*Flashback*
"Hasn't it been a while since Jun went away?" Jian asked, feeling extremely bored as he laid back on the grass. "It's no fun if Jun isn't around to tease~"
"Isn't it because of us that he went away in the first place?"
"Not us. You. You stole his octopus and made him mad."
Nian gasped. "You sneaked to steal his egg roll! Don't act so innocent!"
"That egg roll was really small. It hardly counted," he snorted.
"Don't try to defend yourself."
They then heard the sound of a car honk and saw the Liu family's guard, Xuan Hui, ready to pick them up. "Uncle Xuan!" The twins grinned and hopped towards him.
"Young master Jian. Young master Nian," Xuan Hui smiled and patted their heads.
They asked, "Where is Mom?"
He regretfully said, "Madam Nana is at home. Young mistress Nuo got sick, so she stayed back. She asked me to apologize for not coming personally to pick you up."
The twins gasped in shock. "What! Our little sister is sick!? Why is Mom apologizing? Of course she has to be with her! Let's go quickly to her side!"
Nian then said, "Wait Jun still isn't back."
"Oof! Why hasn't he returned yet? Let's go and drag him back."
The twins walked towards the direction where Jun had headed before, but they didn't find him anywhere. They searched for him back and forth but never found a trace of him.
Nian scratched the top of his head. "Jun was supposed to be here. Where could he go?"
"Damn where has he run off to now?"
An elderly woman sitting on a nearby bench noticed the commotion on their side and gently asked, "Are you looking for the boy with glasses who was playing with the flowerbed just a while ago?"
Jian brightened and ran towards her. "Yes, yes, Grandma! He is our little brother! Did you see him where he went? We are not able to find him anywhere."
"Oh my then I suppose he left you two alone and went with his father I guess."
"Huh?" The twins blinked. "Dad?"
Isn't Dad out for a day's business trip?
"Yes. When the boy was playing with the flowers, I saw a man approach him carrying a little girl in his arms. They didn't stay long and left after a minute. I suppose he was his father and the little girl his sister?"
The twins stared at her. Xuan Hui came rushing towards them, slightly breathless. "Young master. I didn't see young master Jun on the other side either."
The twins thanked the elderly woman and took Xuan Hui to the side. "Uncle Xuan. Was Dad supposed to come and pick us up?"
"No. Boss is on a day's business trip as you know. He should be heading towards the airport for his return flight now though. It was Madam Nana who was supposed to come but the young mistress got sick. Why?"
It was at that moment that Jian immediately took out his emergency phone from his bag and dialed Jun's number. But the number was out of reach. Neither did it ring or it said any message that it was switched off. The number was simply unable to connect.
"...Uncle Xuan. I think Jun has been kidnapped," Jian said extremely slowly, trying to sink in the implication himself.
Xuan Hui froze. "H-Huh? How is it possible…Who would kidnap…"
Nian coldly said, "Inform Dad right away. We have wasted enough time already."
Jian clenched his little fists, trembling in anger. More than towards the kidnapper, he cursed himself for being irresponsible and letting Jun go off alone.
"I should have kept an eye on him…"
Nian slapped his head. "This is not the time to blame. Do that later. First we have to find Jun!"
Xuan Hui snapped out of his stupor and from the pale fear for Jun's life, he immediately switched into his work mode and with a hardened countenance didn't waste a second before dialing Jinhai's number.
When Jinhai heard the news on the other side, he felt as if he was thrown into the Artic. His expression turned extremely frigid and the temperature in the car shot down by several degrees. "I don't care who had the galls to touch my son, but find him at any cost. Overturn the entire underworld if you have to but find Jun anyhow. I will catch an earlier flight and touch down Beijing as soon as possible. Until then, don't let Nana know anything."
"Yes, Boss!"
The extensive search for Jun began and soon they came to know that it was Ouyang Haitao who had most probably taken him away. The elderly woman testified to this as she recognized Ouyang Haitao from the pictures shown to her by Xuan Hui.
"Oh yes. It was this man."
Xuan Hui gritted his teeth. "Does he think that he can threaten Boss into forgiving his debt if he took young master!? He doesn't know what he has done! He is so dead!"
The twins saw his hand shaking and despite the fact that they looked calm on the outside, their hearts were trembling just like his hand. They wanted to see Jun safe at any cost and when Xuan Hui managed to track the location of the apartment where Jun was kept, the twins insisted on coming with him.
Xuan Hui widened his eyes. "No, no! Boss has ordered me to take you back home-"
"We are coming with you," neither Jian nor Nian agreed to change their mind about their decision.
"But it could be dangerous!"
"You are here with us and so do the other guards. We will be fine. But we'll be coming with you. That's it."
Xuan Hui shuddered with the finality in their voices and more so with the menace glinting in their black orbs. Helpless and defeated, he had no choice but to let them accompany him. Naturally, he put extra guards to protect them especially when they reached nearer the apartment's location.
But as they reached, the twins felt as if their souls left their bodies as they saw Ouyang Haitao already on his escape from the apartment, carrying Jun and Zhan Yahui in his arms.
At the same time, Ouyang Haitao noticed the commotion behind him as well and froze upon seeing the Liu family guards on his chase.
Before their cars could even come to a stop, Ouyang Haitao reacted instinctively and pulled Jun in front of him as his protection and pointed his gun at him. "Stop right there!"
From afar, the twins stared at an unconscious Jun and seeing the scratches and bruises on his skin, especially the slight purple marks around his neck, their already hardened gazes turned into something more frightening and sinister.
"Ah…" Jian muttered expressionlessly, "He shouldn't have done that. He…shouldn't have hurt my little brother like that."
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