CHAPTER 680: CHAPTER 682:

Mo Shu lifted his eyelids with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile and then proceeded to caress his belly as he walked away.

Yu Siqiao, however, gave Mo Jiantao a deep look and said, "Lord Father-in-law, it’s best not to go out recently. The kidnapper might have accomplices. I will send people to protect you, but Mo Shu is your daughter, not one you raised, but one Grandpa Mo raised. Whether that ’animal’ comment was aimed at you or Grandpa Mo, it insults you either way. Better to curse less in the future. With your intelligence, it’s you who ends up at a disadvantage."

Mo Jiantao was even more infuriated, feeling pain in his heart, liver, spleen, and lungs!

It wasn’t an exaggeration; it was real pain.

The thug had just beaten him as if he were a mortal enemy. The examination results had just come out, saying he had internal injuries, with two broken ribs.

Mo Jiantao was in too much pain to speak and could only watch with wide eyes as Yu Siqiao went out to coax his wife.

So infuriating!

Having a daughter who was unfilial, and a son-in-law who sided with her!

Mo Jiantao was so angry he could die, keeping silent without speaking again.

At the door stood Mo Shu’s bodyguard, with a safety factor that needn’t worry anyone.

Mo Shu, touching his belly, walked out and said in a light voice, "Let’s go back."

Ji Nan and the other three knew that Mo Shu was at odds with Mo Jiantao. Ji Bei knew too, but still, he couldn’t help asking, "Princess, are we just going back like this?"

"Let’s go back," Yu Siqiao came out and said, "I will send people to protect him."

Mo Shu frowned and said, "But I always feel like it’s not that simple. This person is so brazen, demanding our baby and one billion right off the bat. If we really did pay the one billion, he wouldn’t be able to take it alone, so I guess there must be a larger organization behind him. This kidnapper we’ve captured... could he just be a smoke bomb?"

Yu Siqiao had also considered this possibility.

But facing Mo Shu’s gaze, Yu Siqiao still said, "Don’t think too much, how can there be so many extremely wicked villains? It’s all for money. Sweetheart, let’s go home."

Mo Shu felt a little relief at these words and instructed, "Don’t let your guard down, though. I feel like it’s a bit precarious."

Yu Siqiao: "Mmm."

Mo Shu paused and then said, "We should still ask that guy inside, that thug might tell him something important."

Yu Siqiao shook his head, "I don’t think so. It’s better to leave these matters to the police to inquire. If you ask him, it will just lead to another argument, and it’s better for you not to get angry."

Mo Shu thought it over and soon went back.

Yu Siqiao specifically instructed the police station to extract useful information from the kidnapper’s mouth.

After Mo Jiantao finished the meal Qin Yuan brought over, he finally remembered something he had forgotten.

It was... the necklace he had worn for over a decade.

It was lost in the grass by that thug.

It was a Father’s Day gift commissioned by Mo Shu when she was five years old.

He knew Sha Ling had taught her to do that.

He had worn that necklace for a long time and had rarely taken it off over the years.

Now, it had been yanked off, even chafing the skin on his neck.

But Mo Jiantao still couldn’t part with it.

It wasn’t valuable, but after all, it was something he had worn for over a decade.

Mo Jiantao pushed the small table away and said, "I need to go out."

Qin Yuan hurriedly stopped him and said, "What are you doing? You’re injured and still want to go out? Nothing is more important than recovering!"

Mo Jiantao pushed her aside irritably and said, "What’s it to you? I just need to go out. Can you stop me?"