Thinking about it, Ling Zhenfei immediately understood that this series of consecutive attacks was clearly a planned attempt to ruin his Xishan Manor. But who was the mastermind? Was it Huo Tian from Tianhe Group, or was there someone else?

No matter who this person was that wanted to put him to death, the one plotting behind the scenes was definitely a mastermind with meticulous thoughts, which was simply infuriating.

"Can I help with anything?"

Seeing Ling Zhenfei's worried expression, Zheng Tingting felt an inexplicable pain in her heart.

Although Ling Zhenfei didn't know how Zheng Tingting could be of any help, he had no connections in the Provincial City; Zheng Tingting was the only one who might be able to assist him.

"The most important thing for me now is to find out where the kidnappers are. Their real intention in abducting Yang Zixuan is not for the money but to buy time. The longer I stay in the Provincial City, the more dangerous Xishan Manor becomes."

Zheng Tingting thought seriously for a moment, and then her eyes lit up.

"I have a good sister who works in economic investigation at the provincial office. I can give her the kidnappers' phone number to locate. Maybe we can find out where these kidnappers are hiding."

Although he wasn't sure if it would work, Ling Zhenfei had to grasp at straws. Zheng Tingting immediately made a call to her good sister, pretending she wanted to locate her ex-boyfriend's phone number to find out his current whereabouts. After some bargaining, the person on the other end agreed to help locate the position of the phone number.

Not long after, the location of the phone number was sent to them. It was in an unfinished building called Future City, and the phone number hadn't moved at all in the last twelve hours. That meant the robbers had been just toying with Ling Zhenfei since last night—everything about the oil refinery and Kong Jingshan was just a ruse, poorly veiling their real location.

National Park and Future City, one to the east of the city and the other to the west, seemed to indicate that the robbers intended to continue playing with Ling Zhenfei.

Without saying much, Zheng Tingting drove towards the location of Future City.

Future City was an unfinished building that was supposed to have thirty-three floors, but construction had stopped after the sixteenth. Surrounded by no other buildings, the lonely half-built structure stood out starkly.

Arriving at the entrance to Future City, Ling Zhenfei got out of the car from a distance, told Zheng Tingting to lock the car door and wait inside, and he snuck into Future City alone.

Ling Zhenfei's sense of hearing had reached a very high level; once calm, he could hear extremely faint sounds. Relying on his ears, he quickly locked onto his target—the third floor of one of the unfinished buildings where he could hear people talking, which must be the kidnappers.

The third floor of Future City's unfinished building was different from the other floors; it had been cleaned in earnest, with even some simple renovations done. There were beds and simple furniture, and electricity had even been installed. As mealtime approached, faint aromas of food drifted from one of the rooms on that floor.

"Time to eat, pretty girl!"

A sleazy-looking youth, holding a big bowl of food, waved it under Yang Zixuan's nose.

Yang Zixuan was tied to a chair, still in her habitual black suit and white shirt professional attire. Her legs were also bound to the chair, rendering her completely immobile.

"I won't eat your food. Just tell me what you want and let me go."

Although her hands and feet were bound, Yang Zixuan could still speak. Perhaps from shouting for too long, her voice had become weak.

"You're starving and still refuse to eat. Do you want to starve to death?"

The kidnapper's face showed anger, suggesting he was about to lose his temper.

"I'd rather starve than eat your food. Big Brother Ling will come to rescue me very soon, you have no idea how powerful he is. You better let me go, or you'll regret it."

Yang Zixuan had absolute trust in Ling Zhenfei, for in her heart, he seemed an omnipotent figure. He had saved her countless times before, and she believed this time would be no different, and that Ling Zhenfei would surely come to her rescue.

"Haha, you're too naive. Your Big Brother Ling is probably wandering around National Park right now. Even if he is as powerful as you say, what can he do without finding you? He's still helpless against me."

"Impossible, Big Brother Ling can't be that foolish. Maybe he's already at the door, ready to rush in and beat you until you're searching for your teeth on the floor."

The robber was amused by Yang Zixuan's words, convinced that no one could find him because his plan was perfect.

"Little beauty, stop dreaming. Now that you're in my hands, just accept your fate. Stop hoping someone will save you. You're so pretty that I'll take good care of you. Of course, you'll need to be patient for a few days. Once the coast is clear, I'll take you back to my real home, and from then on, you'll be the woman of Zhang Shengtian."

"You're disgusting. I would never be with you."

It was unexpected that the robber named Zhang Shengtian harbored such thoughts, truly a shocking revelation.

"Who did you call disgusting? Be careful, or I might toy with you right now, making you wish you were dead. No one can save you in this place."

"To think someone as ugly as you would try to be a robber. Have you considered that, just by existing, you've significantly lowered the standard of attractiveness for robbers?"

Suddenly, a voice startled Zhang Shengtian, causing him to hastily let go of Yang Zixuan. He turned to see a young man sitting at the window, looking around the room casually, as if indifferent, yet seeming to miss nothing.

"Big Brother Ling, you've come! I just knew you would come to rescue me."

Seeing Ling Zhenfei, Yang Zixuan was overjoyed, perhaps overwhelmed by the ordeal, tears falling on her business skirt like broken strands of pearls.

"Zi Xuan, don't cry. No one dares to bully you with me here."

As the two talked with affection, they seemed to forget there was still a robber in the room.

Zhang Shengtian fumed as he felt his pockets, searching for a dagger or some kind of weapon. Finding none, he was forced to grab a teapot from the table, readying himself to throw it at any moment.

Ling Zhenfei nearly laughed out loud. The robber who had him running around Provincial City turned out to be such a character, quite the eye-opener.

"Kid, so you're Ling Zhenfei? How did you find this place?"

Zhang Shengtian was still puzzling over how Ling Zhenfei had found them. There was much he didn't understand. For instance, one second he saw Ling Zhenfei sitting at the window, the next second, Ling Zhenfei's fist had already connected with his face. Before he could even cry out, he saw two of his teeth hit the floor.

"You..."

"It's not 'you', tell me, why did you kidnap Yang Zixuan?"

Ling Zhenfei grabbed Zhang Shengtian effortlessly, holding him against the wall as if catching a small cat.

"Brother Liu made me do it. I'm not really a robber, just a basement dweller. Brother Liu gave me the drugs to knock out Miss Yang. He said if I could keep you busy in Provincial City for two days, she would be mine, so that's why I did it."

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