âFrom the way the spoke in the recording, I donât think that Pinliang has done anything to Yaoyao yet.â Lin Yi knew Pinliang's personality better than Pengzhan. âHe was probably just testing your reaction! Besides, the moment he was about to take his leave, he even reminded you to think thoroughly a few times.â
âIndeed!â Pengzhan wasnât dumb. He realized the key point of this whole conversation after Lin Yi pointed it out. âYouâre right, Pinliang is rather cunning. He was just testing my reaction! Yaoyao is probably fine, but if I had recognized him as my son-in-law, heâd have taken action already. On the other hand, if I disagreed and wanted everyone to lose, he would surely abandon his planâ¦. But he did say that heâll be OK in jail, why?â
âHe was just taking big.â Lin Yi snarled, âEven though if he knows that stupid Li Cihua and Master Bing, I highly doubt that Li Cihua would stand up for him.â
Ever since Lin Yi finished off Cihuaâs two golden class masters, Cihua had clearly quieted down by huge margin. Lin Yi could imagine Cihuaâs feelings for him. Theyâd be a mixture of hatred and fear, yet he couldnât do anything to Lin Yi.
So when Lin Yi was around, Cihua wouldnât be stupid enough to find trouble for himself. Pinliang was just using Cihuaâs name to act tough.
Pengzhan nodded. âThe spectator sees the chess game better! I see, so Zhong Pinliang is actually waiting for my answer because thereâs no point for him to meet Yaoyao when I was still hesitating!â
âProbably.â Lin Yi nodded.
âDoes that mean that whatever decision I take, heâll still go for Yaoyao? In that case, we can just tail him to find out where Yaoyao is,â Pengzhan said.
âYeah, but this kid is still a nuisance when heâs around, why not take this opportunity toâ¦â Lin Yi stopped.
âIf he hasnât done anything to Yaoyao yet, we canât prosecute him.â Pengzhan shook his head while smiling wryly.
âHow about an accident?â Lin Yi asked lightly.
âAn accidentâ¦â Pengzhan understood what Lin Yi meant. There was only three people in the car, and they were his trusted allies, so Pengzhan said truthfully, âIt might be an accident, but Fabai will surely consider me the cause of that accident. The present Pengzhan Industries isnât ready to make enemies yet.â
Pengzhan was afraid of Cihua. If Pinliang died, Fabai would go insane and ask for help from Cihua. They were business partners so it was hard to say if Cihua would just ignore them after getting enough benefits from Fabai. Although Pengzhanâs status wasnât low, Li Cihua was Songshanâs head underworld boss. If they faced off, the result wouldnât be pretty.
âOK.â Lin Yi smiled coldly and thought of a plan. âIâll make this accident unrelated to us.â
If this were a typical assassination, Lin Yi wouldnât care about that much, but now that Lin Yi had decided to retire to this place, he couldnât just act impulsively, could he? Killing Pinliang was easy. He wasnât scared of it in the slightest, but if he brought about unnecessary problems for Pengzhan, then he would have failed.
âGreat.â Pengzhan had confidence in Lin Yi, knowing that heâd do his best to accomplish his mission. âLetâs talk about Yaoyao and Shu then. Shall we contact Pinliang now so that we can follow him to where heâs holding them?â
âNo need, I think I have a rough idea of where the misses are.â Lin Yi smiled.
âOh? Where are they?â Pengzhan was startled. He didnât know that Lin Yi could determine the location of Mengyao and Yushu.
âMt. Shuangyan.â Lin Yi said, âShu sent me a message yesterday, saying that they were heading to Mt. Shuangyan. At the time, I thought they were fine but now that you mention it, I think theyâre being held there.â
âShall we go there now?â Afte learning where his daughter was, he jumped to his feet and crashed his head against the ceiling before he realized they were still in the car. He said to Uncle Fu, âGo to Mt. Shuangyan immediately!â
Mengyao and Yushu woke up one after the other. Yaoyaoâs piercing scream jolted Yushu awake.
Yushu was still confused when she woke up and rubbed her eyes and said foggily, âYaoyao sis, why are you screaming? Did you have a nightmare? Itâs still the middle of the night, itâs dark out; let me sleep for a little more!â
âShu, wake up, we arenât at home!â Mengyao shook Yushu, worried and trying to get her to come to he senses.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âHuh?â Yushu finally broke out of the haze after being shaken and said in shock, âWhat⦠is this place? Why is it so dark? Why canât I see you?â
âI donât know either. The moment I woke up, we were already here.â Mengyao wasnât that scared with Yushu right next to her. âInitially, I had also thought that we were at home, but then I touched the rocky ground! And our phones disappeared; weâre totally cut off from the outside world.â
Yushu touched the floor and patted her pockets. It was exactly as Mengyao said. The ground was rocky and her phone was gone. But she was a little braver than Mengyao in the dark and said, âYaoyao sis, didnât we come to this cave with Pinliang? Could it be that weâre still in the cave?â
Realization dawned on Mengyao as she remembered the events leading up to this point. Right, they came to this cave with Pinliang, but she couldnât remember what happened next. Could it be that they had encountered something in the cave?
âAre Pinliang and his friend here?â Mengyao asked.
âI donât know, I donât see them around. Why donât we get to our feet and look around?â Yushu was born bold and wasnât scared.
âUmmâ¦.â Mengyao wanted to agree to Yushuâs suggestion, but she was a little afraid. Mengyao most feared the unknown in the dark. Although she knew there was nothing there, the unknown still frightened her.
âThen, Yaoyao sis, wait me here, Iâll get up and look around.â Yushu spoke with a laidback attitude, but she was still a girl. She wasnât completely fearless, just a little braver.
âLetâs go together thenâ¦.â Mengyao was even more scared of Yushu leaving her alone.
Mengyao clutched Yushuâs hand as the two of them explored the cave in the dark. Soon they found that they were trapped in a tiny space! There was only rock walls and a door, a metal security door, but it was shut tight. Yushu tried to push the door and turn the knob, but the door didnât budge. It was locked.