Chapter 728: Reviewing the Video
Chapter 728: Reviewing the Video
The thing in his hands, Ling Feng was definitely not going to give it back.
His saying so was just polite banter.
Therefore, Yu Linglong spoke inside the stone house, "Keep it as a token for the supplies Feng Ling and I consumed while staying here!"
"Then, thanks!"
Ling Feng, taking advantage of the situation, hehehed and stuffed the "Heart Spirit Technique" into his pocket.
After saying this, he looked at Feng Ling, "Then you stay here with her. Huaihua will take us to the provincial city, and we’ll come back soon."
Feng Ling nodded her head, "Okay!"
Back at the medicinal fields, Wang Laogen was already getting impatient. Seeing Ling Feng return, he immediately said, "Delay could lead to trouble, let’s hurry up and go!"
"I know, let’s go!"
Ling Feng nodded, grabbed Huaihua’s hand to prepare for teleportation, but just then Zhou Yi suddenly said, "I’ll go with you too!"
"You don’t need to bother. I can handle it myself!" Ling Feng said.
Zhou Yi smiled, "I am free anyway, might as well keep an eye on you so you don’t get distracted by something else after you’re done, and then nobody can even find you."
"All right."
Ling Feng had no choice; her words indeed made sense, and he found no reason to argue, so he agreed.
Thus, the five of them activated the teleportation and arrived directly in the provincial city.
Huaihua set the destination to her current residence; the girl had already graduated and was interning at Zhou Yi’s company, and this place was also rented for her by Zhou Yi.
This was Ling Feng’s first visit here; he looked around the house and was quite satisfied, so he said to Zhou Yi, "Thanks, you’ve gone through some trouble!"
"Cut it out, I rented it for Huaihua, what does it have to do with you?"
Zhou Yi gave him a glance, then turned to Wang Laogen, "Where did Mo Lan disappear?"
"Right in Mo Lan Manor!"
"Good, let’s head out!"
Zhou Yi spoke, and to Huaihua said, "You don’t have to come, just head back to Yu Linglong’s place!"
"Okay, then you all be careful."
Huaihua glanced at Ling Feng and couldn’t help but urge them.
Ling Feng smiled, gave her an OK sign, then the four of them headed out the door together.
Because they had come in a rush and didn’t have a vehicle, to save time, they hailed a taxi and set off.
Throughout the ride, Wang Laogen was silent, knitting his brows—the atmosphere inside the car was rather tense.
The taxi driver didn’t know what this group of passengers was up to: a young man and woman, together with two old men—the relationship between them was anyone’s guess.
So, the driver remained silent the whole way and quickly drove them to the entrance of Mo Lan Manor.
Ling Feng paid the taxi fare and all four of them got out and entered the main gate.
Someone saw them coming and immediately came to meet them, saying nervously to Wang Laogen, "Master, I’m sorry, it was our negligence... "
Wang Laogen, with a stern face, said, "Enough, call Song Bao over!"
"Yes!"
The man quickly turned and left, while Wang Laogen led everyone directly upstairs to Mo Lan’s room.
Upon entering, they saw everything was as usual; there were no signs of any struggle nor signs of items being rummaged through. A faint fragrance wafted through the air, the perfume Mo Lan liked to use.
Wang Laogen looked around. The place had already been checked, and although he knew there wouldn’t be anything to find, he couldn’t help but examine the room personally.
At that moment, a middle-aged man hurriedly entered, standing still in front of him, "Teacher..."
"Slap!"
Wang Laogen slapped him across the face, "Song Bao, what kind of job have you done!"
"Teacher, it is my fault, I failed to look after Mo Lan!"
Song Bao covered his face and said, bowing his head.
"Have the surveillance tapes been reviewed?" Wang Laogen asked in a deep voice.
Song Bao: "I’ve reviewed them, there is nothing out of the ordinary!"
"What about the sensors?"
"I’ve also checked the records, only a few instances of rats foraging at night, no anomalies!" Song Bao said.
Wang Laogen became anxious, "If everything inside and out is normal, then where has my daughter gone?"
"This..."
Song Bao, still covering his face, didn’t know what else to say, and hesitated before whispering, "Perhaps someone sneaked in here and took the young lady away using some special method!"
"Alright, you can go now, I don’t need you to analyze this!"
Wang Laogen waved his hand impatiently, shooing away Song Bao.
Afterward, he sat down on the sofa and looked up at Ling Feng, "What do you think might have happened?"
"Song Bao just now made some sense, I suspect someone used a special method to get in, subdued her with some unique way, and then teleported away!" Ling Feng said.
"What about the motive? What could it be?" Wang Laogen asked.
"It’s hard to say, if the other party doesn’t show up, anything’s possible!" Ling Feng frowned.
Chu Nan glanced at the time, "It is now eight in the morning, Ling Feng, what time did you call Mo Lan last night?"
Ling Feng checked the call log, "Eleven o’clock at night."
"Starting from then, Mo Lan could have been missing for nine hours now. If the other party wants to have a word with us, they should be contacting us soon," Chu Nan said.
Wang Laogen looked at him, "What do you mean, all we can do now is just wait?"
Chu Nan gave a wry smile, "Don’t be impatient. Using such sophisticated methods, the other party is certainly not aiming for something as simple as money. They must be after something valuable that they couldn’t get from Mo Lan, and naturally, they will use her as a hostage to demand it from us!"
After he finished speaking, Wang Laogen’s gaze lingered on Ling Feng’s face.
"Don’t worry, if it’s the Spirit Stone they want, I wouldn’t think twice about giving it to them, as long as Mo Lan’s safety is assured!"
Ling Feng immediately understood what he meant and quickly said.
"Good, thank you!"
Wang Laogen breathed a sigh of relief and nodded slightly.
Ling Feng gave a smile, then said, "Since we’re waiting, let’s review the surveillance tapes while we have the chance!"
"That’s a good idea!"
Chu Nan nodded and said to Wang Laogen, "Let’s double-check to see if your men missed anything."
"Okay!"
Wang Laogen shouted outside the door, and Song Bao immediately walked in briskly.
He hadn’t gone far after leaving just now, staying by the door.
"Bring the surveillance records, we want to review them again!" Wang Laogen said.
Song Bao nodded, "They are already prepared."
He went over to the television, took out a USB drive from his pocket, and plugged it into the TV’s external port.
Then he turned on the screen and brought up the contents of the USB drive.
It was the footage from ten at night until six in the morning, covering the area around the manor and the surrounding area of this building, with a total of eight cameras.
"Play them one by one, at eight times speed, starting with the area behind the building," Ling Feng said.
Song Bao, aware of his relationship with Wang Laogen, didn’t hesitate and immediately opened a video, also initiating the fast-forward.
Ling Feng’s gaze immediately focused on the screen, not blinking even once.
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