CHAPTER 305: CHAPTER 305: DON’T DO ANYTHING FOOLISH

Having said that, Li Sihe turned and walked out. Bian Yue closed her eyes, feeling the nausea churning in her stomach, and eventually, unable to suppress it, ran to the washroom and couldn’t help but retch.

The moment Li Sihe stepped out of the door, he heard Bian Yue’s vomiting.

He clenched his fist subconsciously, and his breathing became heavy.

He knew why Bian Yue was in pain; the child had made her body extremely weak.

Li Sihe couldn’t bring himself to like this child, but he knew Bian Yue too well. He was aware that if he ever harmed the child, Bian Yue would never forgive him, so he chose to endure in silence.

Even if Bian Yue wanted to give birth to the child, he could acquiesce.

All he needed was for Bian Yue to be by his side.

He thought he had made everything clear in his mind, but when he saw Bian Yue suffer for the child, he still had the urge to destroy it.

Perhaps, he was just looking for a relatively decent excuse to justify his sinister thoughts; in reality, he couldn’t accept Shen Jinci’s child at all.

What was growing day by day inside Bian Yue was her and Shen Jinci’s child.

Just thinking about this drove Li Sihe to uncontrollable, maddening pain.

His eyes were bloodshot, and after a long while, he forcefully closed them and shut the door.

Bian Yue was right; they both needed to calm down...

Xiangjiang had turned into utter chaos. Defying any consequence, Shen Jinci had mobilized all of the Shen Family’s influence, almost turning Xiangjiang upside down on its head.

The suburban address given by Zhuang Jie Ning was already abandoned, but just as she had said, Li Sihe had indeed been there before.

Shen Jinci could only widen the search area, at any cost.

But Bian Yue seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth, leaving not a trace to be found.

Shen Zhaoli had been following Shen Jinci for the past two days, searching every possible place, restless and anxious for Bian Yue’s safety, and extremely agitated.

Shen Jinci, on the other hand, was eerily calm; his emotions seemed like frozen ice, making it impossible for anyone to guess what he was thinking.

Inside the car, both men remained silent.

Shen Zhaoli broke the silence, "You’re well aware that, without a foolproof plan, Li Sihe wouldn’t have taken Bian Yue. Searching like this is no different from looking for a needle in a haystack."

Shen Jinci’s eyes twitched slightly. He lowered his gaze to suppress the hostility in his eyes and spoke in a sparse and cold tone, "Has Zhuang Jie Ning not spoken yet?"

"After all, she is the daughter of the Zhuang Family. Moreover, she really didn’t have the time to kidnap Bian Yue; she is merely a witness. We can’t resort to torture, can we?"

Shen Zhaoli’s face was clouded with worry as he frowned and analyzed calmly, "But Li Sihe definitely wouldn’t harm Bian Yue for the time being. The essence of his kidnapping Bian Yue is just to keep her by his side, so she’s not at risk of losing her life right now."

This was also the reason why Shen Jinci could remain calm.

He can’t afford to panic now; if he lost his composure, Bian Yue would be even more helpless.

"Have all places been searched?"

"Searched, and I suspect that Bian Yue is no longer in Xiangjiang," Shen Zhaoli said with a frown in a serious tone.

Shen Jinci’s eyes were bloodshot with sleeplessness; he hadn’t slept in two days. The chaos has unfolded, and with his heart entangled, he couldn’t find a moment’s peace to rest.

"Let’s go back."

Shen Zhaoli stood stunned, "Go back now? Brother, we can only keep searching like this for now."

"If she left Xiangjiang, the fastest way we can find Bian Yue is by starting with Zhuang Jie Ning." Shen Jinci lifted his gaze, an ice-cold dispassion in his eyes, "Let’s go back, I need to ask Zhuang Jie Ning some questions."

In the eyes of Shen Jinci, Shen Zhaoli saw a murderous intent.

A chill went through him, and he said, "Zhuang Jie Ning might not know where Bian Yue is... Don’t be rash."

"A man who’s been declared dead has taken my wife away in Xiangjiang. The fact that I can speak to you calmly here is already a testament to my restraint." Shen Jinci clenched his fists, his words icy to the extreme.

Zhuang Jie Ning had been nursing her injuries in the room for two days, constantly drifting in and out of sleep.

Li Sihe had thrown himself into a car accident scene recklessly, binding his hands and feet and throwing himself out of the car, nearly getting burnt by the flames.

These past two days, she dreamt that she was being burnt by the great fire.

Sweat beading on her forehead, Zhuang Jie Ning sat up, grabbed the water cup beside her, gulped down all the water in one breath, and was about to lie back down to rest when two black-clothed bodyguards walked in.

"Did Shen Jinci send you?" Zhuang Jie Ning frowned, her voice cold, "I’m still injured, I can’t leave this room!"

But the two bodyguards said nothing and walked towards her without hesitation.

A sense of foreboding clenched Zhuang Jie Ning’s heart.

In the dimly lit basement, on the dull concrete floor, Zhuang Jie Ning’s heart pounded as she anxiously glanced around, repeatedly looking back at the bodyguards behind her.

"Why are you capturing me? I’ve already told everything I know! If Bian Yue isn’t at that address, what can I do?" Zhuang Jie Ning’s eyes were red-rimmed as she refused to move any further, attempting to stop and negotiate with the two bodyguards, "Tell me, who sent you to bring me here? Was it Shen Jinci? Or Shen Zhaoli?"

In response to her plea was a push on the shoulder. The bodyguard, sparing with words, coldly said, "Hurry up and walk!"

The negotiation failed, and Zhuang Jie Ning staggered as the two bodyguards pushed her along until they reached a door deep in the passage, with no more pathways ahead.

The bodyguard opened the door to complete darkness, seeing nothing. Just as Zhuang Jie Ning was about to speak, the bodyguard pushed her in.

Zhuang Jie Ning hadn’t steadied herself when the door behind her was already closed.

Looking up in fear, she saw Shen Jinci sitting on a chair.

The man was dressed in a black suit, smoking a cigarette. His fair complexion was immersed in the darkness like a jade-faced Asura, his entire presence cold as ice, and he looked straight at her with an expressionless face.

Zhuang Jie Ning was too frightened to speak when suddenly she heard Zhuang Yi’s voice from a corner.

"Jie Ning! Hurry and tell Mr. Shen where Miss Bian Yue is!"

Shocked, Zhuang Jie Ning turned to see Zhuang Yi bound in the corner.

"Dad!" Zhuang Jie Ning ran to Zhuang Yi, her voice filled with nervousness, "How are you here!"

"I should be asking you that! Didn’t I tell you to go abroad? How did you get entangled with Li Sihe again! Tell me, do you know Bian Yue’s whereabouts? You must tell Mr. Shen!" Zhuang Yi, bound behind a metal column, was in a sorry state, his voice shaking, "Jie Ning, don’t do anything foolish! If you have information and don’t report it, my life is over!"

Zhuang Jie Ning was utterly distraught, her eyes wide as she looked toward Shen Jinci, who blandly observed them, indifferently smoking, his posture aloof and noble, watching their plight.