“How do you know that?” Zhou Yushen asked with a slight frown.
Zhu Yuan immediately pulled the former dance queen over in front of him.
“She saw someone following Shen Nanyue into the restaurant.”
The dance queen had been staring at Zhou Yushen’s face the entire time.
Suddenly being dragged in front of him, her face instantly turned red.
Ignoring her reaction, Zhou Yushen asked coldly, “Did you see what that person looked like?”
The dance queen quickly came back to her senses.
Although she had been jealous that Shen Nanyue had outshined her on stage, she wasn’t so jealous that she’d stand by and watch something terrible happen.
She hurriedly replied, “It was pretty dark, so I couldn’t see his face clearly. I only know he was wearing a black T-shirt and a baseball cap. When he was following, he kept close to the flowerbeds. He was acting really suspicious—definitely didn’t look like a good person.”
“Then why didn’t you say anything?” Zhu Yuan couldn’t help complaining.
The dance queen immediately defended herself.
“I actually followed him! But when I got to the restaurant, I saw the girl taking a child into the elevator while the man left through the restaurant exit. I thought I’d misunderstood the situation, so I didn’t pay any more attention to it.”
Zhu Yuan pressed a hand against her forehead, filled with regret.
It was all her fault for getting caught up in the party.
If she had gone upstairs with Shen Nanyue, none of this would have happened.
Zhou Yushen immediately turned to the staff.
“Are there any other exits from this building?”
“There is an emergency stairwell, but it’s always monitored. If kidnappers had taken someone out that way, we’d definitely know.”
At that moment, the employee responsible for watching the emergency exit nervously stepped forward.
“There was… there was about a ten-minute period when I wasn’t there. I… went to the restroom.”
Zhou Yushen’s expression darkened.
Just as he was about to head for the emergency exit, Zhong Li arrived with another employee.
His gaze briefly swept across Zhou Yushen’s face.
After giving him a slight nod, he turned to Zhu Yuan.
“Miss Zhu Yuan, there’s something you need to know. One of our employees was bribed earlier and showed someone Miss Shen’s room number. According to the employee, the person was a woman.”
“Do you have a photo?”
Zhong Li shook his head.
“Many of the surveillance cameras were damaged. There’s no way to check.”
Suddenly, Driver Liu remembered something.
“I might know who that woman was.”
Zhou Yushen immediately looked at him.
“Uncle Liu, what do you know?”
“This evening, while the young master and I were waiting for you at the entrance, he saw a woman giving money to an employee. A lot of money. The young master even commented that the tip was unusually large.”
Zhong Li pushed the employee behind him forward.
“Take a look. Was this the employee?”
Driver Liu examined him carefully before nodding firmly.
“Yes, it’s him. I’m certain.”
Then he turned toward Zhou Yushen.
“Young Master, the dashcam should have recorded that woman’s face.”
“Let’s check.”
The group hurried to the parking lot.
Driver Liu pulled up the footage from that time period.
Chen Yuan’s face appeared clearly on the screen.
“Chen Yuan?”
Zhu Yuan’s eyes widened in shock.
Zhou Yushen’s face darkened.
Without hesitation, he climbed into a car.
“Zhu Yuan, cooperate with the police and explain everything when they arrive.”
Before she could respond, he had already started the engine.
“Hey! Where are you going? Do you know where Yueyue is?”
She shouted after him.
But there was no reply.
As the car sped away, Zhong Li tried to reassure her.
“Don’t worry. With Young Master Zhou’s capabilities, he’ll definitely bring Miss Shen back safely.”
Zhu Yuan looked at him suspiciously.
“You know Zhou Yushen?”
“The crown prince of the Zhou family in the capital. Who doesn’t know him? Besides, most of the investment for this resort was probably provided by him.”
Zhong Li fell silent for a moment.
The worlds of Shen Nanyue and Zhou Yushen were really far too small.
…..
Meanwhile, Zhou Yushen drove while instructing Li Che to investigate nearby surveillance footage.
After hearing what had happened, Li Che didn’t dare waste a second.
He immediately opened his laptop and got to work.
Shen An’an was sitting beside him.
The moment she learned that Shen Nanyue had been kidnapped, anxiety flooded her face.
Taking the laptop from Li Che, she quickly traced the surrounding surveillance feeds and searched for suspicious vehicles.
Before long, she identified a van leaving the resort.
After enlarging the image, she could clearly see that the driver was wearing a black T-shirt and a baseball cap—exactly matching Zhou Yushen’s description.
The van had headed north.
The moment Shen An’an realized where it was likely going, her anxiety intensified.
“How could it be there?”
She couldn’t help blurting out the question.
“Zhou Yushen, were the people who kidnapped my sister members of the Chen family?”
Zhou Yushen’s brows furrowed.
“How do you know that?”
“So it really is!”
Shen An’an immediately unplugged the laptop.
As she shoved her earbuds into her ears, she grabbed the computer and headed toward the door.
Seeing this, Li Che hurried after her.
“An’an, where are you going?”
Ignoring his question, Shen An’an continued speaking to Zhou Yushen through the call.
“Three years ago, when my sister was kidnapped, it happened there too. Sister Zhu Yuan once told me that place left a psychological scar on her. I’m afraid something might happen to my sister.”
Zhou Yushen unconsciously pressed the accelerator all the way down.
His grip on the steering wheel tightened until his knuckles turned pale.
“What exactly happened three years ago?”
Shen An’an didn’t have time to explain.
“It’s a long story. Just go save my sister first.”
Zhou Yushen knew there wasn’t a second to waste.
He stopped asking questions and fixed his eyes firmly on the road ahead.
Shen Nanyue, nothing can happen to you.
……….
Li Che grabbed a coat and hurried after Shen An’an.
“Stop wasting time and go start the car,” Shen An’an ordered.
Li Che could only obey.
Seeing how tense she was, he gently patted her head and spoke softly to reassure her.
“Don’t worry. Yushen will bring your sister back safely. Trust me. Even if it costs him his life, he won’t let anything happen to your sister.”
Shen An’an looked up at him in disbelief.
“You don’t believe me?”
Li Che pinched her cheek lightly.
“Just wait and see.”
Then he turned and went to get the car.
Watching the red dot moving continuously across the tracking screen, Shen An’an couldn’t help thinking:
If Zhou Yushen is truly willing to risk his life for my sister… then maybe helping him wouldn’t be impossible.
………
While the rescue effort was racing against time, the confrontation between Shen Nanyue and Chen Yuan was growing increasingly intense.
Chen Yuan had truly changed.
Her expression was twisted, and her eyes burned with hatred.
But Shen Nanyue couldn’t understand it.
“Your family committed unforgivable crimes. Don’t tell me you’re here to take revenge on me for the sake of that nearly nonexistent family bond.”
Her voice was icy.
In the foul-smelling warehouse, her words sounded even sharper and more cutting.
Chen Yuan let out a scornful laugh.
“For them? They’re not worth it.”
Apparently, Chen Yuan had no intention of punishing Shen Nanyue immediately.
She straightened her posture.
Her bearing remained elegant and refined, yet there was something different about her now.
An indescribable sorrow seemed to have soaked into her entire being.
Despite her graceful appearance, she looked exhausted, lost, and powerless, as though she had been hollowed out by grief.
— The end of the Chapter–
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