Chapter 1742 — Kidnapping
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But none of that mattered. Kang Jingming did not care to know what he was called.
Kang Jingming worked quickly. On the second day after moving out of the Kang household, Guan Xin disappeared...
Guan Xuewen was the same as ever. The maid, Auntie Liu, had finished preparing the meal, and he sat at the dining table reading the newspaper, waiting for Guan Xin to come home from work.
Ordinarily, Guan Xin could have resigned by now, but she had said she wanted to finish her final shift properly. Once she left the hospital, she might never be able to return to the nursing post again, so she treasured these last days...
"Professor Guan, the food's gone cold... Shall I call Xinxin and ask whether the hospital's keeping her late?" Auntie Liu looked at the dishes on the table and spoke to Guan Xuewen, who was absorbed in his newspaper.
"Oh? What time is it?" Guan Xuewen started slightly and set down the newspaper in his hands.
"It's already past eight in the evening. Normally, if Xinxin isn't on duty or working late, she'd be home by a little after six..." Auntie Liu said.
"I'll give her a call and ask." Guan Xuewen frowned slightly. Guan Xin was always punctual about getting off work; even when she worked late, she would call to let him know. So her sudden silence today left him somewhat unsettled.
He dialed Guan Xin's cell phone, and it was answered quickly enough — but the voice on the other end was not Guan Xin's, but that of a strange man!
"Hello?" The voice was lazy, as though victory were already in hand.
"This... isn't this Xinxin's number? Who are you?" Guan Xuewen was taken aback. He checked the number he had dialed and found it was correct, and could not help feeling puzzled.
"Doctor Guan, I thought you no longer cared about your granddaughter. It took you this long to call me — that really is a surprise!" the man said slowly. "Two hours now. Still, not too long. I was even thinking that if you hadn't called within five hours, I'd kill her. I don't have that much time to play games with you!"
"Kill her?" Guan Xuewen was stunned for a moment, then said, "Who exactly are you? What do you want? Where is Xinxin? How is she?"
"Doctor Guan, with all your learning, can't you guess who I am? A kidnapper, of course!" This man was none other than Kang Jingming. He had successfully abducted Guan Xin and intended to use her to demand from Guan Xuewen the formula for the Longevity and Detoxification Pill.
"Xinxin is in your hands?" Earlier Guan Xuewen had been frantic with worry, but hearing Kang Jingming speak, he steadied himself instead and said in a low voice, "What do you want?"
"What do I want? Doctor Guan, you're a straightforward man, as expected!" Kang Jingming said. "If you want your granddaughter safe and sound, Doctor Guan, you need only pay a small price!"
"How much money do you want?" Guan Xuewen asked.
"Talking about money is so vulgar." Kang Jingming shook his head. "I don't want money."
"Then what do you want?" Guan Xuewen was puzzled by this. A kidnapper who didn't want money — what did he want, then? Still, Guan Xuewen asked without betraying any emotion.
"Doctor Guan, I hear you have the formula for a Longevity and Detoxification Pill. I wonder if you could give me a copy?" Kang Jingming said bluntly.