Chapter 133 - Who said we would let you go?

"What type of photo are you talking about?" Mr. He asked.

Since she had already reached this point, she could only push it futher. "My photo." she said.

Silence lingered for a few minutes.

How could they not understand? She was obviously asking if a woman who was supposed to be her mother dropped by.

"We don't recall such an incident." Mrs. He brushed her off.

"I do." A voice said, followed by footsteps.

"Elder brother?" Wan Jia smiled at the newcomer.

"Don't call me that, you don't deserve it." he said coldly. "That woman came and I gave her your photo. She's your mother."

"What?" The He couple were both shocked.

"How could you not tell us such a significant thing?" they berated their son. He should have told them. They would ask that woman about their child.

Wan Jia thought about what Yun Jifeng had said again..."Got it. Thank you very much. I'll be leaving then." she said and stood up. Jeez ..these people were spooky!

"Wait!" said Mr. He. "I remember saying that I would need your help."

"Oh, yes. I almost forgot."

"When you reunite with your parents, help us find our child." he said.

"Yes, I will." that would be the best form of gratitude.

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Outside, a few minutes ago.

"Bro, there's a man approaching from the distance. He looks quite familiar." Lu Shaoting said as he looked at his laptop screen. The man had been captured on one of their ant-sized flying cameras. Since all the cameras were inside the compound, he did not see him entering. He must have entered through a secret gate.

"Have the camera follow him. Send me his photo."

"Okay."

Lu Aotian looked at the photo that had just been sent. Hmm, he was not even masked. How arrogant. Good thing they were arrogant. He looked the man up using his phone and found him to be one of Yun Jifeng's men.

"He's one of Yun Jifeng's men." he said.

"Is he here to cause trouble?" Lu Shaoting was worried.

"I'll alert your sister-in-law, keep watch." he said. Before he moved, he saw someone else in his line of sight.

"That seems to be the son of the He family."

"The man in blue? I think he's going towards Yun Jifeng's man."

"You know what to do." Lu Aotian said. He was getting anxious.

"Bro, wait. He took something from Yun Jifeng's man and rushed into the house."

Lu Aotian paused. If that was a bribe, then he must have gone into the house to lie to Wan Jia. He sent Wan Jia a text.

...

Inside the house.

Young Master He looked scornfully at Wan Jia. "And what makes you think you're leaving? We're keeping you hostage. Your parents will only take you by giving us back our child."

"What?"

Her phone rang with a new message. [Handsome Lu: What's taking you so long? Find an excuse and leave.]

She sent an okay and looked at her former parents and brother. "Father, mother, brother, I promise to have my parents..."

"Shut up!" Young master He yelled. Capture her!"

Outside.

"Bro, bro, it's a bigger issue than we imagined. That man he...he snuck something into the house through a window then ran off."

"What?"

"It might be an explosive. Tell sister-in-law to get out of there. I'll try to check if it's an explosive."

At the same time, the subordinate sent a message. [Boss, it's done. I set five minutes.]

Then, he grinned and left the compound. Setting up bombs was his forte. How nice of the boss to give him this mission! Too bad, the boss wanted an improvised one so that it would only affect a small radius.

...

Wan Jia's phone rang with another. [Get out of there, right now!]

She was afraid to look at her phone, thinking that if they thought she was calling for help, she would surely die.

[All of you, leave the house. No, leave the compound] Lu Aotian sent another text over. Four and a half minutes left.

Wan Jia tried to reason with them, telling them that if they captured her, her parents might rid themselves of the trouble and not come to her rescue.

Three minutes left.

"Just let her go. What if they harm our child because of her?" Mrs. He chimed in.

"Let her go. She promised to help us, didn't she?" Mr. He seconded.

The young man pondered for a bit. He had always obeyed his parents no matter what. And this girl...in fact she had a point. What if her biological parents were powerless and didn't come to her rescue? That woman didn't seem very well off to him.

"Huh! If it helps you find them faster so that you can help us find out child, that woman's name is Zhang Li." snorted young master He.

Unbeknowst to them, time was running out. They had less than two and a half minutes left.

Lu Aotian tried to call her but she did not answer. He became more anxious.

"Retrieve the cameras, I'm going in." he shouted orders and lept foward. He even forgot that he should have ordered his bodyguards to go instead.

He had moved less than ten metres when he saw her coming out. He rushed up to her.

She spoke before he did. "They did give a woman my photo. Her name is Zhang Li. Is it possible..."

"Where are the rest?" He interrupted anxiously.

"Eer...The rest of what?"

"Didn't you check your texts? I told you to..."

BOOM!