SWNOVELS Chapter 485 Two million For Her Release
Lily Xie was too scared. Her face was filled with streaks of tears and snot running from her nose. "Don't be afraid. Hand the phone to that person now! I'll figure out a way to save you from this."
Lily Xie heard what Linda had said, so she wiped the tears off her face and tried to calm herself down. Then, she passed the phone on to the man who kidnapped her. "Who are you?" Linda asked.
"You don't need to know that, Lady Linda. How about giving me two million to save her? I'm sure that two million is just chump change for you and Young Master Mu, and you'd better give them to me if you want to save this girl."
"You want to get two million from me? I don't even know who you are, so what makes you think that is possible? I'm telling you that Derek also owes me millions, and I'm looking for him, too. So why should I care about his daughter when he might be hiding somewhere, enjoying his life?"
"... Well... Aren't you his niece?"
"Yes, I am. But we are not that close, and I'm not up for doing charities here."
The man on the phone fell silent.
After a long time, the man sighed and said, "Well, if that's the case, I would not hide my identity from you, Lady Linda. I'm actually a project director of Dream Company. You could call me Wang. I had a project before, and I had wanted to cooperate with the Mu Group with it, but I can't find a way to get myself introduced. Then, Derek came to me, and he said that the Lady of the Mu clan was his niece. He also said that he could connect me with the Mu Group, so I believed him..."
"So you believed him and gave him two million?"
"He was very convincing. He showed me some contract details from the Mu Group and some photos. You two really seemed close in the photo!"
Was he stupid or what? Linda shook her head helplessly. It was really hard to believe that there was someone would trust Derek and would even give him two million.
What kind of project director was this man? A shit head. That's what.
"All right, so how about this? I will help you get back the two million. But now, you have to tell me where you are. I'm coming to pick up Lily Xie. Also, do you still have the contract details and the photos Derek showed you?" "Yes, I do."
"Okay, prepare them. I want to see them."
The man hesitated for a while, but he thought that Linda would not lie to him with helping him get back the two million.
"I'm in an abandoned apartment building. The address is 103 West Suburb Factory."
Linda was worried about the location; it was too remote. What if it was another set-up?
"How about this? You drive Lily Xie to the Xia's villa here, and let's talk here."
"Okay, no problem."
After hanging up the phone, the only thing they could do was to wait. Then, Paul texted the address of the Xia's villa to them.
Fortunately, the kidnappers only wanted to get their money back and did not want to cause any physical harm to Lily Xie. Maybe even their threat of selling Lily Xie to a nightclub to work as a prostitute was trying to intimidate her and see whether she really had no idea of her father's whereabouts...
About an hour later, the servant came inside the house to tell everyone that there were four men at the door with a young girl whose hands were tied behind her.
Linda went to the door to fetch Lily Xie herself. When Lily Xie saw Linda, her eyes got wet. She immediately rushed towards Linda's arms. She was so afraid because she had been held captive since yesterday. She was famished, especially since she hadn't been fed. Also, the fact that these men kept intimidating her by saying that if her father did not show up, they would have a pimp take over and she would be selling her body for the next twenty years until she paid off the debt for her father.
Experiencing all those things, especially for a young teenage girl like Lily, was like living in hell.
However, she was pushed away by Bun before she had the chance to touch Linda. Bun then said, "Sorry, Lady Lily. Lady Linda is pregnant, so we can't take any risks."
After that, she did not say anything else and just left Lily Xie hanging.
Linda held her waist and told Bun, "Bun, untie the rope on her hands."
Bun nodded. It was a piece of cake for her to undo this kind of knot, so she did it in a second.
One of the men walked toward Linda and stopped right in front of her. Linda took a quick look at his face. She noticed that the man was so tired, his eyes bloodshot with dark circles. Obviously, he had not slept for days, or at least had not slept well. "Are you Mr. Wang?"
"Yes, I am, My Lady. Lucas Wang, the project director of Dream Company."
"What kind of project director would become a kidnapper?" Linda said sourly.
If they had been truly professional kidnappers, Linda would have had gotten more aggressive with them, which might affect her pregnancy in a bad way.
With a helpless expression on his face, Lucas said, "My Lady, I had no choice, I was also forced to do it. The two million were the company's public funds, but all were taken away by Derek. If I can't get the money back, I'd have to pay the whole thing myself. But how could I have two million in my pocket?"
"When did Derek disappear?"
"Actually, we found something fishy going on a week ago, but I didn't think much about it. After Derek took the money away, the contract that he had promised has been delayed for two weeks, so we decided to look into it. Then, when we went to his house yesterday afternoon, we only found his daughter doing her homework and Derek, that bastard, no where to be found. Later we found out that Derek had been gone for already a week, so we took her away out of desperation." Lily Xie suddenly burst into tears.
"Did your father say anything before he left?" Linda patted Lily Xie's back, calming her down.
"No, my father did not say anything much when he left. He only told me to take care of myself and go to you if someone came to me with bad intentions."
Linda sneered after hearing what Lily had said. Derek was such an asshole!
He had asked his daughter to go to Linda. Did he think that she would help pay back the money after he disappeared with the two million? Did he actually think that Linda would not be able to track him down? "Paul, how long would it take to find Derek?"
"Just give me one day, My Lady! There is no one that WSS could not find unless he is dead, " Paul answered.
"Mr. Wang, please go back first. I give you my word. The money Derek had stolen from you will be returned to you. But we need time to figure out where he's hiding. Do you trust us?"
Lucas nodded and said, "Of course I do, but my company only gave me a week, so please hurry."
"I have your number. I'll have Paul call you if we find anything."☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐