Su Qi hasn't had such a formal dinner for a long time.
After entering college, I was busy with schoolwork and ate in the cafeteria every day. In addition, in order to maintain a slim figure, I ate less meat and more vegetables. I almost forgot what steak tasted like.
Today she went on a date with her brother to have Western food, and she ate to her heart's content.
Su Ling, who was sitting opposite, saw that his sister was enjoying her meal and looked gentle.
Look how hungry the kid is. He ate half of a steak in less than five minutes.
"Slow down, Xiaoqi, come and have a drink." Su Ling pushed the juice in front of her.
Su Qi put down her knife and fork, picked up her napkin, and elegantly wiped the corners of her mouth. "Brother, I'm an adult now, and I can drink red wine."
Su Ling said with a smile: "In my eyes, you will always be a child."
Su Qi had no choice but to drink juice and looked at her brother drinking red wine with envy.
The two of them sat by the window in the hall, with green plants separating the front and back, forming a comfortable little space. They ate steak and chatted, feeling very comfortable.
After finishing a piece of steak, two loaves of bread, a drink, and a plate of fruit salad, Su Qi put down her knife and fork contentedly, leaned back in the soft leather chair, and touched her stomach.
Su Ling joked: "Where is your ladylike demeanor?"
Su Qi waved her hand. "I've left home temporarily."
Su Ling laughed, picked up the last piece of steak with a fork, put it into his mouth, chewed and swallowed it politely, then picked up the red wine and took a sip.
"Brother, I'm going to the bathroom." Su Qi put down his napkin and stood up.
"Well, do you need me to accompany you?" Su Ling asked.
"I know how to get there!" Su Qi grabbed her small bag. She'd been to FREE several times and knew the layout of the place well. She went to the bathroom mainly to touch up her makeup because she was going to the movies with her brother soon.
Su Ling swirled the red wine in his glass, signaling his sister to hurry back. Su Qi walked towards the restroom. Her graceful figure and pure temperament attracted the attention of other customers in the hall.
“Ding Di——”
The cell phone on the dining table rang twice. Su Ling picked it up and looked at it, then smiled.
【Lin Feng: Baby, have you finished your meal? 】
Su Ling took a picture of the empty plate on the table with his mobile phone and sent it over.
[Su Ling: I'm done eating. I'm very full. How about you?]
Lin Feng: Aunt He made me beef noodles and your little cake. They were delicious!
Which is better, Aunt He’s beef noodles or his little cake?
[Su Ling: If you like it, eat more. I don't mind you gaining weight. ヾ(≧▽≦*)o]
【Lin Feng: ...Stop touching my abs?】
【Su Ling: Yes! 】
He chuckled softly and continued chatting with Lin Feng. Fifteen minutes had passed before he knew it, and his sister still hadn't come back.
Su Ling looked up.
Do girls need so much time to put on makeup?
It’s almost seven o’clock. If I’m late, I won’t be able to catch the 7:30 movie.
Su Ling sent Su Qi an urging message.
After waiting for a minute, Su Qi didn't reply. He sighed and had to make a call.
"Hello, the number you dialed is turned off."
A mechanical electronic sound rang out, and Su Ling stood up suddenly. The dining table shook, and the plate collided and almost fell.
Xiaoqi’s phone is turned off?
impossible!
Why did she turn off her phone for no reason?
"Sir, do you need any help?" A passing waiter saw Su Ling's strange expression and asked with concern.
Su Ling held the phone tightly, forced himself to calm down, and said to the male waiter: "Excuse me, can you please help your female waiter?"
The male waiter was confused, but did not refuse. He asked the girls in the store to go into the women's restroom at Su Ling's request. Half a minute later, the waitress came out and shook her head at Su Ling who was standing outside the door.
"There's no one inside."
Lidya Su frowned. "Impossible! Ten minutes ago, my sister went to the bathroom and hasn't returned to her seat. Could you please go in and confirm?"
The waitress went back to the bathroom and checked every stall one by one, even the corners, but found nothing.
Su Ling continued to call Su Qi's cell phone, but it was still turned off.
He didn't want to think the worst, but he had to accept the facts.
Something happened to Xiaoqi!
Someone kidnapped a young girl in a high-end Western restaurant like FREE without anyone noticing!
"Can I check your surveillance?" he asked.
"This..." The waiter hesitated. Normally, customers couldn't view their surveillance footage, but this customer's sister had disappeared from their restaurant, which was too strange.
"I'll ask the manager, please wait a moment." The people who come here to dine are either rich or noble. If something really happens, they can't afford it.
"Thank you." Su Ling sent a message to Lin Feng. He had just typed the words "Xiao Qi is missing" and hadn't sent it yet when a text message reminder popped up on his phone. He was stunned and quickly clicked it.
[15XXXXXXXXX: Your sister is in my hands. Don't tell anyone, don't call the police, come to Warehouse F at Liujiang Wharf before 8:00, or I'll collect her body!]
Su Ling's pupils suddenly contracted, and he stared at the text message sent from an unfamiliar phone number.
Xiao Qi was kidnapped!
The kidnappers' real target is him!
Who is it and why are they targeting him?
Su Ling's mind was in a mess, he couldn't grasp any clues, and had no idea when he had offended anyone.
If he had to make a fuss, it would only be the recent friction with young masters like Su Dan and Li Lin. However, Su Dan was a member of the Su family. No matter how fiercely they fought with each other as cousins, they would not be so cruel as to kill each other.
What's more...
As someone who had severed ties with the Su family, he had long ceased to threaten the status of other heirs of the Su family.
"Guest? Guest? Our manager has agreed to check the surveillance footage. Let's go over now?" The waiter saw Su Ling in a daze and called out several times.
Su Ling came to his senses and followed the waiter to the monitoring room to check the surveillance footage at the bathroom door from 6:40 to 6:55.
Soon, the security guard in the monitoring room played the video.
At 6:40, Su Qi entered the women's restroom.
At 6:49, when Su Qi left the ladies' room and was about to return to the restaurant, someone seemed to call her. She walked over, and then the surveillance camera blind spot appeared. Until 6:55, she was no longer in the video.
Su Ling's expression was serious. "Where does this corridor lead to?"
The security guard said, "It's the stairs leading to the upstairs box."
Su Ling asked: "Are there any cameras nearby?"
The security guard shook his head: "There's nothing on the stairs, but there is something upstairs."
Su Ling clenched his fists: "Please help me retrieve the surveillance footage upstairs."
The security guard knew the situation was serious and checked the surveillance footage at the stairwell. However, there was no sign of Su Qi, only a couple passing by. The woman seemed drunk and was wearing a man's suit. She was supported by the man as she walked under the camera.
"Please move back a little." Su Ling asked unwillingly with doubt in his eyes.
The security guard patiently rewound the video. Su Ling moved closer to the screen and carefully identified the couple hugging each other in the video. When he saw the girl's skirt, his face turned pale.
The girl in a suit leaning on a man's arms is Xiao Qi!
"Do you have another staircase in the restaurant?" he asked.
"Uh, yes," the security guard said. "Go west along the corridor. There's another staircase. Going down is the back door of the restaurant."
Su Ling's heart sank, and he said to the security guard, "Can you copy these clips for me?"
"Okay sir, please wait."
Su Ling picked up his phone to check the time. It was 7:15, and he only had 45 minutes to travel.
“Tick-tock—”
Another text message came in.
[15XXXXXXXXX: Mr. Su has time to watch the surveillance footage, why not hurry to Liujiang Wharf?]
Su Ling felt a chill down his spine.
He is being watched!
This is a gang crime!
Moreover, his methods were skillful and cruel, and he had no chance of turning back except to go to the appointment alone.
The security guard was very fast and cut out the video that Su Ling needed. "Guest, do you have a USB drive?"
"...No." Su Ling picked up the pen on the table and wrote an email address for him on the paper. "Please send the video here. Thank you."
"OK."
Su Ling did not stay any longer, left the monitoring room with a cold face, returned to the restaurant, went to the counter, took out his membership card and paid the bill.
At 7:20, he left FREE, found his sports car in the parking lot, got into the driver's seat, started the car, and the headlights lit up instantly. However, he did not leave the parking space immediately. Instead, he opened WeChat on his mobile phone and sent a message to Lin Feng.
Su Ling: I was just having dinner with my sister, and you kept urging me. Are you even hiring someone to monitor me? I'm not going home tonight. I'm going to the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow to get my divorce certificate.
After typing this message, he waited for a while. There was no more message from the strange phone number, so he clicked send without hesitation.
Lin Feng: ???
Su Ling didn't explain, exited WeChat, and dialed the strange number. He thought the other party wouldn't answer, but unexpectedly, after two beeps, the call was picked up.
"There are only thirty-seven minutes left until eight o'clock." The other party used a voice changer and his voice was a childish loli voice.
Su Ling calmed down and said calmly: "Do you think I will believe that my sister is in your hands just based on two text messages?"
The other man let out a shrill laugh. "Don't play tricks! If you want your sister to be safe, just come to the dock. If you're late, we brothers won't be polite. What a beautiful girl! She's as pretty as a flower, and she's still a virgin, right?"
Su Ling's forehead was bulging with veins, and his fists were clenched tightly. "She's the daughter of the Su family. If you touch her, aren't you afraid that the Su family will cause trouble for you?"
"The rich girl is the most delicate and tender, haha, there are still thirty-five minutes." The other party was indifferent.
Su Ling said coldly: "If you have anything to say, come to me, don't touch her! If you dare to touch her, I will make you pay a heavy price!"
"Haha, that depends on your speed. Remember! Don't contact anyone, and don't call the police! Otherwise, your sister's body will be floating on the river tomorrow."
“Click—”
The other party hung up the phone.
Su Ling's whole body was tense, his hands were shaking, his breathing was rapid, his heart was pounding uncontrollably, his head was foggy, he felt dizzy and couldn't think straight. Just when he thought he was going to pass out, his cell phone suddenly rang. He suddenly woke up, grabbed the phone, saw that it was Lin Feng calling, hesitated, and chose to hang up.
The other party must be monitoring him nearby, so he can't show any sign of abnormality, otherwise Xiao Qi will be in great danger.
Su Ling took a long breath, touched the gear lever, and glanced at the little bee smart camera that served as a decoration on the dashboard, and was stunned.
The last time Zhan Yang sent rice and tea, he also sent a little bee. Su Ling thought it was cute, so he put it in the car as both a decoration and a driving recorder.
"MK." He called out.
"Beep, I'm here, master." The little bee made a sound.
Su Ling pursed his lips and ordered: "Activate the concealed tracking shooting mode."
"Got it, master." The little bee retracted the light on its belly, leaving only its eyes flickering.
Su Ling rolled down the car window, threw it out like trash, turned the steering wheel deftly, and drove out of the parking space.
The little bee that was thrown out floated silently into the air and followed the sports car from a distance.
Lidya Su stepped on the accelerator and drove away from FREE with a stern look on his face.
Having grown up in S City, he knew the map of S City like the back of his hand. He found the shortest route on the simulated map in his mind, stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and the sports car rushed onto the street like an arrow.
In the FREE parking lot, in a black car, the driver was talking on his cell phone.
"...Yes, he has already set off."
Xiangyanshan Villa
When Lin Feng received Su Ling's strange WeChat message, his heart sank. He called him without hesitation, but the phone only beeped once before being hung up.
His eyes turned cold, and when he was about to call again, a message came into his mailbox. He tapped the screen and clicked on the video in the mailbox.
A minute later, he put on his suit jacket, said something to Aunt He in the living room, and hurried out.
Aunt He turned to look at the large clock on the wall, smiled, and shook her head. It was only 7:32, and Mr. Lin couldn't wait to pick up Mr. Su.
The author has something to say: Don't worry, the evildoers will be punished soon, eh~
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