Chapter 471 - 469: Kidnapping
"Of course!"
Lu Heng nodded slightly and said, "Please wait a moment, Young Friend Shen, allow this old Taoist to make a careful calculation!"
He looked at the information on the household registration booklet and silently called out in his heart, "System."
"System, query this person’s future information!"
[System prompt: Querying future information will consume three days of the host’s lifespan. Do you wish to continue?]
"Yes!"
With his nod of confirmation, everything Shen Yang’s daughter was going to experience in the future unfolded before his eyes like a movie.
After watching these scenes, Lu Heng instinctively frowned.
And this scene couldn’t escape the keen eyes of the live chat audience.
"Oh my, the old Taoist frowned again!"
"It’s over, when the old Taoist frowns, it usually means something bad is going to happen!"
"What’s going on with Brother Shen’s daughter?"
"Yeah, did she encounter some misfortune?"
"It can’t be, isn’t it the same script as ’Esimov’?"
"How can there be so many different scripts?"
"Brother Shen, please mentally prepare yourself!"
"Brother, may you find peace in this grief!"
"Can’t you think more positively? What if Brother Shen’s daughter is fine?"
"The fact that she willingly got into the car from school suggests it was definitely someone she knew well, right?"
"That much seems certain. If it weren’t someone familiar, they wouldn’t have been able to deceive Brother Shen’s daughter."
"So the question is, why did the other party kidnap Brother Shen’s daughter?"
"Kidnappers do it for money, right? So why haven’t they called Brother Shen after kidnapping her?"
"Could it be that the kidnappers realized they got the wrong person and heartlessly just... you know what I mean!"
"Although that sounds absurd, it does seem like something that would make the old Taoist frown..."
The wild speculations of the viewers made Shen Yang’s heart pound.
He realized that earlier he had been fooled by the barrage of comments from the viewers.
But while waiting for the fortune-telling result, he couldn’t help but glance at the comments.
Seeing the viewers seriously discuss the issue of "killing the hostage," his heartbeat accelerated even more.
"Could it be that his daughter was really killed by the kidnappers?"
Imagining his cute daughter, how could the kidnappers have the heart to do it?
But if not, why haven’t they made a single call?
"Ahem!"
Just as Shen Yang’s thoughts were running wild, Lu Heng habitually cleared his throat.
This cough not only interrupted the viewers’ flights of fancy but also calmed Shen Yang’s chaotic thoughts.
"Old Taoist, will... will my daughter be all right?"
Shen Yang blurted out.
"Hmm?"
Lu Heng looked puzzled and said, "Young Friend Shen, where is this coming from?"
"I... I saw everyone in the live chat room seemed to be discussing this issue."
Shen Yang licked his lips, which were somewhat dry, and replied hesitantly.
Lu Heng laughed heartily, stroking his beard, and said, "Young Friend Shen, it’s your first time in our live chat room, so you might not be clear about some things."
"Actually, the comments from the viewers in our live stream are just for entertainment, no need to take them seriously."
"Really?"
Shen Yang said excitedly.
"Indeed!"
After organizing his thoughts, Lu Heng continued, "Regarding your daughter’s situation, I’ve already calculated it."
"However, your daughter’s situation is somewhat special..."
"So I ask you to adjust your mindset for now, and try not to get too excited!"
"This..."
Lu Heng’s words left Shen Yang in a daze for quite a while.
He thought over and over, but couldn’t comprehend the meaning of these words.
However, the long-time viewers in the chat room immediately understood.
"Whoa, does the old Taoist mean..."
"I also understood immediately, but it seems a bit implausible!"
"What does it mean? I don’t get it."
"The old Taoist’s underlying implication is simple: Brother Shen might be at risk of being cuckolded!"
"No way! So, does that mean he’s wearing a green hat?"
"I get it, Brother’s daughter is not actually his, but another man’s daughter, who somehow ended up as his!"
"Oh, come on, are you just talking in circles?"
"Geez, you’re just putting it out there, aren’t you?"
"I always felt something was off! Turns out, I was looking at an endless prairie!"
"Hiss... come to think of it, Brother’s wife doesn’t quite match him, so maybe he was stepping in for someone else!"
"Plus, Brother can’t assert himself, it seems he’s really under his wife’s thumb!"
"Brother, my condolences! Even if the child isn’t yours, you at least raised her."
"Brother might be a step-in dad, but at least he got a catch like his wife!"
"Old Taoist, please stop beating around the bush and tell us what’s actually going on!"
"Yeah, I’m really curious!"
"Could it be the child’s biological father came forward and took her away?"
"That the child left school and got into a car implies she had already met her biological father, doesn’t it?"
"Very likely! The wife took the kid secretly to meet her real father behind Brother’s back..."
"Ahem... why am I imagining scenes from a novel now?"
Although Shen Yang was a step slow to react, he finally caught on after seeing these comments.
This made his already not-so-good complexion turn as white as a sheet, with not a drop of blood left.
"How could my daughter not be mine?"
"This... this can’t be true!"
Shen Yang muttered to himself.
Some strange behaviors of his wife had already made him realize some truths.
After a while, he finally adjusted his mindset, but his state turned significantly more disheartened.
"Old Taoist, wasn’t my daughter kidnapped?"
Shen Yang asked again.
"No!"
Lu Heng lightly shook his head and then spoke seriously, "Young Friend Shen, your daughter wasn’t taken away by her biological father as the viewers speculated."
"She was indeed kidnapped!"
"It’s just that the reason behind it is quite complicated."
"So I ask you to keep calm and let me slowly explain..."
Saying this, he picked up a cup of tea made with Spirit Water, took a sip to moisten his throat.
Then he continued, "I can tell you, the person who kidnapped your daughter is named ’Zhang Xiaoqi’!"
"Zhang... Zhang Xiaoqi?"
"How could... how could it be him?"
Upon hearing this name, Shen Yang was immediately taken aback.
His face showed a look of disbelief.
It was clear that the appearance of "Zhang Xiaoqi" was completely beyond Shen Yang’s expectations.