Tan Linyuan didn't care about the propriety between men and women at all. He directly rushed into the women's restroom.
There was urgency in his voice. "Nan Yu, are you in there?"
There was no response to his call. Tan Linyuan's expression turned even more stern.
With a cold and solemn face, he didn't even need to think for a second. He turned around and strode out.
Liang Yi wasn't at the bar today. Tan Linyuan first asked the waiter to check the bar's surveillance cameras to see if they could find Nan Yu's whereabouts.
Qu Jiaran trotted after Tan Linyuan, holding her phone and calling Nan Yu. It always showed that the other party's phone was turned off.
Qu Jiaran was so anxious that she was about to cry. "Why is Yuyu's phone turned off..."
"It's all my fault. I insisted on asking her to come out with me."
Qu Jiaran was filled with annoyance and regret. "I'm so stupid. I should have noticed something was wrong right away. How could someone be in the restroom for so long..."
The next second, Tan Linyuan suddenly stopped in his tracks, turned around, and glanced at Qu Jiaran.
He rarely got angry, but at this moment, his face was cold and his voice was icy. "You'd better pray that Nan Yu is okay."
Qu Jiaran bit her lip. Her hands were clasped in front of her, and her voice trembled slightly. "If something happens to Yuyu, I won't forgive myself either."
Tan Linyuan was too lazy to verify the truth of her words.
The bar acted very quickly. After learning that a guest was missing, they immediately started to search every corner, but they couldn't find Nan Yu anywhere.
Tan Linyuan rushed out of the bar. He was extremely decisive. He got into the car parked at the entrance and stepped on the accelerator, speeding away.
Qi Zhu saw his young mistress coming out and immediately stepped forward. "Young mistress, do you want me to take you home?"
Qu Jiaran didn't answer this question. She directly asked him, "Did you see Yuyu just now?"
"Miss Nan?" Qi Zhu was stunned for a moment. He recalled for a while and then said, "I saw her."
Qu Jiaran immediately asked, "Where?"
"I saw her struggling with a few people and then being forced into a car." Qi Zhu replied calmly. "However, judging from the situation at that time, it seemed that she was unwilling..."
"Slap!"
Qu Jiaran raised her hand and slapped Qi Zhu hard on the face.
Soon, a bright and stinging handprint appeared on Qi Zhu's face. It swelled up very quickly within a few seconds.
"You useless fool!"
Qu Jiaran was furious. "Why didn't you protect her? Don't you know that she is my best friend?"
"Young mistress, in an unknown situation, I should give priority to ensuring your safety." Qi Zhu lowered his head. "I'm your bodyguard, not Miss Nan's."
Qu Jiaran was burning with anger. She slapped him again. "Remember this. From now on, no matter what the occasion is, you must protect Yuyu first. Otherwise, I'll fire you!"
"Sorry, young mistress. I can't do that." Qi Zhu refused expressionlessly.
"... You!" Qu Jiaran was so angry that she was about to faint. "Get out! Get out of here! From now on, you're fired!"
Qu Jiaran wasn't satisfied with just scolding him. She punched and kicked Qi Zhu, but he endured it silently.
This was the fifth time he had been fired.
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When Nan Yu was being kidnapped, she struggled very hard. As a result, she sprained her wrist, but she was still forced into the car.
There were a total of four people in the car besides her, including the driver.
They seemed well - trained. They didn't look like ordinary kidnappers. It was more likely that they were hired by someone. Their purpose didn't seem to be to kill her. After all, they were quite polite to her after getting in the car.
Nan Yu didn't have much energy to continue analyzing the situation because her wrist was hurting so badly that she didn't have the energy to think about other things.
She wanted to rub her wrist, but unfortunately, her wrist was tied tightly with a rope. The skin was being pulled, causing a burning pain.
Nan Yu had to ask for herself. "Can you loosen the rope for me? I think I sprained my wrist."
One of them glanced at her. Probably seeing that she was weak and harmless, and that there wouldn't be any problem even if the rope was loosened, he told another person to loosen the rope for her.
"You know, if you had just obediently gotten in the car with us earlier, we wouldn't have had to use force." The other person spoke to her kindly.
The rope was untied. Nan Yu finally took a breath, but then a more sharp and piercing pain came. It was very likely that the bone was dislocated.
She frowned slightly and rolled up her sleeve to rub the sprained area.
As soon as she showed her arm, the Buddhist prayer bead bracelet on her right wrist was revealed.
The little minion who had loosened the rope for her instantly panicked when he saw the Buddhist prayer beads on her wrist. He leaned close to the ear of the person who seemed to be the leader and whispered, "Boss, something terrible has happened. I saw that on her wrist there is... there is..."
"What is there? You can't even get a word out," the leader disdainfully glanced at him. "Look at how scared you are. Does she have a gold bracelet on her wrist and you can't take your eyes off it?"
The minion's face became even uglier. His voice became timid, and his eyes desperately hinted. "She... she is wearing Buddhist prayer beads!"
When the word "Buddhist prayer beads" was mentioned, the leader's face clearly darkened. Without saying a word, he turned around and grabbed Nan Yu's right wrist. When he saw the sandalwood bracelet, he also panicked.
Even his voice became trembling. "This... this is Mr. Tan's..."
It could be seen that this group of people was quite in awe of Tan Linyuan.
Hearing their conversation, Nan Yu had a guess in her mind. So she boldly spoke up. "Do you guys know Tan Linyuan? He is my uncle."
After saying this, she silently comforted herself in her heart. Anyway, Tan Linyuan wasn't here. It shouldn't be too much for her to borrow his name.
Sure enough, as soon as she said this, the expressions of the people all changed.
Nan Yu had a general guess. These people not only knew Tan Linyuan, but they might also be Tan Linyuan's men.
But if they were Tan Linyuan's men, why did they kidnap her?
The group of people thought hard for a while. One of them suddenly said in a low voice, "Those girls in the temple who go after Mr. Tan also wear Buddhist prayer bead bracelets on their wrists. Does that mean they are all related to Mr. Tan? Besides, we're not doing anything like killing someone to cover up. We're just taking her to where she should go. We'll be there soon."
"But..." Another person looked embarrassed.
"Okay, there's no 'but'." The leader also agreed with this view. "Anyway, we're just following orders. Whose orders are we not following? Even if we talk it over, the Tan family and the Shen..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the driver suddenly stepped on the brake hard. The people in the car couldn't control themselves and all fell forward, hitting their heads.
The leader was the first to show his dissatisfaction. "Uncle Rui, are you getting old? Why did you step on the brake for no reason?"
The driver turned around. For a moment, he stammered. "There's a car parked in front. It seems to be Mr. Tan's."
After hearing this, Nan Yu's heart skipped a beat. She suddenly raised her head to look.
There was a classic black G - Class parked in front of the car. It almost blended in with the evening darkness.
The other people in the car were extremely panicked. They didn't dare to move at all and just stared at each other.
Soon, a man got out of the car in front. His figure was tall and straight. Under the pale yellow street - lamp light, his shadow was stretched very long. He looked extremely elegant.
He just stood there, like a god who had descended from the sky to rescue her.
There was a strange emotion in her heart, almost overflowing from her chest.
"Get out."