"Aunt Liu, where's my brother? Isn't he coming down for dinner?" Work hadn't been very busy that day, so Lin Xingmo had come home for dinner after his shift. He had already changed and settled at the dining table.
Lin Xingye still hadn't appeared in the dining room.
Aunt Liu had just come downstairs carrying a tray, looking a little troubled. "Star said something suddenly came up, so I took his dinner upstairs. Momo, go ahead and eat."
Something came up? What could his brother suddenly have to do?
Lin Xingmo dug into his dinner, planning to go upstairs afterward and eavesdrop outside his brother's door.
He wolfed down his food in a few bites, crept upstairs, and hid outside the door to listen.
After listening for quite a while, he only heard him talking about Qin Ke and He Shuqin.
So he was worrying about that again.
He understood his brother's concerns and decided to talk to him next time. It was fine to be anxious, but he shouldn't forget to eat.
"Momo, Xu Chen's here. He's outside." Aunt Liu had spotted Xu Chen's car from the doorway. Assuming he had come to see Momo about something, she called upstairs.
"Okay." Lin Xingmo jogged outside, a little surprised. Xu Chen hadn't contacted him that day to say he was coming. "What's wrong?"
Lin Xingmo got into the car and found Xu Chen looking grim, even uneasy. He held up his phone, showing a call from Bo Xi.
"Bo Xi? Did something... happen?" A faint sense of dread crept over Lin Xingmo.
"...Qin Ke kidnapped your parents."
Qi Nanshan was the mountain where Qi Sijing and Hu Kai had raced their cars.
They had only raced at the foot of the mountain, but Qin Ke had told him to