Chapter 1588: Not a Kidnapping, but a Warning

Fast Chinese.

A dim lightbulb hung from the ceiling of the room; although the light wasn't very bright, it was perfectly sufficient to see the appearance of the room.

This seemed to be a soundproof room.

There were discarded wires and a microphone in the corner, but nothing else besides that.

She went to pull the door handle, and with a sudden force, the handle fell off!

But the door didn't budge at all.

She pushed outward with all her might, but still couldn't push it open.

"Help!"

Tian Yuanyuan tentatively shouted once, and a buzzing echo immediately rang out in the room: "Help!"

"Help."

"Ah—"

She stopped shouting, preparing to use other methods to escape.

The echo in the room was so loud that it implicitly confirmed her guess: this room was very soundproof, and it would be useless even if she screamed until her throat was raw.

Since it was useless, she stopped shouting and thought of other ways.

Her mobile phone was still on her, but it was useless; there was no signal.

There was a small oxygen concentrator in the room; was this because they were afraid she would die of hypoxia after the air became thin?

Tian Yuanyuan felt slightly relieved; since there was an oxygen concentrator in the room, it meant the people who kidnapped her didn't want her life!

If they didn't want her life, what did they want?

Did they want money?

Her family was just an ordinary family; her father was a teacher and her mother was a doctor, so they didn't have much money.

Among her classmates, there were many whose family conditions were better than hers; if it were a simple kidnapping, the risks were the same, so kidnapping her wasn't cost-effective.

Besides, if it were a kidnapping, they should have asked for her home address, phone number, or taken some identification from her, right?

As it turned out, there was nothing; she hadn't even seen a shadow of a person.

Just like that, she was locked in a small room, ignored, yet they didn't want her to die?

She racked her brains but couldn't figure out what was going on.

Time passed second by second; looking at the time, she had been out of contact for more than six hours.

It should be afternoon now; her throat was so dry it felt like it was smoking, but there wasn't a drop of water here—did they want to thirst her to death?

In a silent, enclosed environment without a sound, it was easy for a person to collapse; Tian Yuanyuan began to feel fear and terror.

Her head felt dizzy; it must be hypoxia.

She turned on the oxygen concentrator, and fresh air filled every corner of the room; her breathing became smooth, and for the remaining time, she could only wait, as doing anything else was useless.

No matter what method she used, the door remained as sturdy as if it had been welded shut; it simply wouldn't open.

It was already dark.

Tian Yuanyuan still hadn't returned.

They couldn't keep waiting; Zihan called Tian Yuanyuan's parents to ask if she had gone home.

"No, isn't she at school? How could she suddenly disappear?"

Tian Yuanyuan's parents were very anxious and immediately contacted all their relatives and friends; Zihan and Zirui also contacted their high school classmates.

After all this trouble, more than an hour had passed, but similarly, no one knew where she was!

No one knew; where could she have gone?

"Should we call the police?"

"Let the police help look for her."

The school called the police, but the police station said that an adult had to be missing for twenty-four hours before a case could be filed; they couldn't file a case now.

Zihan was extremely anxious; how could a perfectly fine living person suddenly disappear?

Zirui asked, "You are usually close to Tian Yuanyuan; has she offended anyone?"

In the class, Tian Yuanyuan was well-liked and hadn't offended anyone.

If someone really wanted to harm her, it wouldn't be someone from the school.

With Zirui's reminder, he remembered: the class beauty, Wang Qing, was the person most likely to have hidden Tian Yuanyuan.

He took off running.

"Where are you going?" Zirui shouted from behind.

Zihan didn't answer; he ran back to the school in one breath, stood under the girls' dormitory building, and shouted, "Wang Qing, Wang Qing!"

Soon, the balcony window opened, and Wang Qing poked her head out, smiling with her eyes curved: "Are you looking for me? What's the matter?"

"Come down, I have something good for you."

"Wait for me."

Wang Qing quickly ran down from upstairs; she was running too fast and was slightly out of breath: "What good thing?"

Sheng Zihan had been smiling, but suddenly his face fell, and he grabbed her wrist: "Come with me."

"Ouch, you're hurting me."

He had no sympathy for her now and walked forward quickly, leading Wang Qing in a light jog just to keep up with him.

"What are you doing? You're annoying; there must be a surprise waiting for me, right? I knew you had me in your heart..."

She was smug, but she didn't stay happy for long.

When they reached a deserted place, Zihan let go of her and said sternly, "Where did you hide Tian Yuanyuan? Hand her over now, and I can let bygones be bygones; otherwise, don't expect to have an easy time."

"What nonsense are you spouting? What do you mean by where Tian Yuanyuan is hidden? She's gone? What does that have to do with me? I don't know," Wang Qing shrieked.

"Fine, you can refuse to admit it. Once we find her, you can just wait to go to Prison. Look up on Baidu what kind of crime kidnapping is."

Sheng Zihan turned and walked away.

"Stop! It really has nothing to do with me. Why won't you believe me?"

"Whether you hid her or not, you know in your heart. Don't think that just because you study acting, you can perform flawlessly. It's not too late to pull back from the brink now; by tomorrow morning, you won't have any chance left."

"I don't understand what you're talking about, you psycho."

Wang Qing turned and ran back.

Zihan didn't chase her, but instead returned to Jiang University.

After running for a while, Wang Qing saw no one chasing her from behind, so she sent an emoji on WeChat.

An emoji of a little rabbit going home to find its mother.

"Click." The door lock made a sound.

Tian Yuanyuan immediately rushed over, turned the handle again, and it moved; the door opened.

Outside was a starry sky, a pitch-black night!

A car drove away quickly. She wanted to shout, but then she thought that it must have been the person in the car who unlocked it for her.

Who could it be that unlocked it for her?

It was one hundred percent the person who locked her in.

So she couldn't shout; if she shouted them back, it would be even more troublesome.

She gritted her teeth and rushed into the vast night.

Her phone had one bar of battery left. Once she was outside and had a signal, she immediately dialed a number, and it connected as soon as she dialed.

Zihan asked anxiously: "Yuanyuan, is that you? Where are you?"

"It's me. I don't know where I am... I was locked in a small room by someone, there were no windows. They let me out, but I don't know who locked me in, and I don't know where this is. There's nothing around here... Sob sob sob, I'm so scared!"

She had been holding on this whole time.

Now that she had finally made contact with the outside world, the little bit of strength she had left was gone, and she spoke incoherently out of fear, crying as she talked.

Sheng Zihan comforted her: "Don't be afraid, don't hang up. We will locate your position immediately and come to save you right away."

"Rest assured, Yuanyuan, no matter where you are, I will be able to find you. Believe me, you will see me very soon..."

If these words of his had been in a different place or a different scenario, Tian Yuanyuan would definitely have scoffed and mocked him for being glib.

But not now.

Right now, these words were the most pleasant things to hear.

Zihan's words made her feel very secure.

"You need to locate my position quickly, my phone is about to run out of battery."

"Mm, very soon... I've found you, you're right outside the school!"

Tian Yuanyuan's phone died.

Damn it, out of power at a time like this?