Chapter 2:"The Gentleman Scum" Xiao Qimo

Ye Jinwen sighed and tossed the folder onto the coffee table.

“See? We can’t get anything out of her. If you want to find the whereabouts of the mysterious person through Lu Mian, I’m afraid it won’t be that easy.”

He knew that the man had witnessed his entire treatment process with Lu Mian.

“Hmph…”

Like the sound of a high-quality violin, the man chuckled with a low voice, leaned back, and rested one hand on the back of the sofa.

Every movement was exquisitely elegant.

Every frame was perfect enough to be used as a screensaver.

Ye Jinwen inwardly cursed him as a “refined scoundrel.” This elegant and composed face had undoubtedly deceived countless men and women, yet he had never given any of them a glance.

This was the most unapproachable big shot, Xiao Qimo, ranked number one.

He was the sole heir of the prestigious Xiao family in the capital.

Born into nobility, his actions were enigmatic.

No one had ever seen him make a move, but no one dared to ignore him.

“Seventh Brother, don’t worry. If we can’t get information from Lu Mian, we can look for the other four victims. They were all rescued by the mysterious person, so we should be able to find something out from them.”

“Useless.” A hand with distinct knuckles pushed up his glasses, his tone indifferent: “This mysterious person, codenamed Thirteen, has erased all information about the other four victims, changing their status to deceased. Their new identities are untraceable.”

“That amazing?! What about Lu Mian?”

“Thirteen probably didn’t have time to erase her information before my people discovered her.”

“So you came to Wucheng for nothing?”

“Not entirely.” Xiao Qimo looked at the display screen and slightly raised his chin: “There’s also her.”

Ye Jinwen understood. It seemed Lu Mian was their only clue to finding the mysterious person, Thirteen.

But he was out of options. He wondered if Xiao Qimo, the micro-expression expert sought after by police forces worldwide, had made any new discoveries.

“Seventh Brother, you’ve been watching the surveillance for so long, have you found anything?”

Xiao Qimo tilted his head slightly, his elegant and noble face thinking seriously for a moment before he curved his lips.

“Pleasing to the eye.”

???

Ye Jinwen let out a loud “Ah,” then saw the man opposite him lean forward again, continuing to watch the surveillance footage.

So… after watching for so long, that’s all you found?

Even stranger was—

The legendary heterosexual-averse, twenty-two-year-old virgin, Master Mo, praising a woman?

Ye Jinwen felt a chill and quickly banished the unimaginable scene from his mind.

“Actually, I can understand Lu Mian. The more outwardly frivolous a person is, the more wounded their heart is. Seemingly cynical and carefree, they are actually highly guarded. She was the last one rescued, which means she was controlled by those deranged people for two years. What she went through, none of us know…”

Thinking of this, Ye Jinwen’s handsome, baby-like face was tinged with disgust.

Two years ago, on July 26th, kidnappers abducted people across the country.

They simultaneously kidnapped two blood relatives. Families raised money for ransom—five million for one person, ten million for two.

The victim’s families were all quite well-off and capable of affording or borrowing this money.

There were no instances of families directly giving up. Some families quickly raised ten million, and their entire family was reunited.

The remaining were families who had raised five million but not enough for ten million.

They could only face the choice between A or B.

Either they would go bankrupt to continue raising money, or they would heartlessly abandon one person. There was no other way.

Such a twisted kidnapping case was unprecedented.

In the end, five victims were abandoned and subsequently taken away by the kidnappers, as if they had vanished without a trace. No one could find their whereabouts. Even some underground forces were mobilized at the time, but yielded no results… And this distinguished Master Mo of the Empire also began to walk on the edge of danger and darkness, searching for the truth behind it all.

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