Lin Qing's pupils tightened. Thinking about it, she really hadn't seen Lu Xiao in the past two days. After Lu Xiao was discharged from the hospital, she rested for a few days and then went to work. Her boyfriend usually took care of her when he came back from another place, but the day before yesterday, Lu Xiao asked for leave, saying that she had to go to the hospital for a checkup, and she hadn't seen her since then.
Lin Qing forgot about this matter because he was too busy with work at the end of the month.
If she didn't think about it, she wouldn't even notice that Lu Xiao was away for the past two days.
Thinking of this, Lin Qing suddenly reached out to grab Mu Li's collar and held it tightly: "Where is she! Where is Lu Xiao!"
Mu Li pursed his lips. The light from the warehouse behind him shone down, casting a shadow on his handsome face. His back was straight, and he remained silent as Lin Qing questioned him over and over again.
Lu Xiao was indeed missing.
When he found the perpetrator, he received a message that Lu Xiao had been kidnapped and her whereabouts were unknown. He had already sent people to search for her. If the perpetrator was intentional, he would definitely find her soon.
This was also one of the reasons why he wanted Lin Qing to come to the warehouse again tomorrow.
Lin Qing grabbed his collar, his hands shaking. His silence was more powerful than any weapon: "You said... that person just now said that Lu Xiao was in danger, is it true?"
She deliberately avoided the words “you sent people to hunt me down” because she couldn’t say it anyway.
"Don't worry, she'll be fine." Lin Qing's anxious look made him feel relieved.
She'll be fine...
Lin Qing suddenly raised his voice and stared into Mu Li's deep eyes: "You mean, something really happened to her!"
There was no need to hide it any longer. Hiding it from her would only deepen the misunderstanding between them. But having come this far, no one could turn back.
Mu Li said in a deep voice: "Yes, she is missing."
First there was the car accident, then he disappeared. The person who attacked Lu Xiao would not stop until the two of them fell out.
Thinking of this, Mu Li pursed his thin lips, and his dark eyes were filled with anger.
"Is it really you?" Lin Qing looked at Mu Li indifferently, and the fingers that were holding his collar loosened.
Mu Li knew that Lin Qing would not believe anything he said now, so he just pursed his lips tighter and held her as he walked towards the sports car.
Lin Qing's voice was shrill and trembling: "Mu Li! It was really you who did it, wasn't it!"
The adjutant, who was walking quickly from the warehouse, caught up with them and happened to hear this sentence: "Commander, everything has been handled inside."
The adjutant said this while secretly glancing at Mu Li. Although the man was cruel, he deliberately missed the heart with his shot. The perpetrator did not die, but just lost a lot of blood and fell into a coma.
Mu Li turned his head and nodded. With just a glance, the adjutant could still see the fatigue and pain in Mu Li's eyes. Lin Qing was still struggling to let Mu Li let her go, but the adjutant couldn't help but speak from behind.
"Madam, this matter really has nothing to do with the commander. It was all done by that person himself, who framed..."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Qing raised the corners of his lips in a cold and mocking tone: "Framed? Who has both the ability and reason to frame him?"
If there really is such a person, she would like to see him.
Although Xu Yuan hated her, he didn't have the ability to do that. Although Chen Qudong was unwilling to let go, he would never do such a cruel thing.
After thinking about it, Lin Qing really couldn't imagine who could frame someone so beautifully that she couldn't help but believe it!
“You can’t say that. Besides, the commander has no reason to do that…” the adjutant continued to speak, but was glared back by Mu Li.
"No reason?" Lin Qing repeated these words softly.
If there was indeed no reason in the past, but now, even she doesn't know it.
"Lin Qing, don't think about it anymore, let's go home first." Mu Li's strength on her waist suddenly tightened. Seeing her in pain, he felt even more painful.
Lin Qing no longer resisted, and the light in his eyes became dim as he moved away from the warehouse.
"What did Lu Xiao do to make you hate her so much? Or...Is it me you want to take revenge on?" Lin Qing's hand loosened dejectedly, a pale smile spreading across his lips.
"Don't let your imagination run wild!" Mu Li's eyes were sharp, and he stopped her from saying anything more.
Lin Qing suddenly realized that he had done so much just to hurt her in the end.
She came close to him regardless of everything, and it seemed that she had touched his bottom line. So, he wanted her to pay the price.
He had said this, and now he fulfilled it, but she was too stupid to forget everything and actually... wanted to fulfill it with Lu Xiao's blood...
"Mu Li, you are so cruel..." Lin Qing's face had lost all color, and was pale in the dark. Her throat was dry, and she couldn't utter a word when she wanted to speak.
You are really cruel.
I loved you so much that I tried to protect everything we had with my life, but you treated my love as a sharp dagger and finally stabbed it into my heart.
What hurts me is not that you hurt me, but that you hurt yourself while hurting me. If you didn't love me at all, you wouldn't let me stay by your side.
Mu Li, you...
Lin Qing lost all his strength and leaned into Mu Li's arms without any resistance. Mu Li took every step very steadily, and no one knew how heavy each of his steps was.
The adjutant did not follow. He looked at Mu Li's long back from behind. Even though he held his wife in his arms, he could not hide his loneliness.
If this goes on, everything will be too late.
Mu Li strode to the front of the car, carefully placed Lin Qing on the passenger seat, and leaned in to fasten her seat belt.
Lin Qing remained silent the entire time, and she didn't even raise her eyelids when she felt the man's movements.
What else is worth seeing
Mu Li got in the car and pushed the key into the starter: "Let's go home first. I just got some news. We'll be able to find her tomorrow at the latest."
Lin Qing leaned his head against the car window, looking at the light of the warehouse not far away, and smiled: "Because I'm anxious, I have to find the person quickly, right?"
"Lin Qing!" Mu Li growled, veins bulging on his arms as he gripped the steering wheel.
"Don't be so angry. I don't doubt you. Mu Li, let's go home." Lin Qing's tone was very light, and no emotion could really be heard from it.
She was just a little tired and wanted to have a good sleep.
"Lin Qing, do you really think it was me who did it?" Mu Li turned her face, a trace of pain flashing in his eyes.
He knew that even if she didn't say it, she must be thinking so in her heart.
"Don't ask me if I believe you, Mu Li." Lin Qing looked up at him, saying every word with all his strength, "I want to believe you, no matter what happens, but what qualifications do I have to believe you now?"
Mu Li felt a stab in the heart.
Lin Qing continued to speak, her pale face becoming more pale and charming under the light not far away: "If Lu Xiao really got into trouble because of me, how can I face myself and forgive myself?"
She doesn't have many friends. Xu Yuan has turned from a good sister into an enemy. Lu Xiao is her rare close friend, but now is she going to lose Lu Xiao too
She didn't know what she had left to lose.
"Lin Qing, no matter what happens, it's not your fault, understand!" Mu Li held her face and made her look at him, then leaned over and pressed her against the seat, "You didn't do anything wrong!"
"But this incident was caused by me..." Lin Qing shook her head in a trance and smiled coldly. She looked up and saw the bright moonlight through the windshield, which was faintly blocked by the clouds.
The silver sports car never started. The adjutant, who was still standing at the door of the warehouse, received a phone call. While being talked on the other end, he couldn't help but glance at the sports car, said a few words to the person on the other end, and then hung up.
The adjutant quickly ran to the front of the car and saluted in front of the driver's door.
The car window rolled down at a steady pace: "What's the matter?"
"The person has been found in a warehouse to the west." Considering Lin Qing's unstable emotions, the adjutant lowered his voice.
Lin Qing still heard it. She raised her eyelids for a moment, then closed them again and leaned back in her seat.
"West?" They are now in the east of City A. "Send me the exact location."
The adjutant took a step back, and the silver sports car sped away with a whoosh.
"Are we going over now?" Lin Qing closed his eyes.
Mu Li knew that she was more anxious than anyone else, so he stepped on the accelerator and said, "Go."
It usually takes two and a half hours to drive from the east to the west of City A. When they arrived, Lin Qing looked at the car dashboard and saw that it only took one hour.
The car was speeding all the way, like a ghost. Lin Qing had been holding back in the car, and bent down as soon as he got out of the car.
"Well!"
She wanted to vomit, but couldn't.
Mu Li walked around the front of the car, holding the door with one hand and patting Lin Qing's back with the other. She did not change her clothes when she went out and was still wearing the skirt she wore during the day. The temperature at night was generally very low and her skin was frighteningly cold.
Mu Li pursed his lips and said nothing. He lifted her up and took off his coat and put it on her. Lin Qing pressed her fist against her chest, her stomach churning and dizziness. She was so uncomfortable that she stopped talking.
Mu Li's men have arrived and surrounded the warehouse. Everyone has a blank expression on their face. To them, no matter what happened inside, this was just a mission.
When Lin Qing approached and saw their expressions, his heart suddenly tightened.
Mu Li stopped at the door of the warehouse and pulled one of his men over: "What's the situation inside?"
The subordinate didn't know that the person inside had a close relationship with Lin Qing, so he just answered as a matter of routine: "The woman was hung up and beaten, her whole body was covered with wounds and she was in a terrible state, and..."
Before he finished speaking, the subordinate suddenly stopped talking. Mu Li's two cold eyes swept straight at him.
Lin Qing had been staring at the door of the warehouse. He didn't react when he heard his subordinates' words and followed Mu Li in.
The warehouse just now exuded a biting coldness, but this warehouse exuded the blood of death.
Lu Xiao had been put down and placed on a wooden bed on the left. She had been unconscious. There were blood marks on her body from being whipped, and her white T-shirt was torn to pieces. Lin Qing stood there and did not dare to walk over. Every whipping went into Lin Qing's heart.
Her nose felt sore, her eyes were red, and she tried hard not to cry.
If Lu Xiao woke up and saw her crying, he would definitely roll his eyes and say there was nothing to cry about.
But Lu Xiao didn't wake up yet.
Mu Li had already called a doctor before coming in, and the doctor should be on the way. Lin Qing just stood there looking at Lu Xiao quietly, as if he couldn't hear any sound around him.
Mu Li asked several of his men to leave, and only the three of them were left in the warehouse filled with the aura of death. Lin Qing stood there in a daze, and after an unknown amount of time, he uttered a hoarse voice: "Lu Xiao?"