CHAPTER 112: CHAPTER 112: THE URGENT RING OF THE TELEPHONE

He Xiulan began searching around the hospital.

"Hello, have you seen a woman who came with me?"

The nurse shook her head, indicating she hadn’t seen anyone.

He Xiulan almost turned the hospital upside down, but there was still no sign of Sang Yu.

She suddenly remembered Jiang Jingming’s words and quickly ran to Wei Jin’s ward.

When Wei Jin and Jiang Chunhe saw He Xiulan’s hurried appearance, they asked, "Mom, what’s wrong? Why are you in such a rush?"

He Xiulan grabbed Jiang Chunhe’s hand, her voice urgent: "It’s not good, Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu is missing."

Jiang Chunhe and Wei Jin froze: "What did you say?"

He Xiulan: "Today, Xiao Yu’s cousin came to find Xiao Yu, saying she had something to discuss. But during the meeting, she tried to harm Xiao Yu, and when I pushed her, it seemed there was a problem with the baby in her belly. We brought her to the hospital. I went to pay the fees, but after paying, Xiao Yu disappeared. What should we do now?"

He Xiulan was anxious, not knowing what to do.

"Mom, don’t worry for now. You stay here and take care of Ah Jin. I’ll call Jingming."

He Xiulan: "Okay, okay, hurry."

Jiang Chunhe nodded toward Wei Jin.

After Jiang Chunhe left, Wei Jin reassured, "Mom, don’t worry, Xiao Yu will be fine."

He Xiulan said regretfully, "If anything happens to Xiao Yu, how will I explain to Jingming? Jingming explicitly asked me to take good care of Xiao Yu."

Wei Jin: "Mom, this isn’t your fault. Besides, you have to believe in Jingming, he’ll surely find her."

He Xiulan looked upset but said no more, though Wei Jin was affected by her distress.

After all, Wei Jin was pregnant now.

...

"Captain, our people are ready. They plan to transport the goods tonight." Lin Wen had been lurking in the shadows, observing all this time.

Finally, the day he waited for had arrived.

Jiang Jingming felt his heartbeat was somewhat irregular, as if something was about to happen.

And it wasn’t something good.

Jiang Jingming instructed, "Go check again, make sure everyone is in place. This time, there can be no mistakes, especially with their batch of goods."

Lin Wen: "Yes, Captain!"

With that, Lin Wen turned and left.

Just as Jiang Jingming was about to follow, the phone rang.

Jiang Jingming answered the phone: "Hello."

It was Lu Yao’s voice: "It’s me, everything is set on my end. The goods have all been switched. What’s the situation on your side?"

Jiang Jingming: "Good, just stick to the plan and make sure no one notices anything strange."

Lu Yao paused for a moment before saying, "Understood, Captain Jiang."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Jingming stared at it for a while, then took his things and left.

Shortly after he left, the phone started ringing again.

In the empty office, the ringtone was very urgent.

Ring after ring, but no one answered.

Eventually, the ringing stopped abruptly.

Jiang Chunhe hung up the phone, turned quickly, and returned to the ward: "Mom, stay here and take good care of Ah Jin. I’m going to the police station to find Jingming."

He Xiulan: "Alright, go quickly."

Jiang Chunhe drove directly to the police station, only to be told Jiang Jingming had already left for something.

It was unclear when he would return.

Jiang Chunhe could only report it to the police first.

The officer, hearing that it was a missing sister-in-law, said, "Comrade, could you describe the events in detail, please?"

Jiang Chunhe recounted He Xiulan’s words.

"Alright, we understand. We’ll start the investigation immediately."

Jiang Chunhe nodded and then left.

"The sister-in-law also went missing from the hospital, just like the one who reported earlier."

"Could it be the same group of people?"

"Very possible."

"But we haven’t found any trace of those people yet."

"Two people have gone missing now, we must deploy more personnel."

"Vice Jiang doesn’t know about this yet."

"Let’s not inform Vice Jiang for now, we don’t know when he’ll be back, and we can’t reach him currently."

"Agreed, right now we need to deploy more people immediately, we must ensure the two missing women are not harmed."

"Yes!"

Jiang Chunhe went home and called Jiang Songwen.

Upon learning about Sang Yu’s disappearance, Jiang Songwen also dispatched people to search.

By this time, Jiang Jingming had already arrived at the ambush site.

"Captain, the estuary is just ahead."

Jiang Jingming watched the busy workers ahead and spotted Lu Yao in the crowd.

Normally, people like Lu Yao shouldn’t appear in such places.

But from the start, Lu Yao had always personally checked things over every time they set sail.

So, Lu Yao’s presence wasn’t really surprising.

"Captain, among that group, the one with the dark blue belt is our main surveillance target this time.

They are the ones responsible for delivering the goods this time.

"Synchronize your watches."

Lin Wen took out his watch to synchronize the time with Jiang Jingming.

"Begin operation at 8 o’clock sharp."

"Yes, Captain."

With that, Jiang Jingming quietly retreated as he had somewhere else to go.

Lin Wen, on the other hand, stayed with the team to keep watch.

There were still three or four hours until 8 o’clock.

After leaving the dock, Jiang Jingming arrived at another location.

"Commander."

Jiang Jingming: "I’m retired; don’t call me commander. What’s the situation?"

"It’s confirmed, this is the focal point leader of this operation."

"Good, how are our arrangements?"

"Everything is set."

"Good, begin operation at 8 o’clock."

"Yes, Commander."

Jiang Jingming glanced at the person without correcting him further.

"By the way, Commander, it seems they’ve brought a woman inside."

"What kind of woman?"

"Not sure, they had the woman’s face covered, but judging by the figure, it’s a woman."

For some reason, Jiang Jingming’s heart suddenly felt uneasy.

He really wanted to make a call home.

Just as he was about to get up, someone said, "We’ve found something unusual."

Jiang Jingming immediately went over, suppressing the unease in his heart.

"What’s the situation?"

...

Sang Yu slowly regained consciousness, greeted by darkness.

Just as she was trying to figure out where she was, a man suddenly walked in.

"Awake?"

With the light behind him, Sang Yu couldn’t see the man’s face.

"Who are you?"

The man chuckled, then slowly sat down on the chair in front of Sang Yu.

"Last time you got away; this time, we’ve finally caught you."

"No wonder Jiang Jingming likes you, you’re quite a looker."

The man’s voice was chillingly sinister, making one feel deeply uncomfortable.