Chapter 301 - Rescue (1/2)

Just a few moments earlier.

Linfeng was looking for signs of the car. The captors would not dare to stay within the populated area of the town, but they also could not leave the town so easily due to the monitoring on the main street and on the exit of the town.

He asked his people to check the monitoring immediately after he realized his Young Miss's disappearance. No suspicious cars had left the town since his Zhi'er vanished.

It meant that the captors, together with his Young Miss, were still inside the town.

Likely, they retreated to an area without monitoring and was devoid of people.

He strongly believed that the captors intended to kidnap her, whatever the reason might be, compared to assassinating her. After all, if they wished to do the latter, then instead of taking her with them, Linfeng would have found her body the moment he went back earlier...

His heart trembled again as he blamed himself for the nth time.

Linfeng mobilized his mind to narrow down the possibilities.

He called Jang Shin and his team to send an aircraft to a specific part of the outskirts of the town. This area had no monitoring and was far from traffic of people.

He was tempted to call Old Xiong, but he held himself back. He did not contact anyone from the Xiong family, because according to that accomplice, this request to the underworld came from a member of the Xiong family.

He had a nagging suspicion that this was not just a run-of-the-mill kidnap for ransom. A person from the Xiong family would never lack money. Added to the fact that many people were eyeing the Young Miss's title, quite a lot would have found the Young Miss an eyesore.

To strip away the title using these kinds of measures, either kill the person, or make her unworthy of the title. Doing the earlier would bring too much trouble, so it could only be the latter. And the most effective way was to ruin the Young Miss's reputation.

Reputation in the high society was too important.

He suspected that even if he saved the Young Miss, the masterminds would still be able to overturn the story and expose to the media that the Young Miss of the Xiong family had been kidnapped. Adding some stories to destroy her reputation would be as easy as breathing.

Linfeng, who had maxed up his efficiency while tracking the abductors, had carefully considered all gaps including the aftermath of the kidnapping.

The most important thing was to save the Young Miss.

Linfeng's careful tracking led him to a desolate farmhouse at the outskirts of the town. The area was out of people's way and the common people did not go here often. It seemed to be an area that was left abandoned for a long time.

He had been on high alert all this time, his whole focus was spent on tracing the captor's tracks. His clothes was soaked wet by his sweat.

Although he tried to press it down, worry still filled his entire being. He had tried his best, but the captors were apparently prepared. It had been almost an hour since his Young Miss went missing.

Many things could happen during this forty minutes time frame.

He forcefully pushed down the ominous feeling within his heart and prayed. His Young Miss must be safe!

He looked at the barren farm and the dilapidated wooden house and quickly went to investigate the place. Just as he stepped forward towards the old two-storey house, his sharp ears caught a familiar sound.

”...Linfeng! ...Help!” The voice of the girl was a bit hoarse, as if the person had been shouting for a long time.

Zhi'er!

Her voice was filled with terror and desperation.

He trembled, and his shadow swiftly shot forward that it blurred from his position several meters away from the house. He instantly entered the first floor.

He could hear the threatening voices of the abductors.

”If you don't want to make it painful, you better be more obedient!”

How dare them!!!

Veins popped out from his temples as he suppressed the raging beast inside him.

”Linfeng!!! Linfeng!!!!”

She did not stop shouting. He would come. She knew he would come. He had said before that he would never be late again. He had promised...

”I don't care who that is, but no one is going to help you! Stay still!”

Xiong Zhi felt herself pushed down. She gritted her teeth and changed her tactics. ”Change your mind and I will let it pass. Tell me who ordered you! ”