The moment Shen Qiang heard the words, his gaze turned exceptionally cold and grim, for he knew without a doubt that this matter was certainly related to the Long Yan Sword Sect.

"Don't panic, crying won't solve anything. I'll be there soon; wait for me."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Qiang said to Xiu Ju with a very cold expression, "Notify everyone, the Long Yan Sword Sect has made their move."

The normally cheerful Xiu Ju immediately responded in a serious tone, "Yes, okay."

Having said that, Xiu Ju quickly sent a pre-arranged message to everyone and then followed behind Shen Qiang.

"Golden Cicada!"

Shen Qiang frowned and called out, then placed the fluttering golden cicada into his shirt pocket, instructing her, "Stay put and behave yourself. No matter what happens, do not show yourself without my permission."

Hearing this, Golden Cicada nodded vigorously.

"Don't worry, Master. Golden Cicada understands," she said.

Descending the stairs and getting into the car, Shen Qiang sped all the way to the bun shop.

The beautiful young woman Gao Hui was crying bitterly; next to her, Jing Xiangwei also had tears in her beautiful eyes.

Shen Qiang frowned and said, "Both of you, stop crying and tell me what exactly happened."

Upon hearing this, Gao Hui hadn't even started to explain.

Jing Xiangwei's tears fell in a rush, choking up as she said, "Today is Sunday, the kindergarten was closed, so Sister Gao Hui picked up the children and brought them to the shop, then after nine in the morning, there weren't many people eating breakfast in the shop."

"Then the person delivering the flour came, and Sister Gao Hui handed the child over to me to watch for a while."

"I was playing with Little Bao in the shop."

"Suddenly, a lot of people came to buy buns; I was busy collecting money, so I had Little Bao stand beside me. In the blink of an eye, after I finished collecting the money, I realized the child was gone, and then I checked the surveillance and saw that he was taken away by a middle-aged woman."

"Then, I found this at the front of the shop!"

Taking the printout handed over by the tearful Jing Xiangwei,

Shen Qiang glanced at it, which read, "Call the police or notify the Dragon Group, and the ticket will be torn immediately. Prepare the money and wait for my call."

"It's all my fault! If it weren't for me..." Jing Xiangwei burst into tears.

With a slightly irritated mood, Shen Qiang frowned and said sharply, "Shut up. If tears could solve problems, the world would have been free of thieves and at peace long ago."

Jing Xiangwei's expression became tear-streaked, and she managed to stop crying, then looked at Shen Qiang.

Shen Qiang frowned and said to the sobbing Gao Hui, "Don't worry, doesn't it say on the note? They just want money, and right now, I have plenty of it. Go upstairs to the rest area and wait for their call. Don't miss the chance to talk to them."

Upon hearing this, Gao Hui, as if she had found her pillar of strength, quickly agreed and rushed upstairs.

After she left, Shen Qiang looked at the stunningly beautiful Jing Xiangwei and said, "Come with me."

Saying this, Shen Qiang led her out of the bun shop and then got into the car.

This vehicle was a new bulletproof off-road vehicle purchased by Shen Qiang, imported from George Patton. Once Jing Xiangwei and Xiu Ju had boarded, Shen Qiang closed the door and calmly looked through the rearview mirror at Jing Xiangwei sitting in the back. Gazing at her tear-reddened beautiful eyes, Shen Qiang calmly said.

"I know you definitely didn't intentionally let the child be taken, and I also know that, as a cultivator above the Nascent Soul Stage, even with the smallest area of Divine Sense, it's impossible not to detect someone taking the child from beside you."

Jing Xiangwei was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly defended, saying, "Shen Qiang, Sister Gao Hui has shown me great kindness, I would never do such a thing."

Hearing her defense, Shen Qiang slightly frowned, then said, "I'm not saying you colluded with them to do this; rather, I'm telling you that someone has set you up."

Jing Xiangwei was startled.

Shen Qiang continued, "Your cultivation is not low; at least with my current Nascent Soul cultivation, I still can't accurately judge your level."

"Yang God Realm," Xiu Ju chimed in. "But if she summons that demon she's been raising, I think she's strong enough to compete with me, roughly on par with an ordinary Mixed Element Realm cultivator."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang frowned, "So, for someone to take the child from your side, the other party must also be strong. At least, they should be very clear on how to mask their aura and block your Divine Sense, otherwise, they could not have succeeded."

In an instant, a cold light burst in Jing Xiangwei's beautiful eyes, and as she grew angry, a faint sweet scent of roses filled the car.

"Who did it? I want them to pay the price!"

Glancing at the furious Jing Xiangwei, Shen Qiang calmly furrowed his brow and said, "If you can't calm down, then our conversation ends here, because I don't want you to foolishly rush out and get yourself killed after hearing my analysis."

The stunningly beautiful Jing Xiangwei was taken aback, staring blankly at Shen Qiang, "Do you think I'm an idiot?"

"Yes," Shen Qiang said bluntly, without sugar-coating his words, "The esteemed young miss of the Jing Family, a Yang God Realm cultivator, reduced to working as a cashier in a dumpling shop, and someone steals a child right beside you without your knowledge—if you're not foolish, I can't find another fool in this world."

Hearing this, Jing Xiangwei nearly burst into tears.

But Shen Qiang wasn't coddling her, and said bluntly, "I'll give you three seconds to stabilize your emotions. If after three seconds, you still want to cry or kill someone, then roll out of my car."

The gorgeous Jing Xiangwei's face turned pale.

Staring blankly at Shen Qiang.

After a full three seconds of silence, she took a deep breath and pleaded, "Shen Qiang, I assure you, I'm calm now. Please tell me, who is responsible for this, I absolutely won't act rashly."

Looking at her in the rearview mirror.

After a moment of contemplation, Shen Qiang indifferently said, "They kidnapped my godson, but they weren't targeting you, Jing Xiangwei, or Gao Hui; they were after me, Shen Qiang. Although I'm not exactly a saint, I have very few known enemies."

"Life-extending Hall's strongest is merely one Mixed Element Realm cultivator; they don't have the courage to confront me. Shanghai's Zhang Family's Zhang Shuheng, with his cultivation above the Dao Fruit Stage, would have straightforwardly killed me if he really wanted to—it wouldn't be this complicated."

"Eliminating those two families, the only other enemies who could carry out such a deed would be the Long Yan Sword Sect."

Jing Xiangwei's eyes lit up, and she angrily said, "The Long Yan Sword Sect, it must be them. I'll call someone from home right away to wipe them out!"

Hearing this, Shen Qiang frowned, "If you really had that kind of authority, you wouldn't be in this situation, so just shut up. My godson poses no threat to them; their kidnapping him was aimed at me, which ideally should prompt notifying the Dragon Group Combat Team, but unfortunately, we don't have any concrete evidence."

"Evidence?"

At the mention of this word, Xiu Ju, sitting in the passenger seat, was startled for a moment and then went silent for about two or three seconds. Her eyes not only turned colder but her tone also became chillingly distant.

"Assuming they were indeed targeting you, their next step after kidnapping the child would undoubtedly be setting up a trap, asking you to deliver the ransom, and then sniping at you. So the sensible action would be to forsake the child, let him die!"

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