Chapter 93 - Premonition of a kidnapping (1/2)

Chapter 93: Premonition of a kidnapping

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Old Mr. Mo hung up the phone and ended the call with Qiu Yifan. He worriedly called Wen Xinya’s phone, but the cold automatic reply greeted him and made his heart cold all of a sudden.

He hurriedly called Uncle Zhang, Mother He, and Mother Jiang over. “Xinya’s friend just called. He said that Xinya is missing.”

Uncle Zhang was shocked. “What? Young Mistress is missing?”

Mother He and Mother Jiang were also extremely worried. Trembling, they asked, “How could Young Mistress be missing for no reason? Did you make a mistake, Old Mr. Mo?”

Old Mr. Mo quickly asked, “Did anyone of you hear her say she was going to do something important?”

Uncle Zhang, Mother He, and Mother Jiang all shook their heads. “No, Young Mistress had even specially prepared a nutritious porridge for me before she left. Mother Jiang was beside me too, and Young Mistress didn’t say she had anything else.”

Old Mr. Mo’s heart started to tense up. “Then, where did she go? Her phone is unreachable, and we can’t contact her. What should we do?”

Mother He and Mother Jiang were extremely perplexed. “Old Mr. Mo, maybe you could call Young Mistress’ phone again. Her line could be engaged just now.”

Old Mr. Mo suddenly had a ray of hope s.h.i.+ning into his heart. He immediately picked his phone up and called Wen Xinya’s phone again, but the automatic reply played persisted.

Old Mr. Mo thought of something and hurriedly called the security post telephone. “I’m Mo Xianqi, I would like to ask if you saw my granddaughter, Wen Xinya, go out just now? Which direction was she headed?”

Once the policeman in the watchhouse heard that it was Mo Xianqi from Villa Five, he said respectfully and politely, “h.e.l.lo Mr. Mo, I saw Ms. Wen leave the villa at about five-thirty. She hailed a taxi in the direction of the south.”

Old Mr. Mo had an inkling of the matter at once. “This is a private residential area, almost every household has at least one private car. Usually, there will not be any taxis here. How did she manage to find a taxi once she walked out?”

Hearing him say that, the policeman also found it strange. Usually, even in ten days or half a month, it was unlikely that they would see a taxi in that residential area. “I had previously thought that Miss Wen had called the taxi into the area. Now that you brought it up, I recall something. I heard from the other policemen that recently, there’s been taxis coming and going in the area, but because it is always at different times of the day, I didn’t pay too much attention to it.”

The policeman’s words were like a bolt out of the blue for Old Mr. Mo. “Did you see the license plate of the taxi that Xinya took?”

He had a feeling that the recent appearance of taxis in the private residential area was not a coincidence but premeditated.

For something like this to happen was partly the responsibility of the policeman as well. Thus, he did not dare to be sure of the issue. “I didn’t notice it, but there’s a security camera at the entrance. I will send you the videotapes immediately.”

Old Mr. Mo urgently said, “Send me all the footage of the past few days.”

The policeman said, “Yes, Old Mr. Mo, please don’t worry. I will ask the other policemen who were on duty if they are aware of any incidents.”

After hanging the phone up, Old Mr. Mo paced in the kitchen with an anxious expression.

Uncle Zhang quickly asked, “What did the policeman say?”