"Er Guai Ge, have you searched everywhere?" Lin Xiao Tian asked urgently.
"I've searched everywhere, inside and out. She's not here."
"Could she have gone out?" Lin Xiao Tian inquired.
"I asked the villagers, and no one saw Yu Xiang. You know Yu Xiang barely leaves the house usually. How could she just vanish without a trace? Besides, this village is small. If she went out, someone would have definitely seen her?"
Lin Xiao Tian's brow furrowed after hearing this. He suddenly thought of Li Er Mao and then said to Li Er Guai,
"Er Guai Ge, can you help me ask around and see where Er Mao went?"
"Er Mao?"
Li Er Guai was taken aback, not understanding what Lin Xiao Tian intended to do. What did Er Mao have to do with Qin Yu Xiang's disappearance?
However, he still followed Lin Xiao Tian's instructions and went to Li Er Mao's house.
At the same time, Lin Xiao Tian tried calling Qin Yu Xiang's phone again.
"The number you have dialed is switched off. Please try again later..."
When he called Li Er Mao, it also went unanswered. This made Lin Xiao Tian uneasy.
"Xiao Tian, what's wrong?" Liang Xu walked over. He had been waiting for Lin Xiao Tian inside for a long time and, seeing that he hadn't come out, decided to look for him.
"Uncle Xu, something might have happened at home. I need to go back." Lin Xiao Tian's brows were tightly knit.
Seeing the solemn expression on Lin Xiao Tian's face, Liang Xu could tell the seriousness of the situation. Without further ado, he immediately headed for the parking lot.
Soon, Liang Xu arrived in front of Lin Xiao Tian in a Porsche.
"Get in!"
The Porsche soon sped off in the direction of Jinsha Village.
About halfway to their destination, Lin Xiao Tian's phone vibrated again. He looked down and saw it was Li Er Guai calling.
"Xiao Tian, Er Mao is also gone!"
"I just asked the villagers, and no one saw him."
"Uncle Li said Er Mao took their phones. But when they tried calling just now, no one answered." Li Er Guai said earnestly.
Lin Xiao Tian could also hear Li Shu and Li Shen's voices on the phone. They were Li Er Mao's parents, and they were extremely worried about their son's disappearance.
"Xiao Tian, you asked Er Guai to look for Er Mao? Do you have any news about Er Mao?" Li Shen's anxious voice came through.
"Auntie, please don't worry. Er Mao called me just now and we talked about Bai Fen and Xiao Gang. You should go and check at Bai Fen's place now, you might find something!"
"Bai Fen? What does she have to do with this? Xiao Tian, what exactly has happened?"
"Auntie, explaining now would take too much time. Just do as I say!" Lin Xiao Tian replied.
"No! You have to explain this to me clearly today." Aunt Li insisted on knowing.
"Auntie, the situation is urgent. If you want to save Er Mao, do as I say!"
Anxious to see her son, Aunt Li could no longer press for details and ran towards Bai Fen's house.
"Xiao Tian, we're going to Bai Fen's place now. Wait for me, I'll call you later!" Li Er Guai's voice came through again.
Then, the call ended with a beep.
Lin Xiao Tian finally understood that Li Er Mao hadn't been lying and that he had been wronging him all along. Now, he could only hope that Li Er Mao was alright.
Just as he was thinking this, Er Guai's phone rang again.
"Hello, Xiao Tian, Bai Fen and everyone else are gone too! What is going on? How could so many people disappear all of a sudden?" Li Er Guai was bewildered.
"Xiao Tian, what do we do now? Er Mao isn't here either!" Aunt Li snatched Er Guai's phone.
Lin Xiao Tian thought carefully. Jinsha Village was surrounded by mountains, and apart from one mountain road, there were no other exits. If Qin Yu Xiang and Er Mao had been taken away, they would only have this mountain road to leave. Lin Xiao Tian might still have a chance to intercept them if he hurried.
"Auntie, please don't rush. You and the others should search the village first to see if you can find them. Then, some of you can head towards the exit of the village. Perhaps they have left the village."
Aunt Li cried out upon hearing this.
"Left the village?"
"My Er Mao is so good, he's never dared to leave the village!"
"Xiao Tian, what do you mean by that? Has Er Mao been kidnapped?"
"Auntie, please calm down," Lin Xiao Tian tried to soothe her.
"How can I calm down? He's my only son!" Aunt Li's sobbing came from the other end of the phone.
Listening to Aunt Li's cries, Lin Xiao Tian felt a pang of guilt. If he had believed Li Er Mao's words earlier, he wouldn't be in this mess now. The most crucial thing now was to reach the entrance of the mountain road in Jinsha Village as quickly as possible. He calculated that he had spoken to Li Er Mao about half an hour ago. If Li Er Mao and Qin Yu Xiang had indeed been kidnapped, then the kidnappers, with two people, taking the mountain road, would not have gotten very far by now. He was currently on the highway, so he should still make it in time!
That was what Lin Xiao Tian thought!
Until the next moment, he suddenly noticed the car had stopped.
"What's wrong?"
"There's construction ahead."
Lin Xiao Tian looked ahead and saw a construction team repairing the road. And judging by the scale, even excavators were being used, meaning it wouldn't be finished anytime soon.
"This is too much of a coincidence?!" Lin Xiao Tian frowned. He never expected the road to be blocked!
Liang Xu glanced at Lin Xiao Tian, then slowly started the car.
"Uncle Xu, what are you doing?"
"Xiao Tian, hold on tight!"
Before Lin Xiao Tian could react, he felt the car lurch forward. The guardrail was knocked aside, and the car sped towards a sloping pile of dirt. Lin Xiao Tian looked out of the car and saw the figures of people shrinking.
"Holy cow! Flying car? Are you crazy?" The construction workers were stunned. They never expected someone to be so reckless, driving towards a deep pit!
Just as they thought the car would fall into the pit, it executed a ninety-degree turn in mid-air and landed on its side. Then, with a beautiful counter-drift, it sped away.
"Holy cow! A real driver!" one of the construction workers muttered. Soon, the car disappeared from their sight.
Meanwhile, on another slope on the construction site, a man watched the departing sports car with a frown. If Lin Xiao Tian were there, he would have recognized this man as Zhang De Biao, who had been beaten half to death by Zhu Ge in front of Lin Xiao Tian before!
"Hey! Baldy, they're past."
"What? Didn't I tell you to destroy the road? How did they get through?"
"Their driver is quite skilled, he just flew over," Zhang De Biao explained.
"Useless! You couldn't stop the people, and now you can't even stop the car. You're so incompetent, I should have beaten you to death that day!" an enraged voice boomed from the other end of the phone.
Zhang De Biao could only apologize meekly.
"Forget it, I knew you useless trash couldn't be relied upon. Fortunately, I have a backup plan."