âLin Yi, have you finished with your business affairs?â Pengzhan asked in an anxious tone.
âI just finished up. What is it, Uncle Chu, is there something wrong?â Lin Yi asked.
âI think Pinliang has kidnapped Yaoyao; can you hurry back?â After experiencing his companyâs incident, Pengzhan was used to relying on Lin Yi.. Whenever he couldnât solve a problem, heâd look for Lin Yiâs help. He had asked Uncle Fu to investigate and followed him, but no clues were found. Pinliang didnât interact with Mengyao at all. Uncle Fu didnât know where Pinliang was holding Mengyao.
Pengzhan did not report this to the police because of his daughterâs reputation. He wanted to protect it, and there wasnât enough evidence to press charges against Pinliang. Besides, Pinliang had Cihua behind him,, which made Pengzhan refrain from acting.
This battle was supposed to be determined in the shadows. Reporting to the police was futile. It wouldnât solve the problem. Pengzhan had no confidence and couldnât guarantee that heâd beat Cihua, because he was representing an overpowered family! Even if the battle only involved Cihua and Gubang like last time, Pengzhan couldnât do anything to Cihua.
âKidnapped?â Lin Yi was startled. He was shocked that Pinliang was this bold! He didnât know that the kid was so daring, even resorting to kidnapping. âDid you file a police report?â Lin Yi asked.
âNo, Fabai joined Cihua recently and got to know a more powerful person whoâs backing him. As I am now, being their opponent is impossible.â Pengzhan did not try to hide anything and honestly revealed everything to him.
âCihua again? Lin Yi frowned. This guy was troubling him again. After losing two golden class masters, he still didnât learn his lesson. Lin Yi would have killed him in a second if he hadnât been looking for a couple of peaceful days.
âAre you sending me out?â Lin Yi asked.
âYes, you know Pinliang and Yaoyao better. Itâd be best if you can find Yaoyao without alerting them!â Pengzhan said, âThings are complicated. Iâll brief you when you get here.â
âOK, Iâll be back tonight,â Lin Yi replied.
After Lin Yi hung up, Xiaoxiao asked, âAre you going back already? I heard you said kidnap, who was kidnapped?â
âLetâs return home first. I donât know the details either.â Lin Yi waved his hand.: âIâll be leaving now.â
âArenât you waiting for my dad to return? He really wanted to meet his son-in-law.â Xiaoxiao didnât want Lin Yi to leave so soon. This was her only opportunity, even though they were closer now. But things would surely change when they get back to school.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âNot now.â Lin Yi didnât have time to worry about Xiaoxiao.
Although Lin Yi had no reason to protect Mengyao, he couldnât just ignore her, could he? However, he wasnât sure why was he sent to guard Mengyao! He had no clue what he was supposed to be doing.
He had asked Pengzhan a few times, but Pengzhan only gave him ambiguous answers with no real meaning. And Mengyaoâs answer would surely be that he was her shield! Of course, Lin Yi didnât believe that his mission was that easy but he had no choice.
So, Lin Yi was like a butler to them, helping Pengzhan with his company, assisting the young missâs daily life, to taking care of the young missâs best friend, Yushu. He stretched his helping hand out to all of them! He was even taking on the role of the young womenâs nanny, sometimes their bodyguard, and even a fighter at school!
But as time passed, Lin Yi got used to it. This mission sure was complicated. He felt that he had done nothing at all but was busy all the time! If his old man didnât say that this mission would earn him enough that he would never have to work again in his lifetime, he would have quit this job long ago.
The girl really needed to be taken care of. Lin Yi couldnât just leave her while something bad was happening to her! Because this was no longer about who was his employer anymore now that he was friends with the girls and had feelings for them. They were all living under the same roof, and if they were in danger, Lin Yi would lend a helping hand toward them.
The auction had ended, but business still needed to be settled, especially the buyers and the sellers. Both had to stay behind.
After Lin Yi bade farewell to Xuemin and Fatty Lai, he flew back to Songshan. The plane tickets for economy class were fully booked. Only business class was left, but the ticket was booked by Uncle Fu himself.
After touching down, Lin Yi saw Uncle Fu waiting him at the entrance of the airport.
âUncle Fu!â Lin Yi walked faster.
âMr. Lin, it must have been a long journey!â Uncle Fu said apologetically. âSorry you had to hurry back.â
âNo worries, Yaoyao is in trouble. I have to come back.â Lin Yi didnât think that Uncle Fu would react this way. In fact, Lin Yi was feeling guilty for leaving Yaoyao. If he didnât leave, Yaoyao wouldnât be in a trouble. It was all his fault! Although Pengzhan didnât say that he had to be Yaoyaoâs bodyguard, being a follower was enough, and being a follower was the reason his job was so complicated.
âMr. Chu has been waiting for you. This way, please.â Uncle Fu didnât say much. He knew it wasnât his place.
Uncle Fuâs Bentley was parked in the airportâs parking lot. To Lin Yiâs surprise, Pengzhan was waiting him in the car. It seemed like he was rather anxious and impatient to meet Lin Yi.
âLin Yi, listen to this recording.â Pengzhan opened the door and handed him an audio recording pen.
Lin Yi nodded, pressed the button, and heard Pinliang instantly. âHello, Uncle Chuâ¦.â
This was recorded when Pinliang paid a visit to his office. This was the only evidence Pengzhan had. He didnât needed to explain the whole situation as the recording pen was doing a good job of it.
After listening to the recording, he furrowed his brows! Pinliang had the balls to touch Mengyao?
âUncle Chu, what are you saying?â Lin Yi had to learn of Pengzhanâs plan first.
âUncle Fu investigated into this. Yaoyao wasnât in Pinliangâs house, and his movements are totally normal, going to school and back home,â Pengzhan said. âI thought that heâd at least meet Yaoyao, but he didnât.â
âHa⦠then Yaoyao is probably fine.â Lin Yi remained silent for a while before a smile blossomed across his face.
âOh? Why do you say that?â Pengzhan was taken aback. He didnât expect Lin Yi to be so certain.