The Beauty CEO's Personal Expert-Chapter 1366 - 1674: Jiubao Village

Two and a half days have passed, and the air in the basement has become thin, making each breath extremely precious.

Now, every time Ling Chen takes a breath, he has to hold on for several minutes before changing breaths. Only in this way can he endure for a longer time.

Slowly exhaling a breath, Ling Chen gave a bitter smile to himself. From hope at the beginning to despair now, he has nearly given up. It seems he truly cannot escape this disaster this time. Even with the Prajnaparamita Sutra, he can’t do anything.

He’s not a deity; without air and food, any master from the Heavenly List couldn’t survive. Perhaps only someone like Ling Gengqiu with an immortal body could live through this.

Holding his breath for several minutes, Ling Chen reached his limit, his mouth slightly open ready to change breaths, but he quickly realized that the air in the entire basement had been depleted. Is he going to die... Ling Chen thought secretly. The suffocation from the lack of air led to oxygen deficiency in his brain, and soon, Ling Chen felt dizzy, with his consciousness gradually becoming blurred, everything before his eyes slowly turning hazy.

Seems like... he’s truly hopeless now...

Bang!

As everything turned completely dark, Ling Chen’s body slightly leaned against the wall and directly fell to the ground.

...

At this moment, ten kilometers away from the abandoned factory, Ling Kun and Ling Tao were sitting in a car, followed by a dozen vans slowly driving ahead along the road. Looking at the buildings on both sides of the road, Ling Kun occasionally issued commands through the walkie-talkie. Soon, several vans from the convoy would head towards those buildings for a search.

Just a few hours ago, the tech department finally found that military jeep in the surveillance footage of Beijing, even though it was only one image. Using the direction of that military jeep, the tech department has pinpointed the possible area where Ling Chen might appear. With this clue, the entire search range has been narrowed down to the Beijing Suburb.

At this moment, everyone including the police has put efforts into the search operation in the Beijing Suburb.

After driving for over half an hour, Ling Kun had already searched all the buildings he saw along the road but still found no clues related to Ling Chen.

"Mr. Ling, there’s an abandoned factory ahead, should we go take a look?"

Upon hearing the voice from the walkie-talkie, Ling Kun responded, "Let’s go."

Before long, the convoy stopped next to the abandoned factory. Getting off the car, Ling Kun looked at the surrounding environment. Because it had been abandoned for a long time, weeds grew around the factory.

"Ling Kun, look over there." At that moment, Ling Tao who was accompanying them seemed to have discovered something and quickly ran towards the front. Upon reaching, Ling Tao pointed at the ground, "Look here, these weeds have been pressed down, it should be tire tracks. Moreover, there are four tire marks here, indicating that a vehicle has stopped here."

Squatting on the ground, Ling Kun examined the tire marks, then measured with his fingers, "The width of the tires matches that military jeep, and if there are no surprises, Ling Chen was probably confined here." With that, Ling Kun stood up and said to everyone behind him, "Search this factory thoroughly."

As everyone entered the factory, it wasn’t long before the search personnel made a discovery.

Upon hearing the news, Ling Kun and Ling Tao quickly arrived inside the factory, looking at a damaged door, and couldn’t help but frown.

"Did you break this?"

A man shook his head and said, "No, it was like this when we arrived."

Ling Tao examined it for a moment and said, "Judging by the damage marks, it should have been caused just recently. Is it possible that Ling Chen broke through this door and escaped from inside?"

"Impossible." Ling Kun pointed at the scattered stone and the iron door on the ground, "The iron door fell inward, indicating the person who broke this door did so from the outside." Saying that, Ling Kun’s eyes narrowed slightly and took a few steps to the iron door, reaching out and touching the dent in the middle of the iron door.

"Look at this mark, doesn’t it look like a fist imprint?"

Ling Tao approached closely, astonished, "This iron door is two fingers thick, and the door frame is fixed tight, yet someone managed to punch through this iron door, their strength surely reached the Heavenly List level."

Ling Kun nodded, "Indeed! Let’s go, let’s check inside first." Entering the basement, everyone turned on the flashlights built into their phones.

Soon, Ling Kun found a piece of clothing in the basement’s ventilation hole, "This is the outfit Ling Chen was wearing when he was taken that day."

"Seems like we found the right place, Ling Chen was confined here all along. Look at the residue marks on the clothes, someone tried to smoke him out. Thankfully, Ling Chen was clever enough to use the clothes to block the ventilation duct."

"But who could have rescued him from here?" Ling Kun asked puzzled.

"That we don’t know, but what we can confirm is that Ling Chen is at least still alive. The person breaking this iron door was clearly not among those who held him, or else they wouldn’t need to resort to such violent methods. Don’t worry, Ling Chen might contact us soon."

"Let’s hope so."

...

Not knowing how much time passed, Ling Chen groggily woke up, opening his eyes, looking at the surrounding environment, Ling Chen felt his head heavy, weighed down. Lying on the bed, Ling Chen took a deep breath. He didn’t expect to still be alive! At that moment in the basement, he thought he was surely done for.

But who rescued him? Looking at where he was now, it seemed less like a hospital; more like an old abandoned house, the window glass was shattered, the roof occasionally let wind in, even the bed he lay on was made of straw.

After resting for a while, Ling Chen slowly got up from the bed, then moved around the bedside a bit. Once his body had sufficiently recovered, Ling Chen pushed the door open and walked outside.

Standing outside the house, Ling Chen looked around and saw fields of rice paddies, the air was very fresh. Typically, only the countryside has such clean air.

Looks like he’s not in Beijing. Just then, Ling Chen suddenly saw a person walking from a distance. To be precise, it was a middle-aged man. The other was dressed simply in a vest, carrying a bundle of firewood, and a couple of straw bundles, striding towards him.

When the man approached, Ling Chen hurriedly went to meet him and asked, "Uncle, can I ask you, where is this place?" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"This is Jiubao Village."

"Jiubao Village? How far is this place from Beijing?"

"Not far, more than forty kilometers."

Thankfully, more than forty kilometers is not too far. Ling Chen nodded secretly. "Right! Uncle, do you know whose house this is?"

The middle-aged man grinned, "This is my home."