"It seems they are after me, but it's odd that the opponent only fired one shot from beginning to end!"
Ye Longlin frowned, feeling that he had overlooked something. Suddenly, his pupils contracted, and then Lin Langsheng's pupils also contracted.
"Mu Hanqi!"
"Lin Tianai!"
Glancing around at everyone, he shook his head slightly.
Mu Hanqi and Lin Tianai were not found in the crowd.
It seemed they weren't targeting them. The gunshot was merely a warning, intended to make them go rescue the people, using the chaos to take away Mu Hanqi and Lin Tianai.
Lin Tianai was likely caught in the crossfire; they intended to take Mu Hanqi!
With this thought, Ye Longlin's gaze was filled with intense killing intent. No matter who was behind this, he would make them pay the price!
Just then, the fire department arrived at the scene, followed by Xuan Niao.
"Boss, what happened?"
Seeing the situation at the scene, Xuan Niao asked directly.
"Xiao Qi and Director Lin's daughter have been abducted. We don't know who is responsible. This explosion was deliberately caused to distract us, so they could abduct the girls without any unexpected trouble. Investigate all vehicles that have left the vicinity."
Ye Longlin continued to issue orders methodically. After giving the commands, he suddenly realized that he was no longer the master of the Dragon Pavilion. Perhaps he had become too accustomed to relying on them to handle things over the years, leading him to instinctively contact them when something like this happened.
"Never mind, you lead your team back. This is my own affair. The Dragon Pavilion should not get involved in my matters anymore."
He sighed and said with a helpless tone.
When someone gets used to something, its sudden absence makes everyone uncomfortable.
It had been more than half a month, and he still wasn't used to it. He felt helpless.
Xuan Niao hesitated for a moment: "Boss, let me help you check. After all, Sister-in-law is missing now."
Xuan Niao understood what his boss meant, but this was not the time to quibble over such matters. The most important thing was to find Sister-in-law quickly. Although she understood, the urgency of the situation dictated her actions, and she couldn't afford to be too cautious.
Ye Longlin glanced at Lin Langsheng and nodded slightly, saying nothing more.
This was the last time he would use the Dragon Pavilion, or rather, the last time he would mobilize the Dragon Pavilion to find someone. From this point on, he and the Dragon Pavilion would go their separate ways.
At the same time, in the Hall of Glory.
Ning Qi ran quickly to Li Chenghao's courtyard and found that Li Chenghao's lights were off. However, the matter was of great importance, so he had to disturb the Second Elder.
"Second Elder, Ning Qi requests an audience."
"Second Elder, Ning Qi requests an audience."
"Second Elder, Ning Qi requests an audience."
After calling out three times, the lights finally turned on.
"What happened? You're calling me up so late."
Old people don't sleep much. Even if they suddenly feel sleepy one day, they wake up after a short nap.
"Second Elder, Miss Mu Hanqi and Director Lin's daughter, Lin Tianai, have both gone missing. The Dragon Pavilion is on the scene, the fire department is also here, and the defense forces are on their way."
He knew that Mu Hanqi had been adopted as a god-granddaughter by the Second Elder. Therefore, after the incident, he rushed to report it. If he didn't, the Second Elder could skin him alive the next day!
Creak—
The door opened. Li Chenghao put on his clothes and asked with a grim expression, "What's the situation?"
Ning Qi reported the events of the night. Li Chenghao's eyes narrowed. It seemed that this matter was not as simple as it appeared.
"Have the Imperial Guards go and rendezvous with Ye Longlin. Today, I want to see who dares to touch my granddaughter in this capital city!"
Just then, an old man carrying an oil-paper package walked over.
"Second Elder, do you have time? This old man has come to play a few rounds of chess with you."
Old Master Li walked in with a smile, seemingly surprised to see Ning Qi there.
"Executive Director Ning, disturbing the Second Elder so late, surely there must be something important? Since it's inconvenient, I'll leave now."
Li Chenghao narrowed his eyes, inwardly sneering, but he didn't expose Ning Qi's intentions. Instead, he smiled and said, "Since you're here, come in. Let's play a couple of games of chess."
"Alright, you go ahead and attend to your business."
After saying that, he waved his hand and said to Ning Qi.
Ning Qi nodded, asking nothing, and left immediately. However, he already had a guess in his heart.
After leaving, he immediately dialed Ye Longlin's number.
"King Ye, this matter is very likely the work of the Li family."
Upon receiving this call, Ye Longlin understood the entire sequence of events almost instantly.
He found Yuan Gang's number and dialed it, but he heard that the other party was already on a call.
Yuan Gang was indeed receiving a call, and it was from Li Zongqi.
"Pavilion Master Yuan, I have a business matter I wish to discuss with you. Are you available?"
Yuan Gang sat in his office, looked at the night sky, and stopped what he was doing, twirling a pen in his hand.
"I'm listening."
"Your Sister-in-law is in my hands. She has been injected with a drug that will spread throughout her body via her blood vessels within two hours. If you do not obtain the antidote within an hour and a half, your Sister-in-law will meet her maker.
Additionally, to increase our bargaining chips, we also have Director Lin Langsheng's daughter, Lin Tianai, in our possession. I believe Pavilion Master Yuan will be very interested."
After hearing the first sentence, Yuan Gang's expression turned grim, and a dark look flashed in his eyes.
"What do you want?" he asked slowly, lighting a cigarette.
Since the other party could call him instead of their boss, it proved that they had something they needed from the Dragon Pavilion, or rather, the people in the Dragon Pavilion were their target.
Using Mu Hanqi to threaten him, they were truly courting death!
"Li Yuhan, Li Wei. Just these two. If Pavilion Master Yuan is willing to make the exchange, I will give you an address. If you arrive at this address within half an hour, you can save them. Of course, if you cannot get there within an hour and a half, then Mu Hanqi and Lin Tianai will have to be collected as corpses. We can just do without these two,"
the other party said with a sinister laugh.
Yuan Gang's hands moved rapidly across the computer, trying to locate the other party, but so far, he had been unsuccessful.
"Pavilion Master Yuan, I know you are trying to trace my location. Of course, I am connecting to you through overseas servers. Even if you find it, what good will it do? The IP addresses you find are not domestic.
If I were you, I would bring these two people immediately for the exchange, after all, this is your beloved boss's wife, your Sister-in-law."
A cold light flashed in Yuan Gang's eyes, and his tone was chilling, "You should know that my Sister-in-law is also the Second Elder's god-granddaughter. You had better think carefully!"