Old Mr. Song had no idea what Song Yi'an was up to. But at the moment, filled with guilt, he was willing to do whatever Song Yi'an said. Not wanting Song Yi'an to go through the trouble, he asked the hotel manager to make a copy of the surveillance video and bring it to the lounge.
On the computer screen, the cameras from several angles captured everything that had happened in the banquet hall.
From the moment Li Qiyu got out of Old Mr. Song's car to her disappearance after entering the lounge, the whole process was under the surveillance of the monitors.
Song Yi'an watched. When Old Mr. Song introduced his identity, the shock and consternation on her face were obvious. After realizing that she had been kept in the dark and deceived, she clenched her small fists tightly. But when it was time for her to step forward and deal with the situation, she still loosened her fists and raised the wine glass.
Song Yi'an felt extremely heart - ache.
She didn't have to be like this. He just hoped that she could live happily. What the Song Group or the Li Group was had nothing to do with her. That's why he had hidden his identity, not wanting her to get involved in the business disputes.
If the Li family knew his identity, they would surely put pressure on her. By then, her right to choose would be completely deprived.
But now it seemed that this decision might have been wrong.
He had put pressure on her.
Song Yi'an adjusted his mood and perked up again to watch the surveillance video.
In the video, Li Qiyu received the wine glass from a hotel waiter.
Song Yi'an quickly asked the hotel manager,
"Is this waiter one of your hotel staff?"
The hotel manager leaned forward and took a closer look.
"Yes, he's one of our hotel staff. I'll call him here right away."
The waiter arrived soon. He was a young guy in his early twenties, obviously a newbie in the job. When he heard that a big shot was looking for him, his voice trembled with nervousness when he replied.
Song Yi'an played the video for the waiter. "The person in the video is you, right?"
"Y - yes."
"Did you give this drink to her?" Song Yi'an picked up the glass on the table and asked, "Take a look. Is this the glass?"
The waiter took the glass and glanced at it, then answered sincerely, "I'm very sorry, sir. All the glasses in our hotel are custom - made. They all look the same. I can't be sure if this is the one I gave to this young lady."
"Then why did you bring her a drink alone?"
Normally, waiters like this would walk around with a tray full of drinks, and people would just reach out to take one if they wanted. But when this waiter walked towards Li Qiyu, there was only one drink on his tray.
"Well, sir, this young lady said she wanted some watermelon juice, but it wasn't served at our banquet. I went to the kitchen and asked our chef to make a fresh one for her, and then I brought it to her."
Song Yi'an then went to question the chef in the kitchen. Since the chef made so many glasses of watermelon juice every day, he naturally had no impression. The lead seemed to have stopped here.
Song Yi'an felt extremely frustrated.
The waiter was okay, and the chef was okay too. So where exactly was the problem?
Qiyu, where on earth are you?
At this moment, as if sensing Song Yi'an's call, Li Qiyu slowly woke up.
At this time, her hands and feet were tied, and her mouth was covered with black tape.
It seemed that she had been kidnapped.
Li Qiyu was quite familiar with this situation.
Whether she was the daughter of a general in the past or the concubine of the sixth prince, kidnapping was almost a regular occurrence. After being kidnapped by the enemy on the battlefield, Li Qiyu even used her eloquence to persuade a junior general of the enemy to defect, which helped her side achieve a crucial victory.
So, she struggled a bit and quickly calmed down.
She was in an unfamiliar environment. It seemed to be a hotel room. The bed linens were embroidered with the hotel's logo. There were indeed rest rooms in the hotel for guests. It seemed that she was still in the hotel.
She recalled what had happened.
She returned to the hotel to rest as Song Yi'an had instructed. The more she thought about Song Yi'an's deception, the angrier she got. Without realizing it, she finished the watermelon juice in her hand. She originally wanted to take out her phone to talk to Ah Xuan, but just as she unlocked her phone, she felt dizzy.
At that moment, she knew that she had been drugged.
But the drug took effect too quickly. She soon lost consciousness. When she woke up again, she was in this unfamiliar room.
However, Li Qiyu still remembered the clock on the table before she passed out.
The hands of the clock seemed to point to five minutes past one in the afternoon.
She looked around and found an electronic clock on the desk.
It was still 1:34 p.m.
Only half an hour had passed.
At this time, there was a noise at the door. It seemed that someone had come in.
Li Qiyu quickly lay on the bed and pretended to be unconscious.
There was more than one person coming in. From the voices, they were two men, and they should be of a certain age.
One of them with a hoarse voice asked the other, "Will what we're doing really help Young Master Song?"
His companion's voice was also unpleasant, sounding like a duck's quack. "Even if the plan fails and we can't help Young Master Song, we can still give that new guy a warning. He just had good luck with his birth. So what if he's Old Mr. Song's grandson? Why should he come and take over, pushing Young Master Song out of his position?"
The hoarse - voiced man reminded him, "The phrase 'a cuckoo occupying a magpie's nest' is not used like this. If we really think about it, the Song Group belongs to Old Mr. Song and Song Yi'an. Our Young Master Song is actually..."
The duck - voiced man got annoyed when he heard this and said, "Hey, which side are you on? Why are you siding with the enemy?"
"I'm just telling the truth."
"Stop talking! Our top priority now is to get rid of this woman quickly."
At this time, the footsteps of the two men were getting closer.
Li Qiyu already had an idea in her mind. If she guessed correctly, these two men should be Song Yunsheng's men. As for the new guy they mentioned, it was probably Song Yi'an.
It seemed that modern people weren't much more sophisticated than ancient people. To cause trouble for their enemies, they still resorted to the old - fashioned method of kidnapping and threatening.
Li Qiyu had some martial arts skills. She could tell where the two men were just by listening to their voices.
At this moment, the two men were still discussing their evil plan.
"What if we take off her clothes and take some nude photos? Then we'll have a hold on Song Yi'an's wife. They'll have to surrender obediently."
"This is such a dirty trick."
"Then you lie on top of her. I won't take a picture of your face. It'll look like she's having an affair. If the wife of the newly - appointed Song Yi'an is exposed for having an affair, and he can't even handle his family affairs well, I'd like to see how he can convince the public."
Hearing this, Li Qiyu was filled with anger.
She would make them pay for trying to scheme against her.