After Song Cheng left, Zhang Jingye was in pain and worry. He had mixed feelings and his heart was in a mess. He no longer had the mood to return to the company. He sent the driver, Xiao Wang, away and went up to the second floor alone. He opened the door of the study and asked Auntie Li to make a pot of hot tea. He sat at the table and drank tea while anxiously waiting for the kidnappers 'blackmail call. He thought about how to deal with it and how much to pay them. When it was lunchtime, Auntie Li came in and asked him what he wanted to eat so that the chef of the restaurant could make it and send it over. He shook his head and only asked for a bowl of light tomato egg soup. After lunch, he leaned back in his chair and wanted to take a nap to rest and calm down his nervous and painful mood. However, his thoughts were in a mess and he could not sleep no matter what. He could only continue to wait. However, even as the sun set and night fell, there was still no call from the kidnappers. He gradually became disappointed. Auntie Li asked him what he wanted to eat for dinner. He said that he didn't want to eat anything and asked her to change the pot of hot tea.
As time passed, Zhang Jingye became more nervous and afraid. He recalled Song Cheng's speculation about the kidnappers. The kidnappers did not call. Perhaps it was because the child was too young and was already gone. However, he didn't want to admit it. If it was true, he wouldn't have a son, and the Zhang Corporation wouldn't have an heir. His one year of hard work and one million yuan would all go to waste. Thinking of this, his heart pounded and his body broke out in sweat. He repeated in his heart,'My son, did something really happen to you and you left this world and your old father?' However, he still insisted on waiting for the kidnappers 'call. He felt that the kidnappers should call at night because it was safer for them at that time.
Time ticked by, and it was already past ten o'clock. Zhang Jingye could not wait any longer, so he called Song Cheng."Old Song, the kidnappers haven't called yet. Does that mean that something bad has happened to my son?”
Song Cheng also thought that this should be the reason, but he did not dare to say so because he knew how important this child was to Mr. Stanley. If he said so, he might immediately faint or collapse, and he would not be able to get up again. After all, Mr. Stanley was already over 60 years old. He could not withstand intense stimulation, so he could only comfort him. He thought hard and came up with another possibility, so he said to Zhang Jingye,"Mr. Stanley, what you said is only one possibility. There's another possibility, and that is that the child is not in the kidnappers 'hands at all. Think about it, even the people who work around you don't know about your son. How could the kidnappers know? Moreover, they would never think of having a son at your age, nor would they believe it.”
"Your analysis makes sense." Even though Song Cheng's last sentence was almost harsh, Zhang Jingye did not think so. At this moment, he only hoped that Xiao Jiye was still alive and that he still had a chance to find his son. "According to what you said, it's very likely that my son is in the hands of Zheng Xiaomei, the young woman from the countryside from Northern Jiangsu?”
"Very likely. Think about it, she was pregnant for ten months and gave birth to Jiye. She should have been Jiye's mother, but you didn't admit it. She was willing to give up her mother's identity to be Jiye's nanny, and you didn't agree either. How could she not have any resentment? Can I not think of revenge? Have you seen those cats and dogs? No matter how docile they were usually, once they gave birth, they would become ferocious. Why? It was to protect their children. Even cats and dogs were like this, let alone Zheng Xiaomei? She was also a mother! Succession was the flesh that fell from her body.”In fact, Song Cheng's words were insincere and completely overturned his views in the morning. At this time, he could not care about anything else. He only wanted to comfort Zhang Jingye and not cause him to collapse from excessive sadness.
"What you said makes sense. I've indeed gone overboard with this matter. At that time, I only considered my reputation and my interests: If she admitted that she was Jiye's mother, she would come back openly when Jiye grew up and inherited the Zhang Corporation. How could Victoria tolerate her return to the Zhang family? If Victoria couldn't tolerate it, would Jiye agree? I'm stuck in the middle and in a dilemma. I'll be in big trouble and endless trouble! In the future, she will even have a share of my business. I didn't consider her feelings. However, this was only speculation. How could she prove that she was the one who had done this?”
"This is easy. You just have to send someone to her house to take a look. If she is at home and has no children, this matter has nothing to do with her. If she's not at home, it's very likely that she did it. She must have taken the child to hide somewhere else. You can try to find and rescue her.”
"Thank you for your analysis and reminder. If Jiye is indeed in Zheng Xiaomei's hands, I have my own way.”
Even though Song Cheng had changed his opinion in the morning, Zhang Jingye still believed his words. He did not think that he was deliberately perfunctory because he hoped that Jiye was still alive. As long as his son was still alive, he had hope of coming back. So, he hung up the phone and picked up Jin Yuying's call."
"Yuying? Please go back to your hometown in Northern Jiangsu tomorrow and see if Zheng Xiaomei is at home and if there is a baby at home. I will reward you if you confirm the situation.”
"Why? You miss Xiao Mei again after not seeing her for a few days? Why didn't you keep her to be Jiye's nanny so that you could continue your good deed? It's too late now. She has money now, and the husband and wife are as good as ever. They're close and even want to have another son. Why would she still think of you? I've already hurt her once and didn't save her son. I don't know how much her husband and wife hate me. Do I still dare to see her now? Moreover, her son was already dead. He did not need money anymore. She would not come back. So, I won't go back, and you can forget about it.”
"What are you thinking? I don't want Xiao Mei to come back. My son is missing. I suspect that Xiao Mei carried him away. If she is willing to send him back, I am willing to pay her another 200,000 yuan.”
"Is that true? That was impossible. At that time, the driver, Xiao Wang, and I sent her to the train station and saw her board the train home with our own eyes.”
"Look at what you're saying. So what if we get on the train? She could go up and down, and she could come back to Guangzhou when she went home. The human heart changed day and night, and the heavens changed for a moment. It was difficult to predict the human heart! I think it's very likely that Xiao Mei did this. Think about how sad she would be when she returned home and found out that her son was dead! As she cried, she naturally thought of Jiye. Because Jiye was also born by her, it was very likely that she would rush back immediately and try to steal my son. This was in line with her psychological and family situation. Xiao Mei was introduced by you. I'll do my best. I'll have to trouble you to make a trip home for me. If you confirm this matter, I'll be relieved and she'll have no doubts. This time, I won't treat you unfairly either. I'll definitely thank you heavily!”Zhang Jingye knew that Jin Yuying loved money, so he deliberately lured her with money.
"Thank you! Tell me clearly, how much is it? Don't play dumb. I won't fall for it.”Yuying immediately changed her words when she heard that Zhang Jingye was going to reward her heavily. She even asked Zhang Jingye to state the amount of the reward.
"How much do you want?"
"I don't dare to ask for more. It's easier this time. Just half of what I got last time, 50,000!”
"I can promise you this amount. However, you have to investigate this matter for me. If I find out that you lied to me later, I have my own ways to make you spit it out.”Zhang Jingye was afraid that Yuying was up to no good, so he deliberately warned her.
"Don't worry. I'll take money from others and eliminate disasters for them. How would I dare to lie to you? My exhibition store still relies on your company to do business. If this matter was left in the hands of outsiders, it might not even be investigated for half a month. If you place it in my hands, I can guarantee that it will be accurate in just a day.”
"One day? How do you plan to investigate?" Zhang Jingye didn't believe it.
"Why would I need to go home for this? I just need to call my parents and brothers and ask them to go to Xiao Mei's wife's house to take a look personally. I'll ask around and visit the neighbors. I'll immediately know the truth. We are all neighbors of the villages around us. We often meet and know each other well. Who can lie to them? It's more convenient for them to investigate than me, and it won't arouse the suspicion of Xiao Mei and her husband. I guarantee that it's accurate. I'll call home immediately. You can wait for my call tomorrow afternoon. However, you have to remember what you said!”
"Don't worry, I mean what I said. I guarantee that I won't lose a single cent.”
After receiving Jin Yuying's promise, Zhang Jingye's mood calmed down a little. He looked at his watch. It was almost midnight. After a day of worrying and thinking, he was really too tired. He had to leave the study and go to the bedroom to rest.
Since he woke up in the morning, he had only eaten a bowl of tomato egg soup. He had something on his mind and was depressed. He neither felt hungry nor could he sleep. Jin Yuying would only call him at noon the next day, and there were still many things waiting to be done in the company. He called the driver, Xiao Wang, to pick him up and take care of the urgent matters.
At eleven o'clock the next morning, just as Zhang Jingye finished handling the company's business, Jin Yuying called. She said that her parents and brothers had personally gone to Zheng Xiaomei's parents 'house to ask about Xiaomei's in-laws and parents. They all said that Xiao Mei had been working as a nanny at her uncle's house in Guangzhou a year ago. This was a lie that Xiao Mei had lied to them. She had never returned home, not even when her son, Yu Lang, had passed away. Her son had passed away, and her husband was in a bad mood. He was not at home now. Some said that he had gone to work elsewhere, and some said that he had gone to look for Xiao Mei. Even his parents did not know where he had gone. Her parents also visited the neighbors around the two families and all of them said the same thing. It was obvious that Xiao Mei did not go home, and there was no baby in the two families. This news was absolutely true and reliable. Yuying wanted to rely on the Zhang Group's products to do business. Zhang Jingye was sure that she would not dare to lie to him, so he believed her words and paid her 50,000 yuan as promised.
Zheng Xiaomei wasn't at home, and she hadn't returned home for more than a year. This meant that after Jin Yuying and the driver, Xiao Wang, sent her to the train, she got off the train and returned to Guangzhou. She hid in the dark and planned to steal her career. She understood the situation in the villa. She knew that he and Auntie Li were not in the villa on Sunday. The security guards outside did not care about the matters in the inner courtyard. The inner courtyard used to be her world and she was very familiar with it. Perhaps she already had the keys to the building and bedroom because these two keys had been in her hands for more than a year. She just didn't have the keys to the outer and inner courtyards, so she had to cut the guardrail and wade in and out through the hole in the wall beside the stream. It was hidden and difficult to be discovered. The more Zhang Jingye thought about it, the more he felt that Zheng Xiaomei must have done this. The more he felt that Song Cheng was experienced and his analysis was reasonable. He couldn't help but sigh,"Thank goodness! It was not the kidnappers 'doing. His son was in Zheng Xiaomei's hands. The mother and son were connected. Jiye's life would not be in danger.”
However, China was a vast country with a population of more than one billion. Zheng Xiaomei was hiding in a corner with her family. How could I find her and get my son back? What happened next confused Zhang Jingye again. However, he quickly remembered that Zheng Xiaomei and Jin Yuying were from the same hometown. They were poor and greedy. As long as you gave them more money, they would agree to sell themselves. What else could they not agree to? Moreover, they were high school classmates and good friends. There was nothing they could not say. So he decided to let Jin Yuying continue to look for Zheng Xiaomei. If he gave them more money, they would definitely be able to get their son back.
Zhang Jingye dialed Jin Yuying's number."
"Miss Yuying, I will keep my word, right? You made a phone call home and took 50,000 yuan from me. A whole 50,000 yuan! A worker's salary of almost two years was not a loss, right? I'll give you another chance to earn money. This time, the reward will be even higher. I'll definitely make you very satisfied.”Zhang Jingye believed that there would be a brave man under the heavy reward. Jin Yuying was greedy and would definitely help him find his son.
"What is it now? Could it be that you want me to look for Zheng Xiaomei again?”
"You're so smart. I think you and Xiao Mei are classmates from the same hometown, good friends, and close friends. Only you can find her and help me get my son back. I promised to pay her another 500,000 yuan, and you'll take 20% of the commission, making a net profit of 100,000 yuan. How about it? A little higher will do."
"This matter isn't as easy as last time. Xiao Mei isn't at home, and I don't know where she's hiding. I don't have her address or phone number. There are so many people in the world. Where can I find her?”
"Don't blindly search for it. It's indeed not easy to find a needle in a haystack. I think that since you are from the same hometown, you should go back with your family and slowly inquire about her from her mother-in-law's and mother-in-law's family, relatives, and neighbors. Think about it, she's a country bumpkin, and she's leading a wandering life with a baby. How difficult is it? She wouldn't be wandering around for a long time. If that happened, her finances wouldn't be able to support her, so she would return home by herself in a month or two. Another possibility was that she was afraid to go home and asked her husband to accompany her. Then, her husband would not be at home. In any case, there would be clues. After you see her, use your emotions and reason with her. If I promise to give her 500,000 yuan, she will definitely agree to return my son to me.”
"No, no, I can't help you with this. One was that it was not easy to find her. She's not at home now, and she doesn't have an address outside. Her family might not know either. Even if they did, they wouldn't tell an outsider like me. Second, even if I find Xiao Mei, I can't say this. Think about it, Jiye is your shared child. You don't have a child, so you need it. Now that her son is dead, she also needs it!”
"Why do you think so too? Can she compare to me? I spent a lot of money, a whole million! Besides, I can pay her another 500,000. With this 1.5 million, she could buy a house and start a business. It was enough for her family to live comfortably for the rest of their lives! She wanted children. They were still young and could have more! And I'm old, so it's hard for me to give birth again. In the past, I treated her well. If you explain these principles to her in detail, she will understand and return the child to me.”
"Let me think about this matter carefully. Can I do it? Should I do it? What should I do? Can I succeed?”
Yuying hung up the phone with Zhang Jingye and thought hard by herself. 20% of 500,000 was 100,000, and 30% was 150,000. Any more was almost impossible. However, Xiao Mei was not at home now. If she really stole the child, she would not stay in Guangzhou. Outside of Guangzhou, the nine provinces were huge. Where could he find her? If he went to other places to look for her, he would definitely have to abandon his business in Guangzhou. If they found it within a month, they would not lose their business and would make a profit. If they found it in two months, it would be fine. Any longer, and the business would suffer losses. The gains would not make up for the losses! Besides, Zhang Jingye was only suspicious and couldn't be sure if Xiao Mei was the one who carried the child. If he couldn't find the child, would Zhang Jingye pay? Still a question mark. Also, introducing Xiao Mei to Zhang Jingye to give birth to a child had already humiliated her. Moreover, she did not save Yu Lang's life. Now, he was going to persuade her to hand over her second son. She was not in a hurry to use the money. Would she agree? She did not agree. She told Zhang Jingye to forcefully take it back. That would completely offend her old classmate. Yuying repeatedly considered and weighed the pros and cons. She felt that this kind of disadvantage was small and that she should not do something that she was not sure of. So she called Zhang Jingye back."
"Mr. Stanley, I've thought about it many times and I still can't do it. Moreover, I'm not sure if I can succeed. Instead, I'll waste your precious time. Think about it, Xiao Mei doesn't have an address or a phone number. China is so big and she has no family. I'm not a police officer. Where can I find her? I know my limits. I really don't have the ability. In addition, she has already suffered humiliation by giving birth to a child through my womb, and I didn't save her son. I don't know how she hates me. Now that he was trying to persuade her to hand over her second son, she would definitely not agree. We're just classmates, not biological sisters from the same mother. She won't listen to me in everything. Also, you said that you would give her another 500,000 yuan, but things are different now. What she lacks now is not money, but a son. I'm sorry, I really can't help you this time. You'd better find someone else."
"Trust me, I won't mistreat you. How about you take a 30% commission?”Zhang Jingye thought that Jin Yuying felt that the remuneration was too little, so she increased it by another ten percent.
"Mr. Stanley, this is definitely not a matter of money. No matter how much money you give me, I don't have the ability to do this for you. This time, it's not like the last time. That was in my hometown. I only needed to make a phone call and my parents and family could help me investigate clearly. Where was the child now? Who stole it? You're still just guessing and haven't confirmed it. You're making me unable to start and wasting my time. The child was just one month old and was very young. If anything happened, it would be dangerous! Who could bear this responsibility? Time was of the essence, and a life was at stake. Not a single second could be delayed! Don't waste your time here. Hurry up and find someone else.”
Zhang Jingye knew that Jin Yuying was really unwilling to help after hearing what she said. He said,""Your worries are not without reason. Alright, I'll think of another way.”
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