Chapter 269 - Saving Song Yu (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

A repulsion surged within Song Yu and she felt nauseated, especially because Jian Yi was so close to her and her ears could feel his breath—she found it utterly disgusting. Song Yu felt the chills when he threatened to harm her child all of a sudden.

Both of Song Yu’s arms and legs were bound. She could neither move nor hide from him. She was truly afraid that he would harm the child. Since he was Qi Chengzhi’s child, it should not be an exaggeration to say that he detested him.

She could only open her mouth and shouted, “Chengzhi!”

Qi Chengzhi felt his heart skipped a beat when he heard her voice from his phone. He narrowed his reddened eyes and said with his teeth clenched, “Jian Yi, what do you want?”

Jian Yi looked down at Song Yu’s belly and sneered at her. Song Yu was afraid that Qi Chengzhi would be worried, so she did not ask Jian Yi to remove his hand.

Jian Yi’s continued to put his hand on her belly. He stared into Song Yu’s eyes and said to Qi Chengzhi, “50 million in cash—send it here within one hour. Come here alone and don’t report to the police. Otherwise, your unborn child won’t make it to see the world.”

Jian Yi glimpsed at Song Yu’s belly. “Song Yu’s belly is already so big, if something bad happened to the child, I think she would find it hard to stay alive.”

“One hour is such a short time, shouldn’t you give me some time to prepare the money? Who would usually have such a big amount of cash available? Even if I go to the bank to withdraw, I must make an appointment first to withdraw so huge an amount.” Qi Chengzhi was clutching his phone tightly and his hand was trembling.

“That’s none of my business, I’ve kidnapped Song Yu and committed a crime anyway. I don’t mind committing another crime, it would be worth it if I could see you suffer and lost all hopes in life.” Jian Yi was showing a crazy expression like he wanted to take everyone down with himself. He said fiercely, “One hour. If you’re late by one second then you’d never see your child and Song Yu again.”

Qi Chengzhi clenched his teeth. “Okay, where should I send the money to?”

“I’ll contact you again,” said Jian Yi indifferently.

Qi Chengzhi said in his deep voice, “Jian Yi, I promise you I would give you the things you want, but don’t you dare to harm Song Yu within this period.”

“Qi Chengzhi, I don’t expect you to have such a helpless moment. Even if I harm her, what can you do to me?” Jian Yi snickered proudly. “I’m truly happy to see you feeling so powerless, panicky, and anxious. Haven’t you experienced a situation like this before in your whole life? So helpless like this?”

After saying that, Jian Yi hung up the phone.

“Jian Yi, are you crazy? If you’re arrested by the police, do you plan on staying in jail for the rest of your life?” Song Yu did not expect him to demand 50 million.

“Do you think I want this?” Jian Yi’s hand finally left her belly and he retracted half a step. “If Qi Chengzhi didn’t bully me to this extent until I have no other choice, would I choose to do this?”

“Isn’t it too late to regret? Why did you become a person like this? You weren’t like this previously!” Song Yu was furious and agitated. After all, Jian Yi was her friend for more than twenty years. She could still remember the memories of them being friends. “Jian Yi, please stop this—it’s still not too late if you quit now. You can release me and run away immediately, isn’t that good? If you wait for Chengzhi to send the money to you later, you’d be charged for abduction and extortion—it would be too late for you to regret then! You’re not alone in this world, you still have your parents. Your mother is in jail now, but she’d be released after two months. Do you really want to abandon them?”

“Don’t talk like I’ll surely go to jail!” yelled Jian Yi angrily. “Don’t talk about my mum. She went to jail because of Qi Chengzhi!”

Song Yu said with resignation, “When did Chengzhi have anything to do with that? Your mum hurt Guan Xiaolin so the Guan family sued her. Please don’t put the blame on Chengzhi for everything that happened.”

“How did he have nothing to do with it? It was he who forced Guan Xiaolin to abort the pregnancy. Otherwise, I would’ve married her and now our son would be born soon. My mum wouldn’t have found Guan Xiaolin to avenge me. Wasn’t the loss of my child the reason she went to beat up Guan Xiaolin?” Jian Yi was getting more incensed as he talked. “In the end, it was all Qi Chengzhi’s fault!”

“Jian Yi, I beg you, can you please talk reasonably?” Song Yu started to cry involuntarily. “Weren’t we friends since a long time ago? I still remember you were enthusiastic and ambitious. Your academic results and moral conduct were outstanding. You’d buy food for the stray dogs and cats on the roadside. How did you turn into a person like this? You kidnapped me—how could you have the heart to do this?”

When she thought of the knockout drugs that Jian Yi let her inhaled, she was worried they would harm her child.

“How could you threaten to murder my child? You knew that my pregnancy is already quite advanced. If I have a miscarriage, my life would be in danger as well. Do you really want to do this? How could you hurt me after more than twenty years of friendship? Don’t tell me you don’t remember the day you first met me?” Song Yu was not only worried about herself as she was worried and angry with him too. She was furious that he had changed into this kind of person. “We were so innocent at that time. You were a gentle teenager and we had a lot of fun moments together. Why did you…”

Jian Yi’s stare at her turned gentler and it appeared as though he was touched by her words. He held her cheek with his palm and used his thumb to wipe off her tears. “If I could, I would like to return to the old times and start anew. I’d jump into the lake to save you without a second thought. I’d find a way to make you cherish me in your heart. I wouldn’t lose to Qi Chengzhi, and we would’ve been married by now no matter how Qi Chengzhi try to stop us. You would’ve known about the truth of the Song family’s bankruptcy and would have loathed him for it.”

“But nothing can be done now.” Jian Yi shook his head slowly and his expression turned dark and ruthless. “We could never return to the old times since everything had changed, and I shouldn’t allow myself to feel regret on my own. I want Qi Chengzhi to regret the things he had done.”

Song Yu was scared by his expression and felt that he did not only want the 50 million, he was plotting for something more. “Jian Yi, what are you planning to do? Besides money, what more do you want?”

Jian Yi smiled at her faintly. His smile was so placid, he removed his hand from her cheek and turned around and left the house.

“Jian Yi!” shouted Song Yu loudly. She was extremely uneasy.

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Qi Chengzhi went to prepare the money after he hung up the phone. The total amount of cash he raised had reached 17 million. It was raised from his accounts, the company’s cash which Qi Chenglin helped him to get, and the cash from the headquarter and Qilin Properties.

They first went back to the old manor. Xia Wenna called them just now to ask for the progress—she went to raise money immediately after she was informed about the abduction.

Qi Chengzhi asked Xiao Fan to fetch Yu Qianying to the old manor to wait for the latest news. Then he shared a car with Qi Chenglin, Liu Dui, and a few policemen in to go back to the old manor. Qi Chengyue and Cheng Dongge went back in another car.

“It was all my fault…” Qi Chengyue was sobbing and she took a deep breath. She tried to suppress her crying and her voice sounded cold and dejected. “If I had never been together with Jian Yi, there wouldn’t have been so many troubles. It was me who invited him into the Qi family and caused a lot of trouble.”

She was dispirited and was blaming herself. She lowered her head and regretted inviting such a big trouble into the Qi family. If she did not request a divorce with Jian Yi that resulted with his banishment from their family without gaining anything and became so miserable, he would not have gone into hiding and kidnapped Song Yu to extort money from Qi Chengzhi.

Maybe Jian Yi had hated Qi Chengzhi since a long time ago, but she knew that the divorce caused him to lose everything he gained after much scheming. That deepened the hatred he had for Qi Chengzhi and prompted him to carry out more extreme actions.

She felt that the divorce was the breaking point and it caused the affairs that happened to become out of control.

Cheng Dongge stretched his arm and held her hand. He pinched it firmly for a few times and spoke with his deep and steady voice, “It was he who tried to get close to you in the beginning and lied to you. Besides, even if you didn’t marry him, he would’ve hated Young Master Cheng as long as Song Yu marry him, and he’d still act in an extreme way to hurt Young Master Cheng.”

Although he said that to her, Qi Chengyue was still extremely regretful. She covered her mouth to cover the sound of her weeping. “I hope nothing bad would happen to Song Yu. If he hurt Song Yu and the child in her belly, then…I’m truly worried. He hated Big Brother so much, I’m afraid he’d hurt the child.”

Cheng Dongge stopped talking because he had no convincing reasons to comfort Qi Chengyue with. Even he was worried.

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Qi Chengzhi and Qi Chenglin were back to the old manor. When they entered the manor, they saw Yan Beicheng and Chu Zhaoyang were there too.

Grandmother Qi and Xia Wenna’s eyes were red as they were crying non-stop. Guan Liya was comforting them. When they saw that he was back, Yan Beicheng and Chu Zhaoyang stood up.

“Why did you all come?” asked Qi Chengzhi. He saw there was a piece of luggage on the coffee table.

“We’re here to send money.” Yan Beicheng pointed at the luggage on the coffee table. “We received Chenglin’s message so Lao Chu, Xiao Han, Gui Zi and I put together 23 million. The two of them were in another city, so they asked their brothers to send the money to us.”

“Thanks,” said Qi Chengzhi softly and he nodded at them.

“Don’t mention it,” replied Yan Beicheng. The money was taken from their savings—they did not tell their family about the abduction.

At this moment, Qi Chengzhi’s phone rang again. Liu Dui became alert instantly. Qi Chengzhi answered it, the caller was Jian Yi.

“Have you raised the money? There’s no time left if you haven’t,” taunted Jian Yi through the phone.

“Tell me where you want me to go,” replied Qi Chengzhi coldly.

After that, he followed Jian Yi’s instructions and got into the car alone. Liu Dui and the few policemen stayed in the old manor.

Grandmother Qi nervously prayed while holding a bunch of prayer beads. “Please bless us, bodhisattva 1 . Please bless us, Buddha, please don’t let anything bad happen to the children. Please make sure they’re safe and sound.”

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The floor was cold so Song Yu dared not sit on it until now. However, she felt like her legs became swollen after standing for so long. She could no longer bear the pain at her calves and her lower back. She could only support her waist with her hands and massaged it. She started to support her body with her elbows so that she could lean against the wall for a while without being in contact with it.

The iron door opened again. Jian Yi walked in and untied her legs.

Song Yu felt her heart thumped once. “Qi Chengzhi is here?”

Jian Yi sneered at her. He did not talk and stood up to hold her arms, then he stopped moving.

Qi Chengzhi was standing outside of the old and deserted workshop. He shouted in a loud voice, “Jian Yi, I’m here. Where’s Song Yu?”

After a while, the workshop’s iron door opened slowly with a creaking sound. He then saw Jian Yi was grabbing Song Yu’s arm and walking out of the workshop. Qi Chengzhi nearly went ballistic.

Jian Yi had a gun which Qi Chengzhi did not know where he got it from. The gun barrel was pressing against Song Yu’s belly and her face was deathly pale. She looked at Qi Chengzhi yearningly.

He was standing a few meters in front of her and carrying a piece of luggage in his hand. He was still standing upright but he appeared to be haggard. She could not help but regret going back home today.

“Jian Yu, this is the money you asked for. Put the gun away,” said Qi Chengzhi with his teeth ground. He was clenching his fists and took a step forward. Jian Yi pulled Song Yu and retreated one step.

“Don’t move. If you take one more step forward, I’ll shoot her belly,” warned Jian Yi.

“Jian Yi, you’re crazy!” Song Yu felt Jian Yi was pressing the gun barrel on her belly when he talked. “If you dare, just shoot the gun and kill me! I shouldn’t have saved you in the beginning! I really regretted knowing you in my life! Bastard! You’re a beast!”

“Song Yu!” shouted Qi Chengzhi inadvertently as he was worried that Jian Yi would be provoked by her words.