It's hard to be a mother after rebirth

Chapter 164 Chapter 170

"Xiao Lin is right, those people are very aware of our family's affairs." Qiao's father looked at those photos, feeling sad, "I'm worried that Jing Yao won't be able to bear it."

Qiao Zhizhong said: "Brother, why don't we call the police and leave this matter to the police?"

"No, we can't call the police." Qiao's father refused, "We haven't received any request from the kidnappers yet, at least Jing Yao's life is guaranteed now. If they call the police, I'm afraid..."

Qiao Zhizhong seemed to have thought of the content behind the words, and nodded repeatedly with lingering fear.

"Uncle Qiao, in fact, when Jing Yao was kidnapped for the first time, I wanted to ask, did you offend anyone in your business dealings? They didn't mention anything like ransom in that kidnapping, but instead He directly wants to put Jingyao to death." Lin Shu was straightforward.

Father Qiao shook his head: "Things in the business world are ever-changing, I can't guarantee that I haven't offended anyone, but I do business in an upright way, and those who lose will not use such indecent means against my family."

"That's not necessarily true. Nowadays, many people care about money and power. How can they care so much?" Qiao Zhizhong muttered, then remembered something, took out another piece of paper from the envelope, and handed it to them. "And this, also in the envelope."

Standard A4 paper, standard four-point Song typeface, bright red and bold - if you want your daughter to live, ask your elder brother to exchange it with the company.

"Obviously, their target is Joe's Enterprise." As soon as this piece of paper came out, Lin Shu made a decision without hesitation.

Father Qiao also had the same feeling: "If only Qiao's is wanted, then I'm not afraid, but with just one sentence, how do they want to exchange the company for Jingyao."

"Brother, you are crazy, that was created by grandpa, how can you trade the company for it!" Qiao Zhizhong shouted.

"That's your daughter, and it's also my daughter. After the company is gone, you can make money again. If the daughter is gone, you will be gone. I can't take this risk!" Qiao's father complained that Qiao Zhizhong was so fancy about the company.

"But even if you agree, those old antiques in the company may not agree." Qiao Zhizhong thought for a while, and revised his conservative statement, "No, they definitely won't agree."

Of course, Father Qiao also knows that although he is the largest shareholder and has been given a nice title, there are still many shareholders of Qiao's. They usually only take money and don't work, and they don't interfere much with the company, but They are also essential if it comes to the survival of the company.

Lin Shu thought that Li Shaoling never mentioned the purpose of his return, and then thought of the relationship between the Qiao and Li families, which seemed to have deteriorated more than [-] years ago.

For more than 20 years, Li Shaoling was kidnapped and Qiao Zhizhong was imprisoned. Even though they were several years apart, Lin Shu couldn't help but connect them together.

If Qiao Zhizhong and Li Shaoling reappeared for more than 20 years, if the two of them joined forces to deal with only one person...

Lin Shu was frightened into a cold sweat by his bold assumption.

"Don't worry about other things right now. Let's find out where Jing Yao is first." Lin Shu didn't dare to think too deeply, so he had to change the direction of his thoughts as soon as possible.

The two people who were still thinking about the company's problems were brought back to the topic by Lin Shu's words.

"This place should look like a basement. We don't have many buildings with basements here. Residential areas, schools, and shopping malls are crowded with people. The kidnappers would definitely not choose this place." Lin Shu analyzed them one by one, "Then the most The possibility is private places, and there are only three villa areas in the outer ring.”

"It can't be a villa." Father Qiao pointed to the photo and motioned them to look at it, "The walls here are not naturally blackened, but blackened by something. As far as I know, none of the three villa areas with basements have ever encountered this. Fire."

The final conclusions all point to private clubs.

Qiao Zhizhong frowned almost invisibly, not interested in what those two talking to themselves were speculating.

"Maybe there are quite a few clubhouses that have suffered a fire." Lin Shu was in a dilemma. People with some background in this city have private clubhouses. It doesn't take a lot of space to set up a small casino in the basement, but some people will buy it, and gather together to smoke and drink , It is inevitable that it will cause a fire accidentally.

As far as she knew, there were ten if not twenty houses that caught fire throughout the year.

"I will send someone to check again." Father Qiao said.

Lin Shu hummed, and said, "The day after tomorrow at the latest, Jing Yao must be found."

"I know." Father Joe replied.

"However, don't let Aunt Qiao know." Lin Shu took advantage of the situation and talked about the second thing that happened here today.

Qiao's father was puzzled, even Qiao Zhizhong, who had been silent just now, was puzzled.

Lin Shu sighed and said, "I don't know if Aunt Qiao said this, but it's always good to avoid it."

"What's the matter, you said."

"Jingyao ran away from the hospital last time, Uncle Qiao, do you still remember?" Seeing Qiao's father nodding, Lin Shu continued, "That time she went to the place where Aunt Qiao was, and overheard Aunt Qiao Talk to Zhang Weien."

Father Qiao couldn't help frowning, as if he had foreseen what Lin Shu was going to say.

"Jing Yao later said that she heard Aunt Qiao tell Zhang Wei'en that Jing Yao was not a child born to you and her, nor was she born to..." Lin Shu omitted the matter about Qiao Zhizhong, facing the two With unexpected eyes, she continued, "It is said that Grandma Qiao didn't like her daughter-in-law back then, so when she gave birth to the child, she took away the two children for examination under the pretense, and the one she brought back later did not belong to her. Any one of them is that Grandma Qiao randomly found a wild child to come back."

"Nonsense!" Father Qiao slapped the table, looking very angry, "How can she say such a thing, even if Jing Yao is not my biological daughter, she was born, how can she slander herself like this in front of Xiaoen Another kid!"

Qiao's father's majesty suppressed the affairs of Qiao's family, but he knew what he should know and what he should not know, so he had nothing to hide from Lin Shu.

Lin Shu said: "I guess, Auntie Qiao didn't want to make Zhang Weien feel uncomfortable. Don't blame her. I will help you find Jing Yao. Just don't mention Jing Yao in front of her." Yao disappeared."

"She still thinks that Jing Yao is a stain in her life." Qiao Zhizhong, who hadn't spoken for a long time, said a little desolately, "It's all my fault."

Father Qiao said: "Forget it, this matter is over, the most important thing now is to find Jing Yao as soon as possible, no, let her be hurt again."

After coming out of the study, Mrs. Qiao had already returned to her room, and there was no one downstairs.

Qiao's father kept all those photos, and sent Qiao Zhizhong and Lin Shu to the door: "If there is news about Jing Yao, please let me know."

Qiao Zhizhong and Lin Shu agreed, they said goodbye to Qiao's father, and drove away from Qiao's house one after another.

After a certain distance, Lin Shu caught up with Qiao Zhizhong's car and stopped him.

"What's the matter?" Qiao Zhizhong stuck his head out of the driver's seat.

Lin Shu stood outside the car and looked at Qiao Zhizhong: "Has anyone ever told you that you have nothing in common with Uncle Qiao?"

Qiao Zhizhong nodded: "Yes, many people say so, and my mother also said so."

"But Uncle Qiao didn't notice this at all?" Lin Shu asked.

Qiao Zhizhong shrugged: "I don't feel anything myself, there are too many brothers who don't look alike, what's so strange."

"There is nothing strange about brothers who look different, but what is strange is the attitude of a mother." Lin Shu said with a smile.

Qiao Zhizhong listened attentively and said, "What's my mother's attitude?"

"The attitude towards the same two sons is obviously different." Lin Shu looked at Qiao Zhizhong's indifferent expression, "It's just like Aunt Qiao's attitude towards Zhang Weien and Qiao Jingyao today."

Qiao Zhizhong smiled, his eyebrows were extremely handsome, full of the charm of a mature man, he looked at Lin Shu from bottom to top: "Miss Lin, what do you want to tell me?"

Lin Shu also smiled, shrugging his shoulders indifferently: "I don't want to say anything, I just find it strange, just asking gossip."

The faint and distant smile on Qiao Zhizhong's face remained unchanged, but his eyes changed from lazy and dull to sharp and cold, and his ruffian appearance became different as a result.

He started the car and said calmly: "Miss Lin, you should know that a big family has many secrets. If you know what you shouldn't know, you will be easily retaliated against."

Lin Shu pressed the car window and asked, "I don't want to know what secrets your Qiao family has. Since Jing Yao is your daughter, how can you bear her being treated like this!"

Qiao Zhizhong looked at her sideways, with contempt and disdain in that look: "So what?"

Lin Shu's pupils shrank, obviously he didn't expect the other party to be so indifferent.

Qiao Zhizhong had already stepped on the accelerator, regardless of whether the car was still parked obliquely in front of him, he just drove away and sped away.

The car door on the co-pilot's seat was dented. Lin Shu stood for a while before suddenly realizing the other party's behavior, and returned to his car after cursing in a low voice. Fortunately, he was not affected much and could still drive away. .

It's just that the two brothers of the Qiao family are not biological brothers. How many people know this fact.

Qiao Zhizhong, who had already left, had a gloomy face, and his speed was not very fast.

It's been a long time since he lost his temper as before. Ever since he knew the relationship between himself and his eldest brother, he lost his temper once in front of his mother, and he never got angry about it again.

Everyone said that the two brothers looked different, but my father said that the eldest brother looked like an uncle, he looked like a grandpa, and it was normal for brothers to not look alike.

He always thought it was, but it wasn't until he became sensible that he realized that this kind of dissimilarity was not only the slightest similarity in appearance, but also the character that couldn't get along anyway.

He didn't know the truth until he found a photo stuffed in a corner in the bookcase of his father's study.

　good guess, right?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)