Chapter 719
Spoiled by the President
Could he possibly stumble upon this place and rush here to try and save her?
Nell let her imagination run wild and felt her eyelids grow heavy. Before long, she fell into a deep sleep.
At the same time, the other side was not doing great either.
Inside the city.
Fengqiao Villa.
Gideon had not slept for a full two days.
He sat in front of the computer with bloodshot eyes, as he seemed to be remotely controlling something.
After two days and two nights, the normally handsome and well-kept face now had unshaven stubble, his eyes had sunk into its eye sockets due to sheer exhaustion, and his expression as empty as the Sahara.
Gideonâs phone rang and he picked it up. âHow did it go? Any news?â
Matthewâs guilty voice came from the other end, âIâm deeply sorry, Mr. President. Weâre still coming up empty.â
âUseless trash!â
Veins appeared on Gideonâs forehead as he howled angrily.
A moment passed and he stated, âPack it up, Iâm going to search with you!â
On the other line, Matthew was taken by surprise. âMr. President, that-â
âCut the cr*p!â
Gideon gave him no room to protest and hung up immediately after saying that.
After he hung up, he grabbed his coat and walked out.
When he got downstairs, Gideon noticed that Orchid and some of the other maids had brought Viemond and Lizzy to wait in the living room.
When the kids saw him come down, their eyes widened with hope as they watched him descend.
Nell was supposed to be back a few days ago but was nowhere to be found. They could not hide that fact.
Viemond was still young and probably did not understand what was happening, but Lizzy was not that naive anymore. She took a look at her father, who had not slept in two days, and knew something was wrong.
Her eyes were red as if she had cried earlier. Seeing Gideon come down, she sprinted towards him.
âDaddy!â
Lizzy leaped into her fatherâs embrace and clung onto his leg, asking, âWill mommy come back? Can mommy still come home?â
Gideonâs eyes were hollow.
He lifted Lizzy into his arms and comforted her, âSheâll come back okay? Mommy will be fine.â
âReally?â
âReally. Daddy promises.â
No matter where she was, he would bring her back even if it cost him his life.
Lizzy bit her lip, hesitant to believe him. Finally, she gave a solemn nod.
âThen I will wait for mommy at home.â
âGood girl.â
Gideon set her down and reassuringly patted Viemondâs head before turning back to Lizzy, âTake good care of your little brother okay? Daddyâs going to go out for a while. Listen to Orchid while Iâm gone and don't run off okay?â
Lizzy solemnly nodded again.
With that, Gideon left the house in large strides.
Not long after he left, Old Master Leith and Old Madam Quinton came over.
Nell going missing was something everyone at Fengqiao Villa knew about, but since Old Master Leith and Old Madam Quinton did not stop by often, they did not know about the incident.
Until this morning when they received a call saying that Nell might be in trouble. The old couple looked at the news and upon realizing that the plane Nell was on had malfunctioned, they immediately returned home.
Nellâs phone was unreachable and untraceable. Gideon did not pick up the phone either.
It was then that they knew that something dreadful had happened.
They dropped everything and hurried into the car, reminding the driver to rush to Fengqiao Villa.
Unfortunately, when they arrived Gideon had already left. They missed him.
Thankfully Orchid was still home. Upon seeing that the old couple was worried sick, Orchid did not want to make it worse and hastily reassured them.
Knowing that Gideon had personally gone to handle the issue, the two relaxed a bit.
No matter what, Gideon was still a force to be reckoned with. Since he stepped in to handle it, surely things should not be too bad.
Not to mention there were still two young children in the house, Old Master Leith and Old Madam Quinton did not want to show their worry too much lest they affected the children.
In the end, they reluctantly decided to stay at Fengqiao Villa, for now, to take care of the kids and wait for news to arrive.
Back to Nell and Nancy.
When Nell woke up she found that Nancy was not beside her.
She startled awake and immediately sat up.
At the same time, the door swung open with a creak.
Nancy walked in with a cup of warm water.
âYouâre awake?â
She smiled while propped up with crutches, and thrust the cup of water in front of Nell.
âHave some warm water.â
Nell breathed a sigh of relief and drank the water before asking, âWhy did you go out by yourself? I was scared to death when I woke up and saw that you werenât there.â
Nancy just smiled, not saying a word.
She waited for her to finish drinking and peered at the door before whispering in Nellâs ear very carefully, âI woke up very early, and took the opportunity to take a look outside before everyone woke up. The main door outside has been bolted shut. The window in the kitchen seemed to be loosely closed so I opened it to take a look. Itâs all barren mountains outside, for us to just waltz out is going to be difficult.â
Nell nodded.
âYes, I also noticed that before we arrived here.â
She pursed her lips and thought about it. âThis is fine too. We havenât figured out who the people chasing us on the plane were. We may be stuck here but at least weâve temporarily escaped from the sight of those people. It isnât great, but at least itâs slightly safer here."
Nancy thought about it and agreed.
âWe just don't know if these people are human traffickers! If they really are then we have to be really careful.â
Nell smiled. âDon't be afraid, at the end of the day, human traffickers just want money. Compared to those assassins this is much easier to deal with.â
After giving it some thought it made sense, and Nancy was less anxious.
The duo put on their clothes and went downstairs after a short break.
Downstairs, Fred and his wife, Karen, had been awake for a long time. Karen was in the kitchen making breakfast while Fred lounged on a chair outside the house smoking.
Fred was turning sixty this year and was one of the elders in the village, so he was known as the village chief.
His wife, Karen, was rather submissive and generally listened to what he said.
Based on what Nancy had heard in the past two days, they had a son that worked in the neighboring town.
Despite calling it the neighboring town, it was still very far away. And since transportation was not easily accessible, one would need to ride an oxcart for a full day and a full night to reach.
It was so inconvenient that naturally, this son of theirs rarely came home.
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ï¤Chapter 487 The End Pt. 5 These two old folks would just idle about in their house daily. If there was nothing to do then theyâd head to the fields to work. They lived their lives peacefully.
Fred was regarded as a rather high-status person in the village, so most villagers would listen to him.
For instance, when Nancy got hurt, the village doctor was supposed to go to the neighboring village for a doctorâs visit, but because she was saved by Fred, the doctor came to treat her first.