After leaving my father and keeping my son, I built my own wealthy family, and my ex-husband's

It was a little after 3 a.m.

Thunder and lightning, torrential rain.

Mingyun sat on the sofa, staring at her phone, waiting for the kidnappers to call or send another message.

But until now, there has been no movement at all.

Yu Ye stayed by her side, occasionally glancing at his phone.

However, his subordinates haven't found any more compelling leads yet, so all they can do is wait.

The calmer Mingyun appeared on the surface, the more flustered she was inside.

She couldn't help but wonder how Tianheng was doing now, and whether he had been abused by the kidnappers.

She would accept anything as long as the kidnappers let Tianheng go, even if it meant giving up all her possessions.

"Buzz—"

Mingyun's phone screen lit up; a call had come in.

She answered the phone hastily, "Feed?!"

Mino also tensed up.

"Miss Ming," came the voice of the security guard from the Liujin Mansion property management on the phone, "you'd better come and pick up your child right away!"

Mingyun stood up abruptly. "What did you say? My child? Where is he?"

The security guard said, "I was just about to change shifts when this child ran to the gate, soaked in the pouring rain! I asked her what happened, and she said you're her mother! Come quickly!"

Without a second thought, Mingyun took off running.

Yu Ye paused for a moment, but quickly followed.

The two ran all the way to the security room at the gate.

"Tianheng! Tianheng!" Mingyun called out as she pushed open the door.

However, the person standing in front of her was Qin Youyao.

Qin Youyao's once clean cartoon pajamas were now filthy, covered in mud and water, and she was carrying a toy bear that was also covered in mud and water.

Her jet-black hair was plastered haphazardly to her face.

This is what her face looked like after the security guard had wiped it.

"Mom..." Qin Youyao called out in a tearful voice, her eyes glistening with tears.

Mingyun was stunned for several seconds. "Yao... Yao Yao? How is it you? How... how did you get here?"

She hadn't been in contact with her daughter for quite some time.

Before that, when she had free time, she would sometimes pick Tianheng up from kindergarten and occasionally see Qin Youyao watching her from afar.

Although she felt a pang of pain in her heart, she didn't take the initiative to greet or chat with her daughter again.

This time, seeing her daughter appear before her pitifully, crying out "Mommy!", she completely broke down.

"Mom...I...I miss you so much..." Qin Youyao said, crying.

The security guard next to them looked surprised and confused. He glanced at Qin Youyao, then at Mingyun, and his eyes changed.

Could this mean... the daughter was abandoned by her own mother?

The child is so pitiful...

Qin Youyao cried, but she didn't rush towards Mingyun.

She's become more sensible than before and has started to pay attention to her mother's reactions and attitudes.

Mingyun squatted down and opened her arms, "Come on... Mommy will take you home."

Given the current situation, she can't possibly abandon her search for her biological daughter.

Qin Youyao finally dared to walk up to Mingyun, but didn't hug her. "Mom... I'm all dirty..."

"It's okay." Mingyun hugged her tightly.

Qin Youyao burst into tears instantly.

Mingyun picked up her daughter, gently comforting her as they walked home.

"Yaoyao, why did you run out by yourself?" Yu Ye asked, holding an umbrella over the mother and daughter.

Qin Youyao sniffled and said, "I missed my mom, so I came to find her by myself. If my mom doesn't want me, I... I can go back by myself."

Mingyun's nose stung with tears. She sighed and asked, "Where's your dad? And your mom? It's dangerous for you to sneak out like this. They'll be worried..."

Qin Youyao said, "You're my only mother. I've never called that woman 'Mom,' she's awful! Mom, I was wrong... I want to be with you... Please forgive me..."

Mingyun was greatly surprised by her daughter's dramatic change.

Hearing the soft, pitiful apology and admission of wrongdoing, Mingyun's heart quickly softened.

When they got home, she took Qin Youyao to take a shower and get ready.

Taking advantage of this brief moment, Mino called his subordinates to inquire about the progress of the investigation.

"Mr. Yu, I was just about to call you to report on the progress of the investigation," the subordinate said quickly. "There should only be one person who kidnapped Tianheng, because we only found one type of footprint in the area where Tianheng disappeared. In addition, this person must be very familiar with the environment. There are no surveillance cameras in the park that captured his trace. However, after a large-scale search, we expanded the scope of the surveillance footage outside that undeveloped area and found a suspicious figure that flashed by."

"Unfortunately, I couldn't get a picture of the front, but from the back, I could tell it was a man holding a child."

"Finally, we continued our search along the possible routes he might have taken. The kidnapper went to the southern suburbs, but that area is surrounded by a desolate wilderness, and the search area is still too large. We need more time to search."

This is at least a breakthrough.

Less than 24 hours after Tianheng was kidnapped, Yu Ye's men had already identified a general area.

That's already an extremely high level of efficiency.

"I'm giving you time to find the exact location before dawn," Yu Ye said in a deep voice, his eyes flashing with murderous intent. "And once you find it, tell me immediately."

"Yes, Mr. Yu!"

Just then.

Mingyun rushed out of the bathroom, holding Qin Youyao's children's watch, and said through gritted teeth to Yu Ye, "The person who kidnapped Tianheng was Qin Pinsen!"

Yu Ye's expression hardened. "How did you know?"

"Look!" Mingyun showed Yuye a video recorded on her daughter's smart children's watch.

At the same time, she told Yu Ye, "I was giving Yao Yao a bath just now, and she mentioned that she video-called her dad in the middle of the night, saying that she didn't know where he was, and she also heard a little boy shouting, which sounded a lot like Tian Heng! I knew it was Tian Heng as soon as I heard it!"

No one expected that Qin Youyao would make such a great contribution this time, bringing back a crucial and important clue!

Yu Ye pondered for a moment and said, "I've had people find out that the kidnapper took Tianheng to the southern suburbs, and now we're certain the kidnapper is Qin Pinsen. If we cross-reference his movements, we'll quickly pinpoint his exact location. Honey, do you want to tell the police and let them arrest him, or... do you want us to handle this ourselves?"

Mingyun's eyes were red and covered in frost.

Although she didn't know Qin Pinsen's purpose in doing so, his actions had truly touched a raw nerve with her.

"Ultimately, it will be handed over to the police," Mingyun took a deep breath, looking into Yu Ye's eyes, "but before handing it over to the police—"

Yu Ye nodded. "Alright, I'll tell my people this important clue now. We can get ready to leave now, let's head to the southern suburbs first."

Mingyun told Qin Youyao, who had just finished showering, to stay in the bedroom and sleep.

Then she and Mino left the gilded mansion and drove to the southern suburbs.

The darkest hour is dawn, when the night is as dark as ink.

Blinding lightning flashed across the sky from time to time.

Thunder and torrential rain couldn't stop Mino from flooring the accelerator, and the car sped off.