Disheartened, I Fled from the CEO with Our Babies
Chapter 324: Endurance, Restraint

Chapter 324: Chapter 324: Endurance, Restraint

An Muxin thought for a moment and said:

"Got it." She paused briefly and asked, "Lee Dahai didn’t mention any other demands, right?"

Cui Zhu replied, "Not at the moment."

An Muxin made a sound of acknowledgment and instructed Cui Zhu:

"Come down ten minutes later."

After a brief pause,

"If Lee Dahai approaches you, no matter what he says, report it to me immediately."

"Understood."

After ending the phone call with An Muxin, Cui Zhu lingered around the hospital building for about seven to eight minutes. Just as she intended to meet up with An Muxin, Lee Dahai’s call came through.

Cui Zhu answered the phone, "Hello?"

Lee Dahai spoke succinctly:

"Earlier, you only asked me to kill An Ge—one life. Now, with the addition of the Huo Family’s Young Master, it’s two lives. You’ll need to pay me extra."

Cui Zhu’s eyebrows furrowed and she asked, "How much do you want?"

Lee Dahai’s voice turned venomously dark as he said:

"The life of Young Master Huo has to be worth at least ten million, doesn’t it?"

After a pause,

"Transfer ten million to my wife Bai Meilan’s account within five minutes, or we’ll all go to hell together!"

With that, Lee Dahai ended the call with Cui Zhu abruptly.

Right after hanging up on Cui Zhu, Lee Dahai made a call to Bai Meilan, who was overseas.

At that moment, Bai Meilan had already fled from the nursing home An Muxin had arranged for her in advance.

She was now hiding under a bridge.

After gulping down several sips of bottled water, Bai Meilan answered the call. "How is it?"

Lee Dahai said, "I’ve followed your instructions and asked that woman An Muxin for an additional ten million."

A calculating malice flashed across Bai Meilan’s eyes. She instructed Lee Dahai:

"Dahai, knowing An Muxin, she won’t let us off the hook after this is over. So,

we not only need to avenge our daughter Baoying, but we also need a plan to escape. Otherwise, you and I will both die without a grave."

It was Bai Meilan’s advice that spurred Lee Dahai to demand extra money from An Muxin.

After Bai Meilan finished speaking, Lee Dahai reassured her:

"Meilan, I’ve planned everything. Once An Ge, that wretch, comes to rescue Huo Huaisang, that bastard, I’ll kill them all.

After it’s done, I’ll come to you. Then, we’ll take the money and escape to a place where no one can find us so we can live out the rest of our lives together!"

Bai Meilan didn’t believe Lee Dahai would manage to escape.

But to ensure her own survival, she played along and said:

"Dahai, the luckiest thing in my life was falling in love with you. Even if I were to die now, I’d have no regrets."

Lee Dahai was deeply moved, his eyes reddening:

"Meilan, what kind of talk is that? I’ve been a failure all my life—I couldn’t give you and Baoying a good life,

and now, I’ve let you be separated by life and death. This time, even if it costs me my life, I’ll avenge our daughter."

After a brief pause,

"Meilan, don’t worry. If the plan fails, I’ll make sure I don’t drag you down. You have to..."

At this point, Lee Dahai’s voice choked up,

"If I really die, you’ll have to live on for me and Baoying. You must live well!"

...

On the other end.

After ending her call with Lee Dahai, Cui Zhu called An Muxin immediately.

She relayed Lee Dahai’s demands to An Muxin and said:

"I suspect this demand was made by Bai Meilan on a whim. What should we do? Should we transfer the ten million?"

An Muxin thought for a moment and said, "Transfer it." After a pause, "But I’ll make sure they don’t live to spend it."

After hanging up the call with Cui Zhu, An Muxin turned around to see Fu Rou hurrying toward her,

"Cui Zhu’s been upstairs for so long, why hasn’t she come down yet?"

An Muxin responded impassively:

"Aunt Fu, I just got off the phone with Cui Zhu. She said she’s been asking around, and Huaisang hasn’t gone to find An Ge..."

After a brief pause,

"But I’ve already asked her to go to the hospital’s monitoring room to check the surveillance. Let’s go over and take a look too."

As time passed, Fu Rou grew increasingly anxious.

Her mind wasn’t functioning—she was consumed by worry and nothing else.

Hospital surveillance isn’t something you can access on a whim.

Fu Rou had to invoke her status before the monitoring staff agreed to have the security team assist in retrieving the footage.

With over a hundred surveillance cameras in the hospital, it took time to find the relevant footage.

About fifteen minutes later, they finally located the surveillance they needed.

Huo Huaisang was knocked unconscious and kidnapped by a man dressed in black from head to toe.

As for the bodyguard assigned to guard Huo Huaisang, he had inexplicably left shortly before the kidnapping and never returned.

After watching the footage, Fu Rou nearly fainted from fright.

Her fingers trembling, she dialed Huo Shaoyan’s number.

However, Huo Shaoyan’s line was busy, and she couldn’t get through.

Overcome with emotion and hysteria, Fu Rou’s eyes rolled back, and she fainted on the spot.

...

Meanwhile.

An Ge received an anonymous text message.

The message displayed a photo of Huo Huaisang being kidnapped.

Along with the photo was a threatening message:

[Within forty minutes, arrive alone at Shili Slope on the outskirts of the city. If I don’t see you, or if I find out you’ve informed anyone else, the fortieth minute will be your son’s death sentence.]

After reading the text message, An Ge was so frightened she nearly fell off her hospital bed.

Her mind was filled with thoughts of Huo Huaisang’s kidnapping and her urgent need to rescue her son immediately.

She quickly forced herself to calm down, pulled back the covers, and got out of bed.

Holding her phone, she left the hospital room and said to the bodyguards following her:

"Don’t follow me. I’m going downstairs for a walk by myself."

The bodyguards were under Huo Shaoyan’s orders and didn’t dare leave their post without his permission.

As a result, one of them replied:

"Madam, I’m sorry, but President Huo instructed us to protect you at all times..."

An Ge nearly lost control of her emotions. She glared at them coldly:

"Don’t follow me, or I’ll jump out the window right now."

The bodyguards, afraid of provoking An Ge further, didn’t dare make a move.

Having successfully evaded the bodyguards, An Ge hailed a cab at the hospital entrance and headed straight for Shili Slope on the outskirts of the city.

At the same time, the head of the hospital’s monitoring room called Huo Shaoyan,

"Hello, is this President Huo? There’s been an incident—Young Master Huo has been kidnapped, your mother has fainted from the shock, and Ms. An Muxin is showing signs of a miscarriage..."

Right after finishing the conversation with the monitoring room, Huo Shaoyan received a call from the bodyguard tasked with protecting An Ge.

"President Huo, Ms. An Ge... She suddenly became extremely agitated, even threatening to die, and refused to let us follow her..."

Hearing this, Huo Shaoyan’s barely-contained emotions exploded instantly. "What did you say?"

His voice was icy and enraged.

The bodyguard trembled under his shout and stammered:

"Sir... I saw Madam hastily hail a cab at the hospital’s entrance and leave..."

Huo Shaoyan’s breathing turned heavy and erratic. After a moment of fierce restraint, his voice came out guttural and strained,

"Did you record the license plate number? Did anyone follow her in secret?"

The bodyguard replied, "... We got the license plate number, but... but at first we didn’t think Madam would suddenly leave, so we didn’t have time to assign someone to follow her before the car drove off..."

Huo Shaoyan pressed his fingers against his throbbing temple and commanded sharply, "Mobilize the team immediately and track that car!"

"Understood."

After hanging up with the bodyguard, Huo Shaoyan dialed An Ge’s number.

Her phone was out of service.

Huo Shaoyan quickly realized the kidnapping was targeted at An Ge.

This realization sent tension ripping through his nerves.

As his nerves tightened, a wave of unease and deep fear followed.

But he knew that during such critical moments, losing composure could cost precious rescue time for An Ge and Huo Huaisang.

Within seconds, Huo Shaoyan’s mind processed countless thoughts, and he quickly regained his calm.

He took out his phone and called Qin Lang to start investigating the kidnapping.

With massive efforts in resources and connections, they locked onto a suspect within five minutes.

The person who kidnapped Huo Huaisang was Lee Dahai.

Qin Lang reported the findings to Huo Shaoyan,

"Sir, the person who kidnapped Young Master Huo is Lee Dahai. I believe Madam went alone to rescue Young Master Huo because she was threatened by him..."

Huo Shaoyan opened the car door, got in, and spoke coldly, "Did you pinpoint the location?"

Qin Lang replied:

"According to feedback from the taxi company, Madam’s cab headed to the western outskirts. However, before the car even got off the highway, Madam had already disembarked."

After a brief pause,

"Not long afterward, the driver saw Madam board a beat-up van... As for where the van eventually went, there’s no update yet."

From the moment Huo Shaoyan learned about Huo Huaisang’s kidnapping and An Ge’s incident, only five minutes had passed.

To uncover so much valuable information in five minutes was already remarkable.

Although Huo Shaoyan was anxious, he understood that investigating the kidnapping, whether through the police or his own network, required time.

Huo Shaoyan said nothing, his gaze dark and heavy as he stared out of the car window.

...

Meanwhile, the door to An Muxin’s hospital room was suddenly kicked open with tremendous force.

In reality, An Muxin didn’t show any signs of a miscarriage. She had checked into the hospital, feigning severe abdominal pain, solely to distance herself from the murder case.

Initially, she was in a good mood, waiting for news that An Ge and Huo Huaisang had been killed by Lee Dahai. But she had barely been lying on the hospital bed for two minutes when her room door was violently kicked open.

An Muxin was about to lash out in fury when she saw Cui Zhu being kicked half a meter away by Gu Changfeng, unable to get up for quite a while.

Startled, An Muxin immediately jumped out of bed in fright.

As Gu Changfeng approached her with quick strides, her pupils shrank to the extreme in terror.

A pitch-black gun barrel pressed against her forehead in the next instant.

An Muxin opened her mouth but found herself too horrified to utter a single word.

At that moment, the man holding the gun to her forehead said coldly and gravely, "Where is An Ge?"