Chen Lan quietly placed the phone in front of Yin Shixiu, playing a short video...
Yin Shixiu’s face changed completely! It turned exceptionally ugly!
The video call between Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaong had not yet ended, while the short video on Chen Lan’s phone was already playing for Yin Shixiu.
Su Xiaong leaned against the sofa, watching the drastic change on Yin Shixiu’s face on the screen.
This kind of ugliness and the instant exposure of barely contained anger was sothing Su Xiaong had never seen before.
Of course, it was rely sothing Su Xiaong had never seen.
When her and the children’s safety was threatened, Yin Shixiu’s face was actually even uglier than it was now.
Only that kind of ugliness was more about fear, while the current ugliness was filled with anger!
"What’s wrong?"
Su Xiaong intuitively sensed sothing extrely bad had happened, causing her smile to fade slightly with worry in her voice.
Yin Shixiu composed himself, facing Su Xiaong’s worried expression...
Chen Lan clearly saw, in just this brief mont, all of the unease and anger on Yin Shixiu’s face suddenly vanished, as he spoke to Su Xiaong with a calm tone,
"Shi Shengde broke out of prison, and the police still haven’t found his whereabouts."
"Even if they haven’t found him now, they will later. There’s no need to rush."
"Yes, indeed."
Yin Shixiu responded, "Are Shuang’er and Huang’er still asleep?"
Su Xiaong rubbed her eyes and nodded,
"Not yet, I’ll go wake them up after making breakfast. By the way, stop playing gas with them all the ti. Now whenever the siblings have nothing to do, they just wait with their tablets for you to join."
Yin Shixiu chuckled,
"I haven’t seen them for almost a month, besides playing gas with them, I don’t know what else I can do as a father..."
The helplessness showed in his deanor.
"You’ve spent enough ti with them. Shuang’er and Huang’er are very understanding, don’t feel guilty about them, okay?"
"Okay."
Su Xiaong yawned,
"Alright, you carry on with your work, I’m getting up."
Yin Shixiu responded, briefly ending the video call.
As the video call ended, Yin Shixiu imdiately slamd his fist onto the desk!
"Bastard!"
Yin Shixiu stood up, no longer able to conceal the imnse anger within him!
The veins on his temples bulged!
In the video, Su Chengji was hung by ropes, his body covered in bloody welts from beatings!
And the coarse whip showed no sign of stopping its torture on Su Chengji.
The video was only twenty seconds long, filled with the sound of the whip cracking and Su Chengji’s muffled grunts of pain.
Each hit felt as if it was striking Yin Shixiu himself.
He couldn’t even begin to imagine how his wife would react if she saw this video...
"Was it Shi Shengde?"
Chen Lan asked, his expression also abnormally grave.
He understood what Su Chengji being kidnapped ant.
"Apart from him, no one else could pull this off!"
Yin Shixiu spoke through gritted teeth.
Since he initiated the business war between the Yin Family and Shengde Group, Yin Shixiu had been thoroughly prepared.
He was aware the Shengde Group had connections to the underworld, and that Shi Shengde wielded influence there, so he had been more focused on the Su Family than the Yin Family.
Bai Sixian was in London looking after Su Xiaong, she and Su Xiaong along with Shuangshuang and Huanghuang were already under Yin Shixiu’s secret protection.
He wasn’t too concerned about London.
In Beijing, what worried Yin Shixiu most was Su Chengji.
He knew where his weaknesses were, and Shi Shengde wasn’t a fool, he couldn’t not know.
All the arrangents Yin Shixiu should have made had been made.
And yet, Shi Shengde still succeeded!
Chen Lan furrowed his eyebrows,
"What should we do then? Should we notify the police imdiately?"
Yin Shixiu closed his eyes, taking a deep breath to calm himself, he couldn’t let his mind cease thinking at this mont...
"Did you see the sign behind Su Chengji — no police."
"..."
Chen Lan was stunned, upon looking at the screen again, he saw these two words.
"Shi Shengde hasn’t revealed his intentions, but he will have more to say later. Sending this video is essentially a provocation and demonstration."
"So what do we do? Just wait?"
"He managed to escape prison, there’s a significant possibility that there’s an inside hand at the police station. Suddenly calling the police, if Shi Shengde finds out, I fear he would harm Su Chengji further."
Chen Lan understood, Shi Shengde had indeed grabbed him precisely and cruelly!
This almost instantly hit Yin Shixiu’s lifeline!
"Just wait..."
Yin Shixiu muttered over these two words...
Clenching his fists tight, Yin Shixiu’s gaze heavy on the desk, this silence made Chen Lan feel tortured too.
With Su Chengji in trouble, Yin Shixiu didn’t even consider telling Su Xiaong.
He didn’t want Su Xiaong to bear even a shred of worry.
But as the situation escalates, how could he turn danger into safety? How could he ensure that Su Xiaong wouldn’t worry at all?
"Wait!"
Yin Shixiu said forcefully!
Chen Lan pursed his lips, in reality, all they could do now was wait.
Shi Shengde deliberately tortured Yin Shixiu, hence he sent only a brief video.
Without any demands, without saying much, he wanted Yin Shixiu to suffer through every ticking of the clock.
Yin Shixiu bore this agony!
Returning to his leather chair, Yin Shixiu while waiting, also pondered.
He hadn’t anticipated Shi Shengde would turn back with such a move, he had thought Shi Shengde’s primary goal in escaping prison was survival!
Kidnapping Su Chengji...
Shi Shengde had practically made himself a target.
Erasing the potential to escape without a trace.
Why? What are Shi Shengde’s ultimate goals?
Could it be at this point he was seeking revenge?
The very possibility sent chills down Yin Shixiu’s spine.
Shi Shengde’s personality was evident, he could escape from prison, killing a person or two, was practically nothing to him.
As Yin Shixiu pondered, Chen Lan was contemplating the sa.
Everything Yin Shixiu could think of, all the speculating possibilities, Chen Lan was also thinking.
Because of this, both were acutely aware of the gravity of the situation, knowing full well...
They had already fallen into Shi Shengde’s trap.
An hour later, another video sent to Chen Lan’s phone confird their suspicions.
Su Chengji had already fainted.
Shi Shengde sat on a luxurious chair, standing out against the slightly dark and damp surroundings.
The chair was draped with tiger skin.
Shi Shengde lounged on it, his eyes filled with a malicious smile.
"Yin Shixiu, the ga begins, starting now, you have two hours. Find ."
"..."
"Rember, only two hours, exceed by a minute, I’ll chop off one finger from Su Chengji."
"..."
"After chopping, I’ll imdiately have soone send it to London, as a gift for your dear wife."
"..."
"Oh, and you haven’t alerted the police, right? Of course, if you want to end the ga early, you can choose to call the police."
With that, Shi Shengde ended the video.
The video was sent via email, and the email account was undoubtedly a newly registered alias.
The unilateral contact disgusted Chen Lan to the point of wanting to smash his phone!
"We have to call the police."
This was the conclusion Chen Lan reached after thinking it through,
"And we must call the police!"
No matter how clever Yin Shixiu was, how sharp his thoughts, he was rely a businessman, pitting him against those dealing in life and death was a path to disaster.
"We can’t call the police. Dad would die."
"This is exactly the result Shi Shengde wants! He wants you to be too afraid to do anything!"
"I’ll contact Bai Sidong, he should know what to do."
Saying this, Yin Shixiu made a call to Bai Sidong, only to find...
Bai Sidong’s phone was turned off at this very mont!
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