The memory she had tried to forget crashed back violently, 'Yueyao trembled with fear as the kidnappers held her down, her shaking fingers barely managing to dial Shen Xiao's number. When the call finally connected, relief had surged through her chest… only to freeze into icy despair when Bai Zhi's calm, indifferent voice answered instead.
"President Shen is busy right now," Bai Zhi had said coldly, her tone laced with faint amusement. "He won't be receiving any calls today."
In the background, Yueyao could hear Shen Xuan's playful laughter. Her heart twisted painfully as she cried out his name, her voice breaking with terror as she pleaded desperately, "Xuan'er… baby… tell Daddy to save Mommy… please… tell him…"
But her son only giggled softly, thinking it was all a game, before Bai Zhi ended the call without another word.
She called her son again even though she had lost all the hope and she managed to connect a video call to Shen Xuan's Apple Watch.
