Chapter 102

When Qin Cheng left the tomb that day with a pale face, he told Su Weiran that Su Jingmo had indeed been using him. After that, Qin Cheng asked Su Weiran to ‘save his life’, as an excuse, to stay in his mansion in order to find out what his true intentions were.

Although living in that ancient Chinese-style mansion meant living without shortage of food and clothing, Qin Cheng was constantly being monitored by the man Su Weiran had appointed to him.

Therefore, Qin Cheng wasn’t having a good time.

Every day, Qin Cheng had to go back and forth between the mansion and the tomb, pretending that he was trying to see through Su Jingmo’s ‘plans’, while at the same time, he had to look for ways to save Su Jingmo from whatever Su Weiran had planned.

To tell the truth, Qin Cheng wasn’t good at putting on a mask.

Since he was afraid of saying something that would make Su Weiran suspicious, Qin Cheng had to shut up, so the progress was very poor. The anxiety in his heart made Qin Cheng look like someone who didn’t want to be approached.

However, Qin Cheng didn’t know that his appearance had already been noticed by Su Weiran. But at the same time, Qin Cheng really did have the appearance of a person who feared for his life, becoming silent and disheveled day after day. It was precisely because of this that Su Weiran became less wary of Qin Cheng.

At least, that’s what the man surnamed Chen told Qin Cheng this morning.

It was only then that Qin Cheng realized how much Su Weiran distrusted him, which is why he hadn’t said anything specific to Qin Cheng until now.

“In fact, if you hadn’t come out of the tomb with a pale face that day, maybe Mr. Su wouldn’t have let you stay in this mansion.”

“Ah? Why?”

“Mr. Su said there was no way your feelings for that ghost could be changed by what he told you. In other words, it would be highly suspicious if you changed your mind so quickly. Mr. Su knew the only way you could change your mind would be by hearing the answers to your questions directly from the mouth of that ghost.”

Only then did Qin Cheng realize how ugly his face must have looked that day….

‘ Did these people think that I was pale that day because of Jingmo’s heartlessness? ‘

At that moment, Qin Cheng’s mood became a bit complex. ‘ Could this be a lucky hit? After Jingmo and I kissed, his ghostly qi entered my body, causing my face to look sickly pale. But, in the eyes of those people, was my appearance mistaken for anguish? ’

“Besides, you’ve been afraid of dying lately, haven’t you? I can see that with each passing day, you become more and more depressed.”

“….Hmm….Are you, are you able to see things?”

“It’s not that.” The man smiled at Qin Cheng and said, “I’m just an ordinary man who is able to see that you may not be able to live for long.”

“Ordinary man?” Qin Cheng was puzzled. ‘ If he’s an ordinary man, could this person really have nothing to do with Jiang Bo? ’

After that thought crossed his mind, Qin Cheng faked a bitter smile and shook his head: “How can you be ordinary? I have lived here for a long time and have seen with my own eyes that Mr. Su is a very capable man, which means that those who can help Mr. Su with his work must not be ordinary. Needless to say, when you drugged me to bring me to this place, I didn’t even notice it.”

The man surnamed Chen smiled but didn’t speak again. Qin Cheng knew that this man was very cautious, so he was also very wary of him. Since there was no use in asking more questions, Qin Cheng remained silent.

Lately, Qin Cheng didn’t get a chance to see Su Weiran, and to top it all off, Su Weiran had appointed ‘Chen’ to follow him everywhere. Naturally, it was impossible for Qin Cheng to wander around.

In other words, unless Su Weiran asked Qin Cheng to go to the tomb, Qin Cheng didn’t dare to act rashly.

However, even though Qin Cheng didn’t know everything, he was certain of one thing… Su Weiran couldn’t enter the tomb.

Otherwise, he would already have to know the real reason why he looked so pale that day….

Right now, Qin Cheng was under Su Weiran’s full control, but he was hopeful that Jiang Ping would be able to find this place….

But what Qin Cheng didn’t know was that while he was having a rough time, Jiang Ping was also experiencing a lot of trouble.

The day Qin Cheng called Jiang Ping to let him know that he was being kidnapped, Jiang Ping asked little Wang to go to X University to ask for the surveillance videos. Meanwhile, Jiang Ping went to the hospital to check the surveillance video from a few days ago, just as Qin Cheng had hinted at in the call.

However, the security camera facing the gate of X University had been broken a few days ago, so the only footage that could be retrieved showed Qin Cheng walking towards the University gate, but what happened next was missing.

When asking gatekeeper Zhao, he showed a puzzled expression: “Today? I haven’t seen anyone suspicious walking in.”

“Do you know Qin Cheng? A tall guy with glasses? A while ago, there was an accident at a tomb dug by this University and he was sent to the police station to testify.”

“How could I not know him? Of course I do.”

“Have you seen him since this morning?”

“Yes! Ah, no….It seems I haven’t seen him.” Gatekeeper Zhao frowned and touched his head. “I probably haven’t seen him today, I think I saw him a few days ago….ah, my memory is failing me!”

However, the surveillance in other parts of the University clearly showed that Qin Cheng has been on campus.

Gatekeeper Zhao was a soldier for two years, and Jiang Ping, who has been to X University several times, already knew this man quite well. A very vigilant man in his 30s.

After Jiang Ping heard Wang’s report, he could guess that the gatekeeper might be under a spell. And with that thought, Jiang Ping could only think of one person…. Jiang Bo.

When Qu Zhiwen found Jiang Bo’s ghost and spoke to him, Jiang Bo couldn’t recall what that ‘Mr. Chen’ looked like. The same thing happened to gatekeeper Zhao, who didn’t seem to recall when was the last time he saw Qin Cheng. Jiang Ping had a very bad guess….

‘ If that ‘Mr. Chen’ is the same one who kidnapped Qin Cheng, then Qin Cheng is in great danger. ’

Also, for a few days now, Jiang Ping hasn’t been able to communicate with Qin Cheng through his phone. He wasn’t even able to find any trace of where Qin Cheng might be….

‘ If anything were to happen to Qin Cheng, then four freaking lives would be lost! More importantly, the only one who could serve as a witness was this gatekeeper, but the information he had was blocked by those people! ’

On the other hand, Jiang Ping couldn’t find any useful footage in the hospital, and even after two days, he couldn’t find anything strange. Jiang Ping stared at the videos played on the screen in the monitoring room, without saying a word.

After playing the footage twice again, Jiang Ping couldn’t find anything that could be of use.

“Tch, fuck!”

After cursing out loud, the hands of the subordinate who stayed behind began to tremble.

“Chief, you have seen the footage countless times already and nothing strange could be found. Ah, I don’t think that man intended you to do this at all. Maybe you….”

‘ Made a mistake…. ’

However, the subordinate didn’t dare to say those words, because the Chief’s expression looked really scary, feracious even. The subordinate touched his little heart in fear.

“Retrocede the video.”

“Hm? What part?”

“Just now, when Qin Cheng walked in front of the hospital’s billing office.”

“Oh, alright….” The young subordinate recovered his senses and immediately began to search for that section of the video.

“Chief, what’s the problem?”

Jiang Ping’s expression was serious as he walked to where his subordinate was, bent down, and stared at the screen. Although there were many people in the hospital, and it was normal to bump into one or two people as you walked, this wasn’t what caught Jiang Ping’s attention….the appearance of the man who bumped into Qin Cheng did.

The quality of the video from the security camera wasn’t the best, and still, Jiang Ping felt that blurry figure looked very familiar….

“Here, can you make this part look more clear? I want to see that man’s face. I can’t see it clearly.”

“What’s wrong with this man?” As the subordinate asked, he made a copy of the video. “I’m not very good at this, but a college friend of mine is an expert in this field. He seems to be working in the National Computer Network and Information Security Management Center. He’s a great expert in the computer industry! Let me ask my friend to help with this video.”

“Is that possible? How many days will it take?”

“I’m not sure.” The young subordinate rubbed his head. “It depends on my friend’s efficiency.”

Jiang Ping nodded and said: “Alright. Hurry up and send it to him.”

“Will do! I’ll contact my friend as soon as I get back.”

Jiang Ping looked at his watch, realized that it was already past midnight, and said: “Isn’t your shift tomorrow? And you’ve been busy all day too. Go back and rest well.”

“Chief, you also should hurry and go back to rest. Speaking of which, isn’t today your day off?”

“It is.” Jiang Ping has been so busy these days that he didn’t even have the time to sleep. He was so exhausted.

Right now, it was already two or three in the morning, and Jiang Ping’s house was far away, so he wasn’t going to have much time to sleep. Therefore, Jiang Ping decided to go to the Bureau to sleep for the rest of the night.

Before dawn, the Bureau had been ridiculously busy, and Jiang Ping was so tired that even with all the noise, he didn’t wake up. Jiang Ping only woke up when his subordinate knocked on the door of his office, saying that someone was looking for him.

The person looking for him was no other than Qu Zhiwen, who he hadn’t seen for a long time. Thus, Jiang Ping was stunned to see Qu Zhiwen now.

“I thought you had gone back to Beijing.” Of course, that was a lie. Since Jiang Ping wanted to find out something from Qu Zhiwen, he already knew where he was.

“You really thought that?” Qu Zhiwen smiled.

“I didn’t.” Jiang Ping spread his hands, and said: “This time you came to find me on your own initiative, why’s that?”

Qu Zhiwen pondered about something as he gazed at Jiang Ping: “Would you believe me if I said that I wanted to see you?”

As soon as these words were said, the ears of Jiang Ping’s subordinate in the Bureau perked up. After all, he already saw Qu Zhiwen once. ‘ This is the man who hugged the Chief on the mountain in Pingyao! ’

After seeing his subordinate’s face, how could Jiang Ping not understand what he was thinking about?

Jiang Ping frowned and said: “You’re here to ask about Qin Cheng, aren’t you?”

“Yes,” Qu Zhiwen nodded. “I’m not going to beat around the bush. I do want to ask, where did you hide Qin Cheng? I can’t find a single trace of him.”

“You can’t find him either?” Jiang Ping’s face changed. ‘ What kind of person is the one who kidnapped Qin Cheng that Qu Zhiwen can’t find him either? ’

Right when Jiang Ping was about to say something else, his phone rang.

“Chief, I have a clear picture of that man’s face!”

Lmao Su Weiran believes Qin Cheng is distressed by Su Jingmo’s betrayal bc of his ‘pale face’ when in fact….that paleness was caused by kisses 😂

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