Chapter 771 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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Grace was also stunned. Sean’s involvement surprised her a little.

After all, she had seen the way Sean looked at her with guilt when they were in the hospital previously, but… it turned out no amount of guilt could compete with money.

“Keep tracking Sean’s whereabouts and look for the surveillance footage of him in tMason Swansonty in the past week. Check if he has gotten in contact with Lily,” ordered Jason.

“Yes,” replied Terrence.

 Reed group had the best tech talents in Emerald City. They could conduct a search much faster than the police.

However, checking Sean’s whereabouts in the past week might take some time-even if many of them worked together to go through the footage.

Jason said to Grace, “Go to bed. I’ll take care of this. If Lily and Sean reach out, I’ll let you know.”

Grace shook her head. “I’m not sleepy.” All she wanted now was to get Mason back.

There was a look of determination in her eyes that let him know she would not go to bed no matter how much he persuaded her.

“Also, I’d like to go through Sean’s surveillance footage as well. It’ll be faster if we have more people go through it. I’ll just feel worse if I wait around,” said Grace.

Jason then instructed his staff to give Grace a computer and some segments of the surveillance footage.

With the time ticking by, Grace looked at the scenes of Sean on her computer. She had to carefully watch the surveillance footage or she might miss something.

She got up from her chair with a start.

“Wha’s wrong?” asked Jason as he hurried to Grace’s side.

“It’s Lily!” said Grace as she pointed at the woman on the screen who was seen approaching Sean. She recognized Lily at a glance even though the video quality was not very clear and Lily had changed a lot in the past five years.

After all, Lily was her biggest nightmare-a horrible nightmare!

Jason narrowed his eyes and watched the surveillance footage with Grace, who paused the scene when Lily beckoned a child over to Sean.

She remembered… this child. It was the little boy who played the piano really well at the exhibition that day.

‘Is the child related to Lily? Could the child be… Lily’s?’

Lily had brought the child to meet Sean. In other words, could the child… be Sean’s?

This speculation ran through Grace’s head. It was not long before someone found surveillance footage of Lily and Sean’s second meeting.

Jason then had someone find where Lily was staying through the surveillance footage.

Sure enough, it was much easier to track down Lily in this way. However, they discovered that Lily had been staying in a cheap hotel and she checked out right before Mason was kidnapped.

Further checking surprisingly revealed where Lily had been hiding all these years.

She had been in Lu City! She also had a son, William, who was now five years old.

However, William did not attend kindergarten. There happened to be a retired piano teacher in the urban village of Lu City where Lily lived. William had taken piano lessons from the man.

Just then, the kidnappers sent an email to Terrence from abroad. It was obvious they had made preparations for counter-reconnaissance.

It was not difficult to find the actual source of the email, but it would take a while. Besides, even if they did locate it, it might just lead them to an internet cafe or a shopping mall.

The contents of the email made Jason frown.

The email required them to deposit the 100 million dollars into an overseas account. They also wanted Grace to pick up the child at a designated location after that!

Jason said right away, “No way! It’s too dangerous for you to pick him up alone!”

“Regardless if it’s dangerous or not, we have to try!” said Grace.

Jason pondered and replied by email, saying that the money would only be deposited to their account after they made sure the child was safe. They would transfer the money when they saw Mason at the designated location and retrieved him.

Jason said in the email that he would pick up the child personally and would not bring any of his men.

“Jay, you won’t let me go alone but you want to go alone?” asked Grace.

“It’s better that I go. Besides, I’m Mason’s father. Isn’t it only natural that I should go?” said Jason as he sent the email. Grace could not even talk him out of it.

The kidnappers soon emailed back, saying they could make payment when retrieving the child. However, Grace had to be the one who paid them and picked up the child.

Their email sounded as if this would end in mutual destruction if they disagreed.

They also informed them that they would send the email with the location right before the deal took place! If Grace did not arrive at the specified location within the timeframe, they would kill the child.

Jason was livid when he saw the email. However, they stopped replying after he sent another email.

Grace said, “I’ll go. Lily and Sean seem determined to get me there!”

Jason pressed thin lips together tightly and said nothing. He clearly disagreed with Grace.

“Jay, I’ll take good care of myself, but… Even if you’re against this, I have to save Mason. It’s the only thing I can do for him as his mother!” Grace said firmly.

Jason sighed helplessly. He could never go against her.

“Well, let’s make a bet. If something happens to you, I’ll follow suit!”

The simple sentence represented his determination. Grace’s heart trembled as she understood what Jason meant. His life and death would depend on her’s!

Grace forced herself to sleep that night. Only with adequate sleep could she have more strength and energy to save Mason.

Jason slowly opened his eyes after Grace fell asleep. His lips gently fell on her deformed fingers.

“Grace, who matters most to you right now?”

His question was left unanswered.

The place where the transaction was going to take place was on a hill. It had a dense forest and was sparsely populated. The surroundings were vast undeveloped areas.

Anything could happen in a place like this.

Grace was holding a phone the kidnappers had prepared. They had put it somewhere with no surveillance cameras and emailed her to pick it up.

The phone could only receive incoming calls. It could not make calls or send messages.

Standing in front of her was a man wearing one of those Monkey King masks one could find at any roadside stall. He handed her a laptop and asked her to transfer the money.

“I want to see Mason first. I won’t transfer the money if I don’t see him,” said Grace.

“Then let her!” the female voice on the phone said.

The man turned around silently and brought out an unconscious child moments later.

“Mason!” shouted Grace. Mason’s face was somewhat bruised and swollen. He had obviously been beaten up. “What did you do to Mason? Why is he unconscious?”

“I just gave him two pills so he would sleep. Don’t worry, he’s not going to die.” The woman sounded a little angry when she spoke on the other line of the phone.

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