Chapter 336 - Kidnapped?
Chapter 336 of "Super Soldier in the City" opens presenting key developments: Chapter 336: Chapter 340 Kidnapped?Xu Yingying spoke in a deep voice, "If you have suspicions,... Read on!
Chapter 336: Chapter 340 Kidnapped?Xu Yingying spoke in a deep voice, "If you have suspicions, you can report this to the police, and the police will naturally come to investigate."
Chu Xiaoyaoâs father was intimidated by Xu Yingyingâs composure, weakening a bit, and knowing his daughter would not be here if the police were allowed to come.
Chu Xiaoyaoâs mother immediately said, "Then let us go in and have a look."
Li Yifei immediately responded, "No problem," and opened the door to let them in.
Li Yifeiâs house was not large, with just one bedroom, and Chu Xiaoyaoâs parents could see at a glance that their daughter was not there.
"My daughter, where are you... oh..." Chu Xiaoyaoâs mother sat down on the sofa and couldnât help but cover her face and cry.
At this point, Xu Yingying sat down next to Chu Xiaoyaoâs mother and softly said, "Auntie, Xiaoyao and Yifei know each other. Why donât you tell us what exactly happened, and we can see if we can help."
Chu Xiaoyaoâs mother, desperate, immediately grabbed Xu Yingyingâs arm and said, "I can see you are capable. If you help us, weâll have a better chance of finding Xiaoyao."
Xu Yingying nodded and said, "I do know some people. I have friends at the Public Security Bureau, but youâll have to tell me the whole story."
Chu Xiaoyaoâs mother nodded and said, "Recently, Xiaoyao stayed here for a while, you know that, right?"
Xu Yingying nodded and said, "I know."
Li Yifei immediately interjected, "It was her who called you last time; you should remember that."
It had been Su Yiyi who made the call. Although her voice was different from Xu Yingyingâs, it was distorted over the phone, and with the passage of time, Chu Xiaoyaoâs mother naturally could not tell, immediately saying, "I remember, I remember."
Xu Yingying, unaware of this, couldnât help but feel puzzled, but she couldnât question Li Yifei to his face or expose him, and she didnât even change her expression.
"After she returned last time, she was well-behaved for a while, and her academic performance improved. But a couple of days ago... her dad and I argued again..." At this, Chu Xiaoyaoâs mother glared bitterly at her husband.
Li Yifei knew Chu Xiaoyaoâs father had a mistress, which was why the couple constantly argued over it. Probably Xiaoyaoâs pacification recently had been due to some promise her father made, but later there was contact with that woman, which her mother came to know about.
Li Yifeiâs guess was not wrong; that was precisely what was going on in Chu Xiaoyaoâs family.
"After our argument, Xiaoyao ran away from home in anger. At that time, we were both too angry to care, but today, when we tried to call her friends and classmates, none of them had seen her, and thatâs when we thought of you and came to look here."
Li Yifei frowned slightly. This coupleâs discord had inflicted great harm on their child, and during arguments, it was easy to neglect the child, adding to Yifeiâs reluctance about having a child with Xu Yingying, prompting him to glance at her.
But Xu Yingying didnât share Li Yifeiâs thoughts at all, and didnât make anything of the look he gave her.
Li Yifei said, "It should be nothing serious. Chu Xiaoyao is quite rebellious. That time she came here, if I hadnât forced her, she wouldnât have wanted to call you. I think she might be out playing right now and will return once sheâs had enough."
At this, Chu Xiaoyaoâs parents both looked a bit uneasy. As parents, their discord meant they hadnât cared enough for Xiaoyao. In a normal family, even a brief absence would worry parents, yet Xiaoyao had been absent overnight without much concern from them.
At that moment, Chu Xiaoyaoâs father said, "However, this time Xiaoyao ran away, and itâs a bit different. She used to tell us where she was going or whose house she was at, but this time she went to school in the morning, and her classmates saw her there. In the afternoon, she vanished without a trace and didnât tell any of her classmates."
Tears streamed down Chu Xiaoyaoâs motherâs face again as she choked up, "We suspect she might have been... kidnapped by traffickers."
Li Yifei shook his head and said, "That seems unlikely. Although I havenât had much contact with Chu Xiaoyao, she strikes me as a very smart girl, not someone who could be easily deceived by others."
Chu Xiaoyaoâs mother immediately cried out anxiously, "Then where could she have gone? Itâs been over a day and thereâs no sign of her."
Li Yifei naturally wouldnât argue with Chu Xiaoyaoâs mother and said, "Have you checked her calling records with the telecom company?"
Chu Xiaoyaoâs parents were momentarily stunned, and Li Yifei could tell they had not done so. He said, "Then letâs go check now and see who sheâs been in contact with these past few days."
Xu Yingying chimed in, "Itâs after hours now, can we still get that information?"
Chu Xiaoyaoâs father immediately said, "No problem, no problem. I have friends at the Public Security Bureau; they should be able to help."
"Then we should go right away," Chu Xiaoyaoâs mother stood up immediately.
Li Yifei quickly stood up and said, "Iâll come with you."
Xu Yingying also stood up. Although she had only met Chu Xiaoyao once and didnât have much impression of the girl, since Li Yifei was going to help, she decided she should lend a hand as well. It might also be an opportunity to improve their relationship.
The four of them went downstairs. Chu Xiaoyaoâs father drove a new model Langyi that cost over a hundred thousand, but when he saw Li Yifeiâs flashy Porsche, he was momentarily speechless. To think someone who drove such an impressive car lived in such a modest house. But considering Li Yifeiâs impressive demeanor, he no longer suspected Li Yifei of kidnapping his daughter, at worst assuming heâd just charmed his daughter.
Through the contacts they had, they were able to get Chu Xiaoyaoâs call records, but there had been no records of communication since noon yesterday, which meant that Xiaoyao had not been in contact with anyone during this period.
At this point, Chu Xiaoyaoâs parents became even more frantic. If their daughter had been calling someone, there would be at least some lead to follow. Now, with no calls made, it was very likely that something serious had happened.
Li Yifei, too, felt that the situation had become very unusual. Chu Xiaoyao was not the quiet type; even if she had run away from home, she wouldnât be this subdued. Just like last time when she had come to his placeâit was easy for Li Yifei to think of kidnapping under these circumstances.
But more than a day had passed since then. A typical kidnapping would have resulted in contact with Chu Xiaoyaoâs parents by now, but with no news yet, it seemed unrelated to kidnapping.
"Itâs all your fault, youâre the one who made Xiaoyao not want to stay at home. You scoundrel, there will be retribution for you!" Chu Xiaoyaoâs mother cursed her husband amidst sobs.
Just then, Chu Xiaoyaoâs father received a call. Seeing the number, his face turned pale with panic. Xiaoyaoâs mother, witnessing his reaction, immediately snatched the phone, and after answering, she started berating, "You vile woman, if you call again, Iâll rip your mouth... What? Donât you dare... donât you dare."
Li Yifei immediately felt that something was amiss, and Xiaoyaoâs mother anxiously handed the phone to her husband. Chu Xiaoyaoâs father quickly took the call. After just a couple of sentences, his expression changed dramatically with rage, "How could you do this? Just... Iâve seen your true colors now. How much do you want, just donât harm my daughter... Thatâs too much..."
Chu Xiaoyaoâs mother quickly cried out, "Donât argue over the money, just give her whatever she wants as long as she doesnât hurt Xiaoyao."
"She wants two million; I donât have that kind of money!" Chu Xiaoyao shouted at his wife, then yelled into the phone, "I definitely canât come up with that much, youâve known me for a long time. Although I have some money, do you think I have that much?... Three hundred thousand, I can only manage a maximum of three hundred thousand... I really canât come up with more... I might at most scrape together just under four hundred thousand... Okay, Iâll borrow some more from friends, fifty thousand, thatâs it, Iâll gather it right away; you must not harm Xiaoyao... I know, I know, I definitely wonât report it to the police."
As Xu Yingying listened to Chu Xiaoyaoâs father haggling with the person on the other end, her heart pounded like a drum. Even though she was a CEO, the experience of a kidnapping and extortion occurring so close was still frightening, and she subconsciously grabbed Li Yifeiâs arm, which comforted her somewhat.
After hanging up the phone, Chu Xiaoyaoâs father clenched his fists tightly, veins bulging on his forehead, while Xiaoyaoâs mother glared at her husband with gritted teeth, looking like she wanted to tear him apart. It turned out that the caller was a woman Chu Xiaoyaoâs father had recently met.
Chu Xiaoyaoâs father was an okay person otherwise, but he was particularly drawn to beautiful women, which was something beyond correction. He had been kept in check by his wife for a while after a recent uproar, but then he got involved again with a beautiful young woman and lost his senses. That led to the recent spats between him and his wife, but he never anticipated that this woman would kidnap Chu Xiaoyao and demand such a hefty sum. He was filled with both regret and rage.
Xiaoyaoâs mother, at this moment, loathed her husband to the bone, bitterly saying, "If anything happens to Xiaoyao, I will definitely kill you, definitely!"
Her words were delivered with a chilling tone, causing Xu Yingying to feel a shiver run down her spine. She was taken aback by the level of hatred a child could invoke in a woman, which made her suddenly reflect on Li Yifeiâs words and gain some understanding of why he was currently reluctant to have children.