Lin Xinyan was surprised to see Zhou Chunchun standing at the door. She did not expect to see her here in the morning.
“Good morning, Xinyan.” Zhou Chunchun greeted.
Lin Xinyan smiled and replied, “What are you doing here so early in the morning? Is anything wrong?”
Zhou Chunchun nodded her head in honesty. “Yinning called you several times, but you did not answer, so I had to make a trip down here.”
Recalling the call she received in the morning, Lin Xinyan realized that it was from Yinning. She stepped aside to let Zhou Chunchun in. “Let’s continue our conversation inside.”
Zhou Chunchun shook her head and rejected, “It’s fine. I’ll get straight to the point.” Then, she pointed to a black car with tinted windows parked outside. One could not see the car interior at all.
Earlier at four, Gu Bei ordered someone to send Number Four to the Zhou family. Bai Yinning also made preparations last night and got Gao Yuan to prepare a car to escort Number Four.
After Number Four arrived, they did not send him to Baicheng immediately. Bai Yinning called Lin Xinyan first, but since the latter did not answer, he sent Zhou Chunchun here instead.
Though this was a chance for him to see Lin Xinyan, after consulting with Zhou Chunchun, he tried his best to resist his urge to meet her in person.
“There is someone in the car, and Yinning requested me to send him over to you,” Zhou Chunchun stated.
Lin Xinyan thought he misheard her and asked, “There is someone in the car?”
Zhou Chunchun confirmed, “Yes, there is someone inside that Yinning said would be of use to you.”
As though she could guess what she meant, Lin Xinyan requested, “Bring me to the person in the car.”
Zhou Chunchun replied, “Sure.” She then proceeded to lead Lin Xinyan to the car parked outside. Seeing that they were approaching, Gao Yuan got off the car.
“Show Xinyan who he is,” Zhou Chunchun gave Gao Yuan the order.
Right away, Gao Yuan opened the passenger door and revealed Number Four, dressed in sick wear, who was unconscious in the back seat.
Bai Yinning injected Number Four with anesthesia as soon as they caught him. Therefore, Number Four was unconscious.
Immediately, Lin Xinyan could recognize Number Four’s face. He was not blurred out in the news of the temples. She thought about how he may have bullied Qin Ya, and it sent chills down her spine. All she wanted to do was to slap him, but she knew that it was not the time to let her emotions get the better of her.
Zong Jinghao had been looking for Number Four for a long time, yet, Number Four ended up in Bai Yinning’s hands! She wanted to know why Number Four was with Bai Yinning. “Where is Bai Yinning?”
“Yinning said that you would not want to see him, so he did not want to make you unhappy and thus did not come.” Zhou Chunchun replied.
Bai Yinning instructed Zhou Chunchun to relay that.
Lin Xinyan thought that Bai Yinning had finally thought it through and wished that he would treat Zhou Chunchun well in the future. She said, “Please let him know that I appreciate it.”
Zhou Chunchun responded, “Don’t worry about it. Yinning did express that he did it on his own will.”
Pretending not to understand that sentence, Lin Xinyan ignored it and continued, “Please give me some time. I need to head back in for a while.”
They could not bring Number Four into the house, so she had to let Zong Jinghao know, such that he could make the necessary arrangements.
Zhou Chunchun agreed.
Back in the villa, Zong Jinghao came down the stairs neatly dressed. As he did not see Lin Xinyan around, he asked Aunt Yu, “Where is she?”
“Someone rang the doorbell earlier. Is there no one at the door?” Aunt Yu stated.
Zong Jinghao was about to head out when Lin Xinyan walked in.
“Bai Yinning sent someone here,” She immediately exclaimed when she saw him. “He is outside now.”
Zong Jinghao walked towards her and ordered, “Stay in the house, and let me handle it.”
Lin Xinyan nodded.
Under Gao Yuan’s lead, Zong Jinghao saw an unconscious Number Four. Then, he called Shen Peichuan to send someone over to escort Number Four away.
For the past few days, Su Zhan and Shen Peichuan were looking for Number Four and were determined to catch the man who bullied Qin Ya. Therefore, when they knew that Number Four had been captured, they headed to the villa together.
To prevent Number Four from waking up and escaping, Shen Peichuan tied him up and transferred him into a sack. Next, they threw him in the trunk. If Shen Peichuan did not stop Su Zhan, the latter would have killed Number Four there and then. Fuming, he sat in the car, waiting to bring Number Four to a deserted place so that they could kill him.
Zong Jinghao instructed Gao Yuan to relay a message to Bai Yinning, “Let Mr. Bai know that I owe him one.”
No matter how much he disliked Bai Yinning, he appreciated this gesture of sending Number Four over to him.
Gao Yuan said, “I will let him know.” Next, he opened the door for Zhou Chunchun and suggested, “Let’s go.”
Zhou Chunchun got into the car to leave with Gao Yuan.
After Lin Xinyan changed out of her pajamas into proper attire, she walked out of the villa to see Gao Yuan driving away, and she knew that Zhou Chunchun had left with him.
“Will you like to head out with me?” Seeing that she was dressed up, Zong Jinghao asked.
“Yes, I want to know what he did to Qin Ya,” Lin Xinyan replied coldly.
Zong Jinghao did not tell her otherwise since he would stay by her side all the time. “Take my car.”
While Shen Peichuan and Su Zhan drove the car that Number Four was in, Zong Jinghao drove his car behind them.
Shen Peichuan chose the interrogation room in the institute instead of the suburbs to take care of Number Four.
Since he was now the deputy chief, he had more power and did not require as much effort to get something done like the past.
Besides, he had spies and was not afraid of any nonsense that others might spread.
They did not expect the dosage of the anesthesia injected by Bai Yinning to be so high. Even after they threw Number Four onto the ground, the latter did not wake up and only did after Shen Peichuan got someone to pour cold water over him.
Still injured, Number Four was confused when they suddenly jolted him awake. He could not grasp the situation.
He studied his surroundings and wanted to ask if they had arrived at Baicheng since Gu Bei told him they would hide him there. They said they would send him there as they were afraid that Zong Jinghao would find him. However, he saw three men before him.
He widened his eyes in shock. Am I not heading to Baicheng? What am I doing here?
“You…I…” He incoherently muttered.
Before he could react to what was happening, Su Zhan kicked him onto the ground. Number Four felt like his ribs were broken and he clutched onto his abdomen in pain. He did not get up for a long time.
Then, Su Zhan grabbed his collar, and with lasers shooting out of his eyes, he questioned, “What did you do to Qin Ya?”
Number Four stared at the monster-like glare and instinctively shrank. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
By now, he was wide awake and knew who Su Zhan was referring to. However, he did not dare to admit it because they would kill him if he did. Even if they did not kill him, he would end up crippled.
Su Zhan scoffed, “Are you sure you don’t know?”
Within the next second, a punch landed on Number Four’s face. Bang! He croaked, and blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth. Flustered, he asked frantically, “How did you find me?”
Su Zhan was only interested in what he did to Qin Ya and was not bothered to reply to his question. He sneered, “Stop spouting nonsense. I asked, what on earth did you do to Qin Ya?”
Lin Xinyan was in a separate room with multiple screens that displayed everything happening in the other room.
Zong Jinghao and Shen Peichuan were bystanders.
“I did nothing,” Number Four refused to admit. Su Zhan was furious. He was naked, and Qin Ya was disheveled, yet, he dared to deny it?
“Regardless of what you did, since you are already here, you will not be able to get out of here alive today,” Although he was livid, Su Zhan calmly announced. He looked at Number Four condescendingly and unbuttoned his suit with one hand. Then, he took off his jacket and threw it onto the ground.
Terrified, Number Four tried to back away. “Don’t come any closer!”
Su Zhan snorted, “You piece of shit, why don’t you admit to what you have done? Do you think you can get away with it if you deny everything? If I don’t force a confession from you, I will not be Su Zhan, but a piece of trash.”
Desperate, Number Four pleaded Zong Jinghao and Shen Peichuan, “Please stop him! It is a crime to kill me!”
