Zhang Qian was both angry and anxious. What she needed to do now was to calm Zhang Peng down. Hurting Su Nuannuan would not benefit either of them, and would also indirectly cause Xu Tian to become more and more distant from her.
Thinking of this, Zhang Qian said as calmly as possible, "I'm your own sister, of course I won't watch you be in a desperate situation. Tell me where you are now, and I'll come find you and help you think of a solution."
Zhang Peng hesitated for a moment on the other end of the phone, then became suspicious, "How do you plan to help me?"
"You have to tell me where you are, otherwise how can I help you?" Zhang Qian said guiltily.
Zhang Peng snorted coldly, "It's all your fault! If you hadn't been entangled with that Chen Feng, I wouldn't have been scammed by him, and I wouldn't have borrowed so much money. Now, I'm the only one who can help myself!"
beep...
When the call was disconnected, Zhang Qian even contemplated suicide. Did Zhang Peng, that idiot, really think that Xu Tian couldn't do anything to him?
Just as she was praying that Xu Tian would find out about Su Nuannuan's kidnapping as late as possible, her worst fears came true when Xu Tian called her directly.
If this had happened before, Zhang Qian would have been overjoyed. But now, she knew what this call meant. After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Qian answered the phone with trepidation.
"Where is Zhang Peng?" Xu Tian's questioning voice came through.
Zhang Qian was contemplating suicide at that moment, and stammered, "Xu Tian, listen to me, my brother was just confused for a moment. Leave this to me, and I will definitely make Zhang Peng hand him over."
"What do you mean, 'pay money'? Your brother is in this state because of him! If he hadn't abandoned you after becoming successful, your brother wouldn't have made such a foolish decision over money!"
At this moment, Li Cui jumped out and started cursing. Zhang Qian tried to cover the receiver, but it was too late. She looked at Li Cui with a deathly pale face.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Xu Tian hung up the phone immediately. Less than ten minutes later, Xu Tian arrived with a large group of people. There was a banging sound outside the door, and Li Cui became frightened and hid behind Zhang Qian.
boom!
The door was violently forced open, and Xu Tian, his face contorted with rage, appeared outside.
"Xu Tian..."
Zhang Qian looked at him nervously, "The kidnapping of Su Nuannuan was done by Zhang Peng alone. You're not going to let me off the hook either, are you?"
Enraged, Xu Tian's eyes burned like flames as he approached Zhang Qian step by step.
Even at this tense moment, Li Cui still recklessly made sarcastic remarks, "Xu Tian, no matter how powerful you are, you can't just falsely accuse people like that, can you? I'm your mother-in-law, and Zhang Qian is your wife!"
Before he could finish speaking, Xu Tian suddenly turned around, grabbed Li Cui by the collar, and lifted her up.
Li Cui's legs dangled in the air, kicking wildly, her face turning deathly pale as she screamed in terror. Seeing this, Zhang Qian recoiled in fear, knocking over a chair and falling to the ground, watching helplessly but daring not to intervene. Xu Tian's eyes were as cold as knives, as if they could pierce through Li Cui.
"Where is Zhang Peng now?" Xu Tian's voice carried a hint of danger.
Li Cui panicked, "I...how would I know? He hasn't come back since he escaped from that group of people."
Xu Tian threw Li Cui on the ground like trash, then turned to look at Zhang Qian.
"If anything happens to Su Nuannuan, I'll make your whole family pay with their lives!"
Zhang Qian looked at him with a deathly expression. "Are you crazy, Xu Tian? This has nothing to do with me. I already said I would cooperate with you to persuade my brother to bring the person back safely. What you're doing is clearly bullying me!"
Xu Tian stared at her intently, "So what if I bullied you? Is there anyone good in your whole family?"
"You..." Zhang Qian was shocked and deeply saddened. "Do you really think of me as that kind of person? Have you forgotten all the beautiful memories we shared?"
"good?"
Xu Tian looked at her and asked in return, "Do you think those things from before were wonderful?"
Zhang Qian was frightened by Xu Tian's gaze and unconsciously lowered her eyes, not daring to say a word.
Meanwhile, Chu Lan had dealt with Meng Ge's group and arrived. Upon learning that Su Nuannuan had been kidnapped again, he immediately ordered a city-wide search, reviewing all available surveillance footage to find the last location Su Nuannuan was in after returning to the city.
Time ticked by, and reviewing the surveillance footage was a huge undertaking. Xu Tian was clearly getting impatient. That beast Zhang Peng had already harbored malicious intentions towards Su Nuannuan. The scene of Su Nuannuan being unable to bear the humiliation at the factory and choosing to jump off the building rather than submit was replaying in Xu Tian's mind. He was afraid, afraid that he wouldn't be able to get there in time to save Su Nuannuan.
Just then, Zhao Jing called. Xu Tianxia hung up immediately; he didn't have time to deal with Zhao Jing's unreasonable demands.
Unexpectedly, Chu Lan's phone rang again. It was Zhao Jing calling again. Chu Lan glanced at Xu Tian and pressed the answer button.
"Is Xu Tian with you? Can I give him the phone?" Zhao Jing's voice was urgent.
Chu Lan didn't dare to delay any longer and immediately handed the phone to Xu Tian's ear.
"Xu Tian, you bastard, such a big thing happened and you didn't tell me or answer my calls."
Just as Xu Tian was about to get angry, Zhao Jing continued, "To make a long story short, Su Nuannuan was discussing a collaboration with a friend of mine. My friend said he saw Su Nuannuan near Jiayuan.com, but after the car stopped for a moment, it drove off in the south."
Xu Tian frowned. The Century Love website was very close to the house where Su Nuannuan used to live, and if they drove south, wouldn't that location be exactly where Su Nuannuan lived?
Zhang Peng was smart enough to know that the most dangerous place is the safest place. No wonder he couldn't find her anywhere in the city; he had taken Su Nuannuan there.
Thinking of this, Xu Tian told Chu Lan to stay there and call the police to give them the address, while he himself led his men to rush there in a hurry.
Upon hearing that the police were to be called, Li Cui felt like she wanted to die. If the police were called, where would Zhang Peng have to run? She knew perfectly well what being arrested meant.
After Xu Tian left, Li Cui hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy.
"I only have one son! Can't I, as his mother, take responsibility for the mistakes he made? Please, please don't let the police arrest my son!"
Chu Lan snorted coldly, "Why didn't you do this sooner? If I hadn't called the police, would you have realized he had broken the law?"
Seeing that she was unmoved by reason, Li Cui had no choice but to turn to Zhang Qian for help, "Qianqian, please tell her that Zhang Peng was just temporarily blinded by evil spirits and would never do anything immoral!"
Looking at her own disheveled state and then at Chu Lan, who stood confidently in front of her, Zhang Qian couldn't help but find it ridiculous. Yet, she was also indignant. Why? Why did Chu Lan have everything that she didn't?
"If Xu Tian weren't the president of the Xu Group, would you even look at him? You and I just started from different points, but ultimately we're the same kind of people!"
Upon hearing this, Chu Lan's lips curled into a cold smile, her eyes revealing an undeniable determination. She slowly approached Zhang Qian, the sound of her high heels clicking on the floor echoing in the empty room, each step so powerful, as if treading on Zhang Qian's crumbling self-esteem.
Chu Lan stopped, crossed her arms, and looked down at Zhang Qian, her voice cold and clear, "You think your self-deception can hurt me? Even if you had met Xu Tian first, you would have had no chance of winning!"
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