After returning home with the child, her ex-husband knelt down and gently coaxed her.

Just as Cao Han was about to push An Ning off the cliff, the cell phone on the ground suddenly rang—

An Ning suddenly opened her eyes—it was her phone!

The phone rang so urgently that it showed no sign of hanging up.

Cao Han turned his head and glanced at it, then his eyes suddenly lit up.

On An Ning's phone screen, the three characters "Cheng Wanwan" were displayed.

A glimmer of hope shone in Cao Han's lifeless eyes.

She quickly pulled Anning down and threw her on the ground, then turned around and answered the phone.

"Wanwan," she said gently, "I'm Aunt Cao."

"Cao Han!"

It wasn't Cheng Wanwan's voice on the phone.

Cao Han's expression immediately changed. "Lu Xiyan?"

Upon hearing the sound, An Ning turned her head sharply and made a "woo-woo" sound, as if she was about to stand up.

With her hands tied behind her back and her legs bound together, she couldn't support her body and tried several times to stand up but failed. She could only desperately shout Lu Xiyan's name, but the words came out as a hoarse "woo-woo" sound.

Her voice reached Lu Xiyan's ears through the receiver, breaking his heart.

The police located the building in an abandoned building on the outskirts of the city. Since it was a building, Cao Han would definitely not have chosen an open space like the first floor. He must have been on a certain floor or on the rooftop!

Lu Xiyan kept his voice steady, trying not to provoke her, "Cao Han! Release An Ning, and we can discuss your terms!"

"I have nothing to talk to you about!" Cao Han roared angrily upon hearing his voice. "Lu Xiyan, you heartless man! Miss Cheng loves you so much, how could you bear to betray her!"

She glared angrily at An Ning, "You betrayed Miss Cheng's heart, so you deserve nothing! You want to be with An Ning forever? I'll make you lose your love! If you want to be together, wait until the next life!"

"Cao Han!" Lu Xiyan shouted, "Do you really not care about anything? If you don't care about anything, then why did you kidnap An Ning?"

He asked, "You care about Cheng Wanwan, don't you? Because she's your biological daughter! Aren't you doing all this for her?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Han's eyes widened suddenly, revealing a bloodshot appearance.

"Don't you want to know how Cheng Wanwan is doing now?"

Lu Xiyan said in a deep voice, "She's in my hands. You let me see An Ning, and I'll let you see her. Otherwise, if An Ning loses even a single hair, I'll shave Cheng Wanwan's head! If An Ning has a single wound, I'll slash Cheng Wanwan's face ten times."

"You dare!" Cao Han screamed at the top of her lungs, "If you dare hurt Wanwan, I'll push Anning down!"

......

The sports car sped along the road.

Lu Xiyan was on the phone with one hand and quickly turning the steering wheel with the other.

He frowned. Push?

Anning must have been taken to the rooftop, or a high-rise building!

Cao Han is capable of anything now, so he must keep her in check.

He suddenly looked at Cheng Wanwan in the driver's seat and met her red and hateful eyes.

The instant he located An Ning, he tied Cheng Wanwan's hands in front of the police and stuffed them into her sports car, gagging her to prevent her from talking nonsense.

He told the police, "Hostage exchange," and drove off.

His gaze fell on the small wound on Cheng Wanwan's finger, he chuckled softly, and raised his hand to press it.

"Waaah—"

The ten fingers are connected to the heart, and Cheng Wanwan was pampered, so this pain made her break out in a cold sweat and scream in agony.

The person on the other end of the phone heard her scream and yelled back, "Lu Xiyan! What have you done to Wanwan?"

Her response was another scream from Cheng Wanwan.

Cao Han burst into tears, crying, "Don't hurt her! You mustn't hurt her!"

Lu Xiyan gripped the steering wheel, watching the distance close behind. "I can avoid hurting her, but I need to talk to An Ning. Give her the phone so she can answer it!"

......

Cao Han's eyes were bloodshot. She didn't know what the person on the phone said. Holding a piece of broken glass, she stumbled toward An Ning.

An Ning trembled all over as Cao Han's shards of glass pierced towards her.

She closed her eyes and heard the sound of glass cutting the rope in her hand.

The next second, the tight rope binding her hands came loose, and her hands broke free.

Her fingers were almost numb. Cao Han held up his phone in front of her and ripped the tape off her mouth, making her gasp in pain.

"Tell him!" Cao Han roared at her in a hoarse voice, "He's not allowed to hurt Wanwan!"

An Ning snatched the phone away, tears streaming down her face.

"Ningning?"

Lu Xiyan's trembling voice came through the phone, and An Ning's breath caught in her throat, her tears flowing uncontrollably.

"Western banquet..."

Overwhelmed by grievances and pain, An Ning tried to hold back her tears, but sobbed uncontrollably, "Cao Han, she... she is..."

"She's not your biological mother!"

Lu Xiyan knew what she was going to say and cut her off, "Ningning, she has nothing to do with you. Don't listen to anything she says!"

Suddenly, An Ning opened her eyes wide and looked at Cao Han, meeting Cao Han's gaze that seemed to want to kill her.

Is Cao Han not her biological mother?

"Ningning, turn on the speakerphone." Lu Xiyan steadied his voice. "I have something to say to her."

An Ning hurriedly turned on the speakerphone with trembling hands.

"Cao Han!" Lu Xiyan said, "You release An Ning, and I'll release Cheng Wanwan. You can take your biological daughter and run away, wherever you want. What do you think of this deal?"

Her biological daughter?

An Ning stared blankly at her phone, then looked at Cao Han.

Is Cao Han's biological daughter Cheng Wanwan?

Before she could think, Cao Han shouted angrily, "You think I'd believe you! Do you think I can just leave! My daughter deserved a better life, and you've ruined it all!"

"Of course you can leave!"

As Lu Xiyan finished speaking, a sports car sped up, its brakes screech particularly jarring in the empty building.

Cao Han was shocked and looked downstairs.

A red sports car was parked there. She recognized the car; it was Cheng Wanwan's car!

Instantly, her pupils contracted sharply.

The man got out of the driver's seat, holding a phone in one hand and pulling a woman out of the passenger seat with the other.

Cao Han cried out in a pitiful voice, "Wanwan!"

Cheng Wanwan was also tied up and gagged, looking up at the building.

She had never looked so disheveled before. Cao Han was furious and dragged An Ning to the wall.

With her feet bound, An Ning lost her balance when Cao Han pushed her. She staggered, lost her grip on her phone, and it fell to the ground with a crash, shattering instantly.

At the same time, she saw the man downstairs.

The distance was too great, making the figure appear small, yet also seemingly taller.

An Ning, half-crouched against the wall, shouted, "west Yan!"

Lu Xiyan spotted her immediately, from a spot more than ten stories high.

Cao Han pushed her against a low wall that was less than half a person's height, where she could fall at any moment.

An Ning's phone fell to the ground, the call was cut off, and Lu Xiyan simply threw the phone away.

He looked up. "Cao Han! If An Ning dies, Cheng Wanwan must die too! I mean what I say!"

His voice echoed in the empty building, "Do you choose to let her die, or do you choose to take her away from Jinghai?"

"With the Lu family's background, if I say you can leave, you can leave! Not only can you leave, but I can also give you a sum of money to guarantee you and your daughter a comfortable life for the rest of your days!"

"All these years of painstaking effort, haven't you been trying to give your daughter a life of luxury? If you die with her, wouldn't all your hard work have been for nothing?"

Cheng Wanwan's face turned deathly pale, and her eyes turned bloodshot as she looked at Lu Xiyan.