Gu Susu didn't answer her, rushing out quickly. "Xiao Mei, explain clearly, what exactly happened? Who dares to snatch Xiao Xingxing in broad daylight? Where are you now?"
"I'm on the street," Xiao Mei cried in panic on the phone. "I don't know either. Young Master and I were walking fine, and suddenly a van stopped beside us. Before I could react, someone grabbed Young Master and pulled him into the car, and the car... sped away..."
"Don't panic, stay where you are, and call the police quickly!" Gu Susu rushed out of the company, hailed a taxi, and frantically called Qin Tianyi.
But when she dialed Qin Tianyi's phone, he didn't answer.
Gu Susu could only hope that she had angered Qin Tianyi these past few days, and he was deliberately taking Xiao Xingxing to scare her.
Perhaps in a while, Qin Tianyi would tell her where he was taking Xiao Xingxing for fun, or what restaurant they were eating at.
Yes, it must be like this. She couldn't lose her composure. She had to see Xiao Mei first.
Qin Tianyi didn't know why she was calling again and deliberately didn't answer. Who did this woman think she was, to easily make his emotions fluctuate? He decided to continue giving her the cold shoulder.
A moment later, his phone rang again, pulling him out of his focused work.
He irritably thought it was Gu Susu calling and was about to silence his phone when he noticed an unfamiliar number. After a moment's thought, he picked up the phone and answered.
A strange voice came from the other end of the phone, neither male nor female, as if a voice changer had been used. "Mr. Qin, your son is in our hands. You'd better obey us."
Qin Tianyi couldn't help but grip his phone tighter and said in a deep voice, "Are you mistaken? I don't have a son at all."
A strange laugh came from the other end of the phone. "Kid, talk to your dad quickly."
Immediately, Xiao Xingxing's crying voice came from the phone: "Dad, I'm in a dark room, a dark room..." Then there was a "slap," presumably Xiao Xingxing being hit.
Qin Tianyi's heart ached as he listened. This was indeed Xiao Xingxing's voice.
But who was he? The more this happened, the less he could lose his composure, and the more he needed to stay calm.
"Oh, why did you grab this child? He's not my son. Who knows what bastard he is." Qin Tianyi said indifferently, "It's ridiculous for you to try and threaten me with him."
"Mr. Qin, the child just called you dad just now," the strange voice said again.
Qin Tianyi said with a nonchalant, amused tone, "Just because he calls me dad means he's my biological son? This child lacked fatherly love since he was young and likes to call everyone dad. If you don't believe me, ask him his name. He's Gu Yuxing, he doesn't even have my surname."
"Mr. Qin, listen to the child's cry, don't you feel heartbroken?" The person on the other end held the phone closer to Xiao Xingxing, who was crying uncontrollably, shouting, "Dad, Dad..."
Qin Tianyi's eyes instantly turned red, like a beast about to go berserk.
But he restrained himself, not wanting the other party to notice his concern, and continued to say coldly, "I've told you, this child is not my biological son, and he has nothing to do with me. If you want to extort money, go find his biological parents. However, I advise you to release the child. Kidnapping children is a serious crime, and it's not worth the trouble."
"Mr. Qin, you really don't care about this child? You'll regret it!" The other party hung up with a threatening tone.
Qin Tianyi lowered his head and eyes, tightly gripping his phone, a hint of murderous intent appearing on his face. Someone actually dared to kidnap Xiao Xingxing to threaten him!
Just as he was about to contact Boss Wei himself, a message suddenly arrived on his phone, sent from a hidden number.
The message was an MMS with a picture: a DNA identification report, showing a result of ninety-nine point nine nine nine nine... percent biological kinship.
Soon, another message followed: "Mr. Qin, this is the paternity test report between you and this child. If you don't believe it, you can have it tested again."
Qin Tianyi stared at the identification report. The date and some important information were pixelated, but the result was clear.
Who were these people, and why did they have his and Xiao Xingxing's paternity test report?
This report was probably fake. When Gu Susu gave birth to this child, they didn't even know each other. How could they have a child with Gu Susu that they didn't know about? This was too absurd and ridiculous.
The kidnappers who abducted Xiao Xingxing were probably afraid he wouldn't pay the ransom, panicked, and used such a fake report to fool him, thinking he would believe it?
It also proved that his calm conversation with the kidnappers had worked. Now the panicked one was the kidnapper, not him.
He called Boss Wei, but it was Boss Wei's confidant who answered, saying that their boss had gone abroad for a vacation and was not in Lan City right now. He wouldn't be back for half a month.
Now he was a little anxious. Without Boss Wei's help, how could he find out who the kidnappers were and what their background was?
...
Gu Susu rushed to the road that Xiao Xingxing always took on his way home from school. She saw Xiao Mei squatting on the ground, crying.
She ran over, grabbed Xiao Mei, and asked, "Did you call the police? What happened?"
Xiao Mei looked up and saw her. "I called the police. The police said they'll be here soon. I don't know, it was too sudden. The people in the car were wearing masks, and I didn't even get a clear look at the license plate."
"You get up first. The police can check the surveillance footage when they arrive. There should be surveillance cameras along the road." Gu Susu pulled Xiao Mei up and looked at the cameras above the road.
While they were waiting for the police to arrive, Gu Susu tried calling Qin Tianyi's phone again. This time, Qin Tianyi answered.
Before Qin Tianyi could speak, Gu Susu anxiously asked, "Stop joking. You took Xiao Xingxing, right? We've already called the police, where did you take the child?"
"Xiao Xingxing was kidnapped. The kidnappers just called me."
Qin Tianyi's voice was like a thunderbolt, and Gu Susu almost fainted from anxiety. The child, her child had really been taken!
She only heard Qin Tianyi continue, "Calling the police was the right thing to do. Wait for me, I'll come find you right away."
Gu Susu asked blankly, "Did the people who kidnapped Xiao Xingxing ask you for money? How much? I beg you, you must give it to them, don't let anything happen to Xiao Xingxing, please don't..."
"We'll talk when we meet. I don't think it's about money." Qin Tianyi felt something was wrong here. The kidnappers called him and sent him messages, but they didn't mention money. They only told him to obey them. To be honest, he still didn't understand what the kidnappers' purpose was.
Gu Susu didn't believe him. Since the kidnappers were targeting him by kidnapping the child, they naturally wanted a ransom. She couldn't hold back any longer and cried, "Give them whatever they want, and I'll pay you back. Xiao Xingxing's life is the most important thing..."