279: Chapter 268 Kidnapping 279: Chapter 268 Kidnapping “Human greed knows no bounds, like a snake swallowing an elephant,” Song Yun said calmly.
“Once satiated, there’s no need for violence over mere scraps of territory.
We won’t meddle in their areas, but rather focus on taking over the city center and absorbing the market shares provided by Gulang.”
“Can our strength below handle everything at this point, like covering the sky with only one hand?”
“Although Tian Nan City’s economy is somewhat prosperous, they can’t compare to us,” Zhao Yan adjusted her glasses and said.
“It would be like making short work of decayed wood to break through them, but there’s a local organization there called Panlong that has always been resistant.
After all, Tian Nan City is their turf, and we don’t dare to confront them too aggressively.
We’ve only had a slight skirmish before immediately retreating to recover.”
“This Panlong must have backers or someone funding them; otherwise, they couldn’t have stood against us for so long.”
“I’ll personally visit Tian Nan City in a couple of days and settle this matter,” Song Yun said as he parked the car at the Shura Alliance headquarters.
“That puts my mind at ease, heh, you should show your face around more often, considering you’re now a chairman of the Daye Group.
It’s good to check in occasionally.”
“Wow?
You’ve set up the company so fast, not bad at all,” Song Yun commended with a smile.
“It’s just a matter of consolidating a few security firms and bringing all our entertainment venues under one umbrella.
We’ve started off as a group, as per the directive you gave me to begin from a clean slate.”
“You have insight,” Song Yun said with a laugh, exiting the car with Zhao Yan to sit boredly in the office chair, watching a movie.
Li Shishi rarely went shopping; her secretary or others purchased her clothes without her spending time browsing, but today was different.
An old high school friend came to see her at work and insisted on going shopping together.
Unable to refuse, Li Shishi agreed.
After telling Song Yun that she wouldn’t be back for dinner, she followed her friend into a bustling shopping mall.
“Shishi, do you have a boyfriend now?” her friend suddenly asked, a hint of mystery in her tone.
“Well…
I guess you could say I do,” Li Shishi’s thoughts involuntarily surfaced Song Yun’s irritating face.
Shaking her head to clear the image was futile.
“Hehe, you sound so hesitant,” her friend chuckled mischievously.
“Bring him out some time, let’s all have dinner together.
I want to see who managed to tame our Shishi.”
“Tch, can’t you say something nice for once?” Li Shishi bit her lip.
“Hehe, we’ve known each other for so many years.
You didn’t even tell me you had a boyfriend!
I’m so mad.
Tonight, I’m going to eat you out of house and home,” her friend said happily.
“But, seriously, such a beauty suddenly taken, it makes my heart so cold.”
While the two were laughing and joking, unaware that a man in beggar’s clothes and a mask was stealthily following them.
“Report, I’m now close to the target.
Shall I proceed with the capture?” Oddly enough, the man didn’t speak in the Huaxia tongue but in the peculiar accent of RB language.
“Have you exposed yourself?
You know our enemy is cunning.”
“It doesn’t seem like it.”
“Continue to track and wait for an opportunity to capture,” came the cold response.
“Yes.”
When he saw Li Shishi and her friend heading towards a food street, he reported again, “They’ve entered the food street.
Shall I proceed with the capture?”
“Begin the roundup and make sure no outsiders notice,” the other side instructed decisively after a moment’s hesitation.
“Yes.”
By the time Li Shishi and her friend were ready to eat, the evening was drawing near.
After a busy workday and a simple lunch, it was now almost 8 o’clock and they both were hungry.
They decided to dine at a popular hotpot restaurant inside the food street.
Just as they were about to reach the entrance, a van suddenly made a sharp turn and stopped right in front of them.
Before they could react, the doors flung open and two masked men jumped out, grabbing the stunned Li Shishi and pulling her into the van.
The moment Li Shishi was touched, she sensed something was wrong.
These people bore no grudge against her; they must be Song Yun’s enemies.
Before she could scream for help, her mouth and nose were covered with a chloroform-soaked cloth.
She felt overwhelmed by the pungent odor, then weakness, and finally her consciousness began to blur.
“What are you people doing?
Help!
Kidnapping!” Before her friend could cry out for help, a man approached and struck her neck with a knife-hand blow, causing her to collapse to the ground.
Taking advantage of the confusion, the van sped away.
Several men approached and looked at the woman on the ground with obscured expressions; the leader grinding his teeth, “Did anyone get a clear look at the van’s license plate?”
“That van was definitely illegal; not only was it unlicensed, but it also lacked inspection stickers.”
“Damn it, how are we going to explain this to Brother Song?
Sister-in-law Shishi was kidnapped right under our noses.
How am I supposed to report this to Brother Song?” The man glared at his subordinates in fury.
“We should call Brother Song right away,” suggested a hesitant underling.
Song Yun was at home munching on an apple and watching TV when his phone rang with an unfamiliar number.
Upon answering, an anxious voice came through, “Brother Song, I was with Sister-in-law Shishi.
Just now, she was kidnapped by a van.
What should we do?”
“Hmm?” Song Yun’s apple dropped to the floor as he roared with a ferocious expression, “Did you see who kidnapped her?”
“That van was cruising smoothly at first but then suddenly stopped in front of Sister-in-law.
We didn’t even have time to react before they drove off.”
“I understand.
Head to the headquarters immediately; I’ll be there shortly,” Song Yun said, struggling to contain his rage.
“Brother Song, there’s also an unconscious woman here, looks like a friend of Sister-in-law.”
“Send someone to take her to the hospital.” Song Yun hung up, called everyone except the enforcers and Wang Hu who were out in the field.