The butler instructed the servants to return to their quarters. He also retreated after giving out the orders.
There was a sense of gloominess in the whole mansion. The living room was shrouded with clouds of smoke.
Tang Yan came down after checking on Song Xia's condition and frowned as he covered his nose. "Are you smoking?"
No, he wasn't.
He was just standing there, lighting up cigarettes as if he was smoking. After one finished, he'd light another and dazedly stare at it.
Ellen came back to his sense as he abruptly kicked the table and with a bang, it broke into two right away.
He dumped the cigarette in the bin before shouting in anger, "Why did I let her go?! It's because of me that she has been injured!"
Three black lines appeared in Tang Yan's forehead. He silently said.
"She only has a minor injury on her head. As for the rope marks, they're superficial. There is no serious complications."
He then continued with a sigh.
"It's not only because of you. I'm at fault too. We just wanted to know the reason and chose to do it the risky way. I'm also regretting now, alright. So calm down. "
Ellen obviously didn't calm down. He started wrecking havoc instead.
"If I was a little late, something could've happened to her! That b*stard even fled right in front of my eyes! I feel so useless that I can't even protect my woman well!"
Tang Yan wasn't quite surprised that he was so fierce.
This wasn't really too extreme since he had already witnessed Ellen in a more dangerous mood.
That was when Song Xia had that accident. Ellen didn't only wreck havoc, he nearly overturned the whole China that day.
For fear that Song Xia's condition would be delayed and worsen, he had held back and returned to Australia.
Tang Yan sighed again. "If you keep making noise, she'll wake up."
As expected, Ellen stopped his actions and sat down in a huff. Probably because of the sudden inhaling of smoke, he coughed loudly.
Tang Yan helplessly drew the curtains as he opened the windows to let the fresh air come in. The smoke slowly started dissipating.
He looked at Ellen with disdain. "You don't even know how to smoke and yet you're trying to act cool!"
Ellen had already calmed down. "I was just.. Too frustrated."
Tang Yan patted his shoulder as he consoled him, "I know how you feel."
Ellen expressionlessly spat out, "You don't."
"..."
Tang Yan had the urge to kill him!
He suddenly remembered something.
"Wait, what are you going to do with that little brat? That heartless guy actually left his son in his enemies' hands and fled for his own life! Scumbag!"
Ellen expressionlessly spoke, "He left because he knows that we won't dare do anything to that kid."
Tang Yan: "..."
That was true though. They won't do anything to him since they couldn't bring themselves to harm innocents, unlike a certain someone.
"Speaking of which, how did you abduct him though?"
"He surrendered himself."
"Eh? What?" Tang Yan was perplexed at his words.
Earlier, when Song Xia went 'missing';
The bodyguard returned to the car and relayed the information. Everything was going as they had planned.
Ellen nodded before turning on the tracker while Tang Yan separated with him and went with the bodyguard to search for Song Xia 'desperately'.
As Ellen was contacting Secretary Han, he suddenly heard a knock on the car window. He looked over and saw a small, fair hand knocking orderly.
He rolled down the window and saw a childish face.
He frowned and was about to close the window again when Song Yucheng's voice rang out, "My dad captured your woman."
Ellen froze as he turned to look at the kid. He squinted suspiciously, "What are you talking about?"
Song Yucheng pointed far away, "Just follow that white van." Then he turned to leave without another word.
Ellen didn't know why but he actually started following the van and had even ordered Secretary Han and the rest to come over there.
After arriving, his assigned bodyguards surrounded the entire place and began attacking Song Xe Yong's men secretly.
Ellen got out of his car. He happened to meet Song Yucheng, who had just come out from the abandoned mansion.
The latter was coming over when several bodyguards blocked his way. Song Yucheng tilted his head at him expressionlessly.
Ellen uttered, "Let him come over."
Song Yucheng calmly walked across him and said, "She's inside, in the basement."
Ellen tensed up slightly at the mention of Song Xia, "How is she?"
"She's fine."
Just as he was about to relax, the childish voice spoke again, "But she won't remain well for too long."
Ellen's eyes immediately turned cold as he glared daggers at him. "What did you say?"
Song Yucheng leisurely spoke.
"My dad is going to kill her soon. They're also planning to blow up the whole mansion after that. What do you think will happen if you delay the situation any longer?"
Ellen's heart skipped a beat. He quickly instructed his men before rushing towards the abandoned mansion.
Seeing him leave, Song Yucheng was nonchalant as usual, relaxed unlike the others around him.
After several minutes, he saw Ellen coming out while carrying an unconscious Song Xia. He watched by the side as he put her on the car and secured her seatbelt.
Just as he was about to sit in the driver seat, Song Yucheng tugged on his pants, "Hey."
He impatiently asked with a layer of frost in his eyes, "What?"
Song Yucheng expressionlessly stated, "My dad fled, shouldn't you catch his son to avenge your woman?"
Three black lines appeared on Ellen's forehead as he gnashed his teeth. "What nonsense are you spouting?! Be straightforward!"
The kid plainly blurted out, "Capture me."
"..."
Ellen was speechless.
"..What schemes are you cooking in your mind? I don't have much time to deal with you, just return to your home!"
Song Yucheng blinked somewhat pitifully. "My house has been blasted off. My dad fled while my mom is not here. What should I do? Where should I go?"
Ellen sneered as he pointed at the abandoned house and rolled his eyes, "What are you talking about? Isn't your house perfectly fine?!"
Right at that moment when his voice fell, a big explosion occured and the mansion had blown up.
Luckily, they were fairly far from the mansion otherwise they'd also have been blasted off by the huge explosion.
Song Yucheng tugged him again with a poker face: "See, I told you that my house exploded."
"...!!!"
Ellen inhaled a deep breath to calm himself down so that he won't do anything illegal to the kid. "What do you exactly want?"
"A place to live." Song Yucheng said.
Ellen felt that if the kid didn't have an expressionless face, he'd have pitied him.
He didn't have much patience to begin with, now that Song Xia was injured, he simply wanted to blast the whole world up into smithereens.
And this brat was even making trouble now!
Song 'Troublemaker' Yucheng repeated: "You can take your revenge if you keep me."
Ellen was already in the verge of mental breakdown, "Okay, okay I'll keep you!"
The spoiled brat immediately demanded: "I want a big mansion, food, clothing and games."
"!!"
Ellen suddenly wanted to beat him to death.
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