The bodyguards rushed upstairs. As soon as they entered the room, they felt as if they had stepped into an ice cellar. Their movements slowed, their bodies stiffened. They saw Fu Jingshu standing in the center, radiating a chilling aura and murderous intent. The bed was empty.
"Master Fu..."
"Investigate!"
Fu Jingshu spoke each word deliberately, and the men scattered.
He took out his phone and called Shen Qingqing. He had to tell her about this.
But the call wouldn't connect.
Fu Jingshu tried several more times, all unsuccessfully. A bad premonition settled in his heart. He trusted his intuition and called King.
The first call went unanswered, the second was picked up.
"What is it?" King's voice was cold.
"I'm looking for Qingqing."
"I don't know, don't ask me."
Fu Jingshu felt this attitude was wrong. He hadn't been like this before. "What happened?"
"You're asking me?" King's voice dripped with sarcasm. "You can't even look after your own woman and child, and you're asking me? How would I know?"
Fu Jingshu's gaze sharpened. "How do you know my child is missing?"
"I'm just guessing." King's voice was lazy, with a hint of schadenfreude. "If you want to find them, go find them yourself. I have no obligation to keep an eye on them for you."
With that, he hung up the phone.
Fu Jingshu glanced at his phone and decisively dialed back. This time, the ringtone rang for a long time before King picked up, his tone filled with impatience.
"Do you have more business?"
"You didn't explain yourself clearly." Fu Jingshu was certain he was lying. "You know where Qingqing is, why won't you tell me?"
"I don't want to, is that not allowed?"
King's tone was full of provocation, aiming to enrage Fu Jingshu.
Fu Jingshu remained calm. "She's angry."
King raised an eyebrow. "So you can tell that? If you can tell, then think about how to apologize. Don't waste my time."
"I don't understand." Fu Jingshu suddenly realized that he had been too busy looking for medicine for Shen Jinxi lately and had neglected Shen Qingqing. "I see, I'll go find her now."
He hung up the phone.
King was surprised for a moment, staring at his phone. What did this man find out?
Footsteps sounded from the stairs. He looked up and saw Shen Qingqing with several children, carrying luggage. King put his phone in his pocket and stood up.
"Ready?"
"Yes."
"Then let's go." King flicked the keys in his fingers and turned to walk outside.
Before getting into the car, Shen Qingqing looked back at the villa, as if she could still see the scene of Fu Jingshu tracking her at the entrance and making all sorts of excuses.
"Mommy, let's go."
Shen Jinxi poked his head out to urge her.
Shen Qingqing turned and got into the car. The car door closed, and the vehicle sped away with a whoosh.
...
Fu Jingshu made a call to Lin Mo, asking him to bring the tracking equipment. Lin Mo was about to operate it when Fu Jingshu snatched it away.
He wanted to do it himself.
The tracking equipment wasn't difficult to operate, especially since Fu Jingshu was quite familiar with it. In less than 10 minutes, he found Shen Qingqing's location.
His expression changed slightly, his fingertips holding the device turning pale.
Lin Mo quickly asked, "What's wrong, Master Fu? Did you find Miss Shen?"
Fu Jingshu remained silent, but the air around him grew colder, making Lin Mo shiver involuntarily. His tongue felt stiff, and he dared not ask further.
Only when Fu Jingshu put down the device and stood up did he coldly instruct the butler, "Prepare the car immediately. I need to go to the East City Airport."
The butler didn't understand why he suddenly needed to go to the airport, but seeing his grim expression, he knew it was no small matter and quickly went to prepare.
While Fu Jingshu wasn't paying attention, Lin Mo glanced at the location displayed on the device on the table, and was immediately shocked. "Why would Miss Shen go to the airport? Is she leaving?"
As soon as he asked, he felt something was wrong. The air around him seemed to have dropped several degrees. He instinctively looked up and met Fu Jingshu's cold eyes, trembling all over.
He closed his mouth and sat up straight, not daring to utter a sound.
Fu Jingshu was still baffled, unable to understand where he had gone wrong, why she was going to the airport without any explanation.
He sent Shen Qingqing a text message.
"Don't go, let's talk."
He had never yielded to anyone before, and he didn't know how to apologize, so he could only send a blunt yet concise message like this.
Then he waited for a reply.
This was the second time he had experienced what it was like to be anxious. The first time, of course, was also from Shen Qingqing.
Airport.
King had already booked the tickets and said to Shen Qingqing, "We board in half an hour."
But Shen Qingqing didn't respond. She was still staring at her phone.
"What are you doing?"
King, curious, tried to lean in and see, but Shen Qingqing dodged him and covered her phone with her lap, her gaze shifting to the tickets in his hand.
"You can keep the tickets. I'm going to the restroom."
With that, she stood up and left.
King raised an eyebrow. Based on his years of understanding Shen Qingqing, he knew something was wrong. He looked at Shen Jinxi. "What's wrong with your Mommy?"
Shen Jinxi shook his head. "I don't know."
"Mommy doesn't want to go, does she?" Xing Yao said softly.
King paused. "Little Princess, why would you think that?"
"Mommy and Uncle are always very good together." Xing Yao, unable to see, had naturally more sensitive hearing and even better senses.
She could feel that Mommy was always very happy when she was with Uncle.
King mused.
Soon, Shen Qingqing returned. There were only 15 minutes left until boarding.
King reminded her, "Normally, we should have already boarded by now. Don't you hate being late? If we're late, we'll have to buy tickets for the next flight."
"I know."
But even as she said that, she didn't move.
Shen Jinxi and Chen Chen exchanged a glance. "Mommy, are you thinking about Daddy?"
"No." She denied it outright. "I won't forgive him."
Shen Jinxi tilted his head and glanced at the time. Just in the time they had spoken, another 5 minutes had passed. "Mommy, are we still going?"
"Of course, we're going. The tickets are already booked." Shen Qingqing stood up and reached for her suitcase, but her gaze instinctively flicked to the entrance. "Xixi, did you check the luggage before we left?"
"I checked it, Mommy even checked it herself."
"Did you pack all the necessary clothes?" Shen Qingqing directly touched the zipper of the suitcase and said in a low voice, "I remember the medicine I bought for you is all in the box. Are there any more left in the room?"
King sighed inwardly. This was the first time he had seen his little apprentice making so many excuses. "If you don't want to go, just say so."
"When did I say I didn't want to go?" Shen Qingqing was a little displeased, her small face turning cold. "Don't try to guess my thoughts randomly."