"Who’s that, how did you get here? Did you bring this for me? That... just, take a seat."
Lei Ziyi hurriedly took the stuff.
He frantically wiped the chair with a tissue and then opened a drink for the girl, so excited that he didn’t know what to do.
"Who’s that" was how he addressed the girl, because he never knew her name.
In the organization, members seldom used their real names. For example, Lei Ziyi was mostly known to others as W.
"You can call me Xiao Xiao."
The girl’s voice was not very loud, just enough for the two of them to hear. Yes, she was Tang Xiaowan’s former personal bodyguard, Lin Xiaoxiao.
She wasn’t dead, she was still alive, and Leng Lingxiao’s guess was correct.
This sudden surprise made Lei Ziyi flustered, and he actually opened another bottle of drink for the girl and carefully placed it on the corner of the table.
"Okay, that... Xiao Xiao, take a drink."
"I didn’t expect you guys to be quite..." Lin Xiaoxiao pointed at the laptop and shook her head repeatedly.
Lei Ziyi quickly closed the laptop.
At this moment, he wished he could find a hole to crawl into, feeling that his persona had collapsed.
Why didn’t he close it just now?
"This wasn’t my idea! Does it look scary? Actually, it’s quite civilized already. Women with such malicious intentions, like her, totally deserve it!"
"Yep, I heard the boss had a grudge with her, that’s why he targeted her."
"It’s more than just a grudge! Hmph, it’s a blood feud! Good thing the boss didn’t go to Jin City, or he might’ve killed her and still not felt avenged. Yuan Min is like a white lotus, with one face in front and another behind, her heart is poisoned."
After speaking, Lei Ziyi showed a look of contempt.
Lin Xiaoxiao nodded meaningfully: "Oh, so that’s how it is. She looks quite kind and benevolent, but appearances can be deceiving!"
"That’s why I say, this isn’t excessive."
The two were chatting merrily when Lei Ziyi’s phone suddenly rang. It was the boss. The ransom had been received, and the plan could be terminated.
"I won’t disturb you if you’re busy," Lin Xiaoxiao said lightly, turning to leave.
"Not busy, can we have dinner together?"
"Do you have alcohol here?"
"No, but I can go buy some."
Seeing that Lin Xiaoxiao agreed, Lei Ziyi quickly grabbed his phone and headed out.
On the way, he was so excited that he danced around and kept looking up to chuckle, his cheerful demeanor like that of a child.
Jin City, in the basement of a foreign-style house.
After receiving the notice, a man in a mask knocked Madam Lai unconscious with a slap to her face.
Then, they stuffed her into an enormous rolling suitcase, waiting for the call to come so they could haul it out and hand her over to the driver.
"Looks like Li Zishen is finally willing to bleed!" mocked one of the masked men.
"I thought he had a heart of stone."
"It’s funny, though, when Tang Xiaowan was taken hostage, he agreed so readily. But when it came to his own mother, why was he fussing so much? It seems women are more important to him."
"Ah, it’s so sad, just pitiful!"
"Pitiful? Does she even deserve pity? I think she’s just getting what she deserves, bringing it on herself."
"Yeah, yeah, serves her right, definitely deserves it!"
The three masked men mocked her mercilessly.
In this gloomy and frightening basement, Madam Lai was subjected to ridicule and torture.
Her dignity was torn to shreds, her heart filled with pain and despair. But she knew she couldn’t break down, and she especially couldn’t die here. Even if her face and arms were marked with indecent words, it didn’t matter, it could be washed off, and as for her hair, it could grow back too.
She was convinced her son would come to rescue her.
Just as the three masked men were reveling in their frenzy, the phone of the one in charge rang.
He looked at the caller ID, hurriedly answered with utmost respect, "Yes, everything is ready. Don’t worry, the person is alive and well."
After hanging up, he waved his right hand.
The other two masked men immediately dragged out a large suitcase and stuffed it into a van.
After a brief exchange, the driver stepped on the gas, and the car exited the small western-style house’s garage, soon disappearing from sight.
At this moment, Madam Lai was groggy.
The space inside the suitcase was very small, and had she not been knocked out prior, she would have been terrified to the point of a brain hemorrhage; it was a suffocating feeling.
The van sped along the designated route.
Just as they were about to reach their destination, an ear-piercing screech of brakes was heard. Madam Lai woke up startled, followed by the sound of doors opening and closing.
It was very dim inside the suitcase. She curled up her body, terrified, and soon fainted again.
Ten minutes later, a top-of-the-line nanny car and a black off-road vehicle arrived.
Four black-suited bodyguards got out and swiftly opened the van, carefully moved the extremely large suitcase from inside, then slowly unzipped it.
Voices echoing, calling reached Madam Lai’s ears.
She slowly opened her eyes and in a daze, she saw a familiar figure.
Li Zishen was gritting his teeth, holding back the grief in his heart, and gently lifted Madam Lai out of the suitcase, chokingly saying, "Mom, it’s me, it’s Zishen, let’s go home."
"My son, my son has come."
With those words, Madam Lai fell into unconsciousness again.
To be on the safe side, Li Zishen had brought his good friend Li Weilian along.
In the car, after a preliminary examination, Madam Lai was indeed, as the kidnapper had said, unharmed at least on the surface.
But her mind was troubled.
"Zishen, should we head to Li Garden first?" Li Weilian looked at Li Zishen with heartfelt sorrow.
Li Garden was not only equipped with standard medical equipment capable of handling emergencies, but more importantly, it was heavily guarded with a very sophisticated security system, indeed a suitable place for Madam Lai’s convalescence.
However, Li Zishen’s father, Li Zhenshan, had once made it clear that under no circumstances was Yuan Min to set foot in Li Garden.
Li Zishen was aware of this matter.
But now, looking at his mother’s bewildered state, it was hard for him as a son to bear.
"Oh, for now, you’ll have to run between two places, and stay at Li Garden as well," Li Zishen replied.
"Don’t worry, she’ll get better."
"Mm, I know, I trust you."
Just then, Li Zishen’s phone rang, still from an internet number.
Without guessing, he knew who was calling. This update ıs available on novel fire.net
Watching his mother’s tortured state, he was in a murderous rage, yet he had to suppress his anger as the caller’s identity was not yet confirmed.
So, as he pressed the answer button, he signaled his bodyguards to start tracking and locating.
Sure enough, it was a digitally altered voice again.
"Mr. Li, it’s been a pleasure working with you!"
"You’ve received the money, haven’t you?" Li Zishen spoke faintly, but his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
"Thank you, Mr. Li, for your generous contribution. However, there is one more thing... I think it’s necessary to tell you, don’t worry, it’s definitely a big surprise."
Li Zishen frowned and said, "I’m all ears."
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