Chapter 1360 Couldn''t Afford The Consequence


    After hanging up the phone, Le condescendingly looked at Sheryl, thinking she was so pathetic. Le


    was cold and calcting and showed no sympathy for Sheryl.


    Le was so arrogant and full of herself that she even conjured up an image in her mind of herself


    holding onto Charles'' arm intimately and humiliating Sheryl with a smug look on her face.


    Although her perfect image was soon burst when she thought of how sad and worried Charles was


    about Shirley. She was in love with Charles and couldn''t bear the thought of seeing him so grieved. So


    she decided to change the n that she had set previously.


    With that thought in mind, Le hastily turned to leave. Before she went, Melissa asked her where she


    was going, but Le didn''t exin much to her.


    She was in a hurry to see the guy that she hired to kidnap Shirley. She was going to ask him to release


    her.


    Le scurried about with a troubled mind, so she didn''t notice that a man was tailing her since the


    moment she left Dream Garden.


    Pulling her cell phone out, she made a call to the guy. However, to her disappointment, she couldn''t get


    through. It was as if he had disappeared off the surface of the earth. Le suddenly had that sinking


    feeling in the pit of her stomach that something had gone wrong. She quickly hailed a taxi and went to


    the ce where Shirley was being held captive.


    Neither the taxi driver nor Le had noticed a car following them from a distance.


    In the ghetto area of the South Street District, Le got out of the taxi and dashed toward the house


    where the man lived. The path leading to the house was uneven and rocky, and Le stumbled several


    times after losing her footing because she was wearing a pair of high heels. She didn''t care as she was


    anxious to find the guy as soon as possible.


    Finally reaching the house, Le shoved the rusty hinge wooden door open, and a cloud of fine dust


    particles wafted into the air. She coughed while waving her arms around to clear the dust.


    She entered the house, eager to find the man. However, after she searched through the dpidated


    house, he was nowhere to be seen.


    Le stood numb with fear and panic. She racked her brain, trying to think of where that man could


    have taken Shirley to. ''Where could he be? Did he betray me? Where could he possibly have taken


    Shirley?''


    Her mind was racing at a million miles an hour, making her heart suspend anxiously.


    She left the house in a trance and had almost lost her mind with worry. She had the misgiving that


    there were going to be dire consequences waiting for her.


    When she returned to Dream Garden


    and entered the house, to her surprise, she found Charles at home. Feeling a little afraid, Le


    pretended to be exhausted and was about to make her way to her bedroom when Charles suddenly


    spoke to her.


    "Le, you look so tired. Where have you been?" Charles sounded as if he was concerned about Le.


    "I... I was out for a stroll. It''s a little boring staying in the house." Le was too fearful to look Charles in


    the eye at the moment. Her answer was some.


    Charles remained quiet. Le waited a while for him to say something else. When he didn''t, she


    couldn''t stand the awkward silence any longer and looked up at him.


    When she saw the angry look on Charles'' face, Le was weighed down with fear sensing that


    something terrible wasing for her.


    She asked in a low quivering voice, "Charles, what happened?" Her voice was so light that it vanished


    in the air instantly.


    "Nothing," Charles answered. Contrary to his casual reply, his expression was cold and severe. He


    looked absent-minded and in a foul mood.


    It broke Le''s heart to see Charles, who had always been so invincible, look so down and immersed in


    sorrow now.


    She sat down next to Charles and tried to ce her hand on his. Charles frowned subtly and casually


    moved his hand away.


    "Charles, you can tell me what''s troubling you. Though I may not be able to help you, I can always


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    keep youpany andfort you," Le said shyly with her cheeks blushing. She sounded very


    determined.


    "I met some troubles indeed. Shirley was kidnapped. I received a call from the kidnapper yesterday. He


    asked me to prepare ten million. That''s the only way to get Shirley back," Charles said, gnashing his


    teeth. His voice was full of hatred.


    "Unfortunately, I had just invested in a new project recently. The current capital hasn''t got sufficient


    funds now. The capital chain may be fractured if anything goes wrong," Charles said in a worried


    tone. He rubbed his temples to rx, and his eyes were full of concern.


    Hearing that, Le panicked. She could feel her heartbeat racing, and she suddenly lost the color in her


    face because of fear. She hadn''t expected that to happen. Everything seemed to be spiraling out of


    control.


    She tied to suppress the panic she felt and said in an unsteady voice, "Well. Charles, I just remember


    that I have something urgent to deal with. I have to go back to my bedroom now. Don''t worry too much.


    There must be a solution."


    "It''s all right. Go and finish your business."


    Charles noticed that Le''s expression had changed. With that, he confirmed that Le was


    responsible for Shirley''s kidnapping, which he hadn''t expected.


    Things had gone out of Le''s control now. Charles thought about everything that had happened, and it


    was all caused by that malicious woman. Charles was seething and wanted to kill her himself.


    However, his hands were tied, and he couldn''t risk doing anything just yet. He needed to be patient to


    find out where Shirley was through Le.


    Le stumbled into her bedroom as though she had just seen a ghost. She was overwhelmed with


    panic and fear.