Lingering Resentment — A Conspiracy Unfolds

An Huaixu was stunned.

His brain went blank.

Xiaoyu goes out to play and if he doesn’t look for him, he looks for Qi Ze. He never goes anywhere else!

An Huaixu subconsciously felt that something was wrong.

Although he was stubborn, he still told the whole story, saying everything that had happened.

An’s mother frowned, but was stopped by Shi’s mother grabbing her arm.

“Liu Qing…”

An’s mother’s name was Yu Liuqing, and she had met Shi’s mother, Fang Yunhan, at a party.

They became good friends at first sight.

Shi’s mother had watched An Huaixu grow up and knew his personality very well.

She first comforted An Huaixu, telling him not to worry: “Maybe this kid’s wings have hardened and he’s gone somewhere else to play!”

An Huaixu didn’t know if it was because he had exercised too much, or what, but his heart couldn’t calm down.

He looked up at the sky, and the dazzling sunlight made him feel dizzy.

Was that really the case?

Despite Xiaoyu’s love of play, he was very aware of safety and would never go to a strange place alone.

This was also an important reason why Shi’s parents were comfortable letting their child go out to play alone.

But today.

An Huaixu inexplicably felt that things were not so simple.

Even though Shi’s mother sent people to look for him, he sat next to his mother, still feeling uneasy.

At first, Shi’s mother comforted An Huaixu, occasionally telling funny stories about Xiaoyu to amuse him.

But as time went on, the smile on her face diminished, until the corners of her mouth were completely pressed down, and she picked up her phone and went to the side to call Shi’s father.

An Huaixu silently calculated in his heart.

It had been thirty-one minutes and fifty-four seconds since he discovered Xiaoyu’s disappearance…

An’s mother also felt that something was wrong and quickly called An’s father to explain the situation.

After Shi’s father returned, he first retrieved the surveillance footage, locked onto the last place Xiaoyu had gone before disappearing, and went to search himself.

To no avail.

Even after calling the police, the police had no leads on the child’s disappearance.

A day later, there was still no trace of Xiaoyu.

Someone released the news that ‘Shi’s young master is missing’, and the news instantly swept the entire internet.

Shi’s board meeting was canceled for various reasons.

For a time, there were many different opinions.

An’s father quickly dealt with the rumors, looking like he had aged ten years, and had a heart-to-heart talk with his closest brother.

He thought of Xiaoyu’s lively and cute face, and suddenly all the words of comfort were blocked in his throat.

Shi’s father stood in front of the monitor, staring at Xiaoyu’s small figure on the screen, silent.

Shi’s mother realized something and hugged An’s mother, crying.

An’s father: “Our security is the strictest there. To avoid the guards and surveillance, this matter has definitely exceeded our expectations.”

Shi’s father rubbed his brow: “Hmm. This person is extremely meticulous, and I can’t think of who it is.”

An’s father tapped his cigarette ash, and the white smoke swirled in the air, raising everyone’s hearts to the highest point.

Shi’s father’s voice lowered: “Then kill them all. We’ll eventually kill the right one.”

An’s father patted his shoulder: “You think you’re in the past? Save it. I’ve already contacted the most professional team to cooperate with the police. You haven’t slept for a day and a night. Rest, I’ll handle it here.”

After An’s father finished speaking, he looked back at An Huaixu, who was sitting obediently in a chair.

The child had been sitting there motionless for a long time.

He sighed; this matter would definitely have a big impact on him.

He walked to An Huaixu and touched his head.

An Huaixu buried his head deeper and said in a very small voice: “Xiaoyu…”

An’s father: “He’ll be fine.”

An Huaixu: “It’s all my fault.”

An’s father received a call and didn’t hear his self-blaming words.

After An’s father left, the room was extremely quiet, with only Shi’s mother’s crying ringing in the air.

Outside, deafening thunder rumbled, and lightning fell from the dark sky, splitting the calm surface of A City.

At the same time, in a remote and uninhabited area, a white SUV passed through an abandoned factory and entered N City from a rugged path.

The car’s speed was very fast, and it soon disappeared at the end of the road.

Dust rose and fell, covering the traces of all the tire tracks.

Inside the SUV.

A man wearing a hood in the passenger seat was arguing with someone in the back row.

The two became increasingly heated.

Xiaoyu’s head was splitting with pain, and he vaguely woke up. Before he could even open his eyes, he heard voices muttering beside him—

A distant voice: “Damn, the whole city’s police force has been mobilized! What do we do!”

A closer voice was more malicious: “You should know Shi Wei’s methods. We’ve taken this step, and there’s no turning back.”

“I just wanted to give Shi Wei a lesson and make him voluntarily give up control of the headquarters.”

Where they couldn’t see, Xiaoyu’s eyelashes trembled.

Shi Wei?

That’s Dad’s name.

He knew that his current situation was not right, so he chose to continue pretending to be unconscious.

In the past, his parents often played kidnapping and police games with him, so he knew what to do to protect himself in this situation.

He carefully observed the situation inside the car.

The driver had an ordinary face; he had never seen him before.

The man in the passenger seat was wearing a hood, but his voice sounded familiar.

The man next to him—

He was shocked.

It was Uncle Tian Qiming!

This uncle had followed his father since he first started his business. His father said that they had worked together for many years, and their relationship was as deep as brothers.

He couldn’t believe it…

Tian Qiming was perhaps also a little nervous and didn’t notice the child’s slight movements.

He kept stroking the beads in his hand, took a deep breath, and tried to stabilize the situation in the car.

“Stop being a coward! His precious son is in our hands! If he dares to act rashly, we’ll just kill him! I can’t get back up after this!”

Xiaoyu used to like this Uncle Tian very much. Whenever he came to their house, he would share his favorite things with him.

Uncle Tian would also play with him very gently.

But then Uncle Tian suddenly stopped coming, and he missed him very much, often pestering his father to find him.

The image of Uncle Tian in Xiaoyu’s memory and the man now were completely different people.

Xiaoyu shuddered and inconspicuously curled his fingers.

If you looked closely, you could see his arms were shaking slightly.

He was very scared.

He didn’t know why Uncle Tian wanted to do this to him.

The man in the passenger seat said a few more words, meaning that they should hand the child over to the police without anyone knowing, maybe they could get a lighter sentence.

Unexpectedly, his words seemed to anger Tian Qiming.

He suddenly tensed up, his cursing getting more and more vulgar.

Soon, the man in the passenger seat fell silent.

Tian Qiming calmed down and lit a cigarette.

After a while, he seemed to remember something, chuckled, and mocked: “Zheng Lin, you came up with this plan, what are you pretending for now?”

Uncle Zheng?!

Xiaoyu’s heart was thrown up and then fell hard.

Tian Qiming seemed to sense his strangeness and grunted.

Xiaoyu immediately pretended to be sleeping soundly, smacking his lips.

Tian Qiming wasn’t so easily fooled. He stared at him coldly for a few minutes, and only after confirming that the child hadn’t woken up did he shift his gaze.

Zheng Lin asked him in confusion: “What are you looking at?”

Tian Qiming: “I have a feeling that this kid is already awake.”

As he said that, he slowly reached out his hand.

Zheng Lin didn’t think much of it and thought that a child who was about to wake up would already be crying and asking for his parents.

“Are you having another hallucination? Did you bring your medicine?”

Tian Qiming took a deep breath and nodded. He changed the subject: “Zheng Lin, let me tell you, if I hadn’t been behind Shi Wei giving him advice, do you think he could have gotten to where he is today?”

Xiaoyu had heard his father mention that he and Tian Qiming had worked together in their early years.

Tian Qiming’s advice did allow him to take his business to the next level, but—

Early on, he took Tian Qiming’s advice to acquire a poor neighborhood as a new development site, and he earned his first pot of gold.

But as time passed, the differences between the two men’s business styles became more and more obvious, and arguments broke out.

In short, Shi Wei was a man who openly used force, while Tian Qiming stabbed people in the back and was extremely selfish, insidious, cunning, and vicious.

After that, Shi Wei never took Tian Qiming’s advice again.

The company grew steadily under his full leadership and eventually reached its peak.

The wheels rolled over a hard stone, and the car bumped.

No one spoke, and a strangely quiet atmosphere swept over everyone in the car.

Xiaoyu held his breath, afraid that the sound of his thunderous heartbeat would be detected.

After a few more seconds.

Xiaoyu first heard a scratching sound, and then Zheng Lin’s voice became clearer.

Xiaoyu opened his eyes a crack and saw Zheng Lin taking off his hood from the reflection in the car window.

Zheng Lin didn’t seem to agree with Tian Qiming’s words, but he was afraid of the man’s authority and retorted without much confidence:

“I’ve heard others say that you’re extreme in business, and Shi Wei is more stable. You two often argued because of your different ideas.”

After all, he had been promoted by Shi Wei. “Shi Wei’s company was built by him. Otherwise, why would it be called Shi’s?”

Xiaoyu understood that Zheng Lin and Tian Qiming had different ideas.

Zheng Lin might have wanted to use him to threaten his father, but he didn’t want him dead.

Tian Qiming was different; he hated his father from the bottom of his heart, and what he wanted was much more than what Zheng Lin wanted.

If they found out he was awake later, he might be able to ask Zheng Lin for help.

Xiaoyu had learned a lot from his father since he was a child, and he understood many things at a glance.

But he was still young, and he underestimated the evil of human nature.

After hearing Zheng Lin’s words, Tian Qiming seemed to be angered, his breathing became rough, and he kept fumbling for the knife handle in his hand.

Zheng Lin was nervous and focused on the dark road ahead.

They must have entered the mountains. The mountain road was winding, rugged, and difficult to navigate.