latelenovela Chapter 134: Emerging from Cocoon to Butterfly (1)
Chapter 134: Emerging from Cocoon to Butterfly (1)
He shouted anxiously with a serious face, "The most important thing right now is to find Gu Yan as soon as possible! Put all other things aside!"
Just at this moment, a crisp and rapid cell phone ring suddenly rang, breaking the tense and solemn atmosphere on the scene.
Gu Yihuai quickly pulled out his phone and took a closer look. The caller ID showed a number from the hospital. Without a doubt, it must be the results of Gu Yan's physical examination.
Gu Yihuai took a deep breath, pressed the answer button, put the phone close to his ear, and listened carefully to every word coming from the other end of the phone.
As time passed, the expression on his face gradually changed. First, his brows furrowed, then his eyes widened, and his lips trembled slightly.
He looked both extremely angry and filled with deep disappointment and sorrow. In short, his emotions at the moment were extremely complex, making it difficult for others to understand them.
However, as a person who had experienced the ups and downs of the business world for a long time, Gu Yihuai quickly forced himself to calm down and quickly adjusted his state.
The streets and alleys of Qingcheng were bustling with activity at this time, but what people were talking about the most was not anything else but the missing person notices posted everywhere.
Gu Yan's beautiful face was constantly displayed in high definition on projection screens across Qingcheng. However, no matter how hard everyone tried to find clues, Gu Yan seemed to have vanished without a trace.
After an in-depth investigation, it was discovered that the cleaning lady who had appeared in the hotel was actually an imposter!
The real cleaning lady was knocked unconscious in the toilet.
The police retrieved numerous surveillance videos from inside the hotel and surrounding streets, and after repeated review, they ultimately came to only one conclusion: the perpetrator was likely a woman with short hair. Beyond that, there were no other valuable leads to pursue.
When night fell again, it was already evening of the next day.
Gu Yan woke up slowly, unaware that she had become the headline news figure reported by all major media in Qingcheng.
Gu Yan slowly woke up, only to feel her throat was so dry and thirsty that it felt like it was on fire.
She struggled to open her heavy eyelids and slowly looked around. It was a place similar to a warehouse, with an unusually wide space that seemed to stretch to the horizon.
She struggled to support herself with her hands, and with great effort, she managed to stand up. Her shaky figure was like a candle in the wind, and she could fall down again at any moment.
However, at this moment, finding an exit to escape this hellish place became her only thought. So, she forced herself to be strong and staggered towards the possible exit.
But the despair was that no matter how hard she looked, the door to freedom was nowhere to be found.
Just as she was feeling incredibly depressed, she suddenly noticed several boxes of drinks and bread placed in a corner. Seeing all this food, she couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope: "It seems my kidnappers don't want me to starve to death just yet..."
Gu Yan knew that only by filling her stomach could she regain her strength and have a chance to escape the predicament. So she rushed towards the food without hesitation and devoured it like a hungry tiger.
As she devoured her food, she quickly pondered who had kidnapped her. Logically speaking, she had just returned to Qingcheng and hadn't made any enemies in the years she had lived in this city.
Moreover, to be able to kidnap her directly from the hotel so boldly, the other party must have an extremely powerful background.
After eating and drinking to their heart's content, Gu Yan calmed down her breathing, took a deep breath, and mustered up the courage to shout towards the warehouse door: "Help! Is there anyone there? Let me out!"
However, all she got in response was an empty echo and deathly silence. She had anticipated this outcome, but when the moment finally arrived, she couldn't help but feel a sense of loss and fear.
He slowly raised his head, his eyes sweeping over the two industry leaders before him—Fu Xu and He Li—in turn. Then, with a seemingly standard yet obviously false smile, he said, "Gu Yan is also my biological daughter! How dare someone openly kidnap my precious daughter in our Qingcheng territory? It's simply challenging me, Gu Yihuai! No matter what, let's split up and do our utmost to find Gu Yan's whereabouts."
After hearing this, He Li thought for a moment and felt that there was no time to lose. The most urgent task at the moment was to find the missing Gu Yan as soon as possible. As for other matters, they could only be put aside for the time being.
So, he nodded slightly, indicating that he agreed with Gu Yihuai's proposal, then turned around and left in a hurry, his figure disappearing in the crowd.
Fu Xu and He Li were in perfect sync with each other at this moment, both holding the same idea.
As for Gu Yihuai, if after investigation it can be confirmed that Gu Yan's disappearance has nothing to do with him, then for now we can only let him go.
Time flies, and half a day has passed in the blink of an eye.
Just when she was completely hopeless and ready to give up resistance, the heavy door suddenly made a dull sound. With a heart-pounding creaking sound, the door was slowly pushed open.
At this time, the night was as deep as ink, and the whole world was immersed in a quiet and mysterious darkness. Gu Yan stared at the door with wide eyes, only to see a figure appear there, holding a flashlight emitting a dim light in his hand.
The strong light made her eyes feel stinging, and out of instinct, she subconsciously closed her eyes tightly.
After a long while, when she gradually adapted to the sudden light, she dared to open her eyes cautiously.
However, when she finally got a clear look at the person before her, an uncontrollable fear instantly surged in her heart, forcing her to step back repeatedly. The person standing there was the nightmare that had brought her endless pain and fear—Wei Ming.
Seven years have passed, and time has not healed the trauma left by those years. Seeing him again now, those horrible memories buried deep in my heart surged back like a tide.
Gu Yan was terrified, her body was shaking constantly, even her hands and feet became uncontrollable, and she was trembling as if she would collapse to the ground at any time.
"It's you...how could it be you?" Gu Yan widened his eyes and muttered to himself in disbelief.
"Gu Yan, don't blame me. If you want to blame someone, you can only blame your own bad luck." Wei Ming said expressionlessly, his tone so cold that it made people shudder.
"Do you know? What you are doing is kidnapping, a serious crime!" Gu Yan suppressed his inner fear and shouted angrily.
The person who kidnapped her was none other than Wei Ming, the eldest son of the Wei family, who was forced to marry her by Gu Yihuai after she broke up with He Li.
Although Gu Yan never had any feelings for him, Wei Ming had always believed that Gu Yan was his woman, which became an indelible shadow in her life. Now, this demon appeared again, dragging her into a deeper abyss.
Standing before him was a man with a face full of flesh, rude manners, and vulgar language. He was the image of a scumbag. He glared at Gu Yan fiercely, cursing profanely, "So what? Gu Yan, oh Gu Yan, it's all because of you that I'm in such a mess! Back then, you had that old bastard Jiang Hao protecting you, so I couldn't do anything. But now he's gone, who can protect you, little bitch!"
Before he could finish his words, Wei Ming pounced on Gu Yan with bared fangs and claws, trying to grab her hair.
However, what Wei Ming never expected was Gu Yan's extremely quick reaction. She spun sideways and launched a lightning-fast kick into his stomach. With a scream, Wei Ming fell to the ground like a kite with a broken string, curling up in pain, groaning non-stop.
It turned out that as early as seven years ago, after the incident where Gu Yan was nearly raped by Wei Ming, Jiang Hao took timely action to rescue Gu Yan from the devil's cave and specially arranged for her to learn women's self-defense skills.
It is also because of this that Gu Yan is no longer the weak and helpless woman who was bullied by others.
Just as Gu Yan took this opportunity to turn around and run towards the warehouse door, something unfortunate happened again.
The two burly men in black waiting outside the door blocked her way like two iron towers.
Before Gu Yan could react, one of the men in black reached out and grabbed her shoulders tightly, and with the other hand he pushed her hard, throwing her heavily to the ground.
Then the two of them said to Wei Ming in unison: "Boss, leave this to us, please do as you please." After that, they stood on both sides like door gods, staring coldly at Gu Yan who was lying on the ground.
At this moment, Gu Yan was facing an extremely severe and unfavorable situation. Although she had some martial arts skills, it was simply a pipe dream to fight against three strong and well-trained opponents alone!
Wei Ming slowly stood up from the ground, casually brushing off the dust on his body.
Then, he raised his arm slightly and waved it lightly, ordering the two ferocious thugs to close the warehouse door.
With a loud "clang", the warehouse door closed tightly, as if completely isolating Gu Yan from the outside world.
"Gu Yan, Gu Yan, you were supposed to be my wife. It was that old bastard Jiang Hao who intervened and snatched you away from me. Humph, now that he's dead, it's his own fault, no one else's to blame. But, I guess you've been kept in the dark until now, right? To tell you the truth, Jiang Hao's death was entirely a masterpiece of my planning. Of course, this was only possible thanks to your father's great assistance. Who told that stubborn guy Jiang Hao to refuse to let Gu Yihuai get even the slightest share of the Jiang Group's profits?"