294: Chapter 294: Melodramatic and Coincidental 294: Chapter 294: Melodramatic and Coincidental Su Baobao was a bit gloomy talking about this matter.
The little guy was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, and his adorable, tender little face wasn’t showing the slightest hint of fear.
Someone was watching the scene inside the room through the camera.
When the child woke up, he didn’t cry or make a scene.
He was extraordinarily composed.
Composed to the point that he did not seem like a mere four-year-old.
Su Baobao’s eyes darted around, and suddenly he stood up.
He then leaned over to Jiang You’s ear and whispered, “Auntie, there might be surveillance in this room, we need to be careful about what we say.”
Jiang You’s expression froze for a moment.
Damn!
She was even less vigilant than a child!
But on second thought, it was understandable.
Su Baobao was her brother and sister-in-law’s child; with both of their IQs, how could their child not be smart?
“Oh, okay, Auntie got it.” Jiang You responded in a low voice.
After that, Su Baobao briefly explained to her the details of his kidnapping.
It was simple; he wasn’t at Moon Gift Villa when it happened.
This afternoon, after school, Fei Yue picked him up and he wanted to go see Xuanxuan, so he asked Fei Yue to take him out.
Then, as they passed by the mall, he wanted to buy a gift for Xuanxuan, so he dragged Fei Yue to browse the shops.
After that, he went to the restroom and was taken away.
This melodramatic and coincidental story made Su Baobao very depressed just thinking about it.
“Fei Yue actually lost sight of you, now it’s over, your dad’s going to be furious,” Jiang You said with a sigh.
Su Baobao instantly panicked, “Ah?
Dad won’t punish Sister Fei Yue, will he?”
“She’s definitely getting punished,” Jiang You said.
After all, knowing her brother’s temperament, it was impossible for her to not get punished.
Su Baobao’s little face fell, “But it’s not Sister Fei Yue’s fault, it’s just that the other party was too cunning.”
Moreover, it was clear that the other party took advantage of an unguarded moment.
Jiang You raised her hands and rubbed his little cheeks, saying, “We’re already in danger, and you still have the heart to worry about people outside.
Your little heart is really big.
My brother and sister-in-law have such great genes; they really should have more children as cute and smart as you.”
“Don’t worry, until we get out, your dad won’t punish anyone.”
“When the time comes, you plead for them, and you’ll be able to save Fei Yue.
If you can’t do it, then find your mommy.
When your mommy steps in, she is worth a group of people; your dad is totally wrapped around your mommy’s finger.”
Su Baobao: “That seems to work too.”
At this moment, two untimely sounds rang out:
“Gurgle gurgle…”
“Gurgle gurgle…”
The aunt and nephew: “…”
The little guy’s voice was soft as he asked, “Auntie, did you miss dinner too?”
He went to see Xuanxuan, also hoping to snag a meal, but before he could, he was captured.
Jiang You: “I was planning to go eat with Beiyan, but I got knocked out just as I left home.”
The sympathetic aunt and nephew had such similar experiences of being captured…
“Wait here, Auntie will have them send some food over.”
After saying that, Jiang You got up and went to the door, shouting a few words.
At that moment, downstairs, the man sitting on the couch was listening to Jiang You shouting at the door without any expression on his face.
“Boss, should we send them food?” a man in black asked.
After hearing the dialogue between the large and the small, the man originally thought he might learn something useful, but it turned out to be trivial.
“Send it, don’t let them starve.
They still have great use!” The man’s voice was low, rough, and chilling.
The man in black: “Alright!”
“Wait!”
As the man in black was about to turn and leave, the boss stopped him.
“Boss, do you have any other orders?”
“Go, grab a copy of the video, and send it to them.”
“Okay, I’ll have someone handle it right away.”
“…”
Ten minutes later.
The aunt and nephew were happily eating the delicious food on the table.
Although they were captured, they were not mistreated.
Halfway through the meal, Jiang You suddenly exclaimed “Ah!” which made Su Baobao’s hand shake.
“What’s wrong?
Auntie.” He turned his head and asked.
Jiang You was holding a piece of tender white fish meat, she turned her head and made eye contact with the little guy.
“We forgot to check if these meals are normal; what if they were poisoned?”
Su Baobao: “…”
“Auntie, weren’t you quite smart just now?” Su Baobao asked her back, then said somewhat helplessly, “They won’t do anything to us for the time being; after all, we still have value to them.”
“So, you can eat in peace, Auntie.
It’s not poisoned.”
Jiang You blinked, “I guess what you said makes sense.
We still have value.”
“Alright, let’s eat then.
It’s better than starving.”
“…”
Meanwhile, Jiang Yan and the others had already traced the general location of the cruise ship.
But now the problem was that they couldn’t be sure whether Jiang You and the little guy were on that ship.
If they weren’t, they would have wasted time and effort.
At this moment, Jiang Feng hurried over, “Master, the company’s email just received a segment of video.”
“It’s the Second Miss and the young master.”
Jiang Yan opened and watched the video; it was from the surveillance footage, timed just half an hour ago.
Which means that the two of them were currently safe.
Gu Beiyan, seeing that Jiang You and the little guy were unharmed, also temporarily breathed a sigh of relief.
“Is this the only segment they sent?
Is there anything else, like a message?” Gu Beiyan asked Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng shook his head, “No.”
What was the purpose of sending them this video?
Was it just to let them know that they had the people?
In the video, Jiang You and the little guy seemed to be talking about something, their mouths moved, but there was no sound.
Obviously, the other party muted the sound before sending the video.
“Any suspects?” Gu Beiyan asked as he looked at Jiang Yan.
So far, they had only linked the case to Xu Xinyi.
But Xu Xinyi didn’t have the capability to take away Jiang You and Su Yimo at the same time; she was just a scapegoat.
There must be someone behind her, but who that person was, they currently had no clue.
Suddenly, a person flashed in his mind.
“Could it be Lou Ziang?”
This kid had been missing for almost half a year, and they hadn’t found him so far.
“It’s highly likely him!”
Lou Ziang was the first person Jiang Yan suspected, but there was no record of his entering the country, unless he changed his name and identity, but even if he really did, his face would still be the same.
Unless there is another possibility, that he has changed his face!
If that’s the case, he could indeed escape the tracking of the surveillance eye.
Gu Beiyan: “Did you tell your sister-in-law about this?”
Jiang Yan: “Not yet.”
Su He has been quite busy in the first half of the year, almost soaking in the laboratory every day in the recent months.
She can only be reached when she has free time and comes out of the laboratory, and even then, she has to initiate contact.
“I’ve already asked Fei Yang to inform Fei Xu, we’ll tell her after she comes out of the laboratory.”
“…”
At this moment, Jiang Qi walked over.
“Master, Bai Yang said that the little Young Master hasn’t activated the distress signal, and it’s impossible to trace the location.
Also, the tracking chip on the little Young Master has not responded,” Jiang Qi said.
Su Yimo has always worn a very small necklace, which was modified by Bai Yang, and he also wore a small watch on his wrist that contained a tracking chip.
He had just looked at the video and noticed that the watch on the little guy’s wrist was gone, but the pendant necklace around his neck seemed to be still there.
It looks like the kidnappers have discovered the chip hidden in the little guy’s watch.
And for now, they are quite passive and completely unable to find any clues.
“Ah Yan, why don’t you stay here and wait, and I’ll take some people to chase after them and have a look,” Gu Beiyan said.
Jiang Yan was silent for a few seconds, then spoke: “No, let’s wait a little longer.
If it really is Lou Ziang, this time he must have made thorough preparations.
He won’t reveal his location so easily or prematurely.
There are too many uncertainties at sea, and in case it’s a trap, we might not be able to escape when the time comes.”
Gu Beiyan furrowed his brows: “So, are you saying the position of the cruise ship we just located is fake?”
“Both true and false,” Jiang Yan said: “But he is definitely not on that cruise ship, and Jiang You and Xixi must not be there either!”
Jiang Yan realized this after watching the video.
Things are often not that simple.
Exposing the location so early and sending a video, it was clearly a provocation.
In that case, he’s even less likely to expose his location easily; he must have taken all the necessary precautions, and everything they have found so far is probably just a ruse by him.
The fact that Lou Ziang has evaded them for so long proves that he’s got some tricks up his sleeve.
“What are we waiting for then?”
“Wait for the second video he sends!”
Gu Beiyan and the others didn’t understand what he meant.
Why wait for a second video?
Could it be that the other party would send another one?
…
In Country F.
At this moment, Su He was modifying research project data inside the institute.
A new project had a dataset that was consistently off, and she had been living in the institute for the past two days, finally finding the root of the issue.
She re-entered all the data into the computer, and by the time she finished dealing with these things, it was already 3 a.m.
After that, she got up from the laboratory to her rest room to change clothes.
When she came out of the institute’s main gate, she saw Fei Xu standing next to the security booth.
“Fei Xu, why are you still here?” Su He frowned, it was already the middle of the night.
Since coming to Country F, Fei Xu had always been by her side.
But recently she was not going home to stay, so she did not let Fei Xu follow.
She didn’t want to sleep in the institute that night, so she decided on a whim to go back.
If she didn’t come out tonight, was she going to wait here all night?
“Young Madam.”
“What are you doing here in the middle of the night without going home to sleep?”
Fei Xu saw her looking a bit weary and was unsure whether to say it now or not, she was worried, but the matter of the little Young Master…
“Young Madam, the little Young Master was taken away,” she still said it, as it wasn’t a trifling matter.
Seeing Su He’s face turn dark in an instant, she quickly added, “Master told me to tell you not to worry, the little Young Madam is fine for now, the kidnapper also took the Second Miss, and the two of them are together now.”
Following that, Fei Xu took out a mobile phone and played a video clip for her.
After watching the video, Su He’s eyes carried a hint of coldness, “Lou Ziang has shown up?”
Fei Xu replied, “According to Fei Yang, there’s no trace of Lou Ziang returning to the country, so there’s no conclusive evidence that it’s him, but it’s pretty much certain.”
Su He had just glanced at the time in the top left corner of the video; with the time difference of several hours between here and back home, it was already 3 a.m.
here, meaning it was around 10 p.m.
back home.
When Jiang You and the little one were taken, she was in the laboratory repeatedly analyzing experimental data.
Usually, when she’s in the lab, she doesn’t use her phone.
For anything important, they would come directly to find her.
“Young Madam, Master was worried you might be distracted, so he had me wait for you to come out before telling you,” Fei Xu explained on behalf of her Master.
“Master also said there’s no immediate danger to the young master and the young miss, so there’s no need to worry too much.”
“If it really is Lou Ziang, he’s probably looking to make a trade, so he wouldn’t harm the young master or the second miss lightly.”
Understanding the reasoning Fei Xu grasped, Su He naturally understood it as well.
“Don’t worry, I’m not upset,” Su He said.
“Arrange for us to head back tonight.”
Fei Xu said, “What about the institute’s affairs?
Master said that you don’t need to worry about the young master since he’s there.”
Fei Xu knew that Su He had been staying up late and working overtime frequently due to data for a project.
She had heard from Lan Yan mention in passing that this project’s tests were very important and could not be delayed even for a moment.
For Su He, the work at the laboratory was quite important, but family was more important.
“There are people here keeping an eye on things; there won’t be a problem.”
“Do we need to bring Lan Yan?”
“No need, she has to stay and watch over the institute.”
“…”
On the cruise ship.
“Boss, it seems they haven’t fallen for it and chased after us.”
The man sat in a somewhat dark corner, his crimson lips curved into a chilling smile.
This was also within his expectations, after all, Jiang Yan was no ordinary person.
It would indeed be difficult to fool him.
But what of it?
He could still take his people away right under his nose, and Jiang Yan could only watch helplessly as it happened, feeling a helpless sense of disorientation without a target or direction!
It was worth the long planning!
He did prepare two cruise ships, but he had swapped their positions halfway through.
And the one they were currently on was one that Jiang Yan would never be able to track down, unless he deliberately revealed its location!
“Are you sure that kid no longer has a tracking chip on him?” the man asked in a cold voice.
The man in black replied, “The one in his watch we’ve already destroyed.
Apart from the watch, he has nothing else on him.
Also, we have set up signal jamming on the ship which prevents sending any distress signals, and at the same time, no one can break through the ship’s defense system.”
But, the kid had a pendant necklace on him; however, after inspection, there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.
It was just a fine cord with a small pendant hanging from it—the pendant was a tiny gun model and didn’t seem to have anything special.
At this moment, another man in black walked in.
“Boss, that Miss Xu has requested to see you.”
“Don’t meet!” the man’s voice was cold and coarse: “Let her behave and stay put.
Otherwise, throw her overboard and let her fend for herself!”
He had only met Xu Xinyi a few times, didn’t know her for long, and if she weren’t slightly useful for covering up some troubles for him, he wouldn’t have involved her!
The two people in the room were a little taken aback but said nothing.
“Alright, boss.”
“…”
At this moment, the screen in front of him showed the nephew and uncle duo comfortably lying in bed sound asleep.
The corners of the man’s mouth twitched; the hearts of this young and old pair were truly big.
Immediately after, he lifted the corners of his thin lips slightly, a shade of sinister smirk appeared at the edge of his mouth.
Let them be comfortable for a few more days!