McLaren disappeared from the entrance of the Qin Corporation.
He Yan immediately made another call, ordering someone to quickly clear the road leading to the Bay Villa, not allowing any delays, not even a second at a red light.
The driver brought back the Bentley that the president usually used, carrying He Yan, and they headed to the Bay Villa together.
Villa Bay.
Every corner was searched over and over again, but there was no sign of Qin Sui’an.
The surveillance footage was repeatedly reviewed, and finally, Qin Sui’an’s figure vanished in the villa’s living room.
After that, there was nothing. The surveillance at the entrance gate of Villa Bay also failed to capture Qin Sui’an leaving.
Lan Jin tried her best to remain calm.
"Keep searching, expand the scope."
"Yes, Old Madam!" Replied the others.
Qin Huo anxiously paced around but still made an effort to stay composed.
"Don’t worry, Little Jin. Ann is still young. Even if she left Villa Bay, she couldn’t have gone far. Don’t worry."
The range of Villa Bay was vast, and the only road leading outstretched for several kilometers. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
Even adults would need over an hour to walk it.
Lan Jin nodded, maintaining a calm expression.
The next moment, she felt a sharp pain in her chest, a metallic taste rising in her throat, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out.
Immediately, darkness engulfed her, and she fainted in an instant.
"Little Jin!"
Qin Huo quickly supported her and instructed the bodyguards, "Go and fetch a doctor!"
"Yes, Old Sir!" Villa Bay descended into chaos.
Qin Haochen rushed to Villa Bay at the fastest speed.
He had no spare energy to blame anyone, his face covered in a thin layer of ice, allowing himself to think calmly.
He glanced at the hand-drawn picture by the little girl, then ordered the bodyguard, "Go to Ann’s room and check if the pink pig backpack is there."
The bodyguard didn’t move, bowing deeply.
"President, Miss An’an took the backpack you mentioned downstairs and asked me to prepare food for her, which she put inside the backpack."
Qin Haochen stared coldly at him.
"And then?"
"And then... Miss An’an started drawing in the living room," the bodyguard’s head drooped even lower.
Qin Haochen didn’t ask further, his gaze shifting to the others.
"Who was responsible for guarding the entrance of Villa Bay?"
Several bodyguards stepped forward.
"President... we didn’t see Miss An’an leaving Villa Bay, and the surveillance footage also didn’t capture her leaving."
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