188 A Foreboding Situation! (1/2)
After hanging up, Chen hastily made his way to the Lan's South Lake Mansion. As for Wenfeng and Ruguan, Chen could not care less for these two idiots. If it were not for them plotting against his Beichen jewelry, he would not even have bothered doing anything to them. All that had happened, because they were looking for trouble at the wrong place, and they did not deserve his pity.
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South Lake, just outside the gates to the Lan Mansion, Uncle Qin was already waiting for Chen there. Chen arrived in his car and immediately got down and ran to him. ”Uncle Qin, just what happened? Why can't you tell me over the phone?”
Uncle Qin appeared anxious but calmed himself down before explaining, ”The Miss has gone missing. And we suspect... That she... might have been kidnapped!”
”What!?” Chen exclaimed, he was alarmed by the news. He was finding it hard to believe that something like this could happen. The Lan family was the richest family in all of Green Vine City and had enough resources and power to prevent something like this from happening. If Mengchen was kidnapped, it would mean that the people behind this were also not simple crooks! Chen took a couple of deep breaths to calm himself down before continue asking, ”When did this happen?”
”It's been two days...” Uncle Qin replied in a very anxious voice.
”Why didn't you come to me earlier?” Chen was upset upon hearing that, and anger flashed on his face. His whole body shook with rage and was emitting a fearsome pressure. Even Uncle Qin, who was a strong and experienced fighter himself, felt it getting harder to breathe and a shiver going down his spine when he felt it. It was as if the young man before him had suddenly turned into a ferocious beast!
”Xiaobei... Please! Calm yourself down.” Uncle Qin said solemnly. This matter concerns the survival of the Lan family, and as a butler, I am not supposed to be telling you this... But I am simply too worried about the miss, that I called you to try my luck...” Uncle Qin who was also known as the Stone Buddha, was not one to easily display his emotions and was as calm and steady as a mountain. At then, he was very anxious and restless.
Chen realized just how big this issue meant to the Lan family, and did not blame uncle for keeping this from him. And he also realized that his anger is not going to help resolve the issue, and tried his best to reel in his emotions. ”Uncle, now that I am aware of what happened, I will see this through to the very end! Please tell me everything you know; every small detail may be of great help!”
”Very well...” Uncle Qin nodded before continuing, ”Two days ago, the miss wanted to return home from campus to celebrate the Lunar Festival with the family. I was supposed to pick her up from campus, but due to some unforeseen circumstances, I was delayed, and so the miss then said that she would return home by herself. This was not the first time she commuted alone, her being socially and academically active, she would often travel to many places by herself. And so, I did not insist on picking her up and expected her to return home on her own instead. But... we have not been able to contact her again since that night!”
Listening to Uncle Qin's account of what happened, Chen frowned. ”Suddenly losing contact when she was supposed to be coming home... It looks like this is kidnapping!”
Uncle Qin nodded in agreement. ”It is all my fault... If anything bad happens to miss, I will never be able to forgive myself!” When he said that, he clenched his fists so hard that his fingernails were already cutting into his palm. He was extremely remorseful and was blaming himself too much over this. If something bad had happened to Mengchen, Uncle Qin would definitely break down.