Chapter 156


    Upon hearing this, Conway said, “I can ignore other stuff, but your matters, I gotta care Over the years,


    I’ve let many things slide, but only you and Leandro’s matters, they won’t let me be.”


    Hearing this, Seraphina, although she knew Conway was intentionally leading the conversation,


    couldn’t help but hold him tightly, “Grandpa…


    Forget it, forget it” Conway said, “If you don’t wanna hear it, then I won’t say it”


    As Conway spoke, he closed his eyes.


    Seraphina could tell something was off with his color. Remembering he needed rest, she quickly


    suggested, “Grandpa, if you’re tired, please take a nap. Valerio and I will be right here.”


    “He rarely gets a break,” Conway responded, “He probably wants to spend time with you. Don’t stay on


    my ount. Take him out for a walk ande backter in the afternoon.”


    Seraphina nced at Valerio. Although he was always obedient, his eyes lit up with excitement upon


    hearing Conway’s suggestion.


    Feeling a bit cornered, Seraphina waited. Once Conway was asleep, she quietly left the ward with


    Valerio.


    They got to the hospital entrance, the driver just happened to drive the car over, Seraphina opened the


    car door to let Valerio in, but as soon as she got in, she smelled smoke.


    Something seemed off with the driver. As she peered closer, her expression shifted sharply. The man in


    the driver’s seat wasn’t their previous driver! Before Seraphina could process this shock, another man


    appeared from the passenger side, putting her in a car with two unfamiliar faces.


    She instinctively reached for the car door, but it was locked tight. Neither doors nor windows would


    budge. Taking a deep breath, she pulled Valerio close and studied the men up front. Both had their


    faces concealed with hats and masks, making identification impossible.


    “What do you guys want?” Seraphina asked.


    “Just wanted to invite Ms. Bet and Valerio over to our ce.” The passenger turned his head to


    look at Seraphina, his voice was low, “No need to panic, Ms. Bet.”


    Seraphina coldly looked at them while ncing at the car window–wondering how likely it would be for


    her to kick the window open and throw Valerio


    out?


    As she was thinking this, the car suddenly came to a screeching halt, Seraphina looked up, there were


    suddenly two more cars in front, blocking their path!


    Seraphina saw that one of the cars contained a person that looked like Abbot whom she had met


    before!


    Just now, she was facing two against one in the car, but now, more than one person was on her side.


    Thinking of this, while the two men in front were distracted, Seraphina quickly lunged forward, swiftly hit


    the central lock, and shouted, “Valerio, open the door and get out! Quick!”


    Valerio had already reacted when they were talking with the two men, when Seraphina called him, he


    decisively opened the car door and turned to pull Seraphina out.


    However, half of Seraphina’s body was still in the front seat and couldn’t get back in time, Valerio was


    obviously hesitating, Seraphina gave him a strong kick and kicked him out of the car!


    Just as Valerio hit the ground, the people from Abbot’s car quickly got out and rushed over here.


    Seeing this, the passenger immediately grabbed Seraphina, jumped to the back seat, held her down,


    and closed the car door at the same time.


    The car quickly reversed, after a few adjustments, sessfully shook off the two cars behind, and


    quickly drove in the opposite direction.


    Seraphina didn’t know if Abbot’s two cars could catch up and save her, but now that Valerio was not in


    the car, she feltpletely relieved.


    “Let go of me!” She red at the man next to her.


    Seeing her look, the man involuntarily let go of his hand, but he quickly reacted, his hands still around


    Seraphina, ready to prevent her from resisting again.


    at any time.


    “Don’t worry, I won’t resist if I’m not sure I can.” Seraphina tidied her hair and clothes, and calmly


    asked, “Who are you guys after? What do you want?”


    The man looked at her, was stunned for a moment, then suddenly startedughing.


    When Keen received Abbot’s call, he was so scared that he almost dropped his phone, he immediately


    rushed to Leandro’s office.


    Leandro, engrossed in a phone call by the window, turned sharply at a sound to find Keen, whose face


    drained of color. Without waiting for Keen to speak, Leandro asked, “What’s wrong?”


    “It’s Ms. Bet, Keen stammered, pale. “Abbot called. They took her. We tried… but we couldn’t stop


    them.”


    The weight of the news hung heavy Leandro immediately ended his call, his face hardening with


    concern


    Thirty minutester, he arrived at the hospital to find Valerio The boy had been tossed out of the car by


    Seraphina Cuts and bruises marked his limbs, now cleaned and bandaged by the medical staff


    Remarkably, Valerio had been brave, showing no sign of pain or distress. But the moment he saw


    Leandro, his small face crumpled with worry and fear Without a word, he rushed into Leandro’s


    protective embrace.


    Leandro held him with one arm and turned to look at the doctor.


    “He’s fine.” The doctor answered, “No head injury, no concussion, just some scrapes on his hands and


    feet, he may be a bit shocked.”


    Leandro looked down and checked Valerio’s hands and feet, when he looked up, he saw Valerio staring


    at him, Valerio even opened his mouth, but made


    no sound.


    Leandro understood what he meant.


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    Although he was young, he knew clearly what had happened, he was telling him about Seraphina,


    hoping he could find Seraphina as soon as possible.


    Holding him, Leandro’s eyes became gloomy


    When Seraphina went missing, he didn’t immediately call the cops. Instead, he sent people out to sniff


    around there were all sorts of folks in Sunburst City, and he knew a good number of them. Anything


    involving ckmail or kidnapping was always tied to some shady characters, and most of the time he


    could track down some leads.


    But that day, deep into the night, Leandro hadn’t received a single piece of news.


    Valerio woke up to the gravity of the situation, and he rushed out of his room.


    In the living room, Keen was sat on the sofa, eyes glued to his phone waiting for any updates, while


    Leandro was on the other side, cigarette in hand, on a


    call with someone overseas.


    Hearing footsteps, Keen abruptly looked up, seeing Valerio rushing down barefoot, he quickly went and


    pulled him into a hug. “Why are you up?”


    Valerio just looked desperately at Leandro, his eyes pleading for help.


    Leandro gave him a brief look before returning to his business call.


    Suddenly, Keen’s phone on the table buzzed. As Keen answered, his expression shifted drastically.


    Noticing the change, Leandro met Keen’s gaze and promptly told the person on his line, Tll call you


    back.”


    Once he’d ended his call, Leandro took Keen’s phone to hear for himself.


    “Mr. Reynolds?” A man’s voice came from the phone.


    “That’s me,” Leandro replied.


    The next moment, the call ended.


    Leandro looked at the phone, disying a hidden number.


    “They hung up?” Keen asked, surprised.


    Leandro tossed the phone aside and looked at him, “What did he say?”


    “He just said he wanted to speak with you, Keen replied.


    Leandro didn’t respond, just pulled Valerio into his arms, ncing at him, “Go to sleep.”


    Unable to express his panic, Valerio could only bite his lip and rest his head on Leandro’s shoulder, his


    eyebrows furrowed.


    At some point, Valerio fell asleep again. Leandro handed him over to Keen, who gently carried him


    back upstairs. When he returned, Leandro was still on the sofa, silently staring at the two phones in


    front of him, not saying a word.


    Keen walked over and began to analyze the situation, “This may not be targeted at you. After all, Ms.


    Bet has always had a rather unconventional approach… If she’s pissed off someone, this could be


    hard to investigate. Should we call the police?”


    Not targeted at him?


    Leandro looked at the phone he’d just been on, scoffing internally.


    If it wasn’t targeted at him, they wouldn’t have targeted his driver, stolen his car, and taken Seraphina


    and Valerio right in front of him everything was clearly premeditated.


    Seeing that Leandro wasn’t responding, Keen knew his stance and suggested, “We still don’t know


    what they want. You should get some sleep, I’ll stay here and let you know as soon as there’s any


    news.”


    Leandro lit a cigarette and simply said, “No need.”


    They waited until daybreak.


    Keen was on the verge of a breakdown too many things had happened recently, one thing after


    another, and none of them good.


    It was a terrible feeling, a slight mood swing could send him spiraling.


    He was about to Head to the washroom, wiping his face, when the phone’s ring startled him.


    Keen reacted swiftly, answering the phone and then passing it to Leandro after a quick look.


    Leandro’s eyes darkened as he noticed the “Hidden Number” on the disy Without emotion, he took


    the call.


    Their request was straightforward money. But there was a catch- they insisted that Leandro deliver it in


    person.


    Keen reacted with urgency, “Mr. Reynolds, it’s too risky! We don’t know who they are or their real


    intentions. Why not let me handle it?”


    Leandro rose decisively. “They asked for me. You handle the bank arrangements. We’ll rendezvous


    later”