"Hello?"
Jiang Ning picked up his phone. Static crackled in the earpiece, followed by a familiar, anxious voice.
"Hello, is that Jiang Ning?"
Su Meng's voice was filled with unease, her tone slightly trembling.
The background noise on the other end of the phone was chaotic, like a bustling place, which highlighted her anxiety even more.
Jiang Ning immediately recognized her voice and quickly replied, "Yes, it's me. President Su, where are you?"
Su Meng's voice was tinged with a sob. She urgently asked, "Jiang Ning, how is Mengmeng? The police just called me."
Jiang Ning subconsciously turned his head, looking at Mengmeng in the living room, who was staring at the television screen.
Her figure was reflected in the light of the television screen, looking a bit lonely.
"President Su, please wait a moment."
He spoke softly, his voice unconsciously lowering, afraid of disturbing Mengmeng.
Then, he turned around, a gentle smile on his face, and said to Mengmeng, "Mengmeng, watch TV for a while, Uncle Jiang will take a call."
"Okay."
Mengmeng's eyes were fixed on the television, and she didn't even raise her head as she replied.
Jiang Ning thought, Su Meng called directly instead of choosing the more direct Huayin Video, she must be very anxious.
He quietly walked into the kitchen and gently closed the door behind him.
"Okay, Mengmeng heard it. It's obvious they were coming for Mengmeng. But she's scared now and very sensitive about the park. It's best not to take her there again."
Jiang Ning calmly explained the key information to Su Meng.
On the other end of the phone, Su Meng let out a long sigh of relief and said gratefully, "Thank you, Jiang Ning. I know this is serious. Luckily, you were there. Otherwise, those people would definitely try to use Mengmeng to blackmail me."
Jiang Ning immediately reassured her, "Don't worry, President Su. Before you come back, I won't take Mengmeng out again, and nothing will happen to her."
Su Meng apologized, "I'm sorry, Jiang Ning, for causing you trouble. I didn't think things through and didn't expect this to happen. I'll have my assistant send two bodyguards to the area specifically to be responsible for Mengmeng's safety."
Jiang Ning quickly said, "President Su, you're too kind. It's no trouble at all."
"I really like Mengmeng, and taking care of her is what I should do."
Su Meng paused, then said, "Alright, I'll video call Mengmeng later using Huayin Video.
If we see each other now, she'll definitely want me to go back. We'll talk again after she's calmed down. I'll hang up for now."
Jiang Ning replied, "Okay, let's do that. Goodbye, President Su."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Ning slowly walked back to the living room.
He watched Mengmeng, who was waving her little fists and imitating the martial arts moves on TV.
His heart felt like it had been violently clenched by an invisible hand, a sharp pain.
He was secretly annoyed, blaming his own lack of vigilance.
That group of thugs had clearly been following them since the villa; otherwise, how could they have so precisely intercepted them at the park?
Thinking back to their experience at the park, when they were boating, those thugs were probably already lurking in the shadows, waiting.
As soon as they got off the carousel, they couldn't wait to surround them.
It seemed that the area around the villa was likely under their surveillance.
At this moment, Su Meng had arrived at the hotel and urgently dialed her younger brother Su Che's phone.
"Su Che, does your classmate Jiang Ning know any martial arts?"
She skipped the usual pleasantries and got straight to the point.
Su Che was puzzled on the other end of the phone, scratching his head, "Sis, I don't know. Probably not, we've never fought with anyone at university, I'm not sure. What's wrong? Sis, why are you asking this?"
"Alright, if you don't know, then that's that. I'll hang up now."
Su Meng sounded a little disappointed, with a hint of fatigue in her voice.
The "beep beep beep" of the busy signal filled the air, and she helplessly put down her phone.
She'd hoped to get some information about Jiang Ning from her brother, but she didn't expect Su Che to know nothing.
When she'd just called Jiang Ning, she hadn't been comfortable asking directly, figuring that since her brother and Jiang Ning were classmates, he might know something.
If Jiang Ning really knew martial arts, she wouldn't have to go through the trouble of arranging bodyguards to go over there.
She had brought all her bodyguards with her to America this time.
If she needed to arrange more bodyguards, she could only find people she trusted, and the only ones she could trust were those she could pull from her father's side.
If Jiang Ning knows martial arts, they can stay in the villa district, and she won't have to worry so much.
After all, the villa district has many security guards and regular patrols.
There's a police booth right next to the district, with six police officers on duty at all times. Jiang Ning and the others usually just take Mengmeng to the supermarket to buy food, which is relatively safe.
Su Che hung up the phone, looking bewildered. He was muttering to himself, What's wrong with my sister? Why is she asking such strange questions?
However, he didn't dwell on it and soon put the matter out of his mind.
Su Meng held her phone, staring blankly. Her fingers gently rubbed the screen, hesitating about whether to call her father.
The police had told her that thankfully, Jiang Ning had defeated the five thugs, preventing Mengmeng from being kidnapped, but the police hadn't explained how exactly Jiang Ning had done it.
"Forget it, I'll call Jiang Ning later and ask him. If he knows martial arts, then I won't have to ask Father for help."
She was secretly calculating in her heart.
She wanted to call her father, mainly because her father had not supported her adopting Mengmeng from the beginning, and she had left home in a huff with Mengmeng.
If she now, in order to protect Mengmeng, had to call her father to get two bodyguards, she really couldn't bring herself to do it. Her temper was as stubborn as her father, Su Yunlong.
Time passed quietly, watching Mengmeng's earnest look as she practiced martial arts.
Half an hour quickly passed.
Jiang Ning stood to the side, watching Mengmeng immersed in her own world.
He was very reluctant to make her turn off the TV, only silently accompanying her from the side.
He was thinking that he would see if Mengmeng's condition would improve tomorrow.
I really wouldn't dare to take her to the amusement park again, afraid of stirring up her good memories.
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Another half hour passed.
Jiang Ning really couldn't hold back anymore. He walked to Mengmeng and said softly, "Mengmeng, that's enough. You've watched too much TV today. Come on, Uncle Jiang will accompany you to draw, okay?"
Mengmeng said in a milky voice, "Uncle Jiang, Mengmeng still wants to watch. Mengmeng wants to learn very, very powerful martial arts to defeat those bad guys."
Her eyes sparkled with determination, and her face was full of longing for power.
Jiang Ning smiled and persuaded, "That won't work, Mengmeng. If you keep watching, your eyes will turn blind. Then you won't be able to see the bad guys, how can you defeat them?"
Mengmeng tilted her head and thought for a moment, as if she felt that Uncle Jiang was making a lot of sense.
So she nodded and said, "Okay, Uncle Jiang, then you accompany Mengmeng to draw, draw a group of bad guys being defeated by Mengmeng."
Jiang Ning reached out and rubbed Mengmeng's head, turning off the TV.
He held Mengmeng's hand and walked towards the balcony: "Okay. We'll draw Mengmeng as a super heroine, a really powerful one."
"Uncle Jiang, can you draw one first, and then Mengmeng can draw one, okay?"
Mengmeng looked up, her eyes filled with a pleading expression.
It was true that she could handle drawing some animals, but drawing action scenes was a bit difficult for her.
"Okay."
Jiang Ning rubbed Mengmeng's head again, walked to the table on the balcony, and picked up a paintbrush to start drawing.
Mengmeng: "Uncle Jiang, draw Mengmeng kicking a bad guy and sending him flying. Then draw the bad guy crawling up, okay?"
Hearing Mengmeng's words, Jiang Ning was slightly stunned, and then a gentle smile appeared on his lips.
So, Mengmeng had imagined the protagonist in the park as Mengmeng the Hero.
"Alright, alright, Uncle Jiang will draw it right now."
Jiang Ning smiled and nodded, beginning to draw seriously.
Mengmeng, on the other hand, stared at Jiang Ning's paintbrush with focused and expectant eyes.
Twenty minutes later, Jiang Ning finished the drawing.
Mengmeng couldn't wait to pick up the paintbrush, and while looking at Jiang Ning's drawing, began her own creation, stroke by stroke.
It has to be said, Mengmeng really did have a talent for drawing.
Although the drawing wasn't as refined and beautiful as Jiang Ning's, the expressions and movements were about sixty percent similar.
Watching Mengmeng's earnest appearance, Jiang Ning felt a heart full of satisfaction.
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