"Hello! Hello! Hello!" Gu Suiping was furious when he saw the phone being hung up. He immediately dialed back, but found that the number could not be dialed back at all. He was so angry that he was trembling all over.
"Hurry up and have the technicians track this number to see if they can find any clues." Gu Suiping handed the phone to the bodyguard beside him. "Hurry up! The sooner the better. Give the order to have them investigate in shifts, around the clock!"
The bodyguard obeyed the order, quickly took a photo, and sent the number back to Nancheng so that they could follow up immediately.
Gu Suiping took a deep breath to calm himself down, picked up his phone, scrolled through his contacts, hesitated for several seconds, and then called Gu Qingyan.
"Hey, Second Uncle." Gu Qingyan was drowning his sorrows in a bar outside, looking utterly dejected.
Upon seeing Gu Suiping's call, he was greatly surprised and couldn't help but frown.
"I'm asking you! Where is Ningning? Did you have her kidnapped?!" Gu Suiping roared furiously. "I already promised you I wouldn't fight you for her, why won't you let her go?! Bring her back to me right now!"
"What? Ningning has been kidnapped?" Gu Qingyan's eyes widened in shock, and his voice suddenly rose.
Immediately, all the other customers in the bar turned to look at him.
Gu Qingyan then realized she had misspoke and quickly asked Huang Lin to pay the bill, while she continued on the phone and walked towards the bar's door.
After paying the bill, Huang Lin quickly ran outside.
Gu Qingyan stood by the car door, answering the phone with a serious expression, and explained, "Second Uncle, it really wasn't me. I originally asked Huang Lin to pick up Ningning, but I don't know why Ningning ran away at the airport."
No, Ningning knows Huang Lin. In fact, Huang Lin specifically told her that I was the one who asked him to pick up Ningning, so it's impossible that he mistook her for someone else.
"I don't know either, Second Uncle. Believe me, Ningning is still my sister. How could I possibly harm her?!"
Gu Qingyan frowned deeply as he tried his best to explain.
"The kidnappers are demanding 50 million in cash, and it can't be in consecutive serial numbers. They want me to prepare it within two days. I'm in Beijing right now, and it'll be too late to get back."
You're Ningning's brother too, so try to help me raise the money, and be quick!
Gu Suiping couldn't care less about anything else. For the time being, he had no evidence to prove that this matter was related to Gu Qingyan, so he could only involve him as well.
“Okay.” Gu Qingyan agreed immediately. Out of guilt, he did not refuse. “I will find a way to get the money, Second Uncle. Don’t worry. I will go with you when it’s time to pay the ransom. I will also bring a few agile bodyguards. We will definitely be able to rescue Ningning.”
"Hmm." Seeing that Gu Qingyan agreed so readily, Gu Suiping didn't want to get entangled with him any longer. After all, the most important thing now was to rescue Ningning from the kidnappers. Nothing else mattered to him. "If you can help rescue Ningning, your second uncle can guarantee that I will not participate in the company's affairs in the future, and I will not compete with you for any power. I only need what I am entitled to."
“Okay,” Gu Qingyan didn’t expect Gu Suiping to say this, but after hearing this, she felt more at ease. She said, “But that’s not what I meant, Second Uncle. I don’t want to use Ningning to make a deal with you. I hope you don’t misunderstand me.”
"Qingyan, although you didn't say it explicitly, I'm going to show you my stance." Gu Suiping's voice was calm and steady. No matter what, he just wanted his daughter back. "I'm not willing to give up all the power in the company, but Ningning is my everything. I can't live without Ningning. So, please, I'm begging you, please bring Ningning back!"
I know that Ningning has made many mistakes in the past, and that she is spoiled and willful, but all of this is because I spoiled her. If you have any problems in the future, come at me instead of arguing with her.
If she comes back safely this time, I will definitely keep her in check.
Even if I had to give up everything, I would still trade it all for my precious daughter.
"Understood, Second Uncle." Gu Qingyan was also somewhat moved. After all, she was his sister, and he wouldn't just stand by and watch her die.
After hanging up the phone, Gu Qingyan called Huang Lin over and asked him to prepare the money. Huang Lin listened silently. Until Gu Qingyan made another request to him.
"By the way, think of a way to get Zhi Qiu to see me. Let me see her more often. After all, meeting in person can deepen feelings, and only by meeting can the two of us get closer and she might start to have feelings for me again."
After Gu Qingyan finished speaking, Huang Lin looked at him and said quietly, "Mr. Gu, have you ever thought about something? Why do you always forgive Miss Gu and Miss Xiao so easily, but you make so many demands on your wife, and many of those demands are very harsh?"
Seeing that Gu Qingyan was silent, Huang Lin pursed his lips and mustered his courage to continue, "I know that you still want to try to win back your wife, but it seems that it is difficult to achieve at present. You are always doing things that hurt your wife, but you have never really reflected on them."
"What nonsense are you spouting?!" Gu Qingyan raised her voice and shouted sternly.
"Mr. Gu, I really have no other choice."
Why don't you just end your relationship with your wife? There's no going back anyway.
"Then why not just cut ties completely and meet new people? After all, you're rich and powerful; what kind of woman can't you have?"
Huang Lin steeled himself and spoke his mind.
"Stop talking nonsense and do as I say." Gu Qingyan waved his hand impatiently, unwilling to let Huang Lin continue, because his words had hurt him deeply, and now he was beginning to doubt himself.
"Mr. Gu, why don't you just admit it!"
You have special feelings for Miss Xiao! These feelings are not just brotherly and sisterly affection, nor are they merely gratitude for her brother's sacrifice to save you back then. Rather, you have feelings for Miss Xiao that transcend brotherly and sisterly affection and gratitude!
That kind of affection has grown wildly with the years; in other words, you clearly love Miss Xiao, not your wife!
Huang Lin was completely going all out today, he said through gritted teeth.
"Nonsense!" Gu Qingyan was furious. With a flick of his hand, he swept all the wine glasses on the table to the ground and said fiercely to Huang Lin, "From the very beginning until now, my heart has only belonged to Shen Zhi Qiu! I could never have loved Wan Qing!"
"You always call your wife Shen Zhi Qiu, using her full name."
But it's different with Miss Xiao; I'll use her name differently, clearly distinguishing between close and distant relationships. Why do you deceive yourself like this? Huang Lin bit his lip and said stubbornly.
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