The Stepmother’s Counterattack: Raising a Child in a Bygone Era
Chapter 762 - 761: Special Case Team

Chapter 762: Chapter 761: Special Case Team

"Honey, don’t panic," Pei Yang consoled. "Guoguo is smart and can speak English. She’ll definitely find a way to get home. You go ahead and call the police, then look for more people to help search around the area where Guoguo went missing."

At this moment, Pei Yang had no idea that his daughter had been kidnapped. He thought the mother and daughter had simply gotten separated while out.

Shen Mingzhu shook her head desperately, unable to stop crying as she said, "Guoguo didn’t just wander off. She was taken. I went out with Guoguo to throw away the trash... They had guns. They knocked me unconscious... I don’t know where they took Guoguo..."

Although Shen Mingzhu’s emotional instability made her speech incoherent, Pei Yang still understood.

His daughter had been kidnapped!

Even though he had developed a bravery and composure beyond ordinary people on battlefields and at sea, this sudden and terrible news stunned him.

However, he quickly regained his calm and rationality. "Honey, you try to find someone first. Don’t go alone. Take someone with you for safety, and I’ll get my visa sorted right away and come to London."

"Okay, okay."

A husband and wife united can cut through metal.

Even though Pei Yang wasn’t there physically, Shen Mingzhu still felt a sense of power and reliance.

She wiped away her tears, mustered her strength, and took her stun gun out the door to search for her daughter.

She always paid attention to safety when going out, carrying a stun gun for self-defense. Tonight, she thought she was just going to the back door to throw away trash, so she had let her guard down.

When the Zhuang family heard that Pei Tang had gone missing, they also helped to look for him.

By this time, it was already midnight. Considering safety, everyone didn’t split up but grouped together in pairs.

Mother Zhuang and Lou Hua formed one team, while Zhuang Xu followed Pei Ziheng.

After quickly running around the nearby area without finding anyone, Pei Ziheng immediately headed towards another block of bars.

In front of a bar named Earl’s Bar, Zhuang Xu stopped Pei Ziheng who was about to barge in.

"Let’s not even mention whether Guoguo is inside. Even if she is, the bar is full of mixed company, a tangled web of underworld gang influence. Even if we find Guoguo, we might not be able to get her out safely. Wait for me, I’ll call my sister and ask her to help us find some backup!"

After saying that, Zhuang Xu ran to a nearby phone booth.

Pei Ziheng, however, turned and headed toward the bar, completely disregarding Zhuang Xu’s warning.

At the entrance of the bar, a blonde guy with a nose ring and tattoos all over stopped Pei Ziheng. "Hey, Chinese kid, this isn’t the place for you."

"I’m looking for IZO."

The blonde guy paused, glanced around, and then looked Pei Ziheng up and down. After a brief assessment, he nodded and signaled him to follow.

By the time Zhuang Xu finished making the call and ran back, Pei Ziheng was nowhere to be seen.

He was uncertain whether Pei Ziheng had entered Earl’s Bar or gone somewhere else; he could only pace around anxiously like an agitated ant.

Five minutes later.

Seeing Pei Ziheng walk out of Earl’s Bar, Zhuang Xu felt a huge sense of relief. "Why did you go in alone? Did you find her?"

Pei Ziheng did not explain why he went into the bar, continuing to walk straight ahead.

Zhuang Xu followed at his side. "I just called my sister. She said she’ll get people to help us search together."

"Thanks."

As he looked at his cold and delicate profile, Zhuang Xu blurted out reassuringly, "Don’t worry. We’ll definitely find your sister."

"Yeah, she’ll be back soon."

It was a response to Zhuang Xu, as much as it was a comfort to his own inner disquiet and unrest.

Guoguo, please be safe. Your brother will find you soon and bring you home.

...

London time, two-thirty in the morning.

Five hours after Pei Tang went missing, the London police established a special case team consisting of thirty members, including patrol officers, community police, constables, and sergeants to search for Pei Tang throughout the city.

In both domestic and international cases, a person had to be missing for more than twenty-four hours before it was classified as a missing case.

The fact that Pei Tang had only been missing for five hours before the case was filed and a special team was arranged, was an exceptional situation among exceptions.

Shen Mingzhu was surprised but also guessed that someone must have helped behind the scenes.

Pei Ziheng gave her the answer, "It must be Mrs. Ning who helped us. Zhuang Xu called her two hours ago to seek help."

Indeed, those with such influence in London were none other than the Ning Family.

Shen Mingzhu immediately called Zhuang Xueqi to express her gratitude.

When Zhuang Xueqi received the call from Shen Mingzhu, she was somewhat puzzled. She had only found out about mobilizing the London police after receiving Shen Mingzhu’s call.

As a mother herself, she understood the anxiety when a child was in trouble and had promptly sought help from her network, including her mother-in-law Yan Jing.

Since Shen Mingzhu said the Ning Family was involved, it must have been Yan Jing who had helped.

After communicating with Shen Mingzhu, Zhuang Xueqi went to Yan Jing to convey Shen Mingzhu’s words of thanks.

Yan Jing, too, was baffled. She hadn’t been the one to do it.

Certainly, she had made a call to a friend in London, asking them to pay attention if they had the time, but she didn’t have the power to get the London police to act on her behalf.

Even if the Ning Family’s financial power in Y Country was impressive, mobilizing the London police would require the authority and skills of someone on or above Ning Wenqian’s level.

However, her son Ning Yuan seemed to have a good relationship with Shen Mingzhu.

She made a call and summoned Ning Yuan back home.

"What urgent matter of great concern did you have, old lady? I was in the middle of a meeting, and you insisted on calling me back."

Upon entering, Ning Yuan complained to Yan Jing.

Yan Jing sat on the sofa, arms crossed, her gaze scrutinizing him as if she were the Empress Dowager exerting immense pressure.

Under such formidable pressure from Yan Jing, Ning Yuan quickly reviewed all the things he had recently done in his mind.

"Are you the one helping Shen Mingzhu?"

"I... What about it?"

Ning Yuan might not have been the brightest, but his mind worked exceedingly fast. The mere mention of Shen Mingzhu sent a jolt through his heart.

"Her daughter went missing for only five hours, and the London police established a special team to help find her. Xiaoyuan, I seem to have underestimated you."

"Overpraising, really."

Ning Yuan laughed it off on the surface but was crystal clear in his mind.

Such a defiant and outrageous move could only originate from his unconventional uncle, doing as he pleased.

While he was internally grappling with the situation, Yan Jing had already moved in front of him, her 38-degree breath chilling as ice as she spoke:

"I don’t care what your intentions towards Shen Mingzhu are, but you’d better keep your antics hidden. If I find out you’re causing trouble outside, I’ll castrate you and send you to some godforsaken place to mine for a living."

Ning Yuan was about to explode, "Am I even your biological son? Even if I really, I mean, what intentions could I have towards Shen Mingzhu?"

"If you had no intentions towards her, would you be so active in dealing with her affairs? Of course, you are my biological son, but I also have a grandson. It wouldn’t be difficult to ’discard the warrant and cultivate a new one’ at all."

Ning Yuan: "..."

What did it have to do with him? He wasn’t some pervert coveting another man’s wife!

After receiving the Empress Dowager’s ’teachings,’ burdened with a monstrous false accusation, Ning Yuan trudged over to Yan Yi’s place.

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