Chapter 382 Something Happened
Old Master Shen opened his mouth wide, his pupils contracted sharply, and a hoarse sound suddenly came from his throat.
Then, he suddenly convulsed, froze, and fell silent.
The doctor quickly examined the person and found that they had already passed away.
"It's possible that the intracranial hemorrhage is severe; in this situation, even if you're taken to the hospital, you might not survive."
Shen Jingxiu tightened his expression, having no interest in the old man's funeral arrangements, and turned to pick up the phone...
Ji Ying and Madam Shen were taken to a villa in the suburbs of Beijing.
The first heavy snow has arrived.
Pang Daiyao sat by the fireplace, warming himself.
Ji Ying and Madam Shen were roughly pushed into the house.
As Madam Shen staggered, she used her body to shield Ji Ying, preventing her from falling.
“These two women can’t cause any trouble. Untie them,” Pang Daiyao’s secretary said.
Madam Shen was untied, shook her arms, and looked at Pang Daiyao.
"If you want what my husband has, just tie me up and bring me here. Why bring a stranger? Are you afraid that too few people will know what you've been doing?"
Grandpa Pang didn't even lift his eyes.
“There are no irrelevant people here. I want Qixia’s core data. Nobody’s leaving until it’s handed over.”
Ji Ying's heart sank.
What happened that made him decide to get double insurance?
She composed herself, walked up to Pang Daiyao, deliberately waved her car keys, and raised her voice, "I don't have 'Qixia' data with me, but can you let me go back to get it?"
Enraged by his statement that he couldn't see the situation clearly, Pang Daiyao snatched the car keys from her hand and threw them into the fireplace.
With a loud "bang!"
The keychain briefly ignited upon contact with the fire.
Ji Ying raised an eyebrow.
Pang Daiyao ignored the commotion and ordered his secretary in a gloomy tone, "Cut off one of her fingers and send it to Qing Sui. Xiao Chang will definitely hand over the item."
"cut……"
The soft snort came from Madam Shen.
"'Qixia' technology is currently Qing Sui's trade secret. It can make Qing Sui a lot of money. Xiao Chang has no relation to her. As for his sister's affair..."
Madam Shen glanced at Ji Ying.
"...and he's still connected to this person. Only a fool would use the company's core secrets to exchange for an enemy who caused his sister to be lying in a hospital bed."
Ji Ying's breath hitched at Madam Shen's words.
She doesn't need Madam Shen to do anything for her!
Not at all!!
But Pang Daiyao's thoughts had already been guided by Madam Shen's words.
“You’re absolutely right. We should put pressure on Shen Jingxiu. He’ll not only hand over the USB drive, but he can also use his influence to force Xiao Chang to hand over the ‘Qixia’ data. That’s a much more likely scenario.”
"Wh...what?"
Madam Shen pretended to be very scared and backed away step by step.
Pang Daiyao gestured, and two burly men stepped forward and captured Madam Shen.
The blade flashed, the little finger fell to the ground, and Madam Shen's scream pierced Ji Ying's heart.
Her heart was pounding and her stomach was churning, but she couldn't show any sign of discomfort at this moment, otherwise Madam Shen's efforts for her would have been in vain.
At this moment, Liang Yizhi walked in.
Pang Daiyao glanced at the severed finger in the box and said, "Send this to the Shen family mansion."
Liang Yizhi gestured to the person behind him to take it.
"We just received news that Shen Jingxiu may be making a big move, which is very unfavorable for you. Should we make arrangements for your escape route?"
Pang Daiyao seemed to have been prepared, and snorted coldly, "What trouble can he cause? Give him a day to hand over his things. We... will leave tonight."
"Evacuate? Where to?" Liang Yizhi asked.
Pang Daiyao was a cunning old fox. "I have my own plans. The journey is long, so you take good care of Pang Yin."
Liang Yizhi nodded, and as he turned around, his gaze swept quickly over Ji Ying.
Although her face was slightly pale, she stood ramrod straight.
Liang Yizhi pushed open the door and went out without looking back.
However, after Madam Shen's severed finger was sent to the Shen residence, the entire mansion remained as still as a deep pool, without the slightest ripple.
Night falls.
A convoy disguised as a medical equipment transport vehicle, along with three SUVs, was ready to depart at the entrance of the villa.
Ji Ying and Madam Shen were led out with their hands tied behind their backs.
Pang Yin was the last one to appear.
She sat in a wheelchair, her whole body wrapped in a thick down jacket and hat.
However, through the sliver of skin that was exposed and her hunched figure, it was quite obvious that her physical condition was extremely poor.
“You and Pang Yin are in the same car,” Pang Daiyao said to Liang Yizhi.
But Liang Yizhi calmly replied, "I trust Pang Yin with you. Escorting the hostages is crucial; there can't be any mishaps along the way. You can trust these Southeast Asians, but I can't."
His words struck a chord with Pang Daiyao, who, in truth, also distrusted these Southeast Asians.
But the elite soldiers he had personally trained over the years needed to stay by his side to protect him, and could not be transferred to escort the vehicles.
He glanced at Liang Yizhi and finally acquiesced to his arrangement.
Liang Yizhi immediately carried Pang Yin into the car that Pang Daiyao was riding in.
“Let’s go. What’s so interesting about this heartless man?” Madam Shen said to Ji Ying.
However, Pang Daiyao did not completely trust Liang Yizhi, so he assigned a man from Southeast Asia to accompany the carriage.
The convoy started.
Liang Yizhi glanced at the rearview mirror and said to the Southeast Asian man in the passenger seat, "Untie them. The car is locked; they can't escape. If something goes wrong, it will delay our trip."
The people of Southeast Asia agreed with him and did as he said.
As soon as the ropes on her hands were untied, Ji Ying was overwhelmed by nausea and dizziness.
Madam Shen immediately helped her lie down, placing her head on her lap, and asked softly, "Is this better?"
Ji Ying closed her eyes and clenched her teeth tightly, trying not to vomit.
Madam Shen said anxiously, "If only we could smell some orange peel..."
"Behave yourself!" Liang Yizhi said coldly in a low voice.
The convoy paused for reorganization before the highway entrance.
He got out of the car, walked quickly to a small shop by the roadside, and bought a bag of tangerines.
Pang Daiyao lowered the car window, his gaze cold and detached. "We're very pressed for time."
Liang Yizhi calmly dismissed his doubts, "The journey is long, and we might encounter random checks. If she causes a commotion on the way, it will attract attention and cause even more trouble."
Pang Daiyao didn't say anything more and rolled up the car window.
The convoy then entered the highway and sped towards Chushi.
Along the way, with the help of tangerines and Madam Shen's acupressure massage, Ji Ying's condition improved.
They even had the energy to complain halfway through, "Why aren't these oranges sour?"
Liang Yizhi glanced at the rearview mirror but didn't say anything.
At the same time they set off, Shen Jingxiu started a live broadcast during prime time that evening.
Holding his identification and facing the camera, he made no charges against Pang Daiyao. Instead, he claimed that he was "searching for witnesses to the murder case at the border of Kunlan and Lanzhou fourteen years ago" and revealed that he was attacked while carrying important chip data, and that his USB drive had been lost ever since.
"The reason I haven't spoken out for so many years is because Grandpa Pang promised to catch the murderer and bring me justice. Alas... if the data hadn't been lost back then, our technology might be leading the world today."
His words were sincere and full of regret.
The live stream quickly went viral.
Without needing to name names, the clue that "the highly respected Elder Pang personally took over the case but nothing came of it" has already led astute netizens to point the finger directly at Pang Daiyao.
Xiao Chang had been unable to contact Ji Ying since the afternoon. After seeing the live broadcast, he knew that something must have happened to Ji Ying.
So after Shen Jingxiu's live broadcast ended, he took advantage of the buzz to release a statement disclosing that the application for special equipment access permits for "Qixia" technology had been repeatedly obstructed by a certain force, while he was privately coerced and lured by Pantian Group to hand over the technology.
Everyone knows that Pantian Group belongs to the Pang family.
The two events combined to ignite public opinion instantly, reaching a boiling point in public attention.
Therefore, the investigation into Pang Daiyao, which Liang Yizhi had previously initiated, was quickly launched.
That evening, a high-level investigation team was established.
But when they arrived at Pang Daiyao's stronghold, it was already deserted, and they only managed to control a few key members of the Pang family.
More than ten hours later, the disguised medical convoy arrived at the border city.
But for Ji Ying, this was her second time visiting Chushi.
Last time, I was kidnapped by Gu Yi's men.
Pang Daiyao just knew how to enjoy life much better than Gu Yi.
The convoy drove in a grand procession into a riverside sanatorium.
The backyard leads directly to an abandoned small cargo dock.
This is one of the stops on the retreat route that Pang Daiyao had reserved for himself.
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