Su Kangxi had no choice but to ask his superior to negotiate with the park management. However, negotiations take time.
While waiting, he advised Qin Tianyi to go back and rest. He was also exhausted and wanted to find a place to doze off.
Qin Tianyi understood that they had searched the entire park. If they continued searching like this, everyone would be exhausted, and there would be no results for a while.
He told everyone to rest and returned to Gu Susu's apartment alone.
As soon as he entered the apartment, he saw Xiao Mei, who had fallen asleep at the dining table, suddenly wake up.
Seeing him, Xiao Mei asked nervously, "Have you found Miss Gu?"
"Go back to your room and rest. Leave me alone," Qin Tianyi said calmly.
Xiao Mei dared not ask any more questions and returned to her room.
Qin Tianyi sat on the living room sofa, filled with dejection and frustration.
Here, he could no longer hear Xiao Xingxing's laughter, nor could he see Gu Susu's always busy figure.
He realized that what he had always wanted was right beside him: the girl who made his nights unforgettable, and his own child... but now they were all gone.
He couldn't help but recall Gu Susu's words: they had been living peacefully, detached from worldly affairs, and it was he who had dragged them into danger.
Gu Susu had previously lied to him, saying that her parents had consulted a fortune teller who believed her horoscope was unfavorable, and that was why they had sent her abroad.
He had almost believed her then, because his father had indeed consulted someone for him when he was young, saying he was a natural lone star, destined to bring misfortune to everyone around him and die alone.
He used to not believe it, thinking the fortune teller was bribed by Jin Meiyao. Now he believed it; everything around him, everyone he cared about, met a bad end.
His mother was like that, his maternal grandfather was like that, and his grandmother was like that too... Now it was Gu Susu and the child's turn.
He leaned back against the sofa, tilting his head to look at the ceiling. Perhaps he should really let go and drive Gu Susu and the child as far away as possible.
...
Gu Susu felt a continuous pain in her abdomen, but she couldn't stop. She could only run desperately because Qin Tianlang was chasing her from behind.
"Bitch, you can't escape today!"
"Get lost! No! No..." She waved her hands in despair and helplessness, and suddenly felt someone grab her hand.
The person was still shouting at her, "Gu Susu, wake up, wake up for me!"
Gu Susu realized she heard a woman's voice, woke up, and opened her eyes. Almost everything she saw was white.
This environment was too familiar; it was a hospital room. She was lying in a hospital room. It had been a nightmare, and she was drenched in sweat.
And the face in front of her felt both strange and somewhat familiar, yet she couldn't remember where she had seen it before.
"Who are you? Did you... did you bring me to the hospital?" Gu Susu remembered this voice before she fainted, and this was the woman she saw last before losing consciousness.
The woman, with her braided hair pulled back and a few strands covering her cheeks, smiled at her and said, "You don't recognize me? I'm Wei Yanan. I gave you a lot of trouble in prison."
"Yanan, it's you. You've changed completely, this hairstyle, and all this heavy makeup, why are you dressed like this?" Gu Susu recognized her. They had shared a cell for a year in prison.
Wei Yanan's sentence was shorter than hers. Not long after she gave birth, Wei Yanan was released from prison.
They hadn't been in contact since then. In prison, everyone only knew Wei Yanan as a "little gangster" who was imprisoned for assault. Fortunately, the victim was not too severely injured, so she was only sentenced to two years.
Wei Yanan's family also found ways to help her get her sentence reduced, and she was released after serving one year.
Wei Yanan looked at her and smiled, "They didn't allow makeup in there, and I could only have ear-length hair. After coming out, of course, I have to return to my original appearance. You know I'm just a little gangster, don't you?"
"Thank you for saving me." Gu Susu remembered something and asked, "Did I lose the baby in my belly?"
Wei Yanan just nodded, afraid of upsetting her, and didn't say much. She turned and asked, "Do you want some water? I'll get you a glass."
Gu Susu hummed. Although she knew the baby might not have survived at the time, it felt inexplicably painful now that it had become a reality, a heart-wrenching pain.
Wei Yanan poured her a glass of warm water and used a straw, letting her drink while lying down. She comforted her, "You can have another child, as long as you're okay."
Gu Susu suppressed the grief in her heart, smiled at her, and drank a few sips of water, not wanting to talk anymore.
"By the way, what exactly happened? How did you get involved with such a scumbag?" Wei Yanan also had many questions.
Upon hearing her question, Gu Susu's eyes widened. She remembered why she had been knocked unconscious and encountered that scumbag Qin Tianlang in the warehouse. She hurriedly said, "Can I make a phone call? My phone... my phone is lost."
After Wei Yanan sent Gu Susu to the hospital, she couldn't find her phone and couldn't contact her family. So, she claimed to be her family and signed the consent form for the surgical procedure.
"Of course." Wei Yanan quickly gave her her phone.
As soon as Gu Susu took her phone, she typed in a string of numbers without thinking. But as she was about to dial, she deleted the numbers.
She then dialed Su Kangxi's number. What right did she have to call Qin Tianyi first? They had no relationship now, and the child in her womb was gone. They were truly even.
"Su Kangxi, it's me, I'm in the hospital."
When the other party heard Gu Susu's voice, he immediately sobered up, having been woken by the phone's ringing and feeling groggy.
"Sister Susu, where did you go? We've been looking for you everywhere. We've been searching for a whole day and night. If you hadn't contacted me, we would have been draining the lake in the park."
Gu Susu quickly said, "I'm fine, don't worry about me. I know where the child is. He's locked up in a warehouse. Hurry and bring people to rescue the child!"
Su Kangxi could feel her urgency. Since she was fine, rescuing the child was definitely the priority. "Where is the warehouse? Are you sure the child is locked in the warehouse?"
Gu Susu was speechless for a moment. She couldn't clearly describe the exact location of the warehouse. She was unconscious when she was taken in and when she was brought out.
As for whether the child had been moved by those people to another location, she couldn't be sure, especially since Qin Tianlang had caused such a commotion.
"Wait a moment." Gu Susu then asked Wei Yanan beside her, "Do you know the exact location of that warehouse? Could you please tell me so I can inform my friend who is a police officer?"
Wei Yanan hesitated and said, "That warehouse is not a regular warehouse. If the police go there, many people's goods will be lost. I'm afraid it might not be good..."
Seeing her hesitation, Gu Susu didn't press her further. Relying on her memory, she told Su Kangxi, "That warehouse isn't very large. Based on the driving time, it should be in the suburbs. When I was inside, I seemed to hear the sound of trucks outside."