"Oh, alright." Xiao Han arranged for more people to capture Mu Xue, then continued to lead his men in searching for Jiang Nuan and Yun Tong.
He had to admire the other party's audacity. How had they managed to take the women away right under their noses?
He had been guarding downstairs the entire time, not even seeing a shadow. Where had the people been taken from?
Moreover, every exit had their people stationed.
Xiao Fan felt as if he had encountered a ghost. Why had they not discovered anything?
Xiao Han walked a few steps, then suddenly stopped. A suspicion surfaced in his mind: someone among the men he had arranged had betrayed them.
Damn it!
Xiao Fan spun around abruptly, just as Mu Jiuchen was looking at him and saying, "Investigate the bodyguards at the hospital's back door."
Mu Jiuchen said furiously.
Their best chance was to leave through the back door.
What Xiao Fan had thought of, Mu Jiuchen had also considered.
Xiao Fan immediately went to investigate. The snow was too slippery, and he almost fell.
He stumbled, then steadied himself and hurried forward.
Mu Jiuchen stood still, took the laptop from a bodyguard, placed it on the trunk of the car, and began searching the surrounding surveillance areas.
Then, he used his phone, which was placed nearby, to call Mu Xue.
"Xiao Jiu, why are you calling me in such a hurry? What's the matter?" Mu Xue's tone was very arrogant.
Mu Jiuchen had not expected her to answer so quickly.
"Mu Xue, if Jiang Nuan and Yun Tong are harmed, I will have Grandpa reclaim all the property you previously obtained," Mu Jiuchen's chilling tone made Mu Xue frown slightly.
Things were not developing as she had intended; she was supposed to be threatening Mu Jiuchen, not the other way around.
"Xiao Jiu, what you're saying doesn't sound right. You know perfectly well what Auntie wants," Mu Xue said smugly. Her elder brother's child's birth had agitated her, and hearing Mu Jiuchen say the old residence would be given to his elder brother's child made her realize how things would unfold.
Giving away what was rightfully hers felt like tearing a piece of flesh from her body.
She had tried many methods, but Jiang Nuan had not returned the villa. She had no choice but to resort to force.
"Mu Xue, Yun Tong just gave birth. If you do this, she will die. Her husband is your own elder brother!" Mu Jiuchen roared in anger. Mu Xue had abandoned even this familial connection for money.
"Heh heh…" Mu Xue sneered. Standing in the snow, she appeared graceful and unattainable, yet her smile at this moment was like that of a demon crawling out of hell, sending a chill down one's spine.
"Mu Jiuchen, in the face of profit, what kinship is there? You are just an outsider, what right do you have to interfere in our family's property matters? If you want to find Jiang Nuan and Yun Tong, rename the villa to mine, and I will return them to you very soon."
"So it was you who did this." Pain clouded Mu Jiuchen's handsome face. "Aren't you afraid of making Grandpa sick?"
"Mu Jiuchen, stop rambling. That old man doesn't care about me anymore, so why should I care about him?"
Mu Jiuchen's hand, gripping the phone, tightened. His dark eyes were bloodshot, like a beast on the verge of collapse.
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "Since you are so heartless, then don't blame me for being cruel."
Mu Jiuchen hung up the phone.
Having already spotted the car that had taken Jiang Nuan and Yun Tong, Mu Jiuchen called Xiao Fan, "The license plate is Jin Q108x. It headed out of the city. Deploy all available personnel to pursue!"
"Understood, President." Xiao Fan made arrangements as soon as he hung up.
Mu Jiuchen got into his car and drove to chase them himself.
Nuan Nuan, you must not be harmed.
At this moment, what kinship, what elders, meant nothing to Mu Jiuchen.
Mu Xue's ruthlessness had made him even more unfeeling.
Mu Jiuchen stared sharply at the moving car on the computer screen, his gaze chilling, his icy murderous intent shocking.
The car sped down the road.
The two bodyguards in the back seat dared not even lift their heads.
This was their first time witnessing Mu Jiuchen's terrifying demeanor.
The car was silent, save for the biting wind whistling through the windows.
But the two bodyguards could still feel a furious rage coursing through the car.
An hour later, the car carrying Jiang Nuan and the others stopped at a farmhouse.
The snow outside the city was even thicker than in the city.
A world of silver and white, pure and beautiful.
In the icy landscape, Jiang Nuan and Yun Tong were carried out of the car.
Both were unconscious and disoriented.
How could Jiang Nuan have ever imagined that she would one day be drugged by someone else, and in such circumstances?
The vigilant are difficult to guard against!
As soon as Jiang Nuan and Yun Tong were placed on a messy bed,
A SUV roared into the courtyard.
"Screech…" The car braked sharply, kicking up snow from the ground.
It blinded the vision of those present.
Everyone standing in the courtyard was stunned.
Mu Jiuchen unbuckled his seatbelt and quickly got out of the car, his movements fluid.
Two bodyguards followed him out.
They immediately began attacking the people in the courtyard.
They were all men who had gone through life and death with Mu Jiuchen. Now, seeing the enraged Mu Jiuchen, their long-dormant blood was ignited.
Mu Jiuchen's expression was grim, his killing intent like the wind. The two men standing at the entrance, seeing Mu Jiuchen, trembled uncontrollably, afraid to make a move.
But Mu Jiuchen would not let them go.
Mu Jiuchen kicked out, and the trembling man collapsed to the ground, clutching his stomach.
"Useless," Mu Jiuchen angrily kicked the other man away.
His upright figure strode into the farmhouse.
Jiang Nuan and Yun Tong were both lying on the messy bed, their eyes closed.
He looked at Jiang Nuan's pale face, his long fingers trembling slightly.
He strode forward, picked up his beloved, and placed a kiss on her cold forehead. Only then, feeling her faint breath, did he let out a sigh of relief.
He had managed to reach her in time, once again.
He vowed to protect her for the rest of his life.
Xiao Fan arrived with the police and apprehended the six men in the courtyard. Under interrogation, it was revealed that they were Mu Xue's men.
Mu Xue was full of confidence, believing Mu Jiuchen would never find Jiang Nuan and Yun Tong.
But how could she know that Number One had granted them the authority to monitor the entire city?
When Mu Xue received Mu Jiuchen's call, she was in a panic. She had failed.
How could she have failed!
She had spent millions to bribe hospital staff to secretly transport Jiang Nuan and Yun Tong.
Yun Tong had just given birth, and her elder brother cared deeply for his young wife, forcing him to pressure Mu Jiuchen.
Once her elder brother applied pressure, Mu Jiuchen, who felt indebted to the Mu family, would definitely hand over the property rights of the old residence.
However, she had failed. Mu Jiuchen had found Jiang Nuan and Yun Tong.
She had accumulated a lot of debt from gambling recently. Once she obtained the old residence, she vowed to stop gambling. This was a promise she made to herself.
She couldn't help it. Every time she opened her phone, she felt the urge to gamble.
If she couldn't gamble on her phone, she would go to the casino. But in the last year or two, her luck had been terrible, and she kept losing money. Yet, she was not afraid. She still had hundreds of millions in assets behind her, and she could make back whatever she lost.
"Xiao Jiu, Auntie was wrong. For the sake of the Mu family raising you, please spare me," Mu Xue resorted to emotional appeals.