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Chapter 9 - CULPRIT

In the Ministry of public security directors office Guo Xuedong was sitting in the directors office opposite him stood a young man reporting on recent kidnapping incidents

"sir, recently the human trafficking group was active in the Su Chung provance their main target were children who were below the age of 10 especially boys. around 1000 cases were registered till now, we don't know still how many children in total"

Guo Xuedong raised his hand making Yuan Min to pause in the mid sentence as he look at Guo Xuedong 

"instruct the team 1 to pause all their work at hand and solely investigate this matter"

Guo Xuedong instructed as he commanded, Yuan Min nodded responding

"Got it sir"

Guo Xuedong waved his hand asking Yuan Min to leave before going back to his work but, Yuan Min stood their without any intention to leave the room. after Few seconds of silence Guo Xuedong looked up at Yuan Min with a questioning lookasking

"Is there anything else"

"well a week ago VIP from US visited Xiang Chang to finalize a business dealing with international groups and this morning her son was kidnapped while visiting a tourism destination"

placing a pen down on the table Guo Xuedong look into Yuan Min's eye's asking

"So, you suspect he was kidnapped by the same group of traffickers"

"yes, sir"

Yuan Min nodded affirming his suspicion, Guo Xuedong leaned back into his chair deep in thought. The room was eerily quiet for a moment, until a phone call broke the silence.

"ding. Ling...ling"

Guo Xuedong pick up the call and answering

"hello, who is this"

"Hi, i am SU Meng"

Su meng said without any emotion on his face

"SU Meng, young master Meng is that you"

Guo Xuedong's voice softened as he enquired, SU Meng nodded in affirmation

"yes"

the man continued as he adopted friendly demeanour

"so, is our young master in some kind of trouble"

Su Meng smiled slightly responding

"Not really, i just wane give you a merit"

with a teasing tone Guo Xuedong replied to Su Meng

"oh, so you want to help your brother"

Su Meng didn't commented as he continued

"what do you think about catching a human traffickers"

Guo Xuedong turned to one of seriousness asking

"Where are you now"

 "I am at the central square"

Su Meng replied as he replied directly, Guo Xuedong replied

"i will be there right now"

"okay, i will be waiting for you"

Su Meng said before hanging up the call, Su Meng initiated a video after ending the call with Guo Xuedong. the call was answered quickly

"Boss, what can i do for you"

"Su Bo i heard that one of our clients lost their kid"

Su Meng said without dwelling on the formalities, SU Bo replied instantly with out hiding anything

"Yes, boss they are staying in your estate right now and we made a report with police this morning while our hackers are searching along with the help of black hole"

SU Meng continued enquiring

"where are you now"

Su Bo paused for a second before replying replying

"i am at the estate waiting for the news from Bark Net"

"Pass the call over to her"

Su Bo stood up and walked upstairs purposefully replying 

"sure sir"

Few minutes later, a Young women in her 30's appeared in front of the screen her blond hair casketing along her neck. She look into the screen introducing herself 

"hello, i am allice. May i enquire who this is"

Su Meng introduced himself

"hello , i am the chairman of international groups"

Allice smiling bitterly as she lowered her head with grievance and regret, biting her lips she look back at Su Meng greeting

"Hello, It's honor to finally see you face to face. How should i address you Mr"

Su Meng remembering that he didn't mentioned his name replied

"my name is Su Meng you can call me felix"

"hi Felix, i heard you want to talk to me"

Allice enquired wanted to the purpose of this call, Su Meng looked at the growing crowd responded

"I will keep this a simple, i was roaming outside when i stumble upon a child who exclaimed he was your kid so i called you for confirmation"

Allice face beamed with joy as she enquired

"Really can i see him "

"sure no problem"

Su Meng said as he turned his camera towards the Ming while walking who was holding William, upon seeing the familiar face Allice voice trembled as she called out at William

"William"

William who was cuddling in SU Ming's arms turned towards the camera upon hearing the familiar voice William called out to Allice

"Mom" 

Allice covered her face trying to stay strong exclaimed

"oh my dear, i finally found you"

unable to hold it still the tears started to flow through the corner of her eyes, Su Ming turned around as he walked over enquiring

"Did you find his parents"

Su Meng nodded as he turned Camera over towards him saying

"Okay Allice, i will bring him back once the formalities are over" 

"okay, i will let my husband know it"

Su Meng nodded before hang up the call, taking a deep breath and walked over to Su Ming side exclaimed

"police will be here soon, let's hand him over to Police before continuing our shopping"

Not long after Guo Xuedong and his team of officers walked out of the elevator. Guo Xuedong stopped behind Su Meng while scanning the room as his eye's fell on the man two body guards are holding, before turning his gaze towards Su Meng asking

"Is he the one"

Guo Xuedong pointed towards the man as he enquiring with Su meng, SU Meng didn't answered Guo Xuedong's but signalled the two body guards to bring the man over. the two guards lifted the man with ease as they dragged him over to Guo Xuedong's feat, Xuedong nodded as he instructed Xia Yong Jun the team leader of team 1

"Take him to back to police station"

The man started to resist desperately trying to free himself from the officers grip shouting

"You damn police how dare you join hands with kidnapers and while arresting the innocent civilians"

Guo Xuedong amused walked over to wards the kidnapper he questioned while pointing towards Ming asking

"do you know who he is"

The kidnapper looked at Ming with puzzled eye's and then at Guo Xuedong, With a smug smile Guo Xuedong took a step backwards as he announced with a clear and loud voice saying

"He was the founder of Happy homes the no:1 orphanage in China not only that he donate millions of dollars to charities every year and you keep on accusing him"

The whole floor went quiet as people around started murmuring themself while pointing towards the kidnapper. while some started to throw trash at him, seeing things are going to get out of hand Guo Xue Dong signalled Xia Yong Jun to take him away. once the figure disappeared from the sight Su meng approached Guo Xuedong saying

"i will take my leave now if there is nothing else, by the way i will be taking william with me. I already reached out for his parents since we are staying nearby i will drop him off, reach me if you need any help in the future"

Guo Xuedong nodded as he waved his hand dismissively replying

"sure, No problem"

But remembering something Guo Xue Dong turned to SU Meng asking 

"Did you just called him william"

"Yes, his parents were staying at mountain top villa no: 1. i promised them to bring him back safely, if you want to take a statement you can come over anytime" 

Guo xuedong looked at William who was hiding behind Su Ming and then at Su Meng replied 

"if that's the case i will send someone to take statement tomorrow"

Su Meng nodded responding

"okay, it's settled then i will not disturb you anymore"

Guo Xuedong waved his hand replying 

"sure, see you later"

Guo Xuedong said before walking out of the mall before him Xia Yong Jun was carrying the kidnapper along with two other officers, loading him in the van Xia Yong Jun took the passenger seat as the car started moving forward. Meanwhile Yuan Min who was sitting in the back seat was looking at Guo Xuedong with a curious eyes, Guo Xuedong sighed before turned to Yuan Min with a furrowed eyebrow asking

"What is it"

Yuan Ming cleared his through in embarrassment before asking

"Boss, you didn't made excuse just because he was the founder of some orphanage" 

Guo Xuedong shook his head responding 

"Nope,"

Yuan Min curious pressed further asking

"why?"

Mean while Xia Young Jun who was sitting in the front perked up his ears intended to 

"Do you still remember the name Crow?"

"You mean the S-rank hacker who helped us on mountain top case two years ago"

Guo Xuedong nodded continuing 

"Yes, his name is Su Meng. the youngest son of Jiaqi groups, he was also a famous hacker crow."

"Wait, didn't the rumors suggest that he was the grandson of Xu family. i also heard from the mayor that he played a key role in stopping the Dark web cyber attack" 

Overwhelmed Yuan Min interjected before asking 

"Hmm, his mother was from Xu family and his father is from Su family. "

"i see"

saying he turned around Remembering something Xia Yong Jun look back asking 

"ahhh...are you saying Crow is high schooler" 

"yes"

Xia Yong Jun smiled bitterly while Yuan Min in amusement exclaimed 

"i though Crow was young and accomplished but didn't expect to be so young"

Mean while on the other hand Su Meng and others continued their shopping spry after getting a few books, three of them along with William made their way to the fourth floor. as soon a sthey stepped out side the elevator a rows of gold and silver jewelry stores blinded their eye's Su Ming looked at Meng and others enquiring

"i didn't think their is not for us to see here let's move to the next floor."

Han Yin in agreement while looking at the Meng's reaction, Meng stlook back at Ming responding

"it's almost time for Mom's birthday at the end of the month. Let's buy her some gift while we are at it"

Su Ming thought for a moment as he remembered that his mother's birthday was only few days away as he nodded in agreement

"okay"

For the next 30 minutes Su Meng, Han, and Ming visit various stores followed by william including some famous jewelry shops in china like Hong Jewelry and Li Jewelry. After visiting all the shops on the fourth floor Su Ming decided to purchases a pink-diamond flower locket with a rose gold chain and a pair of earrings, while Su Meng purchases a carved Imperial Jade bracelet with a carving of a white dragon. Leaving the shop, they made their way to the fifth floor. Han Yin and Ming brought a variety of delicacies, while Meng brought dessert.

Meanwhile, William ordered a bowl of ramen. After buying a few more delicacies, Han and Ming met up with Meng and William and made their way toward the ice cream shop. walking in they found a quiet place in the corner walking over and took a seat on the corner, as soon as they sat the stunningly beautiful women in her 20's walked towards the Su Meng's table as she gracefully handed menu over to Ming greeting politely

"hello sir,welcome to our store. what would you like to order?"

Taking the menu Su Ming glanced at the menu before looking back at the waitress he ordered

"i will like to have Neapolitan with a Choco chips cookie as for the toppings anything was fine without nuts"

retracting his gaze Ming passed the menu over to Meng, Su Meng took a quick look before saying

"i will have cookie and cream with Oreo and Choco chip"

Before passing it over to Han Yin, placing it aside Han Yun ordered

"cotton candy with Chocolate syrup and crushed candy"

Without even looking at the menu the waitress nodded before looking at quiet looking William who was playing on Ming's phone Meng knocked on the table in front calling

"William"

William who engrossed in his game looked up in a daze only to see everyone seeing at him, he look at Ming on the side with cute and puzzled eye's. Ming smile asking

"what would you like to have"

"i good with anything except nuts i am allergic to them"

"okay,"

Ming said before facing the waiter saying

"Please get any favour devoid of nuts"

"understood, Please wait for a moment until your order was ready" 

The waitress noted it down before responding as she walked away before bowing slightly, as the waiter left Ming, Meng and Han Yin started chatting away while William was playing games. 

Few minutes later the same waitress came back with a tray filled with four different ice-creams and placing them neatly on the table in front of them, taking a step backwards the waitress bowed slightly saying

"please enjoy your ice cream"

Before walking away gracefully. Su meng and others picked up their spoons and digged in seemingly enjoyed their ice cream while chatting occasionally. meanwhile most of the women fixated their gazes on Ming and Meng as they murmured themself while some people started dreaming of them walking down the aisle in a wedding dress. 15 minutes later Su Meng placed his spoon away and stood up from his chair as he walked over to the counter to settle the bill: 

"hello, table no: 5 bill please"

"Please Wait.."

Lifting her head the receptionist was about to say something but was frozen on place upon seeing Su Meng's charismatic face giggling foolishly, Meng waved his hand in front of her eyes repeating

"bill please"

coming back to her senses she promptly looked at the computer screen responding

"your total is 10502 Yuan sir cash or card"

"card"

Su Meng said as he handed golden black card from his pocket to the receptionist. Looking at the card, the women's eyes widened with disbelief thinking*wow rich and handsome, my idol type is infront of me* composing herself she swiped the card followed by a successfull prompt.

"payment successful" 

Old Xu gave That card to both Ming And Meng to use with 100billion for their 16 th birthday. 

With a wave of astonishment the receptionist handed the card back to Su Meng, He took the car away and stuffed it back into the his pocket before going back to his seat. Mean while at the table the waitress from before walked over as she surveyed the surroundings as she shyly handed a tissue over to Ming. SU Ming took the tissue with astonishment and confused and opened it inside lay a name Liu Jia and a mobile number xxxx 45089 before he can precession what's happening the waitress stated

"please pass it to the person over there"

while pointing at Su Meng before walking away she hastened her pace as her cheeks turned rEd with shyness Ming accustome to such experience diverted his gaze to looked at Han Yin, with tha same astonishment Han Yin looked back at Su Ming while they were still processing about the situation when Su Meng walked back and sat back in his seat asked

"Are you guy's done, shall we go"

Upon hearing Meng's words Han Yin and Su Ming looked at him with a bitterness Meng's face flushed as he hastily enquired

"is something on my face"

As he wiped it with a tissue on the table while looking at their reaction, Ming stood up and padded on Meng with a faint smile on his face bending over as to Meng's level as he tugged the tissue in to Meng's pocket whispering

"the waitress from before asked me to hand it over to you"

SU Meng turned to Ming as he took the tissue and opened it inside lie a name and mobile no: with a dazed expression as he hastily remarked 

"oh, i though you gave it to me for a moment"

Ming and Han Yin look at him with a melancholic as the surrounding's fell as if time was stopped Su Ming with an embarrassed look pointed his finger at Su Meng filled with anger and helplessness and wanted to rebute but to his dismay Ming can't find any word's to say 

"you...."

Huff and puffed Ming sat back into his chair as he pouted as a little kid, Meng can't help but amused as he tried to smooth things over

"okay, okay my bad, come on let's go"

As he stood up Su Ming, Han Yin followed suit seeing William still engrossed in mobile playing games Ming silently urged William from the side. Raising his head William followed suit Menh who was observing everything addressed William

"do you have any places you wane visit" 

William thought for a second and replied

"I want to buy a gaming console

"okay, no problem let go"

Meng nodding at William's request before walking away, seeing that they are about to leave William walked over to Su Ming's side and held his hand. Seeing this, Su Meng rolled his eyes in astonishment. Meng placed the tissue waitress ment for him on the table and walked out of the coffee room. The waitress who was watching them from far away with a nervousness, upon seeing Meng's actions her confidence crumbled filled with regret and sadness, As Yin, Ming, and William followed suit. On their way to the gaming area, they spent the next half-hour there. While william shopped around and ultimately purchased the latest gaming console, the Asus ROG Ally.

Leaving the Mall they made their way towards the parking lot Su Ming turn towards Han Yin saying

"seems like it's time to say good byes, let's meet again at school"

"Hmm, take care on your way back"

saying Han Yin walked towards the silk Mercedes parked outside beside it stood a man in his 50's spotting Han Yin he walked towards the back seat and opened the door as he bowing 45 degrees to han Yin, Han Yin nodded in acknowledgement responding with neither enthusiasm nor arrogance

"good day, Hu Xiufang"

"yes, young master"

Hu Xiufang said responding to Han Yin's polite guester, seeing the situation before them SU Ming and William exchanged a bewilder glances as they look at SU Meng, perplexed Su Meng look back at them questioning

"what" 

"Meng, what exactly is your friends background"

Ming questioned with curiosity Su Meng witha proud completion responded

"did you heard about han jin group"

"isn't it the no:1 transportation group in the China"

Su Ming remembering seeing about them in the news not long ago blurred it out as he Look at Meng as realisation dawned on him. Meng satisfied with his reaction nodded in affirmation explaining

"yes. Jin group is the largest in the China, Han Jin was established 20 years ago when the eldest daughter of the Jin family was married into Han family and Han yin was the only heir to the both Han and Jin family right now" 

"wow, he was quite wealthy"

Ming exclaimed with a stary eye's.

"of course, he is"

Meng said as he looked around when a stunning silver Rolls-Royce Phantom came to abrupt stop in front of them Xiong Zhiqiang exiter the vehicle amd opened the back door to both Ming an Meng to enter but was perplexed to find another kid tagging along. Regaining his composer Xiong Zhiqiang greeted them

"good day sir"

Su Meng nodded and was about to get into the car when Ming showed Meng away while dragging William along stretching his tongue he closed the door. Leaving Meng behind Xiong Zhiqiang feeling awkward look at Meng seemingly waiting for Meng next course of action Trying his best to contain his laugher Su Meng shrugged indifferently before taking passenger seat.

Xiong Zhiqiang took his seat in the driver's place and started the car and pressed on the accelerator as he drow towards the suburbs Upon Meng's command, reaching thre location Xiong Zhiqiang dropped them off in front of the Su residence. Su Meng asked Ming to go inside, but William insisted on bringing Ming alone. Finding no choice, he brought Ming along 

SU Meng walked with ease Su Ming was astonished finding something a mis he turned towards Su Meng saying 

"Meng, don't you find it a bit suspicious"

"i know,"

saying Meng took a mask out of his pocket and put it on. He took another out and passed it to Ming, who put it on with a lot of questions written on his face, upon reaching the living room he saw the man in his 30's roaming around while a women with a blond hair sat on the sofa with a tension itched on her face diagonal to her the man in his 40's was sitting with a calm and composed demeanor, he was Su Xin Su Meng's personal secretary.

SU Ming and William walk before while Su Meng followed the from the back As soon as Su Xin saw three figures walking in he stood up and was about to great him Su Meng gestured him to be quiet while stealing a glances at Ming and William

understanding Su Meng's implication Su Xin nodded and turned his head to wards William. the Asian man ran towards the in his 30's ran towards William asking

"are you alright are you hurt any where"

shocking his head he ran towards the blond hair girl who walked towards upon seeing William she hugged William while tears streaming down as she murmured 

"thank god i finally found you"

After few seconds she composed her self asking

"Do you remember any of the people who took you away"

Willian shock his head saying

"they wore masks on"

"okay, then lets leave it to the police"

Diverting her gaze she looked at the men standing away with a questioning look contemplating who was the chairman of international groups finding inner turmoil Su Xin walked forward saying 

"they are the one who saved William"

winking at Allice finding something amiss scanned the room seeing everyone was looking at him with a bitter smile she replied

"i see, thank you so much if it wasn't for you guys i can't imagine what will happened to baby boy" 

Zhao Gaiping step forward with a sense of grievance and malice saying

"we are really thankful to your help let us know if you guys need any help in the future please don't refine from reaching us"

"it's our destiny to meet William and i didn't do anything it's was my brother who saved your son anyway"

saying SU Meng stepped aside from Allice's sight smiling Allice look at SU Ming with a approachable and kind look saying

"since that's the case this is my no: let me know if you need anything in the future"

handing a business card to Su Ming pushing it back politely Su Ming replied

"no need miss if you really think of helping please provide sponsorship for the poor kids"

Taking out a card with the name Happy Homes printed on it with mobile no: below Su Ming handing it over to Allice, as he took two steps backward with trepidus. William, who was watching from the sides, chuckled softly as he grabbed my arm with his little hands and ran upstairs.

Su Ming glanced at Meng pleading for help, turning his face Meng looked away as if he didn't see it as the Ming's figure faded away Su Mengs face turn to that of seriousness as he questioned SU Xin while walking towards the main seat adorned with the red fabric with a golden frame surrounding it removing his mask as his handsome yet distinct features came into view 

"Where is Su Bo"

"Secretary SU got a call a hour prior from the head quarters so he departed hastily" 

"i see, so why did the situation like this excavated in the presence of 100 elite body guards surrounding the international group"

SU Bo calmly replied saying

"Mr. Zhao Gaiping here brought a group of mercenaries demanded that our security to retreat fainting dissatisfaction in order to refrain from further conflict to excavate we followed the Client's arrangements"

"so, you're thought you didn't have any further responsibility in protecting them"

Su Meng dissatisfied with Si Xin's response retorted, Su Xin maintaining his composed facade responded

"no sir, since then we placed few individuals to watch over their safety measures in secret"

"if that's the case why did William got kidnaped under your watch should i take it as your incompetence"

Su Meng perplexed questioned as he's countenance darkened, Su Xin shook his head clarifying

"According to them, no outsiders reached out to young master William. We suspect that the person who kidnapped William must be one of the mercenaries that Mr. Zhao Gaiping brought in."

Zhao Gaiping wiped the sweat formed on his forehead composing his demeanor stood up maintaining facade of calmness saying 

"How dare those rescales try to kidnap my flesh and blood i will make sure they pay for it"

with an astonishment Meng looked at Zhao Gaiping with a pure disgust and astonishmen as if he was looking at the clone composing his demeanor he looked in to Zhao Gaiping's eyes

"what do you plan to do"

Zhao Gaiping scratched his cheek with embarrassment the Allice look at them in a daze as she try to understand their conversation, when bold letters started to appear on the Zhao Gaiping's head 'damn it i almost got caught' Su Meng smiled wryly and was about to to tear the Zhao Gaiping's mask when the phone call broke the silence

Meng look at them as if to excuse himself before Picking up the call Meng glanced at the Caller ID he answered quickly placing it near his ears as he spoke

"hello, director Guo how can i help you"

Meng greeted Guo Xuedong asking about the purposeofthe call, when Guo Xuedong's voice came from other end of the phone

"Meng where are you now"

"At the villa no: 1"

Meng perplexed replied without hiding anything, Guo Xuedong voice grow even more unsettling questioned

"villa no: 1 isn't it the villa rumored to be owned by international groups founder what are you doing their"

"i just came by to hand William to their parents is something wrong"

Su Meng without hiding anything devolged everything to Guo Xuedong, remembering the main purpose Guo Xuedong scesed his talk and asked

"Ah, is his father Zhao Gaiping still there"

Su Meng Inevidently glancing at Zhao Gaiping Meng replied

"yep, he is"

Sensing the tension Allice walked over, diverting his gaze Su Meng listened to Guo Xuedong's word

"try to keep him there for few minutes we are on our way"

"is something wrong"

Su Meng trying to confirm his predicament questioned"when Guo Xuedong briefed on the situation

"during our interrogation we found out Zhao Gaiping was behind William's kidnap Well that's all i can say you for now make sure you keep him safe and captive"

"okay, got it"

Su Meng agreed before hanging up the call Zhao Gaiping feeling something was a miss in Meng's gaze made an excuse to leave, when Meng interjected him asking

"Why Are you in such a hurry to flew"

Zhao Gaiping face darkened as he look at Su Meng fiercely stammering

"Boy you need not involve your self in the matters that don't concern you"

with a mocking expression Meng looked at Zhao Gaiping stating

"Over the past few weeks, the public image of International Group has decreased noticeably. On top of that, the stock price has also dropped by 0.001% in just the past month. And yet, you stand in front of me now, claiming to have nothing to do with it?." 

Meng suddenly released a dark energy as the room filled with opresive, Zhao Gaiping took a few steps backward as momentous premonition hit him as a bolt. Turning around, he tried to flee out of the house when several bodyguard surrounded ZhaoGaipingupon Meng's orders. blocking the path. Zhao Gaiping looked around in a panic.

allice stood up from the sofa as she made her way towards Zhao Gaiping's side as she questioned Meng with a fierce gaze

"what's the meaning of this" 

Meng closed his eyes as he took a deep breath the surrounding's become calmer opening his eyes Meng gazed at Allice saying

"I received a call from the Ministry of Public Security. They want to interview your husband in relation to the kidnapping incident. But he was not willing to cooperate and tried to flee. I suspect he had some connection with the incident."

Allice stood frozen in disbelief, composing herself she look at Zhao Gaiping with disgust saying

"are you really planning to flee"

"no, it's all a misunderstanding "

Zhao Gaiping waved his hand'strying to smooth things over in denial when allice scoffed retorting

"misunderstanding, i clearly saw you trying to leave moments ago"

"i..i..."

Zhao Gaiping stumbled upon his words as he instinctively took a step backwards

STATUS:

name: Su Meng(Zhang Yunlong)

Age: 17 years

Race: Human

Title: None

Strength: 5000/10000

Agility: 900/1000

Luck: 6/10 

Energy: 9500/10000

Bank Balance: 80,000,000,000,000 US 

skills: Dancing

Drawing

Brewing

Hacking

Fighting

Super brain

Calligraphy

Singing

Piano

Racing

Fire Arms

Identification

Brain Reading

Cultivation Master

Medicine

Invisibility

Voice Changer

Strategist Master

Instruments Master

personal:

Maids 999950

Drivers 999980

spies 999900

Hackers 990000

Body Guards 999950

Assassins 999900

Man servants 999900

Doctors 999950

professional managers 999970

Butlers 999998

Biologists 1,000,000

scientists- medicine 1,000,000

scientists- Energy 1,000,000

scientists- Mech 1,000,000

energy crystals: 1000

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