The smell of gunpowder intensified as footsteps approached, Di Mingjue’s imposing figure casting a shadow over Jiang Ziyu. He bent down and pulled Jiang Ziyu up from the ground.
“If Qianqian suffers any harm, I’ll make you pay with your life!”
Jiang Ziyu, like a broken doll, was shaken by Di Mingjue, who grabbed her collar.
“Mr. Di, should we call the police now?” Shen Lin stepped forward to ease the tense atmosphere.
Qianqian’s kidnapping was something everyone dreaded, but since it had happened, their first priority was to minimize the danger.
Shen Lin took out his phone, the number already dialed, awaiting Di Mingjue’s response.
“The surveillance? Have you checked it?” Di Mingjue asked.
Jiang Ziyu hung her head, offering no reply.
Her lifeless demeanor further infuriated Di Mingjue. He let go and walked into the kindergarten.
Principal Fang looked filled with guilt. The kindergarten received Jiang Ziyu’s patronage every year, yet she had been negligent, allowing her beloved child to face danger.
“You take them to see the surveillance,” Jiang Ziyu said in a hoarse voice after a long silence.
Principal Fang was worried about her, but merely guarding her wasn’t the only solution. After offering a few words of comfort, she hurried to catch up with Di Mingjue.
The entrance returned to its quiet state. Jiang Ziyu took out her phone and informed Mu Liangchen about the events at the kindergarten.
Upon learning of Yuze’s kidnapping, Mu Liangchen immediately contacted the bodyguards hidden in the shadows, initiating a thorough search across the capital.
At the same time, Di Mingjue also deployed personnel to search for Yuze’s whereabouts.
Outskirts.
A dilapidated van sped through puddles left by the rain, splashing muddy water.
With a screech, the tires spun forty-five degrees in the mud, the vehicle drifting a few meters before coming to a stop.
The bulging sack in the back seat fell into the gap between the front and back seats as the car’s tail swayed.
With a clang, the car door was pushed open, and Di Minghao aggressively approached the rear door. Just as he was about to pull the door open, the phone in his pocket rang with a deafening sound.
“Got the kid,” he said, opening the door and dragging the sack out.
Disregarding Yuze, who was sealed inside, Di Minghao pulled the sack with one hand towards a derelict wooden hut.
“Keep the child safe? Are you f***ing kidding me? Di Mingjue showed me no mercy, driving me to ruin. He should have felt the pain of losing his own flesh and blood. He doesn’t cherish this child, so I’ll make him feel the pain of losing his child,” Di Minghao roared, violently kicking the sack.
The shaking had indicated signs of life, but this kick thoroughly awakened Yuze. He opened his eyes to darkness, enduring the pain, tears welling up.
Jiang Feifei’s劝阻 (persuasive) voice came in and out. Di Minghao, annoyed, hung up the call. He dropped his phone, squatted down, and tore open the sack’s opening.
Light streamed in through the damaged area, and Yuze curled up, trembling.
“You little brat, blame your father for being Di Mingjue,” Di Minghao said, grabbing Yuze.
Yuze had followed him because he had seen Di Minghao at the Di mansion during a previous family banquet.
The phone lying nearby rang again. Di Minghao, agitated, abandoned Yuze. He picked up the phone and walked out of the wooden hut.
“Spit it out!” he yelled into the phone.
Jiang Feifei on the other end, enduring her displeasure at his unilateral actions, suppressed her emotions and advised him kindly, “You can’t hurt him. You know Di Mingjue’s methods. If he finds out you killed his child, will you have any chance of survival? Listen to me, stabilize the child first. While they don’t know you took him, contact them under a different identity and extort money from them. Once you have the money, are you afraid Di Mingjue can threaten you?”
Her reminder made Di Minghao think it made sense.
After being kicked out of the Di mansion, his company soon faced a liquidity crisis and went bankrupt. Accustomed to his extravagant lifestyle, he was already heavily in debt.