Daisy said with a frown. She had never shied away from her acts, be it good or bad. She wasn't afraid of admitting her mistakes. It was her nature.
"Nothing wrong? Your mistake is that you shouldn't have appeared in Ed's life with this kid. You ruined my relationship with Ed. He loved me so much until you showed up. You stole him from me! You're the other woman!" Jessica got very excited. She raised her hand and slapped Daisy. But Daisy dodged it quickly, although she was still weak.
"Jessica, are you done yet? Quit pestering. I have to go and deal with some business later. Listen up. You can't hurt them. Or I'll be very mad." Hero was now curious to know more about Edward. Why was Jessica so obsessed with him? How did he make an aloof woman like Daisy fall in love with him?
"I'm not pestering. You can't be biased in her favor. She has been bullying me all the time. She stole my boyfriend and destroyed Lin Group. Everything bad that happened to me was because of her. And now even you're choosing her over me. Is she that perfect? How come everyone is bewitched by her?" Hero's words triggered Jessica's pent-up rage. He was here to help her deal with Daisy. But he seemed to have forgotten it. Rather, he had become Daisy's ally. Jessica couldn't take such an embarrassing outcome.
"I've agreed to take her out of the city, even out of the country. What are you still angry about?" Hero wasn't a tolerant man. He had tolerated Daisy's rudeness solely because he was obsessed with her. She was an exception. Not anyone could do the same thing to him.
"I... I'm angry because you are protecting her." Jessica pursed her lips and lowered her voice. She knew well how cold-blooded her otherwise gentle-looking cousin actually was. When Edward arrived at the Tea Fragrance, he was too anxious to park his car in the parking lot. He got out of the car and walked up to Luke as quickly as he could. All this while, he had a terrified look on his face.
"Mr. Mu, I've asked around. This coffee house was open in the morning, but then suddenly it was closed. I wonder if it has anything to do with Mrs. Mu and Justin's disappearance." Luke was very worried. He would have broken into the coffee house if he were certain about its connection with Daisy and Justin's disappearance.
"Okay. Then let's wait for the police. We can't just break in. Ask the technicians of the technique department to hack into the telephone company's system to figure out all the people Daisy communicated with on the phone this morning."
Edward looked at his watch anxiously. On the face of it, he seemed a person doing everything by the book, but law and ethics actually didn't mean much to him. Daisy's call log could be accessed through the telephone company, but the process would be painfully tortuous and annoying. Hacking into its system would be much more convenient and efficient.
"Mr. Mu, why don't we go to the telephone company and ask for Daisy's call log straight away?" Luke looked at Edward in confusion. Once again, Edward chose an unusual method to solve a problem.
"Would you want to go through the complicated process of the telephone company? Do you think it will be faster than hacking into its system?" Then Edward started to dial a number on his phone. If he went to the telephone company, he would have to present a lot of ID credentials to get the call log. He preferred to settle a matter in the easiest and the fastest manner possible. Luke nodded. Edward valued efficiency. He wouldn't waste time on the lengthy procedure.
How is everything going? Are they really missing?" Kevin trotted over. He had been worried ever since Edward phoned him. He tried hard to convince himself that this was just a temporary situation, like every time she was on a mission and she would be in touch with everyone soon. But it didn't work. He left the army base early. Then he got a second call from Edward, saying Daisy's car had been found but she was nowhere to be seen. So he had come in a hurry.
"So far it looks like they have been kidnapped," Luke answered. Edward was still on the phone. At this point, the chief of Public Security Bureau, Mr. Yi arrived. Usually he didn't come to the crime scene himself. But this time, the people involved were significant and this case was sensitive for his own reputation and his career.
"Major General Gu, you are faster than me. Any new findings?" Mr. Yi asked politely. He was aware of Kevin's powerful family background.
"Not yet. Open the door. Let's go in and see if we can get any leads," Kevin said, lifting his chin.
"Okay, on it." Mr. Yi said to the policemen behind him without hesitation, "You guys, open the door. Smash it if you have to."
Yes, sir." The policemen rarely got a chance to meet a high-level official like Kevin. Seeing how much their chief respected Kevin, the policemen assumed he must be very important.
Picking a lock was easy for the police. Within several minutes, the door was open. To preserve the scene, they all went in carefully. There were traces of fights. Broken tables and chairs were lying around. Everyone was convinced that this place did have something to do with Daisy and Justin's disappearance.
Find out every little thing about this place's owner, including name, background, and social connections," Kevin quickly seized the key to the issue and said to Mr. Yi grimly. Then he called the army base to gather more man power to locate Daisy and Justin. Edward just got off the phone. He was the last to walk in the scene. At the sight of the mess inside, his face went deathly pale. He staggered in distress. His phone almost slipped from his hand.
Daisy and Justin's disappearance brought the entire city to be on high alert. Men in black, policemen, soldiers and military officers who were usually scarcely seen, were all mobilized to look for Daisy and Justin. Everyone in the city knew that something was amiss, but not many knew what was wrong.