"Hello, the number you have dialed is switched off."
Chu Lingtian dialed Liu Bingxue's number again, but the automated voice greeting was all he heard.
This made Chu Lingtian anxious. He rushed back to the home he shared with Liu Bingxue, but she wasn't there.
Thinking that Liu Bingxue might have gone to her parents' house, he reasoned that women were most vulnerable physically and emotionally during pregnancy, craving the comfort and care of their closest relatives.
So Chu Lingtian went to Liu Bingxue's parents' home. However, Liu Shu and Zhang Ping also told Chu Lingtian that Liu Bingxue had not visited them.
Furthermore, Chu Lingtian's sudden arrival made Liu Shu and Zhang Ping believe something serious had happened, prompting him to search everywhere for Liu Bingxue.
After lying to placate Liu Shu and Zhang Ping, Chu Lingtian lit a cigarette and pondered where Liu Bingxue could have gone.
She was pregnant, had experienced a threatened miscarriage, and the doctor had ordered bed rest. Her running around like this could lead to a miscarriage or even endanger her own life.
"Hello, Liu Huohuo, is your sister at your place?"
Chu Lingtian considered that if Liu Bingxue hadn't gone home or to her parents', she might have gone to find Liu Huohuo.
After all, Liu Bingxue had a somewhat cold personality and had focused on her company for years, leaving her with few friends. Even though she wasn't very close to her sister Liu Huohuo, they were still siblings, and it was natural to help and care for each other in times of need.
"No, why? Did you lose my sister?"
Liu Huohuo's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Bye."
Chu Lingtian was too impatient to say more. He just wanted to find Liu Bingxue as soon as possible. After getting a definitive answer from Liu Huohuo that Liu Bingxue wasn't with her, Chu Lingtian hung up.
"Wait, did you anger my sister? Tell me, is it because you're not good in bed, or because you exhausted her with too much sex?"
Liu Huohuo, true to her reputation as a little vixen, came out with provocative remarks.
Chu Lingtian didn't answer. He directly hung up the call with Liu Huohuo and then dialed Liu Bingxue's number again.
But the automated voice still stated that Liu Bingxue's phone was switched off. This began to worry Chu Lingtian. The middle-aged woman in the same hospital room had said Liu Bingxue left in a hurry after receiving a phone call. So who had called Liu Bingxue, and what could have made her leave the hospital in such haste, disregarding her own health and the fetus?
Could someone have set a trap and abducted Liu Bingxue?
Before returning to the city, Chu Lingtian had killed countless people and made numerous enemies. Coupled with those he had offended since then, and the irreconcilable blood feud with the Jingcheng Jiang family, one of the four major families of Dachang City, it was entirely possible for someone to target his loved ones if his true identity was discovered.
This was precisely why Chu Lingtian had been so diligent in hiding his true identity all this time, to avoid bringing danger to those around him.
Thinking of the possibility that Liu Bingxue, carrying his child, had been captured by enemies, Chu Lingtian exuded an icy aura of killing intent.