93: Chapter 93: Father and Son Reunion 93: Chapter 93: Father and Son Reunion Su Heng took Su Yimo onto the prearranged car.
“Follow them.” The man said in a deep voice.
“Yes, Master.”
…
In the white car, Su Heng looked at the little guy beside him and wondered, “Xixi, why have you been wanting to go out at this time these days?”
Before, it wasn’t like this.
But for the past few days, the little guy had been dragging him out daily, either to an amusement park or a mall.
Su Baobao was hanging his head low, fiddling with something resembling a children’s watch on his wrist.
Su Heng glanced at it and didn’t understand, so he assumed the kid was just playing around.
Without looking up, Su Baobao’s tender voice rose: “Aww, little uncle, I’m just bored staying at home and want to go out for a walk~”
“Don’t you get bored staying at home, little uncle?”
After saying that, Su Baobao tilted his little head and blinked at him, fluttering his long eyelashes as he spoke.
Su Heng said, “But you can’t always go to amusement parks and malls, right?”
Every ride at the amusement park had been tried, and the mall had been visited several times over.
Hearing this, Su Baobao’s sparkling eyes spun round and round, and after two rotations, he cheekily suggested, “Then how about going to little uncle’s spot?”
Su Heng sighed, “No way, my spot isn’t for a little kid like you, and if I take you there, your mom will definitely twist my head off.
I don’t dare mess with my sister.”
Su Baobao leaned in and whispered: “It won’t happen, I won’t tell, you won’t tell, mommy won’t find out, baby’s lips are sealed.”
Lately, Su Heng hadn’t gone out to have fun and was dedicated to child rearing at home; he felt almost disconnected from society.
Tempted by Su Baobao’s suggestion, he was seriously considering it since several friends had recently invited him and he had declined all of them.
Noticing him softening up, Su Baobao immediately turned to the driver and adorably said, “Uncle driver, we need to change our route…”
Half an hour later.
Outside a bar.
Jiang Feng and the others had followed them here, and everyone in the car was flabbergasted.
“Why are they going to a bar broad daylight?” Jiang Feng wondered: “It’s only around four, the bar shouldn’t even be open, right?”
Jiang Qi glanced at him, “Is it a question of whether it’s open or not?
The issue is, why would young master bring a little kid to such a place?”
The man in the backseat narrowed his eyes, watching the adult and the child enter the bar.
“Do they often come to places like this?”
A dark, cold voice came from the back, causing the two men in front to feel a chill running down their spines, as if they were on pins and needles.
“Ah?
No, this is the first time.” Jiang Feng replied: “Previously, the young master either went to an amusement park or a mall.”
Who knew that they would turn up here today…
He always felt that he was being played by the young master, but he had no proof…
Why come to such a place full of neon lights and wine on a day when Master was around, especially with a child of only a few years old…
Bars do not allow minors, but this bar belonged to a friend of Su Heng, and he had alerted them in advance, so there was no one to stop little Su Yimo.
In a particularly large private room, there were already a dozen people seated.
The bar wasn’t open for business yet, but that didn’t interfere with their gathering.
“Hey, Su Heng, you’ve been looking after this kid recently?”
One of Su Heng’s friends curiously and weirdly asked.
At first, many of them thought he was just making excuses for not wanting to come out, but it turned out to be true.
Wearing a mask, Su Baobao looked at the bunch of people in the room and sweetly greeted with well-mannered cuteness: “Hello, all brothers and sisters.”
Then, a chorus of “hello, hello, hello” erupted in the room.
Su Baobao then considerately added: “Brothers and sisters, you don’t need to mind baby, just enjoy yourselves~”
Everyone was momentarily taken aback, then burst into laughter.
“Su Heng, your little nephew is really adorable.”
Though Su Heng had brought him along, he was still nervous.
He instructed Su Baobao, “Don’t run around later, play nicely here.
If you get lost, I won’t be able to live on.”
Su Baobao looked up and patted his hand, “Oh, little uncle, rest assured, you’ll be just fine.”
Outside the bar.
“Master, should we go in?” Jiang Qi asked.
Jiang Yan was actually conflicted; he wasn’t yet ready to meet that little guy.
Especially Jiang You’s words from last night:
“Brother, I have a piece of advice for you, recognizing Xixi back isn’t that simple.
Xixi has a very bad impression of you.”
“Xixi knows who you are, but throughout these years, he never complained to your sister-in-law about wanting to see you because, to him, you’re dispensable and have no impact on him whatsoever.”
“Besides, Xixi doesn’t respond to carrots or sticks.
If you force him to recognize you, it might backfire.
Besides, you haven’t settled things with your sister-in-law, and I reckon you won’t be able to settle things with this kid either.
In Xixi’s heart, your sister-in-law is the most important.”
“Here’s a friendly reminder for you, you may not even have a place in Xixi’s world, good luck.”
“…”
If it weren’t for Jiang You’s words, he wouldn’t have been waiting for so long without any news.
According to his way of doing things, he would have had that child brought to him long ago.
Learning that he has a son, he took three days to let it sink in, still feeling somewhat surreal and unbelievable.
But seeing Su Yimo’s face that looked exactly like his, he had to believe that he and Su He had conceived a child.
Thinking of Su He, he frowned, Jiang You said that night: “Sister-in-law gave birth to Xixi behind your back for a reason, and she didn’t hide it from you.
She told you she was pregnant and even asked if you wanted to keep the child.
But brother, you told her to abort the baby.
Sister-in-law was going to listen to you and was going to abort, but she changed her mind halfway and secretly gave birth to the child without telling anyone, otherwise where would the child come from?”
Yet he had absolutely no recollection of Su He being pregnant, he was completely unaware.
He also never imagined that she got pregnant on the night of their wedding.
If he had known that she was pregnant, how could he possibly have left her alone for four years, let alone tell her to abort the blood linking them together.
The man let out a slight sigh, rubbed the bridge of his nose, and his face was filled with helplessness and gloom.
“How’s the investigation I asked for going?”
“Master, based on the timeframe Miss Tang mentioned, we checked our itinerary that day, and you happened to be on a business trip in E country.
During the meeting, your phone was with me all the time, never left my side, and after the meeting ended, I returned the phone to you.
After that, we went back to the hotel, and wouldn’t know anything else until we went out for dinner that evening,” Jiang Feng said.
Suddenly, Jiang Qi spoke up: “That’s not right.”
The other two in the car looked at him, and Jiang Feng asked, “What’s not right?”
Jiang Qi: “During the time we went out for dinner, Miss Tang arrived, and the bodyguards didn’t stop her from entering the room.
At that time, Master, you didn’t have your phone, and later I went to get it and encountered her.”
“The bodyguard said she was only in the room for a few minutes, I checked the room and didn’t find anything unusual, as for the phone, I didn’t think much about it at the time.”
Jiang Feng clicked his tongue, his gaze brightened and said, “There, isn’t the truth out now?”
He turned his head to Jiang Yan, “Master, it must have been Miss Tang’s doing, she impersonated you and replied to the Young Madam’s text, then deleted it.”
Jiang Qi agreed with a nod.
Currently, this was the only explanation that made sense.
The man fell silent.
In the private room of the bar.
Su Baobao took advantage of the others being engrossed in their fun and sneaked out of the private room.
Then, he walked along the long corridor toward the emergency exit.
In the stairwell, he took out a mobile phone and a small voice changer from his backpack.
Su Baobao dialed a number, and it was picked up after a few seconds.
“Hello, young master, any instructions?” a crisp male voice came from the other end of the line.
Su Baobao used the voice changer to produce a deep, mature, and slightly hoarse male voice: “Begin attacking DK Corporation’s internal system in three minutes, limit it to around half an hour, just to give them a warning.”
“Alright, no problem, I’ll arrange it right away.
Any other instructions?”
“Yes, I’ll send you a photo and a number later.
Have Heizi call this number and follow the script I send to talk to the other party.”
“Got it, no problem.”
After hanging up, Su Baobao immediately composed a text message with a photo of himself being kidnapped.
Right after he sent it out, the recipient replied: [Young master, who’s this kid?]
Su Baobao: [Don’t worry about who it is, just do as I said.
This and the attack on DK Corporation’s internal system should be carried out simultaneously.]
[Alright, I guarantee the task will be completed.]
After arranging everything, Su Baobao exited through the emergency corridor, then leisurely went to the restroom.
Elsewhere.
Just as Jiang Yan was about to get out of the car, two rings sounded simultaneously inside the car.
One was Jiang Yan’s, and the other was Jiang Feng’s.
Jiang Feng answered the call first since it was from the company, and he did so without hesitation.
But the call to Jiang Yan came from a virtual number, and he hesitated for a moment.
But still answered—
He didn’t initiate the conversation.
Instead, the other side spoke, “Your son is in my hands now; if you want to save him, immediately prepare ten million in cash for the ransom!”
Jiang Yan’s brows instantly frosted over with cold air, but before he could speak, the call was disconnected, followed by a text message that popped up.
He opened it to find a photo of Su Yimo tied to a chair, wearing the same outfit as today, only the hat and mask had been removed.
At the same time, Jiang Feng looked at him with urgency and said, “Master, something is wrong, the DK internal system has been attacked by an unknown organization.”
The man didn’t hear what he was saying; his mind was occupied by one thought: Your son is in my hands!
He spoke in a deep voice, “Jiang Feng, get someone to prepare ten million in cash immediately!
Xixi has been kidnapped.”
Both assistants were instantly dumbfounded, this…
Jiang Feng reacted quickly, “Okay, I’ll have them prepare it right away.”
Afterward, the man opened the car door and strode towards the entrance of the bar, with Jiang Qi following closely behind him.
“Gentlemen, we aren’t open for business yet and are not open to the public at this time,” the security at the door stopped them.
“Get lost!” The man’s deep, intimidating eyes glared at him.
The security guard felt a chill run down his spine from that sharp, dark gaze.
Five minutes later.
Security monitoring room.
The bar manager stood there trembling; he didn’t know Jiang Yan’s identity, but the man’s presence was so strong that it was obvious he was not to be trifled with.
“Check to see if it’s this kid?” Security pointed to the surveillance footage that had been pulled up.
“After he entered the security passage, he never came out again, and we don’t have surveillance there, so we can’t see inside.”
Jiang Qi asked, “Is this security passage the back door?”
The bar manager nodded, “Yes, but the back door wouldn’t be open at this time either, so you can’t get out.”
“Pull up the footage of the back door and have a look.”
Security quickly retrieved it.
“See, this door is still locked.
We only have these two exits,” the manager said.
“Could the kid be hiding somewhere else?
Playing a prank on his parents?”
Jiang Qi also felt it was strange; they had seen the young master enter, and afterwards, they had not seen anyone leave through the front door.
If this really was a prank, then that would be truly…
The man narrowed his eyes and stared at the monitor in front of him, then in a dark, icy voice said, “Roll back to where he came out of the private room.”
“Okay.”
After watching it once more, Jiang Yan said, “Jiang Qi, restore this segment of the video.”
“Yes, Master.”
All the security staff and the manager present were stunned.
Restore the video?
Was there something wrong with it?
Jiang Qi had also rewatched it and noticed the problem; the timestamp in the corner of the video was incorrect, clearly, someone had cut out half of it.
They had all been too anxious before, so they overlooked it.
But the person who deleted the footage didn’t seem to be very skilled.
As Jiang Qi was restoring the video, Jiang Feng hurried over, “Master, ten million in cash is ready, Fei Long is responsible for retrieving it from the bank.”
But as soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Yan replied, “No need.”
“Huh?” Jiang Feng looked confused.
“No need?”
The man disregarded him.
Jiang Yan had a guess about who was playing this prank.
Still, he found it somewhat unbelievable.
How could a little kid manage to do all this and even bribe someone to contact him?
There had been a flaw from the moment he received that call.
The person had just come out and said “Your son is in my hands”; he hadn’t even asked who the caller was, so how would they know he already had a child?
He had been thinking about how to mend the relationship with his son just a moment ago; the man was somewhat disoriented, but after calming down, things became much clearer.
He hadn’t thought that one day he would be played, and he had almost believed it.
“Master, it’s been restored,” Jiang Qi said and pressed the play button.
In the surveillance footage, Su Baobao entered the security passage and stayed for about three minutes before coming out and then going to the men’s bathroom, after which he never came out.
Then, Jiang Qi found another problem; he frowned and said, “Master, this segment seems to have been cut as well.”
“Keep restoring.”
Three minutes later, Jiang Qi had completed another restoration.
In the video, Su Baobao exited the bathroom, pushed open the door of a private room, and walked in.
After that, he was not seen coming out again.
Seeing this, Jiang Qi realized that this segment had been cut as well.
Even a fool would know by now that someone was deliberately messing with them.
Playing hide-and-seek, maybe?
“Master, do we…
still need to fix this?” Jiang Qi asked, certain that there was much more to come.
The man’s thin, cold lips curled up slightly, his handsome face calm, “No need.
He won’t wait for us to find him; he’ll come out on his own.”
Jiang Feng, Jiang Qi: “…”
So, was this the young master’s prank?
But—
How did the young master know they were here?
The manager and security by the side were bewildered: “…”
The manager spoke cautiously: “Uh, sir, do you need us to help find the child for you?”
He was anxious too—if anything happened to the child in the nightclub, he’d be in trouble, with his old folks and young ones relying on him.
Jiang Yan glanced at him, “From now on, I’m booking this nightclub.
No one is allowed to enter until we leave.”
“Ah?” The manager’s eyes widened in shock.
This was the first time he had heard of someone booking the entire nightclub for themselves.
This…
After Jiang Yan finished speaking, he turned and left the surveillance room.
Jiang Feng, coming back to his senses, told the still bewildered manager, “Go get ready.
You won’t be shortchanged.”
The manager was still puzzled: “But our young master and his friends are still here.”
“They can keep playing,” said Jiang Feng.
Downstairs in the nightclub.
Jiang Yan chose a conspicuous booth to sit in.
Jiang Feng and Jiang Qi stood to one side.
Half an hour later.
In a private room.
Su Baobao sat upright on a sofa, holding a phone that was showing the live surveillance feed of the first floor.
At that moment, someone sent him a message: [Young master, everything you asked for has been handled.]
Su Baobao frowned, his chubby face betraying no clear emotion of happiness or displeasure.
At the same time downstairs, Jiang Feng’s phone rang.
After ending the call, he took a deep breath before approaching Jiang Yan, “Master, there was no damage to DK’s internal systems.
They have just stopped the attack but left a message.”
The man’s eyebrows raised slightly, “What message?”
Jiang Feng pursed his lips, hesitating, as the message was directed at the man in front of him.
Seeing that he hadn’t spoken, Jiang Yan gave him a look, “What, got your tongue burnt?
Speak!”
Jiang Feng coughed lightly, shrinking his neck and, with closed eyes, said, “They said, verbatim: ‘Your boss is a millennia-old turtle’.”
Jiang Qi’s eyes widened to twice their usual size.
Jiang Yan’s expression darkened: “…”
Five minutes later.
A small figure appeared in the lobby on the first floor.
Su Baobao, wearing a green hat and a black mask, stood at the top of the stairs right in front of Jiang Yan.
It wasn’t Su Baobao’s first time meeting Jiang Yan in this disguise.
But this time, it was different—Jiang Yan knew his identity.
Father and son looked at each other.
From the first time he saw him, Jiang Yan had always felt those eyes were familiar.
Now he realized it was because they resembled his own.
At this moment, he felt somewhat at a loss.
He tried to stand up, but—
Despite appearing composed, his heart was in turmoil.
He didn’t know how to interact with him.
At this moment, he was like a new father facing his newborn child, unsure of what to do.
Before, because he didn’t know his identity, he could remain indifferent.
But now, things were different.
“Old Antique!”