Chapter 303
Liu Yun shook her head. "That can’t be right. Chenyang’s a grown man. How could someone just kidnap him?
The mobs in movies are all-powerful, but in reality, they’re not that impressive. Even if they had nerves of steel, they wouldn’t dare march into a hospital in broad daylight and kidnap a grown man."
Liu Qian frowned in thought. "An ordinary person might not dare, but the people after Chenyang this time are anything but ordinary. Lin Jiji alone is rich, powerful, and famous.
And his fanbase is bound to have its share of local power players and wealthy socialites. To them, Chenyang is a nobody. Even if they did do something to him, they have the means to handle the consequences."
Wang Lili nodded in agreement. "Exactly. And some obsessive fans will do anything to please their idol or get something out of it. Wasn’t there that story online recently about a married fan? Her idol took an interest in her, so she didn’t think twice about cheating on her husband and even had the idol’s baby."
Hearing all this, Liu Yun, who had initially scoffed at the idea, suddenly looked grim.
She grabbed Liu Qian’s hand in a panic. "Then what do we do? Should we call the police?"
Liu Qian thought for a moment. "The police won’t file a report for a missing adult until at least 24 hours have passed."
"Then how are we supposed to rescue Chenyang?"
"First, don’t panic. Chenyang is very smart. If he really was kidnapped, he’ll find a way to contact us the moment he gets a chance, even if he can’t escape."
Liu Qian patted Liu Yun’s shoulder reassuringly, then added, "We can’t afford to panic right now. You go talk to the vice-president and explain the situation. After all, he’s the one who assigned Chenyang to the Cardiology Department.
Now that Chenyang is in trouble, the hospital has to get involved. I’ll go search for him outside."
"Right. We can’t panic. We need to stay calm." Liu Yun took a deep breath and pulled out her phone to call Kang Yiming. Just as she found his number, she seemed to remember something and said urgently, "The security cameras! The hospital is covered in them. I’ll call the hospital president. You two, go check the surveillance footage now!"
Liu Qian slapped her forehead. "How could I be so stupid? I can’t believe I forgot something so important. I’ll go right now."
With that, she headed for the security room.
「A few minutes later.」
Liu Yun, having finished reporting the situation to the hospital president and vice-president, arrived at the security room as well.
"Anything? Have you found Chenyang?"
"We only found one very blurry clip."
Liu Qian pointed to the computer on the left. "Look. After leaving Mr. Lin’s hospital room, Chenyang was heading to my office.
But just as he got to my door, it looks like he heard someone call him, so he walked over to the department entrance. Before he got close, the door was pushed open, and someone stepped out. Chenyang spoke with this person for a moment and then went outside."
Liu Yun frowned. "And after he went outside?"
"He’s gone." Liu Qian’s expression was grim. "The security guards and I pulled the footage from all the cameras outside the Cardiology Department, but there’s no sign of Chenyang or that person leaving.
The cameras aren’t broken, but they truly vanished from all surveillance. We just discussed it, and there’s only one explanation for how that could happen."
"What is it?"
"The person who came for Chenyang is very familiar with the hospital. Or to be more precise, they’re very familiar with the layout of our security cameras."
Liu Qian pointed back to the footage. "Look. From the moment he appeared to the moment he left, he only ever showed his profile. He was also wearing a mask and sunglasses, and the spot he chose to stand was, conveniently, right on the edge of a surveillance blind spot.
The route they took after leaving must have also been perfectly planned to avoid being seen by any other cameras."
Liu Yun frowned. "Are you saying the person who took Chenyang is someone from inside the hospital?"
"Even if they’re not an insider themselves, they definitely had help from someone on the inside."
"Then why would they take Chenyang? Were they bribed by Lin Jiji or his fans to lure Chenyang out and hurt him?"
"That’s a possibility, but I don’t think they intend to hurt him. If they really wanted to do that, they could have just done it here in the hospital. There’d be no need to go to all this trouble to get him outside."
"Tsk, why did this have to get so complicated?" Liu Yun said, her face etched with worry. "And Chenyang can be so naive. Someone asks him to go outside, and he just goes?"
"He must have been tricked," Wang Lili said with a pout, then added urgently, "We need to figure out how to find him, and fast. Otherwise, something really bad could happen."