Chapter 203: Chapter 203: Victim: The Little Girl Who Had Her Ransom Rejected 3

“Xiao Man, what’s wrong?” Zheng Chengfeng was also in the living room. Hearing Qu Man suddenly scream, he couldn’t help but glance outside, but from his position, he couldn’t see the doorway, and he asked what happened.

Of course, he didn’t think anything serious could have happened to Qu Man, only guessing that something might have startled her.

Perhaps it was some kind of insect or mouse? In the past, encountering such things would always make Qu Man scream involuntarily.

“What happened?” Immersed in grief, Dou Jia and Jiang Zhengjun both raised their heads. Dou Jia voiced her curiosity but didn’t get up to check.

She had no strength left in her body now, nor any extra energy.

Today they finally realized that their daughter might never come back, engulfed in sorrow.

Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man, as husband and wife, were comforting them, urging them not to give up. Even if there was no news from the kidnappers and the body hadn’t been found, perhaps one day their daughter could return.

But they knew in their hearts, their daughter was probably never coming back.

Dou Jia and Jiang Zhengjun were both feeling bewildered, wondering if they had followed Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man’s advice to call the police from the beginning, could their daughter have been found quickly?

How could they believe the kidnappers’ words, that once they paid, their daughter would be released?

Jiang Zhengjun and Dou Jia were blaming themselves, but at that time, the situation was dire. The kidnappers constantly watched them, threatening to kill the child if they called the police. How could they gamble on that? Yet even after complying, their daughter still didn’t return. The couple found it hard to accept this result.

“I’ll go check.” Zheng Chengfeng noticed Qu Man had gone silent, not responding, and with no other activity happening, finally felt something was amiss.

He glanced at the still dazed Jiang Zhengjun and Dou Jia, not expecting them to check the situation, and stepped towards the doorway.

“Ah—”

Following that, Zheng Chengfeng couldn’t help but shout, finally alerting the grieving couple Jiang Zhengjun and Dou Jia to something happening.

They looked over and immediately stood up.

Their previously dull minds began to function. Was there something?

Just as they were about to go, Dou Jia picked up a fruit knife from the table and followed behind Jiang Zhengjun.

But when they saw the person standing at the doorway, Dou Jia dropped the fruit knife from her hand, making a dull thud as it hit the floor.

Both their eyes welled up, and they rushed to the doorway, crouched beside Ah Chen, crying, and quickly enveloped her in their arms.

“Yingying,” Dou Jia cried out, “You’ve finally come back. I’ve missed you so much, I thought you’d never come back. I’m sorry, it’s Mom’s fault, Mom didn’t take good care of you. Mom should have gone sooner, shouldn’t have delayed. If Mom and Dad had arrived at school on time to pick you up, nothing would have happened. It’s our fault.”

“It’s Dad’s fault.” Tears welled up in Jiang Zhengjun’s eyes as well, “We shouldn’t have both been held up by work, always someone should have gone early to wait for you.”

They were late by half an hour, and they almost lost their daughter.

Fortunately, she had come back.

As for the money lost, they would just see it as spending money to avert disaster. At this moment, all that mattered was that their daughter was back home, which was a good thing for them.

Ah Chen didn’t pull away from them, letting them express their emotions.

But unfortunately, their daughter could never return to this body again.

She could help comfort them, punish the murderer, let them understand the truth, and prevent them from falling into depression later on, giving up their career and even teaching their experience in building their business to enemies, supporting them to rise to power.

Ever since Jiang Ying had an accident, Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man often comforted Jiang Zhengjun and Dou Jia.

Later, the Jiang Family called the police. In this era, solving crimes was already filled with difficulties, and all clues had been completely cut off. It was even harder to find out where Jiang Ying was, so until Jiang Zhengjun and Dou Jia passed away, they never knew where Jiang Ying’s remains were.

However, things worked out well for Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man.

Jiang Zhengjun and Dou Jia, having lost their daughter, lacked the spirit to manage the business. Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man helped them, familiarized themselves with various processes, and gradually found their way. It was also because Jiang Zhengjun and Dou Jia were somewhat grateful for their care that they decided to share everything they knew.

When Jiang Zhengjun and Dou Jia recovered a bit, the couple naturally prepared to leave, they went elsewhere to work, saying they couldn’t compete for business in the local area. Even when Jiang Zhengjun said that he and Dou Jia weren’t in the state of mind for it, and that they should transfer it to them, Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man still refused, believing it wouldn’t be right to take advantage.

In reality, they had money in hand and planned to start anew elsewhere; there was no way they could stay locally.

To avoid suspicion, during those days in front of the Jiang Zhengjun couple, they maintained their usual lifestyle, not revealing a single emotion, demonstrating great restraint.

After bidding farewell to the Jiang Zhengjun couple, Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man started a business elsewhere, truly flourishing, and catching the wave, expanding quickly. In contrast, Jiang Zhengjun and Dou Jia were no longer as energetic as before, unable to seize the momentum, gradually squeezed out with no room to survive.

Later, when Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man returned, they had never lost contact with the Jiang Zhengjun couple over the years and would occasionally ask Jiang Zhengjun for business advice. At the same time, they would never forget to bring up Jiang Ying, seemingly comforting them, suggesting Jiang Ying might still be alive, but in reality, reopening old wounds, to keep Jiang Zhengjun from moving on with their lives.

They indeed got what they wanted.

Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man even leased the land near the cave where they buried Jiang Ying, claiming it was to develop the local area, but in reality, it was to thoroughly cover up their past crimes.

Once these two became leading tycoons, they couldn’t change their nature.

Over the years, they had committed many misdeeds, both on their own and helping others, countless to mention. Wherever they went, order gradually collapsed, like a web of connections protecting them, with no one able to do anything about them.

Perhaps because of their smugness or believing that with their status, no one could touch them.

When Jiang Zhengjun and Dou Jia were on their deathbeds, Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man each went to their hospital rooms and revealed the truth of the past, mocking Jiang Zhengjun and Dou Jia, even calling them fools.

It’s safe to say Jiang Zhengjun and Dou Jia were effectively angered to death.

Even if they weren’t angered to death, it would certainly have left them miserable.

Jiang Zhengjun and Dou Jia said many things, yet Ah Chen stared at the nearby standing Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man, both pale, limbs stiff, as if they were pinned in place.

Especially realizing Ah Chen was watching them, they felt chills all over, their blood seemed to flow backward, their minds blank.

Jiang Yishi and Jiang Xiang, the father and son pair, stood at the doorway, silent.

Gazing at Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man, anyone could see from their demeanor that something was wrong.

“Yingying, how did you come back?” Dou Jia had collected herself, looking warily at the Jiang Family father and son at the doorway, but after seeing the child, Jiang Xiang, her guard lowered.

This must be a kind-hearted person.

“Mom, shouldn’t you be asking how I got kidnapped?” Ah Chen spoke up.

As soon as she said this, Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man felt a chill, especially with Ah Chen’s eyes fixed on them.

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