“This is bad. Have you tried calling her? Maybe she decided to take some fresh air…,”

“What goddamn fresh air would she decide to get when she sounded impatient because she had left the hospital for so many hours? And I tried calling her earlier but there was no response despite that the call went through,” Yifeng said, as he began pacing about.

God, I pray she is alright because she was feeling sick when she left the hospital in the morning. I just hope I am being paranoid here and that nothing happened to her.

Yifeng thought as he let his fingers through his styled hair.

“Stop looking so worried because I am sure she is fine,” Yunfei tried to make Yifeng relax despite that he too was scared that something was wrong.

“Yifeng, how about we do this? You go and check the car and try to see whether there is something abnormal there while I go to the control room and have a look at the CCTV cameras,” Yunfei said seriously..

“Sure, call me if you find anything,” Yifeng said as he hurried to leave.

“You too,” Yunfei said before he turned and entered the elevator.

While Yunfei was doing his work directing the guy in charge of the control room, Yifeng was also doing his part. He opened the door of her car and thoroughly checked for anything that might look suspicious.

“Why does her car smell like coal was burned in here?” Yifeng said as he closed the door and tried to check the floor surrounding the car. He did not even need to search for too long before something shiny lying beside the tyre caught his attention. 

Anxious to know what it was, he bent to pick whatever it was up. He was stunned when he saw what it was.

“Zi Er’s earrings! Why the heck was it lying there?” Yifeng muttered as he stare at the long glimmering earrings in his palm. He was there when Yang Zi dressed up to come to the office so, he vividly recalled that these were the earrings she wore. He even playfully complimented her that the earrings suited her.

Just then his cellphone rang. Seeing that Yunfei was the caller, he quickly answered the call.

“Yifeng, I think you need to see this so, come upstairs. My executive assistant is waiting for you at the elevator so hurry up,” Yunfei said in a tone that made Yifeng tremble. Without Yifeng hearing what was wrong, from Yunfei’s tone he knew that all was not well.

“I am coming,” Yifeng hung up the call before he hurried into the tall building. Just like Yunfei had told him, Yifeng met his assistant waiting for him at the elevator.

The journey from then on to the control room was very quiet. Yunfei turned to face the entrance when he heard the sound of the door opening.

“What is the problem?” Yifeng asked as he approached where Yunfei stood close to the man in a black shirt sitting on a chair.

“A group of masked men took Zi Er away after suffocating her with smoke,” Yunfei revealed, as he pointed at the footage which had been zoomed in by the guy in charge.

“What?!” Yifeng remarked in shock, as he followed the direction Yunfei’s hand was pointing to. 

An expression of annoyance and worry masked Yifeng’s face after watching the CCTV footage. He was angry that someone would dare kidnap his woman and also worried because Yang Zi was feeling unwell before she got abducted by the strange people.

If she was fine when this happened, he wouldn’t have got so worried because he knew she would be able to take care of herself but he knew that was impossible in her current condition.

“I have already called the police commissioner and informed him about the news and he promised to make sure that Zi Er is brought back as soon as soon as possible,” Yunfei said when he saw Yifeng’s worried expression.

“You can count on the police but I can’t wait for them to find her. I am afraid if I wait for them it is her dead body which will be delivered to me so, I will find her before they do since I can’t afford to see her harmed while relying on the police whose investigations are always slow,” Yifeng said as he turned to leave.

“What are you planning to do…,”

“Find her on my own of course. I have the means to do that so, why wait for the police?” Yifeng said before he strolled away. While walking, he dialled someone’s line.

“Yuan Quan, meet me in the office right now and call our men to get ready to take action. Tell FIRECRACKER to get ready to hack into the entire CCTV in the City. Also, tell him that he will not be able to have a wink of sleep if he cannot find the one I am looking for,” Yifeng said in a hurried tone. 

Yuan Quan driving home after work had to immediately park his car when he heard the order his boss had just given him.

“Boss, what is wrong?” Yuan Quan asked anxiously.

“If you want to know what is going on then get your ass back to the office. Consider yourself fired if you come just a minute late,” Yifeng said before he instantly answered the call.

Yifeng drove at top speed to his office.

A few minutes after he arrived, Yuan Quan also reached the office. When Yuan Quan learned that Yang Zi was kidnapped, he was as surprised as Yifeng was when he learned the truth. The two guys drafted a plan on how to go about rescuing Yang Zi after Firecracker sends them her location.

Yuan Quan and Yifeng were expecting to hear good news from Firecracker but after three hours the hacker did not call. Yifeng became even more restless and had to call him to find out what was the problem but unfortunately, Firecracker could not give an exact location as he wanted.

“Why the heck is it taking him forever to track a single person?” Yifeng yelled as he threw his cellphone on the floor.