1081 Perplexed and Smitten 141 (2/2)

Long Tianze patted him on his shoulder and said, \”I'm aware, buddy. Two million dollars it shall be, then. I'll transfer 1.9 million dollars to you right now. That'll make up two million, including the 100 thousand I had transferred to you just now. Get your people to deliver it to my house immediately. I'll call my men later.\”

\”Look how eager you're getting.\”

\”How could I not be eager? I'm a year younger than you are and yet there's such a drastic difference between us. Jin, you shall be held liable if there are no effective results.\”

\”Are you a fool? If it's ineffective, who would spend that much money on it? I've been keeping them and saving them for future purposes. They've been sitting at home for a long time. The value of this herb is now way higher than two million dollars. Go online to check if you don't believe me.\”

He immediately went on the internet to check on the prices of the herb, only to find that its value had indeed soared to exorbitant prices. After transferring the money to Jin Qingyan, he called his servants to verify if the herb had been safely delivered to his home. He could finally put his mind at ease after hearing that they had put it away properly.

\”Why aren't they back yet?\”

\”Three women make a market, four a fair. Why are you so impatient?\”

Ding! The doors opened, and An Xiaoning showed up at the door together with Mei Yangyang. They both had a grave expression on their faces.

\”What's wrong?\”

\”We went to look for Erlan and she took a really long time to answer the door. A service attendant who walked past informed us that Erlan had left with her boyfriend. I initially thought that he was referring to Xiao Chenyang. After taking a few steps forward, I asked the attendant again if it was a good-looking man. However, the attendant dissented and said that it was an average-looking man who was not that tall. He also said that they seemed to be having a couple's tiff and that Erlan was hitting and berating him while he tried to coax her. I knew something had gone wrong the moment I heard that. We asked to watch the surveillance camera footages, but the staff at the front desk refused to let us view them. Can we find Xiao Chenyang?\”

\”I'll try looking for him,\” said Jin Qingyan, who immediately left.

An Xiaoning and Mei Yangyang looked at each other before closing the door.

\”It can't be the DK Organization, can it?\”

\”Why would they abduct Erlan? Erlan doesn't even know them…\” An idea popped up in An Xiaoning's mind and she added, \”Could it be Xihou Jiaping? It shouldn't be him either…\”

When Xihou Jiaping pretended to be Xiao Chenyang's brother and visited Erlan, she didn't leak any clues at all. Hence, it can't be the case.

Just why was Erlan taken away…

She could not figure it out.

The three of them waited patiently.

Half an hour later, Jin Qingyan returned and said, \”Xiao Chenyang has gone to look for her.\”

\”Qingyan, shall we help out and search for her too?\”

\”No, things are rather chaotic outside. Let's stay together for now. I believe he has the ability to find Fang Erlan and bring her back safely.\”

....

Meanwhile, Fang Erlan was locked up in a huge cage. There were numerous wolves outside the cage, all of which had an emerald glow.

They were pacing back and forth outside the cage and growling at her menacingly while sizing up their prey.

Fang Erlan wrapped her arms around herself tightly and curled up into a ball in the center of the cage. She was paralyzed by fear and absolutely regretted her decision to open the door for a stranger.

If she hadn't done that, she wouldn't have been brought here forcefully.

Will someone discover that I've gone missing?

She did not have an answer.

All she could feel was fear.

She was afraid that the abductor would release the wolves into the cage and let them devour her.

She heard footsteps coming down the stairs, and two figures appeared, a woman taking the lead. \”Is this the person we're supposed to look for?\”

\”Yes, there's no mistake.\”

Scanning Fang Erlan from head to toe, the woman remarked, \”She doesn't look like her at all.\” She said to Fang Erlan, \”Look up.\”

Fang Erlan raised her head and looked up at the woman.

The moment the woman saw her features, she turned to slap the man and exclaimed, \”I told you to abduct the woman in room 1238! Who's this person you've brought? You can't even get such a simple thing done. What am I paying you for!?!\”