"Don't worry, what could I possibly do to her? I only scared her a little. Besides, didn't Miss Huo call the police for her?"
Huo Jin gazed at this unfathomable man, feeling a chill in her heart, but her tone remained unchanged. "Since you know everything, why are you looking for me? And how would I know where Susu is?"
Yang Sijie put down his wine glass and spoke in a businessman's tone, "How about this, I want to make a deal with you. As long as you tell me where she is, I can help your Huo Corporation secure the overseas project you've long desired. I can also make your boutique the most famous in all of Asia, and your turnover will be several times what it is now."
"I'm not interested in my father's business at all. As for my own shop, it's just to pass the time. I've never had such great ambitions," Huo Jin said nonchalantly. "And I won't tell you where Susu is. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving."
"Alright, please do," Yang Sijie said with an air of confidence, as if he didn't care whether she would tell him or not.
This was Huo Jin's first time facing him directly, and she finally understood his terrifying nature. Her palms were actually sweating.
Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly heard a short ringtone from Yang Sijie's phone on the dining table, and her heart skipped a beat.
Yang Sijie called her back, saying, "Wait, let's see where your boyfriend is driving to."
As he spoke, he opened the video sent to his phone and held it up for Huo Jin to see.
Huo Jin turned back and saw the video on his phone showed Chang Qingchuan driving. At this moment, Chang Qingchuan must have found some free time and was driving to Susu's residence.
"You had someone follow Qingchuan?"
Yang Sijie put down his phone and admired the real-time surveillance video himself, saying with a laugh, "Miss Huo, you're very smart. I won't do anything to you in Lancheng, but your boyfriend... that's not certain. After all, he doesn't have a father like Huo Liangcheng..."
"Try and dare to touch a single finger of Qingchuan!" Huo Jin said angrily.
"I don't want to be at odds with your Huo family, nor do I want to upset Miss Huo. My request is actually very simple: return my woman to me," Yang Sijie said calmly.
Huo Jin thought he was a pervert, a madman. She said furiously, "Is there any point in getting Susu like this? If you truly love her, if you still cherish your childhood affection, you should let her go and give her freedom, let her live the life she wants."
Yang Sijie burst into laughter and said casually, "The life she wants to live is the life I want to live. There's no conflict between us. I've always believed that I never gave up even when I was in hell because she was in my heart. To be with her one day, to fulfill all our childhood dreams. Miss Huo, tell me, who in this world loves her more than I do? Shouldn't she be mine?"
"Love is mutual, not one-sided," Huo Jin said helplessly. "You also have to see if she's willing. There's no happiness in forcing things."
"She truly loves me too. If it weren't for people like you interfering, she would be with me forever."
"Yes, when you turn her into a mindless fool, what's the difference between that and a soulless puppet? Is that what you call being together forever?" Huo Jin couldn't stand his self-deception any longer.
Yang Sijie disdained to argue with her, believing no one would understand the feelings between him and Susu. He just stared at the video on his phone, convinced they must have hidden Susu where Chang Qingchuan was driving.
Huo Jin hurried to leave, intending to stop Chang Qingchuan from going to Susu's residence.
The people at the suite entrance tried to stop her, but Yang Sijie waved them off indifferently, "Let her go."
As soon as Huo Jin reached the hotel lobby, she immediately called Chang Qingchuan, but his phone rang for a long time without anyone answering. Had Yang Sijie already made a move against Qingchuan?
Anxiously, she rushed out of the hotel and got into her car, heading towards Gu Susu's residence. She also hesitated whether to ask her father for help. Judging by Yang Sijie's tone just now, he seemed to have some reservations about her father.
She turned on her Bluetooth and was about to call her father when Chang Qingchuan's call came through.
"Jin, something's wrong!" Chang Qingchuan's voice was anxious.
"Qingchuan, what's wrong? Don't be afraid, where are you? I'll be right there..."
"Jin, I'm fine, what am I afraid of? I'm at Susu's place, you should come quickly." Chang Qingchuan found Huo Jin's words a bit strange, but he was too worried about Susu now. He told Huo Jin, "Susu is gone. She left us a note."
"Ah." This surprised Huo Jin greatly. But Yang Sijie had just asked her about Susu's whereabouts. Susu's disappearance now shouldn't have anything to do with Yang Sijie. "What note did she leave? When did she leave it?"
Chang Qingchuan glanced at the time written by Susu under the note and said, "The night before last. You come over first, I'll wait for you."
Huo Jin turned off her Bluetooth and sped towards Chang Qingchuan's location.
Chang Qingchuan stood there, holding the note in one hand and Susu's letter to Yang Sijie in the other, unable to understand where Susu had gone or what had happened so suddenly.
Just then, someone outside was frantically banging on the door. Yes, banging, not knocking.
He hurriedly put the letter away, thinking Huo Jin couldn't have arrived so quickly. They had just spoken on the phone, and she was still on her way. Who could have found this place?
"Who is it?" he asked loudly without opening the door.
But the person outside didn't answer him at all. With a combined effort, they kicked open the old-fashioned wooden door.
Chang Qingchuan saw several burly men rush in. They acted as if he didn't exist, looking around the house and rummaging through large furniture like wardrobes.
"Hey, who are you people? You can't just barge into someone's house. I'm calling the police..."
But before he could dial, his phone was knocked out of his hand by a burly man. He watched as his phone fell to the ground, its screen shattering.
One of the burly men forcefully twisted his arm and asked expressionlessly, "Where is she? Hand over the person!"
Chang Qingchuan felt his arm was about to break and shouted, "What person? What are you talking about!"
The burly man twisting his arm hit him hard on the head, "Stop playing dumb. Did you hide Mr. Yang's woman here? Hurry up and hand her over!"
Chang Qingchuan had no idea who these people were or what the situation was. Gritting his teeth, he insisted, "I don't understand what you're saying. Let me go, or I'll call for help!"
However, the burly man not only didn't let him go but also twisted both his arms behind his back. The others searched the room thoroughly but found no sign of Gu Susu. They said to the man holding Chang Qingchuan, "Boss, there's no one else in this house besides him."
The leading burly man frowned in distress and said, "How am I going to explain this to Mr. Yang now?"