His voice seemed to frightened Mu Li and she hung up right away.
Sheng Yize frowned and dialed back, but was told that the phone was switched off.
He called Qi Yanxi after that. "Where's Mu Li?"
Qi Yanxi had drunk himself into a stupor and said with a slur, "Huh? What was that?"
Hearing his drunk voice, Sheng Yize hung up right away. He then contacted his assistant, asking the latter to find Mu Li's whereabouts.
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On a beach.
It was well after dark. The tide was rising and the waves were crashing loudly.
With a despairing look on her face, Mu Li slowly walked into the water.
Rewind time to three hours ago.
Mu Li received a phone call from a casino. "Get 50 million ready or we're chopping off your old man's hand!"
Her father was screaming on the other end. "Ah Li, help me… You can't just give me up. Ask your husband for some money!"
