Ye Ziyu looked at the caller ID on the screen and anxiously asked the person on the other end of the line, "Do you have any leads on them?"
Shen Lin dared not reply easily, but Ye Ziyu roared, "Answer me!"
Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Di Mingjue said to the phone, "Speak!"
With permission, Shen Lin finally relayed what he knew to Ye Ziyu again.
Footprints were discovered, which meant they were not safe…
Ye Ziyu gripped the phone tightly, "The address, send me your current address!"
Ding dong~
Shen Lin immediately sent the location.
Ye Ziyu handed the phone to Di Mingjue with a serious expression, "Take me there."
At this moment, she felt like a string was pulling at her nerves. If Di Mingjue did not agree, she might do something crazy at any moment.
Following the address sent by Shen Lin, the two left the city center again and headed for the suburbs.
Half an hour later.
"Mr. Di, this is the car that carried the young masters," Shen Lin pointed to the abandoned car in front of them.
The car looked quite new, but it had been modified twice. Di Mingjue checked the license plate and found it to be a fake plate, fake inside and out.
Ye Ziyu opened the car door and squeezed into the car. Her hand brushed against a button on the back seat. She picked it up and examined it closely. "It's a button from Xingxing's clothes!"
She had seen Xingxing wear this outfit at home before. The button was petal-shaped and different from ordinary buttons. She had taken a closer look because it was unusual.
At the same time, Di Mingjue also confirmed it was Xiao Ran's based on the footprints left on the ground.
Looking at where the footprints disappeared, he was sure of their last direction of departure.
"Shen Lin, we'll head towards the southwest. You go towards the northwest. Contact me immediately if you find any new clues." Di Mingjue led Ye Ziyu towards the direction where the footprints last disappeared.
All the way, the two scanned their surroundings, afraid of missing any suspicious spot.
…
"Mmm~"
With his mouth stuffed with cloth, Xiao Ran wanted to cry out but could not make any sound. Xingxing, behind him, wriggled his body, signaling him to be quiet.
Their hands were tied together, and their backs were pressed against each other, forced to sit on the ground in an L-shape.
A man with a cigarette dangling from his lips squatted in front of Xiao Ran, holding a dagger. The tip of the dagger tapped his tender face as the man warned, "Behave yourself, or I'll slash your handsome face!"
Xiao Ran was not someone who grew up scared. He glared defiantly at the man.
"Little brat, you dare to glare at me!" The man raised his hand and slapped Xiao Ran across the face.
After being hit, Xiao Ran became even more defiant. He struggled to wriggle his body, wanting to break free from the ropes binding his hands.
Seeing that Xiao Ran showed no fear, the man grabbed his collar with one hand and lifted him from the ground.
Xingxing, seeing this, tightened his grip on the rope, worried that something would happen to Xiao Ran.
However, his accomplice was displeased with the man's actions and stepped forward, taking Xiao Ran from his grasp. "Stop fooling around. We haven't received our orders yet. If you mess things up by acting on your own, we won't get paid and will be punished."
For the sake of money, the man kicked Xiao Ran, cursed, and returned to sit on a chair in front.
The accomplice put Xiao Ran back beside Xingxing and deliberately warned the two, "Behave yourselves, and you'll suffer fewer minor injuries!"
More than the pain, Xiao Ran was unwilling to sit on the ground and be bullied by them.
After the men left, Xingxing pulled on Xiao Ran's clothes from behind. Both of them had gauze in their mouths and couldn't speak, but they could communicate with their eyes.
Xiao Ran opened his palm, and Xingxing's fingers moved on it.
[Keep an eye on them. I'll help you untie the ropes on your wrists.]