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Riding the elevator up, Gan Yuan sat down on the shoe-changing bench in her apartment after stepping to the side. She ripped off her dirty socks, slipped on her slippers, and glanced at her somewhat bloodied pants before she stood up and walked into the bedroom.

She quickly changed out her blood-stained pants, gathered some important documents locked in a drawer into her backpack, put on her shoes and socks with efficiency, and immediately headed downstairs, walked out of the community, and hailed a taxi to rush to the kindergarten where Gan Tang was.

Upon her arrival at the kindergarten, she didn’t manage to pick up her son as she had hoped.

"The school organized a practical activity, and they went to Changqing Farm on the outskirts to experience life."

After inquiring at the security office, the guard handed Gan Yuan an address.

Just as Gan Yuan got back in the taxi, the kindergarten teacher’s call came through.

"Miss Gan, is Gan Tang with you?"

Gan Yuan’s heart tightened, "What do you mean by that?"

"We were experiencing farm life, and the children were engaged in separate activities. When we regrouped, we realized Gan Tang was missing. We’ve searched the entire farm but haven’t found him.

Later, some kids from the kindergarten said someone picked him up, so I wanted to ask if it could have been a family member or a friend of yours. "

Her heart knotted with tension, Gan Yuan took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down.

"When did this happen?"

"We’re not quite sure. We noticed he was missing about ten minutes ago, but according to the other kids, it might have been over half an hour ago!"

Without losing her temper with the teacher, Gan Yuan furrowed her brow and instructed earnestly.

"He’s not with me. Call the police immediately, and then keep looking. I’ll get there as quickly as I can."

After hanging up the phone, she reached out and grabbed the taxi driver’s seat.

"To Dynasty Hotel, quickly!"

The taxi driver turned the car around and drove towards Dynasty Hotel as she took out her mobile phone and dialed Gan Tang’s watch phone.

The phone indicated that the other party could not be reached.

She tried opening the watch’s app in her hand, which only showed Gan Tang’s coordinates at Changqing Farm from an hour ago. She attempted to search again, but as the progress bar on the phone screen spun in numerous circles, it failed to locate his coordinates.

"Huangfu Jue!"

She gritted her teeth angrily, and upon seeing the red light, she immediately pulled out her wallet from her bag and slapped a wad of cash onto the taxi driver, "Drive through it!"

"Miss, this..." the taxi driver looked troubled, "It’s not about the money, it’s..."

"My son is missing." She tried to remain calm, but her voice was tinged with scarcely hidden anxiety, "Please!"

The taxi driver looked into her eyes and said, "Sit tight, I know a shortcut, but it’s a bit rough."

Turning the car to the right, the taxi driver took a small road directly.

After a series of lefts and rights, the car wound through the back roads and approached the side entrance of Dynasty Hotel. Gan Yuan flung open the car door and jumped out before the car had even fully stopped.

Dashing into the hotel lobby, the wound on her right leg split open, warm blood oozed out, trickling down her calf, but she paid it no heed.

Her own flesh and blood, whom she had carried, borne, and raised... Over more than five years, that child had become the most important presence in her life.

That child was her life!

"Manager Gan?"

Seeing her, the doorman hurried to pull the door open for her.

Disregarding them, she sprinted towards the elevator.

Just then, the elevator doors parted, and Huangfu Jue, with Will in tow, rushed out of the elevator in a hurry.

"Huangfu Jue!" Gan Tang charged forward, grabbing his collar in one swift move and pinning him against a decorative column in the lobby, "Where is my son?"