Time waits for no one, and Shen Chiyan and Gao Kunlun immediately left Ding Sheng Group. As soon as they reached the ground floor of the building, they encountered Ye Fanglin, who had just rushed out of the hospital, and Lin Lanxing, who was supporting her.
Ye Fanglin's surgery was originally scheduled for this afternoon. Just as she was preparing to enter the operating room, she suddenly received a video on her phone of Lin Qiutong being kidnapped. The kidnappers didn't want money but specifically demanded that Shen Chiyan rescue Lin Qiutong.
If the police were alerted or anyone else went to her rescue, it would accelerate Lin Qiutong's time to death.
With no other choice, Ye Fanglin ran to plead with Shen Chiyan.
"Chiyan, are you going to save Tongtong or look for Song Qinian?"
Before coming, Ye Fanglin knew Shen Chiyan was facing a difficult choice. She understood Shen Chiyan's love for Song Qinian and feared that Shen Chiyan would disregard Lin Qiutong's life for his wife, so she had to make this trip herself.
Seeing that Shen Chiyan didn't answer, Ye Fanglin desperately grabbed his arm. Tears streamed down her face. The thought of Lin Qiutong falling into boiling oil made her heart ache. "Chiyan, Auntie begs you, you must save Tongtong. The rope holding her is so thin. If it can't bear her weight, it will snap. Then Tongtong will be..."
Lin Lanxing's eyes were also red. "Brother Chiyan, Song Qinian has already eloped with someone. Even if you find her, she won't come back to you. But my sister is in mortal danger. If you don't save her, she will die. If my older brother sees my sister being fried to a pulp in the underworld, he will hate you to death. He will definitely regret taking that stab for you and dying in your place!"
If it hadn't been for Lin Feichi back then, Shen Chiyan would have been the one to die.
Shen Chiyan owed the Lin family a life. If Lin Qiutong really died, he would probably never have peace in this life.
But he remained silent. After shaking off Ye Fanglin and Lin Lanxing's hands, he directly got into a car.
Gao Kunlun got into another car, and the two of them, one after the other, drove away from Ding Sheng Group.
Ye Fanglin watched the two cars leave and finally could no longer hold on, fainting.
"Mom!"
Lin Lanxing was terribly frightened and quickly supported her!
Mu Yuxin and Ye Fanglin had a high bone marrow compatibility, and Mu Yuxin could donate bone marrow to Ye Fanglin. As Ye Fanglin's surgery was about to begin, she ran out of the hospital. Mu Yuxin, worried about her, hailed a taxi and followed. She then overheard their conversation.
No wonder Ye Fanglin was so anxious; it turned out Lin Qiutong had been kidnapped.
And what did she mean by Niannian eloping with someone?
She had been too busy lately to contact Niannian. Today, she had intended to ask Niannian to accompany her to the hospital, but to avoid Niannian's worry, she hadn't contacted her.
Didn't Niannian love Shen Chiyan very much? How could she elope with someone else?
She immediately took out her phone and called Song Qinian, only to find her phone was turned off.
Ye Fanglin had fainted, and Mu Yuxin couldn't think of anything else. She had to help Ye Fanglin first.
However, she also saw clearly that in Ye Fanglin's eyes, Lin Qiutong would always be her daughter!
...
Shen Chiyan and Gao Kunlun's cars drove at high speed, one after the other. They were soon approaching the north-south dividing line, and all the choices were left to Shen Chiyan.
If Shen Chiyan went north to save Lin Qiutong, Gao Kunlun would directly go south to find Song Qinian.
If Shen Chiyan chose to go south to find Song Qinian, even if he found a corpse, Gao Kunlun would go north to find Lin Qiutong.
Song Qinian was unaware of the intricacies of this situation. She only saw Shen Chiyan and Gao Kunlun driving to find her and Lin Qiutong.
The intersection was fast approaching. No one knew what Shen Chiyan was thinking.
"Guess, will Shen Chiyan go to find you or rescue Lin Qiutong?"
Song Qinian glared fiercely at Li Junshen, this despicable scoundrel, for using Lin Qiutong's life to threaten Shen Chiyan.
Then, her gaze fell back to the screen. Shen Chiyan... what would he choose?
Song Qinian recalled past events. Although Shen Chiyan had lost his memory back then, whenever faced with a choice, he would unhesitatingly choose Lin Qiutong.
What about this time?
Would he come to find her?
As the cars slowly approached the intersection, everyone's hearts tightened. Only Li Junshen seemed to have anticipated the outcome, a faint smile playing on his lips.
When they reached the intersection, Shen Chiyan suddenly stopped his car. His hesitation clearly showed the internal turmoil he was experiencing.
Gao Kunlun also stopped his car, his hands clenched tightly on the steering wheel, his gaze fixed on the rear of Shen Chiyan's car.
He seemed to feel Shen Chiyan's pain, his brow furrowed so deeply it could trap a fly.
Meanwhile, inside Shen Chiyan's car, the kidnappers sent another live video of Lin Qiutong. Lin Qiutong's face was flushed red from the heat of the pot below her feet. Her eyes were filled with terror. Due to her struggles, the ropes had cut into her wrists, and blood was flowing down her arm and into her clothes.
"Save me... A'Yan, save me... I don't want to die yet..."
Her voice had become hoarse from pleading, and she was on the verge of losing consciousness.
Suddenly, Shen Chiyan's mind flashed back to the scene of Lin Feichi collapsing in his arms. On the way to the hospital, he had held his hand tightly over Lin Feichi's bleeding wound, frantically comforting him, "Feichi, hold on, you'll be alright."
Lin Feichi weakly shook his head and tightly gripped his hand. "A'Yan, I feel like I'm going to die. But I can't rest knowing my family is alone. If I... please, you must take good care of them for me, especially Tongtong... She's too mischievous. I'm worried she'll be bullied..."
Shen Chiyan, who was still a child then, shed silent tears, not knowing what to do.
"Feichi, you'll be alright. We'll be at the hospital soon!"
"Mm, the doctor... will surely... surely save me. But what I just told you, you promise me, okay?"
"Okay, I promise. I will treat Tongtong like my own sister, and I won't let anyone bully her!"
Lin Qiutong's voice also suddenly pierced Shen Chiyan's ears, "If my older brother sees my sister being fried to a pulp in the underworld, he will hate you to death. He will definitely regret taking that stab for you and dying in your place!"
On one side was Lin Qiutong's desperate plea, and on the other, Song Qinian's sweet, smiling face, reaching out to him, beckoning him to find her.
"Beep beep beep..."
The horns from behind urged Shen Chiyan on. The veins on his hands gripping the steering wheel bulged. He violently slammed the steering wheel, his face grim, and started the car, heading north.
Gao Kunlun, without any hesitation, went south.
Seeing Shen Chiyan make his choice, Song Qinian's heart sank to the bottom.
Li Junshen immediately turned off the television, not letting the subsequent scenes continue. He turned to look at Song Qinian with a pained expression. "See? No matter how many times it happens, Shen Chiyan's first choice will always be Lin Qiutong."
Song Qinian gestured furiously, "That's also because you used Lin Qiutong's life to threaten him!"
"Heh... do you think that's the point? If it were me, I wouldn't care about anyone else's life or death. I would only want you!"
Li Junshen gently stroked Song Qinian's hair. "Niannian, in this world, no one would give up everything for you like I have, and no one loves you more than I do!"