"Boss, I've seen the videos of the front and back doors of the school. The young lady never left."
After receiving the call, Shen Xinglan rushed over. Shen II had already checked the security room's monitoring system.
"Where was the last place she went in and out from?" Shen Xinglan was standing in front of the teaching building. Shen III could see that he was not calm, this was an emotion that was rarely seen on Shen Xinglan.
Shen II pointed to a building in the distance. "In the library, there is an image of the young lady entering the monitoring room. Our people have already found it."
As soon as his voice reverberated, Shen Xinglan strode toward the library, moving faster and faster, which finally turned into a run.
"Boss, second brother..." At the gate of the library, one of his subordinates came forward. "We have looked everywhere, there is no sign of the young lady."
Shen II looked at Shen Xinglan. This man was like a monster climbing up from the abyss. His mind was stretched on a string, waiting for only one piece of news to completely set his rampage free.
"She must be inside." Shen Xinglan stared at the library gate. "Go to the school and ask them for the building plans."
The headmaster had already been alerted by such a big commotion. He wanted to call the police when he arrived, but under the cold eyes of Shen Xinglan, he had to cooperate with him to get the library's architectural drawings first.
"We only have the ones before the renovation." After a while, the person in charge of logistics came running and stammered under the homicidal gaze of Shen Xinglan.
"I looked through... the engineering drawings... after the renovation... I could not find them."
The atmosphere at the scene was suffocating, and people around felt they could not breathe wherever Shen Xinglan's eyes swept.
All of a sudden, he turned and strode away. Shen II hurried to follow him.
"Shen III, continue to search." Shen Xinglan dropped this one sentence, and Shen II trotted along at his pace and asked, "Boss, where are we going?"
"The Ji family."
When Shen Xinglan arrived at the Ji mansion, the family was preparing for dinner.
"Why did you suddenly come back?" Ji Zeming's face was enveloped by joy. "The dinner is ready, let's eat together!"
Ji Xue's expression was not quite right. She lowered her head and did not even look at Shen Xinglan.
"No, I'm here to ask Ji Xue for a few words. I'll leave after asking."
Bai Yongwei had a bad feeling when she saw that he did not look right and Ji Xue's eyes were dodging him.
"You are looking for Xiaoxue?" Ji Zeming scowled. "What do you want to ask about?"
Shen Xinglan walked toward Ji Xue step by step. "Where have you locked up A Miao?"
"What?"
Ji Zeming was stunned. "Is A Miao missing?"
"No, Xinglan! A Miao is missing. What are you doing looking for Xiaoxue?" Bai Yongwei pushed back the chair and stood in front of Ji Xue. "Why don't we also send someone to look for her?"
Shen Xinglan looked at her coldly. "I'll ask you again, where are you keeping A Miao?"
"Nonsense!" Ji Zeming hit the table. "If someone is missing, call the police or go find them. Who are you threatening?"
Ji Xue hid behind Bai Yongwei and lifted her head proudly. "I don't know where she is, maybe she ran away with a man!"
"Bang!" Shen Xinglan hit the dining table with one blow, and the dishes crashed all over the floor.
"Are you... are you rebelling?" Ji Zeming was trembling with anger. Bai Yongwei quickly supported him and said anxiously, "Xinglan, you pissed off your father!"
Shen Xinglan grabbed Ji Xue's hair and Ji Xue screamed, "What are you doing, let me go! Dad... Mom..."
"Xinglan, let go of Xiaoxue! Why don't you come at me if you're unhappy! Come at me!" Bai Yongwei looked distraught and held on to Shen Xinglan's arm.
"If you don't tell me, I'll have to take you there to find out when to find A Miao and when to let you go." Shen Xinglan kicked Bai Yongwei away, grabbed Ji Xue's hair, and dragged her on the ground.
"Boo-hoo... It hurts. Let me go, let me go!"
Ji Zeming shouted at the side while looking for something to hit Shen Xinglan with. Bai Yongwei rushed up crying hysterically. Ji Xue screamed and cried.
"Shen II!" Shen Xinglan shouted loudly.
"Boss!" Shen II stepped forward and pulled out his gun.
Shen Xinglan looked coldly at the three of them crying. "Whoever stops me, shoot them."
"Bang!"
Shen II fired a shot at the floor, right at Bai Yongwei's feet. She uttered a cry and did not dare to move.
"You son of a bitch!" Ji Zeming rushed over.
Shen Xinglan pushed him away. "20 years ago, you could not save your woman. Today, you even stop me from saving my woman. Ji Zeming, if anything happens to A Miao, I, Shen Xinglan, will never have anything to do with your Ji family again."
"What are you... what are you talking about?" Ji Zeming was frightened by him, and at that time, did not dare to move.
Ji Xue hugged Bai Yongwei's leg. "Mom! Mom! Help me! Help me!"
It was getting dark and the Shen Xinglan got a heavy heart as he stopped and thought of something.
"I'll ask you again, where have you locked up A Miao?"
"I don't know! I don't know!" Ji Xue shouted desperately, "Shoot if you can, go ahead!"
Shen Xinglan grabbed the gun from Shen II's hand and pulled the trigger on Ji Xue's head. After a loud bang, Ji Xue sat motionless on the ground.
"Ahhh!" Bai Yongwei madly hugged her. "Xiaoxue! Xiaoxue!"
Ji Xue woke up with a start and touched her cheek where it was burning. Her hands were suddenly red.
"Next time, it's straight into your head." Shen Xinglan stared at her. "Where have you locked up A Miao?"
"I'll tell you! I'll tell you..." Ji Xue looked at him while trembling all over. "I... I put her... in a secret room on the third floor of the library."
Shen Xinglan turned and walked away. "Shen II, take people with you."
"Is anyone there?" A Miao knelt feebly and climbed on the door. She had been shouting for half an hour, but there was no movement outside.
When she was leaving the library in the afternoon, Ji Xue suddenly appeared. She did not know what she had sprayed on her, and then she saw black.
When she woke up, A Miao found herself locked in a small black room with only a small window above her head. At first, there was still light, but gradually, it had gotten dark. As the room got darker and darker, A Miao became more and more afraid.
"Don't be dark... don't be dark!" She cried and prayed. "Anyone? Let me out. I don't want to stay here, let me out..."
When the entire room was shrouded in darkness, A Miao entered a self-enclosed mode and began to scratch at the door hard. If her hands were to be injured as badly as before, unfortunately, even basic life skills could not be guaranteed in the future.
"A Miao! A Miao!"
It seemed as if someone was vaguely calling her, and A Miao suddenly began to shiver.
"I'm here! I am here!" She sobered up and slammed on the door.
Hearing her voice, Shen Xinglan finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Step back and I'll kick the door down."
"Okay. Kick it, kick it." She crawled around on the ground and hid at the side of the door.
A Miao could hear the sound of the door being kicked. And when the wooden door broke, her entire vision suddenly became clear.
"A Miao!" Shen Xinglan walked to her side and embraced her.
On the way back, she sat in the arms of Shen Xinglan. He touched her face, held her hand, and hugged her tightly.
"It's okay, it's okay..." He kept repeating these words.
A Miao continued to shake and could not control it. Even her voice was shaky. "I... I'm fine..."
"Let's go to the hospital and take a look. You look very pale." Shen Xinglan was holding her face, her palm-sized little pale face, and her lips were grayish-blue.
"No..." A Miao shook her head weakly and leaned into his arms.
When did this man's arms become so reliable? Even the smell of his body reassured her. A Miao closed her eyes.
"Let me sleep... for a while."
The driver, Shen III, answered the phone and whispered, "Boss, Shen II has sent people back to the Ji's house."
"Find someone to get close to Ji Xue." Shen Xinglan took a blanket to cover A Miao. "Take her somewhere to widen her vision."
Shen III nodded and glanced at A Miao carefully. His face turned red. "Boss, miss, she... her eyes..."
"It's nothing." Shen Xinglan gently took off her fake eyelids. Shen III averted his eyes. Only then did he understand what Shen I had meant when he said that A Miao's eyes were covered over with makeup.
In the Ji family, when Ji Xue was sent back, Bai Yongwei almost fainted from crying.
"Mom!" Ji Xue rushed in crying.
Bai Yongwei quickly hugged her. Then, she examined her carefully to make sure that she was not injured before she hugged her again and wept bitterly.
Ji Zeming walked up and down restlessly and heard them crying. "Do you still have the face to cry? If you've done such a thing, I don't care how your brother treats you later. "
He still knew his son. Before, the mayor's daughter had offended him, and it was not long before it was reported that she was having sex with a married man. Now she was still abroad and did not dare come back.
"Xinglan is a man who will collect his debts. If you have the time to cry, it would be better to think about how you can be forgiven by him."
Bai Yongwei gave Ji Xue a slap in the face with a flash in her eyes while grinding her teeth. "You really hurt us so much. How could you do such a thing? That's your future sister-in-law!"
"Mom... you hit me?" Ji Xue buried her face in her hands, but saw Bai Yongwei glare at her, so she immediately cried out, "I didn't mean it."
Ji Zeming glared at her. "You didn't mean it? It was not intentional? How could you lock someone up?"
"Dad, dad, listen to me..." Ji Xue rushed at him. "I was really just joking with her. If the eldest brother didn't come, I would have gone to the school to let her out after eating. I was really joking and didn't want to do anything."
Bai Weirong cried, "You are so ignorant, how can you make such a joke? Look at how angry your father and Xinglan are."
Ji Zeming sighed. "I've spoiled you. Tomorrow, go with your mother to buy some medicine to see A Miao and apologize."
"I... I know." Ji Xue cried a few more times and secretly looked at Bai Yongwei.
The Shen family villa—
When he carried A Miao to bed, she tightly caught Shen Xinglan's shirt. Shen Xinglan prevented Auntie from changing her clothes.
"No need. You can get out."
Shen Xinglan turned over to go to bed with A Miao in his arms.