Jiang He stared at Wu Pengpeng silently for a while, then strode over to her.
The short and thin man immediately fetched a chair and placed it opposite Wu Pengpeng. In a respectful tone, he said, "Mr. Jiang, please take a seat."
Jiang He waved his hand at him, signaling him to leave first.
After the short and thin man left, he slowly sat down and looked at Wu Pengpeng with a smile. "Sister, we meet again."
Wu Pengpeng had already snapped out of her shock and anger. She gave Jiang He a disdainful glance and said contemptuously, "I forgot that you were in cahoots with my second brother from the very beginning."
Back then, Jiang He had publicly defended her in the Wu family. Later, he had also caused the Wu family to lose a fortune in several cooperation projects on her behalf. Gradually, she had let down her guard and stopped being on her guard against him.
Jiang He seemed not to notice the anger in her tone. He said happily, "Yes, it's me. Didn't you expect it?"
Seeing that he had set her up and could still sit in front of her shamelessly, Wu Pengpeng wished she could pounce on him and bite him to death.
She gave Jiang He an annoyed look and said rudely, "Now that you've seen my miserable state, can you leave?"
Jiang He was amused by her puffed-up appearance. He casually glanced in the direction of the camera and then looked back at her. In an extremely gentle tone, he said, "You're so stupid. You believe whatever others say."
Wu Pengpeng was already angry about being kidnapped by him, and now he was even insulting her. She had nowhere to vent her anger, so she kicked Jiang He's chair hard. "You're the stupid one. Your whole family is stupid!"
She used all her strength in that kick, and Jiang He was caught off guard and fell to the ground.
Seeing him lying on the ground covered in dust, Wu Pengpeng felt a sense of relief and couldn't help laughing out loud.
Jiang He supported himself with the chair and stood up. He looked at her with indulgent eyes as if watching a child throwing a tantrum. He said affectionately, "Okay, I'm the big stupid one, and you're the little stupid one."
Wu Pengpeng felt like she was punching cotton. She was angry at being played by him. She glared at Jiang He fiercely and turned her head to look out of the window, not wanting to talk to him.
Jiang He stared at her silently for a while before saying calmly, "Sister, let's have a talk."
Wu Pengpeng was determined to ignore him.
Jiang He reached out and pulled her chair towards him. He stretched out his long legs and enclosed her in his embrace.
Wu Pengpeng was startled by this sudden closeness and instinctively struggled. "Jiang He, let me go!"
Jiang He let her punch and kick him but didn't let go at all. His tone suddenly turned cold. "Wu Pengpeng, don't challenge my bottom line anymore!"
He was good-looking. Usually, with a hint of a smile on his face, he looked like a charming demon. But at this moment, without a trace of a smile on his handsome face, he became a demon that seemed to suck people's essence.
Wu Pengpeng's heart trembled involuntarily, and she instinctively stopped struggling.
She wasn't afraid of death, but she was afraid of being humiliated.
Jiang He saw the fear surging like a tide in Wu Pengpeng's eyes and her struggle to suppress it so that he wouldn't notice. His heart suddenly ached.
He never meant to hurt her, but if he wanted to rescue her from Wu Junyu's hands without leaving any clues for Wu Junyu to detect, he had to play the villain.
Only when she repelled and loathed him could Wu Junyu relax his guard against him, and only then would he have a chance to take her away.
Yes, he knew that Wu Pengpeng had been kidnapped by Wu Junyu, or more precisely, he had guessed it.
That day when he called Wu Pengpeng, it was He Qianshan who answered the phone.
Although He Qianshan pretended to be calm, Jiang He could still hear the fear and anger he was trying to suppress from his tone. At that time, he began to suspect.
Later, he went to the Wu family's old mansion. By asking around indirectly, he learned that both Wu Pengpeng and Wu Junyu hadn't been back for several days.
He主动 found Wu Junyu. At first, Wu Junyu didn't trust him. He looked innocent and pretended to be confused. "Cousin, what are you talking about? Pengpeng is my sister. How could I treat her like that? If Pengpeng is really missing, we should call the police immediately!"
Jiang He stared at him silently, trying to find some useful information from his eyes.
Wu Junyu also looked back at him calmly. Anyway, he had already given the order that as long as he didn't go back, Wu Pengpeng would be immediately disposed of. A dead person couldn't betray any secrets.
Even without that hidden property, as long as he got rid of Wu Pengpeng, he would have one more chance of winning.
"You don't need to be so on guard against me." Jiang He took out his phone, opened the financial statements of the projects he had cooperated with Wu Pengpeng, and showed them to him. "I'm not on her side."
Wu Junyu took it and read it. He looked surprised. Jiang He had siphoned off nearly 30 billion yuan of Wu Pengpeng's assets through three worthless projects.
Although this amount of money was nothing compared to Wu Pengpeng's entire family fortune, it was still a huge sum.
"How could she..."
"She trusts me very much and isn't very smart. It's easy to deceive her out of her money." Jiang He paused and then played his trump card. "With my help, you can also get what you want."
Wu Junyu had been dealing with Wu Pengpeng for three days but still hadn't gotten anything. Moreover, he didn't have any more time to waste, so he had to agree to let Jiang He give it a try.
Of course, Wu Junyu didn't completely trust Jiang He. He confiscated all of Jiang He's electronic devices to ensure that he wouldn't send any information to the outside world.
"If you want to live," Jiang He stared into Wu Pengpeng's eyes and said coldly, word by word, "you have to listen to me!"
Wu Pengpeng had never seen Jiang He like this before. Because she couldn't figure him out, the unknown fear made her instinctively submit. She nodded subconsciously.
Only then did Jiang He let go of her. He reached out his hand, wanting to stroke her head to comfort her.
Wu Pengpeng instinctively shrank her head and dodged his hand.
Jiang He was stabbed by her unconscious action, and his chest suddenly ached.
After he knew that Wu Pengpeng had been kidnapped by Wu Junyu, to ensure her safety, he didn't dare to call the police or tell the Wu family.
But he didn't want to join hands with He Qianshan either. He wanted to rescue Wu Pengpeng by himself.
Because only in this way might he be different in Wu Pengpeng's heart.
"Think it over carefully!" He covered the microphone with one hand and grabbed Wu Pengpeng's collar with the other. He pulled her towards him forcefully, looking as if he was threatening her, but the words he said were extremely gentle. "Trust me. I won't hurt you."
Then he let go of her in her shock, stood up, and looked at her coldly. "I'll give you one more day. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless."
After saying that, he walked away without looking back at Wu Pengpeng.
Wu Pengpeng looked down and saw a lollipop lying quietly in her palm.
On the other hand, He Qianshan was still living in endless despair. The strange phone call never came again, and Uncle Wang still didn't have any news.
After answering Jiang He's call that day, he asked Fu Heng to find someone to monitor Jiang He's phone.
Although Wu Pengpeng hadn't told him about the Wu family's affairs, he could vaguely guess that the person who had kidnapped Wu Pengpeng might be from the Wu family.
And Jiang He, who had a close relationship with the Wu family, was very likely to be involved in this kidnapping.
He didn't want to miss any possible clues. Even if it was a useless effort, he was willing to do it.
Originally, he didn't have high hopes for the lead on Jiang He. But unexpectedly, early on the fourth day after Wu Pengpeng's disappearance, he suddenly received a call from Fu Heng.
Fu Heng's excited voice on the other end of the phone was trembling. "Boss, there's news. Jiang He's phone signal disappeared on the border of Jiangzhou. Beyond that is Wuling Mountain, where there's no one. What do you think he's going there for?"
He Qianshan heard a glimmer of hope from his words. That faint ray of light made his eyes instantly turn red, and he choked up and couldn't speak.
He just gave a faint "um". After a while, he managed to calm his voice and became the calm and self - controlled He Qianshan again. "Search the mountains. Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we must find her."
Fu Heng said embarrassedly, "But there are more than a dozen mountains over there. It will take at least half a month to search the mountains."
"Then increase the manpower." He Qianshan's fingers holding the phone were numb. "You must find her for me within three days."