jdhmnovel Chapter 435 Rescue
Chapter 435 Rescue
Chapter 435
Li Chenxu didn't stay in the basement for long. As soon as he left, he contacted Bai Ye. Although he still had doubts about Bai Ye's feelings for Mu Xiaoyu, it was the most suitable time for Bai Ye to step in and rescue Mu Xiaoyu.
"Mu Xiaoyu is currently at the Li family's old residence. Bai Ye, you need to come here immediately with an excuse to rescue her. Mu Xiaoyu's condition is very bad... Remember, whatever you do, don't mention me!"
Bai Ye was actually a little surprised when he received Li Chenxu's call. Although he had suggested that Mu Xiaoyu might be with him at the Li family's old house, he didn't really believe that Mu Xiaoyu would be taken away by Old Master Li and his men.
After all, in Bai Ye's opinion, Mu Xiaoyu didn't need to let the Li family go to such lengths.
But now it seems he was oversimplifying things.
At this critical juncture, Bai Ye had no time to ponder why Li Chenxu had said those things to him. Judging from Li Chenxu's tone, Mu Xiaoyu's condition was definitely not good, so after agreeing, Bai Ye hung up the phone immediately without saying anything and led his men to rescue Mu Xiaoyu.
Bai Ye acted quickly; he arrived in less than half an hour after Li Chenxu called.
It's worth noting that the Bai family's residence is quite far from the Li family's old house, and the fact that Bai Ye came all this way shows just how much he values Mu Xiaoyu.
"Mr. Bai?"
Seeing Bai Ye arrive with so many people, Old Master Li was somewhat surprised. However, remembering that he had heard Bai Ye had been too close to Mu Xiaoyu, his heart sank again.
He pretended to be nonchalant, even looking at Bai Ye with a slight smile. Before Bai Ye could speak, he continued, "Mr. Bai, are you here now because of what happened between Chen Xu and Miss Bai?"
“Grandpa Li, we’ll talk about Bai Luo and Li Chenxu later. I’m here purely for business. Last night, we received an anonymous report that Miss Mu had been kidnapped. Just a few hours ago, we received information that the kidnappers were from the Li family.”
Bai Ye spoke these words with a blank expression, completely businesslike. Moreover, a flicker of panic flashed in Old Master Li's eyes as he finished speaking. However, he concealed it extremely well; had Bai Ye not been so close to Old Master Li, and hadn't been carefully observing his expression, he might not have noticed it at all.
"Mr. Bai, you can't just say things like that. Although Mu Xiaoyu and Shen Xu are divorced, she was still a member of the Li family before. How could we possibly kidnap her? Besides, you need evidence to support your claims. Mr. Bai, tell me, where is the evidence?"
"Now that I'm here, I certainly have evidence."
As Bai Ye spoke, he took a surveillance disc from his subordinate and waved it in front of Old Master Li, saying, "This surveillance disc proves everything. From the kidnapping of Miss Mu to the time these people brought Mu Xiaoyu here, it's all clearly recorded. The evidence is right here. Do you still intend to obstruct our work, Old Master Li?"
In reality, the surveillance disc in Bai Ye's possession contained nothing, and what he said was all false. However, at this moment, Bai Ye believed that Old Master Li would absolutely not release the contents of the disc.
As expected, Old Master Li did not doubt what Bai Ye had just said. However, the expression on his face had changed somewhat because of Bai Ye's words.
He opened his mouth, about to say something, but just then, Li Chenxu suddenly came down from upstairs.
"what happened?"
Li Chenxu asked casually, and when Old Master Li saw him come down, his eyes lit up immediately. He covered his mouth and coughed lightly to hide his inner panic, and said to Li Chenxu, "You've come at the right time. Mr. Bai came and said that we kidnapped Mu Xiaoyu. You can talk to Mr. Bai and tell him how that's possible."
“Li Chenxu, you should know that I don’t come here without a reason. Since you’re here, you must have evidence. We have the surveillance footage of Miss Mu’s kidnapping. If your Li family really has nothing to do with this, then you’d better let us in now and search the entire house. If you really have nothing to do with it, then the truth will come out after the search.”
"How can that be done!"
How could Old Master Li possibly agree? The basement wasn't a hidden place at all. If Bai Ye really searched it, he would find Mu Xiaoyu directly, and all his previous efforts would be in vain.
Moreover, if Mu Xiaoyu is really found out, it won't be as easy to target her again as it is now!
"Dad, why are you so nervous? If we really didn't kidnap Miss Mu, just let Bai Ye search us. What's there to be afraid of?"
Li Chenxu spoke with complete indifference, not even giving Old Master Li a chance to speak, and lazily said to Bai Ye, "Since you're here on official business, then search thoroughly. But if you really don't find anything, you'll have to apologize to the Li family and to my father!"
To outsiders, this appearance really did seem like that of someone siding with the Li family.
"Of course."
Bai Ye glanced at Li Chenxu and immediately replied. After speaking, he led his men inside to begin searching the entire house.
Actually, during the phone call, Li Chenxu had already told Bai Ye where Mu Xiaoyu was. However, in order not to arouse the suspicion of Old Master Li, Bai Ye and his men did not immediately go straight to the basement, but instead pretended to search and naturally discovered the basement.
"Why is the basement door locked?"
Bai Ye looked at Old Master Li, who was clearly starting to get nervous, and asked casually, but his eyes were filled with a threatening tone.
Old Master Li shuddered and looked at Bai Ye with an embarrassed smile, saying, "This basement is used to store miscellaneous items. It hasn't been opened for many years, and now I don't even know where the key is."
"Has it not been opened for many years? But the marks on the lock don't look like it hasn't been opened for many years at all. Mr. Li, you used to deal with government officials frequently, so you should know very well what the consequences are for concealing or even obstructing government officials from doing their work. For Bai Luo's sake, I'd like to give you another piece of advice: it's best to clarify things now, otherwise things will become difficult once our people find out."