After Ping finished speaking, he only felt himself being pushed aside, and then before he could react, Nan Moyan, who was originally standing in front of him, had already walked past him directly towards the staircase.

Ping stared at his boss’s back, and after standing there for several seconds, he quickly followed because he suddenly thought of a dreadful possibility.

The possibility that Song Qiao might be the boss’s relative.

Thinking about this, he couldn’t stay calm anymore, he turned around and also walked towards the staircase.

In the living room, Song Xi and Xu Qian were still standing there, while Xiao Ye was holding a photo, seemingly asking Song Xi for an autograph.

Seeing Nan Moyan come down, Xiao Ye immediately stood still and hid the photo behind his back, then awkwardly called out, "Boss..."

Xiao Ye’s action clearly had a ’nothing to see here’ vibe, and when Nan Moyan came down just now, he had already seen what it was, and he knew Xiao Ye was asking Song Xi for an autograph.

His gaze fell on Song Xi, he naturally knew that Song Xi was Song Qiao’s younger sister, but it seemed they were only half-sisters.

When this thought came to him, his originally intended steps towards the kitchen abruptly stopped.

Whether he and Song Qiao were actually siblings by blood, he was still uncertain, and even if confirmed, so what?

Besides, he still didn’t know if Song Qiao’s mother was indeed his own, and even if she was, what could he do?

Question why she abandoned him?

His childhood memories always centered around hardship, he always thought his parents had died and that’s why they didn’t want him.

Later, his aunt said his parents were still alive, it sparked a doubt in him, why didn’t his parents want him, letting him and his aunt live in a poor neighborhood in Italy, struggling even for meals often without the next.

In fact, living almost thirty years, the clearest memories Nan Moyan had were of relying on each other with his aunt.

His footsteps forcibly halted, his gaze lingered on Song Xi for a while, then he turned to look towards the kitchen, but he did not move forward to find Song Qiao’s figure.

Ping hurried down from upstairs, seeing his boss still standing there, he paused his steps briefly, then quickly walked behind his boss, cautiously looking at the man’s profile, hesitated, but finally opened his mouth, "Boss, aren’t you going to ask?"

Nan Moyan had his hands in his pockets, eyes slightly darkened, thin lips lightly pursed, yet he didn’t speak.

Ping suddenly stopped talking as well, unsure what would be best to say, as the boss seemed to be in a somewhat bad mood.

The living room’s atmosphere suddenly became a bit strange, once Song Xi realized this man was the leader of this group, she too felt a bit uncomfortable inside.

Probably seeing the man’s mood seemed a bit off, she quietly stood in front of Xu Qian, pursing her lips without speaking.

Soon a man dressed in black came out of the kitchen, directly approached their boss and said, "Boss, the woman said we’re having hotpot tonight, just cooked a few dishes, said dinner’s ready soon."

Hotpot?

Nan Moyan’s eyes paused, looking a bit different, but eventually he just faintly agreed.

Hotpot... He had eaten it abroad, but only once, and it was years ago.

Hotpot was quite popular in An City, especially in winter when people loved eating it.

Not long ago, when they first came to An City, Ping kept saying they had to try hotpot.

Turning to look at Ping, sure enough, when Ping heard the words, his eyes brightened, and he immediately said, "Hotpot is great, the best thing to eat, right, boss?"

Nan Moyan gave him a disdainful look but said nothing.

...

The kitchen was fully equipped, Song Qiao had seen the two hotpot pots in the corner yesterday, which sparked an early desire to eat hotpot.

Although they were kidnapped now, and the other side were kidnappers, it didn’t stop a foodie from acting.

Though she hadn’t bought hotpot base ingredients, Song Qiao simmered a rich broth from bones to use as a hotpot soup base.

She had two younger men move the pots outside, then arranged the cut and neatly displayed vegetables on the table, waiting for them to come and pick up, soon some guys came in and carried all the ingredients out.

Song Qiao stepped outside, but seeing Song Xi standing beside Xu Qian at the door, she immediately stopped, her eyes widened as if thinking she was hallucinating.

Xiao Xi... How could Xiao Xi appear here?

"Xiao Xi..." Song Qiao walked directly to Song Xi, looked her up and down, discovering she was unharmed, breathed a sigh of relief and asked directly, "Xiao Xi, how are you here?"

Turns out she wasn’t hearing things just now, she did hear Song Xi’s voice, but she didn’t know why Song Xi was also here.

Her gaze directly fell on the man, she questioned directly, "Why is my sister here? Did you bring her here? Wasn’t your target just me? Why involve Xiao Xi?"

The man’s gaze fell on Song Xi, his eyes darkened, yet he smiled, "Why don’t you ask your sister if I brought her?"

She came herself, I didn’t touch her, okay?

Song Qiao was stunned, then turned to look at Song Xi, "Xiao Xi..."

Song Xi, a bit embarrassed, said, "Sis, actually I came with them myself. He told me you were in their hands, so I..."

She was too worried about Song Qiao, ever since Song Qiao was abducted and went missing, she had stopped working, these past few days she had been trying to gather information, but unfortunately found nothing.

Finally getting a bit of information about her sister, she didn’t hesitate to follow along, not even considering whether the other side would deceive her.

But fortunately, her sister was indeed here.

Upon seeing Song Qiao, Song Xi felt her decision to come along was correct, though perhaps their safety was not guaranteed now.

Song Qiao looked at Song Xi in front of her, feeling a bit angry, but then having no idea what to say.

——There are four more updates tonight