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Xie Zhaoyuan and Qin Wushuang's first interaction ended in extreme unpleasantness.

Qin Wushuang was scolded harshly by her, and finally went downstairs in silence, leaving her alone in the room.

She sat on the edge of the bed and carefully considered everything Qin Wushuang had said that day. After thinking it over, she accepted the absurd truth about her background and the reality of her imprisonment.

Although she had known for a long time that Qin Wushuang liked her, she never imagined that Qin Wushuang would imprison her.

She lowered her head, staring blankly at the floor beneath her feet, her mind reeling for a long time before her consciousness and reason slowly returned.

In fact, Qin Wushuang was quite right about one thing: she does have many weaknesses right now. But these weaknesses are not burdens; rather, they are the very things that support her belief in fighting against Qin Wushuang.

Qin Wushuang can't imprison her; she will definitely be able to walk out of here unharmed.

With that in mind, Xie Zhaoyuan immediately perked up and began to examine the surroundings of the villa.

The villa seemed to have just been renovated; there were hardly any signs of life inside. Everything Xie Zhaoyuan saw was new, even the floorboards were so new that she almost hesitated to step on them.

She got up from the bed and walked straight to the balcony outside the living room. The balcony was large, offering a direct view of the scenery outside the villa.

A snow-covered forest, a deep blue lake, a frosty meadow. And then, nothing more.

This place doesn't feel like the city center, nor does it resemble a retirement villa area in the suburbs; it's more like a secluded private mountain resort.

Such mountain villas are common in Yuncheng, but judging from the snow accumulation around them, Xie Zhaoyuan had a feeling that this was not Yuncheng.

Yuncheng is located in the north, and even the urban area is covered with a thick layer of snow in winter, let alone a mountain village like this one which is located at a relatively high altitude.

However, the mountain villa in front of Xie Zhaoyuan not only had very thin snow, but the temperature also felt much warmer than in Yuncheng. Therefore, she concluded that this was definitely not Yuncheng, but some surrounding city or county located to the south of Yuncheng.

It's now the morning of the second day, about fifteen hours since Xie Zhaoyuan went missing. Xie Zhaoyuan was kidnapped around 7 p.m. last night. When she was kidnapped, Uncle Yang was making a phone call outside the alley. If nothing unexpected happened, Uncle Yang should have discovered her disappearance within five minutes and then immediately called Xie Jiangshan and Pei Xingzhi.

Xie Jiangshan had already lost his daughter once, and if Xie Zhaoyuan went missing again, he would definitely report it to the police as quickly as possible. He had extensive connections in Yuncheng, and the police officers he could contact were at least at the city level.

Police at this level have very high authority. Once Xie Zhaoyuan's disappearance is confirmed, they will use various means to conduct a city-wide search. The simplest method is to block off major intersections and thoroughly search every suspicious vehicle in the city.

Yet, under these circumstances, Qin Wushuang managed to send her out of Yuncheng without anyone noticing, and even brought her all the way to this manor... How did he manage to evade the search?

Moreover, Xie Zhaoyuan vaguely remembered that there was a fork in the road on the right side of the alley she entered yesterday, which led to another alley. Qin Wushuang had drugged her before taking her away, so the place he retreated to should have been that alley.

There are several surveillance cameras in the alley. As long as we determine the time of Xie Zhaoyuan's disappearance and Qin Wushuang's escape route, we can easily locate the car that took Xie Zhaoyuan away and then trace it back to Qin Wushuang.

Furthermore, Qin Wushuang had a strong motive for committing the crime.

Even Xie Zhaoyuan could deduce such a simple line of reasoning, so the police officers in charge of the case would have even less trouble. As long as the police's thinking wasn't off-track, Qin Wushuang should be the first person they would suspect. So why is it that more than ten hours have passed and Qin Wushuang is still safe and sound? He even has the leisure to hold a video conference downstairs.

How exactly did he manage to evade the police's suspicion?

Xie Zhaoyuan frowned, completely baffled.

After thinking about it for a long time without finding a solution, she could only put the problem aside for the time being, turn around and go back to her room to start looking for anything that could connect her to the outside world.

Qin Wushuang had hidden her phone and bag. Apart from the clothes she was wearing, all she had left was the gold bracelet that Pei's mother had given her and the wedding ring that Pei Xingzhi had given her.

Thinking of her wedding ring, she couldn't help but reach out and touch her ring finger, only to find it completely bare.

"...Where is my wedding ring?" She was startled and quickly looked down at her right hand.

But there was nothing on his hands except five bare fingers.

Her wedding ring is missing.

I subconsciously looked at my left hand again, and the gold bracelet on my wrist was gone.

"...Qin Wushuang!!"

Without even thinking, she knew who had taken her wedding ring and bracelet.

Anger surged to her head instantly. She clenched her fists and rushed out of the room, only to bump into Qin Wushuang, who had rushed over after hearing the commotion, at the top of the stairs.

"Qin Wushuang, where are my ring and bracelet?!" She grabbed Qin Wushuang's collar and demanded angrily.

Qin Wushuang looked down at her, a faint, enigmatic smile on his sharp, cold face.

"What are you laughing at?!" Xie Zhaoyuan had no patience to argue with him and asked him repeatedly in a fit of anger, "Where are my wedding ring and bracelet? Where did you hide them?"

Qin Wushuang raised an eyebrow slightly, tracing Xie Zhaoyuan's face with a tender gaze: "I've already thrown away those ugly, tacky, and useless things for you. If you like rings and bracelets, I can take you to buy better ones."

"...You threw them away?" Xie Zhaoyuan stared at him in disbelief. "You threw them away?"

"Throw it away." Qin Wushuang said lightly, "You're no longer Pei Xingzhi's wife, so of course I'll throw away everything the Pei family gave me..."

"Snapped!"

His response was a heavy slap from Xie Zhaoyuan, filled with hatred.

He wasn't angry or sad; he was just particularly distressed by Xie Zhaoyuan's hands.

He took Xie Zhaoyuan's hand in his palm and said helplessly, "Xiao Song, your hands are for drawing design drafts, so please don't be impulsive and hurt yourself."

"If you're really so angry you want to hit me, then throw something else at me."

"...Give me back my ring and bracelet." Xie Zhaoyuan didn't want to listen to his nonsense, so she just reached out her hand to him, demanding what belonged to her.

"I can't get rid of them." Qin Wushuang smiled gently and tenderly. "I told you, I threw them all away. I'm not coming out."

Xie Zhaoyuan: "If you threw it away, just pick it up. President Qin is so resourceful, picking up a couple of pieces of jewelry shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Qin Wushuang: "Of course there are problems. Problem one: I just threw them away casually and didn't even notice where I threw them; problem two: even if I knew where I threw them, I wouldn't want to pick them up."

"Trash should stay in the trash heap, not swagger around in front of me."