My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 158 - 0158: The Disappearing Kidnapper

Chapter 158: Chapter 0158: The Disappearing Kidnapper

After the four of them went their separate ways, Liu Gaoze looked at Tang Ming with sincere gratitude and said, "Tang Ming, thank you for rescuing them."

"Uncle, I’m the one who should be sorry. There’s no need for thanks, protecting them was my responsibility. It was my mistake that led to this, and rescuing them was just my way of making amends."

After thinking for a moment, Tang Ming spoke up and said, "By the way, the kidnapper is still inside the warehouse. I’ve already informed the police."

"Who exactly is behind the attempt to kidnap my daughter this time?"

Liu Gaoze asked in a grave voice.

Before Tang Ming could speak, Li Xiaoli already said, "Uncle Liu, it was that bad guy Chen Cang who did it."

"Him?"

It never crossed Liu Gaoze’s mind that it would be his daughter’s classmate who was behind this, but somehow this realization brought him relief. As long as it wasn’t those trying to steal secrets from the research institute, it was okay.

"Let’s go back for now, the police will handle the capture."

Rushing, Liu Gaoze took Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli and headed outside. Tang Ming had wanted to see Chen Cang getting captured, but since Liu Gaoze was anxious to get the two frightened girls back home, Tang Ming could only follow them.

As the four of them reached the outside of the scrapyard, Liu Gaoze’s car was still parked there, but it was empty.

Seeing no one in the car, Liu Gaoze was somewhat puzzled and looked around before saying, "What happened to Liu Fei? I told him to wait outside, and in just a moment, he’s gone."

"Dad, why don’t you give him a call?"

Liu Mengting suggested, after such a scare, she really wanted to go home, take a hot bath, and rest properly.

"Okay."

Liu Gaoze took out his phone and dialed, but soon he shook his head and said, "I can’t get through on his mobile either."

"Uncle, let’s wait a bit longer. I bet Liu Fei must have had an emergency to leave."

Tang Ming had a fairly good impression of Liu Fei, so he spoke up for him.

"Alright, let’s wait then."

Liu Gaoze habitually raised his wrist and looked at his watch.

A few minutes later, Liu Fei had not returned, but they saw a panting Lin Xue running out from the scrapyard. Tang Ming was puzzled and said, "Officer Lin, you’re not here to arrest me again, are you?"

Lin Xue, who knew that the case had nothing to do with Tang Ming, glared at him and said, "There’s not a soul inside the warehouse. Didn’t you say the kidnapper was in there?"

"Right."

Upon hearing this, Tang Ming quickly asked, "When you went in, there was no one there?"

"Nobody. We’ve already searched the whole place, not a single person."

Lin Xue confirmed without a doubt.

"That’s impossible. When we left, Chen Cang and Xiao Jun were lying on the ground; they were beaten up by brother Tang Ming. How could they still have the strength to run away?"

Li Xiaoli said with disbelief, "Could it be that you police let them escape and then pretend there was nobody inside?"

"Don’t make me out to be that bad. I was the first one to rush in. Those two people you’re talking about weren’t inside. But we did check, and the warehouse was indeed the scene of a kidnapping, and there were signs of a fight, but as of now, we cannot determine who the suspect is."

Lin Xue sighed as she spoke.

"Ugh, I knew nothing good comes when I bump into you."

Tang Ming said in an annoyed tone.

Lin Xue immediately became anxious and demanded, "What do you mean? How can you say that running into me is bad luck?"

"Think about it, if it weren’t for you pointing a gun at me at the warehouse door and questioning me for so long, would the people inside have had time to escape?"

Tang Ming snorted coldly, "You wasted time. When they heard the police were coming, of course, they ran."

At this moment, Liu Fei also hurried over from not far away. Seeing Liu Gaoze and others beside the car, he quickly apologized:

"Director Liu, I’m sorry. I had a bout of diarrhea and went looking for a place to relieve myself..."

As he spoke, Liu Fei also held his stomach, his expression one of painful weakness.

"If that’s the case, then it’s nothing. Drive us back to the villa now, Meng Ting and the others need to rest."

Liu Gaoze didn’t press the matter further and nodded his agreement.

Liu Fei hurriedly opened the car door, and Tang Ming no longer paid attention to Lin Xue, simply getting in the car and leaving.

Meanwhile, in another van that was almost at Tianjiao High School, Chen Cang lay on the seat, with Monkey and Xiaojun beside him, both looking scared.

"I’m sorry, Brother Cang. If I hadn’t brought Tang Ming in, you wouldn’t have gotten into trouble."

Monkey said, guilt written all over his face.

"Forget it, Tang Ming had already found the scrapyard. You were just unlucky to run into him at the door."

Chen Cang held his crotch and said, "Blaming you, an idiot, is pointless. I should’ve never sent you to buy the medicine. Then Tang Ming wouldn’t have seen you. If he saw you, how could he not know it was me behind it?"

"Yeah, but luckily we ran fast today. Otherwise, if the police had caught you at the scene, Brother Cang, it would have been hard to get away."

Monkey said comfortingly.

"Brother Cang, do you think the cops will still come after us?"

Xiaojun asked nervously.

"Come after us, my ass."

Chen Cang replied irritably:

"As long as we weren’t there, who could bother us? Besides, we took all our stuff with us when we left, so without evidence, the police can’t do anything. They can’t just take Liu Mengting’s word for it and lock us up, can they? What’s more, I’ll have my dad figure out a way to deal with this. Those cops won’t be able to find any trouble with me."

"Right, Brother Cang is correct. As long as we’re not caught on the spot, nobody can do anything to us."

Monkey nodded and added, "But we also owe a lot to the guy who helped us. Brother Cang, is this driver the one your dad secretly arranged?"

"My dad arranged it?"

Chen Cang shook his head and replied:

"I’m not sure either. I didn’t tell my dad about this, but I’ll ask when we get off the van!"

Seeing that they were almost at Tianjiao High School, Chen Cang reiterated his instructions to Monkey and Xiaojun: "After you get to school, don’t say anything, absolutely do not admit to anything. Anyone who betrays me, I’ll kill them, got it?"

"Brother Cang, don’t worry. Once we’re at school, we’re just students who know nothing. Anyway, we got up late this morning, woke up, and went to school. We didn’t do anything else."

Monkey spoke nonchalantly, fully aware that if the situation blew up, he wouldn’t be able to escape, so in order to avoid jail, he, of course, would deny everything.

"Good. If Liu Mengting insists that we did it, just say that there’s a feud between them and us at school and that they are deliberately framing us. Just stick to that, and nobody can touch you! Remember, the Chen Family is not easily messed with. Listen to me, and I’ll keep you safe. If any of you dare to rat me out, you know what will happen to you."

After speaking menacingly, Chen Cang got off to chat with the driver...