Chapter 961

Chen Zekai was also very clear that if something happened to Ye Zhangmin on his turf, he would have to bear some responsibility.

If Ye Zhangmin eventually turned danger into safety, everything would be fine, but if she really had any mishaps, his good days would be over.

What's more, this time, Ye Chen's mother-in-law had also gone missing along with Ye Zhangmin.

Therefore, he further increased the search efforts, even mobilizing all the security guards of Bai Jinhangong, just to find the whereabouts of Ye Zhangmin and Ma Lan as soon as possible.

However, clues needed to be searched for bit by bit starting from the beauty salon, so it was impossible to find them immediately.

Ye Chen had also left home by this time to meet Chen Zekai at the beauty salon.

He was worried about two things: one was that Ye Zhangmin would expose his identity to Ma Lan, and the other was that Ma Lan would suffer at the hands of the kidnappers.

In fact, even now, he didn't have much family affection for Ma Lan.

After all, Ma Lan had been oppressing and insulting him for more than three years, and it was only recently that things had improved.

If he could choose, Ye Chen would rather Ma Lan just vanish from the face of the earth.

However, at the thought of his wife, Xiao Churan, Ye Chen couldn't bear it.

Xiao Churan was very kind after all, and she could be considered very filial to Ma Lan. If Ma Lan went missing for no reason, the blow to her would be extraordinary.

Last time Ma Lan went to the detention center, she was only missing for a few days, and Xiao Churan was almost driven crazy with worry. If something happened to Ma Lan this time, she would definitely be even more worried than last time.

And with the New Year just a couple of days away, if something happened to Ma Lan now, the family wouldn't even be able to have a good New Year.

Therefore, Ye Chen still hoped to find Ma Lan and rescue her safely if possible.

At this moment, in the abandoned warehouse in the suburbs.

Ma Lan and Ye Zhangmin were tied together. The reason the Xiao father and son hadn't let anyone sleep with Ma Lan yet was mainly because they wanted to let Wu Donghai come over to inspect the work first.

After all, those who take bribes are soft-spoken, and those who take gifts are weak-handed.

The Xiao family had received so many benefits from Wu Donghai but had never followed Wu Donghai's instructions to make Ye Chen's family miserable, so Wu Donghai himself felt very insecure.

This was mainly because the Tang Chen villa they were living in now wasn't their own, but one Wu Donghai had lent them.

Moreover, the money Wu Donghai invested in the Xiao Group also came with conditions; Wu Donghai could withdraw all this money at any time, and then the Xiao family would have nothing again.

Therefore, they were bent on pleasing Wu Donghai and making him satisfied.

In that case, they would also be able to get more benefits from the Wu family.

Wu Donghai was sitting in the car on his way to the warehouse, and he was very excited at this moment.

During this period, although he had been busy making the Wu family rise again and couldn't spare time to fight with Ye Chen, the hatred for Ye Chen in his heart had never diminished.

This time, hearing that Xiao Changqian wanted to make a move on Ye Chen's mother-in-law first, Wu Donghai was naturally overjoyed, fearing he would miss this good show, so he had his subordinates drive him over to watch the live broadcast.

Just as they arrived, Xiao Hailong ran over to open the warehouse gate, letting the Rolls-Royce carrying Wu Donghai drive in.

Xiao Changqian walked to the car door excitedly and took the initiative to open the back seat door for Wu Donghai.

As soon as the door opened, Xiao Changqian bowed humbly and said, "Wu Zong, you're here!"

Wu Donghai nodded, saw Ma Lan tied back-to-back with Ye Zhangmin on the ground, sneered, and said, "This is Ye Chen's mother-in-law, right?"

"That's right!" Xiao Changqian said with some resentment, "This woman is the number one shrew in the universe, cheap to the bone! Let someone handle her in a moment to help you have some fun, Wu Zong!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Lan hurriedly begged, "I beg you to let me go. I have no grudges against you, why are you treating me like this..."

Wu Donghai shouted coldly, "No grudges against me? Do you know that your son-in-law Ye Chen is my irreconcilable enemy?! Today, since you've fallen into my hands, don't blame me for being ruthless; blame yourself for finding a good son-in-law!"

Ma Lan was about to collapse, crying and shouting, "I'm wronged! Ye Chen isn't a son-in-law I found for myself; he's a live-in son-in-law that Xiao Changqian's father recruited for the Xiao family. I was strongly opposed to it at the time, but the old man wouldn't listen to me!"

Wu Donghai said disdainfully, "Stop talking this nonsense to me. Anyone around Ye Chen is a thorn in my side!"

As he spoke, his expression was a bit excited, but he said with some regret, "It's a pity, you are ultimately just Ye Chen's mother-in-law, not Ye Chen's direct relative. If I could find a direct relative of Ye Chen first and then slaughter her in front of Ye Chen, that would be great!"

As soon as Wu Donghai said this, Ma Lan felt the woman tied behind her back trembling violently.

Ye Zhangmin was almost scared to the point of wetting herself.

She had thought she was just unlucky to have encountered the enemy of this cheap woman, Ma Lan.

But now she understood that what she had encountered wasn't Ma Lan's enemy, but Ye Chen's enemy!

And the other party was still regretting not having a chance to kill a direct relative of Ye Chen...

Wasn't she a direct relative of Ye Chen? She was Ye Chen's aunt!

At this time, Wu Donghai looked at Xiao Changqian and said, "Old Xiao, when can you kidnap Ye Chen's wife?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Changqian felt a bit awkward and said, "Wu Zong, Xiao Churan is my own niece after all, I can't make this move..."

Wu Donghai waved his hand, "I don't want to kill his wife! His wife should be kept for the second to last; before killing Ye Chen, kill her in front of Ye Chen!"

As he spoke, Wu Donghai paused slightly and added, "I mean, kill a direct relative with a blood relationship to Ye Chen first to get a kick out of it. He has no parents, doesn't he have any aunts or uncles?"

Xiao Changqian thought carefully and said, "Ye Chen has always been an orphan. I've never heard of him having any direct relatives; they should have all died out long ago!"

Wu Donghai sighed, "That's really a pity!"

At this moment, Ma Lan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and blurted out, "I know, I know! Ye Chen has a direct relative! This stinky woman tied up with me is Ye Chen's aunt! If you hate Ye Chen, just slaughter her. Slaughtering her is definitely much more useful than slaughtering me!"

Ye Zhangmin's heart was almost stopping from fear!

She wailed in despair in her heart: "When I came out, Dad told me not to let Ma Lan know I'm a member of the Ye family, fearing that if Ma Lan knew, she would open her mouth like a lion... So, how on earth does this Ma Lan know I'm Ye Chen's aunt?!"