On the road, Li Chonglou informed Lin Ying of the results of his investigation.
Lin Ying had wanted to accompany him to Wuning County, but Li Chonglou refused.
One reason was that the club members needed Lin Ying to maintain order, to prevent them from doing anything extreme, and to manage the aftermath.
Another reason was that since the clues had narrowed down to a mountainous county, two people were sufficient.
Wuning County was a unique place in Yong'an, and even in the entire country.
Located on the mysterious latitude of thirty degrees north, coupled with vast areas of virgin forest, it naturally exuded an air of mystique.
Li Chonglou checked information about Wuning County on his phone.
It was said to produce a type of basalt with strong magnetic properties, which was precisely why the magnetic field in many parts of Wuning County was extremely strong.
Most electronic devices malfunctioned as soon as they entered.
Despite being backed by the developed provincial capital, Yong'an City, at least half of this county lacked telephone and internet access.
It could be considered a modern-day Peach Blossom Spring.
A few years ago, a foreign exploration team entered the forest area for research but became lost within the mist.
When they were finally found, only their bones remained. m..oΓg
These events were enough to illustrate the isolation and danger of Wuning County.
Li Chonglou's heart tightened.
What did his mother and Jiang Yuxin want when they were taken there?
Logically, once the people were caught, Li Hanlong should have used them to threaten him to do something.
But that wasn't the case.
Li Hanlong hadn't tried to contact him yet. Was he waiting for him to walk into a trap?
His mind was filled with worry, and his thoughts were in a state of turmoil.
Soon, Zhang Dongxu drove into Wuning County and passed through a tunnel that was twelve kilometers long.
They saw the county town dotted with neon lights.
As it was too late, the two could only find a hotel to stay in the county town.
After eating something, Li Chong楼 immediately followed the clues and split up with Zhang Dongxu to look for surveillance footage.
At the same time.
Deep within Magnetic Mountain in Wuning County, in a lavishly decorated five-story villa.
A middle-aged man wearing sunglasses stood cautiously at the door. Jiang Yuxin sat on the sofa, her face ashen.
Opposite her sat a young man with a defiant look.
He appeared to be in his early twenties, about the same age as Li Chonglou.
Beside the young man, Lian Zijian, the chairman of Lianchuang Group, obsequiously offered a lighter and lit the young man's cigarette.
"Beauty, I've had the old lady settled. My private doctor is on his way," the young man said, taking a puff and blowing a smoke ring at Jiang Yuxin with a flippant expression. "Since you're here, you might as well stay comfortably."
"Don't put on a cold face. If you can please me, you'll reap endless benefits."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuxin's pretty face turned from pale to flushed with shame.
She had been unconscious all the way and woke up in the villa.
She only remembered being kidnapped with her mother-in-law at the hospital.
The person in front of her was undoubtedly the kidnapper.
And he wanted her to serve him? Dream on!
"This is a society ruled by law. You'd better let me go, or the police will arrest you!" Jiang Yuxin sternly rebuked.
"Hahaha..." The youth seemed to hear the greatest joke in the world. He burst into laughter upon hearing this. "Do you know who I am?"
"And you want to arrest me? Who do you think you are?"
"If you weren't somewhat good-looking, I wouldn't even be interested in looking at you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lian Zijian said obsequiously, "Young Master Huang, I have any kind of beauty you want."
"Li Hanlong originally wanted to kidnap these two women to force a man named Lin Zhendong to reveal the truth about that treasure."
"I brought them to you to let Young Master Huang know that I, Lian Zijian, am always a dog to Young Master Huang."
These words were extremely卑微 (bēi wēi - humble/servile).
If others knew that the chairman of the esteemed Lianchuang Group, a powerful figure in the business world, would openly call himself a dog in front of a young man, it would surely shake Yong'an.
But only Lian Zijian knew that he was more than just a dog; he had spent nearly a billion to even buy the right to be a dog.
This Huang He was merely a spoiled brat.
But the elder behind him was a super figure whose actions could cause the entire business world to falter.
Being able to connect with them was a blessing from his past eight lifetimes.
Being a dog was already an extremely fortunate thing.
The youth showed a look of satisfaction upon hearing this.
He said lazily, "That idiot Li Hanlong dares to defy me."
"My grandfather told him to find Shi Boqiong, and he still has no leads."
"Incompetent!"
"You're more reliable."
Listening to their conversation, Jiang Yuxin's beautiful eyes showed suspicion and she cursed, "What Shi Boqiong, Lin Zhendong, I don't know either of them."
"My mother-in-law just had heart surgery not long ago. If anything happens to her, can you take responsibility if she dies?"
After speaking, she glared angrily at the man named Huang He.
Huang He looked surprised and exhaled smoke. "You really don't know anything?"
"Do you know what your husband Li Chonglou does?"
"You don't still think he's just your live-in son-in-law, do you?"
"My heavens, how can there be such a naive woman in this world? You make me so curious."
His words left Jiang Yuxin full of suspicion and confusion.
She asked angrily, "What exactly do you want to say?"
"You've been deceived, beauty," Huang He said with a cold smile. "Your husband Li Chonglou is the successor of a family of treasure appraisers."
"Lin Zhendong is his master. He's been pretending to be incompetent, poor, and even humble in front of you."
"But as far as I know, this Lin Zhendong possesses a heaven-defying treasure."
"Whoever obtains this treasure will be able to dominate this world!"
"Qin Shi Huang unified the six states and became the supreme emperor back then, relying on it."
"And your husband is one of the people who knows its secret, but he never tells you. He doesn't love you at all."
"To him, you are merely a tool to conceal his identity!"
Huang He said this with a cold smile at the corner of his mouth.
These matters were not secrets, at least not insignificant to him.
There was no harm in telling Jiang Yuxin.
After all, he had asked the man in sunglasses to bring Jiang Yuxin and Zheng Xiumei here precisely to control Li Chonglou personally and make him his dog.
But before that, he wanted to subdue this ice-like beauty.
Make her hate Li Chonglou and then fall in love with him.
He had always had this peculiar preference.
"Could Li Chonglou really be deceiving me?" Jiang Yuxin was stunned.
In an instant, various past events flashed through her mind.
Li Chonglou's confrontation with Jiang Tao at his birthday banquet, his extraordinary knowledge of antiques.
And then everything he had done later, which she had previously thought were mere coincidences.
But now it seemed that everything had unfolded naturally.
He was not a live-in son-in-law at all. How could someone who casually had the Lu family gift a villa be willing to be a live-in son-in-law?
But why had he never told her?
Why?
Did he not trust her!
Why did he only explode now after enduring three years of hardship?
Did he just want to watch her act like a clown!
Without him, the Jiang family quickly went bankrupt.
Was this the outcome he wanted?
Did he want to completely crush her self-esteem and satisfy his inner desire for admiration?
For a moment, Jiang Yuxin's mind was in chaos, with countless thoughts swirling in her head.
And Huang He, seeing her changing expression, couldn't hide the exceedingly smug smile on his face.