When his gaze met Shang Wu's red-rimmed eyes and Lu Rang's ashen face, his heart sank to the bottom.
"Xiaowu... has been kidnapped." Shang Wu choked up as she said this cruel truth.
Fu Yan's body swayed almost imperceptibly. He clenched his fists tightly, his eyes instantly filled with terrifying bloodshot veins, like a wild beast on the verge of losing control. "What do the kidnappers want?" His voice was terribly hoarse.
“Five hundred million in cash, to be traded tomorrow at noon,” Lu Rang replied in a deep voice. At this moment, he had forced himself to calm down and think of a solution.
"I'll pay for it!" Fu Yan roared almost immediately, his eyes filled with a desperate madness. "I'll go prepare it right now! Tell me the location of the transaction, and I'll go ransom her!"
He was about to rush out when he said that, and he really seemed to be planning to go into the lion's den all by himself.
"Fu Yan! Stop right there!" Lu Rang shouted sternly to stop him. "Calm down! They are desperate criminals. If you go alone, you won't be able to save Xiao Wu. You might even provoke them and cause them to kill her! We can't risk Xiao Wu's life!"
Shang Wu quickly pulled him back: "Yan Yan, don't be impulsive! We're already preparing to call the police and let the professionals handle this!"
"Call the police? No way!" Fu Yan turned around abruptly, his eyes bloodshot. "What if they find out? Xiao Wu will be in danger! I can't let her take any risks! I have to go!"
He had completely lost his usual calm and rationality, and only one thought remained in his mind—to save Lu Yuwu, at any cost.
Lu Zheng looked at the young man before him, who was almost out of control for his granddaughter, his eyes filled with complex emotions. He spoke in a deep voice, with the authority of the head of the family: "Young man of the Fu family, we understand your feelings. But now is not the time for reckless courage! The kidnappers are extremely vicious, and we must plan carefully to ensure that nothing goes wrong!"
With everyone's strong persuasion and calm analysis, Fu Yan's manic emotions were barely suppressed, but his clenched fists and tense body still showed his inner anxiety and the power that could explode at any moment.
The operation to rescue Lu Yuwu began tensely under the sudden shadow of a kidnapping. The original dispute over the arranged marriage seemed insignificant at this moment. Everyone's heart was focused on the young girl whose fate remained unknown.
The abandoned factory was empty and gloomy, filled with the smell of rust and dust. Only a few pale rays of moonlight shone through the broken windows, barely illuminating a small area in the center.
Lu Yuwu had her hands tied behind her back and her mouth taped shut as she curled up on the cold cement floor.
Her face was streaked with tears, but her eyes held a stubborn anger as she stared intently at the figure in the distance, dressed in a white dress, who looked somewhat eerie in the dim light.
Jin Ting.
The factory gate creaked heavily as it was pushed open from the outside.
A tall, slender figure walked in against the faint light of the day outside the door.
Fu Yan carried a heavy black leather suitcase, his gaze sharp as a hawk's, quickly sweeping across the entire space before finally settling on Lu Yuwu.
Seeing that she was disheveled but seemingly unharmed, his tense nerves relaxed slightly, but the coldness in his eyes intensified.
"I brought the money. Release them." Fu Yan's voice echoed in the empty factory, cold and devoid of any warmth.
Jin Ting looked at him with a twisted and obsessive smile on her face. She slowly walked over, her eyes crazed: "Brother Yan, you've finally come. I knew it. You would do anything for her."
She didn't even glance at the suitcase, but stared intently at Fu Yan's face: "But I don't want money. What's the use of money? I want you... I want you to marry me."
Fu Yan's pupils contracted, and his jawline tightened: "Are you crazy?"
"I've gone mad!" Jin Ting's voice suddenly rose, trembling with hysterical sobs. "You've driven me mad! I've liked you since I was little, and I tried so hard to be good enough for you, to become sensible! But what about you? You only have eyes for Lu Yuwu! What's so great about her? Why does she deserve all your love! Even Aunt Fu doesn't want me anymore because of you! I have nothing left!"
She pointed at Lu Yuwu on the ground, her eyes filled with venom: "If you agree to marry me and swear to my face that you will only love me from now on, I will let her go. Otherwise..." A cruel smile appeared on her face, "I will have my men slash her face! Tell me, if she becomes an ugly monster, will you still like her?"
Two men dressed in a sleazy style emerged from the shadows, holding gleaming daggers and looking at Lu Yuwu with ill intent.
Lu Yuwu stared wide-eyed in terror, her body involuntarily shrinking back, making a "woo-woo" sound.
Fu Yan stared at the blade approaching Lu Yuwu, his heart nearly stopping. He forced himself to calm down, his gaze fixed on the emotionally unstable Jin Ting, his mind racing.
“Okay.” Fu Yan suddenly spoke, his voice unexpectedly calm, even carrying a hint of weary compromise. “I agree.”
Jin Ting was stunned, seemingly not expecting him to agree so readily. A look of wild joy flashed across her face: "Really? You swear!"
"I swear." Fu Yan looked at her with deep eyes and slowly walked towards her step by step. "As long as you release her, I, Fu Yan, will marry you, Jin Ting, and will only be good to you from now on."
His tone was so earnest, his eyes so "focused," as if he had truly made up his mind. Jin Ting was captivated by his sudden "deep affection," watching him approach with a dazed look, her guard gradually crumbling in her ecstasy.
Just as Fu Yan was only a step away from Jin Ting, his eyes suddenly turned fierce. Like a cheetah pouncing on its prey, he slammed the suitcase in his hand hard against a man holding a knife next to him. At the same time, his body rushed towards Jin Ting like an arrow. Before she could react, he tackled her to the ground and tightly restrained her wrists with both hands!
"Attack!" The man who had been hit on the arm by the suitcase and staggered back in pain roared, and together with another accomplice, they charged at Fu Yan with knives!
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