However, the bodyguard was faster than Quan Meng. He immediately held Quan Meng down.
"Release me! You're kidnapping me!" Quan Meng struggled vigorously. This antagonized Quan Xiu nearby, who gave her a slap on the face.
"You unfilial daughter! Our Quan family raised you. Did we not feed you or dress you well? How can you be so shameless!" Quan Xiu's words left Quan Meng utterly bewildered. It was only when Quan Xiu showed her the video that Quan Meng finally understood what he was saying.
Quan Meng found it ridiculous. His daughter was almost raped and was even photographed, with the images posted on the internet. As a father, not only did he not believe his daughter, but he also did not want to find out the truth. Instead, he blamed her for ruining the family's reputation.
"That's all because of Quan Yi! If she hadn't stolen my design, I wouldn't have been kidnapped and filmed!"
"You still want to slander your older sister at this point!" Yan Min also chimed in. "If I had known that you would be so uncultured, I would have aborted you back then!"
Yan Min's words made Quan Meng lose all hope completely. She looked at Quan Yi, who was watching everything from one side, and cursed out loud. However, Quan Xiu's slap landed on her face out of the blue, merciless and forceful.
"Since you're so uncultured, I'll send you back to your old home to learn!" Quan Xiu immediately asked the driver to change directions and the car headed straight to the family's old house in the countryside.
Quan Meng had been to that place before. It did not leave a good impression on her. Quan Yi had deliberately locked her in an old storeroom full of rats and cockroaches. It was extremely dark, totally devoid of light.
Quan Meng was dragged out of the car. The surrounding environment was even more desolate than the last time she was here.
The grass was almost half her height, and the paint on the old house was extremely mottled. Even the corners of the walls were moldy.
There was a creepy old woman standing at the door, looking at Quan Meng with a hostile gaze.
She pointed to the small hut at the side. It was the same hut that Quan Yi had locked her up in. This was also the place where she was locked up eventually.
"You can't do this to me. This is unlawful confinement!" Quan Meng shouted, but no one listened to her. Those people were Quan Yi's subordinates, and the order they had received was not to let Quan Meng live.
Quan Meng was eventually pushed into that small hut. It was dark and damp, and was very terrifying.
Aunt Yun was woken up by a passer-by. The moment she opened her eyes, she knew that something was wrong and immediately called the police. However, the police rejected her request to investigate on the grounds that Quan Meng had gotten into the car of her own accord and that the adult had not been missing for more than 48 hours.
Aunt Yun then called Huo Ling, but she couldn't get in touch with him. She had no choice but to use Quan Meng's phone to call Shen Xin.
It was Quan Meng's own idea for Aunt Yun to confiscate her phone. She didn't want to be bothered by those messages again. After all, as soon as the video was released, many people found out her phone number and email address. Many of the trouble-makers were instigated by Quan Yi.
When Shen Xin heard that Quan Meng had gone missing again, she rushed to the Quan family's residence in a hurry but was stopped outside the door by the Quan family's staff. The servants all said that Quan Meng was not inside. Shen Xin really wanted to rush in and fight with them, but locating Quan Meng was more important.
Over the next two days, Shen Xin and Aunt Yun ran all over City B, searching high and low, from the top-class hotel suites to overpasses and tunnels, but they could not locate any sign of Quan Meng.
Yu Yan and Huo Ling were also uncontactable. In the end, some problems were best solved by professionals, but the private detectives Shen Xin hired also turned up nothing. Quan Meng seemed to have vanished from the world like steam.
Finally, on the morning of the third day, Huo Ling and Yu Yan touched down in City B.
As soon as he got off the plane, Huo Ling found that his phone was full of missed calls from Shen Xin and Aunt Yun. However, there was not a single message from Quan Meng.
Huo Ling raised his eyebrows. In the past, Quan Meng would always tease him on the phone when he was on business trips. Why was she so quiet this time? Had she been frightened by what happened two days ago? Huo Ling had a bad feeling about the whole situation.
When he opened the door, the house was totally silent. There was even a thin layer of dust. Even Little Floss's food bowl was empty. Fortunately, there was an automatic water dispenser that prevented Little Floss and the kittens from starving to death.