Chapter 2262 — Kidnapping Wang Xinyan

"Relax, Brother Wen. On any ordinary day I wouldn't dare touch Wei Zhao's girlfriend either—the man's too dangerous, and who'd want to provoke him for no reason?" Li Biaohan waved a hand. "But I've already done my homework. Wei Zhao has left town on a long leave, and there's no telling when he'll be back. He hasn't shown up at school for days now. These past few days I had my boys ask around, and everyone close to Wei Zhao confirmed he's gone. And Gu Mengyao, the one you told me to watch—I've watched her too. These days she goes to school every day with Shen Yushu, Han Jingyi, and Han Xiaochao, and the one driving them isn't Wei Zhao, it's just a chauffeur!"

"Oh? Wei Zhao's out of town?" An Jianwen's heart gave a sudden leap at the news.

If the opportunity presented itself, he wouldn't mind making a little trouble for Wei Zhao. Kidnapping Wang Xinyan would be a fine way to stick it to him—snatch his girlfriend while he was away and squeeze a fat ransom out of her. By the time Wei Zhao got back, he'd find no leads at all and would just have to swallow his anger and accept it.

"Exactly, Brother Wen, it's a golden opportunity!" Li Biaohan said. "I've checked everything. Wei Zhao is definitely not here!"

"Mm, then let's do it!" An Jianwen nodded. "But we're clear on this: besides the kidnapping, don't do anything else to that Wang Xinyan! Wei Zhao is a complete madman. If Wang Xinyan really is his girlfriend, kidnapping her is one thing, but don't you dare do anything more. That bastard Wei Zhao will kill on mere suspicion—he doesn't need evidence. For all we know, in a fit of rage he'll go through every enemy he has and slaughter the lot of them, and then we're all screwed!"

"I understand, Brother Wen. We're only after money. Giving Wei Zhao a bit of grief on the side—I won't cause any trouble!" In truth, even if An Jianwen hadn't said it, Li Biaohan wouldn't have dared act recklessly. He was, in fact, rather afraid of Wei Zhao.

"Here's the plan: work out Wang Xinyan's daily schedule with Big Mule, then draw up a proper scheme. Grab her somewhere crowded, and make sure plenty of people can testify that she was kidnapped. That way the ransom demand will go smoothly!" An Jianwen wasn't worried about failure—with a No. 02 test subject on the job, who could possibly stop them?

"Will do!" Li Biaohan nodded.

An Jianwen waved his hand, sending Li Biaohan and Big Mule out of the room together, then went back to scrolling through The Predecessor of Very Pure and Very Ambiguous on his phone. The Li Boliang in that novel was a true talent—the more An Jianwen read, the more he worshipped him, and he vowed to become a villain just like Li Boliang...

The day before the weekend.

Wang Xinyan received an invitation from Gu Mengyao to visit her home.

This left Wang Xinyan anxious and full of misgivings...

Gu Mengyao hadn't come to invite her in person; the invitation had been passed on through Han Jingyi. Even though it wasn't a formal invitation, Wang Xinyan couldn't help feeling uneasy.

Wei Zhao was out of town. What exactly did Gu Mengyao mean by inviting her over?

Was it a friendly invitation? A trap? Or did she want to find out just what the relationship between Wang Xinyan and Wei Zhao really was?

Han Jingyi was only the messenger, and after delivering the message she said nothing more, but Wang Xinyan's heart was in turmoil...

They had agreed to meet in the parking lot after class. That day Wang Xinyan was distracted again, couldn't focus on the lecture, and took hardly any notes. Watching the white-collared instructor leave, Wang Xinyan packed up her textbooks and shook her head. She had promised Wei Zhao she'd take notes for him, but today...

Wang Xinyan glanced back at Han Jingyi and found her still fiddling with her tablet.

Wang Xinyan had originally hoped Han Jingyi would call out to her on her own, but Han Jingyi looked so absorbed that she seemed not to have noticed class was over at all. Helpless, Wang Xinyan could only call out, "Jingjing, shall we head downstairs together now?"

"Huh? Class is over already?" Han Jingyi looked up in a daze, saw the empty classroom, and gave an embarrassed smile. "Sorry about that, I was too absorbed. Let's go downstairs now!"

"Mm..." Wang Xinyan agreed as if under some spell. She knew well the saying that what must come will come and what must not cannot be avoided. Gu Mengyao had issued the invitation, after all—she couldn't very well refuse to go, could she?

She walked out of the classroom with Han Jingyi, cautious and careful, like a new bride paying her first visit to her in-laws, her heart full of trepidation.

Han Jingyi, however, seemed not to notice. As they walked she said, "Sister Xinyan, I hear Sister Yaoyao has prepared a feast for tonight. By the way, do you like Western food?"

"It's all right..." Wang Xinyan was caught between laughter and tears. Han Jingyi was so relaxed, without a care in the world, but she—how could she have any appetite to think about food at a time like this?

In fact, Gu Mengyao's invitation to Wang Xinyan really had no other motive!

It was just that she'd heard from Han Jingyi that Wei Zhao and Wang Xinyan were very close at school, always stuck together during class, and Gu Mengyao figured there was probably something real between them. So, while Wei Zhao was away from home, she wanted to sound Wang Xinyan out.

"Wang Xinyan!" Seeing Wang Xinyan and Han Jingyi approach, Gu Mengyao smiled and greeted her.

"Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, hello..." Wang Xinyan's expression was a little unnatural, a little awkward.

"Wu Chengtian! We've met before!" Wu Chengtian gave Wang Xinyan a polite nod. Back in Yanjing, Wang Xinyan had been Kang Zhaolong's girlfriend, so Wu Chengtian hadn't paid her much mind. But now that Wang Xinyan might become Wei Zhao's girlfriend, he naturally didn't dare be negligent.

Seeing Wu Chengtian, Wang Xinyan couldn't help recalling the scene in Yanjing when she'd dined with Kang Zhaolong. Back then, Kang Zhaolong and the Xiao family's juniors had all gone out of their way to curry favor with this man before her. And now she'd heard he had become Wei Zhao's lackey?

Wei Zhao really was something, taking on lackeys everywhere he went!

But before Wang Xinyan could say a word, a black van with no license plates suddenly came barreling over, screeching to a halt right beside her. A stone-faced man in black leaped out, seized Wang Xinyan by the arm, and started dragging her toward the van!

"Stop! Who are you?" Wu Chengtian was startled by the man in black. Wei Zhao had charged him with protecting the safety of Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, Han Jingyi, and Han Xiaochao, but Wang Xinyan might well be Wei Zhao's girlfriend in the future too. How could Wu Chengtian see this and just stand by? (To be continued.)RQ

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