In the back seat of the van, when Zhou Zuizui woke up, Wei Yi happened to be lying next to her.
Every time she moved, she felt an excruciating pain in the back of her head.
Zhou Zuizui narrowed her eyes, paused for a moment, and then remained motionless in her current position.
Not long ago, she and Wei Yi went to the restroom. When they came out, Wei Yi was waiting for her. As soon as Zhou Zuizui came out, a force suddenly rammed into her from behind. Before she could react, she fainted.
As for Wei Yi, the only thing she saw before she fainted was that she, like herself, fell into a man's arms.
The car was still bumping along as it drove off. The interior was pitch black. Zhou Zuizui glanced around and saw a row of seats in front of her. At that moment, a faint smell of smoke wafted from the front.
She pursed her lips, and taking advantage of the fact that the person in front of her wasn't paying attention, she subconsciously reached into her pocket for her phone, which was still bound, but it was no use; her phone was gone.
Zhou Zuizui frowned, listening to the sounds of the car in front.
"It's fucking raining."
"Yeah, damn it! This is a real chore."
"Damn, we have to do it no matter how hard it is. After we finish this job, we'll be rich and can go home and get a wife."
How much longer until we arrive?
"About half an hour," someone replied. "Unless it's raining heavily, it should only take half an hour."
"I wonder what grudge that person has against this one that would lead them to kidnap him..."
"How can you possibly guess what the rich are thinking?" someone joked. "But the problem now is, we only need to tie down one, what about the other one?"
Upon hearing this, the people in the car instantly fell silent.
Their initial job was to kidnap just one person, a beautiful woman with long hair. However, there were two people at the bathroom door, and they were acquaintances. To avoid being exposed, they had to knock both of them unconscious and kidnap them.
"It's alright, it's alright, we'll just talk about it when the time comes." Someone said with disdain, "If we hadn't kidnapped them, who knows what might have happened by now."
Everyone paused for a moment, then realized what he meant. They turned off the jammer and made a phone call.
After the shutter was turned off, a deep male voice coughed, signaling everyone to be quiet: "Everyone, be quiet."
Listening to the conversation outside, Zhou Zuizui roughly knew how many people there were. Including the leader, there were five people in total. She sat down in the first two rows and smiled.
That's right, she can use five grown men even if she's just one person.
Just as she was thinking this, Wei Yi on the side moved slightly. Just as she was about to speak, Zhou Zuizui immediately rubbed against her body.
Wei Yi was startled and looked at Zhou Zuizui, who was shaking her head at her. Her eyes were full of fear and dread, and she immediately swallowed back the words she was about to say. She had been well protected since childhood and had never encountered such things in the outside world.
For a moment, I was genuinely a little startled.
Zhou Zuizui blinked and, using the faint light, silently said: Quiet.
Duan Weiyi moved his head slightly, listening to the conversation in front of him.
"Hello."
"Okay, we're on our way now, and we'll be there in about twenty minutes."
"Don't worry, the person is innocent."
"I wasn't hurt."
"We avoided surveillance cameras all the way here."
They even had to switch vehicles halfway through the kidnapping before getting on the bus. This kidnapping was not a simple kidnapping, nor was it a spur-of-the-moment idea. This group of people had planned it well in advance.
After the person hung up the phone, they said to the others, "Check if the people in the back are awake."
Subconsciously, Zhou Zuizui and Duan Weiyi closed their eyes tightly, pretending to be unconscious.
"Boss, he's still not awake!"
The man called "Boss" paused, leaned closer to take a look, and subconsciously kicked Zhou Zuizui, but there was no reaction. He then sneered, "Good that he's not awake. Keep a close eye on him; there can't be any mistakes this time!"
"yes!"
On the other side, Zhou Ran looked at the two men who had gone mad and methodically gave instructions to the people below.
"Check all vehicles that left this shopping mall during this time period, especially ordinary cars and vans." He glanced up and said in a low voice, "Get the surveillance footage from every section of the road, quickly."
He looked at Shen Nan, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Take it easy for now. Tell me if your wife has offended anyone recently?"
Shen Nan looked at Zhou Ran, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Keep an eye on things here. I'm going out for a bit."
Duan Ziyu looked at the two of them: "When will we get the results?"
Zhou Ran: "Twenty minutes."
Duan Ziyu suppressed her anger, took out her phone and made a call, ordering someone to eliminate the source of the infection without hesitation in front of the two of them.
After doing all this, he looked at Shen Nan: "Do you have a direction?"
Shen Nan nodded: "Uncertain, but yes."
He looked at Duan Ziyu, having calmed down by now, and said in a deep voice, "I'll request that someone be transferred over immediately. Are you going to wait here for news, or..."
"You're going to find the target mission?"
Shen Nan nodded: "It's not certain yet, I need to make a trip."
"I'll go with you."
The two went directly to Jiayue Company, only to be told that their boss and his wife were on a business trip and hadn't returned yet. Shen Nan sneered, immediately pulling out his identification and demanding sharply, "When did you go on that business trip? Just the two of you? Where did you go, and what was the reason?"
The assistant trembled with fear and hurriedly said, "The day before yesterday... I went to Hai City because of a collaborative project..."
In an instant, everything Shen Nan asked was revealed.
He looked at Duan Ziyu and said in a deep voice, "Let's go."
After leaving the company, Shen Nan made a special trip to the Zhou family home. In truth, no one else could have caused Zhou Zuizui such suffering.
He guessed that they wanted to get the document back.
But Shen Nan never imagined that parents would kidnap their own daughter for profit!
Thinking about this filled him with heartache for Zhou Zuizui. What kind of life had she been living for the past twenty years?
After leaving the Zhou family, Shen Nan received a phone call from his father.
"What happened?" Shen's father only found out from a friend that Shen Nan had used his connections to get people from his subordinates involved.
Shen Nan paused before whispering, "Chui Chui has been kidnapped."
Father Shen was startled and quickly said, "Do you need more people? Just say so if you do."
Shen Nan smiled and said, "No need, I can handle it."
"Okay, call me if anything comes up."
"Um."
After hanging up the phone, Shen Nan and Duan Ziyu returned to the police station. Twenty minutes later, Shen Nan looked at the weak signal displayed on his phone and rushed to the location.
Fortunately, the signal was not completely blocked.
There was a brief moment when Zhou Zuizui was dragged off the car; she had a signal for a moment because of the anklet on her ankle, which was a gift from Shen Nan.
She always knew that there was a tracking signal inside one of the parts of the anklet.
Zhou Zuizui carefully concealed the anklet along the way, but unfortunately, the car's signal was blocked the entire time. There was only a minute when she first made the call, but that was on mobile, and Zhou Zuizui didn't know if Shen Nan could see it. However, she believed that Shen Nan would come to rescue her.
They were dragged into a dilapidated warehouse, and as soon as they were thrown in, the kidnapper looked at the two of them and said, "Oh, you're awake."
Zhou Zuizui didn't say a word, but glared fiercely at the group of people.
One of them scoffed and suddenly kicked Zhou Zuizui, yelling, "What the hell are you looking at?"
"Ah Hu, don't beat them too badly. We need to ensure their safety."
The man named Ah Hu snorted coldly, "I know."
Several people sat down in the warehouse, set up a table, and started chatting and laughing together. Zhou Zuizui glanced down at her desk and quietly moved back a little.
At this moment, the two were some distance away from the five people.
Duan Weiyi was a little scared and hid in her arms, stammering, "Sister, will something happen to us?"
"No, you won't," Zhou Zuizui comforted her, whispering, "Weiyi, I'll make sure you're alright."
She looked down at the gloomy weather and torrential rain outside, and said in a low voice, "Let's rest first. We'll eat something later and then think of a solution."
Duan Weiyi stared at her with wide eyes: "There's still food to eat?"
Zhou Zuizui hummed in agreement: "Yes."
She could tell that these people weren't after her life; they either wanted to teach her a lesson or they wanted to get their hands on the information she had. Either way, she could guess who had asked them to do it.
Actually, I'm not sad anymore. After all, it's not the first time I've known those two have this kind of personality—people who would do anything for profit. Zhou Zuizui already knew this back in junior high school. Now that I think about it, so many years have passed, there's really no need to be sad. But for some reason, my heart still aches.
I still feel uncomfortable.
She closed her eyes and rested against Wei Yi.
She thought that the two men probably never imagined that one day kidnapping their daughter would result in kidnapping two people at once.
Zhou Zuizui's eyelashes trembled; she was really tired and rested with Wei Yi.
When the two woke up again, they were kicked awake.
Zhou Zuizui raised her eyes and looked sharply at the person who had just arrived.
Ah Hu was taken aback, then spat and said, "Get up and eat."
Zhou Zuizui paused for a moment: "Our hands."
Ah Hu glanced at the people sitting not far away watching them and sneered, "Untie them, we'll keep an eye on things here, nothing will happen."
"I don't believe they can escape."
Zhou Zuizui really didn't intend to run. If she were alone, she might have run, but with Wei Yi still beside her, she wouldn't run no matter what. She could run, but Wei Yi couldn't.
The food was cold; no one knew where the person had bought it. Although Zhou Zuizui couldn't eat, she still managed to eat a couple of bites. Who knew when the next meal would come, or how long these people planned to keep them tied up?
After Zhou Zuizui and Wei Yi finished eating, the man ran out to answer a phone call. When he returned, his expression was cold and stern. He dragged Zhou Zuizui out and grabbed her chin, asking, "Miss Zhou."
Zhou Zuizui lowered her eyes and looked at the man in front of her: "What exactly do you want to do?"
The man scoffed, "You're holding something you shouldn't have. Hand it over now."
Zhou Zuizui stiffened for a moment, then pursed her lips and said, "I don't understand what you're saying?"
The man chuckled: "We can still have a friendly conversation now, but if you don't cooperate properly, things won't be like this in a little while."
The man sneered, pinching her chin with a slight force, as if pulling her up: "Will you talk or not?"
"I don't understand." She looked up at the man in front of her and gritted her teeth, "Who's behind you? Call them out and I'll get the things for you right away."
You think I'd believe that?
Zhou Zuizui's eyelashes trembled slightly. "Is that so? Then don't believe me. You'll never get your hands on it."
"You fucking refuse a toast only to suffer the consequences!" The next second, Ah Hu rushed up and grabbed Zhou Zuizui's hair, slapping her across the face.
"No! Sister!"
Duan Weiyi watched from a short distance away, her heart pounding with fear: "Sister!"
"Damn it, you little bitch." Another person grabbed Duan Weiyi, who was trying to get past.
Zhou Zuizui was so dizzy from the beating that she saw stars in front of her. After a while, she collapsed to the ground.
"Ah Hu, what are you doing?"
"Brother! They only said to spare her life, not that we can't beat or scold her." He said, "Since she won't hand it over honestly, let's beat her until she does."
Zhou Zuizui bit her lip so hard that blood came out.
No matter how much she was beaten, she didn't utter a sound.
Just as things were getting intense, someone suddenly kicked the door open. In the next instant, Zhou Zuizui caught a glimpse of the light outside and the man who walked in.
Shen Nan was filled with malice and beat people to death.
With each punch and kick, blood flew everywhere.
When Zhou Ran ran in from the back, he discovered that Shen Nan and Duan Ziyu were about to kill all five people inside.
"Brother Nan!" Zhou Ran called out, looking at Lu Jiaxiu: "Quickly, hold him down!"
Shen Nan stepped on the man's head and kicked him hard: "Hit my wife? You fucking hit her!"
The next moment, Shen Nan was hugged by Lu Jiaxiu: "Damn it, Brother Nan, you'll be punished for this!"
Shen Nan scoffed, his ferocity and malevolence were too obvious. He pushed Lu Jiaxiu away and kicked the man hard again.
"ah……"
Duan Ziyu wasn't as strong as Shen Nan, but he wasn't to be underestimated either. He punched the two men in front of him until they were both bruised and swollen, and even broke their legs. He really brought a lot of ruthlessness to his fight.
"Brother Nan! Look at your sister-in-law, look at your sister-in-law first!" Lu Jiaxiu couldn't control Shen Nan at all, so he could only use Zhou Zuizui to divert his attention.
Sure enough, Shen Nan was stunned for a moment, and Lu Jiaxiu seized the opportunity, ordering a police officer to take him away, thus saving him from the possibility of being beaten to death.
Shen Nan looked at Zhou Zuizui lying on one side, and without paying any attention, knelt down in front of her and carefully helped her up: "Wife."
"Hmm..." Zhou Zuizui murmured with the last shred of her will, "Stop hitting."
She was afraid something might happen to Shen Nan.
The next second, she fainted.
Zhou Ran breathed a sigh of relief after watching the two violent men carry one person out. He then looked at the five people bound in front of him, his temper flaring, and kicked them one by one, angrily saying, "Take them away!"
Shen Nan hadn't touched these things in a long time, but once it came to some information, he could investigate faster than the police.
After detecting Zhou Zuizui's signal, Shen Nan and Zhou Ran used the investigation method to directly retrieve the vehicles they had switched to and tracked them all the way here.
No one dared to cross Shen Nan's line or cross his bottom line. They had thought Shen Nan and Zhou Zuizui had a good relationship before, but that had only lasted six months. Only today did they realize that it was love that ran deep. No one had ever seen Shen Nan like this before.
His fierce demeanor was perfectly proportional to his righteous indignation.
He can save people, but when people cross the line, he can lose control of his emotions and kill them.
Lu Jiaxiu drove at breakneck speed and took him to the military hospital.
Zhou Zuizui was the most seriously injured and went straight to the operating room, while Duan Weiyi was in slightly better condition, but he was still a little dizzy from being slapped twice.
Everyone gathered at the hospital entrance. Duan Ziyu accompanied Duan Weiyi to the side, and Duan Bowen followed. At the operating room entrance, only Xia Wen and Ai Zeyang, who had rushed over, as well as Lu Jiaxiu, Hu Yi, and Shen Nan remained.
But at this moment, no one dared to go over to Shen Nan's side.
Xia Wen frowned and asked, "How is he now?"
Lu Jiaxiu said in a low voice, "She has fainted and is still under examination."
Xia Wen steadied herself by leaning against the wall and asked in a low voice, "Who did this?"
Lu Jiaxiu remained silent.
Xia Wen looked at Hu Yi, who shook his head and said softly, "Let's not talk about that now." He patted Xia Wen's shoulder: "What about that person over there?"
He was referring to Shen Nan.
Shen Nan stood against the wall, silent, yet no one dared approach him within five meters. His violent aura was too obvious; no one dared to cross that line.
Xia Wen watched without saying a word.
She stared at it for a while before saying, "Shen Nan is blaming himself."
He was truly filled with remorse; in just ten minutes, he hadn't kept a close eye on her. Knowing full well that Zhou Zuizui had been followed recently, he hadn't been extra vigilant.
But who can control something like this? It was just going to the restroom. No one expected them to be so impatient and so ruthless as to kidnap someone in the mall. Even now, no one dares to think about who is behind it all.
They simply couldn't believe it.
The operating room lights were on the whole time, and when they were turned off, Shen Nan was the first to go to greet them.
The doctor came out and looked at Shen Nan, saying, "A Nan, you're alright now."
The person who performed the surgery on Zhou Zuizui was a friend of Shen Nan's mother.
Shen Nan pursed his lips, nodded slightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you."
The man nodded and said, "She has a broken hand and needs to rest for a while. She also has a concussion from the impact to her head, but the extent of the injury depends on when she wakes up." The doctor said, "The shock was quite severe, so she probably won't wake up for a while."
Shen Nan hummed in agreement, and his eyes instantly reddened as he looked at the person being pushed out.
"I see."
The doctor looked at Lu Jiaxiu and said, "Come here, let me tell you some things to be aware of regarding your sister-in-law."
She knew that telling Shen Nan at this moment would probably be useless.
Lu Jiaxiu nodded: "I'll be right there."
When Shen Nan arrived at the ward, he looked at the person lying on the bed with a pale face and felt his heart clench with pain.
If he had found out sooner, if he had been more careful, wouldn't this have been avoided?
Xia Wen felt sorry for Zhou Zuizui. She patted Zhou Zuizui's head before looking at Shen Nan: "Shen Nan, don't be too upset. Chuichui is fine now." She was silent for a while before saying, "Don't blame yourself too much either."
"It's none of your business."
Ai Zeyang nodded: "Yes, it has nothing to do with you."
Shen Nan completely ignored what the two were saying. He patted Zhou Zuizui's head before turning to the two of them and asking, "Can you stay here and keep an eye on her? I need to go out and take care of something."
Xia Wen hurriedly agreed, "Go ahead, but calm down before you do anything."
She whispered, "Chui doesn't want anything to happen to you."
She had just heard Lu Jiaxiu talk about Shen Nan's attitude towards those people, and she was afraid that Shen Nan would do something impulsive again.
"Know."
Shen Nan kissed Zhou Zuizui's cheek before getting up and leaving the hospital.
Some accounts need to be settled.
Shen Nan went straight to the police station. When Zhou Ran saw him, he breathed a sigh of relief: "They're all inside for you. Need my help?"
"No need," Shen Nan said. "You go out, I'll do it."
"OK."
A hint of murderous intent flashed in Shen Nan's eyes, but it quickly disappeared. He pushed open the door, looked at the man who had been invited inside, and smiled.
"Shen Nan, what do you mean by this?" Zhou's father showed no fear or apprehension, only relentless questioning.
"What do you mean by kidnapping me as soon as I got off the plane?"
Shen Nan sat lazily in the chair opposite him, a slight smile playing on his lips as he looked at the man in front of him: "What do you mean? Don't you already know?"
He smiled slightly: "Zhou Ji, right?"
He nodded: "Please continue pretending."
Zhou Ji looked up at the man in front of him, his face still showing a negotiating expression, without a trace of fear.
The two faced off in silence. Shen Nan raised an eyebrow and called out, "Aran, have you admitted to the person?"
Zhou Ran appeared at the door with a smile and tossed him a recording: "They're all here."
Shen Nan slowly took it and then started playing it.
"Tie him up."
"She stole some documents; just don't kill anyone."
"Nothing will happen. Liang can't cause any trouble."
“I don’t believe she would dare to do anything. She has no evidence and nothing to show for it. The reason she came back is to prevent future trouble.”
“This person has grown up and become arrogant. Now she even dares to steal things from the house. If I had known, I would have strangled her when she was a child.”
"Why didn't you do that when you were little?" It was a woman's voice.
The woman shouted angrily, "Zhou Ji! I've raised your daughter for over twenty years, and now you're turning around and biting us like this!"
The recording ended there. Shen Nan lifted his eyelids and looked at the man in front of him: "Admit it now?"
Zhou Ji's forehead was already sweating. He looked at the imposing young man in front of him and gritted his teeth, saying, "It's just a recording. There's nothing you can do about it!"
Unable to contain his anger any longer, Shen Nan kicked over the table in front of him, his entire body radiating rage: "How could there be such a heartless and insane father as you in this world!"
The loud bang startled not only Zhou Ji, but also Zhou Ran, who was waiting at the door. Zhou Ran rubbed his temples in exasperation and reminded him, "Anan, hold it in."
They will be put in solitary confinement.
But only Shen Nan knew that he couldn't help himself at all. He couldn't control himself whenever he thought of Zhou Zuizui's appearance in the warehouse, or that the person who ordered these things was her biological father.
There really are fathers in this world who want money but not their children. How can they be called fathers?
He had no idea how sad Zhou Zuizui would be when she woke up.
How should he comfort her and console her?
This is someone she is related to by blood, yet they want to kill her for their own benefit.
The author has something to say: Captain Shen's beating of people is against the rules, but he can't tolerate it.
There will be punishment later, but it's not a big deal. Nothing serious will happen to you, see you tomorrow when you wake up. Then we're off to the next romantic place! Guess where it is! Master Chen is taking his wife out for a relaxing getaway.
The father is biologically related, but the mother is not, and the full reason will be revealed in the next chapter; they will all receive their due punishment.
This world is kind, but also cruel.
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