Mr. Song, you have crossed the line.

Luo Qinghe arrived at Xiehe Hospital but couldn't find Rong Zheng. She asked Rong Zheng's former colleagues, who said that they had planned to go out to eat together, but as soon as they left the inpatient department, Lu Peichuan appeared, and then Rong Zheng got into his car and left.

Luo Qinghe immediately dialed Lu Peichuan's number, "Where's Zhengzheng? Where did you take her?"

"Luo Lu, watch your tone." Lu Peichuan's voice was displeased. It was one thing for Rong Zheng to act arrogantly in front of him, since she was his wife and he could indulge her, but what was Luo Qinghe?

"Where did you take her?" Luo Qinghe demanded angrily. "Don't you know that illegal detention is a crime?!"

"Detention? Lawyer Luo, have you lost your mind from all that litigation? I don't have time to waste with you."

beep.

The person on the other end hung up.

Luo Qinghe dialed again, but the other end hung up immediately. When she dialed again, she was blocked.

asshole!

Luo Qinghe rushed to the Lu Group by taxi, but Xue Bai stopped her from seeing Lu Peichuan, saying, "Lu Peichuan is illegally detaining Zhengzheng. If you stop me again, I'll call the police!"

Unlawful detention?

Xue Bai was startled and his heart skipped a beat. "Luo Lu, don't talk nonsense. Spreading rumors can lead to legal consequences."

"I'm spreading rumors? Lu Peichuan personally went to Peking Union Medical College Hospital to pick up Zhengzheng; many people saw it. If he wasn't hiding her, who else could it be?"

Luo Qinghe took out her phone and started dialing.

Seeing that she was really going to call the police, Xue Bai immediately grabbed her hand and said, "I'll take you to see President Lu."

Lu Peichuan was sitting at his desk reading documents when he heard a noise at the door. He looked up and saw Xue Bai bringing in an angry Luo Qinghe. His brows furrowed slightly.

Xue Bai immediately explained, "She's going to call the police."

Luo Qinghe strode over, placed her hands on the table, and glared at Lu Peichuan aggressively, "Where's Zhengzheng?"

Lu Peichuan frowned even more, but seeing the anxiety in Luo Qinghe's eyes, it didn't seem like she was looking for trouble. "What's wrong with her?"

"You're asking me? You were the one who picked her up, and now her phone is off, she's unreachable, and I can't find her. Where did you hide her?"

Lu Peichuan immediately took out his phone and dialed Rong Zheng's number, but it was indeed switched off. "Maybe her phone ran out of battery."

"It's impossible for it to be such a coincidence. She called me before, but I didn't answer. When I called back, no one answered, and when I called again, her phone was off. I went to Peking Union Medical College Hospital but couldn't find her. Her colleague said that Zhengzheng hasn't returned to the hospital since you picked her up, so she must be with you."

A sense of unease welled up in Lu Peichuan's heart. He looked at Luo Qinghe with a serious expression, "She didn't want to have dinner with me and got off the bus halfway. Think again, where else could she have gone?"

Seeing that Lu Peichuan's expression didn't seem fake, Luo Qinghe couldn't be sure he was faking it. However, she didn't have any evidence that he had detained Rong Zheng, so she could only say coldly, "It better not be you, otherwise I won't let you off the hook."

After saying that, she turned and left the office. Her immediate priority was to find the person; otherwise, she would be wasting her time.

Let's go check the orphanage first; maybe they're there.

Lu Peichuan got up and walked quickly towards the door.

Xue Bai immediately followed, "President Lu, where are you going?"

"Looking for someone."

"But you have a meeting in twenty minutes."

"I've cancelled it." Lu Peichuan left without looking back.

Over here, Rong Zheng slowly woke up, opened her eyes, and saw an unfamiliar old house. Her hands were tied behind her back, her feet were also tightly bound with rope, and her mouth was sealed with duct tape.

She struggled to sit up from the ground and then saw what the room looked like.

It looked like a long-abandoned office. The room contained only an old rectangular desk and a chair. The overhead incandescent light bulb was missing its tube. The paint on the walls was peeling off, with large pieces falling off in some places, and a layer of white dust had accumulated on the floor.

She slowly stood up, her hands bound behind her back, using the wall for support. Through the window, she could see that the ground outside was overgrown with weeds, and it seemed to be an abandoned factory. She was on the second floor, and in the distance, she could vaguely see fields and small hills. Clearly, this was not the city; she was still in the countryside.

They took her phone. She tried to move towards the door, but her feet were tied too tightly and she couldn't move at all. She could only hop towards the door with both feet together. She had only hopped two steps when she heard footsteps outside.

A flicker of panic crossed her eyes. After a brief moment of thought, she lay back down on her side and closed her eyes, pretending to faint.

The footsteps grew closer, and soon the person entered the room.

Rong Zheng quietly opened her eyelids a crack, and the two men who had grabbed her earlier entered.

The two had taken off their shirts and were shirtless, wearing only beach shorts. The tattoos on their arms and necks extended to their bodies, and the grotesque totems were quite unsettling to look at.

They seemed to be holding a tripod and a camera. Afraid of being discovered, Rong Zheng immediately closed her eyes again.

"This weather is fucking hot."

"I'm installing the equipment. Go check if the person is awake yet."

Rong Zheng felt someone approach her. The next second, the man's hand patted her face twice. Her fingers curled slightly as she tried her best to stay still.

"Still not awake."

Rong Zheng heard the rustling sound of the man getting up, followed by the sound of dragging a chair. The man must have sat down at the desk.

She secretly peeked through her eyelids and saw that the man had already set up the tripod and camera, with the lens pointing directly at her.

She hurriedly closed her eyes. What did they want to do?

"Why isn't she awake yet? Are we going to have to wait here for her to wake up?"

"Brother Yong, you don't actually want to seduce women, do you? That's so boring. They don't move, they don't make a sound, what's the difference between them and a dead fish?"

"That's true, but this woman is really stunning, her face, her figure..."

"Just looking at you gets me all aroused, Yong-ge, can I go first?"

"Wouldn't it be more fun to do it together?"

"Great idea, hahaha..."

Rong Zheng felt a chill run down her spine as she listened to the two men's arrogant and lewd laughter. They actually wanted to rape her?

Was the camera used to record a video to blackmail her afterwards?

Thinking of this, Rong Zheng felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, as if every hair on her body was soaked in ice water. Despite the temperature being over 30 degrees Celsius, she felt icy cold all over, her palms began to sweat, and her eyelids began to tremble uncontrollably.

Who exactly ordered them?

Why treat her like this?

The image of Bai Yuxiu's murderous gaze at her before leaving the restaurant last night flashed through her mind. Could it be Bai Yuxiu?

But for such a small conflict, she ordered people to treat her like this; it's making a mountain out of a molehill.

But she couldn't think of anyone else besides Bai Yuxiu.

But what they said next made her doubt her own guess.