Love Me Harder, Mr. Fu - Chapter 75

“….Please try again later” the phone ends with the same robotic girl’s voice. This will the ninth time Zichen has dialed Shi Lian’s number but there is no response. She must be busy, kept her phone on silent, the battery must have died, etc., he has thought of every possibility to calm himself. But to think of it, it’s already past seven, Shi Lian’s company closes on seven so she must have left or perhaps stayed in the company for the work. Tapping her number again, he calls her but again, the same robotic voice comes from the other end making Zichen growls in irritation.

He planned to take her on a private dinner and spend time with her but now it is ruined. Everyone in his company has left except for his manager Rong. Zichen was thinking of picking her up after everyone has left. since she isn’t picking her phone, he has no reason to wait here.

Pulling the door, he exits from the office, his boot-tapping on the hard floor makes a loud sound with each step he takes. Rong comes to him when he notices Zichen coming out of the office from the other end of the hall. “Aren’t we waiting for Miss Mo?” he asks curiously.

Zichen shakes his head walking straight without any pause. Rong did not ask any further questions and travels catching his pace. One of the guards who is standing near the glass door pulls the door for Zichen noticing him approach. Without looking at him, Zichen keeps on moving and the guard guesses he must in a bad mood judging from his face. The car sets before him and he hops inside opening the door. Rong sits in the front and Zichen at the back.

“Go to Mo Corp” Zichen orders as the driver starts the car. The driver nods and swivels the car in the direction of Mo corp. his heart will not be at ease unless he sees her what the hell is she up to. If she deliberately ignoring him, she may need some punishment. But they had a beautiful night few days before and he knows she likes him as well so why would she ignore him? Unless her mood is spoiled or she is messing with him.

Within twenty minutes, they reach outside the building of Mo company. the driver stops the car. Unbucklinghimselff, Rong steps out of the car and goes behind to open the door for Zichen. They both head inside without caring what people might think because right now he wants to know what is she doing. Reaching the front door, the security stops them when they try to get inside. “The company is closed,” he tells them.

“Is Chairman Mo inside?” Rong asks politely taking a step forward. Zichen checks her phone again in the hope that she might have called or left a message but nothing comes.

The guard shakes his head, “She left half an hour earlier.” Rong thank the guard for letting them know and they go back to their car.

Without saying anything, they both get inside the car and the driver starts the car, going in the direction of Zichen’s villa. Now the only possibility is that she is ignoring him or her battery has died. He left the thought of seeing her tonight. He will see her tomorrow and confront her. He gazes outside the window, his elbow resting on the holder and his fist on his cheeks, as he takes in the moonlight of the night.

His phone rings but Zichen has lost hopes that it is Shi Lian so do not bother to immediately lookup. The phone stops but again it rings making Zichen irritate. Having no other choice, he picks up the phone and his eyes suddenly light up. Shi Lian’s name floats on the screen and wastes no seconds. Sliding the green icon, he barks, “Shi Lian! Why didn’t you picked my calls?”

“S-sir…..it’s Gui…Miss’s driver” a frail voice comes from the other line. Zichen eyes go wide and his muscles tenses. “S-Sir…you there?”

“Yes, I a,m,” he says, “where’s Shi Lian?” Something must have happened and the way the driver is speaking as if he woke up from sleep or as if he is in pain. Negative thoughts enter his mind and he cannot stop worrying.

“She…..has been…” the man’s voice comes faintly, “Kidnapped.” The sound of him crying fills his ears and everything inside his tenses. He swallows constantly as fear creeps inside him.

“What?” he yells, his eyebrows furrow. He lets out a groan, pinching the bridge of his nose, “Where are you now?”

“Near Yin….Yin Road” the old driver replies. Hanging the phone, Zichen orders the driver in front, “Go to Yin Road now!”

Seeing his boss in such a panic, Rong cannot help but feel frightened as well. “Sir, what’s the matter? Is Miss Shi Lian in some problem?” he asks turning his head back.

Zichen’s jaw flexes and he grips his phone so tightly that it may break. “Shi Lian has been kidnapped” he bit out. He hopes that Shi Lian is fine until he reaches there but as far as he knows her Shi Lian knows how to fight, he saw her when he knocked down three of his bodyguards even when she was drunk. What happens this time? The kidnappers may be powerful and the confusing part is why would anyone kidnap her? She isn’t someone who will challenge somebody on his face and make them her enemy nor she is much involved in the social circle. Whatever the truth is the important thing is to save her first.

The car enters Yin road. The three of them keep an eye around the road if they find a man dressed in white and a black Mercedes car. The road is pitch black with no more than one car passing by them. They keep an eye as they move forward and then there they see him. The driver stops the car and Zichen without wasting any time hops out of the car. He spots the man standing near the black car.

“Gui!” Zichen calls, remembering his name when he mentioned it in the car. “Do you know where they took her?”

With a mournful look, he shakes his head. He holds Shi Lian’s phone but his hands are shaking as tears wet his eyes. “I was knocked down and then….when I woke up Youn Miss was missing….I do not know what happened.”

Glancing at his watch, he checks the time, 8: 10. This happened almost an hour ago. Shi Lian is gone for too long and God knows if she is safe or not. Fisting his palm he punches on the car’s head. Rong tries to calm him and tells him to think of something to save her. with a deep breath, Zichen focuses to think on a solution. He takes out his phone from his pocket and dials a number. “Yin Road, near the divider. Come as soon as you can.” He ends the call and looks at Gui who is on the verge to faint.

“Have you seen their faces?” Zichen questions Gui. He shakes his head. “Tell me what happened”

“Suddenly a loud thud came from behind the car and it felt like someone has hitted our car. I hoped down to take a look. As I inspecting the damage of the trunk, someone from behind snaps my neck and I collapsed.”

“I see” he mumbles. Fisting his hand in his matted hair, he tries to think but nothing comes. How can he find out her location? She does not even have her phone with her nor anything to track her down. As they are trying to come with something, suddenly Zichen’s phone rings. He looks at his phone and frowns to see an unknown number. He almost was hanging up thought that it may be someone’s important. “hel-” he stops as he hears something strange.

“…Bitch! How dare you?” a muffling voice comes and every hair in his body shook. He puts the call on speaker as he gulps down the lump which seems too difficult. “….We are paid enough money…..you know what we will do?”

Everyone’s eyes go wide as they hear the man on the other line. But how can Shi Lian make a call? She does not even have a phone so how is she able to? There’s no time to think about it. now that he has something of her, he can find her for sure. “Track this number, fast,” he tells Rong. Nodding, Rong goes inside the car and brings his laptop, connecting the number in eh tracking system, he tracks it. fortunately, the location is on so he can track, or else it would have been a problem for them. the locations show to the eastern side of Shanghai, near the River Shuang. He shows it to Zichen. “They are on the eastern end of the city. We are currently on the Western end. It will take time to reach there.”

“Whatever we have to, we will. Get the car moving.” Zichen does not hang the call as they all hop inside the car.