After ending the call, Di Minghao looked around. He returned to the wooden house, and Yu Ze had already gotten up from the ground.
Di Minghao stood at the door, his gaze cold as he looked at Yu Ze, who had innocent, big eyes.
Slamming the door shut behind him, Di Minghao pulled a worn-out chair to Yu Ze's front.
"Sit here obediently, or I'll make sure you don't see tomorrow's sun!"
The dust on the bench was visible to the naked eye, and Yu Ze stood frozen, timid.
Recalling Jiang Ziyu's instructions, to remain calm when encountering danger and not to act rashly, Yu Ze slowly walked to the chair and sat down as Di Minghao, impatient, was about to push him onto it.
"Heh, you're wise!"
The broken window on the east side of the wooden house swayed in the wind, and the creaking sound of the wind, accompanied by the typing on a mobile phone, echoed intermittently above the wooden house.
Di Residence.
The incident of 'Qianqian' being kidnapped was not revealed to the old lady. After Di Mingjue and Jiang Ziyu returned from outside, they immediately retreated to their room.
"Let's call the police!" Jiang Ziyu said.
Her bodyguards were all top-notch, and since they couldn't find Yu Ze's whereabouts, they could only rely on the police.
If they called the police, everyone would know. Given Qianqian's status, it was not suitable to report it to the authorities.
At this moment, Shen Lin was leading his people to search every corner of the city center.
Seeing his lack of response, Jiang Ziyu impatiently took out her phone.
Di Minghao's phone in his pocket beeped.
"Is there news about Qianqian?" Jiang Ziyu stepped forward quickly.
Di Mingjue's eyesight was not yet good enough to see the content on the screen, so he took out his phone and handed it to Jiang Ziyu.
A glance was enough to shatter Jiang Ziyu's hopes.
"It's a message from the person who took Qianqian. He's demanding one hundred million from you."
"He really has the audacity to ask for the moon." Di Mingjue snorted coldly, then continued, "Agree to it, and demand that he doesn't let a single hair on Qianqian's head be harmed."
Following his words, Jiang Ziyu composed a text message.
Cupping the phone tightly in her hands, she anxiously awaited the other party's reply.
Though only a minute had passed, Jiang Ziyu felt as if a century had gone by. She listened to the phone ring and eagerly checked it.
The other party sent an address and a picture, which was of the kidnapped Yu Ze.
In the picture, Yu Ze's clothes were a bit dirty, but he showed no signs of injury.
"South Mountain abandoned factory, we're leaving now." Jiang Ziyu grabbed Di Mingjue's arm.
As long as Yu Ze was safe, what was one hundred million?
Under Jiang Ziyu's pull, Di Mingjue felt her urgency.
Was it an act, or genuine concern?
The two headed towards the designated meeting point.
Meanwhile, Shen Lin, carrying a briefcase, was rushing to the location indicated by the information via a different route.
In the suburban wooden house, Di Minghao communicated with Jiang Ziyu entirely through text messages. Little did he know that the location pinpointed on the phone would expose his true whereabouts.
Halfway through the journey, Jiang Ziyu received a message from Mu Liangchen.
She abruptly lurched forward, gripping the back of the front seat tightly, "Turn around, head to the suburbs!"
"Did the other party change the location?" Di Mingjue asked.
Jiang Ziyu was busy contacting the kidnapper and Mu Liangchen, too preoccupied to answer his question.
"Follow the GPS," Jiang Ziyu handed her phone to the driver.
Anxious and worried, Di Mingjue, unable to get a response, angrily reprimanded, "I'm asking you a question, what are you up to? Or is this all your scheme?"
Jiang Ziyu looked up, her gaze sweeping over him coldly. Her indifference did not prompt her to speak, and she soon lowered her head, engrossed in her mental battle with the kidnapper.
Di Mingjue, fuming with anger, his vision blurred and his movements inconvenient, felt utterly useless, unable to do anything to help Qianqian when she was in danger.
He looked dejectedly at Jiang Ziyu beside him, awaiting her explanation.