Starting with a beautiful woman's private doctor

"W-What did you say?!"

Xu Yi felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

The sandalwood box that he had been holding tightly the whole way slipped from his hands and fell to the ground.

With a "smack," the box slammed onto the bluestone slab, the lid popped open, and the dragon's whiskers rolled out, landing by the threshold. He didn't even glance at them.

Xu Yi grabbed the butler's shoulders, his fingers almost digging into the man's flesh. "What exactly happened! She was perfectly fine when I left, how could she just disappear? What do you mean 'disappeared'? Explain yourself!"

His voice was high and urgent, and by the last few words his throat was cracking, like a gong that had been shattered.

The butler was shaken so badly he almost lost his balance. He opened his mouth several times, but his tongue seemed to be tied in knots, and the more anxious he became, the less he could speak.

He had served in this house for half his life, watching the young lady grow up little by little from her swaddling clothes, and watching the master pamper her like a precious jewel.

Now that the young lady is missing, he's more afraid than anyone else.

Chu Nan stepped forward, grabbed Xu Yi's shoulder, and pulled him away from the butler.

"Uncle Xu, calm down. If you keep acting like this, he'll only make things more difficult to explain."

Then, he turned to the butler, "Don't panic, tell me slowly, what exactly happened?"

The butler swallowed hard. "This morning, I went to check on Miss as Master instructed before he left, but... but when I went in, I found that Miss was gone."

"I panicked and called everyone to search. We turned the courtyard upside down, even searched the kitchen and ice cellar that Miss never went to, but we still couldn't find her, including the parks around the mansion."

"I couldn't contact you, sir, and I couldn't get through to your phone either. I had no choice but to call the police."

At this point, he pointed inside, "Several officers have been searching inside for almost an hour, and still—"

Xu Yi rushed in before he could finish speaking.

He walked through the courtyard, crossed the threshold, and headed straight for Xu Ran's bedroom.

Chu Nan followed closely behind him.

Two Min'an were standing at the bedroom door, talking in hushed tones. When they saw someone rushing over, they instinctively reached out to stop them.

"Sir, this is a crime scene. Please cooperate—"

"I'm her father!"

Xu Yi's voice was almost a shout: "This is my home, and this is my daughter's room! What have you found? Where is my daughter?"

The young Min'an then recognized Xu Yi, a well-known entrepreneur in Beihai and a major shareholder of Baihua Group.

Because of their identity, they rushed over immediately after receiving a report that the Xu family's daughter was missing.

Compared to the intimidated young man, the old man who was leading the group was clearly more composed.

He took a step forward, blocking Xu Yi from the bedroom door, his tone calm but his attitude clear, "Mr. Xu, I know your daughter's disappearance makes you very anxious, but please calm down first. The more agitated you are, the less we can carry out our work properly."

"We have begun various investigations, but so far we have not found any valuable clues. I will notify you as soon as there is any progress."

"How can there be no clues? A living person has gone missing, how can there be absolutely no clues?"

Xu Yi's lips were trembling. His gaze went past Lao Min'an's shoulder and landed on the empty bed in the bedroom.

In the midst of their conversation, Chu Nan suddenly felt a very slight gust of wind coming towards him from behind.

He instinctively turned to the side, snapped his wrist, and then flipped the other person's arm behind his back, causing him to cry out in pain.

woman?

Chu Nan quickly released his grip, and the other person turned around, rubbing his sore wrist, but his face was filled with undisguised excitement, "Master is indeed Master, his perception is too strong!"

"Is it you?"

Chu Nan then realized that the woman in front of him, dressed in the Min'an uniform, was actually the Queen.

"That's right, it's your most outstanding disciple, the Queen!" The Queen proudly raised her chin.

"When did I agree to take you as my apprentice—"

Chu Nan suddenly stopped mid-sentence.

The queen is a police officer, and her presence here means she knows the details of the case.

He took the queen's arm and led her to the other side of the corridor, asking, "What exactly happened?"

The queen stopped joking and her expression became serious.

She glanced back at Old Min'an, who was still talking to Xu Yi at the bedroom door, and then whispered, "This is not simple. There are no signs of forced entry on the door lock, and we have questioned all the guards and servants separately. No one has seen any strangers enter or leave since last night."

"We've reviewed all the surveillance footage, not just inside the mansion, but also around it, but we haven't found anything suspicious."

"Aside from the fact that the old housekeeper said the windows were closed last night, but they were open this morning, there was nothing unusual about the room. Miss Xu seems to have... vanished into thin air!"

Chu Nan frowned. "How could a living person just disappear into thin air?"

"Yes, it's absolutely impossible for an ordinary person to do that."

The Queen stared into Chu Nan's eyes, lowering her voice even further, "But if it's a master like Master, he could easily bypass all the surveillance and guards and take the person away without making a sound."

"I have studied the security layout of the Xu residence. There are two security guards at the front gate, two at the back gate, and four internal security guards patrolling. In addition, there is a camera every fifteen meters along the courtyard wall."

"It's impossible for ordinary people to get in undetected, but martial artists can, especially someone of your level, Master. They can completely bypass these restrictions and remain undetected by anyone."

"You mean, the one who kidnapped Xiao Ran was a martial artist?"

"Only this explanation makes sense."

The Queen tapped her chin lightly with her fingers. "What I don't understand is, if the other party is so skilled, why kidnap the Xu family's daughter?"

"The Xu family is wealthy, but if the kidnappers were after money, they should have left a ransom note. However, they left nothing. I suspect that they kidnapped Miss Xu for another purpose."

Another purpose?

These four words were like a needle, stringing together the fragmented clues in Chu Nan's mind.

They were able to bypass the Xu family's security system and take a living person away without anyone noticing.

This is indeed something only martial artists can do, but that doesn't mean only martial artists can do it.

At least after this trip, Chu Nan knows that there are cultivators like sorcerers who can do this with ease!

Furthermore, the person who cast the spell on Xu Ran from afar has not yet shown up. The news that they went out to find medicine to treat Xu Ran and cut off the spell may have already reached the other party's ears.

This explains why they kidnapped the person but left no ransom note.

Because the other party's goal from the beginning was not money, but Xu Ran herself!

However, the other party was casting a curse, clearly intending to kill Xu Ran.

But now Xu Ran has been kidnapped, and the situation has escalated to the point of attracting the attention of the police.

Given the opponent's ability to take someone away so silently, it would have been more convenient to kill Xu Ran silently using magic.

never mind!

Never mind all that, let's tell Uncle Xu this theory first!

Just as Chu Nan was about to go to Xu Yi to explain the situation, a series of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside.

The sound pierced through the courtyard and rushed into the corridor, accompanied by the butler's shrill shout, "Master! Miss... Miss... Miss is back!"