Wan Yunting went straight to Cheng Quan Group and asked the receptionist, "Is your Mr. Cheng in?"
The front desk lady shook her head, "Mr. Cheng is not in the company today."
"Oh."
Wan Yunting raised an eyebrow, nodded to the lady, and turned to leave. Since Cheng Kai wasn't in the company, he decided to go to his elder sister's house.
So he drove hurriedly to his elder sister Wan Manyu's house. Soon, his car stopped at the villa entrance. Wan Yunting got out of the car and rang the doorbell...
After waiting for about thirty seconds, the villa's gate opened. He saw his elder sister Wan Manyu, dressed in a long home dress, looking a bit nervous. Upon seeing her third brother, she was stunned.
"Sister, are you feeling unwell?" Wan Yunting asked with concern when he noticed his elder sister's slightly unusual expression.
"I, I'm fine..."
Wan Manyu shook her head, relieved, and asked Wan Yunting, "Why are you here?"
"I'm looking for Cheng Kai, is he home?"
Wan Manyu was startled and shook her head, "He's not home, why are you looking for him?"
"It's nothing, I just have something to chat with him about," Wan Yunting said with a smile.
He didn't tell Wan Manyu the truth, which was that he was looking for Cheng Kai to investigate his parents' deaths, to avoid her worrying unnecessarily.
"Sister, can I come in and see Wan'er?"
Seeing his elder sister standing at the door looking a bit lost, Wan Yunting said.
"Oh, come in."
Wan Manyu, snapping back to reality, moved aside to let Wan Yunting in. She then closed the door and led him into the villa's first-floor living room. Noticing the carpet in the seating area had been replaced with a European-style one, Wan Yunting smiled, "Sister, this carpet is nice, did you just change it?"
"Yes, Wan'er's toys ruined the previous one, so we replaced it." Mentioning the carpet made Wan Manyu's expression flustered as she spoke unnaturally.
Wan Yunting nodded and looked around, asking, "Where's Wan'er, is she asleep?"
"Wan'er went to her grandfather's house yesterday and will be back in a few days."
Wan Manyu gestured for him to sit and took some fruit from the refrigerator to wash. Seeing this, Wan Yunting called out, "Sister, don't bother, since Wan'er isn't here, I'll just sit for a bit and leave."
"Oh."
Seeing this, Wan Manyu returned with the fruit platter and placed it on the coffee table, then sat on the adjacent sofa. Wan Yunting noticed her somewhat dazed and uneasy demeanor and asked, "Sister, you look a bit unwell, are you sure you're okay?"
Wan Manyu paused and forced a smile, "I'm fine, maybe it's because Wan'er isn't home, I didn't sleep well last night. I'll just catch up on some sleep later."
"Mhm."
Wan Yunting nodded and said, "By the way, Sister, can you call Cheng Kai for me and ask where he is? I need to talk to him."
"Okay, I'll get my phone."
Wan Manyu went upstairs. A moment later, she came down with her phone and dialed Cheng Kai's number, but it showed no answer. "Yunting, he might be out of town on a business trip, his phone is unreachable now."
"Oh."
Wan Yunting raised an eyebrow. He wanted to get information about Gao Zhe through Cheng Kai!
"Sister, give me his phone number, I'll call him later."
"Okay."
Wan Manyu gave him Cheng Kai's phone number. Wan Yunting took out his phone and saved it. Wan Manyu asked, "Yunting, what exactly do you need him for?"
"It's nothing really, I just need to ask him about someone."
Saying this, Wan Yunting stood up and smiled, "Alright, Sister, I'm leaving now. You get some rest, and call me if anything happens."
"Okay, I'll see you out."
Wan Manyu didn't ask further questions, clearly not wanting Wan Yunting to stay at her house any longer.
After seeing Wan Yunting off, Wan Manyu quickly closed the door and entered the villa. Then, someone came down from the second floor!
As Wan Yunting drove back towards the Southern Traditional Chinese Medicine department, he dialed Cheng Kai's number again, but it still showed busy and unanswered. This made him frown. He urgently wanted to get information about Gao Zhe through Cheng Kai!
But being unable to contact him now left Wan Yunting feeling helpless. He decided to try calling again in the afternoon to see if he could reach Cheng Kai.
Meanwhile, in a private villa.
"How is it, have all the goods been transported to the dock?"
Ling Xianzong and Yang Dong were sitting on the sofa, legs crossed, smoking cigars. They watched Meng Hu enter and asked. Meng Hu nodded, "Everything has been arranged at the dock. As soon as our ship returns, we can set sail for Country H."
"Good."
Ling Xianzong puffed on his cigar, exhaling smoke, when the phone beside him rang, displaying his son Ling Yaoyang's name. He picked it up and answered, "Hello, Yaoyang..."
"Mr. Ling, hope you are... well."
However, the voice on the other end was not Ling Xianzong's son's, but a man speaking in broken Chinese.
Ling Xianzong shot up, exclaiming, "Park Seong-won!"
Yang Dong and Meng Hu were also startled. The man on the phone chuckled, "Mr. Ling, your son is in my hands!"
"What did you say?" Ling Xianzong's eyes widened in anger, "Park Seong-won, how dare you touch my son..."
"Heh heh... Mr. Ling, it's just that your reach has become too long, so I had to do this. Do you understand what I mean?" Park Seong-won chuckled on the other end.
It turned out that some time ago, Ling Xianzong's son, Ling Yaoyang, had been expanding his territory in Seoul, Country H, taking over much of the territory of the White Tiger gang. As the third-ranked gang in Seoul's underground world, how could Park Seong-won, the vice-leader of the White Tiger gang, stand by and watch Chinese people steal their business?
Therefore, an hour prior, he had led hundreds of his gang members to eliminate more than half of Ling Xianzong's son's forces, and had even kidnapped Ling Yaoyang, all to teach Ling Xianzong a lesson!
"Park Seong-won, what exactly do you want?"
Ling Xianzong hadn't expected Park Seong-won to be so decisive and dare to capture his son, which infuriated him.
"I heard you're planning to transport a batch of goods to our Country H recently!" Park Seong-won said with a sinister smile.
Ling Xianzong glared. So this bastard was eyeing the batch of goods from his country!
"Mr. Ling, you should know who I, Park Seong-won, am."
Park Seong-won, confident he had Ling Xianzong cornered, chuckled, "So I'll give you one day. Come to Seoul to negotiate with me. If we reach an agreement, I'll return your son to you intact. Otherwise, you can prepare to collect his corpse!"
"Hey, Park Seong-won, talk to me, I'll...!"
Seeing that he had already hung up the phone, Ling Xianzong smashed his phone in anger.
Meng Hu and Yang Dong also realized something had happened and were surprised that the White Tiger gang dared to kidnap Ling Yaoyang.
"Tiger, do you dare to go to Country H and kill Park Seong-won for me and rescue Yaoyang?" Ling Xianzong said, his face contorted in rage.
Meng Hu was stunned, his brow furrowing. He knew that the White Tiger gang was the third-largest gang in Seoul's underworld, with thousands of members. Even if Meng Hu was powerful, going alone, he would likely be killed before he could even see Ling Yaoyang.
"Mr. Ling, please calm down first," Yang Dong said.
"Damn you, how can I calm down now?" Ling Xianzong kicked over the coffee table and roared at Yang Dong.
Yang Dong frowned and said, "But what's the use of losing your temper now? Park Seong-won clearly has you figured out, he wants this batch of goods from our country!"
"You bastard, what do you want me to do? Do you want me to hand over this batch of goods to him?" Ling Xianzong cursed angrily.
Although he wanted to save his son, this batch of goods from his country was over a ton. He couldn't accept giving it all to Park Seong-won.
"Boss, perhaps there is someone who can help us!" Meng Hu suddenly said.
"Who?"
Ling Xianzong and Yang Dong turned to look at him. Meng Hu said seriously, "Wan Yunting, Boss Wan!"