41: C41 Found It

C41 Found It

When Lu Chen arrived at the seaside, it was already raining.

"Sir, it's raining. Do you want to find a place to shelter from the rain?" The driver asked.

"No need." Lu Chen gave the driver a hundred yuan and got out of the car.

"Sir, I need your money," Lu Chen said. The driver saw Lu Chen leave and shouted at his back.

"No need," Lu Chen said. Lu Chen continued to walk forward without looking back.

The dark clouds pressed on the surface of the sea. If it were not for the few sea swallows flying close to the waves, they would not be able to tell which was the sky and which was the sea at a glance.

"Rumble rumble rumble!" A bolt of lightning brushed past Lu Chen's scalp. The rain became heavier. Not long after, Lu Chen was drenched by the rain.

The cold raindrops mercilessly hit Lu Chen's body, making him think clearly.

He liked Qiao Yumeng. It was not a matter of a day or two. Why did he need to beg her to respond to him in such a short time?

If he were to rain here, he might as well study his plan to find Qiao Yuxi.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen raised his hand to wipe the rain off his face and stood up to walk towards the hotel by the sea.

"Help me get a single room." Lu Chen took out his ID and handed it to the receptionist. While waiting for the receptionist to get a room, he subconsciously looked at the hotel lobby.

When he looked over, he happened to see a familiar person.

It was a middle-aged woman who took Qiao Yuxi away! The woman seemed to have come from the underground parking lot. The elevator opened on the first floor and a person entered, then closed.

The moment before it closed, Lu Chen happened to look over.

"Don't run!" Almost subconsciously, Lu Chen chased after him and pressed the button to open the elevator. The elevator still went up.

"Sir, your ID!" In the distance, the receptionist called out to him with Lu Chen's ID.

Lu Chen did not answer. He stared at the number on the elevator control panel and called the police station.

The elevator stopped several times on the ninth floor, the thirteenth floor, the seventeenth floor, and the twenty-second floor.

Lu Chen knew that even if he remembered the floor where the elevator stopped, he could not confirm which floor the woman was in. He could do nothing but rush to the top floor to see if the woman would do anything terrible.

The seaside was about half an hour away from the city. While waiting for the police to arrive, Lu Chen was extremely anxious. He even regretted shouting "don't run." He was afraid that he had already alerted the woman.

"Mr. Lu, we have arrived at the hotel. Now, seal off the hotel!" A policeman contacted Lu Chen.

"Okay, I am on the top floor." Lu Chen said.

"We will send someone to the top floor soon to prevent the suspect from doing anything too extreme. Please wait a moment, Mr. Lu," Lu Chen said.

"Okay."

After Lu Chen hung up the phone, he heard the alarm very quickly. The hotel was quickly surrounded.

There were more than 200 rooms in the hotel. The rooms that were not checked in were all closed. All they needed to do was check the rooms that were occupied.

After checking the hotel registration, they found that the woman had booked a room an hour ago. The police rushed into the room that she had booked, fully armed. However, they found nothing.

Qiao Yumeng was also there with the police.

Qiao Yumeng heard that the phone was from Lu Chen. When she saw Lu Chen, the first thing she asked was, "How did you know she was here?"

Before Qiao Yumeng asked this question, Lu Chen had never thought that this matter would involve him.0

He looked at the strange light in Qiao Yumeng's eyes and the corner of his mouth twitched. He smiled bitterly and replied, "If I said I was passing by and happened to meet her, would you believe me?"

"Ha." Qiao Yumeng sneered and took a few steps back. She looked at Lu Chen with hostility in her eyes.

Who would believe such a reason?

Lu Chen opened his mouth and wanted to explain. After a while, he still laughed at himself and decided what to do. No more.

After checking the hotel's surveillance video, she found that the woman went into the room after getting into the elevator. She then brought Qiao Yuxi out and walked into the stairwell.

The stairs of the hotel were usually not taken by anyone. There were only a few simple lighting equipment installed. There was nothing at all.

The stairs led to the entire building of the hotel. The woman might have gone to the underground parking lot, or she might have gone to the top floor.

The woman did not show up in the parking lot. It was most likely that she had gone to the top floor.

However, Lu Chen had been guarding the top floor until the police arrived.

"That is the only possible place. We can check it again." Someone suggested.

Soon, everyone set off together. Originally, Qiao Yumeng could have waited in the hall, but after she gave Lu Chen a deep look, she still chose to go to the top floor with the others.

Seeing Qiao Yumeng's expression, it was a lie if Lu Chen said that he was not disappointed.

However, in order to prove himself, he still followed everyone's footsteps and walked towards the top floor.

It was still stormy outside, and the top floor was even stronger. The strong wind almost swept people away. The moment the police opened the door to the top floor, they saw a woman holding Qiao Yuxi and standing on the edge of the top floor.

She only left everyone's back view. It was against the dark sky and the lightning that flashed by from time to time, as if it would disappear at any time.

The moment Qiao Yumeng saw the woman, she had already lost her mind. She ran straight towards the woman but was quickly held back by the others.

"Madame Qiao, don't be impulsive."

"My child..." Qiao Yumeng looked at Qiao Yuxi who was being carried by the woman and felt her heart ache as if it was about to be cut off.

The sniper was ready and the air cushion downstairs was ready. The leading policeman took the loudspeaker and shouted at the woman, "You are surrounded! Hurry up and surrender!"

The woman finally turned her head. Because it was still raining, the rain wet her hair and stained her face, making her pale face look like a ghost.

Qiao Yumeng was not afraid. There was only Qiao Yuxi in her eyes.

Qiao Yuxi's eyes were closed as she leaned into the woman's embrace. It was unknown if she was alive or dead. The sky was too dark and with the distance, Qiao Yumeng could not see if Qiao Yuxi was breathing.

"You guys came really fast..." The woman looked at everyone and muttered to herself.

"I beg you, don't hurt my child." Qiao Yumeng struggled for a while but was still pulled by the police. She had no choice but to kneel down towards the woman and kowtow to her, "I beg of you, let my child go... I beg of you..."

The woman stared at Qiao Yumeng and the expression on her face was a little blank. Her turbid eyes only rotated numbly after a long while. She lowered her head and looked at Qiao Yuxi in her arms. She grinned and said, "This is not your child, it is my granddaughter..."

"Your granddaughter..." Qiao Yumeng subconsciously wanted to say that she was already dead but she did not dare. The woman's expression was very strange. It was like... she had gone mad.

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