16. Exposed

Cang Lingshan had returned to the Cang Family's villa district in Nanqi Province.

Her expression was terrible, and dark circles hung beneath her eyes as she listened to her subordinates' report.

Last night, she had led her people in successfully wiping out all the armed outlaws in that village without a single casualty among her subordinates.

But...

They hadn't rescued Xia Yuxi.

By now, the village had been completely brought under the control of the Public Security Officers.

Cang Lingshan's operation had been reported to her superiors and approved beforehand.

And to avoid alerting the enemy, they had bypassed the local Security Post entirely.

So this operation of hers shouldn't have any consequences.

They had also searched through all the surveillance footage in the village, hoping to find some clue about Xia Yuxi.

But Xia Yuxi hadn't appeared in any of the footage at all, as if she had vanished into thin air. It was baffling.

On top of that, the helicopter's radio had been hijacked last night, and someone had issued false orders.

The helicopters that had been patrolling the area had all gathered around the helicopter Cang Lingshan was riding in!

Cang Lingshan hadn't slept all night.

She kept wondering who had taken Xia Yuxi.

Now.

The good news was that they hadn't found Xia Yuxi's body, so she was most likely still alive.

The bad news was that they had no idea where Xia Yuxi had gone, and there was no way to explain this to Yimo!

"Uncle Hua, use every means at your disposal to investigate. We have to find Xia Yuxi!"

"Also, keep an eye on the follow-up developments in that village. We can't forget this lead!"

Butler Uncle Hua nodded and left the room to arrange the work.

Cang Lingshan walked over to the