Chapter 403: Searching
After leaving the police station, Long Xiaoshan returned to the Sihai Grand Hotel.
He saw the group of little flower-selling girls he had rescued yesterday, but Chun Tao was nowhere to be seen. He thought she might have gone back to school and didn't think much of it, but after a while, he began to feel vaguely uneasy.
It was as if something had happened.
Long Xiaoshan picked up the phone to call Chun Tao.
No one answered the cellphone.
Long Xiaoshan frowned. Chun Tao rarely missed his calls. Could it be that she didn't have her phone with her? Due to the vague sense of unease, he left the hotel and drove to the business school.
By the time he arrived at the business school, it was already afternoon, and he couldn't find Chun Tao in her classroom. Your next chapter awaits on My Virtual Library Empire
Chun Tao's classmates said they saw her going out with Li Mengjie.
Long Xiaoshan asked them to help call Li Mengjie, but no one answered her phone either.
Now Long Xiaoshan was truly worried.
It might be coincidence for Chun Tao not to answer, but with Li Mengjie also not answering, it was too much of a coincidence. He left the classroom.
Long Xiaoshan was just about to check Chun Tao's dormitory.
He bumped into someone head-on. This person was an acquaintance of Long Xiaoshan's. When he saw Long Xiaoshan, he turned to leave. Long Xiaoshan, with keen eyes, noticed a flash of panic in his eyes and quickly grabbed him, saying, "Han, where are you heading?"
"Ah, it's Long Xiaoshan. What a coincidence," Han Mu turned his head and forced a smile.
"Indeed, quite the coincidence. By the way, have you seen my girlfriend Xu Chun Tao?" Long Xiaoshan asked.
"No, no, I haven't," Han Mu quickly replied, but Long Xiaoshan, holding his hand, could feel Han Mu's heartbeat accelerate as he spoke, a clear sign he was lying.
"Is that so?"
Long Xiaoshan sneered coldly and forcefully pulled Han Mu aside.
"What do you want to do?" Han Mu screamed in terror.
Struggling with all his might, but how could his strength compare to Long Xiaoshan's? He was dragged into a corner by force.
"Han Mu, don't make me ask a third time, have you seen Chun Tao?" Long Xiaoshan tightened his grip on Han Mu's arm.
Han Mu felt as if his arm was about to break and shouted, "Ouch, it hurts, I'll tell, I'll tell. This has nothing to do with me. Let go of me first."Long Xiaoshan, hearing Han Mu's tone, realized that something had indeed happened to Chun Tao and said menacingly, "Spit it out, what happened? Otherwise, I'll break your arm."
As Han Mu's face contorted with pain, but hearing Long Xiaoshan's threat, he did not even dare to cry out in pain, "I only know that she and Li Mengjie were kidnapped at the school gate at noon. I don't know who did it; I just happened to see it in the parking lot."
"Damn, they are your classmates, and you didn't say anything when they were kidnapped?" Long Xiaoshan wished he could slap him to death.
Han Mu thought to himself, how could he dare to say anything? Although he did not know the kidnapper, he had a guess as to who it was.
Long Xiaoshan narrowed his eyes and said, "You know who it is, don't you?"
Han Mu hastily shook his head; he hadn't expected Long Xiaoshan to be so perceptive, almost as if he had the ability to read minds.
"You're not listening again." A cold smile appeared on the corner of Long Xiaoshan's mouth, and with a flick of his hand, there was a snap—Han Mu's arm was dislocated.
Han Mu screamed in pain.
"Speak, otherwise next time it won't just be dislocation; it will be broken." Long Xiaoshan said.
Han Mu pleaded with a woeful expression, "Brother Long, please let me go, I really don't know anything, I don't know those kidnappers..." Seeing Long Xiaoshan's expression turn cold, he hurriedly added, "But I think it must have something to do with what happened yesterday."
His added remark caused Long Xiaoshan to realize something and he said, "You're talking about Qiu Chen."
"I didn't say that, I didn't say that," Han Mu said somewhat fearfully.
Long Xiaoshan looked at Han Mu with disdain. This guy was weak to the bone, but he knew Han Mu had already given him the answer. Anger welled up inside him—if it really was the work of Qiu Chen and Chun Tao had been harmed even the slightest bit, he would tear the Qiu Family down.
Without paying further attention to Han Mu, Long Xiaoshan swiftly made his way to Chun Tao's bedroom.
Ten minutes later.
He emerged from Chun Tao's bedroom, holding several strands of hair.
These were what he had found on Chun Tao's bed.
Fortunately, there were some spare Immortal Guiding Talismans from last time, so finding these was enough.
Upon reaching his car, Long Xiaoshan took out a Talisman and began to cast a spell.
Soon, the hair reacted, pointing in a direction. Long Xiaoshan started up his Ferrari, and like a fierce beast, the car shot out, speeding down the road like lightning. Half an hour later, he had left the city and reached the mountain roads.
Here, the car could go no further.
The Ferrari's undercarriage was too low, so Long Xiaoshan simply got out of the car and, using a light body technique, made his way into the mountains. With the help of the Immortal's spell, he moved rapidly through the woods.
Another half hour passed.
He stopped in front of a charred minivan. Long Xiaoshan's eyes narrowed as he spotted fragments of jade in the charred frame of the vehicle. He was intimately familiar with these pieces of jade; they were from the Magic Artifact bracelet he had given to Li Mengjie, which had now shattered.
Only an attack exceeding the Magic Artifact's limits could cause such damage.
It was clear that Li Mengjie had been subjected to a massive attack.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many jade beads shattered.
Because a single jade bead could block a bullet, and with so many broken now, the impact must have been incredible. Furthermore, from the marks on the cliff, it was obvious the minivan had tumbled down from above.
Long Xiaoshan's face turned red with rage.
This was an attack meant to kill.
He didn't know if Chun Tao and Li Mengjie were alright. Since they weren't in the minivan, it meant they might still be alive, but there was also a possibility that they had been taken.
Right now, Long Xiaoshan wished he could sprout wings.
But he knew he had to remain calm. He activated the Immortal Guiding Talisman while opening his Heavenly Eye to its fullest extent, extending its reach as far as possible to start tracking.
Deep in the forest.
Chun Tao and Li Mengjie were running through the woods in a sorry state.
Both of them had their clothes torn from thorns, disheveled hair, and many cuts on their faces and hands.
They were in a primeval jungle, completely disoriented. The minivan's fall from the mountain had spared their lives due to the Magic Artifacts, but Li Mengjie's bracelet was completely shattered, and although Chun Tao's bracelet, made of higher quality material, hadn't broken, its energy had long since been depleted.
So now, without any means of defense and fearing that Qiu Chen and others might catch up, they kept running blindly without concern for direction.
What made matters worse was that Li Mengjie's leg was swelling more and more severely.
Her leg was already sprained, and she had been pushing through the pain, protected by the Magic Artifact. Now, without it and after fleeing for so long, both her strength and pain reached their limits.
Suddenly, she collapsed onto the ground, crying out, "Taozi, I really can't run anymore, you should go ahead."