Quadruplets’ Charm: The Tycoon’s Hidden Heirs
Chapter 450 - 449: Why didn’t I hear her scream?

Chapter 450: Chapter 449: Why didn’t I hear her scream?

Meng Jilin was even more puzzled, "What is this? Mr. Ye, you are breaking into a private residence!"

"You’d better pray this has nothing to do with you, otherwise, you’re definitely going to die," Ye Sihan warned, looking at him with a cold and vicious glare.

"What exactly is going on?" Meng Jilin couldn’t understand. "Could it be... Xing Ling is in trouble? How could that be? Could she have... thought the same way as Tang Yu?"

The oppressive aura around Ye Sihan grew even more frightening, "Say that again!"

"I’m sorry," Meng Jilin frowned slightly, "But I’m really worried about her. If something happened to her just because she came here for a meal, I would feel guilty."

Ye Sihan’s expression turned icy, his facial features tensed.

Thinking of Tang Yu’s situation only increased his panic.

Lately, Xing Ling’s mood hadn’t been great; he could feel it.

Could it really be...

Xing Ling, who had rested up, once again screamed with all her might, "Help! Is anyone there? Is there anyone? Ye Sihan! Ye Sihan, are you there? Ye Sihan..."

Ye Sihan’s body moved slightly, but he was looking towards the main gate.

It wasn’t because he heard the voice in his heart, the sound couldn’t possibly reach here.

The bodyguards who had searched the house reported back, "Mr. Ye, we haven’t found anything suspicious."

Ye Sihan didn’t say a word, he just turned and left.

The bodyguards naturally left quickly as well.

Meng Jilin walked to the door, and as he watched the car disappear, a triumphant smile appeared on his lips.

Ye Sihan, you will never find Xing Ling.

In the next life, she will belong to me.

Ye Sihan hurried to the seaside with his men, also checking the nearby surveillance, but found no trace of Xing Ling.

He didn’t know how many times he had called Xing Ling’s phone, all of which went unanswered.

With Ye Sihan’s keen senses, he realized that something must have happened to Xing Ling.

She might ignore the first call, but she would definitely answer the second one.

Not to mention he had made a dozen calls already.

Where is she?

Ayu, don’t scare me; I can’t bear for something like this to happen again...

Standing by the seaside, Ye Sihan looked out anxiously at the distant sea, with both past and present events weighing down on his heart, the pain almost unbearable, his dark eyes turning red.

The phone in his hand vibrated.

Ye Sihan’s body jerked, and he immediately answered, "Ayu!"

"It’s me. Haven’t found her yet?" Xing Yanjie was also searching.

He had been at the company originally.

When Ye Sihan asked him if Xing Ling was there, and upon hearing she wasn’t, he immediately went to the apartment. After not finding anyone there, he checked the surveillance.

Indeed, Xing Ling had not come to the apartment area.

After getting in the car, her destination was Meng Jilin’s villa.

After that, she disappeared.

There was no surveillance near the villa area, only on the big road not far away.

The surveillance showed the taxi carrying Xing Ling arriving and leaving, but there was never a glimpse of her leaving.

Could Xing Ling still be within the villa area?

After hanging up with Xing Yanjie, Ye Sihan went back there to search for people again.

His men, the police, they nearly dug three feet into the ground throughout the villa area, but still, no trace of Xing Ling was found.

Ye Sihan even thought of Chen Xindian’s death, which made him more panicked; his mental state was almost falling apart.

Meng Jilin also followed behind under a pretense of searching.

He even suggested, could it be the family of the killer who murdered Chen Xindian wanting revenge, targeting Xing Ling?

He told the police, "It was me; I should have sent her away at the time."

They searched all night long, but couldn’t find Xing Ling.

The villa area was only so big; if Xing Ling were here, how could she not be found?

When dawn broke, Meng Jilin, who had not slept all night, received a call from the hospital for an emergency surgery.

Ye Sihan’s sinister gaze fixed on Meng Jilin, "Does your house have a basement?"

Meng Jilin was taken aback, then found it amusing, "What do you mean? You don’t think I’ve locked Xing Ling up in a basement, do you?"

Ye Sihan closed in, "Where is she?"

"Mr. Ye, I can understand your feelings, but such thoughts amount to an insult towards me."

"If you don’t want me to level your villa, take me there now." Ye Sihan’s presence was intimidating.

His anger was such that he felt like destroying the entire villa area!

After all, the longer the person was missing, the more his sanity crumbled!

The color drained from Meng Jilin’s face, "Please follow me."

He led the way, with Ye Sihan and the bodyguards following behind him.

In the parlor behind the living room, Meng Jilin pressed a switch on the wall, and a section of the wall automatically opened.

Ye Sihan was about to enter when the bodyguard stopped him, "Mr. Ye, let him go in first."

Wearing a helpless expression, Meng Jilin walked in; there was a staircase leading downward.

Ye Sihan and the others followed behind him.

Downstairs, the area was about the same size as the parlor, with some discarded furniture and bookshelves scattered around.

Despite being a basement, it was spotless.

The bodyguard asked, "Even the basement is this clean?"

Meng Jilin replied, "It’s a doctor’s habit, I can’t stand seeing anything dirty. It seems that if there’s anything unclean, it will breed bacteria. Everything here is clear at a glance; if there were any issues, you’d be able to see them. Can we put an end to your suspicions now? Mr. Ye, if you believe that Xing Ling’s disappearance relates to me, then what’s my motive? She came here to dine, and I harmed her? That makes no logical sense, right?"

Ye Sihan had no evidence, and with the person not found, his mind was in turmoil, which made him extremely agitated.

He could no longer discern if Xing Ling’s disappearance was premeditated or random.

Was Meng Jilin really the last person to see Xing Ling...

With no person found in the villa area, everyone withdrew.

Sitting in the car, Ye Sihan looked in the direction of the villas and instructed the bodyguard, "Bribe some people from the villa area to keep watch."

"Yes," the bodyguard understood immediately.

Mr. Ye still suspected there was a problem here.

After all, a life had just been claimed.

If Mrs. Ye was still in here, and they gave up, how desperate she must feel.

Yes, Xing Ling was desperate.

She hadn’t slept, eaten, or drunk all night long; whenever she had the strength, she would scream through the door gap, but there was never a glimmer of response.

That door was her only way out of the basement; she couldn’t give up.

By morning, she had passed out.

Meng Jilin came back at noon and entered the basement.

Yes, his basement wasn’t the only one.

This one was even harder to find.

He opened the iron door, which met with resistance.

He saw the person lying on the ground, unconscious.

He picked her up with tenderness and laid her on the bed.

Xing Ling woke with a start, her hand gripping him.

When she saw who she was holding on to, she let go and looked at him defensively and coldly.

Meng Jilin placed the food in front of her, "Hungry? I spent all of last night searching with Ye Sihan, and this morning I had to perform a surgery at the hospital. I’ve just come back from there. After all, my little kitty needs to eat."

Xing Ling was shocked, "Ye Sihan was here?"

"Yes, he came twice and found nothing amiss. Am I not better than him?" Meng Jilin seemed eager for her praise.

But Xing Ling was devastated.

Why hadn’t anyone heard her screams?

Could it be that during the times she rested, Ye Sihan wasn’t present?