As they approached the summit, Jiang Ning spotted Tongtong hiding behind the bushes.
"Mom, what brings you here? How's the situation over there?"
Tongtong asked.
Because they were too close, he had silenced his phone and dared not answer the call.
Jiang Ning lowered her voice, "Ma Huijuan has been shot dead, but your grandmother is fine. Our current priority is to find a way to rescue Songsong."
Tongtong's expression improved a little when she heard that her grandmother was alright, but the thought of Ma Huijuan's death brought back her worry.
"Ma Huijuan is dead, and Kunkun can't contact her. Will this be bad for Songsong?"
Jiang Ning sighed, "Do you think someone like that would even consider leaving someone alive? I just need to use her phone to send him a text message, which should be enough to stall him."
As she spoke, Jiang Ning sent him a text message using Ma Huijuan's phone.
The funds will arrive quickly, but don't act rashly yet.
A moment later, Kun Kun picked up his phone to check his text messages, then gestured with a knife across Song Song's face and laughed:
"You little beast, wait a minute, and I'll see how I kill you. Tell me, should I stab you first and then throw you down, or just throw you down already?"
Upon hearing this, Tongtong was so angry that she was about to get up and fight Kunkun to the death.
Jiang Ning grabbed him.
"Be patient and wait for an opportunity to step in."
Not long after, Kun Kun started checking his phone frequently and, finding that no text messages had arrived, he dialed Ma Huijuan's number directly.
The phone vibrated in Jiang Ning's hand. She winked at Tongtong, then took the phone and appeared in front of Kunkun.
Kun Kun was startled by the sudden appearance of the person, and upon seeing the phone in Jiang Ning's hand, he asked in a flustered manner,
"How did you end up with my mom's phone?"
"Not bad, you still recognize this as your mother's phone. Now she's in my hands. With just one phone call, I can kill her!"
Jiang Ning threatened him.
Kun Kun realized something and quickly turned around, trying to control Song Song, but Tong Tong had already quietly sneaked up behind him, untied the ropes binding Song Song, and picked him up.
The scene quickly turned into a three-way tug-of-war.
Kun Kun brandished the knife in his hand and loudly threatened Tong Tong:
"Leave the child here, or I'll make you all pay with your lives!"
If he were to stab Tongtong with a knife at this moment, Tongtong would be powerless to resist.
Jiang Ning quickly raised her phone to warn him, "Don't you want your mother to live? If you dare to make any move, I'll order her to be killed!"
The scene froze for a moment. Just when Jiang Ning thought Kun Kun wouldn't do anything, he glanced at his watch and burst into laughter.
"Chairman Jiang, time's up. Do you really think I care whether Ma Huijuan lives or dies? She'd do anything she wants, even die for me!"
All I care about is whether you've transferred the money to my account within the stipulated time. Since you're unwilling to pay, don't blame me for harming the child.
As he spoke, he raised his knife and stabbed at Tongtong.
Tongtong held the child and tried her best to dodge, but her arm was cut by the knife.
Ignoring the pain, he grabbed the blade with his bare hands and fought against Kun Kun.
Jiang Ning quickly stepped forward and took Songsong from him.
Unexpectedly, Kun Kun abandoned the knife and turned to pounce on her.
They stood on the edge of the cliff, and after a struggle, they were only centimeters away from the precipice.
At this critical moment, Jiang Ning threw the child onto Tongtong, then grabbed Kunkun's clothes and fell off the cliff with him.
Tongtong threw away the knife, hugged the child tightly, and blood stained the child's clothes.
He saw his mother sacrifice herself to take Kunkun down with her, and he couldn't help but scream.
"don't want!"
At this moment, dusk was approaching, and the mountains were shrouded in mist.
Tongtong lay on the cliff edge, unable to see the bottom, and he didn't even hear the sound of heavy objects falling.
"Mom~" Tongtong was terrified and let out a heart-wrenching scream.
Hearing the commotion, Lin Chen, who was anxiously waiting at the foot of the mountain, brought his men over and saw Tongtong hugging Songsong and howling.
Lin Chen clearly heard what he was saying, but didn't want to believe it, so he deliberately said:
"Tongtong, what's your name? Isn't your mom at the chemical plant? She just rescued your grandma."
Yang Lu did not know Jiang Ning's whereabouts. When she told Lin Chen, she only said that Ji Min had been rescued.
He couldn't believe that Jiang Ning had come here.
Tongtong was even more heartbroken. "Dad, Mom pushed Kunkun off the cliff to save us. She fell off the cliff."
Lin Chen suddenly felt dizzy and as if the world was collapsing.
He had lived with Jiang Ning for so long that she had become an integral part of his being.
Her falling off the cliff was no different from stabbing him in the heart with a knife.
"I'm going to find her!" Lin Chen took a step forward, as if to jump.
If Tongtong hadn't stopped him in time, he probably would have jumped down too.
"Dad, don't do anything foolish. Let's send people down the cliff to search. Maybe there's a river down there. She's possessed by a deity, so she'll be alright."
Seeing her father lose his temper, Tongtong instantly came to her senses.
This is not the time for lamenting the passing of spring or grieving the coming of autumn; it is the time to find your mother as soon as possible.
Lin Chen nodded in agreement, and with a heavy heart, he and the bodyguards found a small path on the side and headed down the cliff.
That path wasn't really a path; it was just a gentle slope suitable for walking downhill. It was mostly pebbles and small trees.
Every step they took could cause them to fall off the cliff due to stepping on loose rocks.
"No, this is too dangerous, I'm quitting." Some bodyguards would rather give up the high rewards than risk their lives to continue.
Lin Chen took the equipment from them, put it on his own back, and said to them:
"If any of you want to give up, leave now. I will settle all the previous debts in full. If anyone is willing to come down the mountain with me, I will not treat them unfairly in the future."
He has no mind to make any specific promises right now. As long as he finds a wife, what does it matter if he gives up all his wealth?
Unexpectedly, after he said that, most people were afraid of the danger and backed down. Only a few people who had been following Jiang Ning did not care about the reward, but only wanted to find Jiang Ning.
The group made their way down the mountain and found a small river, but no one or any of their belongings were on the riverbank.
Lin Chen slumped onto the riverbank, letting out a desperate roar.
He kept replaying the worst possible outcome in his mind, and his inner pain was indescribable. He only wanted to die to find relief.
Seeing his pain, the bodyguard slashed him on the back of the neck with a hand chop, knocking him unconscious to prevent further harm.
One person was assigned to guard Lin Chen, while the rest searched upstream and downstream of the river.
As darkness fell, the area below the cliff became pitch black, making the search for the missing person extremely difficult.
Fortunately, Tongtong and the others could be heard coming from the cliff, and a lot of relief supplies were thrown down from above.
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