Chapter 299 - Shes gone (1/2)
He decisively struck the man unconscious. This man would not talk anymore just by the look in his eyes, so it was useless to talk to him further. His feet immediately ran to where he left Xiong Zhi.
Zhi'er.
His heart raced with ominous premonition.
He rushed back with the fastest speed he could muster.
His restless heart hoped she was still there.
In less than a minute, he arrived where he had left Xiong Zhi.
He froze in place, gasping. His face paled visibly.
There was no girl standing there, waiting. Xiong Zhi's shadow could not be seen anywhere.
Only the bag with the unused joss sticks was left on the ground.
Linfeng was horrified. His heart pounded loudly. Panic, anxiety, and worry instantaneously exploded within his heart, making it hard for him to breathe for a moment.
”Zhi'er...”
He immediately stopped thinking of the worst and took a deep breath.
A dark flame burst out from his eyes.
'I must find her at all cost!'
He calmed himself down.
He kneeled on the ground and keenly checked the footprints. He steadied his shaking hands and took hold of the dried leaves that were recently just crushed. He had to know which direction the abductor and his Young Miss went.
While tracing the steps, he continued to multitask in his mind.
There might be a car waiting nearby. Linfeng tried to remember what the walk side looked like before. He concentrated his thoughts.
They went by the candy stalls, two children ran around and passed by, a boy with a bike rode by them, and there was a man reading a newspaper, his entire face covered by it on the bench.
His mind zeroed in on that image. There it was. The man was reading the yesterday's newspaper. It was not something to be suspicious about, but when examined, it actually meant a lot.
Linfeng clenched his fist. How could be so foolish?!
His mind had clearly found the man a bit suspicious as he was reading the papers from yesterday when there were available new ones just by the store they had passed, but he dismissed it as overthinking.
But now that he recalled, it was that same newspaper that the airport had handed over to the passengers of the plane yesterday. Who would have the mind to read that once inside F City?
The man clearly came with them in this city at the same time. Although there were so many visitors from various cities and the man could have simply been one of them, but normally, it was a detail he would put into his mind and keep note of.
Why did he throw that suspicion at the back of his mind?
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath again.
Clearly, he had become so muddled and less sharp... all because he was too immersed in the sea of love. Because of his negligence, now, his Young Miss...
His heart raced, afraid of what terrible things could happen to his Young Miss.
Linfeng must not let that happen!
In a few seconds where his thoughts were in overdrive, he finally found a direction.
He stood up and rushed to the place where he last saw the man. It seemed like the people who kidnapped his Young Miss were professionals as they cleverly covered their tracks from where Xiong Zhi was taken.
If that was the case, he would start at the place where the man had sat on the bench.
His intuition was telling him that that man must be the one…
If he still was not able to find anything from it...
His dark eyes flashed maliciously.
Torture could bring about miracles. He would take that small fry's life while torturing him to death.
But that would take some time, so it was the last option.
For now, he must rush and do his best to find the Young Miss.
Linfeng ran as his surroundings blurred. For some reason, this situation felt so painfully familiar.
An aching loss was eating at his heart.
'Young Miss... Please, please, be safe...'
*****
The ground was rough and dusty. It was an extremely uncomfortable place. The girl lying prone on the ground began to stir.
...?
Xiong Zhi groggily opened her eyes.