Quadruplets’ Charm: The Tycoon’s Hidden Heirs
Chapter 451 - 450: Heartache and Guilt

Chapter 451: Chapter 450: Heartache and Guilt

"Stop thinking about it. No matter how loud the noise in the basement, it won’t travel upstairs. The soundproofing here is really good." Meng Jilin picked up the bowl and fed her the food.

Xing Ling wanted to swipe the bowl in front of her and smash it against his face.

But she knew that without eating, she wouldn’t have the strength to resist.

Moreover, she felt that the effects of the drug in her body seemed to have worn off.

So she compliantly ate the food he fed her, pretending to be weak.

Her mind was on Ye Sihan, who would come searching for her.

Logically, with Ye Sihan’s sharp and keen mind, he should be able to guess about the basement in the villa.

As long as he discovered the basement, he would find her.

Why then...

After making sure Xing Ling had eaten her fill, Meng Jilin looked at Xing Ling’s face, liking it more and more.

"It seems you don’t really like Tang Yu either; it’s just because I look like her." Xing Ling, unnerved by his gaze, tried to make conversation.

"I told you, you are Tang Yu." Meng Jilin was certain.

"Meng Jilin, you won’t have a good end if you continue like this," Xing Ling said.

"Don’t worry, no one will find you. I will have you for a lifetime." Meng Jilin pulled her arm towards him and hugged her.

"Let go of me!" Xing Ling struggled, then felt her energy dissipate, unable to concentrate any of it, freezing in horror. "You... you drugged the food?"

"I’m afraid you might hurt yourself. Although there’re surveillance cameras here, I still don’t want such accidents to happen because it would upset me."

"Go to hell!" Xing Ling struggled weakly, breaking down, in despair.

"All right, I can’t stay here all the time, after all, Ye Sihan is a very suspicious person." Meng Jilin kissed her forehead, laid her flat, and covered her with the blanket. "If you’re feeling weak, just rest well. I’ll come back tonight."

Meng Jilin left.

Xing Ling crawled out of bed.

Then she saw a surveillance camera on the ceiling.

Next to it was a skylight that showed the sky outside. It was daytime, the sunlight fierce, but the basement was cool.

She was somewhat scared.

Meng Jilin was not a simple-minded person either, so, would Ye Sihan find her?

What if he didn’t? What should she do then?

Indeed, she had risked her life to investigate the murderer, but she hadn’t expected it to turn out this way.

After being drugged, she didn’t even have the ability to seek death, let alone attack someone...

She didn’t want to stay here for a lifetime...

Xing Ling had been missing for three whole days, and the villa area was being watched.

Meng Jilin went to the hospital every day, appearing very normal.

Ye Sihan had people search elsewhere.

The whole of Jingdu had been turned upside down.

How could this person not be found?

Ye Sihan was nearly mad with worry yet dared not lose control; he had to find Tang Yu, nobody was allowed to hurt her.

Xing Yanjie rushed to Ye Mansion, only to see Ye Sihan sitting on the sofa, head bowed, motionless.

Wen Bo approached quietly, "Mr. Ye has not slept for three days, what should we do? Please persuade him!"

Xing Yanjie walked over and sat down on the sofa, "This isn’t the way to go. You should get some sleep first, you’ll need your strength to find her."

"I want to sleep too, but I can’t." Ye Sihan lifted his head slightly, "Every time I close my eyes, I wake up in fear."

Xing Yanjie looked at his state and frowned.

Three days without sleep, exhausted from worry, he felt on the verge of losing control.

"Who would hurt her?" Ye Sihan seemed to be asking Xing Yanjie, yet also speaking to himself. "If something really happens to her, I should...take revenge on society, go down together with them."

Xing Yanjie stepped forward and abruptly grabbed his collar, "Calm down! Not finding her means there’s still hope!"

"It’s been three days!" Ye Sihan abruptly stood up. "Do you know how much could happen in three days? What if she’s already in trouble? What if she’s being bullied? Tortured? Just thinking of that possibility..." He grunted, his face turning pale as if having a heart attack, clutching his chest.

Xing Yanjie hurried to support him, "Hey! Don’t collapse before she returns. What if you fall and she decides to divorce you? The moment you’re bedridden, she’ll just leave with the kids!"

Ye Sihan’s cold black eyes looked at him, "She won’t... leave."

"What use are you if you’re incapacitated? She might not leave now, but what about a day, a month, a year from now?"

"...I can’t sleep," Ye Sihan’s face was ashen.

Xing Yanjie thought for a moment and then struck Ye Sihan’s nape with a karate chop.

Ye Sihan’s eyes closed, and he fell onto the sofa.

"Oh no!" Uncle Wen hurried over. "Mr. Ye?"

"I can’t move him, so let him sleep here! Turn off the lights and nobody come near," Xing Yanjie said.

Seeing that Mr. Ye was alright, just asleep, Uncle Wen felt relieved.

He immediately instructed the maid to turn off the lights, and everyone left the hall to create a quiet sleeping environment.

Ye Sihan slept until the latter half of the night and suddenly woke up with a start.

Sitting up from the sofa, it was dark all around.

"Ayu?" He searched for her in the darkness.

Uncle Wen hurried over as the distant wall lamp was turned on, "Mr. Ye, you’re awake? It’s three in the morning now, do you want to continue sleeping?"

"What about Ayu? Have you found her?" Ye Sihan was concerned about this.

"Not yet, but I think we will find Mrs. Ye very soon. The quadruplets are staying at Mr. Xing’s place, you don’t have to worry."

Ye Sihan’s mind couldn’t even think of the children at the moment.

Ever since Xing Ling went missing, he had racked his brain every day trying to find her.

Without a word, Ye Sihan turned and left.

He got into the car and arrived again outside Meng Jilin’s villa area.

He didn’t go in, just sat in the parked car, his complexion grim, lost in thought.

He wanted to go inside the villa again!

The next day, because Meng Jilin was busy with several surgeries, he did not appear all day.

Ye Sihan then had someone unlock the villa, and he went in alone.

He toured around, including the basement.

Still, he found nothing.

Could he really have been mistaken? There was not the slightest connection with Meng Jilin?

Just as Ye Sihan was about to give up and leave, his footsteps paused at the door.

Something didn’t feel right.

Right, why hadn’t he seen the cat? Wasn’t it always kept in the villa?

Last time they searched, he saw it, crouched in a corner, its eyes shining green as it watched them.

Ye Sihan went back to look for the cat.

He searched high and low but saw no sign of it.

Neither the cat bowl nor the cat food was there.

There were no maids here, and Meng Jilin was busy at the hospital, so had someone else taken care of the cat?

In fact, the cat was inside the villa.

To be precise, it was in another basement.

Crawling on the ground by the bed, the cat licked itself.

Xing Ling sat on the bed watching the cat, her gaze listless.

Each day, unless her body gave in to sleep, she would stay awake with her eyes wide open.

She had to find a way to escape.

Even if this was a dead end...

In the morning Meng Jilin put the cat in with her, saying it would keep her company, and also prepared a sandwich for her on the table next to her, as he wouldn’t be home all day.

Ever since Meng Jilin underwent a radical change in her heart, looking at the cat now, she started to doubt whether this was Meng Jilin’s scheme from the beginning?

Was the stray cat real, but its litter fake?

Just to get close to her?

Thinking of this possibility, Xing Ling’s heart ached and filled with guilt.

If it wasn’t for her negligence, how could she have caused Chen Xindian’s death?

Right, Chen Xindian had even complained that Meng Jilin gave her a creepy feeling, and she took it lightly.

She even thought Chen Xindian was just talking nonsense.