Song Qiao and Xu Qian disappeared for a whole day and night. Lu Jingchen had already reported the incident to the police, not because he feared those people would tear up the hostage, but because he kept it quiet and went directly to the police chief privately to ask him to assign some people to follow up on the case.

There was not a single phone call, not a bit of news; those people kept their mouths tightly shut, and couldn’t be pried open to say a word. Assistant Xue went to find the family of one of these people, but so far they haven’t arrived in An City, so there’s temporarily no threat or leverage to make them speak up.

The longer the time passes, the more dangerous Song Qiao and Xu Qian’s situation becomes.

Moreover, Xu Qian’s brother, Commander Xu of the Lu combat unit, had also been informed about his sister’s kidnapping.

At the Lu Family Mansion, Song Nianhuan and Lu Wangshu had been brought by the butler to play in the backyard garden. The two children were not aware that something had happened to their mom. In the morning, Song Nianhuan and Lu Wangshu were looking for their mom, but Lu Jingchen only told them that Song Qiao had some matters to attend to and was temporarily not at home.

In the living room, Lu Jingchen stood there watching the man in military uniform sitting on the sofa, exuding an aura of righteousness. Though he appeared only fifty or sixty years old, he was actually nearly seventy, yet his body remained very robust. Otherwise, others would retire at sixty, but he hadn’t retired yet.

"Uncle..." Lu Jingchen respectfully called out.

Xu Yan’s gaze fell on Lu Jingchen, his expression stern, with a hint of anger in his eyes as he directly stated, "There’s still no news about your mom. Do you think it’s an issue with your ability or theirs?"

Lu Jingchen’s face showed no expression, but his complexion turned unpleasant because of Xu Yan’s words. Still, he answered truthfully, "It’s my ability issue."

If it weren’t for his ability issue, he would have found Xu Qian and Song Qiao by now, but currently, there was no news at all.

Xu Yan sneered softly and directly stated, "At first, you should have come with me to spend ten years or so in the army." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Lu Jingchen did not speak.

Xu Yan glanced around and then frowned as he asked, "Where is your father?"

He had been here for quite a while but hadn’t seen Lu Tianming, which was making him quite displeased.

Lu Jingchen looked at his uncle and explained, "Father was stimulated by mother’s accident, causing a sudden heart attack. He is now in the hospital; although he’s out of danger, he hasn’t regained consciousness..."

Due to Xu Qian’s prolonged disappearance, combined with a lack of news, Lu Tianming had been constantly worried about Xu Qian’s safety. His health hadn’t been good for years, and this morning when the butler went up, he happened to witness Lu Tianming having a heart attack and immediately sent him to the hospital.

Now, although he had been rescued and was out of life-threatening danger, he hadn’t regained consciousness yet.

Upon hearing Lu Jingchen’s words, Xu Yan didn’t continue discussing Lu Tianming.

Because Lu Tianming had taken away his most cherished sister, he had never had a favorable view of Lu Tianming.

He was a very protective brother and had always been in complete control of his sister.

This was something that everyone around seemed to know.

Xu Yan’s gaze fell on Lu Jingchen as he directly spoke, "I’ll give you my men, and they’ll follow your orders. However, I’m giving you at most two days to first find out your mom’s whereabouts and second rescue her unharmed..." After a pause, he added, "Of course, also rescue your wife."

During this time, he had also watched the news and knew who his nephew’s wife was. Despite being away from An City, he kept up with the news online.

Admittedly, his wife tended to stir up trouble, and he knew his sister’s incident was indeed due to his nephew’s wife.

Because the other party was actually targeting Song Qiao, they kidnapped Xu Qian solely to lure Song Qiao out.

Lu Jingchen looked at Xu Yan, nodded, "Alright."

Two days would be enough.

Xu Yan stood up directly, and the orderly nearby promptly came over and draped his coat over him.

With his hands behind his back, he looked at Lu Jingchen and said, "I’ll return to the army now. Update me on the progress of things."

Lu Jingchen nodded, "Alright."

Xu Yan continued, "Those two kids are good, and your wife is capable enough. As for Lu Wangshu, if he becomes more sensible, he could directly succeed my position; the army would suit him well."

Lu Jingchen didn’t agree immediately and instead replied calmly, "I can’t decide on that for now; let’s see where Wangshu wants to develop when he grows up a bit. I’ll fully support him then."

After all, it doesn’t matter whether CK Group ends up with Lu Wangshu or not, there’s still Lu Yulin.

He looked at his nephew quite favorably; at least he could already see that his management skills were quite good.

Xu Yan’s deep gaze fell upon Lu Jingchen, and he snorted, "I certainly don’t support your son following your path. Look at you now; you can’t even protect your own wife..."

Lu Jingchen’s face immediately turned sour, but he didn’t say anything. If someone else had said such things to him, he would have already had them thrown out.

However, in front of him was his mother’s brother, his uncle.

He could also understand that his uncle was targeting him purely because of what happened to his mother.

Yet, what he said was true. If he hadn’t failed to protect Song Qiao, such things wouldn’t have happened.

Xu Yan looked at Lu Jingchen, and in reality, he felt regretful soon after speaking, but words spoken cannot be taken back.

So, with a cold face, he continued, "Try to handle this situation promptly, and after your mom returns, let your dad come to talk with me."

He wouldn’t let him off easily, having failed to protect his sister.

Lu Jingchen acknowledged, and Xu Yan didn’t stay long; due to the special situation, he left immediately after speaking, instructing the orderly to put the things he had prepared based on yesterday’s news on the table, as gifts for Song Nianhuan and Lu Wangshu.