Chapter 366: Chapter 366: Du Guangyuan’s Dream (Subscription Requested)
Smack, a loud slap resounded in the store, drawing the attention of the customers. Shangxing’s thick palm struck the back of Jiang Feiyang’s head fiercely as he hissed, "Stop the nonsense and get to work!"
Jiang Feiyang, rubbing his buzzing head, refrained from complaining further about his old teammate. Seeing the argument dissipate, Ye Ruozai turned to Pei Yan and asked, "Is there any useful information about Zhu Yuping’s kidnapping?"
"No, it’s like she vanished into thin air. I think those who kidnapped her didn’t use conventional means of transportation. I checked the vehicles entering and leaving the town before and after she disappeared and found no suspicious vehicles taking her away. Moreover, they probably have a hideout that’s not in the nearby town. I checked the surrounding hotel surveillance and road monitoring, and didn’t find the target," Pei Yan responded as he emptied the box of fruit and wiped his mouth.
Wang Wenze, fiddling with his phone, interjected, "So it’s spatial transfer?"
"Possible. If she’s not an ability user, she might have been taken into the Jiezhi Space," Pei Yan nodded in agreement.
"Even if she is an ability user, in her current state, she’s no threat anymore," Jiang Feiyang remarked while looking at his phone.
"So our clues are cut off. For these people to cross the national border so secretly and infiltrate deep inland, unless their abilities are extraordinarily weak, which is highly unlikely, Shenyu probably has mastered new technology for evading detection," Ye Ruozai said, leaning back into the couch with a sigh, "It’s really troublesome. Now we can only wait to see if Old Zheng’s perimeter team has any leads."
While Pei Yan and others were sighing in the cold drink shop, Du Guangyuan, hidden in a more remote countryside village, having killed an elderly man and disguised himself to change his appearance, was staring with bloodshot eyes at a message released by Shenyu through an underground channel—a location, a time, and a picture.
Looking at the photo of a woman tied to a chair with a worried expression, Du Guangyuan crumpled the picture in his hand and threw it far away, the fire of anger burning fiercely in his heart. He was furious not only because they kidnapped his woman but also because of Shenyu’s treachery.
He knew the Vlad family wouldn’t let him go easily after he ambushed Little Vlad, yet he chose to trust Shenyu and return to the organization. He thought if he performed exceptionally well and appeared strong, the organization would protect him through tough times, allowing him to become stronger to face his rival.
However, he didn’t expect that even after showing his value in the subsequent tasks, Shenyu would still choose to abandon him without hesitation when that man demanded it.
Thinking of this, Du Guangyuan paced back and forth in the room, cursing under his breath. Finally, he returned to the crumpled photo, picked it up, and stared intensely at the woman in the picture.
Du Guangyuan never fully opened his heart to Shenyu; otherwise, he wouldn’t have gone to such lengths to hide this woman. Shenyu guessed correctly that this woman was truly important to him.
Love? Lust? Hmph, for someone over seventy years old, these things were long insignificant. What he truly valued was the child in the woman’s belly, his own blood and dream.
Recalling his past experiences, Du Guangyuan’s mouth twitched slightly. That despicable man, Vlad II, did indeed grant him power, status, and authority, but he also took everything from him—family, loved ones, even his manhood—and that man shamelessly took pride in it, believing it was his mercy.
Every time he thought of the condescending looks of that man and his family, Du Guangyuan’s heart surged with boundless hatred, ready to explode from his chest, but he had to act humble, submissive, and utterly reverent.
In this state, Du Guangyuan’s heart had long been twisted. Would the Vlad family know of his hateful thoughts? Perhaps they would, perhaps not. Even if they did, they would treat it as a joke, because Du Guangyuan’s hatred was insignificant to them.
Being insignificant meant they could humiliate him at will; being insignificant meant they could reshape him at will. To prevent his Bloodline Power from spreading, Vlad II had deprived Du Guangyuan of his masculinity when granting him powers. For decades, what hung between his legs was nothing more than an ornament and a tool for excretion.
This humiliation tormented Du Guangyuan’s nerves endlessly, further motivating him to seek revenge against the Vlad family, to reclaim everything he had lost.
Secretly inflicting serious injuries on Little Vlad and seizing his Bloodline Power to break his own shackles was merely the first step. After regaining his youth and masculinity, Du Guangyuan indulged himself but soon desired a child, someone truly connected to him by blood.
This was his long-held dream, which grew more pressing as he aged. Watching families enjoying their descendants’ companionship, his heart would ache; he longed for such a day for himself. He vowed if he had a child, he would give him everything good, even if it spoiled him.
With this in mind, as soon as he broke his shackles, he indulged in his plan of sowing seeds, lingering among healthy women he had carefully selected, eventually achieving his goal. The woman in the photo, Zhu Yuping, successfully conceived his child.
In his joy, Du Guangyuan quietly eliminated several other women who hadn’t conceived to prevent his intentions from leaking. He lavished Zhu Yuping’s family and herself with large sums of money, promising more rewards after the child was born, convincing the inexperienced girl to submit during her tough pregnancy in the countryside.
Looking at the woman in the photo, Zhu Yuping wasn’t truly important to him; she was just a tool for childbirth. What he truly cared about was the child in her womb, his first bloodline. However, after careful consideration, reason prevailed over emotion. Whose life mattered more—the child’s or his own? In his self-centered heart, he had the answer.
Without the child, he could always have another, but if he were gone, everything would be lost.
Though Du Guangyuan kept comforting himself this way, he was unwilling to give up. Fine, Shenyu, if you start the trouble, I’ll raise the stakes. Let you and the Investigation Bureau fight it out! If they manage to save my child, great; if not, Shenyu will pay dearly!