Chapter 748: The Most Vicious Revenge

Her mother?

That old hag.

The caregiver's words brought Lao Qi back to reality.

Right.

He had been too happy these past few days, and he had actually forgotten about Ji Yingjie.

That old woman would absolutely not let things go after being beaten by him!

He had thought of a hundred ways Ji Yingjie might retaliate against him, but he never expected it to be this one.

Silent and quiet, yet heartbreaking.

No, he had to go find her.

No matter what, he had to beg for Ji Yingjie's forgiveness; he could not let her make things difficult for Nianyin.

At a time like this, the first thing Lao Qi thought of was not himself, but Nianyin.

Nianyin's home.

"Ding-dong—"

"Ding-dong—"

"Ding-dong—"

The doorbell rang many times, and the front door was also being pounded with a "bang-bang" sound by Lao Qi, but there was not the slightest movement inside.

The door finally opened, but it was the neighbor.

A woman wearing glasses opened the door, bleary-eyed, and said very unhappily: "Stop knocking. This family moved away overnight last night, and the house has already been sold."

If the house was sold, they didn't intend to come back.

"Do you know where they moved to? Who was the house sold to..."

"I don't know, so noisy."

"Bang!"

Before Lao Qi could finish, the neighbor shut the front door.

He left the doorway to find the property management.

He got the answer from property management—the neighbor hadn't lied; Nianyin's house had indeed been sold, but it wasn't sold yesterday; it had been listed for a week!

Which meant.

Nianyin had known she was leaving for a long time, but she hadn't told him.

Why?

Lao Qi returned home, soul-lost and dejected. Seeing him go out so happily and return as if he had lost his soul, everyone looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.

He came before Shi Youxuan: "Madam, Nianyin is gone."

"Gone? Where did she go?"

Shi Youxuan, like everyone else, did not know that Nianyin had been discharged from the hospital.

Lao Qi shook his head: "I don't know where she went either. She didn't tell me. The house was sold, and the withdrawal procedures from school were also completed... She had wanted to leave for a long time, but she didn't tell me."

Lao Qi's eyes grew damp, and he tried hard to lift his head to keep the tears from falling.

"Madam, if you have nothing else, I would like to ask for a few days off."

"Fine."

Shi Youxuan agreed.

Never mind that there was nothing else; even if there were, this leave had to be granted.

She thought Lao Qi wanted to find a place with no one around to be quiet and collect his thoughts.

But she was wrong; Lao Qi asked her for the address of Nianyin's hometown—he wanted to go find her!

Shi Youxuan:...

She couldn't say it.

The address of the Ji Family was not a mysterious place, and she could tell him, but she couldn't let Lao Qi go there to look for her.

Ji Yingjie was so overbearing in Jiangzhou, stirring everything into a mess everywhere.

At the Ji Family.

That was her territory; if Lao Qi went looking for her there, whether he could come back alive was an unknown.

Moreover, the journey there was not peaceful, and the unknown risks were too great.

"Lao Qi, calm down. Although I have been to that place, I can't find the specific location either."

The location of the Ji Family was special; it wasn't even on the map.

Shi Youxuan saying this wasn't exactly lying to him.

Lao Qi didn't believe her and begged bitterly: "You've been there, how could you not know? Did Nianyin tell you something? Please, I beg you to tell me. I just want to find her and ask her one question. Once I ask, I'll come back..."

Shi Youxuan was caught in a dilemma.

Sheng Hanyu said to him: "Come with me, I'll tell you."

The two of them went to the Study.

They didn't come out for a full two hours.

After coming out, Lao Qi's expression looked a bit better. He bowed deeply to Shi Youxuan and, without saying a word, returned to his own room.

Shi Youxuan asked her husband: "What did you two talk about?"

Sheng Hanyu: "Said what should be said, did what should be done."

Shi Youxuan:...

"Did you tell him the address?"

Sheng Hanyu nodded: "Yes, my wife is clever, as expected, she guessed it right."

She was dissatisfied: "Why didn't you try to persuade him a little? You know better than anyone what kind of person my aunt is; if Lao Qi finds his way there, can he possibly be okay?"

Sheng Hanyu used only one sentence to block all his wife's complaints, he asked: "Back when I went missing, what were you thinking when you went to the sea with a big belly?"

What was she thinking.

What else could she be thinking?

She just thought she had to go, no matter what was ahead, even if it were a mountain of blades or a sea of fire, she had to go.

No matter how slim the chances were, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, she had to break through a thousand difficulties and obstacles, rush forward, and find him!

Facts proved she was right.

She was convinced in her heart, but she wouldn't admit it with her mouth: "Lao Qi's situation is different from mine back then; I was pregnant with Zichen at the time, and I didn't want the child to be without a father."

"The two of them don't have children, it's easy to forget someone."

Sheng Hanyu said in a deep voice: "It's not easy, I won't accept any rebuttal." He could empathize with Lao Qi's current state of mind.

Back then, he thought the child was gone and his wife was dead; he just wanted to use every possible method to be with them, not leaving himself any way out at all.

Forget?

It's impossible to forget.

Soon, Lao Qi came out with a backpack; he wanted to set off overnight, he couldn't wait even a minute.

There were only two changes of clothes in the backpack; bringing his ID card and bank card was enough.

Traveling light, this time he must bring Nianyin back.

Shi Youxuan stopped trying to dissuade him; it was meaningless to stop him now.

"Have a safe journey."

"Mm."

"If you have any difficulties, call home immediately, at any time of day," Sheng Hanyu said.

Lao Qi: "Take care, both of you."

He disappeared into the vast night.

Along the way, he took planes, trains, buses, and ferries... finally arriving at the edge of the Forest.

Going to the Ji Family from here was the most dangerous way, but also the least likely to be discovered.

Actually, crossing the Forest was not the best route, but it was the only route Sheng Hanyu knew!

Lao Qi plunged into the Forest, walked for half a day, and got lost.

This isn't right.

There were five new knife marks on the tree made with a Dagger.

Every time he passed this place, Lao Qi would make a mark on the tree, and then he would change to the opposite direction and walk again, but in the end, he would still turn back here.

This was the fifth time he had returned.

He decided not to walk anymore; if he continued, he feared he would die of exhaustion before getting out.

The sky dimmed.

Lao Qi found a flat spot to set up his tent, lit a bonfire, and prepared to camp.

Following the Chairman's instructions, he took the essential balm out of his backpack and applied it to his wrists, forehead, behind his ears, neck, and other exposed areas.

There were many mosquitoes and insects in the Forest, and venomous snakes also lurked about.

After applying the essential balm, those things would not come near him.

Before he came, in the Study, the Chairman had given a very detailed explanation of the things to watch out for in the Forest.

Fearing he would forget, the Chairman had even used a Hallucinogenic Pen of a different color to make marks in a notebook, making it clear at a glance!

Lao Qi was very obedient and strictly executed every one of the Chairman's instructions.

What he didn't know was that not far behind him, a cobra at least two meters long was flicking its scarlet tongue, eager to strike, but in the end, it slithered away.

Ji Family.

Monitoring Room.

"Trash, useless things, what use are you to me? You can't even train a venomous snake well!"

"Bang!"

Ji Yingjie smashed a teacup in anger and vented her rage on her subordinates.

The subordinates lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound.

In reality, they were unconvinced.

Training cobras was just a project that had just begun; it wasn't even stable yet, so letting them go out to "execute" a mission—wasn't failure a normal thing?

Although they were unconvinced, they didn't dare to say it.