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Chapter 251 No Way to Seek Help
When he saw the clothes Cheng Ai had changed out of on the sofa, he was instantly horrified.
Liao Yunqing looked over and realized that the other party had misunderstood. She quickly explained, "Jingke, Xiao Ai changed those clothes herself. I didn't touch her."
"I knew you wouldn't dare." Ye Jingke's face was grim, his gaze sharp. "What did you mean when you said on the phone that you couldn't find Ai Ai? Wasn't she with you?"
Liao Yunqing handed over a woman's cell phone and, without hiding anything, told her everything about Cheng Ai's escape.
Ye Jingke felt colder and colder as he listened, and the urge to punch someone reached its peak, but he managed to suppress it.
The window was left open, and he leaned over the windowsill to look down.
Ai Ai's choice to escape in this way proves that she cannot gather spiritual power and therefore cannot use mystical arts.
Even the luckiest person would get injured jumping from the eighth floor. Even if Ai Ai is strong, it's impossible for her to escape unscathed.
Without a cell phone, cash, or talismans, would she remember her own phone number?
Seeing that Ye Jingke remained silent, Liao Yunqing tentatively spoke up, "My dad's bodyguards have been looking for Xiao Ai all day. Shall I take you to ask them for clues?"
The two went into the next room together. Zhang Xiaohui was in a bad condition, and Liao Chengming was cleaning up her vomit.
Upon seeing the person who had arrived, he paused slightly, then continued with what he was doing.
Ye Jingke was getting impatient and immediately asked, "Do you have any news about Ai Ai? It's getting dark, and I'm worried about leaving her out alone."
Liao Chengming calmly threw away the trash, then slowly sat down at the coffee table and began to make tea. "Jingke, Miss Cheng is no ordinary person, you don't need to worry."
He slowly poured himself a cup of tea, smiled faintly, and said, "Come, calm down and have a cup of tea first, then we can talk."
Ye Jingke sneered and immediately turned to leave. Talking to this kind of person was simply a waste of time.
The room was quiet, and the water in the teacup overflowed, leaving Liao Chengming in shock.
Just leaving like that? Don't you want to know anything about Cheng Ai anymore?
Liao Yunqing was also taken aback, but not because of Ye Jingke, but because of Liao Chengming.
"Dad, what are you doing? Jingke is so worried, how could he possibly be in the mood for tea?"
Liao Chengming put down the teapot, wiped the tea off the table, and sighed, "Xunliao Beauty Salon is finished, the Liao family is finished!"
Liao Yunqing looked at him questioningly, puzzled.
Liao Chengming smiled helplessly and closed his eyes. "Jing Ke has already made a move against the Liao family. Now, apart from the beauty salon, all of our family's businesses have been wiped out."
He paused for a moment, then added, "I reckon it won't be long before you have to declare bankruptcy."
Liao Yunqing's eyes were filled with disbelief. She took out her phone and logged into her email, only to find a bunch of notices terminating the cooperation.
His legs went weak, and he slumped onto the sofa, his lips trembling, "Only one day, how could this be..."
Liao Chengming remained calm, like an old monk in meditation, "Just think about it, how many people who offended Cheng Ai have gotten away unscathed?"
Zhongxing Entertainment went bankrupt, and Zou Kun was turned away when he tried to ask for help everywhere; Cheng Ai's biological father, Cheng Baoni's family, and Hao Jian were all imprisoned.
Song Yifei, Qi Mingyue, Fu Ruya, Qin Meilian, and others were either indefinitely buried in the snow or abandoned by others.
"When I learned that you used those methods to bring Cheng Ai back, I realized we would go bankrupt. I just didn't expect Jing Ke to be so ruthless, betting everything he has to suppress the Liao family."
Liao Chengming pressed his temples and opened his cloudy eyes. "Why hasn't Yunyan come back yet? Did she run into trouble?"
Liao Yunqing lowered her eyelids and gently shook her head, "My sister seems to have changed. I can't see through her anymore."
Liao Chengming took a sip of tea and calmly instructed, "Go and handle the company matters. I'll wait here for Yunyan. This is your mother's last chance to wake up, and I don't want to miss it."
Liao Yunyan gave a weak "hmm" and quickly left.
The snow had stopped, the sky was dark, the temperature plummeted, and the cold wind felt like it was scraping my bones.
Cheng Ai walked with her arms crossed, limping along in an alley that could only accommodate two people walking side by side.
Although the cut on her wrist from the black eagle's claws had stopped bleeding, it still hurt terribly.
Bruised knees, swollen ankles, covered in mud, filthy—where was the former radiance?
Unable to tell which way was which, Cheng Ai wandered aimlessly, hoping to borrow a phone to call Ye Jingke.
She was afraid of being discovered by the Liao family, so she always took the back paths.
Because of this decision, Cheng Ai suffered a lot, either falling down or on her way to fall down.
As she walked, her eyes lit up, and she quickened her pace to knock on the door. "Hello, is anyone home? I'm stranded here and need to borrow a phone to make a call, is that alright?"
This was the third house Cheng Ai passed by. She was afraid the first two houses were scams, so she didn't dare to open the door.
She didn't hear a reply, so she pushed the door open, which wasn't locked.
With the faint moonlight, Cheng Ai could see what was inside.
The room was empty; the bed was broken and tattered, with a pile of weeds beside it. Tables and chairs were carelessly thrown on the ground, and cobwebs covered the corners, making it look like it had been abandoned for a long time.
She closed the door, eagerly rushed to the weeds, and lay down to rest.
The porridge she drank in the morning was no use at all. Cheng Ai had been walking all day and was exhausted, hungry and tired. Even though her clothes were still wet, she fell asleep in no time.
Meanwhile, in the opposite direction, Ye Jingke was knocking on doors from house to house.
He guessed that Cheng Ai would definitely ask someone for help, so he deliberately went to places with many people.
Unfortunately, after asking around, I was met with a barrage of criticism.
The residents of this area were bothered by Liao Chengming's bodyguards, annoyed by the Taoist priest Xuantian hired by Liao Yunyan, and now they were being disturbed by Ye Jingke. Naturally, they were getting angry and cursing in whatever way they felt like it.
Ye Jingke accepted it without arguing back. Unable to get any useful information, he immediately went to knock on the door of the next house.
Arguing with residents will only waste time. The most urgent thing is to find Cheng Ai. We must not waste time on pointless disputes for the sake of momentary pleasure.
At dawn, he stood on an empty street, summoned his crystal bow, and shot several arrows into the sky.
An arrow gleaming with purple light streaked across the desolate night, but Cheng Ai, fast asleep, missed it entirely.
The phone rang urgently. Ye Jingke glanced at it and answered, "What is it?"
"Did you orchestrate the stock crash of Xunliao Beauty Salon?"
Ye Jun's furious voice rang out. Ye Jingke put the phone away and said coldly, "Yes!"
"You brat, are you crazy? Chengming and I are old friends, and you and Yunqing and Yunyan..."
Before Ye Jun could finish speaking, Ye Jingke coldly cut him off.
He suddenly remembered something: what method did Cheng Ai use to rescue tourists in Lantern Village?
There are also glowing origami cranes, and the blue butterflies that Cheng Ai released during the second segment of the variety show "Dare to Be Dangerous."
Ye Jingke put away the crystal bow and thought carefully.