Chapter 362 - Premeditated Kidnapping (1/2)

The carnival would be held every few years, and it would make a stop in S city for only a few days. That carnival happened to fall on the New Year’s Day, and it was crowded with people. Therefore, the organizer had limited the number of visitors; only 500 people would be allowed to enter every day.

A black Hummer pulled over, and the people waiting in line at the door turned to have a look. They saw a tall man getting off from the driver’s seat, wearing red-checkered casual cotton-padded clothes, handsome and indifferent.

He opened the door, and a woman in the same red-checkered cotton-padded clothes jumped out of the car and turned to lift a little girl off the car. The little girl was also wearing a little red-checkered cotton-padded clothes, with the same furry bunny-shaped hat as her mom on her head.

Whispers broke out among the crowd.

“The man is so handsome!”

“How cute the little girl is! She is so adorable!”

“Humph… But her mom looks ordinary.”

“Come on. You are jealous of her, and she’s much more beautiful than you!”

Jiang Rui picked up Tuan Zi, and Chen Chen looked around. “I told you that we should have come earlier. Look, there are so many people now, and we don’t even have tickets. How can we get in?”

“By foot.” Jiang Rui went straight toward the entrance. There were too many people crowding the road. Chen Chen avoided the people while trying to keep up with Jiang Rui. Suddenly, the man in front of her stopped.

“Hand.” Chen Chen seemed confounded for a moment, and Tuan Zi said sweetly, “Mom, Dad is afraid that you will be lost, so he wants to hold your hand!”

Jiang Rui saw that she was still in a daze, holding her hand impatiently and immediately. Chen Chen followed him, and every time someone was about to knock into her, a force would lead her to avoid it. Chen Chen’s eyes fell on their intertwined hands unconsciously.

Gradually, Jiang Rui crossed his fingers with hers tightly. Her hand was grasped firmly by the man, and her heart was also warmed up. Just like a tiny moss growing in that cold winter, it had become the only color.

“Don’t be in a daze while walking.”

In the next second, she recovered from the distraction, and the man was looking at her with disdain. Chen Chen swallowed her saliva. “What happened?”

“Hold Tuan Zi.” Jiang Rui handed Tuan Zi to Chen Chen and took out a card from his pocket.

Then Chen Chen saw the guard at the gate letting them in respectfully…

“Hey! Why?” Someone queueing up complained. “They skipped the queue, why are you letting them in?”

In such a cold day, they had been waiting in line for a long time and therefore were in bad temper. Soon, the fact that Jiang Rui’s family was allowed to enter caused a stir among the crowd. The armed police on duty immediately ran over to maintain order. One of them seemed to be the captain, who gave a salute to Jiang Rui.

“Let’s go.” Jiang Rui saw that Chen Chen was still in a daze, taking Tuan Zi in his arms and then looking at her. “I guess you will return home with nothing in your hands today.”

What? Chen Chen did not get it.

After she entered, she understood Jiang Rui’s meaning.

There were many recreation facilities in the carnival, but the games were the most frequent ones. If you won, you could get dolls. Because Tuan Zi was too young to go on the roller coaster and other thrill rides, so Chen Chen ran to experience those thrill rides alone, and when she came back, she saw a big plush rabbit in Tuan Zi’s arms.

“How did you get it?”

“Dad got it by hitting the ducks with a basketball!” Tuan Zi happily ran circles around Chen Chen. Chen Chen clenched her fist and said, “I will play it, too!”

She ran to a booth with two rows of wood boards moving back and forth on it. There were a few small animal dolls on the boards. When they were knocked over, the player could get a doll.

“How much!?” When Chen Chen was about to take out her wallet, she saw Tuan Zi wave the card that Jiang Rui had showed to her at the gate, and then the staff next to them said, “Free!”

Wow… She sneaked a look at Jiang Rui, considering that he could definitely be used as a credit card because his face was money!

Chen Chen used up the ten bullets but missed the target. Anyway, it was free. She decided to play the game again, but still failed to hit any doll…

“Mom, it’s not your fault.” Tuan Zi comforted her, “It’s okay as long as dad can make it.”

Chen Chen was frustrated and threw the gun to Jiang Rui. “Okay, you are so great that you’ll hit all the dolls.”

Then Jiang Rui did as she said. Tuan Zi happily took a big dog doll from the staff. The staff thought she was so adorable and gave her an extra duck doll. Tuan Zi thought for a moment and handed the duck doll to Chen Chen.

“Mom, take this, or others will know that you didn’t hit any dolls.”

Chen Chen thought that since Tuan Zi was staying with her father, the way she spoke had been more and more like Jiang Rui’s way of speaking.

At noon, they had a break in a restaurant at the carnival. Chen Chen had thought it was very simple, finding it a formal Western restaurant. After reading the menu, she whispered, “Don’t you think it is too expensive? How can ordinary people afford to eat here?”

“You didn’t read the news online, did you?” Jiang Rui handed Chen Chen’s doll to the waiter and wrote him a note.

Chen Chen despised him. “Of course, otherwise how could I know there was a carnival?”

“Then why didn’t you see that in the first three days of this carnival? It was restrictedly open to people with special tickets, wasn’t it so?”

“Why didn’t I know?” Chen Chen took out her mobile phone and visited the official website. Sure enough, she saw a note that according to the requirements of the organizer, this carnival was not open to the public for the first three days and only those with tickets could be allowed in.

“Who gets the tickets?” Chen Chen asked curiously.