Chapter 39 - Luring The Tiger Away from the Mountain

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Qin Yang, if you have time today, bring Geng over to see us.” Xiao Yu called Qin Yang. “Your father and I both miss Geng.” 

“I’ll ask Liu Wei to bring him back.” Qin Yang wanted stay in the Eleventh Building all day. 

“Your Uncle An has returned from being abroad and wants to talk to you about the Southeast Asian project.” Xiao Yu said, “Come see us. Your father and I are old. We hardly get to see you these days.” 

After Xiao Yu said that, she winked at Anna, who was sitting on the sofa without saying a word. Anna understood and immediately smiled gratefully. 

Uncle An? Hearing his mother mention Uncle An, Qin Yang narrowed his eyes. He remembered that Qiao Nian had talked about Anna treating him. He didn’t want to go see them. 

“Grandpa and Grandma!” In the Qin family’s old house, Qin Geng happily pounced on Qin Gang and Xiao Yu. 

“Eh? Why is Aunty Anna here too? Daddy is not sick today!” Qin Geng saw that Anna was also here and grumbled unhappily. He had to make sure his father behaved properly. He did not want his father to be in the same room with other young women. 

“Geng!” Xiao Yu shouted, “Be polite! Quick, say hello to your aunt.” 

“Hello,” Qin Geng said unhappily. He thought that his grandparents must be too old to see clearly that this woman was obviously not a good person. 

In the Eleventh Building, Qiao Nian received a video sent by Qiao Shi. In the video, a beautiful middle-aged woman was in an empty room. She was wearing a research outfit, and her hair was tied up in a hairnet. The beautiful woman was thin, and there was a deep furrow between her brows. It was Qiao Nian’s mother! 

The video was very short, and Qiao Nian watched it over and over again. Her mother did not speak in the video. The person who was watching over her probably did not allow her to make a sound, but Qiao Nian noticed that her mother’s fingers seemed to be trembling in excitement in the video. Qiao Nian knew that her mother was secretly sending her a message in this way! 

When Qiao Nian was seven or eight years old, she had developed a strong interest in learning the Morse code. In order to cultivate her interest, her mother found a copy of a book that talked about Morse code. The two of them had then spent half a month designing a set of passwords that only the two of them knew how to decipher! 

When Qiao Nian saw this, she hurriedly went upstairs and took out a copy of that book. She flipped through the video again and patiently translated what her mother had told her. 

“Nian Nian, are you okay? Don’t worry about me. I’m in the north—” 

The video ended abruptly at this point, and no more information was sent out! 

Qiao Nian sobbed. “Mom, you must wait for me!” 

“Qiao, don’t cry.” Claud comforted Qiao Nian. “I’ll help you look through this video and see if I can get any more useful information out of it.” 

Claud was into criminal investigation. He had a talent and endurance that ordinary people could not match in his thirst for finding details and clues. Claud replayed the video on the computer and cut it down frame by frame to analyze them one by one. He studied it carefully based on factors such as climate and lighting, trying to deduce the location where the video was shot. 

Qiao Nian paced back and forth anxiously at his side. She wanted to urge him to go faster but didn’t dare say anything. 

At this moment, Qiao Nian’s phone rang. It was Mr. Yu. His voice sounded anxious. 

“Miss! Gao Yun has brought a large group of thugs to our factory! She hasn’t handed over her key yet. I think she wants to snatch our accounting documents!” 

“Got it. Call the police first. I’ll rush over immediately to take a look.” Before Qiao Nian could finish her sentence, there was a clamor from the other side. 

“Uncle Yu, Uncle Yu!” Qiao Nian shouted. There was no response from the other side. Qiao Nian suspected that Mr. Yu had been controlled by Gao Yun’s men. 

She turned around to look at Claud, who was still busy. In the end, she didn’t have the heart to disturb him. She just greeted the butler and drove off on her own to the Jiang’s Pharmaceuticals. 

At the same time, Anna, who was a guest at the Qin family’s old mansion, received an anonymous message on her phone: “The fish has taken the bait.” 

A sinister smile slowly appeared on Anna’s lips..