novelraw Chapter 832: Xiaobai and Jingzhe Are Both Missing 1
Chapter 832: Xiaobai and Jingzhe Are Both Missing 1
Si Mingjing’s heart sank suddenly. She finally realized how she had been set up. The shoebox was indeed a smokescreen. The other party wanted to use it to attract everyone’s attention, but their real aim was to abduct Xiaobai!
Bo Leng stood beside her and saw Si Mingjing looking flustered, her face turning pale. His large hand gripped her shoulder, and his lowered voice carried an anchoring strength, saying: "Don’t panic. I’ll send people to search. Gather all the children to see if anyone else is missing."
Bo Leng’s words snapped the dazed Si Mingjing back to calm. She immediately called the relevant departments to lock down all exits from the Imperial Capital, preventing any vessels from leaving the city.
She also called back to the Bai Family, asking them to check the surveillance to see where Xiaobai was last seen.
She then summoned Song Yuan to gather all the children together to see if anyone else was missing.
Once she was done with all this, she quickly walked into the banquet hall to inform Mo Yinhe about the situation.
Mo Yinhe, smelling of blood and storm, hastily left the banquet hall with her, waiting for Song Yuan to gather all the children. They finally discovered that not only was Xiaobai missing, but also Jingzhe!
Both children were gone!
After checking the surveillance, the Bai Family reported back that when the wedding party left, all the children did board the submarine. However, Ye Jingzhe and Ye Nianbai did not get on it; the two children were already missing by then.
Missing since the groom and groomsmen rushed into the bride’s room!
That was when everyone swarmed into the bride’s room, and the children who got the red envelopes rushed out.
After Ye Jingzhe and Ye Nianbai rushed out, the two children were never seen again.
The house was bustling today, with so many people, no one noticed two missing children; everyone just assumed the kids left with the wedding party on the submarine.
Mo Yinhe had a bad feeling too. It was rare for his brows not to unfurrow. He miscalculated today, and the cost was losing two children, in the Bai Family, no less. All the surveillance didn’t capture how the kids were taken; they might still be in the Bai Family, just hidden away!
Mo Yinhe said: "Let’s return to the Bai Family first."
Si Mingjing nodded: "Okay."
The two took the submarine back to the Bai Family. Si Mingjing sat in the surveillance room checking the cameras herself while Mo Yinhe, with his men, turned the Bai Family estate upside down, but found nothing.
The Imperial Capital was under full lockdown, and Bo Leng personally attested to it, having people search every inch of land...
During this time, Bo Leng called Si Mingjing on a video call: "What did the surveillance say about when the kids left the Bai Family?"
Si Mingjing sat in the surveillance room, feeling chilled to the bone; she said: "I didn’t find any trace of the two kids leaving the Bai Family. All the footage shows the two kids didn’t leave the Bai Family."
Si Mingjing’s eyes were sore from watching, but she still couldn’t find any frame showing the kids leaving the Bai Family.
Bo Leng said: "Stop looking. If the kids didn’t leave the Bai Family and Mo Yinhe couldn’t find them after searching the place thoroughly, there’s only one possibility."
"What?" Si Mingjing had a very bad feeling; she felt whatever Bo Leng was about to say would bring her greater despair.
Sure enough, Bo Leng said: "I got an unconfirmed piece of news that Qu Liushang’s research team has recently developed a breakthrough technology, which hasn’t been fully verified yet."
"What unconfirmed news?" Si Mingjing asked with a cold face.
"The Teleportation Device!"
The three words weren’t uttered by Bo Leng, but hammered down by Mo Yinhe as he pushed open the surveillance room door.
Mo Yinhe, with a stride heavy with blood and storm, walked into the surveillance room, looking like a storm was brewing on his face. He stood behind Si Mingjing, his voice cold as if spitting ice: "Qu Liushang’s research team most likely has mastered teleportation technology, allowing people to travel through space at will!"
Therefore, Xiaobai and Jingzhe were probably taken from the Bai Family to another place via a teleportation device, hence why surveillance couldn’t catch any trace of them leaving.
Mo Yinhe and Bo Leng had the same thought: when they couldn’t find the kids no matter what, they thought of the teleportation device.
Mo Yinhe checked the time and said: "Let’s go. We’re going to miss tonight’s wedding. We should attend Si Yuan’s wedding, and let others continue the search."
After confirming his thoughts, Mo Yinhe found peace of mind, reasoning that if someone had kidnapped his son, they wouldn’t dare harm him. It was likely only to threaten him.
As long as his son wasn’t in mortal danger, the sky hadn’t fallen.
Mo Yinhe wrapped his arm around her shoulders and ended her video call with Bo Leng.
Worried about the kids, Si Mingjing said: "You certainly have peace of mind!"
Mo Yinhe discerned the resentment in her tone and explained: "Children have to go through things sooner or later. They’re gaining experience earlier this way. Being anxious here won’t help. Might as well attend Si Yuan’s wedding and shift our tense mood."
Si Mingjing knew that if the kids had been taken by teleportation, fretting here wouldn’t help. She nodded and returned to the Prince Regent’s residence with Mo Yinhe.
She thought that since the kids had been kidnapped, the kidnappers would eventually call her, and she could wait.
On their way back, sitting in the submarine, she even began to take an interest in the teleportation device.
She said: "We should steal the technology for the teleportation device. We wouldn’t need submarines to travel then."
Si Mingjing was thinking of the convenience of transportation.
Mo Yinhe was envious too, his face dark: "Perhaps Qu Liushang wanted to show through this incident that he has mastered teleportation technology. He’s trying to intimidate me! Even if my missiles could precisely target his Imperial Capital, his teleportation device could silently send troops to my base!"
Mo Yinhe considered the military intimidation!
Si Mingjing was worried: "We’re all guessing it’s Qu Liushang. What if it’s not him..."
"Even if it’s not him, until the goal is achieved, the kids won’t be in danger. Don’t worry!"
Si Mingjing understood this but couldn’t help but worry.
Mo Yinhe was probably worried too, but he had to stay calm!
The two returned to the Prince Regent’s residence, catching the tail end of the wedding banquet.
In the warmly romantic banquet hall, guests filled the seats, and Si Lisao and Ye Siyuan were exchanging rings.
Mo Yinhe pulled Si Mingjing to sit down, and Ye Shen immediately came over to inquire about the situation.
The disappearance of Xiaobai and Jingzhe was kept secret by Si Mingjing, with no word spread to others. Only Ye Shen knew for now. The rest of the Ye family elders were blissfully attending the wedding without knowing.
"Brother, sister-in-law, have you found Xiaobai?"
Mo Yinhe said: "Let’s talk after the wedding ends."
Ye Shen couldn’t wait, looking beseechingly at Si Mingjing, who shook her head.
Ye Shen blamed himself fiercely, hitting his head: "It’s all my fault, I got overconfident, fell into someone else’s trap, and foolishly thought I was clever, uncovering others’ schemes, feeling smug!"