Worry, worry, worry! Facing a table full of delicious food, Xiaomei's eyebrows knitted into a frown. Xie Bingxia had been glaring at her coldly for several hours and hadn't touched a single bite of the food.
Xiaomei tugged at the edge of her uniform skirt guiltily and said, "Miss, don't be angry with me. It's my fault. I shouldn't have colluded with the young master to deceive you."
"Humph," Xie Bingxia turned her head away.
"Miss—" Xiaomei was on the verge of tears. "You can beat me or scold me as you like, but you have to eat."
"Humph!" She turned her head to the other side.
"How can you forgive me, Miss!"
Xie Bingxia spread out her hands. "I want my phone."
Xiaomei shook her head like a rattle. "No way! The young master will kill me if he finds out!"
"Then I'll ignore you for the rest of my life. I won't eat the food you cook, sleep in the bed you make, or drink the scented tea you brew."
"This..." Xiaomei was extremely torn. Xie Bingxia continued to tempt her. "Don't worry. Gu Bei won't kill you. I'll protect you."
"I just want to know if my classmates at school are okay. Is that okay?" Xie Bingxia pulled out her trump card, looking at Xiaomei with her pleading, watery eyes, which broke through her last line of defense.
"I'll give it a try," Xiaomei said and went to look for the phone. Less than half an hour later, Xiaomei came back with the phone. Xie Bingxia was wolfing down the food at the table and almost choked.
"You found it so quickly?"
"I'm Xiaomei, the smartest and most nimble one in the Gu family!" She was quite proud as she took out the phone from her pocket and handed it to Xie Bingxia. "I found it in the young master's coat. Don't worry. He's taking a shower. He doesn't know."
"What about the two bodyguards outside?"
"Oh, they're just two stupid doorkeepers. They're so silly. Oh, Miss, you're eating. That's great. You have to finish it all."
Xie Bingxia wiped her little mouth clean and quickly turned on the phone. As soon as she got online, her WeChat started flashing non - stop. All the messages were from Qin Feng. The last one read: I can't reach you. I'm very worried. I'll go to deliver the ransom first. Wait for me to come back!
She opened the call log. Besides Qin Feng's calls, there were dozens of unfamiliar calls. The numbers seemed familiar... Xie Bingxia immediately called back.
"Hello? Is that the goddess?" Sure enough, it was Li Duo. "I finally got in touch with you. I, I..."
The voice on the other end of the phone didn't sound right. Xie Bingxia quickly asked, "Is something wrong?"
"Qin Feng went to deliver the money two or three hours ago, and he hasn't been seen since!"
It was like a bolt from the blue. Xie Bingxia froze on the spot. Wasn't it a self - staged kidnapping? How could Qin Feng also lose contact?
"Tell me in detail."
"We agreed that he would come back right after leaving the money bag. We waited at the Yan family's place for a long time, but there was no news. Qin Feng's phone is turned off. Uncle Yan was furious. It was so scary!" Li Duo recalled the turmoil at that time and shivered. He continued, "He said he wouldn't care about this anymore. Aunt Yan cried herself into a stupor. I had to drive to the scene to take a look. I didn't see the money or Qin Feng."
"He won't, won't, won't..."
"Don't worry. I'll make arrangements," Xie Bingxia looked at her watch. "Drive to the Gu family's gate to pick me up in half an hour. Be on time."
"Miss, you're going to run away?!" Xiaomei was shocked. "No! No!"
Xie Bingxia hung up the phone, pointed at Xiaomei and said, "We're in the same boat now." Then she ordered her, "Go and get all my thick clothes. Tie them one by one. I need a rope. Tie it tightly. Do you understand?"
The miss was so fierce. Xiaomei was so scared that she didn't dare to offend either side. She obediently started to get the clothes and tie the rope.
The only way to escape at present was through the window. Fortunately, it was on the second floor. With the help of the clothes - rope, she should be able to reach the ground smoothly. The only obstacle left was the bodyguard under the window. If it was just one person, she could handle it. She would knock him down and run away without looking back.
Xie Bingxia rehearsed the escape plan in her mind several times, but saw that Xiaomei had only tied five or six clothes slowly. The length was far from enough.
Xie Bingxia snatched one end of the clothes - rope and tied it to the edge of the bed, urging, "Hurry up."
"Miss..." Xiaomei looked at Xie Bingxia pitifully while working. "Don't run away. You won't succeed. The young master is very powerful. He'll catch you."
Xie Bingxia flicked her forehead. "Why can't you wish me well?"
"The young master usually takes about twenty minutes to take a shower. When I went to steal the phone just now, he had just entered the bathroom. Counting the time for him to finish showering, get dressed, and listen to your phone call, he should be here soon," Xiaomei said in a low voice and didn't dare to look at Xie Bingxia anymore.
Damn it! That kid Gu Bei actually installed a bug in my room?!
She had made a wrong move! Xie Bingxia was extremely annoyed. Just then, she heard rapid footsteps pattering in the corridor. Gu Bei pushed open the door. His face was frighteningly dark. He demanded, "Where are you going?! Hmm?"
In the blink of an eye, Xie Bingxia grabbed half of the rope, pushed open the window, and stepped onto the window sill.
"Xie Bingxia! Get down here!" Gu Bei rushed forward almost immediately. Xie Bingxia looked back at him and gave him a confident smile. Then she jumped out without hesitation.
She slid down the wall for a while with the help of the rope, then let go and fell into the low bushes under the window at the right distance.
Gu Bei saw her figure disappear outside the window in an instant. His heart skipped a beat. He ran to the window and looked down, anxiously searching for her small figure. The low bushes rustled. Xie Bingxia emerged from them, covered in mud, and ran towards the gate. For a moment, Gu Bei let out a sigh of relief, then immediately shouted at the bodyguard downstairs, "Catch her! Hurry!"
The bodyguard's running speed was amazing. Xie Bingxia was no match for him. Seeing that she was about to be caught up, she decided to go all out. She turned around and delivered a roundhouse kick, hitting the bodyguard right on the occipital bone. The bodyguard took a few steps back, shook his dizzy head, and quickly recovered. Who did Gu Bei find? This bodyguard was so tough. Xie Bingxia had used all her strength and only managed to hold him off for a few dozen seconds.
However, those few dozen seconds were enough for Xie Bingxia to complete her escape plan. Outside the gate, Li Duo's car just drove over. The timing was perfect. Xie Bingxia ran quickly. Li Duo rolled down the window of the passenger seat and shouted, "Goddess, over here!"
Xie Bingxia jumped up, grabbed the car body, and slid into the passenger seat through the window like a fish flipping.
"Drive, run!"
Without saying a word, Li Duo stepped on the accelerator hard. The car shot out like a rocket, leaving Gu Bei and the bodyguards far behind.
The bodyguards immediately asked, "Boss, should we drive after them?"
"No," Gu Bei gasped. "Go back and turn on the phone's location tracker."
On this side, Li Duo's car drove onto the city's main road. Xie Bingxia observed through the rear - view mirror for a long time and found that Gu Bei wasn't chasing them, so she relaxed a little.
Li Duo looked at Xie Bingxia shyly and said, "Goddess, this outfit of yours?" Xie Bingxia was wearing a pajamas embroidered with a little rabbit, bare - footed, with a few twigs in her messy hair and mud all over her body. She was far from the image of a goddess.
Xie Bingxia looked down at her clothes and rolled her eyes. She asked, "Do you have any clean clothes?"
Li Duo pointed to the back seat. "I have some clothes I usually change into when I exercise. If you don't mind..." Xie Bingxia laid down the passenger seat, climbed to the back seat, and turned her back. Li Duo wanted to peek at the goddess's wonderful figure through the rear - view mirror, but was glared back by Xie Bingxia. "If you peek, I'll dig out your eyes." He turned his gaze away reluctantly and drove the car straight ahead obediently.
Xie Bingxia quickly changed her clothes and sat back. The boy's clothes were too big on her, and her beautiful collarbone was fully exposed at the wide neckline. As she rolled up the overly long sleeves, she asked, "Do you know anyone who is good at computers and can do location tracking?"
As soon as Li Duo heard this, he said proudly, "The goddess and I think alike!" Then he took out his iPad and showed it to Xie Bingxia. "I've already asked a knowledgeable friend to do it. Before Qin Feng's phone was turned off, its last location was here."
Xie Bingxia slid her finger on the map on the screen. "Is it the place where the ransom was delivered?"
"No," Li Duo shook his head. "Qin Feng moved for a while. The place where the ransom was delivered is here." He pointed to a certain position on the map.
"Hmm..." Xie Bingxia thought for a while and said with a smile, "The kidnappers are really amateur. They walked so far with Qin Feng before they remembered to turn off his phone."
"Do you mean they also kidnapped Qin Feng?"
"That's the only possibility," Xie Bingxia had a bad feeling. Maybe they wanted to... kill two birds with one stone!
"Let's go to the last location first."
"Okay! Hold on tight, Goddess! The God of Racing on Qiuming Mountain is about to—appear!" Li Duo tightened his grip on the steering wheel. The two red taillights flashed by and disappeared into the deep night.