After ninety-nine online romances, I finally met my ex in person when school started.

"Zoom in!" Gu Zhenshan ordered.

On the screen, the passenger window of the car with the fake license plate was half open, and the profile of an unconscious man could be vaguely seen.

"That's him! Check this car's trajectory!"

"Report! The license plate is fake. The vehicle disappeared under the overpass on the West Third Ring Road. That area is a blind spot for surveillance cameras. There are three abandoned industrial zones and a villa complex nearby."

Gu Zhenshan frowned. This professional counter-surveillance technique was definitely not ordinary kidnapping or extortion.

"Send someone to that grove of trees to investigate the scene! Quickly!"

at the same time.

A small grove of trees in the North Campus of Kyoto University.

Two police cars with flashing lights silently pulled up to the side of the road. Several criminal investigators set up a cordon and quickly entered with their technical equipment.

"Captain Zhang, there are signs of a struggle here." A young police officer pointed to footprints in the mud, "and a half-empty bottle of mineral water."

The veteran detective, known as Captain Zhang, wearing white gloves, carefully placed the half-empty bottle of mineral water into the evidence bag.

"Send it for testing." Captain Zhang's eyes sharpened. "Just who is this kid? That the head of the city police bureau would personally order a city-wide lockdown to find him?"

Gu Qinghan's phone vibrated.

It was a text message from Gu Zhenshan: [Preliminary investigation indicates the car was taken away by a black Volkswagen with a fake license plate. A mineral water bottle containing traces of sleeping pills was left at the scene. Its whereabouts are unknown; we are currently checking blind spots in the western suburbs' surveillance cameras.]

As Gu Qinghan looked at the text message, her fingernails dug deeply into her palms.

Were you drugged?

Kidnapping?

She quickly scanned through the women around Zhu Xun Chuan in her mind.

Shen Tianxi? She's purely love-struck, only good at acting cute and clingy, she would never use such methods.

Jiang Yao? Although that underworld heiress is crazy, if she wanted Zhu Xunchuan, she would definitely do it openly and honestly, by sending dozens of bodyguards to drag him away. She would never resort to such sneaky tactics.

Su Mucheng? She's still frantically offering a reward to find her.

Xia Wanying? She's still in Europe.

Who else could it be?

Just as Gu Qinghan was about to call her uncle again to ask him to send more people to search the mountains in the western suburbs.

"Buzz—Buzz—Buzz—"

A deep, heavy, and even strongly resonant rumbling sound suddenly came from the sky outside the window. The sound grew louder and louder, as if even the office windows were vibrating and rattling.

Gu Qinghan suddenly stood up, walked to the blinds, and pulled them open.

The intense sunlight stung her eyes.

But the next second, she was completely stunned.

Inside the compound of the Kyoto Municipal Public Security Bureau.

Gu Zhenshan was leading a team of fully armed special police officers, preparing to get into a car and personally go to the western suburbs to direct the search and rescue operation.

"Waaaaah—waaaah—"

The silence was shattered by the deafening roar of an air raid siren.

Gu Zhenshan raised his head.

Five massive military armed helicopters, painted in camouflage green, roared low overhead above the police station compound with an overwhelming sense of pressure.

The strong winds whipped up by the propellers caused the police motorcycles in the compound to veer off course, and the tactical helmets of the special police officers were nearly blown off.

The heavy machine guns on the helicopter's belly and the missile launchers mounted on it gleamed with a cold metallic sheen in the sunlight.

This is no ordinary police helicopter; it's a real war machine!

"This...which military region is this?" Gu Zhenshan's face turned pale. As the director, he knew all too well what this level of military mobilization meant.

Rewind the timeline by one hour.

Kyoto University sports field.

The wind blew across the rubber track. Shen Tianxi wore a pure white floral dress, her legs wrapped in extremely thin flesh-colored stockings, and she carried a three-layered insulated bucket in her hand.

The ribs had been simmering for three hours. She drew circles on the ground with her toes, hoping Zhu Xun Chuan would praise her for being virtuous. The see-through nurse's uniform she bought last night was still in the hotel closet and she hadn't had a chance to show it off.

Lin Yuan ran over, covered in sweat.

"Sister-in-law! Brother Chuan is missing!"

Shen Tianxi froze. Lin Yuan handed her his phone. Su Mucheng's trending Weibo post was flashing on the screen.

Shen Tianxi then realized why Zhu Xun Chuan hadn't replied to her WeChat messages; she had simply assumed he was too busy.

He let go.

"Clang!"

The insulated container crashed onto the plastic track, its lid flying off. Rich pork rib soup spilled all over the ground.

Shen Tianxi looked down at the ribs on the ground. The moisture in her eyes receded at an extremely strange speed, replaced by a cold emptiness.

She took out her phone and dialed a special, encrypted military number.

The beep only sounded once.

"Sweetie?" came the aged yet strong voice.

"Grandpa," Shen Tianxi said calmly, without a hint of tears, but every word was filled with an unyielding determination, "My boyfriend is missing. Someone has hidden him."

On the other end of the phone was the Tianjin Military Region.

Shen Zhenshan abruptly stopped the sandalwood bracelet he was holding. He knew his granddaughter all too well. From childhood to adulthood, this girl had never fought for or demanded anything; this was the first time she had asked for someone.

"Little one, you had a boyfriend and didn't even tell Grandpa. Now you know to come to Grandpa?"

"Oh dear, I'm not kidding! He's been missing for so long! You need to send someone to find him right now!" A tear finally slid down Shen Tianxi's cheek and landed on her phone screen. "Grandpa, the pork rib soup I made for him has all spilled. I can't feed him today, so hurry! If you can't find him, I'm not talking to you anymore!"

A single word from his beloved granddaughter is like a royal decree to the old man!

He'd do anything, even get the stars from the sky! All she has to do is say, "Grandpa, I want xx!"

Shen Zhenshan flew into a rage. He slammed his hand on the desk, and the heavy rosewood tabletop cracked open.

"Who dares to bully my precious boyfriend? I'll turn the whole of Kyoto upside down and find them!"

hang up the phone.

Less than three minutes later, the alarm sounded continuously in the Tianjin Military Region's combat readiness hall.

Several Mengshi military off-road vehicles bearing special military license plates with the prefix "Jia" slammed open the base gate. The tires screeched against the asphalt, releasing a pungent, burnt rubber smell, tearing through the morning rush hour traffic. Traffic police along the route glanced at the license plates and immediately turned on their green lights, letting them pass.

At the same time, at the airfield of the Army Aviation Regiment of the Military Region.

Five WZ-10 attack helicopters, armed with live ammunition and the latest Eagle Eye thermal imaging scanning system, took off and headed straight for Kyoto.

The timeline is converging.

Above the compound of the Kyoto Municipal Public Security Bureau.

Gu Zhenshan looked up as the five steel behemoths swept low overhead, cold sweat soaking the back of his police uniform. He knew his niece, Gu Qinghan, had some connections, but this was definitely not a force the Gu family could mobilize.

The fact that military helicopters could be dispatched over Kyoto indicates that the connections have been made; this is a sign of having connections at the highest levels!

The five helicopters did not stop at the Public Security Bureau, but headed straight northwest.

Destination: Kyoto University.

Kyoto University sports field.

A fierce wind suddenly swept up from the ground. Dust and broken leaves danced wildly in the air. Students who were having physical education class were forced to retreat by this terrifying gust of wind, and some even fell to the ground.