Chapter 54

Nanrong Wanqing sensed the car accelerating and could not help asking, “What are you planning to do?”

“Rescue someone.”

“Who?”

“A friend.”

“Then let me out in front, I’ll ask Zhong Wei to fetch me.”

“I can’t afford to waste any time now.”

The entire Circle Line was over fifty kilometres long, with two intersections in the middle. He had to catch up with the kidnapper’s Mercedes-Benz as fast as possible and could not afford to let the opponent out of his side. Hence, to him, every second was extremely precious.

As he was speaking, the antique car was forced to a speed of 120 kilometres an hour under Ling Chen’s urging. Luckily, he had excellent driving skills and was able to display the speed of the antique car to its fullest potential.

At that moment, a ringtone buzzed from Nanrong Wanqing’s body.

She took out the phone and connected the call, “Xiao Lin, we’re still on the road.”

“We’ve got home ages ago, how can you still be on the road.”

“Ling….. Ling Chen has some sudden emergency and we’ll be delayed.”

Su Lin flew into a rage on the other end of the call, “No matter how urgent his matter is, he should at least send you home first. There’s still a guest waiting for you! That person especially came down to meet you, so you must not keep him waiting.”

“I understand, but…”

“No buts! Pass the phone over to Ling Chen, let me talk to him.”

Nanrong Wanqing placed down the phone and passed it to Ling Chen. “Xiao Lin wants to speak to you.”

Ling Chen kept his gaze fixed on the road in front of him and casually accepted the phone, calling out a greeting.

“Ling Chen, hurry up and bring Wanqing home! Stop causing trouble for us, and…”

“Is there anything else? I already said we’ll be coming back late, stop talking so much crap.” With that, he impatiently hung up and tossed the phone back to Nanrong Wanqing.

On any other day, when he had nothing better to do, he did not mind verbally sparring with the lass, but now that someone’s life was at stake, he could not afford to dally with her.

Bastard!

Black lines were written all over Su Lin’s face back at the Nanrong villa. That bastard actually dared to hang up on me! Watch how I take care of you when you come back!

“Xiao Lin, what did Wanqing say? When would she be coming back?”

On the sofa in the spacious living room sat a man, who looks to be about twenty-four years old. He was clad in a straight white striped suit with glossy hair and a fair complexion. His obsidian-like eyes gleamed with wisdom, a bright face hung on his handsome face. He exuded an elegant temperament, which made one feel like they were standing in a midsummer rain, refreshing and clean.

Even the ancient Pan An 1 would not be as beautiful and extraordinary as the man in front of her.

Seeing the man flash a smile at her, Su Lin’s face could not help reddening. It was not like she had never seen a hunk before, but the man in front of her was extraordinary in both appearance and temperament. He was the ideal in every woman’s heart and any girl who saw this man would be attracted to him.

However, Su Lin did not forget the identity of this man and immediately retracted her positive liking towards him.

“Zhu Hong, I’m sorry, Wanqing has something urgent and would be back later than expected… How about this, I’ll arrange a room, and you can stay here tonight.”

“No need to go through the trouble, I have already booked a hotel. Anyway, it is still early. I have waited for so many years for this meeting today, and I don’t mind waiting a little longer.”

Thinking of the story behind this man and her cousin, Su Lin could not help feeling envious. If only she could meet such a person in her lifetime.

At this moment, on the Circle Line the Santana, which was releasing black fumes of smog, overtook one car after the other, going at a blindingly fast speed.

Nanrong Wanqing, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked at Ling Chen, who was focused intently on driving, from the corner of her eye. Her calm heart had a strange emotion running across it. She was used to seeing Ling Chen being rowdy and adopting a devil-may-care attitude, this was the first time she saw him so focused.

A man is most handsome when he is hard at work, and Ling Chen’s appearance was pretty decent to begin with. Especially his well-defined jawline and sharp gaze, they were like magnets that firmly attracted her eyes. She was unable to tear her attention away.

Suddenly, Ling Chen’s eyes brightened, and a Mercedes-Benz that was one hundred meters away appeared in his sight.

I finally caught you!

The corner of his mouth was slightly raised, and the accelerator was instantly depressed all the way.

“Big Brother, a Santana is pursuing me.”

In the Mercedes-Benz, the driver gave a reminder, while looking at the vehicle following them through the rear-view mirror.

In this seven-seater commercial vehicle, there were a total of three kidnappers, including the driver. All of them wore masks from Journey to the West, which blocked their faces and prevented traffic cameras from revealing their identity.

The man that was called ‘Big Brother’ was wearing a Sun Wukong mask, while the driver and the other kidnappers were wearing a Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing mask respectively.

“Wuwuwu…”

Looking towards the source of the sobbing voice, a girl was lying on the back seat of the car. Her feet and hands were tightly bound, with an old cloth shoved into her mouth. Her jade-like face was ashen and her crystal eyes could not conceal the immense fear she was feeling.

The girl that was kidnapped was precisely Xiao Hua.

“What are you crying for? You better quiet down. If you make another sound, do you believe that I won’t tear out your tongue?” ‘Sun Wukong’ coldly threatened.

Xiao Hua was so scared she shrank back, and the tears sparkling in her eyes threatened to spill over. She sniffed continuously to prevent the mucus in her nose from dripping, she looked incomparably pitiful. Anyone looking at her would feel a tender ache in their heart.

Seeing that Xiao Hua did not dare to make any more sound, ‘Sun Wukong’ nodded his head, feeling pleased with himself as he looked through the rear window. What greeted his sight was a smoking Santana that approached their car with great speed, with less than twenty metres between them.

‘Sha Wujing’ asked worriedly, “Big Brother, could it be the police?”

“Would the police drive a broken car like that?” ‘Sun Wukong’ ridiculed and continued, “No matter whether it’s the police or not, everyone keep your guard up. Immediately head to the next rendezvous point, and we cannot afford to be careless at this point. As long as we can successfully complete this mission, our position in the organisation will definitely reach another level.”

Saying that, he looked towards the Santana that was tailing them and barked another order. “Slow down the car, I would like to see just what that Santana will do.”

“Yes, Big Brother.”

‘Zhu Bajie’ nodded his head and slowly eased on the accelerator.

Seeing the Mercedes-Benz in front suddenly slowing down, how could Ling Chen not understand what the opponent was thinking of? Obviously, they wanted to test him. Not giving too much thought into it, he immediately accelerated and overtook them.

Pulling in front of the Mercedes-Benz, he glanced towards the driver seat of the other car through the rear-view mirror. He noticed people occupying the driver and front passenger seats, both wearing masks and someone sitting in the back as well, making it a total of three kidnappers.

Only after getting a good gauge of the kidnapper’s numbers could he deal with threats from all fronts later and prevent harm from coming to the hostage.

“Chairman, have you ever ridden a roller coaster before?”

Nanrong Wanqing froze for a moment, wondering why he asked such a question, but replied anyways, “I’ve rode it as a kid.”

“That’s good.”

Ling Chen could put his heart at ease then. Nanrong Wanqing was actually courageous enough to ride something as exciting as the roller coaster, indicating that her psychological quality was rather excellent. She should be able to… bear it later right?

One of the four most handsome hunks in Chinese history