Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 663: Epilogue 23: Holding breath and waiting for that moment to arrive (Second update)

Chapter 663: Epilogue 23: Holding breath and waiting for that moment to arrive (Second update)

In the villager’s room, there was only a kang bed. The two people removed the table and lay down fully dressed on the kang bed, side by side.

Shi Haoran was a bit drunk, feeling both exhausted and relieved. Half-asleep, he couldn’t help but talk about his daughter. He spoke of her childhood stories, of his feelings of guilt towards her over the years, and of his hopes for the future. He mentioned that he would retire next year, that his daughter would also graduate from college, and that the family could finally reunite properly. Once his daughter gets married and has children, he promised to personally help take care of his grandchildren to make up for his regrets towards her.

When he reached the end of his words, the elderly man couldn’t help but let his old tears flow and, with closed eyes, said he hoped his daughter’s future child would also be a girl...

The old man fell asleep, and Huangfu Huazhang got up quietly, pulling the blanket over the old man. In the faint light coming from the stove in the kitchen, he looked at the tear trace at the corner of the old man’s eye, which hadn’t dried even in his sleep.

A strange and complex emotion rose in his heart.

He virtually had no father; his grandfather had always been distant, so there was never a complete impression of a male elder in his life, nor did he ever feel genuine respect for any male elder.

But at this moment, he felt an unprecedented emotion towards the old man before him.

He quietly sat in the darkness, smiling softly.

Perhaps with her, it is indeed destiny.

He also knew that the old man had a wish for the past three years, which was to personally capture the opponent who orchestrated a series of virtual cases. This opponent, through nearly a year of observation on the BBS, he confirmed to be Tang Yanqing.

But Tang Yanqing was in M Country and belonged to the Tang Family, so even a Chinese officer like Shi Haoran couldn’t deal with Tang Yanqing for the time being.

He witnessed Tang Yanqing turning into "Seven Swallows" online, coaxing Shi Nian into developing feelings for him, yet on the other hand, using the inside information gathered from Shi Nian to plot against Shi Haoran, which is why he had long decided to punish this person himself.

Tang Yanqing being in M Country made it inconvenient for Shi Haoran to pursue, so he decided to wait quietly for the day Tang Yanqing came to China.

Fortune favors the prepared, and Tang Yanqing set up this game himself, which allowed him to turn the tables and assist Shi Haoran in apprehending Tang Yanqing.

The previous series of cases were virtual ones; even if captured by the police, it was hard to convict. But this time was different. This time it was a real kidnapping case, and once Tang Yanqing is caught, it will be hard for him to escape the law.

He softly sighed in the night, "Don’t worry, old man. This time I will help you fulfill your wish; I will also ensure Nian Nian is rescued safely."

After midnight, Huangfu Huazhang managed to get some sleep. Yet when he opened his eyes, he found Shi Haoran was already gone.

Upon asking the landlord, he said the old man left a few hundred yuan before leaving, saying it was to cover Huangfu Huazhang’s rent.

Huangfu Huazhang understood that Shi Haoran had gone to search for his daughter.

Thus, it was time for him to take action too.

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Airport.

Xiang Jingsheng and Lu Zhao disembarked, weary from their journey, only to face an uncertain prospect.

Unexpectedly, a car drove directly towards them.

Xiang Jingsheng never imagined that the person sitting in the car would be Huangfu Huazhang.

Huangfu Huazhang took them to the hotel without asking anything along the way. Thus, Xiang Jingsheng understood that since the gentleman didn’t inquire, it only meant one thing: there was no need to ask, showing that Huangfu Huazhang already knew why he had come.

Xiang Jingsheng was left with no choice but to recount the story again.

After listening, Huangfu Huazhang raised his glass and clinked it with his, "Xiang Yuan ventured into danger alone to save Shi Haoran’s daughter; well done."

Xiang Jingsheng was completely puzzled, yet he could tell that the gentleman seemed to be speaking from the perspective of supporting Shi Haoran and his daughter.

"I won’t stand by idly on this matter. However, I cannot directly contact the Chinese police. Let’s do it this way: I’ll pass all the information I obtain to you, and you will relay it to the Chinese police. If the police ask about the source of the information, just say it was Xiang Yuan who found a way to relay it from inside the hideout."

Xiang Jingsheng had no grounds to refuse or hesitate and could only agree.

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After dinner, as night fell deeper, Lu Zhao returned to the room to rest, but Xiang Jingsheng left the hotel alone.

In this city, besides his son Xiang Yuan, there was still one other person on his mind.

He took a taxi to the hospital and, after some searching, found out Xu Xinzhen’s ward.

The "Zhen" in Xu Xinzhen’s name is a relatively easy character to mispronounce, so the nurses at the hospital had an impression of it.

Stopping at the door of the ward and looking through the glass door, Xiang Jingsheng stood, watching the figure sleeping alone inside.

Not far from him, Huangfu Huazhang was also quietly observing him.

Though it was already late in the night, Xu Xinzhen was sleeping very restlessly. A feeling of being watched woke her up several times.

She knew that her husband had taken leave using her name, but he must have gone to look for their daughter himself.

In the past few days, both Qi Xiuqi and Director Zheng have personally come over, tactfully inquiring about her husband’s whereabouts... She understood.

Worried about her daughter, and equally worried about her husband, yet all she could do was wait here, unable to offer any help.

But she knew, her husband also couldn’t stop thinking about her, so if he finished investigating the outskirts and decided to venture into danger alone, he would certainly come to see her.

Yet she couldn’t be sure when her husband would choose to come.

Tonight, for some inexplicable reason, she couldn’t sleep soundly. Whenever she closed her eyes, she felt as if her husband was standing outside the door, watching her through the glass. However, he wouldn’t come in, wouldn’t say a word to her. In her anxiety, she opened her eyes, only to find the space outside the door was empty.

Once again, that peculiar feeling returned, and she hurriedly opened her eyes again.

Outside the door, Xiang Jingsheng was startled, quickly sidestepping and running down the stairs towards the nearest stairwell door.

Xu Xinzhen got out of bed, threw on a coat, and chased after him, but saw no trace of anyone.

Subconsciously, she turned to look in another direction.

And unexpectedly, she saw a tall figure flash by faintly. It was a young man, and though it was just a brief glimpse, she could sense a great deal of elegance.

Unfortunately, she couldn’t see his facial features clearly.

Returning to the hospital room, she found a note on the bedside table. It was handwritten, hastily yet still neatly:

"Teacher Shi and Nian Nian will be safe and sound, soon to return. Please wait with a calm heart."

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Xu Xinzhen’s intuition was correct, Shi Haoran had indeed come that evening.

He just came a bit earlier than Xiang Jingsheng and Huangfu Huazhang.

He came to see his wife, saw her asleep, and left reassured.

He had already found the possible location of their daughter.

By analyzing the location of a small shop that sold sanitary pads, combined with the driving time; and cross-referencing it with a map of ownerless, isolated buildings already investigated in the city, he narrowed it down to a century-old Russian-style building.

In the early 1990s, this building was court-ordered to be used as debt to a shell company, an era where many shell companies had unclear legal representatives, making it impossible to trace the specific responsible party for this building now.

Given the common characteristics of Russian-style buildings from that era, there must be a basement used for air-defense purposes in that building.

Shi Haoran believed his daughter was hidden inside that building.

That night, he decided to scout it out himself first. If confirmed, he would inform his comrades to take action.

However, before confirming, for his daughter’s safety, he couldn’t alert the enemy, so it was safest for him to go alone.

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In recent days, while the outside world stirred quietly with rising winds and waves, inside the room where Shi Nian and Tang Yanqing were held, time seemed to stretch endlessly.

The two could only sense each other’s presence, with hearts stirred by each other, unable to divert their thoughts elsewhere.

During these days... it was the first time Shi Nian felt an impulse to knock on the door, to beg the kidnappers to let her leave the room.

Because—she feared him.

His intimacy with her was increasingly unavoidable. His desire for her gradually extended beyond a simple kiss or many kisses, but into...

Initially, they only shared stories and slept while embracing, but his hands became increasingly restless. Once she finally could decipher the words he wanted to say, his fingers no longer just wrote in her palm...

He gradually shifted his focus, slowly... writing all over her body.

That kind of darkness, that indulgent darkness, made him bolder each time.

All over her body, bit by bit, nothing was secret to him anymore.

She was terrified, too, scared of the rapid pace; but... his fingertips seemed to possess magic, making her quickly lose control after initially resisting.

Fortunately, her menstrual period took about seven days each time, which preserved the last boundary.

This day, going to the bathroom again, she noticed her sanitary pads were almost out. He followed her in, tracing words on her collarbone at her chest, asking if she needed more.

She was breathless from his entanglement, shivering as she pushed him away, softly saying, "No need. The ’visitor’ has already left."

Somehow, she heard his breathing suddenly become rougher.