Ruan Wanyi felt both helpless and heartbroken. "Mom will keep an eye on things for you. Mom promises to stay by Wanwan's side every step of the way until you come back. Please go with peace of mind, okay?"
"No." Zhan Jingting was absolutely determined. "Every time something goes wrong that I can't control, it's because I wasn't vigilant enough. Wanwan is already in this state, how can I afford to be careless?"
"Jingting, it's not like that. It's not your fault that Wanwan is lying here. Don't put too much pressure on yourself."
"No need to say anything more." Zhan Jingting slowly closed his eyes, concealing the bitterness in them. "I will contact the Meng family, but Wanwan absolutely cannot leave me."
Ruan Wanyi reluctantly went downstairs and saw Eleven playing. Her eyes welled up with tears again. "Aunt Zheng, please help me pack my things. I need to go out for a bit."
"Madam, where are you going?"
"Go to the Meng family in Suzhou."
"Madam, we have no connection with the Meng family. What are you doing there?"
"If something's wrong, don't ask too many questions, and don't tell Jingting about it. Just say I went out shopping."
"yes."
Ruan Wanyi was not there for dinner, but Zhan Jingting did not come downstairs to eat either.
It wasn't until noon the next day that Zheng Ma rushed over to report, "Young Master, something terrible has happened! Madam has been in trouble!"
Zhan Jingting frowned. "What's wrong?"
Zheng Ma's face turned pale. "Yesterday, Madam went to Suzhou. Just now, two bodyguards called to say that Madam has gone missing!"
"What do you mean by 'missing'?"
"There were no flights last night. Madam drove there with only two bodyguards. The bodyguards said that when they were halfway there, a group of people stopped the car, and they were drugged. They just woke up, but Madam is no longer in the car!"
Zhan Jingting's eyes darkened. "Who told her to go to Suzhou on her own initiative!"
"Madam has lost the means to seek medicine for the young mistress!"
Zhan Jingting's face was icy cold. "What are you all standing there for? Call Jiang Donglai and find him!"
"yes!"
Jiang Dong quickly led his team to the accident site, which was a national highway after exiting the expressway. It was a relatively remote area with no surveillance cameras nearby.
The people who took Ruan Wanyi away were clearly prepared, as they even took the dashcam from the car.
Jiangdong deployed a large number of people to investigate in both directions and find the nearest surveillance footage to review.
Zhan Jingting stayed in Wutong Bay to direct the search.
"Master Zhan, there are three routes in total. The surveillance footage has been retrieved, and we are working hard to investigate them."
Zhan Jingting looked at the car in the video and asked, "Is this my car?"
Jiang Dong looked at it carefully, "Yes."
"There's a device under the back seat cushion, take it out."
Jiang Dong suddenly remembered something, "Yes, your car is equipped with a hidden surveillance camera in addition to the dashcam, which outsiders don't know about!"
Jiang Dong hurriedly retrieved the memory card and pulled up the surveillance footage, and sure enough, he found something!
"Master Zhan, we found them. There were four kidnappers, but they were all masked. They drove a minivan and took the drugged lady with them, heading northeast."
Does it have a license plate?
"They were very careful; they covered the license plate!"
"Find this car in the surveillance footage."
"Yes, I'll arrange it immediately!"
Eleven came over and asked, "Daddy, what happened to Grandma?"
Zhan Jingting picked him up and placed him on his lap. "Grandma will be alright."
“When Grandma left yesterday, she told me to be good and that she would buy me something delicious when she came back. I’ve been waiting for her ever since.”
An indescribable emotion welled up in Zhan Jingting's heart, a mixture of bitterness and sweetness.
People say he's cold-hearted and heartless, and that's true.
From the day he became aware of things, or more precisely, from the day he learned that he would die at thirty, and from the day he learned what death meant, his personality became increasingly withdrawn.
He dared not and could not form a relationship with anyone, including his mother, Ruan Wanyi.
Because he knew how much pain Ruan Wanyi would suffer on the day death came.
He had always been indifferent to her. He wished she would give up her son, remarry, have a healthy child, and have a perfect life.
But she was always so carefree. Even though he no longer lived with her, she would still come over every few days to cook soup and meals, as if she was afraid he would go hungry.
Many times, seeing her slightly saddened face because of his indifference, his heart ached, but he couldn't change anything, just like he couldn't change the fact that he would die at the age of thirty.
The mother and son have lived like this for so many years, sometimes cold, sometimes warm.
"Daddy, what's wrong?" Eleven reached out her little hand and touched Zhan Jingting's face. "Are you worried about Grandma?"
"No." Zhan Jingting composed himself and said, "Because she will be fine, Daddy will not let anything happen to her."
"oh......"
......
It wasn't until the next morning that Jiang Dong called, "Master Zhan, we've found the car. It's parked in the suburbs of Suzhou."
"They abandoned the car and took the person with them?"
"Yes."
"Has the Sky Eye system been activated?"
"We've found it, but there are no leads."
"Hurry up and find it."
"yes."
Zhan Jingting had just hung up the phone when it rang again.
He glanced at the screen, swiped to answer the call, and asked, "Who is this?"
"Jingting, it's me." Old Zhan's voice came.
"What's up."
"You don't need to investigate anymore, your mother is in my hands."
Zhan Jingting frowned. "Are you senile? How dare you kidnap my mother?"
“I had no other choice but to do this.” Old Zhan sighed. “I lied to you before. I didn’t actually have any information about your other child. I was at my wit’s end, so I could only try to test you. I found that you are not a cold-blooded person. You care about your family and your kinship.”
Zhan Jingting sneered, "If my mother loses even a single hair, you'll die a horrible death... I almost forgot, you're old enough to be unafraid of death, but don't forget your most valued descendants. If anything happens to my mother, I'll make them pay with their lives!"
"Jingting, don't worry, your mother is my honored guest. I will definitely treat her well. Not only will I not let her lose a single hair, but she might even gain a couple of pounds."
Zhan Jingting said coldly, "State your conditions."
"You know my conditions. I told you before that I want to obtain the Hezhong Alliance, and you guarantee that you will never attack it and will allow it to develop smoothly."
"After much deliberation, to avoid any unforeseen complications, I cannot give you time to deal with me. Therefore, I have changed my mind. I do not want a coalition; I want money."
Zhan Jingting chuckled softly, but his voice carried a chilling undertone. "Old Zhan, are you really senile? Don't you know what the law is anymore? How dare you openly kidnap and extort money?"
"Of course I know this is a society governed by law, but as you know, I can't personally carry out a kidnapping and murder. Even if you call the police, they won't trace it back to me," Old Zhan said confidently. "Besides, Jing Ting, I know you. You won't call the police. More terrifying than money is your mother being murdered..."
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