In the Su Villa, Su Meng walked down stares where Ming was having a breakfast and SU Qian was reading newspaper.
Su Meng greeted his father saying
"good morning dad"
Su Qian raise his head only to meat with Meng wearing exact same dress as Ming with a ocean blue shirt with White jeans and white shoes, SU Qian greeted meng
"good morning, go and have breakfast"
"By the way dad where is mom"
Looking around Su Meng questioned with a perplexed expression
"She went out early in the morning saying she have an appointment with some one"
Qian said as he placed newspaper in his hand's on to the table, Su Meng worried about her safety enquired
"i see, did she go all by herself"
"No, she took Zhang Haowei with her"
Qian waving his hand responded without any worry, upon learning Zhang Haowei was with her su Meng feel at ease stood up and made his way to the dining area sitting opposite to Ming while a maid brought breakfast over placing Infront of Meng she bowed and left gracefully before saying
"please enjoy your breakfast young master"
Su Meng picking up the spoon took a sip of the soup as he exclaimed without looking at Ming
"till what time will you stay in the orphanage today"
"till evening"
Ming replied as he took a bite of Roasted Duck
"i see"
saying this SU Meng focused on his food while devouring his food, Ming placed chopsticks on the table he wiped his lips with a napkin as he looked at Meng infront enquiring
"why did you ask"
"i have an appointment at noon"
Su Meng responded without looking up, Ming placed the napkin onto the table and said before walking away
"i see"
Meng raising his head he look at Ming fading back he took his mobile out of his pocket amd dialed Cai Wenjie's number,the call was answered quickly as Cai Wenjie's voice came from other side
"Hi, meng what's up are you calling about our meeting"
"yes, let's meet at Jiaqi sushi restaurant in the center"
Su Meng affirmed before recounting the meeting place, Cai Wenjie nodded responding
"okay, no problem"
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Meng hung up the call. wiping his mouth, stood up, and made his way to the living room.
In the living room, Meng sat next to Ming as he asked looking at his father
"what are your plans for mom's birthday"
Su Qian replied while setting his paper aside
"i planned to take her on a trip around but she have to go capital for few days"
"oh, on a business trip"
Ming enquired with an interest, Qian affirmed nodding with a hint of sadness
"hmm, to give a hand in order to attract investment for chip development"
"i see, in that case you can plan once she came back"
Ming said before continuing to scroll through his mobile Qian nodded in agreement saying
"i too thought so"
as soon as the words fell Xiong Zhiqiang walked in standing in front of he said bowing
"Young master, the car was ready"
nodding Ming stood up addressing meng
"let's go"
Closing his lock screen Meng stood up and followed Ming out of the villa before saying bye to Qian
"Bye dad"
While Qian Waved his hand in response Outside the villa, Xiong Zhiqiang was standing beside the Rolls-Royce Phantom waiting for their arrival. Spotting Ming and Meng, Xiong Zhiqiang opened the car door to Ming and Meng, bowing 45 degrees, and closing the door. Xiong Zhiqiang started the car, driving away.
20 minutes later, Ming and Meng were playing in their phone's while sitting in the car, the phone in Meng's hand rang glancing at the called ID Meng answered the call while greating
"Hello Brother"
"Meng can you give me a hand about the kidnapping case"
from the other end of the phone Guo Xue dong's expectant voice came through, rubbing his temples Meng replied saying
"what can i do for you"
"I've been doing some investigating, and it turns out that the main members of the kidnapping case are in the Capital. We can't find the exact location, but according to our intelligence the main server was placed in the hall of wolf gang, and we got the URL to contact their main website. Our men said it will take nearly 48 hours to break the firewall, so can you find the location for me?"
Guo Xuedong said with a grave and pleading voice Meng hearing it was a urgent matter agreed right away
"sure send me the URL"
"okay, thanks"
Guo Xuedong agreed right away as he thanked him in advance, Su Meng waved his hand dismissively replying
"no problem, it's a piece of cake"
Meng hung up the call and tossed the phone aside. He reached out to the laptop in the back and connected it with his phone. Click on the URL sent by Guo Xuedong; the page redirected to a sign saying, "This page does not exist."
Smiled slightly typing serious of codes on the laptop and tapping on the enter key the page started redirecting to the new page where a new page appeared a long space bar with the whole background pitch black clicking on the bar Meng type the word Kidnapping
The screen swiftly changed to a new page with the different code names along with rating and pay, but Meng ignored that. He started typing various codes while performing coding and decoding.
Few minutes later, Su Meng tapped on the enter key. The screen dimmed as a new one appeared showing the geographic map of Capital with a red dot pointing to the Western suburbs. A smile engrossed Su Meng's lips as he closed the laptop and made a call to Guo Xuedong. The call connected quickly, and Guo Xuedong's enthusiastic voice came from the other side of the phone.
"hello, Meng"
"Brother i sent it, call me if you need anything"
Meng stated out of politeness, when Guo Xuedong proposed with a hint of embarrassment in his tone.
"Sure, oh right Su Meng i heard you have a private Jet"
"yes, is something wrong
Su Meng enquired with curiosity, Guo Xuedong continued
"no, not yet all it's just can you led it we checked and found no flight tickets available till tomorrow"
"sure, you can contact the person if you need anything i sent the contact info to your phone"
Su Meng agreed right away without any hesitation, Guo Xuedong delighted hang up before saying
"okay, i will not disturb you anymore"
Meng changing the mobile screen continued playing with his phone. Ming glanced at him before going back to watching videos. At the two stored building, the bold letters were engraved above the arch saying HAPPY HOMES inside Kids are playing in an organized groups where the care takers are monitoring them there are about 2 men and 4 women care takers in the orphanage while 50 children of different age groups are living in the orphanage.
Few minutes later, a silk Rolls-Royce Phantom came to a halt in front of the orphanage. Xiong Zhiqiang got out of the car while opening the car door for Ming and Meng. Both of them came out of the car and made their way inside. A boy who was playing near the gate spotted Ming ran towards him while shouting out loud
"Brother Ming was here"
The kids in the playground gazed at the gate lifting their heads eventually running towards Ming. All the kid surrounded Ming making it unable to move forward scotting down Ming ruffled through the boys hair saying
"Did you guys miss me"
Everyone exclaimed in unison with a sweet and childish voice
"yes, we missed you"
Smiling Ming addressed them saying
"I brought gifts and snacks to you guys shall we take a look at them"
Everyone nodded their little heads while eventually running into the building Ming and Meng followed suit
In the orphanage lobby Su Ming was sitting in the chair while piles of gifts and snacks were lied on the table in front of them beside Ming a middle aged women in her 60's was sitting while looking at the eager looks on the children faces she exclaimed
"Thank to you i can see them eating and enjoying happily"
The Happy Homes orphanage was established in 1986. Four years ago, Ming bought the orphanage and expanded it into various branches, with the one in the capital as the main branch. Not only that, a year ago, Ming also adopted the culture of building nursing homes.
Meng was sitting far away from the crowd while playing in his phone the phone in the Meng's hand started ringing glancing at the caller ID Meng's face softened as he answered the call with a smile while addressing
"Hi, Mom"
"Meng are you up yet"
Jiao asked as she leaned back into the leather chair in her office, Meng exasperated replied
"i am"
"what are you up to"
Jiao enquired with a hint of curiosity, Meng raising his head he glanced at Ming in the distance and responded
"accompanying Ming to the orphanage"
"i see, i am leaving to capital tomorrow"
Jiao already heard from Qian said with delight, Meng enquired with Jiao since her every visit to the capital will take upto 2 week's till she returns
"is that so"
"yes, i am accompanying Ms. Zhao to secure investment, it's just finalized in the morning meeting"
Jiao said as she gazed at the plain tickets laying on the table, Meng didn't think much about it and nodded in response to Jiao's explanation
"i see"
"Also, i talk to Ms. Zhao about the matter you mentioned "
Jiao continued, Su Meng remembering to make an appointment with Ms. Zhao yesterday
"About the appointment"
"no, About Cui Haibo's affair"
Jiao shook her head in denial saying, Meng curious to know her reaction enquired
"What did she say"
"to keep it a secret until the matters on the hand settle down"
Jiao replied with a melancholic expression, after a brief pause Meng spoke into the phone saying
"I see, she was worried about the public opinion"
"hmm"
Jiao affirmed Meng's suspension, Meng responded with a nod saying
"okay, i will not disturb you anymore"
"okay, bye bye"
saying Jiao hung up the call, Ming shook his head, and was about to continue watching the videos when he found a glimpse of a figure hiding in the stairwell. Curious, Meng walked over to the kid while asking
"what are you doing here"
The kid jumped aside with a jolt as he cautiously scrutinized Meng while clenching a small backpack in his hand. Meng's expression soften as He scooted down while engraving a smile, Meng addressed the kid, asking,
"what are you doing here aren't you gone queue up"
while pointing towards the crowd of people in the line the kid took two steps backward while fleeing as he replied without looking back
"i didn't like them"
Embarrassed Meng walked back to watching videos the kid who ran off was standing beside a caretaker as he kept peeking at Meng now and then. After calling Su Meng, Guo Xuedong and his group of six traveled to the airport and arrived at the capital within two hours. Su Bo provided the transportation, and Guo Xuedong contacted the public security, requesting that they cooperate with the local police.
Under the command of Guo Xuedong, the team subdued four main members and about 30 regular members of the Wolf Gang. Xia Yong and his team dragged them away while Guo Xuedong observed the area and noticed something suspicious. Guo Xuedong called out for Xia Yong and walked toward the members as he did a headcount. When he found three members, he asked,
"Where are the other two members?"
3 glanced at Guo Xuedong proactively Guo Xuedong scoffed saying
"let's see if you stay same after the investigation"
saying He signaled Yong to take them away, Guo Dong walked back in while the surroundings were quiet and clean
"uhhhh"
suddenly the series of voices rang from below, contemplating Guo Xuedong started rampaging through the shelves. He found a lever behind the flower vase. Curious about what was down there, he pulled the lever. The floor underneath split open, creating steps to the underground. Meanwhile Xia Yong came back after sending them with the local police along with yuan min as soon as he stepped in he saw the floor leading to the new pathway he froze on the spot looking at Guo xuedong he asked
"should i call someone to check"
"no, i will go myself"
As soon as Xia Yong and yuan min returned to the Wolf Gang base, Guo Xuedong took the initiative to explore the basement. The flashlights in his hand illuminated the cavernous space. The scene that was revealed caused a shiver to run down his spine. dozen of children are lying on the ground torn, beaten and tortured some are chained to the wall the one that caught Guo Xuedong's attention was the 12 years old boy who's hands and legs are chained to the wall growling at Guo Xuedong behind him a 5 year old girl was lying unconscious urging in pain.
Xia Yong and Yuan Min who followed Guo Xuedong almost stumped to the ground loosing their balance, coming back to his senses Guo Xuedong instructed Yong and Min
"hurry up call someone to take them to examination"
"sir we have minimal people we may not be able to transport at a time"
Xuedong agreeing to Xia Yong's words he started contemplating remembering something he turned towards Yong asking
"isn't the person Meng introduced outside bring him in"
Nodding Yong left and came back in a minute a young man in his 20's following him, seeing the scene in front the young mans face darkened with malice composing he turned towards Xuedong asking
"what can i do"
"we would like to transport them to the hospital for treatment"
Guo Xuedong said with an hint of urgency in his speech
after a pause the young man replied saying
"it would be a hassle to bring then to the hospital, just take them to our base or to Happy Homes it's will be quick"
"I think the Happy Homes are only 2 KM's ahead"
Guo Xuedong asked with a hint of joy, the young man interjected saying
"You need young master Ming's permission for that"
As soon as the words fell Guo Xuedong took out his phone initiating a call,On the other side Su Meng was playing a Land lord on his phone where Ming was playing with children. Meng called out to Ming
"Big bro, can i have a second"
while hanging up the call, Ming walked over while questioning
"what's it"
"can you call the main branch and ask them to arrange the medical team ready Meng Qiaolin was on his way with injured children"
Meng state with calmness, Ming with out pressing further agreed right away
"sure, no problem"
saying Su Ming walked towards a tree while making a call few minutes later Ming got back saying
"i informed them about it"
Meng praised Ming while giving a thumps up
"you're the best"
Ming rolled his eyes in exasperation while sitting next to Meng he asked
"who exactly are those kids"
facing Ming Meng teased him saying
"why are you curious or feel bad to them"
Ming replied to Meng firmly
"Curious"
Meng replied saying
"it's the kidnapping gang who kidnapped William, Guo Xuedong raided their main base this morning and found around 20 kids in the basement"
"i see their would have suffered a lot in their"
Ming said his spirits lowering noticeable, Meng placed his hand on Ming's shoulder saying
"if you want you can take them in"
"well i will eventually if they are orphans"
Ming shrugged responding Ming and Meng talked for few minutes while Ming left to play with kids,
In The Zhang family,
The living room was tense. Sitting in the main chair was Zhang Hao, with Zhang Ruonan on his left and Zhang Ling on his right. On the right followed by beside Ruonan, a middle-aged man in his 60s with rim glasses named Lin Yong and beside Ling, a woman with fair skin and rosy lips who looks like she's in her 50s even though she's in her 60s named Ren Min.
Lin Yong was Ruonan's husband and also a director of the Zhang family chip industry and also one of the expert in the chip industry, Old Zhang brought him in while promising 4% of company shares later Lin Yong and Zhang Ruona was married just due to mutual benefits.
Ren Min was the famous designer in the jewelry industry, Zhang Ling Hi meat her in a fashion show and fell in love later and Old Zhang didn't refuse due to her professionalism and expertise along with her coming from the military family Zhang Yiming was the first son born to Zhang Ling Hi and Ren Min followed by a girl Zhang Nana were Lin Yong and rounan have their first baby girl Zhang Jingyi who was 5 years older than Zhang Yiming. Old Zhang glanced at the room asking
"Is every one here"
"yes Master"
the butler standing beside Old Zhang responded Nodding Old Zhang continued saying
"Did you guys know why i called you guys over"
everyone in the room exchanged glances were Zhang Ling He replied saying
"is it about chips"
"yes, the Allen technologies have announced that their chip have been passed the initial trial and was waiting for final screening results. Once the results are announced they will seek partnership investment, did any of you have any ideas how to secure it"
The room fell tense eventually Ling Hi voiced saying
"father what about we invite the chairman to dinner and discuss this matter with curtesy"
"we already tried but they declined"
Old Zhang said as he dismissed Zhang Ling He's idea, when Yuo Nan interjected rebutting
"how dare they reject our Zhang family invitation"
"Allen groups already have two partners working together, all it came due to the confidence that International group was supporting them while holding 15 % rights in the Chip Development"
Old Zhang said with a meaning in their arrogance in rejecting Zhang Family, Zhang Ling He with his low intelligence brimmed with aggogance said
"Just a mare international group can do to our Zhang family"
"don't you dare underestimate International group don't ever think of messing with them"
Old Zhang face darkened as he roared saying, Zhang Ling He lowered his head with fear not darling to talk more. The room fell quiet as no one dare to make any noise after a brief silence Ruonan look into Old Zhang's eyes saying
"Father i heard that Ms. Zhao's husband Mr. Cui was rumored to have liking to the young women why can't we start with him"
Hearing to RuoNan's plan Old Zhang praised her
"hmm, not bad"
RuoNan smiled looking at Ling He with a mocking and proud face. Lin Yong who was sitting beside Ruonan saw this and changed the topic asking
"Mr. Zhang you said Allen have two partners what is the other company you are talking about"
"Don't know according to our insiders that company was operating in Capital for last 5 years and no one except few members know about the owner"
Old Zhang responded with a disappointment on his face.
Note: 5 years ago when Old Xu proposed expanding Jiaqi groups to capital Su Meng rejected saying
"it will keep his parents in danger due to the presence of Zhang family influence"
later Jiao proposed building connections in shadows, SU Meng gradually agreed with a condition of not showing herself in the limelight
"do they have more influence than Zhang family"
Zhang Ling He asked with curiosity, when Old Zhang responded
"Don't know since their wealth and connections and never shown public. But their first backers were International groups and second were Xu groups"
"It's international groups again"
Ruonan voiced her dissatisfaction, when Zhang Lung He enquired
"Xu family! dad are Xu family also participating in the partnership bid proposed by Allen group"
"No, they don't have any chip industries"
Old Zhang rssponded aware of his intentions, Ruonan breath a sigh of relief while saying
"thank god we have one less competitor"
"Everyone was contemplating that Su family will win this time since their main business was Chip industry"
"then why don't we intimidate them to withdraw"
Ren Min who was quiet suggested with out a hint of hesitation Old Zhang sighed in disappointment and stood up saying
"that's it for today, you guys can go and get ready for the bid and also take it as a test for selecting the next head of the family who ever secures the bid will likely have haig chance of being next head"
saying he turned back and lift to the stairs with out looking back Butler who was standing beside followed suit before bowing to the family members.
An hour later,
Su Meng stretched his body. Standing up, he made his way inside where all the kids were playing with bright smiles on their lips. Scanning the room, Meng found Ming talking to the caretaker, and standing beside the caretaker, he spotted the boy from earlier.
The boy was peeking at them. Reaching Meng stood beside Ming who was in a deep conversation, once the Ming was done talking care taker left the scene with the boy. Ming addressed Ming asking
"is something wrong"
"I have to run because I have an appointment soon. I'll be back once I'm done, though."
"okay, take care"
Waving his hand, Su Meng departed without delaying any further. Outside, Xiong Zhiqiang was waiting for Meng to depart. Spotting Meng, Xiong Zhiqiang stepped forward as he opened the car door. Meng got in the car without any further pleasantries. Sitting in the car, Su Meng instructed Xiong Zhiqiang to drive towards the Jiaqi sushi restaurant. After a fifteen-minute drive, Meng reached the restaurant without any hurdles.
Entering the restaurant the young and beautiful women in her 30's with a fair skin walked towards Meng she greeted Meng saying
"hello, young master Meng we have already arranged a private room for you this way please"
"okay i have a guest coming over please let them over"
Su Meng said as he nodded in satisfaction, the waitress nodded responding
"sure sir"
saying she led the way towards the restaurants luxurious box which was only open for the family of four and to Xu family. Ju Jing Yi opened the door to the diamond room pushing it she gestured Meng to enter. the room was large with a big sofa placed in the middle the wall was adorned with various European style paintings, blue and white percaline.