You're dumping me, huh? Fine, then I'll just pick up the school beauty and make her my wif

The scene changes.

Although Jiang Che did not witness the entire process firsthand, he was able to roughly reconstruct everything that had happened based solely on these fragmented clues.

She single-handedly dealt with three adult men.

This realization stirred up extremely complex emotions within Jiang Che.

On the one hand, he was glad that Su Qinghe had the ability to protect herself.

On the other hand, just imagining her alone in that warehouse facing three thugs made his heart clench, and he could barely breathe.

She must be very scared.

No matter how calm she appears on the surface, she is still just a girl who has just come of age.

But where is she?

Now that she has broken free of her restraints and subdued everyone, why isn't she waiting for him here? Where did she go?

Jiang Che walked back to Zhao Wenyu.

This time, he showed no extra expression, just like Su Qinghe had not long ago, not even bothering to show the slightest anger or disgust.

He simply looked down at Zhao Wenyu, who was tied to the iron pillar, then raised his hand and slapped him twice across the back of the head.

"Slap!" "Slap!"

Zhao Wenyu's head was slapped from side to side, and he let out a muffled wail.

His mouth was swollen, and the dried blood from his nose mixed with dust, covering half of his face, making him look extremely disheveled.

Jiang Che gripped his chin with his five fingers, turned his head to face him, and forced him to lift his head to face him.

"I'm asking you one last time."

Where did she go?

Zhao Wenyu's eyes trembled with fear, and his lips opened and closed several times before he could squeeze out a complete sentence.

"I...I really don't know..."

"She...she broke the cable ties and then started hitting us...and after she finished, she...left...she went out through that side door...I'm tied up here and can't move at all, how am I supposed to know where she went..."

Jiang Che stared into his eyes for two seconds.

He knew Zhao Wenyu too well; he was a coward, all bark and no bite. Now that he was so frightened, he probably wouldn't dare to lie.

In other words, he was most likely telling the truth.

So where exactly did Su Qinghe go?

Jiang Che's face was extremely ugly. He irritably let go of his hand, and Zhao Wenyu's head drooped down instantly, his chin hitting his chest. He dared not look up at Jiang Che again.

Just then, a series of rapid footsteps suddenly came from outside the warehouse.

"Police! Everyone, don't move!"

Immediately afterwards, the warehouse door was pushed open from the outside, and dozens of uniformed police officers quickly rushed into the warehouse, spreading out in a fan shape to guard and inspect the scene.

Following closely behind the police was Bai Yuning.

Upon hearing that Jiang Che had stormed the kidnappers' hideout alone, she rushed over without even having time to tie her hair up properly.

At this moment, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat because he was anxious.

The moment she saw Jiang Che, she didn't care about her image at all and rushed over to hug him tightly.

"Jiang Che!"

Only after Bai Yuning hugged her younger brother and confirmed that he was still alive and well did a huge weight finally lift from her heart.

A moment later, she loosened her grip and took a half step back, her hands tightly gripping Jiang Che's shoulders, her gaze urgently sweeping over him several times.

I checked it over and over again, from my face to my neck and then to my arms.

"Are you injured? Is anything bothering you?"

"Sister, I'm fine." Jiang Che shook his head.

Bai Yuning breathed a sigh of relief, but then looked around nervously. Not seeing Su Qinghe, her expression immediately became serious again.

"Where is Xiao Qinghe?"

Jiang Che paused for a moment, then shook his head again.

"have no idea."

Bai Yuning frowned slightly. "You don't know?"

"Yes, she was indeed brought here by the kidnappers, but before I arrived, she had already broken free and subdued all three of them."

Jiang Che paused slightly as he spoke, his gaze sweeping over the thugs lying haphazardly on the ground and Zhao Wenyu, who was tied to an iron post.

She then continued, "But she didn't wait for me here. For some reason, she just left."

Bai Yuning frowned even more upon hearing this. "Xiao Qinghe subdued three people by herself? And then left?"

This doesn't sound quite right.

Even if a young girl really has the ability to defeat three adult men, shouldn't she seek help from someone immediately afterward?

Why didn't you wait for Jiang Che to come over?

Unless... she was taken away by someone.

Bai Yuning didn't voice her guess because she didn't want to add any more psychological burden to Jiang Che at this time.

At this point, the police had already begun collecting evidence at the scene.

Zhao Wenyu and the two thugs were untied one by one, handcuffed, and taken out of the warehouse.

As Zhao Wenyu passed by Jiang Che, he subconsciously shrank his neck, afraid that Jiang Che might suddenly lose his temper and give him another beating.

He was truly terrified of being beaten.

But Jiang Che didn't even glance at him. After the scene was mostly cleared up, he turned and walked towards the police officer in charge of the scene, explaining Su Qinghe's situation.

"Comrade, my girlfriend's whereabouts are still unknown. All the kidnappers are present, but she is not here."

The officer in charge was a middle-aged man in his forties. On the way there, he had already learned about Jiang Che's identity and background from his superiors and knew that this young man was no ordinary person.

"Mr. Jiang, rest assured, we will immediately intensify our investigation, retrieve surveillance footage from all sections of the road in this area, and conduct a thorough search of the surrounding area. We will find the person as soon as possible."

Jiang Che could only place his hopes on the police now. Hearing this, he nodded slightly and said, "Thank you for your help."

After he finished speaking, he was about to turn around and leave the warehouse when his phone suddenly vibrated in his pocket.

Jiang Che took out his phone and saw that it was an unknown number calling.

The phone number's location is listed as Atlanta.

He frowned subconsciously.

At this time, a call from an unknown number is most likely some kind of harassing sales pitch.

He really wasn't in the mood to deal with all this mess at this crucial juncture.

Jiang Che's thumb had already moved to the hang-up button, but just a second before he was about to press it, Bai Yuning leaned over and glanced at the location of the number on the screen.

"Wait a minute." Bai Yuning grabbed Jiang Che's hand. "This is a local number in Asia City."

She glanced at Jiang Che and said, "It might be related to Xiao Qinghe. Let's answer it first."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Che paused for a moment, hesitated for half a second, and then pressed the answer button and turned on speakerphone.

After the call was connected, a middle-aged man's calm voice came through the receiver.

Jiang Che.

The other party addressed him by his full name directly, in a calm and respectful tone, without any unnecessary pleasantries.

Jiang Che frowned slightly and asked expressionlessly, "How do you know who I am?"

"And who are you?"

The man on the other end of the phone seemed to chuckle softly, as if he had anticipated Jiang Che's wariness, and replied in a calm voice, "Who I am is not important."

"The reason I'm making this call is simply to tell you something—"

"Don't waste your energy looking for Su Qinghe anymore."