Chapter 2677 — Shen Yushu's Phone Call
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But if it was not Wei Zhao, then matters were far different. Naturally, the Rain family patriarch had not considered Zhao Qibing as a factor. In his view, whoever could come and abduct Yu Ning, whoever could enter the Hidden Rain family as though it were an unguarded place, must surely be a ** of the Mystic rank or above, and their purpose in carrying off Xiaoning must be for wealth!
If it was only a matter of money, then it was easy to handle. The Hidden Rain family was not short of money—if money was wanted, it could be given. And if truly outrageous demands were made, that place could be used to exert some pressure. In recent years, the dread name of that place had ceased to be so low-key and had spread throughout the great sects and families; any ** with even a bit of ability had vaguely heard of "that place." Though they did not know exactly which place it was, that did nothing to diminish its deterrent force.
"Father, what should we do now?" Yu Xiaochen asked.
"On one hand, intensify the search. Yu Yi, you take charge of this personally," the Rain family patriarch said. "On the other hand, Xiaochen, go and have a talk with Yushan. Do not press him and do not alert him—approach it obliquely and see whether this matter has anything to do with him at all!"
"Understood! I will go at once." Yu Xiaochen and Yu Yi both answered.
As for the Rain family patriarch, anxious as he was, there was nothing he could do but wait here for news. Whoever had taken Yu Ning surely had a purpose; they could not have carried her off without a sound and then fallen silent. So for now, all the Rain family patriarch could do was wait.
Time slipped away, second by second, and Zhao Qibing drove to a hotel in a nearby city that he had booked in advance.
To conceal them from the eyes and ears of the hotel staff, Uncle Zhu used a long case that had been prepared beforehand and placed Yu Ning inside. Yu Ning was slender, and once she was packed into the case, from the outside it looked like nothing more than a large electronic keyboard or some musical instrument.
Carrying the case, Uncle Zhu and Zhao Qibing entered the hotel one after the other. Zhao Qibing had made the reservation online in advance, so it took no time at all to collect the key card, and he and Uncle Zhu went upstairs together.
Zhao Qibing had booked a deluxe presidential suite. In his view, Yu Ning was, after all, to be his future wife—not some girl ** picked up at random—so their first time ought to be handled with some ceremony, and a presidential suite in a five-star hotel would hardly be unworthy of their status.
Once inside the room, both Zhao Qibing and Uncle Zhu breathed a sigh of relief. Snatching someone from the Hidden Rain family—if the Hidden Rain family had caught them, there would have been no place to bury their corpses! Even if the Hidden Rain family, out of regard for the Hidden Zhao family's face, did not do anything to Zhao Qibing, Uncle Zhu would certainly have come to a tragic end.
And so Uncle Zhu's resentment toward Zhao Qibing deepened another layer! In his eyes, no wonder Zhao Qibing had refused to tell him the truth earlier and had kept putting him off, saying he would explain when the time came—only revealing the real situation at the final moment of execution.