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

The police officer across the room was writing and stopping intermittently. Although Jiang Che's eyes were fixed on him, his mind was not actually in the room at all.

He was thinking about Su Qinghe.

Where is she now? Has she eaten anything? Has the injury on her wrist been treated?

Also, who exactly is the man who called him?

He said she was safe, but how much of that can be believed?

These questions kept popping into Jiang Che's mind, making his thoughts increasingly chaotic and his emotions increasingly anxious.

Just then, the door to the interrogation room was pushed open from the outside.

A young police officer strode in, holding a printed document, and handed it directly to his colleague who was taking notes, saying a few words in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, the officer in charge of taking notes glanced at the contents of the document, then looked up at Jiang Che and said, "Mr. Jiang, there's news from the technical department."

"The signal source of that previous unfamiliar call was eventually located in a mountainous area on the western outskirts of Atlanta."

The officer paused, looking somewhat troubled. "But... the coverage area of ​​the cell towers in that area is too wide. We can't pinpoint the exact location yet, we can only determine that it's roughly within a certain area in the western suburbs."

Western suburban mountainous area?

Upon hearing that there was a clue, Jiang Che immediately took out his phone, opened the map, and quickly swiped his fingers across the screen, zooming in and out on the area in the western suburbs of Atlanta.

Soon, the terrain of that mountainous area on the map gradually unfolded.

The hills are rolling and covered with dense vegetation, with some building markers scattered around.

Jiang Che's gaze was fixed on the screen, his fingers zooming in on every suspicious area, trying to find even the slightest useful clue from this dense collection of geographical information.

Just as he was frantically flipping through the map, a push notification suddenly popped up at the top of his phone screen.

This is a new post from Su Qinghe's social media account.

Jiang Che almost swiped the message away as spam, but just before he could make the movement, he caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye and quickly clicked on the post.

There was a photograph inside.

It's a couple photo of the two of them.

In the photo, Su Qinghe leans her head on his shoulder, her eyes crinkling, and she smiles sweetly.

He had one arm around her shoulder and the other holding up his phone, their faces very close in the shot.

The photo was accompanied by a line of text—

Every day I spend with you is a gift.

Jiang Che recognized it; it was a photo they took at the beach in Atlanta yesterday evening.

Su Qinghe insisted on taking a photo with him, saying she would post it on social media to "declare her ownership".

He even laughed at her, saying, "Are you afraid someone will steal me away?"

Su Qinghe glared at him and said matter-of-factly, "I'm just scared, so what? Is that a problem?"

He still remembers that fierce yet adorable look very clearly.

This post was scheduled to be published by Su Qinghe in advance.

Before Zhao Wenyu kidnapped her, she had already saved this post on her phone, just waiting for the time to come for it to be automatically posted.

It was as if she knew something bad would happen today, so she left this message there beforehand, waiting for him to look at it in some chaotic moment.

Jiang Che flipped his phone face down on the table, finding it hard to continue watching.

The hand holding the phone was trembling slightly as I tried my best to control my emotions.

Bai Yuning walked over from outside a minute ago with the policeman who delivered the documents, so she was standing behind Jiang Che and witnessed the whole thing while he was checking Su Qinghe's status.

Her lips moved, but she couldn't hold back and whispered, "Jiang Che."

"Um."

Don't push yourself too hard.

Bai Yuning gently comforted her, "Xiao Qinghe is so smart, she'll be alright."

After a pause, she asked again, "Should we... call my aunt and uncle? Ask my uncle to check the Jiang family's business resources in the south and help with the investigation?"

Jiang Che remained silent for a few seconds.

To be honest, he had considered this idea before.

Jiang Dahai's influence in the capital is undeniable, and although the Jiang family's presence in the south is not as extensive as in the north, they still have several connections.

If all these resources were mobilized, the search efficiency would definitely be much higher than relying solely on the local police.

but……

Jiang Che weighed the pros and cons, and finally shook his head, "No, not for now."

Bai Yuning raised an eyebrow, somewhat puzzled. "Why?"

"My parents are in Beijing; they're too far away to help me in this situation."

Jiang Che picked up his phone again and switched back to the map interface. "Moreover, I don't even know their background. I don't know what kind of connections they have or how far their network has spread."

"If we rashly alert too many people at this time, and the news leaks out, allowing the other side to move Qinghe ahead of time, it will be even more troublesome."

After listening, Bai Yuning didn't try to persuade him any further; she understood her brother's personality.

Once he makes a decision, it's very difficult for others to change his mind.

Moreover, she had to admit that Jiang Che was right.

The other party's behavior was too abnormal; they didn't want money, didn't make any demands, and even took the initiative to call and let me know they were safe.

This behavior doesn't seem like that of ordinary kidnappers; it's more like the operation being carried out by an organized and purposeful force behind the scenes.

Without fully understanding the opponent's situation, mobilizing family resources in a high-profile search carries the risk of alerting the enemy.

Jiang Che turned his attention back to the map on his phone.

His fingers slid back and forth across the area in the western suburbs of Atlanta, while his mind rapidly filtered through every possible target.

Although the name "Western Suburbs Mountain Area" sounds like a desolate wilderness with few people, the reality is quite the opposite; it is also an important area for the development of Atlanta's tourism industry.

Because of its beautiful scenery, nestled against the mountains and by the water, this place has attracted many wealthy businessmen to develop resorts, vacation villas, and private manors.

The killer would most likely not hide Su Qinghe in a busy public area, meaning that Su Qinghe is currently in a private estate or villa.

With this direction for the investigation, Jiang Che immediately opened another information search channel, entered a few keywords, and began to filter information on private properties in the western suburbs of Atlanta.

The search results came back quickly.

There are eleven registered private estates in the western suburbs of Atlanta.

There are too many places (eleven) to check one by one; it would take a lot of time.

Jiang Che continued to add more screening criteria. Fortunately, the middle-aged man had accidentally revealed a slight Hong Kong accent during the phone call, which gave him more precise screening criteria.

Port City Capital.

Jiang Che entered another set of keywords: industries that have received a large influx of funds from the port city in the past five years.

The pool was narrowed down further; out of eleven estates, only three met the criteria.

He read through them one by one.

The first property is located on the north side of the mountain. The property was registered three years ago, and the nominal owner is a port city trading company.

However, the notes indicate that the property ceased all operations two years ago and has been vacant for a long time.

exclude.

The second property, located in the southeast of the mountainous area, was purchased four years ago by a businessman from Gangcheng in his personal name. It was later seized by the court due to debt disputes and remains frozen.

exclude.

The third place—

Jiang Che's fingers stopped.

Palm Hill Lodge.

Located in the heart of the mountainous region on the western outskirts of Atlanta, it covers a vast area.

The property was registered six years ago, and the owner's information is registered as a port city offshore company.

The equity structure of this offshore company is extremely complex, with layers upon layers and at least four to five levels of nested legal entity information, making it impossible to find the information of the ultimate actual controller.

But the fact that the ultimate controller cannot be found is itself the biggest clue.

Is it really necessary for an ordinary resort to use such a deep offshore structure to hide the owner's identity?

No.

Unless the owner of this estate doesn't want anyone to know who he is.