Chapter 517 Ye Shenggge Wakes Up
Ye Mu'en's gun remained in his hand. The other party, clutching his wound, was visibly stiff.
"Young Master Ye, I really don't know, but I saw the car heading west."
"How many cars? What color?"
"A military green truck, Min Shao's car, and Zi Shao's people had one too."
"What about Zi Yisheng's people?"
"They were no match for Zi Shao's men, so they threw a smoke bomb with anesthetic. I personally saw Zi Shao's people thrown onto the truck."
Ye Mu'en asked all he needed to know and drove back to Mingcheng with the man. This truck was the breakthrough. Such a large vehicle would be hard to hide. Even if it was borrowed, once he checked all the trucks in the city, he would find a lead.
After Ye Mu'en dumped the man at the police station, he instructed Feng Zhanhe to track the truck. He went to the west of the city, not expecting them to have kidnapped someone and brazenly driven through Mingcheng to the west.
It was already two in the morning. The remaining family members of the Bai family were in the living room, waiting for the phone. Aunt Bai was still holding the sleeping Xiao Youyou, who would startle awake occasionally. She could only comfort him to calm him down.
Grandma Bai had cried herself listless and lay on the sofa, refusing to go to her room.
"Let's call Chenghai City again. No one can pass messages for us now. Sitting here doing nothing isn't helping."
Grandma Bai's voice was hoarse. Her mind was completely on edge.
"Okay, let's ask if Shenggge has slept. We can say a few comforting words."
When the phone was answered, it was Ouyang. After a few comforting words, he hung up. Grandpa Bai sighed.
"He said Shenggge slept. He doesn't even use his brain when he lies. If we can't sleep, how could she, the mother, sleep?"
Grandma Bai immediately sat up. Women were always sensitive.
"Shenggge didn't have a heart attack, did she? She must have. She wouldn't not answer your call. My Nannan, she must be too stimulated. Quickly call her two masters!"
Aunt Bai quickly comforted her mother-in-law, whose emotions were becoming increasingly agitated. Even if they called now, it wouldn't solve the immediate problem.
"Mom, don't worry. Yisheng is there to protect her. He won't let anything happen to Shenggge."
"What to do? The child is missing, and Shenggge is sick. They want to kill me!"
Zi Yisheng was feeding his wife medicine when Ouyang entered.
"Zi Shao, our men found the body of a brother in the west of the city. The rest haven't been found."
"Bury him well. Does he have a family?"
"He has a younger sister in junior high school. She doesn't know her brother is dead yet."
"Find a woman to look after her until she gets married."
"Yes. We are now comprehensively searching the west of the city. Young Master Ye has also gone there, saying that it happened because of a traitor among Min Shao's subordinates."
Zi Yisheng put down the medicine bowl and wiped his wife's mouth with a handkerchief. After arranging her properly, he spoke.
"How is he injured?"
"He was hit in the abdomen, but not in a vital spot."
"Tell him to get to Min Lihua's place and roll. He won't be comfortable if he doesn't get his revenge personally."
Ouyang's lips twitched. The wound had just been stitched, and he was already being asked to get out of bed. This was clearly intended to make Min Xing suffer.
At this moment, Asen knocked on the door. Ouyang went out and closed it.
"What is it?"
"Ren Xusheng is here with some foreigners at the stairwell, saying he heard about the incident and wants to see what's going on. There's also a foreign doctor with them who claims to be very experienced with heart disease."
Ouyang narrowed his eyes as he looked down the corridor. They got the news pretty quickly!
"I'll go ask Zi Shao. You have someone find out how the foreigners knew we needed a heart doctor."
Zi Yisheng didn't even open his mouth. He told Ouyang to go out. He didn't trust any doctors. Once his masters arrived, everything would be fine.
"Tell them all to leave. Say we don't need a doctor, just that a subordinate got injured."
"Mm, these constant visits are so annoying."
Tian Tian finally stopped when her head hit a table. She lay on the ground, gasping for breath, her whole body aching.
She struggled to sit up and lean against the table. She forcefully bumped backward, knocking the table over. However, no helpful items fell out. Disappointed, Tian Tian leaned against a table leg, lost in thought.
Xiao Mi'er was drowsy in the next room. When she heard a loud noise from the next room, she quickly felt her way towards the source of the sound.
"Auntie Tian Tian, is that you?"
"It's Auntie, Xiao Mi'er. Wait a moment longer, Auntie will definitely save you."
"Oh, but I'm so sleepy. I want to sleep."
"Then sleep first. Auntie will stay here and watch over you."
Xiao Mi'er sat down with her face against the wall. Even as she fell asleep instantly, her small hand didn't let go of the wall.
Tian Tian leaned against the table leg and rubbed her wrists against the rope. This was beyond her physical strength. Soon, she couldn't even lift her wrists.
Frustration, disappointment, and the night's experiences finally broke Tian Tian. Tears flowed down like a waterfall.
"Min Xing, Big Brother, Sister, Mommy Ye, I can't hold on."
By the time Ye Mu'en arrived in the west of the city, a large number of people were already searching.
"How is it?"
"We found one of Zi Shao's men, but he's already dead."
Ye Mu'en's heart sank. If they could subdue Zi Yisheng's men, why would they go to the trouble of taking them to the west of the city to kill them?
"Something else must have happened. Hurry and search. Don't miss any place."
"Yes. We've found some fresh tracks and have split up to search."
Ye Mu'en drove out of the west of the city. Looking at the empty, unadorned area, he angrily hit the steering wheel a few times.
He got out of the car, lit a cigarette, and tried to calm himself down quickly, or he would find nothing.
Just as Ye Mu'en was about to put out his cigarette and get back in the car, a faint glimmer caught his eye. Although not obvious, it was definitely there.
Ye Mu'en took out his gun and moved forward stealthily. At least five hundred meters away, he covered the distance in less than a minute. Before arriving, he saw the glimmer twice more.
"Come out, or I'll shoot."
No one came out, but Ye Mu'en heard a faint groan. He pushed aside the grass and shone his flashlight, seeing someone still using a lighter to try and start a fire, but the person was lying down.
"A Long?"
The fire flickered again. Ye Mu'en quickly turned the person over and saw A Long's bloody face and blood-soaked clothes.
"I'll take you to the hospital right away. Hold on."
Ye Mu'en quickly took off his shirt, tore it into strips, and bandaged the wound. Just as Ye Mu'en was about to pick up A Long, his wrist was grabbed.
A Long painstakingly raised his arm and pointed in a direction, stubbornly refusing to let go.
Ye Mu'en knew A Long meant for him to go save someone else.
"I'll send people over immediately."
Ye Mu'en picked up A Long, trying his best not to touch his wounds. As soon as he got in the car, he noticed A Long had stopped moving. He touched his neck and breathed a sigh of relief. He was alive!
Halfway there, they met people who had come looking for them. Ye Mu'en switched cars and sped off in the direction A Long had pointed.
Ye Mu'en drove for more than twenty miles in the direction A Long had pointed but found no prominent structures. How could people be hidden in such an open area?
A few people followed closely behind. Seeing Ye Mu'en stop, they also got out of their cars.
"Young Master Ye, is this the right direction?"
"This land was bought for construction. It's all cleared land."
Ye Mu'en stopped abruptly and turned to look at the people behind him.
"Whose name is this land under?"
"It seems to be from out of town. We'll have to check who it belongs to specifically."
"Check now, and then bring some police dogs. Search twenty miles in every direction, especially for signs of excavation underground."
After speaking, Ye Mu'en walked towards the open land. He felt that this place was definitely problematic, otherwise A Long wouldn't have held on for dear life to point in this direction.
Ye Shenggge woke up as dawn was breaking. When she opened her eyes, she felt no strength in her body.
"Wife, you're awake! How do you feel now?"
Ye Shenggge shook her head, but her eyes turned towards the phone. Zi Yisheng moved his lips but couldn't say anything.
Ye Shenggge closed her eyes in disappointment, tears flowing from the corners of her eyes.
"Don't cry. Big Brother has found Min Xing's people. We might have news soon, it just hasn't reached us yet."
Zi Yisheng busily wiped away his wife's tears, but they wouldn't stop.
"Wife, our daughter is a little lucky star. She'll be fine. I'm just worried about you. Your condition really can't go on like this. We still have to wait for our daughter to come back."
Ye Shenggge opened her eyes, but her vision was blurred by tears. She raised her hand and conjured a cup of water. She hadn't even had a chance to drink from the space's well water just now.
Zi Yisheng thought his wife was thirsty and quickly held her up against him, slowly feeding her. After finishing one cup, Ye Shenggge conjured another. She had to get better quickly. She had to wait for her child to return safely.
After drinking three cups, Ye Shenggge finally regained some strength. The space's well water was never a miracle cure; it only provided improvement with long-term consumption.
"What time is it?"
"It's four o'clock. You should sleep for a while. You need to be rested to await news."
"I can't sleep anymore. I just had a dream. I dreamed Xiao Mi'er was sleeping soundly, but she was all dirty, like a little soot ball."
Zi Yisheng rubbed his head against his wife's hair. Thinking of their daughter, who was as rowdy as a boy, he forced a stiff smile.
"She comes home dirty every day. She's the opposite of our son. She should have been a boy."
They chatted like this intermittently until dawn, but no call came.
Ye Mu'en also saw more than ten police dogs sniffing in different directions as dawn broke.
"Young Master Ye, we've found out. This land was bought by a foreign woman named Phoenix. She also has a factory in Hui Province, but her whereabouts are currently unknown."
"Foreigner, Hui Province."
Ye Mu'en felt a connection between these clues, but he couldn't find the thread.
Suddenly, there was fierce dog barking. Ye Mu'en hurried over.
"Young Master Ye, we've found a cellar."
By the time Ye Mu'en arrived, someone had already gone down into the cellar. He followed them down, but what met his eyes were two corpses.
"These two should be Min Shao's men, right?"
Ye Mu'en shone his flashlight on their faces. They were strangers to him; not Zi Yisheng's subordinates.
"Carry the bodies out. I'll handle this place. You continue searching."