CHAPTER 225: CHAPTER 225: MO YINHE, HOLD ME TIGHT! 2

Si Mingjing nodded.

She called for a taxi at the door and after getting in, she waved goodbye to Qin Yinan, who had walked her to the entrance.

Standing outside the car, Qin Yinan said, "Send me a message when you get home to let me know you’re safe."

Qin Yinan specifically gave Si Mingjing her mobile number. Si Mingjing noted it down and nodded.

But after Qin Yinan had dinner, taken a bath, and even applied a face mask, she still hadn’t received a text from Si Mingjing.

After taking his bath, Su Yanming sat in bed reading a book. He noticed his wife checking her phone every now and then. "What are you looking at?"

"I specifically told that child, Mingjing, to send me a message when she got home to let me know she’s safe. But it’s been three hours, and I still haven’t received anything from her."

"Young people can be forgetful. Why don’t you call Mingjing and ask if she made it home?"

Qin Yinan’s gratitude was still fresh and warm. Hearing her husband’s suggestion, she made the call.

The call connected but indicated the number was out of the service area.

"Strange," Qin Yinan murmured, half to herself. "Isn’t the Ye Family’s estate located on Central Island, the most prime real estate in the Imperial Capital? That’s within the First Ring! How can my call not connect? Can Central Island actually have poor signal reception?"

The most prized lands in the Imperial Capital are on Central Island, situated within the First Ring. Those who can establish a home on Central Island are far beyond merely rich or noble. Consequently, it’s inconceivable that there would be a service outage in such an area.

Qin Yinan said, "I hope the child hasn’t run into trouble."

"During the New Year holiday, what could possibly go wrong?"

"It’s really not safe for a girl to take a taxi alone at night. I’m worried Mingjing might have encountered something on the way."

Anxious, Qin Yinan tried calling several more times, but each attempt showed the number was out of the service area. She then went to Su Cheng’s room and asked him to contact Si Mingjing.

Su Cheng called Si Mingjing, but couldn’t get through either.

"Mom, do you need Si Mingjing for something? If it’s not urgent, you can call her tomorrow."

Qin Yinan said, "It’s nothing urgent, but I asked Mingjing to send me a message once she got home to let me know she was safe, and she hasn’t done so yet. Can you try contacting the Ye Family’s estate to see if Mingjing has arrived home?"

Su Cheng replied, "How could your son possibly have the number for such an elite family? But I’ll try."

Su Cheng asked around and eventually obtained Ye Shen’s mobile number.

Su Cheng called Ye Shen. "Hello, Mr. Ye Shen?" he began. "This is Su Cheng, Si Mingjing’s third brother. I’d like to ask if my sister, Si Mingjing, has arrived home yet."

"She probably hasn’t," Ye Shen replied.

Su Cheng’s alarm bells rang loudly. "What? How can she not be home yet?" he exclaimed. "She left our place by taxi three hours ago! My mom asked her to send a text for peace of mind once she arrived, but we haven’t received anything. Could something have happened to her?"

"I’ll go check if she’s actually returned," Ye Shen said.

Ye Shen hurried to the small building and confirmed Si Mingjing hadn’t returned.

"She indeed hasn’t returned," he said. "Did she mention taking a taxi directly home?"

"Yes, that’s right," Su Cheng said. "But my mom has tried calling her multiple times, and it always says her phone is out of the service area. Mom’s worried she might have run into some trouble. I’ll hang up now. If she gets home later, please let me know."

Su Cheng hung up the phone and told his mother, "Mom, she isn’t home yet. I’ll check the surveillance footage from the entrance to get the taxi’s license plate number."

Qin Yinan nodded. "Then hurry up and check. Let’s hope it’s just a false alarm and nothing serious has happened."

「 」

On the other side, Ye Shen didn’t dare to relax either. He quickly called Mo Yinhe to report the matter.

Mo Yinhe also had a dinner engagement tonight and had just finished.

As he was preparing to head home, he received Ye Shen’s call. His expression turned grave. "I understand."

Mo Yinhe’s ring phone and Si Mingjing’s were a matching pair, able to locate each other. They didn’t rely on the signal source used by the general public in A Country, but on Mo Yinhe’s private satellite signal source. So, even though Qin Yinan’s calls to Si Mingjing indicated her phone was out of service, Mo Yinhe could pinpoint her location instantly.

The locator showed Mingjing on a particular street.

Logically, seeing the location should have eased his mind, but Mo Yinhe’s right eyelid kept twitching. He suddenly had a bad feeling, a sense of deep unease.

Mo Yinhe strode into his car and commanded the driver, "Drive to this location at top speed! If there’s any delay and my woman gets hurt, no one will like the consequences!"

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Hearing this, the driver dared not delay.

A dozen black bulletproof cars, resembling a long dragon, tore through the city streets, their engines roaring.

「 」

Cold.

So very cold.

Cold enough to make one shiver uncontrollably.

A relentless chill seeped into Si Mingjing’s limbs and bones, so cold that her eyelashes frosted over, making her look like a frost-eyebrowed heroine.

She had hailed a taxi at the Su Family’s doorstep. During the journey, a refrigerated truck overtook her taxi and positioned itself directly in front. Then, unexpectedly, the refrigerated truck’s rear doors swung open, and the taxi drove straight inside.

The sudden turn of events happened too quickly.

By the time Si Mingjing realized what was happening, the taxi was already inside the refrigerated truck.

The taxi driver had jumped out of the refrigerated truck’s cargo area a second before its doors slammed shut.

Then, the doors of the refrigerated truck were locked from the outside.

Even if she got out of the taxi, she couldn’t escape the refrigerated truck’s cargo hold. When she tried to call for help, her phone showed no signal.

Cold air continuously billowed inside the refrigerated truck.

She tried to stay inside the taxi and turn on its heating system for warmth, but discovered the climate control was broken and wouldn’t produce any heat.

Moreover, she had been trapped in the refrigerated truck for nearly three hours. By her estimation, the temperature inside had already plummeted to below minus thirty degrees Celsius!

She felt like she couldn’t hold on much longer!

Yet she had tried every possible method and still couldn’t get out.

What should I do now?!

She even activated the Force Field Protective Shield, but to her dismay, she discovered that the shield, capable of stopping bullets, could not keep out the biting cold.

It was useless now.

The cold made Si Mingjing drowsy. Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, growing heavier and heavier, until finally...

She could resist no longer and succumbed to unconsciousness.

Si Mingjing fainted, collapsing in the refrigerated truck where the temperature was minus thirty degrees Celsius.

「 」

SCREECH!

SCREECH!

SCREECH!

A dozen black bulletproof cars, like beasts, charged to the street indicated by the locator, screeching to a halt.

During the New Year period, the shops along the street were all closed up tight.

The entire street was deserted, except for one refrigerated truck parked in a parking space.

Mo Yinhe strode out of his vehicle, his expression cold and stern, his brows tightly furrowed as he stared at the refrigerated truck parked by the curb.

He focused his vision, his gaze piercing through the truck’s structure, and saw his Mingjing lying unconscious inside. His expression hardened instantly, and he roared, "Get the rear doors of that refrigerated truck open! Now!"