Chapter 353: Chapter 353: Escalating Conflict (5) Finding the whereabouts

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Mu Cidian held his mobile phone, his palm was sweating.

“What happened?” He controlled his emotions, tried his best to stay calm, and spoke in a steady tone.

The officer said, “The incident happened on River Road, at a midway point between Xin Group and Xin Family’s villa. Our preliminary judgement is that the main purpose of this incident was to kidnap Xin Zaozao. Judging from the scene, Nie Feng was knocked unconscious on the ground, and Xin Zaozao disappeared, leaving her purse and cell phone in the car, which is consistent with a kidnapping scenario. Also, from what we know about Xin Zaozao, she has always had a strained relationship with you and your mother and she doesn’t conceal this fact. Therefore, we hope you can come to the police station as we need to understand some more specific circumstances.”

So, the officer was actually suspecting him of kidnapping Xin Zaozao.

But because there is no evidence, they could not force him to go to the police station and could only summon him by phone.

Mu Cidian’s face was grim, his fists clenched.

Who could it be?

He knew it all too well!

He told the officer bluntly, “This incident has nothing to do with me. As a family member of Xin Zaozao, I need to know what happened to her and how she was kidnapped.”

The officer did not obscure the truth, possibly hoping to glean more information from the conversation. “After reviewing Xin Zaozao’s dash camera footage, it seems the incident was premeditated. During the accident, a car’s high beams were turned on causing the driver to suddenly swerve and abruptly brake, hitting the side railing. The driver, who was Nie Feng, got out of the car to check the situation and was knocked unconscious with a bat. He remains unconscious due to a head injury. The license plate of the offending vehicle was deliberately obscured, and the people in the car were wearing baseball caps and masks, making it impossible to recognize their faces. We are currently looking into the suspect’s vehicle whereabouts using traffic surveillance devices, but it appears the car has counter-surveillance capabilities and it managed to evade our CCTV cameras. We have not found any trace of it yet…”

Mu Cidian abruptly hung up the phone.

He didn’t have time to beat around the bush with the officer.

He knew very well that if Xin Zaozao was not found in the shortest possible time, she would be in great danger.

Thinking about what might happen…

Mu Cidian gritted his teeth and swiftly headed towards Wan Quan’s bedroom.

At this moment, Wan Quan was in her room sipping red wine and listening to soothing music, appearing to be in a relaxed and good mood.

The moment she saw her son storming in with a murderous look on his face, she knew everything had gone as planned.

She remained emotionless, feeling even more relieved. As she looked at her son’s grim face, she asked calmly, “What’s the matter?”

“Where is Xin Zaozao?” Mu Cidian cut to the chase.

“How would I know where she went!” Wan Quan laughed sarcastically, “What is my relationship with her? Would she tell me where she is going?”

“Do you know that what you’re doing is illegal? There are no perfectly secret crimes, no matter how well-hidden they are, someone will find out! Don’t force me to expose you!” Mu Cidian raised his voice, clearly agitated.

The Mu Cidian who used to keep things to himself, who never revealed his feelings, was now furious.

“Slap.” Wan Quan angrily slapped Mu Cidian’s face!

Mu Cidian still looked at her coldly, his veins bulging out.

“Go ahead! Report me to the police now, and say I kidnapped Xin Zaozao. Let the police come and arrest me! Let them come and arrest me, Mu Cidian! You unfilial son, you will be struck by lightning one day!” Wan Quan screamed hysterically.

Mu Cidian’s face became even more unpleasant. His eyes were bloodshot. He abruptly turned around and left.

He jumped into his car.

He had taken a cab to the hospital yesterday, but today he just pressed down the accelerator and drove away.

It was 10:40 pm now. He didn’t know how long ago Xin Zaozao’s incident had occurred. He reached the location of the incident as fast as he could. The traffic police were still there, and Xin Zaozao’s car was about to be towed away.

Mu Cidian parked his car and hurriedly got out.

“Where is the dash cam?” Mu Cidian quickly asked as he walked up.

“Who are you?” One traffic cop eyed him suspiciously.

“Mu Cidian,” another cop recognized him immediately after watching plenty of celebrity gossip news. “The titular brother of the victim, Xin Zaozao.”

His tone was sarcastic.

Mu Cidian didn’t care about his tone. He insisted, “Give me the video from the dash cam. I want to see the scene of the incident.”

“We can’t. This is under police surveillance!” A cop rebuked sternly.

“I am a family member of the victim, I have the right to know her situation.”

“Family member?” The cop laughed mockingly, “When doing unspeakable things to Xin Zaozao, you didn’t claim to be a family member?!”

“What’s your name and badge number?” Mu Cidian’s eyes narrowed.

“What are you trying to do?” The cop became a little nervous, but his tone remained tough.

“It was premeditated and probably carried out by someone acquainted with her. I might even recognize the person responsible. And if you are obstructing me from investigating the case out of personal feelings, if anything that happens due to your negligence, I would at least know whose responsibility it is!” Mu Cidian spoke firmly.

The cop’s face changed.

“I’m going to your station,” he declared.

Mu Cidian had no time to haggle with anyone.

All he wanted now was to rescue Xin Zaozao.

Knowing his mother, she might not kill Xin Zaozao, but how she might torment her was something he dared not imagine!

He turned to leave.

“Wait. I have the video here.” The cop suddenly gave in. He was afraid that he would be held accountable if things went as Mu Cidian had said.

Mu Cidian quickly grabbed the officer’s mobile phone and looked at the video on the screen.

The situation in the video was similar to what was described to him over the phone.

Mu Cidian watched it carefully twice.

The perpetrator was heavily wrapped up, with only his eyes exposed, making it impossible to identify who it was.

The officer said that the offender had anti-surveillance capabilities, but they overlooked the vital dash camera. Was it because they judged there would be no trace of them in the dash cam? Or did they simply not have the time to destroy the dash cam because, as deduced from the video, they were alone.

Being alone and having to kidnap Xin Zaozao and leave the scene quickly, there might not have been time to take the dashcam. That was also a possibility.

On the other hand, Nie Feng was a capable man, but it was clear from the dashcam that he was caught off guard and was hit on the head with a bat without being able to react. An experienced person would know where to strike to cause maximum damage. Nie Feng passed out immediately, without any time to resist or struggle.

All of this indicated that this person was probably not an ordinary person.

Mu Cidian was trying to calm himself down.

If it was his mother’s plot… But, based on his understanding of his mother, she never had contact with people of such kind. Even if she did so secretly through connections to find these people, to really premeditate the kidnapping of Xin Zaozao, his mother wouldn’t be so desperate as to employ a lone man for such a dangerous task knowing full well that Nie Feng was skilled. As per his understanding of his mother, it wasn’t possible for her to do something so uncertain.

However, he was absolutely certain in his heart, that this event was absolutely intertwined with his mother!

Grinding his teeth in anger,

He opened the video once again to watch.

He paused the video at the second where Nie Feng was struck by the club.

Why would Nie Feng have been completely oblivious and let someone hit him straight on? Logically, Nie Feng couldn’t have been completely oblivious to the sneak attack, his reactions were noticeably delayed by a few seconds.

His eyes narrowed.

Considering his usual skills and perception, it was impossible not to sense any danger unless he did it on purpose, or his mental state was not good.

As for Nie Feng, there was no chance it was intentional, it had to be… the state of his mental health.

But as a bodyguard, a competent bodyguard, there’s no way he could not guarantee his mental state, this is not only irresponsible to the employer, but also puts his own life in danger at any time. Nie Feng had always been strict with himself, there was no way he would allow such a mistake to happen.

Does this mean that Nie Feng’s poor mental state is not due to subjective reasons but caused by external factors?

External factors…

Mu Cidian’s face became unspeakably grim all at once.

He slammed his phone back into the officer’s hands, quickly turned around and left.

Two policemen handling the scene were left staring blankly at Mu Cidian’s disappearing figure.

One of the officers who had been threatened couldn’t help but say, “Why the worry now… where was the concern earlier…”

Mu Cidian drove back to his villa as fast as possible.

He did not even wait for the car to stop before he opened the door, rushing into the villa.

He went straight to the room of the house servant.

The servant opened the door sleepily, “Young master.”

“Tell me, did you put anything in my morning porridge!” The grim look on Mu Cidian, and the urgency of his tone silenced the servant.

The servant was scared and at a loss.

She had never seen the young master like this before.

He looked anxious, almost uncontrollable.

The servant didn’t answer.

“Speak!” The volume of Mu Cidian’s voice increased, the frantic tone echoed throughout the villa.

The servant grew even more afraid and started to shake, she hardly dared to speak.

She was even scared that at this moment, the young master would strangle her.

He looked terrifying.

“Not speaking, huh?! Alright, I’ll call the police, accuse you of poisoning Xin Zaozao…”

“Young master, I didn’t, I really didn’t.” The servant hurriedly started pleading, tears streaming down her face, “Young master, I swear I didn’t. Please, don’t call the police. I have two sons who rely on me, my eldest son just got admitted to university. I can’t go to jail…”

“Speak, did you put anything in the breakfast!” Mu Cidian’s terrifying face was an intimidation!

“I, I, I…”

“‘I did it!’” A voice suddenly came from behind. It was Wan Quan.

No way she could sleep on a night like this.

She was excited and waiting for everything to unfold.

She was eager to see what Xin Zaozao would look like tomorrow!

The thought of the upcoming scene made her blood boil with excitement, how could she possibly sleep!

At this moment, she heard her son’s furious voice downstairs.

The room had good sound insulation, but the angry bellow of Mu Cidian was impossible to ignore.

Mu Cidian turned around and glared at his own mother.

Looking at her appearing so calm and collected.

“What did you say!” Mu Cidian gritted his teeth, trying to lower his voice as much as possible.

“I said, I put drugs in the breakfast that you prepare for Xin Zaozao every day! I put sleeping pills!” Wan Quan said coldly, “My aim was to make Xin Zaozao and her damn bodyguard feel listless, to cause them to die in a car accident! So you go ahead and report me! Mu Cidian, you go ahead and report me…. Ah… ”

Wan Quan’s body stiffened.

She screamed out loud.

Seeing her son suddenly push closer to her, aggressively gripping her neck, his fingers were tightening with each passing moment.

She gradually found it harder to breathe, her throat being constricted was extremely painful.

“Mu… Cid, ian. Let… go, I…” Wan Quan managed to speak in intermittent breaths.

Mu Cidian’s face was cold, oozing an aura of blood-thirst, “Where is Xin Zaozao?!”

“I don’t know!” Wan Quan asserted firmly.

“Where is Xin Zaozao!” Mu Cidian tightened his grip further.

“If you have the guts, Mu Cidian, kill me…kill me…” Wan Quan’s grim eyes firmly met her son’s eyes.

Seeing her own son turn so cruel towards her all for another woman!

The more he behaves like this, the more she wants them to suffer eternally!