?Chapter 247: Chapter 247: Mr. Mo, Miss Qiao is missing!   Chapter 247: Chapter 247: Mr. Mo, Miss Qiao is missing!                                   Coffee shop.


    Qiao Ruoxin sat across from Lan Ke, lifting her coffee cup and taking a sip.


    “Did you need something from me?”


    Lan Ke smiled faintly, “I came to see how you are. Did you have a fight with Mr. Mo?”


    “You could say that… He demanded that I make our rtionship public, or he would break up with me. He gave me three days to consider it, and today is thest day.”


    “Then just go public. Although revealing your rtionship might affect your career, with Mr. Mo around, he’s certain to give you all the best resources. You won’t be short of money.”


    Qiao Ruoxin smiled weakly and sighed softly, “You don’t understand, I have my concerns.”


    If she didn’t say it, probably it meant she couldn’t say it.


    Lan Ke didn’t press further, “Then you should have a proper talk with Mo Chen. He dotes on you so much, he’ll definitely amodate you.”


    “…”


    It seemed she had already left everyone with a certain impression, of being spoiled and arrogant.


    …


    Soon, night fell.


    It was thest night of the three-day deadline.


    Qiao Ruoxin started pacing back and forth in the hotel’s presidential suite again.


    “What should I do, what should I do! What exactly should I do!”


    She pped her head, feeling rather irritated, her head aching.


    Qiao Ruoxin walked out onto the balcony, took out her phone, and dialed Mrs. Mo’s number.


    After three rings, the call was answered with Mrs. Mo’s elegant voiceing through, “Who is this?”


    “Mrs. Mo, it’s me, Qiao Ruoxin.”


    “Well, this is a surprise. You calling me, is there something you need?”


    She hesitated for a second, then said, “Mo Chen told me if I don’t go public with our rtionship, he will break up with me. Can you please cancel our agreement? Since I’vee back this time, I haven’t nned on leaving him again. I’ve been thinking… ”


    Qiao Ruoxin hadn’t finished her sentence when Mrs. Mo’s calm voice interrupted from the other end of the phone, “I’m afraid that’s not possible. How you handle this situation is up to you, but if you break the agreement, you’ll only decrease your trustworthiness in my eyes further.”


    And with that, she hung up the phone.


    Staring at the ended call on her phone screen, her headache worsened.


    This mother and son were going to torment her to death!


    Watching the time creep closer to midnight, only a few hours were left on the three-day ultimatum.


    Meanwhile—


    In the next room, the tall figure of a man also paced back and forth, his dark eyes fixated on the mobile phone lying on his desk, waiting for a call from Little Ghost.


    He was bing visibly impatient.


    Mo Chen nced at his wristwatch—it was now nine o’clock in the evening, not long until midnight.


    The man’s handsome face tensed, showing his displeasure, and he eventually sat in the chair behind the desk, silently awaiting the moment his phone would vibrate.


    The little ghost wouldn’t let him down, right? She should…


    Suddenly!


    The phone on the desk vibrated.


    The man looked up sharply, his dark eyes quickly filling with disappointment—it wasn’t a call from Qiao Ruoxin.


    He picked up the phone, his voice cold to the extreme, “Speak.”


    “Mr. Mo! Miss Qiao has disappeared!”


    Mo Chen’s face was struck with shock as he stood up abruptly and walked briskly towards the foyer, roaring into the phone at Xiaowu on the other end, “What the hell did you just say?”


    “Miss Qiao left the hotel a moment ago, took a cab and left. We followed for half an hour but lost her. We’re checking the surveince now!”


    The man hung up abruptly and stormed out of the hotel.


    Walking towards the elevator, his face an ugly shade of anger, he dialed Qiao Ruoxin’s number, but no one answered.


    His tall silhouette stood in front of the elevator, pressing the descent button repeatedly.


    His eyes were pitch-ck and filled with rage.


    Qiao Ruoxin! You sure are ruthless!


    I gave you three days to think it over, and you yed a disappearing act on me!


    Damn it!


    The next time he found Qiao Ruoxin, he swore he would tie this Little Ghost to the bed, break her legs, and make sure she never dreams of freedom again in her life!


    He meant what he said!


    With fury broiling with nowhere to vent, he felt as if his blood were boiling inside him, yelling and screaming, fueling an urge to smash something.


    His emotions were spiraling out of control again.


    Mo Chen entered the elevator and descended to the hotel lobby in a matter of seconds. Carrying an aura of malevolence, he stormed out of the hotel.


    At this moment, he was like a raging beast that no one dared to approach.


    …


    Inside a taxi.


    Qiao Ruoxin sat in the back seat, gazing out at the night scene through the car window, her mind in turmoil, which is why she wanted to go out for a drive.


    The driver wore a ck cap, looking sneaky and shifty-eyed, continuously watching her through the rearview mirror.


    Unaware of his scrutiny, Qiao Ruoxin was still lost in her own world, incessantly wondering whether or not to go public with her rtionship.


    “Miss, where exactly do you want to go?” asked the driver.


    She looked out the window, speaking indifferently,  “Just drive, I won’t shortchange you.”


    “Okay, I got it,” replied the driver, seeing her distracted air and a sleazy smile creeping across his face.


    He then stepped on the gas, speeding towards the suburbs.


    About forty minutester, Qiao Ruoxin suddenly noticed the night scenery outside the window had turned into a deste, uninhabited suburb.


    Her heart skipped a beat.


    This is bad!


    Could she have run into a thug?


    It was then that Qiao Ruoxin somewhat came to her senses, and looking towards the back of the driver’s head she said, “Driver, I want to go back now. Please take me back to the hotel.”


    “Sure, but we’ve gone quite a distance, so it will take some time to get back,” he responded.


    Her heartbeat quickened as she started to feel something was off.


    Qiao Ruoxin became more alert and stealthily pulled out her cell phone from her bag, ready to call the police.


    Just then, the car slowly came to a stop in pitch darkness.


    Qiao Ruoxin, seeing the driver about to open the door, quickly pushed her door open and bolted.


    No sooner had she taken a few steps than the driver grabbed her wrist,  “Hey, beauty, where are you running to? Loneliness can get to youte at night, let me keep youpany? I’ve never seen a woman as beautiful as you before.”


    His tone was as disgusting as it was sleazy.


    Qiao Ruoxin turned around and drove her knee upward, aiming a kick at the driver’s groin, “Go to hell! You sick pervert!”


    “Aaah!!!”


    The driver let out a pig-like scream and copsed on the ground, curling up in agony.


    Qiao Ruoxin took the chance to turn and flee in panic. She found even one more nce at this sleazy man nauseating.


    She kept running until she reached an empty highway where she couldn’t run any further, with cold sweat breaking out on her forehead.


    Hands on her knees, she bent over, gasping for breath.


    Qiao Ruoxin wanted to use her phone to call for help but realized that in her panic she had left it in the car.


    She looked ahead, then back the way she came, feeling as though she were stranded in a no man’snd.


    Was she going to spend the night here?


    Everything was pitch-ck, and the road was nowhere to be seen.


    She never thought the capital had such deserted suburbs; she had never been to this ce before.


    “Mo Chen, brother… help me.” She muttered to herself, on the verge of breaking down.