Chapter 246 - Lu Xiaoman Gets Kidnapped

Before leaving work at six o’clock, Lu Xiaoman had a talk with the HR Manager Cao Guoqiang, who approved her resignation request.

Stepping out of Cao Guoqiang’s office, Lu Xiaoman looked up to the sky and took a deep breath, sweating palms and trembling fingers.

“I’ve resigned, but I haven’t signed the contract with the martial arts gym yet.

I hope my luck isn’t too rotten and that nothing goes wrong tomorrow,” she thought to herself.

Back in the office, she began packing, planning to take her personal belongings home that day.

Of course, formally completing the process would still take a day or two.

But she had decided that she would go to sign the contract with Shi Sheng first thing tomorrow, then deal with the departure formalities at Emali Group.

Having packed her things, there were still about seven or eight minutes left before the official end of the workday.

Lu Xiaoman took out her phone and called Ye Fan, “Ye Fan, Manager Cao has approved my resignation.”

“Ha-ha, great.

Congratulations on becoming the CEO and reaching the pinnacle of life.

Uh, forget marrying a tall, rich, and handsome guy.

Marrying a loser like me will do,” Ye Fan chuckled on the phone.

Lu Xiaoman’s face blushed slightly as she retorted playfully, “Stop it, who said I was going to marry you!

Have some shame!”

“Ha, ha, ha…” Ye Fan laughed out loud.

After laughing for a while, he asked with concern, “Are you packing up now?

I’ll give you a ride home after work.”

“No need, really, I don’t have much to take,” Lu Xiaoman refused.

Remembering the first time she let Ye Fan drive her home and immediately being caught in a small lie, she dared not let Ye Fan drive her home again so soon.

Ye Fan insisted several times, and Lu Xiaoman refused several times until finally, Ye Fan gave up on Lu Xiaoman.

Finally, when work was over, Lu Xiaoman left the Emali Group building carrying a cardboard box full of her personal items.

Around seven in the evening, she came out of the subway station entrance, walked for over ten minutes, and was about to reach the gate of her residential complex, when suddenly two or three men standing by the roadside grabbed her.

Just as she was about to scream for help, a cloth doused with an anesthetic was stuffed into her mouth and nose, and she was quickly shoved into business van with the door already open…

Around eight-thirty in the evening, Ye Fan didn’t go out but returned early to the presidential suite in Dingsheng International Hotel after work to practice singing.

Learning and practicing two songs, “Only Love” and “Too Deep,” within three days was a bit stressful.

He had listened to Shen Yan’s “Too Deep” at the company.

The title suggested a deeply affectionate song, but the actual lyrics and melody were quite the opposite, carrying a flavor of otherworldly detachment like forgetting oneself in the secular world.

However, Shen Yan performed it exquisitely, and this subtle flavor could really touch something deep inside people’s hearts.

“Unjustified reputation brings no distinguished men; Shen Yan truly deserves her status as a little queen of the music world renowned all over Asia.

Singing this song with her, I’d probably have to work hard and even get some advice from her personally,” Ye Fan mused silently.

Suddenly, the ringtone of his phone went off, causing Ye Fan to stop practicing.

He picked up the phone from the coffee table and saw it was an unfamiliar call from Hua Hai city.

“Hello, I’m Ye Fan, may I ask…” Ye Fan answered the call.

Immediately, a chilly voice came from the phone, “I was looking for you.

First, listen to this voice.”

“Ye Fan, save me…” Lu Xiaoman’s frightened cry came through the phone.

Hearing Lu Xiaoman’s plea for help, Ye Fan instantly became as rigid as a spear, his face solemn and resolute, his gaze as sharp as a hawk, emitting a terrifying aura that made one’s heart tremble.

“Haha, Ye Fan, you should be quite familiar with this voice, right?

Your woman is in my hands!” The cold voice on the phone followed with a triumphant laugh.

“If you dare harm a single hair on her, I swear I’ll make you regret ever being born!” Ye Fan said in a chilling tone, his tiger-like eyes emitting a merciless and cold light.

The disdainful voice snorted, “Don’t play tough with me.

Do you think I don’t know who you are?

Nothing but a fart!

Get your ass to the new bearing factory on Tianhu South Road in the Quyang District right away.”

“Remember, don’t fucking call the cops, and if you dare, I’ll let a bunch of my brothers gang rape your woman!

Don’t think I’m just scaring you, I am from the Qinglang Gang!”

“I’ll be there soon!” Ye Fan said coldly, then hung up the phone.

“Qinglang Gang, such gall!” he muttered coldly to himself, “You really managed to anger me, so now perish!”

Three minutes later, on his way to the Quyang District, Ye Fan was continuously overtaking other vehicles while taking out his phone to call Lu Chengqiang and Shi Sheng, who happened to be together.

Hearing that Ye Fan’s woman had been daringly kidnapped, Lu Chengqiang and Shi Sheng leapt up in rage, swearing to twist off the heads of those bastards to use as piss pots.

“Drive to Quyang District now, to…” Ye Fan glanced at the navigation map on the dashboard and continued, “to the intersection of Xiuxiang Road on Mingxiu West Road to meet up.”

From Liujia Hui to Tianhu South Road in the Quyang District, Mingxiu Road is a passing route, so Ye Fan chose to meet Lu Chengqiang and Shi Sheng there.

Half an hour later, Ye Fan arrived at the intersection of Xiuxiang Road on Mingxiu West Road in the Quyang District; Lu Chengqiang’s new car was already parked there.

Ye Fan didn’t stop, just honked his horn while speeding past.

Lu Chengqiang and Shi Sheng immediately followed in their car.

The Quyang District is considered suburban, filled with new buildings, many of which are still just concrete shells.

Even the streets, with their flower beds and trees, are still in the process of being planted.

The lights on the street shone bleakly, with heavy shadows cast by the houses on both sides, eerily silent.

Before long, Ye Fan drove to the new right bearing factory on Tianhu South Road.

It was a factory that had just started construction, not yet operational, surrounded by an ominous atmosphere, with only dim light leaking through the open gates.

However, Ye Fan didn’t hesitate and drove straight in, Lu Chengqiang and Shi Sheng following right behind.

As soon as they entered the gate, they immediately saw many fierce-looking men in black lying in ambush.

And when Ye Fan, Lu Chengqiang, and Shi Sheng drove through the gate, several men in black jumped out and quickly closed the heavy iron gate behind them, clearly to prevent them from escaping.

Ye Fan let out a cold snort; good, lock the door, tonight, no one escapes!

Continuing to drive deeper inside, after turning a corner, several strong lights shone towards them.

Through the blinding lights, Ye Fan saw a group of men in black surrounding a young man with short hair, who was sitting on a black leather chair in a steel structure workshop.

And tied to an I-beam with hemp rope was Lu Xiaoman.