"Does she know something?"
Ye Jinchen pinched the bridge of his nose, "Hmm, just now Dad and Mom were discussing this matter. Who knew Jinmeng came and must have overheard from outside the door."
Ye Jinchen sighed, "I'll call Shi Shuning first to ask if Jinmeng went to find him."
Xu Wanwan immediately responded: "Okay, I'll also contact Ating and ask him to help look for her too."
After hanging up, Xu Wanwan felt extremely anxious. The thing she dreaded most had happened. She only hoped Jinmeng wouldn't get into any trouble.
Shi Shuning had just finished a meeting and was about to send Ye Jinmeng a message when Ye Jinchen's call came through.
As soon as he answered, before he could greet Ye Jinchen, Ye Jinchen's hurried voice came through: "Shuning, has Jinmeng come to you?"
Shi Shuning was taken aback, a bad premonition crept up, "Jinmeng wasn't at school? She hasn't come to me. Has something happened to her?"
"Shuning, Jinmeng has run off alone. I'll explain the reason to you later. You have police officer friends at the station, right? Please ask them to help check the surveillance cameras around the hospital to see where Jinmeng went."
Surveillance footage can't be accessed by just anyone. It's better to have the police help out as that would be much quicker than everyone wandering around aimlessly like headless flies.
Hearing that Ye Jinmeng was missing, Shi Shuning was dazed for a moment, but didn't hesitate, "Okay, I'll contact them right away."
He hung up hurriedly, running outside while his trembling hands dialed Policeman Shi's number.
"Captain Shi, there's something I need your help with..."
Soon, the surveillance footage was retrieved.
Policeman Shi frowned as he watched the footage.
In the video, after the girl left the hospital gates, she walked unsteadily along the main road, while a black sedan followed slowly behind her.
The girl squatted down, hugging her head as she cried for a while, before fainting and collapsing to the ground.
A man then got out of the black sedan, immediately picked up the girl and drove off.
Policeman Shi immediately tracked the license plate, but the car disappeared from view after reaching a blind spot in the surveillance coverage.
Next, he ran facial recognition on the man, opening an investigation. However, the records showed that this man had been in a serious car accident a few days ago and was still undergoing treatment in the hospital for his injuries.
So how could a seriously injured person suddenly be well enough to drive a car and abduct a grown woman?
The owner of the black sedan was also investigated. He had been on a business trip out of town and hadn't returned. The car keys were still with him and had not been handed over to anyone else.
Policeman Shi suddenly had a name flash through his mind - Zhen Kechuan!
...
When Ye Jinmeng woke up, she found herself in an unfamiliar room.
She sat up, feeling a bit dazed. After carefully recalling what had happened before, her mood sank again.
That's right, she wasn't the daughter of her parents. Her biological parents had selfishly swapped her and Wanwan out of self-interest. Now, it seemed like she didn't have a home anymore.
Ye Jinmeng hugged her knees tightly, feeling lonely and desolate.
She wanted to cry, but what right did she have to cry? She had enjoyed a good life for eighteen years, what reason did she have to feel aggrieved?
Ye Jinmeng closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths to calm herself down. Only then did she open her eyes and start surveying her surroundings.
The room was large, and all the decorative items inside looked extremely valuable.
Where was this place? Why was she here?
Ye Jinmeng racked her brain, trying to remember. It seemed that after she sent the voice message to Wanwan, everything had gone black, and she didn't know anything after that.
Right, her phone! Where was her phone?
She scanned the room, even turning over the bedsheets, but couldn't find her phone anywhere.
Ye Jinmeng started to panic. She checked the clothes she was wearing and heaved a sigh of relief.
At least she was still wearing the same clothes from yesterday, and there was no discomfort on her body, so she probably hadn't encountered any danger.
Thinking this, she slipped on the slippers on the floor. For her own safety, she walked slowly to the window and gently pulled back a corner of the curtain.
The sight outside made Ye Jinmeng's eyes widen in shock.
This was... a forest?
Outside were tall, unfamiliar trees with lush green foliage that blocked out the entire sky, leaving only a few gaps that let in sunlight and told Ye Jinmeng it was a sunny day.
Ye Jinmeng was truly panicked now. Could it be that she had encountered human traffickers who had sold her off to the mountains while she was unconscious, to become some old mountain man's wife?
Ye Jinmeng felt even more aggrieved now. Overnight, her beloved grandparents, parents, and brother were no longer her family. And now she had been sold off to some unknown mountain valley to be a wife...
Ye Jinmeng couldn't hold it in anymore and squatted down, bursting into tears.
Outside, Ye Junwen had been hesitating, but upon hearing the crying, he immediately opened the door and rushed in, anxiously asking, "Jinmeng, what's wrong?"
Ye Jinmeng heard the familiar voice and her heart-wrenching sobs came to an abrupt halt.
"Wah... wah? Un... Uncle?"
Ye Junwen walked over, heartbroken to see her in such a state. He pulled Ye Jinmeng up and helped her sit on the bed, gently asking, "What's wrong, Jinmeng? Why are you crying?"
Ye Jinmeng was still dazed.
Ye Junwen stroked her head and continued, "Are you scared because this is an unfamiliar room? Don't be afraid, this is your Uncle's place. It's safe here."
Ye Jinmeng snapped back to her senses when he patted her head.
Safe? He was the biggest danger, wasn't he?
She immediately scooted away from Ye Junwen, putting some distance between them as she eyed him warily, "Uncle, why am I here? What is this place?"
Ye Junwen sensed her wariness and felt a bit displeased, but he still gently reassured her, "This is Zhen Kechuan's home. I'm staying here now, and you'll be living here too from now on."
Ye Jinmeng: Zhen Kechuan's home!! Why would she be living at Zhen Kechuan's home?
"Don't be afraid. Uncle Zhen is a good person and won't hurt you. Were you kicked out by the Ye family? It's okay, this is your home now. Your uncle will protect you, so don't be sad, alright?"
Ye Jinmeng stared wide-eyed, "Uncle, you know that I'm... not the Ye family's child?"
Ye Junwen smiled slightly: "Of course, I've always known."
Ye Jinmeng was surprised in her heart, recalling what she had overheard her father and mother say yesterday about the mysterious person who sent the mysterious document, and an answer came to mind.
"Uncle, was that mysterious person you?"
Ye Junwen thought for a moment, then shook his head, "Not quite. It was indeed me who first discovered that you are not of Ye family bloodline, but it wasn't me who sent the paternity test to the Ye family, it was your Uncle Zhen Kechuan."