Ling Nuan quickly reached out to grab the phone, answered it, and put it on speaker.
Fang Chao's voice came through soon.
"Zhang Wang is a local. He has a distant relative who's a hooligan. It was this hooligan and his friends who took Miss Ling's younger brother away this time. Miss Huo Xiao recently had some unknown withdrawals from her account. It should be Miss Huo Xiao who instructed Zhang Wang to do this."
Although Ling Nuan had her own channels to find out, she would never be as fast as Fang Chao.
After confirming who was behind this, it would no longer be like looking for a needle in a haystack to find Xun Cong.
Ling Nuan was overjoyed. In her excitement, she didn't control the strength of her foot and kicked out.
"Ouch."
Huo Linsheng was caught off guard and got kicked right on the spot.
Although Ling Nuan didn't use much strength, that area was so vulnerable. Especially at this moment, Huo Linsheng was in pain but also felt a strange kind of pleasure.
Hearing his groan, Ling Nuan just realized what she had done. She quickly looked over, with a face full of embarrassment and a pleading expression. Huo Linsheng was so angry that he wished he could give her a good spanking!
Fang Chao on the other end of the phone also paused for a moment.
For a moment, he didn't know whether to continue reporting or quickly hang up the phone and act as if he didn't exist.
Huo Linsheng gave Ling Nuan a sidelong glance and directly grabbed her ankle to prevent her from accidentally causing more trouble. At the same time, he said to Fang Chao on the phone, "Have you found the person?"
His voice was a bit hoarse, but still sounded normal.
If it weren't for that groan just now, Fang Chao would never have suspected anything.
Now - he could only force himself to remain calm and continue, "It's not certain yet, but we've already found out the places where those hooligans usually hang out. After we catch them, we should quickly get the whereabouts of Miss Ling's younger brother."
"Okay, go and handle it. Do it as soon as possible," Huo Linsheng instructed.
Fang Chao naturally agreed repeatedly and quickly hung up the phone after finishing the report.
As soon as the phone was hung up, the study fell into complete silence.
Huo Linsheng let out a soft snort and started to settle the score, "You want to break it and not use it?"
Ling Nuan explained guiltily, "I really didn't mean to."
"Remember, I'll settle the score with you next time," Huo Linsheng patted the sole of Ling Nuan's foot and then got up and walked out.
Ling Nuan quickly jumped off the desk and chased after him, "Where are you going?"
Huo Linsheng turned his head and looked at her with a half - smile, "Taking a shower. Wanna join?"
Ling Nuan stopped immediately.
She couldn't afford to provoke him.
Fang Chao was very efficient.
While Huo Linsheng was taking a shower, he successfully found out where Xun Cong was currently.
After Ling Nuan got the news, she naturally couldn't sit still.
Without waiting for anyone to mention it, Huo Linsheng stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look."
...
Xun Cong was taken to an old house in the old city area by two hooligans.
He wasn't tortured.
When the hooligans were having a meal, they didn't forget to order one for him.
Xun Cong had been observing secretly. Seeing that these two guys didn't seem to do anything to him, he carefully stepped forward and said, "Brother, my family is just an ordinary one. Why did you guys kidnap me for no reason? My family doesn't have the money to ransom me."
The hooligan glanced at Xun Cong and replied, "Don't ask too much. We don't know either."
Xun Cong scratched his head and pretended to be innocent, "But, brother, how long are you going to keep me here?"
"Not sure. We'll wait for instructions from above," the hooligan was quite friendly and answered every question.
But his answers were actually of no use.
Xun Cong tried for a while but made no progress. He could only accept his fate, sit down, eat with them, and observe the surroundings while trying to find a chance to escape.
The hooligan noticed and slapped Xun Cong on the forehead, "Kid, don't have any wild ideas. You just stay here obediently. We'll feed you well. Once this is over, we'll let you go. We'll stay out of each other's way. But if you cause trouble for us..."
The hooligan slapped Xun Cong on the shoulder, and Xun Cong subconsciously straightened his back.
"Don't play any tricks. Got it?" the hooligan warned.
Xun Cong nodded repeatedly.
He didn't dare to look around randomly anymore, but his mind was still in a mess.
What kind of kidnapping was this? Kidnapping an ordinary kid and then doing nothing?
It just felt so strange.
Xun Cong wanted to figure out something but tried several times without success. After getting a warning from the hooligan, he just gave up.
When Ling Nuan and Huo Linsheng came to the place with their men, Xun Cong was watching an e - sports game live broadcast with the two hooligans.
"Go! Can this top - laner play?" the hooligan cursed.
Xun Cong was even more excited than the hooligan, "What a piece of trash. How can a pro player with such poor skills even play? If he had just done a bit better, this team fight would have been won."
The hooligan echoed in agreement, "This idiot. No, I have to go online and scold him!"
Xun Cong said, "Brother, scold him a few more times for me too!"
They scolded so sincerely that they didn't even notice that their front door had been broken open for a while.
It took a while for the hooligan to notice that there were a few more people at the door.
"Who are you?" the hooligan immediately became alert.
Hearing this, Xun Cong also turned his head. When he saw Ling Nuan, he was overjoyed.
He even comforted the hooligan, "Brother, it's okay. That's my sister."
Hooligan: "?"
Your sister is here and it's okay?
Looking at the obviously stronger bodyguards behind Ling Nuan and Huo Linsheng, the two hooligans glanced at each other and turned around to run.
If they couldn't run out through the front door, they could just jump out of the window!
But before they could run out, they were easily held down by a group of bodyguards.
Xun Cong trotted up to Ling Nuan with a smile on his face, "Sister, you found me so quickly?"
After saying that, seeing the two hooligans being escorted, he remembered their bond of complaining and watching the game together and pleaded, "Sister, they didn't do anything to me. They're just doing this for the money. Don't make things too difficult for them."
Ling Nuan: "?"
She just realized that there was actually an innocent and naive person in the Xun family.
After Xun Cong finished speaking, he saw Huo Linsheng beside them and whispered to Ling Nuan, "Sister, who is he?"
He was mainly full of curiosity and not at all panicked.
Ling Nuan was both angry and amused, but seeing that Xun Cong wasn't hurt, she felt relieved.
"Got it," Ling Nuan replied to Xun Cong somewhat perfunctorily and then looked at Huo Linsheng, "Can I ask them a few questions alone?"
Huo Linsheng gave her a sidelong glance, "Put it on the bill."
Ling Nuan was both crying and laughing. The things these people said made her not know how to respond.
"Put it on then," Ling Nuan replied in the same perfunctory way.
Huo Linsheng gave her another sidelong glance because of this but didn't say anything else and turned around to leave.
Xun Cong was oblivious and still asked, "Sister, what are you going to ask them? He..."
Huo Linsheng directly reached out and dragged him away. As for the two hooligans, the bodyguards found ropes and tied them directly to the stools. After making sure they wouldn't hurt Ling Nuan, they left the room.
"Y - you... what do you want to do?" the hooligan was scared to death seeing Ling Nuan approaching.
Ling Nuan smiled, "Xun Cong pleaded for you. I won't make things difficult for you."
The hooligan was touched. Good brother!
"I won't make things difficult for you, but you have to help me with something," Ling Nuan showed them a meaningful smile.