Mu Jiu Chen quickly got up and put on his clothes, saying as he dressed, "Nuannuan, we have to go back to the city. Yunyun and Yan Heng have been captured."
Jiang Nuan's sleepiness vanished instantly. It seemed that even though she had left the Dark Emperor, this war was far from over.
After changing their clothes, the two drove back to the city.
Mu Jiu Chen drove seriously, while Jiang Nuan checked her daughter's whereabouts.
A few minutes later, Jiang Nuan looked at the address and said, "It's very close to us, only 5 kilometers away. I wonder if it's a coincidence?"
Mu Jiu Chen's expression was calm, but a cold glint flickered in his eyes. "Nuannuan, they are probably intentionally luring us there."
Jiang Nuan also guessed as much. "It's fine! Let's go over and see what's going on. Turn right ahead and drive directly onto the highway. The exit off the highway leads to a small workshop, and Yunyun and the others are there."
After speaking, Jiang Nuan called her son.
"Mommy." Kuo Bao was still asleep, his voice thick with drowsiness.
"Kuo Bao, you're not up yet?" Jiang Nuan asked calmly.
"Ah! Mommy, I went to bed very late after practicing last night." Kuo Bao opened his eyes and looked at the luxurious room for three seconds before slowly closing them again.
"Oh! Then go back to sleep. Your dad and I are on our way back."
"Oh!" Kuo Bao put down his phone, pulled the blanket over his head, and went back to sleep.
He had no idea that his sister was in trouble.
Mu Jiu Chen overheard this and couldn't help but chuckle, "This kid, he doesn't even know his sister is missing."
Jiang Nuan looked at him. "It seems neither of us noticed Yunyun was missing. Yunyun has a habit of morning exercises."
Mu Jiu Chen gripped the steering wheel. She was likely captured during her morning exercise.
The car's speed increased, and ten minutes later, they exited the highway and stopped at their destination.
Jiang Nuan and Mu Jiu Chen got out of the car, looking at the grimy, indiscernible color of the large gate.
"Woof woof..." A fierce dog inside began barking ferociously.
Jiang Nuan's gaze turned fierce. "It's in here."
Just as Mu Jiu Chen was about to suggest a plan, his phone vibrated. He looked at it; it was an unknown number.
Mu Jiu Chen answered without hesitation.
"Mu Jiu Chen."
The old, hoarse voice made Mu Jiu Chen frown slightly. The voice was very familiar.
"You are..."
"Little Jiu, after two years apart, you don't recognize me?"
Mu Jiu Chen was greatly shocked. Had Li Yan Heng really been dragged away by ghosts this morning? On the other end of the line was his uncle, Mu Yun Feng, who had been dead for two years!
"Heh heh..." Mu Jiu Chen sneered, "I was still wondering how Mu Yi Chen dared to compete with me in secret. With his abilities, it would be impossible for him to arrange everything so seamlessly. So, it turns out it was you, the old fox, who arranged everything behind the scenes."
"You think you can get rid of me by hiding in the shadows and bringing all my enemies against me?"
"After sacrificing so many stepping stones, do you have no one left to use now?"
Mu Yun Feng was silent for a moment before saying, "Yes, I didn't expect you to be so shrewd. You've seen through my schemes every time."
Mu Jiu Chen scoffed, "Do you call that a scheme?"
"Mu Jiu Chen, who do you think you are to look down on me? And to dare to speak to me so loudly?" Mu Yun Feng had held high positions for many years and could not tolerate anyone contradicting or disrespecting him.
"And who do you think you are? To scheme for all my assets, and now to capture my brother and daughter? Mu Jiu Chen, Mu Yi Chen will be in prison for life, and you have personally ruined your son."
"Heh heh..." Mu Yun Feng laughed. "Mu Jiu Chen, you think too highly of yourself. Yi Chen has already been acquitted. Everything was because Jiang Yu Xin liked you that she secretly harmed Jiang Nuan. What does that have to do with my son?"
Mu Jiu Chen was greatly shocked. How could someone who entered Dark Night be released?
"What do you want?" Mu Jiu Chen got straight to the point.
"Hmph! It would have been better if you were this straightforward earlier. I need ten billion now. I'm borrowing it from you. I'll pay you back when I make money. Capturing your little princess was to get you to lend me ten billion for business."
Mu Jiu Chen sneered, "What's the difference between this and robbery?"
"Little Jiu, I won't waste words with you. Within today, gather 10 billion and transfer it to the designated account. I will release your daughter and your brother."
"Do you know why your daughter was captured? It's all because you have a foolish brother."
"Your daughter is very smart; she foiled my attempts many times."
Mu Jiu Chen's hand, holding the phone, tightened continuously. He chuckled, "It's impossible to gather that in one day. Or, if I don't have to make a move, you won't be able to defeat my daughter."
"Mu Jiu Chen, don't play tricks with me. Others can't do it, but you can. I'll send the account number to your phone shortly. If I don't receive the money before four o'clock, you can wait to collect your daughter's corpse." The other party hung up the phone.
He was clearly enraged.
Mu Jiu Chen looked at Jiang Nuan.
Jiang Nuan shook her head slightly and said, "The signal from the other end of the phone is completely blocked; I can't track his location."
Mu Jiu Chen's gaze was icy. He never expected the mastermind to be his dead uncle!
"Nuannuan, my uncle is not dead. Two years ago, someone else was burned to death in that car accident. He is still alive."
Jiang Nuan instantly understood.
Mu Yun Feng had been plotting from the shadows for two years. But as someone who had been in officialdom for a long time, how could he have the same methods as Mu Jiu Chen, who was in business?
Everything became clear.
The real mastermind was Mu Yun Feng.
Mu Jiu Chen angrily added, "Mu Yi Chen has been acquitted, and Jiang Yu Xin has become the main culprit, taking all the blame."
"What? How is that possible? That evidence was ironclad." Jiang Nuan showed an expression of disbelief for the first time.
Suddenly, a sentence from Yi Hao flashed in her mind, "Nuannuan, His Excellency has changed."
Her body stiffened abruptly.
Could His Excellency be the real mastermind?
But why would he?
Holding such a high position, was there anything he couldn't obtain?
Mu Jiu Chen glanced at the large iron gate and said, "Mu Yun Feng is probably unaware that we've found Yunyun and the others. We're going in now."
Jiang Nuan looked at the wolfdogs, which were barking incessantly. "Let's subdue the wolfdogs first."
Mu Jiu Chen thought of a way to deal with the wolfdogs.
He turned back to the trunk and took out a few chicken legs from the snacks he had prepared for his daughter.
Jiang Nuan took the medicine, diluted it with mineral water, soaked the chicken legs, and then said to Mu Jiu Chen, "Throw the chicken legs over. They'll make the wolfdogs faint."
"Okay!" Mu Jiu Chen picked up two chicken legs and walked over, throwing them through the gap in the door.
The grayish-yellow wolfdogs stopped barking when they saw the chicken legs, lowered their heads, and began to eat them.
Jiang Nuan took out her tools and picked the lock on the main gate.
The moment the door opened, the wolfdogs slowly collapsed on the ground, unable to move.
Mu Jiu Chen: "..." The medicine worked so fast!
As the two of them stepped inside, a group of men in black surrounded them.
Jiang Nuan and Mu Jiu Chen stood back-to-back.
"Heh heh..." Mu Yi Chen walked out from behind them, smiling, and provocatively looked at Mu Jiu Chen. "Big brother, you've arrived so quickly!"