Chapter 136
Chapter 136
Chapter 136 Jinjiang Literature City Premiere
Bai Li was dazed for a long time until the strong light touched his eyelids, which finally stimulated him to open his eyes.
His head was very dizzy.
This kind of dizziness was just like the last time he caught a cold.
Bai Li instinctively called Jin Jin’s name; he remembered he was with Jin Jin.
“King, is this little poor thing calling you?”
A strange man’s teasing voice whispered by his ear, sounding very malicious.
Bai Li shook his head, trying hard to stay awake.
“Jin Jin.”
He called while overcoming the dizziness and looked beside him.
His bodily senses gradually recovered; Bai Li found his hands and feet were bound. The rough ropes chafed his flesh. His tender, fair wrists were already reddened in a circle.
There were many unfamiliar faces around, and those people...
They all looked fierce.
The Jin Jin Bai Li wanted to find was not far from him.
Jin Jin’s eyes met his. He moved his lips, and Bai Li tried to read his lip movements.
After a while,
Bai Li understood what he wanted to say.
“Sorry.”
Jin Jin apologized to him.
After saying sorry, Jin Jin turned and left.
Bai Li was stunned.
“Jin Jin?”
He struggled to move, wanting to follow Jin Jin.
But Jin Jin didn’t look back; he left decisively, without the slightest hesitation.“Hahaha, little one, King won’t be coming back anymore.”
The man with a big hand on Bai Li’s shoulder laughed as he said, “He used you to exchange for a woman who’s about to die.”
“A woman...”
Bai Li’s heartbeat suddenly sped up. He looked up and stared at the speaker: “What does that woman look like?”
“Of course, she’s a beauty. Otherwise, how could she have completely bewitched King?”
The man laughed and patted his face: “You look good too, but unfortunately, King isn’t gay.”
With just a few simple words, Bai Li guessed who that woman was.
It was his second sister.
His second sister... was even injured?
Bai Li wanted to ask about his sister, but the other party’s patience was clearly limited.
“Let’s go, we can’t stay here too long.”
The man was the leader; although smiling, he was not careless when doing things.
He put Bai Li into a car and ordered people to change all Bai Li’s clothes.
All of Bai Li’s belongings were taken away, including the ring Xie Chen gave him—nothing was spared.
“Give me the ring.”
Bai Li refused to let them take his ring: “That’s my engagement ring.”
“Engagement ring?”
Someone who knew his info toyed with the ring: “Xie Chen gave this to you? He does seem quite sincere towards you.”
“Next, let’s see if his sincerity is enough to redeem you.”
In the end, Bai Li’s ring was never returned to him.
Having nothing left, Bai Li was locked inside the car, completely unaware of where he was being taken.
His head still felt dizzy, but he pressed hard on his palm with his fingernail, forcing himself not to faint.
Elsewhere,
After eating, Xie Chen didn’t rush to work but took out his phone and messaged Bai Li on WeChat.
“Li Li, what did you eat for lunch?”
No reply.
Xie Chen thought he might be taking care of the cats or entertaining guests, so he didn’t urge him to respond.
He sent several more messages intermittently but still got no reply.Xie Chen sensed something was wrong.
He called, but no one answered. Checking the location, it wasn’t at the cat café but somewhere very remote, and the red dot on the map hadn’t moved.
A bad premonition weighed heavily on Xie Chen’s heart.
He stood up and strode out of the office.
“Anna, cancel the afternoon plan. I need to go find Li Li.”
Anna saw his grim expression and naturally didn’t say anything more.
Xie Chen didn’t call a driver; to save time, he rushed alone to the location.
In just over ten minutes, Xie Chen arrived at the destination.
The place was empty, with nothing there.
Xie Chen got out of the car and searched carefully. He still remembered that once when Li Li turned back into a cat, he was so exhausted he fainted, and before passing out, the scared and insecure little cat had buried himself under a pile of leaves.
Time passed bit by bit.
Xie Chen’s heart grew heavier.
By a brick, Xie Chen bent down and picked something up from the ground.
It was Li Li’s phone.
The phone was dusty, lying on the ground, clearly discarded for a long time.
Clutching the phone, Xie Chen felt as if the air itself had grown thin at that moment.
His mind went blank, and his whole body chilled.
“Li Li.”
Xie Chen murmured his name, struggling against the suffocating feeling of nearly drowning, forcing himself with reason to keep his brain thinking.
He needed to calm down.
Li Li was still waiting for him.
Xie Chen closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing. After a moment, he dialed Bai Lin’s number.
“Rong Rong is injured, currently in emergency treatment at the hospital.”
On the other end, Bai Lin was also overwhelmed: “You’re calling for some reason?”
“Li Li is missing.”
Bai Lin was silent.
Waiting outside the hospital room, Bai Lin’s head suddenly felt like it was about to explode.“What did you say? Li Li wasn’t busy at the cat café?”
“He was taken away by someone. I found his discarded phone in a very remote place.”
After hearing this, Bai Lin on the other end slammed his fist hard against the hospital’s white wall.
Damn.
He usually cared about his image and never lost composure in front of outsiders, especially in a busy hospital.
His fist broke the skin, and everyone waiting with him—Yu Yin, Tan Yi, Bai Si, Bai Liu—were all startled.
“I’ll check the surveillance here. You hurry over as soon as you can.”
“Okay, I’m on my way.”
After hanging up, Bai Lin called to a few brothers, “Xiao Yi is here waiting for news about your second sister. Bai Si, Xiao Liu, come with me.”
“Big brother, second sister is still in the emergency room. Where are we going at a time like this?” Bai Liu frowned, not understanding his actions.
“Li Li is missing.”
Bai Lin grimly shared the news: “The situation is very dangerous. We have to find Li Li immediately.”
When it came to finding Li Li, Bai Si thought quickly and said in a low voice, “Let’s go to the cat café and bring that little wolf along.”
The little wolf has a good nose. Maybe he’ll be useful.
Before long,
they left, leaving only Tan Yi behind, looking at his sister-in-law who was accompanying him.
Yu Yin kindly patted his head: “Don’t be too anxious. With your big brothers and Xie Chen here, Li Li will definitely come back soon.”
Tan Yi was burning with worry.
He also wanted to look for Li Li, but their second sister’s side had to have family present.
“Sister-in-law.”
Tan Yi nervously paced in front of Yu Yin: “What kind of situation is this? How come both my second sister and Li Li have something happen to them on the same day?”
Yu Yin didn’t know either.
He had only come after Bai Lin arrived at the hospital. He was still clueless about Bai Rong’s injury.
“Xiao Yi, first tell me—what exactly happened to your second sister?”
“My second sister was probably injured on a mission. Jin Jin sent her—”
Tan Yi stopped halfway, suddenly realizing something: “Wait, where is Jin Jin?”
Jin Jin was the first to call him to say his second sister was in emergency treatment here, but when he arrived, Jin Jin was nowhere to be seen.
After understanding the situation, he immediately called his big brother and two other brothers. When they arrived, he didn’t bother looking for Jin Jin anymore.His heart suddenly jolted for no reason.
Second sister, Li Li.
Is it a coincidence?
In the hospital, Tan Yi was still lost in thought.
Outside.
Besides Xie Chen and his group desperately trying to find the whereabouts of the kitten, Jin Jin—who had disappeared after sending Bai Rong to the hospital—quietly followed the car carrying Bai Li.
The reason he could find them was simple: this route led to his father’s territory.
After entering the most dangerous area, Jin Jin picked up his phone, hesitated between Tan Yi and Bai Liu, and then chose Bai Liu this time.
Bai Rong had already been sent to the hospital, and someone would guard her next.
He had exchanged Bai Rong out; without a doubt, he still had to bring Li Li back.
Otherwise, he knew Bai Rong would never forgive him.
“Xie Chen!”
Bai Liu shouted to Xie Chen after receiving the message: “Come over, there’s news about Li Li.”
Jin Jin reported the whole situation in the message.
He said Li Li was now in the hands of his father’s men.
Those people were notorious criminals, and rescuing Li Li from them would be very difficult.
Jin Jin told Xie Chen to keep his father calm during the upcoming “negotiation,” not to provoke him, and not to make moves his father would fear.
In short, Xie Chen was to handle his father.
As for Jin Jin, he was to sneak in—no, to steal Li Li back.
They all read Jin Jin’s message, and everyone’s mood was grim.
If it was about rescuing Bai Rong, they would find a way.
But risking Li Li like this—even Bai Rong herself would definitely lose her temper if she knew.
“Is he out of his mind?”
Bai Liu cursed: “He got himself into this mess alone, damn it, and only now tells us? Don’t let me see him. If I do, I’ll make sure he dies.”
Bai Liu threatened Jin Jin, but at the moment, he couldn’t even see him.
Xie Chen read the message repeatedly. Without wasting time, he quickly ordered people to check Jin Jin’s information.
Because they were prepared, when Xie Chen’s phone rang with an unknown number, he didn’t immediately answer.He waited for the second call, and after it rang three times, he finally answered.
“Mr. Xie.”
The other side got straight to the point: “Are you looking for someone right now?”
The phone was on speaker. Under the watchful eyes of the Bai brothers, Xie Chen steadied his voice and asked, “Who are you? Did you take Li Li away?”
“My name is Qiao Shan, you can call me Qiao.”
The other party politely introduced himself, then revealed his purpose.
“Mr. Xie, I’ve been interested in you for a long time.”
“I think if we can establish a long-term, stable cooperative relationship, then with our combined strengths, we will definitely gain the greatest profit.”
Everyone knew exactly what Qiao was doing.
He was trying to drag Xie Chen into trouble.
Xie Chen didn’t refuse but also didn’t fully agree. Their negotiation made the Bai brothers around them tense.
In the car.
Bai Li, who had been locked up for a long time, opened his eyes to face several pairs of watchful eyes on surveillance.
He was a bit scared, but with the master not around, he didn’t dare to be afraid.
He wanted to run.
Under close watch, Bai Li weakly said, “My head hurts.”