A surprised look appeared on the young man's face as he looked at the screen, excused himself by standing up, and answered the call.
"No, don't do anything. We already have men on site." He heard him say. "And where is Claire now? Well, then get back there and don't move." He ordered his interlocutor.
Shàng Wèi turned his gaze to George;. However, he had maintained a calm tone of voice during the conversation; he had not been able to hide a particular concern in his last words.
Everyone's attention was directed to the young man talking on the phone at the back of the room. However, after looking briefly at his parents, he immediately made another call when he had finished the call.
At the same time, Shàng Wèi's mobile phone also began to ring.
"What?" He growled in response, annoyed.
'You idiot finally decide to answer! Where the hell are you?" Wĕi Qí ranted at him.
"Calm down!" He said, surprised by the aggressive tone. "What'
Adam came to very slowly. The strong stale smell that permeated the place where he was standing invaded his nose and caused a gag reflex. He closed his eyes for a moment to recover from the discomfort and dizziness of the blow he had received. The cold of the metal and the icy current swirling through the place attacked him with force. He sat up awkwardly. His movements were slowed by the exhaustion of his body and the heavy chains that secured both his wrists and ankles. He would have liked to check the wound on his head, but he couldn't move much, as the chains were firmly anchored to a metal ring on the floor. Desperate, he looked around. He had been locked in a cell; the presence of bars in place of the door and on the tiny window above his head made him immediately think of a prison. Apart from the battered old mattress on which he had been thrown, and an old rusty bucket in one corner, there was nothing else. The apparent state of disrep
As Claire took her place in front of the old man, Shèngli took his place at her side, as he did not want the girl to get too nervous about her grandfather's presence. "So would Claire be the girl you're willing to give up your name, money, and reputation for?" Chun Chu suddenly asked him after taking a sip of water. Claire stared at him bewildered by that question. Given the course of events, Shèngli had not had a chance to tell her about his heated quarrel with his father, so she could not grasp the significance of the old man's question. To reassure her, he took her hand between his. "That's right, as I have already declared to my father I will not marry Maylin. However, I want to be with Claire, and if she wants me to, I will marry her." He said in a confident tone, turning back to look at their guest. "Very well. I approve of your choice." Said the latter, tapping a hand on the armrest of the chair. Shèngli was about to reply when he reali
The body slumped badly in the middle of the room, had several wounds. The face was unrecognizable, reduced to a bruised and swollen mask. A trickle of blood dripped solitary from the half-open mouth onto the cold floor. There was nothing to suggest that this was a person; it looked more like a lifeless puppet. A few eerie shadows circled, like rabid dogs, around the helpless, unconscious figure. "Get some water and put some ice in it. I want to have some more fun with him," ordered a snickering voice. "I think the time for fun is coming to an end." A second voice commented mockingly, moving away to get the required material. As soon as the first man had a full bucket in his hands, he tipped its icy contents over his victim's head. The shock of the impact with the icy water brought the poor wretch to his senses, and he began to struggle like a madman to avoid further atrocious torture. He was writhing like a trapped animal in the vain hope of b
A bowl filled with a greenish slime was slid under his nose. Although he was starving, he would rather have fasted than eat that smelly slop. With difficulty, Adam recoiled from the disgusting sight and holed up in the far corner of the miserable mattress. "Does the little prince not like his meal?" A derisive voice filled the silence of the cell. Shang Chiang stood outside the bars with an evil grin painted on his face. Adam pretended not to have heard him and did not reply. He had been locked up for hours now. He didn't really know how long he'd been there; the dark sky outside and the semi-darkness inside prevented him from knowing exactly how long it had been. The only certainty he had was the constant incursions of his cousin and his henchmen, who took turns mocking or beating him, depending on their mood. He no longer believed he had a single flap of skin free of bruises. He could only open one eye, and his mouth was sore from the many wounds. N
William stared with contempt at the man sitting behind the desk in front of them. His affected manner got on his nerves. Everything about him was studied in detail so that he could appear as friendly as possible. But he knew it was all an act. He could see behind the gold glasses a certain nervousness in his gaze. Although William did not fully understand the conversation he was having with Wĕi Qí, he could sense that Kan Te was unwilling to cooperate and was purposely deflecting from the man's questions at his side. After yet another evasive answer, William turned to look at Wĕi Qí. Every trace of patience had left his handsome face. Everything about his posture and the tone of his voice indicated a growing hostility towards the questioner. Even his magnetic eyes no longer showed an ounce of human warmth. "Yung Kan Te, I'll tell you again, we didn't come here to waste time. We need to have a serious talk with you." William realized that Wĕi Qí had de
"I said I would only talk to you, William." Said Kan Te's plaintive voice, giving him a look between pleading and lascivious. Wĕi Qí would have gladly gouged out his eyes. How dare he look at him like that? "He is here as your witness," he heard the ice prince say. "Witness?" The man in the armchair asked suspiciously. After leaving the hall, William had specifically asked Shàng Wèi to give him a room to interrogate Kan Te, and then, taking him by the arm, he had dragged both of them into the study indicated by his friend. "Yes! Let's say it's your guarantee that I won't make you spit out with my fists, what you know." The low, threatening tone and the fact that he had stooped down to Kan Te to whisper those words to him gave him goosebumps. How dare William be so brazenly sexy in such a context? If he had said something provocative in the same way, Wĕi Qí would have slammed him to the wall long ago. Claire's advice to keep a c
Shàng Wèi waited impatiently for William and Wĕi Qí to leave the study. He had been forbidden to participate in the interrogation, which made him very nervous. He would have loved to take out all his anger and frustration on that dummy Kan Te and get the truth out of him with his fists. Adam had been missing for almost three days, and no one knew what had happened to him. No requests had been made. No one had contacted them yet. Worry had reached unimaginable levels, and he needed to do something soon. Knowing that his Xiao Wū Mù was alone and at the mercy of some compliant evildoer from the Zhao family sent him into a rage. He felt helpless and useless, pacing back and forth along the narrow corridor, waiting for information that would lead him to find Adam and finally get him to safety. Tired of the interminable wait, Shàng Wèi decided to enter the room but, just then, the door opened, and Wĕi Qí and William appeared before his eyes. The severe gaze of the
Claire cast a grim glance at her father. She did not want to leave. On the contrary, the girl wanted to actively participate in the search. After all, she had managed to do a lot of things without anyone's help. "Honey, don't look at me like that. I did it for the sake of you and your mother. It's not healthy for you to be here at the moment." Philippe tried to comfort her. "Yueh, listen to your father. You need peace and quiet. You need to rest and take care of yourself. I don't want you to be sick again." Shèngli added. "Child, you have done enough already. Don't frown at your father." Chun Chu inserted himself. "Alright!" She agreed, snorting. "There are too many of you to succeed. But know that I don't think it's fair. I mean... I helped with the investigation too. So I could still be useful for research." She said sullenly, staring at the group of people she was against "Your help was invaluable. If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't ha