Chapter 917: How is this Different From Death?（1）

When Ling Tianya heard a sound outside the door, she immediately sat up on the bed and ran over to the door, barefooted. Her hands reached for the doorknob but no matter how much she turned it, it wouldn’t move.

She remembered that the door was locked. She stood beside it and pressed her ear on the door. She could just about hear some movement on the other side of the door.

However, besides the sound of her breathing and her heartbeat, she could hear nothing else.

“Who’s outside?” Ling Tianya tried asking. “Is it Zhang Ke?”

No one answered. However, Ling Tianya knew that the person was still there.

The two of them stood still, one inside the door, one outside the door. They were deadlocked.

After a long time, faint footsteps sounded from outside the door. The footsteps went further and further away until they could no longer be heard.

Ling Tianya leaned on the door and sat down. She wanted to get away. She was desperate to leave this place.

…

It was the middle of the night when Zhang Ke’s door was forced open and Big One and Small One rushed in.

Only after Small One had scoured the entire city for Zhang Ke without any success did he remember that he still had Zhang Ke’s house keys. Therefore, he and Big One went to Zhang Ke’s house.

Zhang Ke’s home was an ordinary studio apartment. The two men searched the residence but did not find anything useful.

Why would someone who had been able to conceal her real identity and lie in wait beside the young miss for so many years leave behind any clues?

On the dresser was a photo of Zhang Ke and Ling Tianya.

Big One picked up the photo. Zhang Ke was smiling in a way that was cute and sweet. Just recently, his heart had been stirred by this smile.

However, now, everything had changed. That smile was incredibly mocking and harsh to the eye.

Small One walked and took the photo from Big One’s hands. “Elder brother, let’s not think of her any longer. Right now, our top priority is finding the young miss.”

“I know.” Big One placed the photo back on the dresser and then the two carefully searched the house once more. They did not find anything.

In the end, they could only leave unsatisfied and in despair.

In the Ruan house, Tiny Rice Ball was crying. This time, he was hungry. Ling Tianya had disappeared and the baby, who had only ever been fed by his mother’s milk, was left with nothing to eat.

With no other option, they had to go out and buy some top-notch infant powdered milk for him. However, Tiny Rice Ball refused to drink the formula milk.

The baby’s cries resounded through the entire house and made everyone’s emotions drop to the ground. This time, Ling Tianya had really been kidnapped. Without her in the house, it was like everything was different.

Distressed, Wang Yazhi paced back and forth with Tiny Rice Ball. Both of them were crying.

“Yaya, my Yaya…” Since she was carrying the baby, Wang Yazhi could not wipe away her tears and had to let them flow. “How could Zhang Ke be so cruel? How can she treat Yaya like that?”

Madame Ruan’s eyes were red and she sighed heavily. “Ai. One may know a person for a long time without knowing their true nature! A human’s heart can harbor unfathomable motives. Everything is like that. Up until now, Ruan Qishan has protected you too well and has allowed you to live without any worries. However, you are now aware of the evilness that lies within the human heart.”

Wang Yazhi nodded. “Mom, my heart hurts so much. It hurts for Tiny Rice Ball, hurts for Yaya, hurts for Zeyan… It hurts so much…”

Madame Ruan sighed slowly. “Whose heart doesn’t hurt? My heart also hurts! The Ling girl has been kidnapped. Who knows how she is right now… Or if she is…”