Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 336 - 340 Kidnapped?

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 Xiaoyao’s father was intimidated by Xu Yingying’s composure, weakening a bit, and knowing his daughter would not be here if the police were allowed to come.

Chu Xiaoyao’s 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 Yifei’s house was not large, with just one bedroom, and Chu Xiaoyao’s parents could see at a glance that their daughter was not there.

"My daughter, where are you... oh..." Chu Xiaoyao’s mother sat down on the sofa and couldn’t help but cover her face and cry.

At this point, Xu Yingying sat down next to Chu Xiaoyao’s mother and softly said, "Auntie, Xiaoyao and Yifei know each other. Why don’t you tell us what exactly happened, and we can see if we can help."

Chu Xiaoyao’s mother, desperate, immediately grabbed Xu Yingying’s arm and said, "I can see you are capable. If you help us, we’ll 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 you’ll have to tell me the whole story."

Chu Xiaoyao’s 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 Yingying’s, it was distorted over the phone, and with the passage of time, Chu Xiaoyao’s mother naturally could not tell, immediately saying, "I remember, I remember."

Xu Yingying, unaware of this, couldn’t help but feel puzzled, but she couldn’t question Li Yifei to his face or expose him, and she didn’t 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 Xiaoyao’s mother glared bitterly at her husband.

Li Yifei knew Chu Xiaoyao’s father had a mistress, which was why the couple constantly argued over it. Probably Xiaoyao’s 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 Yifei’s guess was not wrong; that was precisely what was going on in Chu Xiaoyao’s 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 that’s when we thought of you and came to look here."

Li Yifei frowned slightly. This couple’s discord had inflicted great harm on their child, and during arguments, it was easy to neglect the child, adding to Yifei’s reluctance about having a child with Xu Yingying, prompting him to glance at her.

But Xu Yingying didn’t share Li Yifei’s thoughts at all, and didn’t 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 hadn’t forced her, she wouldn’t have wanted to call you. I think she might be out playing right now and will return once she’s had enough."

At this, Chu Xiaoyao’s parents both looked a bit uneasy. As parents, their discord meant they hadn’t 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 Xiaoyao’s father said, "However, this time Xiaoyao ran away, and it’s 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 didn’t tell any of her classmates."

Tears streamed down Chu Xiaoyao’s mother’s 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 haven’t had much contact with Chu Xiaoyao, she strikes me as a very smart girl, not someone who could be easily deceived by others."

Chu Xiaoyao’s mother immediately cried out anxiously, "Then where could she have gone? It’s been over a day and there’s no sign of her."

Li Yifei naturally wouldn’t argue with Chu Xiaoyao’s mother and said, "Have you checked her calling records with the telecom company?"

Chu Xiaoyao’s parents were momentarily stunned, and Li Yifei could tell they had not done so. He said, "Then let’s go check now and see who she’s been in contact with these past few days."

Xu Yingying chimed in, "It’s after hours now, can we still get that information?"

Chu Xiaoyao’s 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 Xiaoyao’s mother stood up immediately.

Li Yifei quickly stood up and said, "I’ll come with you."

Xu Yingying also stood up. Although she had only met Chu Xiaoyao once and didn’t 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 Xiaoyao’s father drove a new model Langyi that cost over a hundred thousand, but when he saw Li Yifei’s flashy Porsche, he was momentarily speechless. To think someone who drove such an impressive car lived in such a modest house. But considering Li Yifei’s impressive demeanor, he no longer suspected Li Yifei of kidnapping his daughter, at worst assuming he’d just charmed his daughter.

Through the contacts they had, they were able to get Chu Xiaoyao’s 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 Xiaoyao’s 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 wouldn’t be this subdued. Just like last time when she had come to his place—it 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 Xiaoyao’s parents by now, but with no news yet, it seemed unrelated to kidnapping.

"It’s all your fault, you’re the one who made Xiaoyao not want to stay at home. You scoundrel, there will be retribution for you!" Chu Xiaoyao’s mother cursed her husband amidst sobs.

Just then, Chu Xiaoyao’s father received a call. Seeing the number, his face turned pale with panic. Xiaoyao’s mother, witnessing his reaction, immediately snatched the phone, and after answering, she started berating, "You vile woman, if you call again, I’ll rip your mouth... What? Don’t you dare... don’t you dare."

Li Yifei immediately felt that something was amiss, and Xiaoyao’s mother anxiously handed the phone to her husband. Chu Xiaoyao’s father quickly took the call. After just a couple of sentences, his expression changed dramatically with rage, "How could you do this? Just... I’ve seen your true colors now. How much do you want, just don’t harm my daughter... That’s too much..."

Chu Xiaoyao’s mother quickly cried out, "Don’t argue over the money, just give her whatever she wants as long as she doesn’t hurt Xiaoyao."

"She wants two million; I don’t have that kind of money!" Chu Xiaoyao shouted at his wife, then yelled into the phone, "I definitely can’t come up with that much, you’ve 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 can’t come up with more... I might at most scrape together just under four hundred thousand... Okay, I’ll borrow some more from friends, fifty thousand, that’s it, I’ll gather it right away; you must not harm Xiaoyao... I know, I know, I definitely won’t report it to the police."

As Xu Yingying listened to Chu Xiaoyao’s 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 Yifei’s arm, which comforted her somewhat.

After hanging up the phone, Chu Xiaoyao’s father clenched his fists tightly, veins bulging on his forehead, while Xiaoyao’s 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 Xiaoyao’s father had recently met.

Chu Xiaoyao’s 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.

Xiaoyao’s 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 Yifei’s words and gain some understanding of why he was currently reluctant to have children.

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