"Impossible!" Ji Jinnian said coldly. "My sister is very obedient. She would never run away or deliberately ignore me when she hears my voice, making me anxious."
The manager thought, "How obedient can a three-year-old girl be?"
But when she met the boy's cold eyes, she was unexpectedly intimidated by his aura and didn't dare to say a word.
I could only offer a weak word of comfort, "Don't worry, I'll arrange for someone to help you look for it."
Unfortunately, the restaurant reviewed all the security footage inside and out, but couldn't find any trace of the little girl.
Ji Jinnian immediately called the police and then notified Ji Chengfeng and his wife.
When Madam Ji received the phone call and heard that Qiqi was missing, she was so frightened that she almost fainted.
Together with Ji Chengfeng, they rushed to the police station in a panic and immediately saw Ji Jinnian sitting in the lobby.
The teenager hung his head, his face buried in his hands, shrouded in frustration and guilt.
"Little New Year!" Madam Ji called out in a trembling voice.
Ji Jinnian looked up and saw her anxious parents, feeling even more guilty and unable to lift her head.
He was arrogant and intelligent, a child prodigy, and believed that he could control everything.
But only once, his mother entrusted his younger sister to his care, and he lost her.
"Dad, Mom, I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of Qiqi." The usually aloof boy's eyes were red.
Madam Ji reached out and patted his shoulder. Although she was worried and anxious, she did not blame him.
"Now is not the time to assign blame. Tell us the specifics first."
With tears welling up in her eyes, Ji Jinnian recounted the events: "When I came back after making the call, Qiqi was gone. The restaurant's security cameras didn't capture anyone entering or leaving the private room, nor did they capture Qiqi leaving. It's like... like my sister vanished into thin air."
He had wondered if Qiqi had sensed something and that's why she went to deal with it.
He was just an ordinary person; he couldn't see ghosts or sense any yin energy, so he couldn't be sure at all.
Madam Ji also realized what was happening and speculated, "Is it possible that Qi Bao saw something unclean and went to deal with it?"
"No way!" Ji Chengfeng rejected the guess as soon as it was uttered. "Qi Bao is so well-behaved and so capable. What could possibly require her to disappear without a word to deal with? What I'm worried about is that Qi Bao has been taken away by someone."
He had been very worried ever since Qiqi told him about what happened last night.
Upon arriving at the company, the first thing they did was to have someone investigate. It turned out that most of the people Qiqi mentioned were on the police's international wanted list; they were mercenaries who regularly accepted missions on the dark web.
They had already immediately arranged for someone to handle the situation, but before they could get any results, they heard that Qiqi had gone missing.
He is now very worried that Qiqi may have deliberately been taken away by those people in order to protect her second brother.
If that's the case, does it mean that Qiqi has a plan and the ability to control the whole thing?
"Who could take Qi Bao away?" Madam Ji noticed the change in his expression, suddenly realized something, and grabbed his arm. "Do you know something?"
Seeing his wife's face turn pale with anxiety, Ji Chengfeng could no longer hide the truth, so he recounted what had happened at the restaurant the day before.
Finally, he said, "Don't worry, Qi Bao is different from other children. She's very smart and capable. If she really let those people take her away on purpose for Xiao Nian, then she should be able to handle it. You..."
Madam Ji angrily shoved him away. "Ji Chengfeng! You actually kept such a big thing from me! And what do you mean by 'should'? How old is Qi Bao? No matter how capable she is, she's still just a little girl. Those are mercenaries, ruthless and merciless killers. How terrified Qi Bao would be if she fell into their hands!"
Large tears streamed down Madam Ji's face. The thought that her little girl might be trembling with fear made her feel as if her heart was being torn apart, and the pain was so intense that even her breath tasted rusty.
Ji Chengfeng couldn't bear to see his wife shed tears; seeing her cry made his heart ache.
His youngest daughter's disappearance was already distressing and worrying enough; if his wife started crying too, it would be the death of him.
"Wife, don't cry. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have kept it from you. Don't worry, I've already ordered the blockade of all traffic entrances and exits in Jiangcheng. We will definitely find Qibao and rescue her." Ji Chengfeng comforted her softly, his voice full of heartache, and reached out to wipe away her tears.
But Madam Ji's tears only multiplied as she wiped them away. Just thinking about her little girl's current situation made it impossible for her to remain calm.
Just then, a voice suddenly came from the police station entrance, "Uncle, Aunt, I found some things."
Ji Chengfeng and his wife turned to look and saw Huo Yusen sitting in a wheelchair, being pushed by Huo Fei as they walked quickly toward them.
On Huo Yusen's lap was a brown paper bag.
Upon approaching, Huo Yusen handed the brown paper bag to Ji Chengfeng. "Uncle, this is what I found when I reviewed the restaurant's surveillance footage. The surveillance footage of the private room where Second Brother Ji and Qiqi were had been overwritten. I have the real footage. The person who took Qiqi away was an American, around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. I'm still investigating his specific identity."
Ji Chengfeng took the brown paper bag, took out the USB flash drive inside, and plugged it into his phone.
Madam Ji quickly moved closer to him and looked at it together.
The surveillance footage shows Qiqi being carried out unconscious by a man.
Seeing her little girl unconscious on the screen, Madam Ji couldn't help but cover her mouth and sob, grabbing Ji Chengfeng's arm, "Who are these people? Why did they kidnap Qi Bao? What do they want to do?!"
Kidnapping is usually for ransom.
But the person's clothes didn't suggest they were short of money.
Moreover, since Qiqi has been missing for so long, they haven't received any extortion calls, which clearly means the other party isn't after money.
It's not that they're after the money that's so frightening!
"Don't panic. We must stay calm in a situation like this! Qi Bao is waiting for us to rescue her. We can't afford to lose our composure." Although Ji Chengfeng was also worried, he comforted Madam Ji. "Don't worry, Qi Qi has many protective talismans on her body. She will definitely be safe in the short term. I'll show the surveillance footage to the police now. I'm sure they know where these people came from."
Thinking of her little girl's magical talismans, Madam Ji felt a little more at ease.
She nodded and urged Ji Chengfeng, "Then hurry up and go!"
Ji Chengfeng quickly handed the surveillance footage over to the police.
Police quickly identified the group through facial comparison.
Aside from the mercenaries who take on various assassination and kidnapping missions on the dark web, the leader, the one who took Qiqi away, is named Charles.
He is the head of a biological research institute in country M!
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