CHAPTER 33: CHAPTER 33: THE OLD-TIMERS PLAY ROUGH

Qi Yun found he couldn’t get any useful information from her, and couldn’t be bothered to waste words, and immediately began searching in different directions with Brother Peng.

Half an hour later, the two carefully searched around the plaza, but still didn’t see a trace of the daughter.

Qi Yun couldn’t help but feel even more anxious inside. He immediately told Shen Wanting to call the police, and at the same time, he called Wei Yong and others, urging them all to come and help find her.

Moments later, Wei Yong, Xiao Huangmao, Skinny, and others, totaling over twenty people, arrived. Everyone received the daughter’s photo sent by Qi Yun on their phones, and scattered in different directions to search.

They didn’t let any possible hiding places pass, checking flowerbeds, benches, and even trash cans carefully.

As time quietly slipped away, Qi Yun’s heart tightened more and more.

At that moment, Shen Wanting called to say that the police had accessed nearby surveillance and saw the daughter being taken away.

On hearing this, Qi Yun couldn’t waste another moment and dashed towards the police station.

When he arrived at the police station, Shen Wanting was standing with the police, her face pale.

Qi Yun stepped forward quickly and asked urgently, "What’s going on? Who took my daughter?"

A police officer pointed at the surveillance screen and said, "The surveillance shows a man in a black down jacket took your daughter.

"However... according to the surveillance footage, your daughter didn’t seem to resist, she appears to know the person."

Qi Yun’s eyes focused on the surveillance screen, the black silhouette in the video felt somewhat familiar, he was sure he had seen the person before.

"Are there other surveillance angles?" Qi Yun turned to the police and asked.

The police shook his head helplessly, "For now, this is the only surveillance that captured them, but we are still checking other surveillance footage, and will inform you as soon as we have news."

Qi Yun closed his eyes, frantically searching for that black silhouette in his mind, but he still couldn’t recall.

"Nuannuan might know him... the adults Nuannuan knows besides the kindergarten teachers are those she often sees in the neighborhood...

And then..."

Suddenly, a flash of lightning struck through his mind.

A silhouette from his memory slowly overlapped with the one from the surveillance video.

Qi Yun opened his eyes abruptly, turning to look at Shen Wanting beside him, who seemed absent-minded.

She seemed aware of Qi Yun’s sharp gaze, a trace of fear appeared on her face, her eyes evading.

Upon seeing this, Qi Yun immediately pulled her into a secluded corner and said solemnly, "Was it Qiu Jiahao who took Nuannuan!"

Shen Wanting was startled by Qi Yun’s sudden question, her eyes becoming more flustered.

She lowered her head, her hands unconsciously twisting together, stammering, "It... it looks like him, I called him but couldn’t reach."

Qi Yun stared at her intensely, seeing her avoiding eyes, and angrily questioned, "Why did he take Nuannuan? Are you hiding something?"

"It’s already this moment, if you don’t tell the truth, can you bear the responsibility if something happens to Nuannuan!?"

On hearing this, Shen Wanting’s body trembled slightly, tears welling in her eyes.

"I... I didn’t intend to hide, his mother came in the morning to take their grandson away, and gave me... gave me two hundred thousand yuan.

Later Qiu Jiahao came looking for money, I didn’t give him... he said I’d regret it..."

On hearing this, Qi Yun was almost certain that the person was indeed taken by Qiu Jiahao, with the purpose of threatening Shen Wanting for money.

His anger almost exploded, Qiu Jiahao, this bastard, challenging them again and again, now actually daring to touch his own daughter.

But he still restrained himself from erupting, finding his daughter was the most crucial thing now.

He immediately explained the situation to the police briefly, and then sent several locations to Xiao Huangmao and others, asking them to search his home.

After completing all this, Qi Yun turned to Shen Wanting, asking in a deep voice, "Do you know where else Qiu Jiahao might take Nuannuan?"

Shen Wanting bit her lip, trying hard to recall.

"I really can’t think of where he would take Nuannuan... I only know he’s been going to a friend’s place to play mahjong these days. Seems to be in... in the west part of the city, some tea house."

On hearing this, Qi Yun didn’t delay any further, and with Brother Peng, they drove towards the west side of the city.

Even if there’s only a slightest hope, he had to look, better than waiting in vain.

Tea houses generally were along the street, or at the entrance of residential complex shops.

This area on the west side had quite a few, they checked the map and split up to search along the street.

After searching a dozen places, they still didn’t find any signs of Qiu Jiahao.

Qi Yun’s heart grew more anxious, beads of sweat starting to form on his forehead.

At this moment, his phone in his pocket suddenly rang, it was a call from Brother Peng.

His gaze immediately sharpened, quickly pressing to connect.

"Old Qi, Lanting Tea House, found that guy!"

Qi Yun’s heart shook fiercely upon hearing, gripping the phone, he replied in a trembling voice, "Okay! Coming right away!"

After hanging up, he immediately dashed towards the opposite street.

When he arrived at Lanting Tea House, he saw several young men in their twenties surrounding Brother Peng, their expressions unkind, holding stools, mop sticks, and other ’weapons’.

In the center, with one foot pressing against Qiu Jiahao’s chest, Brother Peng grabbed his hair with his hand.

Even though sweat flowed down his forehead, Brother Peng’s gaze was full of contempt, looking overwhelmingly powerful.

He coldly scanned the young men around him and gasped, saying:

"You little bastards, if I were ten years younger, I’d knock all of you down."

The young men were enraged by Brother Peng’s words, their expressions turning more fierce, seemingly ready to rush in at any moment.

"Old thing, don’t be so arrogant! If you walk out of here today, I’ll take your name!" A youth with a tattooed neck angrily swung the stool in his hand and said harshly.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, a chair was hurled against his back.

The youth screamed painfully, staggering forward a few steps, tiptoeing, reaching with both hands to touch his back.

"It’s none of your business, hurry up and get lost while you can!" With a chilling voice, Qi Yun appeared behind the crowd.

His expression was icy cold, his eyes intimidating, holding a stainless steel chair.

These young men were startled by his murderous look.

They were only accustomed to being loud, but had never seen such a dangerous stance. They looked at the tattooed man groaning on the ground, then at Qiu Jiahao with blood gushing from his nose.

One by one instinctively retreated, these two old tanks were really ruthless.

Qi Yun approached and cast a questioning glance towards Brother Peng, who shook his head, indicating he was fine.

Only then did he crouch down, grabbing Qiu Jiahao’s hair, asked in a deep voice, "I’ll ask you just once, where’s my daughter!"

Qiu Jiahao glanced at him, with tears vaguely passing through his eyes, raised his hand and pointed.

Although unsure why Qiu Jiahao’s face showed a look of grievance, Qi Yun still followed the direction he pointed, it was a rest room.

After leaving Qiu Jiahao, he quickly stepped forward and pushed open the door.

Inside, the noisy sounds of "Bear Big Bear Two" filled his ears, Nuannuan was sitting on a cushion, her body swaying with the rhythm of the music.

In front of her were snacks like cola, fries, chicken wings.