Chapter 1748 - 2050: Orchestrated Drama
Watching Jiang Yue’e smile as she explained what happened to the police, Yang He found it hard to believe. Clearly, Nanrong Wanqing had been taken right before his eyes, yet Jiang Yue’e acted as if nothing had happened. Did she not care about her daughter’s safety? Or... did she know who kidnapped Nanrong Wanqing?
As he pondered this, two policemen came running over and asked with concern, "Sir, are you injured?"
Yang He shook his head. "If you’re alright, then please describe what happened earlier. We received reports of a car hijacking on the road, but the lady told us it was just a car accident without any casualties."
Upon hearing this, Yang He glanced at Jiang Yue’e not far away. She seemed to feel his gaze and turned to meet his eyes.
After hesitating for a moment, Yang He sighed helplessly and said, "We were mistaken, it was just a minor accident."
It took over half an hour to understand the situation and clear the scene before the police gradually withdrew. Returning to the car, Yang He watched Jiang Yue’e attempting to hail a car to return to the city. Unable to hold back, he got out of his car and walked over to her, asking, "Mrs. Jiang, do you know something? Can you tell me?"
Jiang Yue’e was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "I do know some inside information, but it’s better for you to know less. In any case, Wanqing won’t be in danger; she’ll soon return to you. Trust me, I’ve never broken a promise I made to you."
Though Yang He felt full of doubt upon hearing this, he could only suppress it.
...
At this moment, three Land Rover SUVs had returned to the city, driving directly to a closed nightclub in the Old City. As the car doors opened, Beison and Ling Chen jumped out first, followed by Nanrong Wanqing, wearing a black head cover, trailing behind them into the nightclub.
Leaving a few men at the entrance, Ling Chen and Beison led Nanrong Wanqing straight into a private room. Since the nightclub was closed, the utilities were disconnected. The windowless room was extremely dark; even two or three meters apart, one couldn’t see their companions clearly.
"Sit down." Beison prepared a chair for Nanrong Wanqing and secured her hands to the chairback. His movements were gentle, not rough, so as not to harm Nanrong Wanqing physically.
After everything was done, Beison returned to Ling Chen’s side. Ling Chen nodded at him, and without a word, he immediately left the room.
Soon, only Ling Chen and Nanrong Wanqing were left in the room. Feeling the silence around, Nanrong Wanqing, covered by a headpiece, couldn’t help but speak out, "Who are you?"
"That’s not something you need to know," Ling Chen replied. As they knew each other too well, Ling Chen deliberately altered his voice to prevent Nanrong Wanqing from recognizing him.
After a pause, Ling Chen continued, "Don’t worry, we won’t hurt you. We just have a few questions to ask. As long as you cooperate, I’ll let you go shortly."
"What do you want to ask?"
"Do you know someone named Ling Chen?"
"No." Nanrong Wanqing coldly spat out three words.
"No?" Ling Chen chuckled and said, "Miss Nanrong, as I said, if you cooperate, I’ll release you. So you’d better answer my questions honestly. I’ll ask again, do you know Ling Chen?"
Nanrong Wanqing hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying, "I know."
"I heard he used to live with your Nanrong Family, responsible for your safety. Moreover, it seems you two had a relationship."
"That was a long time ago. I don’t want to talk about it." Nanrong Wanqing said coldly.
"But I want to know. I need to understand everything about Ling Chen." Ling Chen moved his chair in front of Nanrong Wanqing and said, "Tell me about your relationship with Ling Chen."
"Do you enjoy probing into others’ private lives?"
"No, I’m just interested in Ling Chen."
"Since you’re interested in him, why don’t you go find him? Why come to me?"
Ling Chen smiled and said, "Miss Nanrong, you’ve been with Ling Chen. Surely you know what kind of person he is? If I went to find him recklessly, I would be courting death."
Upon hearing this, Nanrong Wanqing said coldly, "Do you have a grudge against him?"
"Yes! Not just a grudge but an irreconcilable hatred. To get revenge, I’ll do anything, including using you to threaten him."
"I told you, he and I are long over; we’re not even ordinary friends anymore. Using me as a threat won’t work."
"Really?" Ling Chen asked with a smile, "How do I know you’re not lying to me to clear your relationship with him and to make me release you? If it’s as you say, then at least tell me what happened between you two. From what I know, your relationship seemed pretty good before."
"That’s not something you should know," Nanrong Wanqing replied coldly.
"Alright, since you won’t say, I’ll leave first. When you figure things out, I’ll reconsider letting you go." With that, Ling Chen stood up and stepped towards the room’s door.
Hearing the door open, the silent Nanrong Wanqing suddenly spoke, "Wait!"
Ling Chen turned back, looked at Nanrong Wanqing in the dimness, and smiled slightly, asking, "Ready to talk now?"
"Will you really release me?"
"Of course, I have no reason to trouble a woman." Saying this, Ling Chen sat back down in his chair.
Nanrong Wanqing contemplated for a while before slowly speaking, "Ling Chen and I did have a relationship, but we broke up. Although Ling Chen was good to me, he was too fickle, entangled with many women. I was naive and believed he wouldn’t betray me. But when I got home one day, he was fooling around with a woman in my room. In anger, I kicked him out."
"That’s it?"
Nanrong Wanqing nodded, "Isn’t that enough? If it were you, would you tolerate your man betraying you?"
"That’s true. Leaving him was his own doing." Ling Chen said. After a pause, he asked, "Do you only hate him now?"
"Not hate, just thoroughly disappointed. I don’t want anything to do with him anymore. And now I have a new boyfriend. He’s good to me and loyal, at least he won’t betray me like Ling Chen."
"So, you’re planning on spending your life with him?"
"Why not? Good men are rare these days, I don’t want to miss out again." Nanrong Wanqing replied lightly.