Chapter 138 Hostage Exchange
When Wei Qingming woke up again, he found himself lying in the hospital with a man guarding him.
The man told Wei Qingming that he was Lu Yan's man and had been following Li Qingqing silently to protect her. However, he did not expect that the person who kidnapped Li Qingqing was not from the Jiang family but Lu Mingqi. This made them careless for a moment and fell into the trap of the Jiang family.
It was only then that Wei Qingming realized that Lu Mingqi was in cahoots with the Jiang family. So, if Lu Yan went against the Jiang family, wouldn't that be the same as going against his own father?
Wei Qingming suddenly felt a sense of respect for Lu Yan from the bottom of his heart. It seemed that father and son were not necessarily birds of a feather.
Before, he chose to help Lu Yan capture Mu Xingyi for Li Qingqing's sake. Now it seems that his help was right.
The man also told Wei Qingming that Lu Yan already knew that Li Qingqing was kidnapped by Lu Mingqi, and he would handle the matter, so he told him not to call the police for the time being to avoid further complications.
Wei Qingming shook his still dizzy head and nodded.
Lu Yan didn't even let his own father go for Li Qingqing. He should be more worried about Li Qingqing's safety than him, so he really doesn't need to worry now.
They captured her simply to use her to threaten Lu Yan. They just hoped that Lu Yan now had enough bargaining chips.
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No matter how careful you are, you can't guard against a thief in your own family. Lu Yan didn't expect that Lu Mingqi had colluded with the Jiang family to such an extent that he actually took the person away right under his nose.
He didn't reprimand his men, because he knew that this must have been arranged intentionally by Old Master Jiang. If anyone was to blame, he could only blame himself for not thinking carefully enough and actually still harboring a glimmer of hope for Lu Mingqi...
After calming down, he analyzed the current situation. The reason why Mr. Jiang captured Li Qingqing was simply to exchange hostages, so Li Qingqing would not be in any danger for the time being.
But if Lu Yan really let Mu Xingyi go back, all his efforts for so long might be in vain, and even the Jiang family would not let him go at all.
But if we don’t do this, what else can we do now?
Just when he was in a dilemma, one of his men came over and reported, "Mr. Lu, Doctor Mu said he wants to talk to you about something."
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After kidnapping Li Qingqing, Lu Mingqi took her directly to the Lu family villa and hid her there.
The most dangerous place is also the safest place. No matter how smart Lu Yan is, he would never have thought that he hid people here, right?
As the year was coming to an end, the servants had already been sent home by Lu Mingqi, and Song Jihe, at Lu Yan's suggestion, had just set off to return to her parents' home an hour ago.
Lu Mingqi locked Li Qingqing in a small room in the attic. Yes, this room was the small attic where Li Qingqing lived when she was a nanny in the Lu family.
Li Qingqing never thought that she would come back here one day, and she never thought it would be in this way.
She was brought here after being knocked unconscious, and the effect of the drug has not yet worn off. She only feels dizzy and has no strength in her body.
Lu Mingqi tied her hands and feet, sealed her mouth and nose, and finally threw her on the bed.
After doing all this, he rushed to the Jiang family to meet his fate with Old Master Jiang.
Li Qingqing was lying in this small room, wondering why Lu Mingqi suddenly wanted to kidnap her. Logically speaking, shouldn't the person who should kidnap her at this critical juncture be someone from the Jiang family?
Wait! Is Lu Mingqi in league with the Jiang family? Otherwise, there's no reason for Lu Mingqi to stand against Lu Yan.
Li Qingqing had to make this bold assumption.
She carefully recalled the plan that Lu Yan had told her in the western suburbs villa. Although he did not tell her all the details of the plan, she probably guessed some of it.
Because if Lu Yan just wanted to bring down the Jiang family, he shouldn't worry about the future of the two of them, unless he had to make some necessary sacrifices in the process, and this necessary sacrifice was Lu Mingqi...
Then everything would make sense.
As for why Lu Yan didn't tell her, maybe it was because he didn't want to put too much pressure on her? After all, no one wants their love path to be paved with the corpses of their loved ones.
Li Qingqing didn't know the details, but she knew that if it weren't for her, this ending might have come later.
For some reason, Li Qingqing suddenly remembered what Wei Qingming said to her before going to Country F.
At that time, Lu Yan had just given her a breakup fee of 100 million yuan plus an apartment in the city center. When Wei Qingming heard about it, he just said that the Lu family's money was not clean. Maybe those people in the circle already knew something?
Although these are just speculations for now, what is certain is that Lu Mingqi is definitely standing on the opposite side of Lu Yan, and the reason he kidnapped himself is nothing more than to use himself to threaten Lu Yan.
Thinking of this, Li Qingqing was very upset. She actually held Lu Yan back at the critical moment of his plan, but what else could she do now... ?
Thinking back to the present, Li Qingqing put her ear to the bed and listened carefully to the noise outside. After Lu Mingqi locked the attic door, he went downstairs and finally closed the door of the villa.
After that, the whole villa fell into silence.
Li Qingqing continued to listen to the noise outside while trying to find a way to save herself.
About ten minutes later, Li Qingqing heard the sound of the villa door opening again, but this time the footsteps were obviously different from Lu Mingqi's.
It sounded like the sound of high heels stepping on the ground. Li Qingqing's drowsy head was immediately awakened by the crisp sound.
But because the sound came from the first floor, she couldn't hear it clearly.
After a while, she heard the sound of high heels stepping on the wooden stairs. The footsteps became closer and closer, and finally stopped at the door of the storage room next door.
She pricked up her ears and listened carefully for a while. She heard the sound of the door of the storage room next door being opened, and also vaguely heard the voice of a woman talking to herself.
Only then did she confirm that the person who came back should be Song Jihe, because Song Jihe was the only woman in the family who knew how to wear high heels.
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It turned out that Song Jihe had forgotten to take a set of jewelry with him, so he turned back temporarily.
That set of jewelry was given to Song Jihe by her grandmother. It was a set of eighteen-bead oriental pearls originating from the royal family of the Qing Dynasty. It was an antique and not easy to wear, but it was of great collection value.
Song Jihe thought that if it was really as Lu Yan had told her, the Lu family might be in trouble, so she had to take such a valuable thing back to her parents' home.
Although Li Qingqing has confirmed the other party's identity at this time, the question is whether Song Jihe knows that she was kidnapped by Lu Mingqi?
After all, they are husband and wife, and they are like grasshoppers on the same rope...
But Li Qingqing thought again and felt that it was unlikely.
Song Jihe was just a housewife. She was probably unaware of the dispute between the father and son. And from another perspective, if the couple really joined forces to deal with their son, then Lu Yan would be in dire straits...
So Li Qingqing decided to take a gamble. If Song Jihe was on her side, she would make a profit, but if not, she would not lose anything.
But now comes the more difficult problem.
Because the anesthetic effect had not yet worn off, Li Qingqing found that her whole body was sore and her throat was tight, and she could not make a sound.
how so? !
If she can't send a signal for help now, she will have no chance once Song Jihe comes downstairs!
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