Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“Sis, I… I just called you to help you relax and take your mind off things. That’s why I intentionally made this call, hoping you would come out! But, why is Jasper…
um, also here?” Lionel was more surprised than Veronica, despite her strange behavior.
After all, with the sudden addition of a person, it’s likely that the original plan will have to be changed somewhat.
“Veronica will take you back, okay? Come back with us now,” said Jasper.
“Go back? How can we go back now? If we really go back, then his plan will be wasted, right?”
“Um…hey sis, Jasper, did you come to find me? Are you thirsty?” Lionel said. “How about drinking a couple of glasses of water first?”
“No need, we didn’t come here just to drink water. Come back with me!” Veronica said, reaching out to grab Lionel’s hand.
“But I spent a lot of money on this private room. There will also be singing and dancing performances later. How about we wait until after the performance before leaving? Sister, you haven’t been in a good mood these days and I’ve been worried about you. I just hope you can be happier,” Lionel said, trying to please her.
Veronica said, “Even if you want to make me happy, you shouldn’t have lied to me and brought me to a nightclub!”
Lionel smiled apologetically and said, “I won’t do it again next time. How about we go to a theme park or something for our next outing?”
Jasper’s eyes lit up at the suggestion, “That’s a great idea. I’ll bring my friend Mason along when the time comes.”
“Yes, yes, yes, call Mason!” said Lionel.
At that moment, Jasper suddenly swayed slightly and his expression changed abruptly. “Wait, something’s not right.
There’s a strange smell in this room…”
Jasper hurriedly walked towards the door of the private room and tried to open it.
However, the door was locked from the outside, so it couldn’t be opened. Jasper exclaimed, “What’s going on? Why won’t the door open?”
Lionel knew exactly what had happened. He knew that the people who pretended to kidnap Veronica were hired by him. He had previously stated that if Veronica refused to drink the drugged water, they would use gas to knock her out and lock the door of the compartment.
Seeing Jasper about to take out his phone, Lionel immediately snatched it from Jasper’s hand.
Veronica frowned, “Lionel, what are you doing?”
“Give me back my phone!” Jasper seemed to have realized something and tried to rush over to grab the phone. However, after taking a few steps, she stumbled and fell to the ground.
Veronica is now clearly feeling unwell, as if she could fall asleep at any moment. She staggers towards Lionel and asks him in a stern voice, “Lionel, what is going on?”
“Sister… um… I don’t know either, I…” Lionel suddenly rolled his eyes and pretended to faint.
Veronica struggled to take out her phone and call for help, but as she finally managed to retrieve it, her fingers suddenly lost their strength and the phone slipped from her grasp. In the next moment, she collapsed onto the carpeted floor.
After a moment, Lionel opened his eyes and stood up again. “Sis, I did it all for you, for the good of our
Barlow family!”
This special gas was secretly released by him after they entered the private room and refused to drink water. He had taken an antidote beforehand, so he was naturally unaffected.
Lionel walked over to the door of the private room and knocked rhythmically. The door opened immediately. The young men inside had already changed into the uniforms of the cleaning staff. Lionel put Jasper and Veronica into the prepared cleaning bucket, and the young men quietly left through the back door.
Meanwhile, outside, cars were already waiting to pick them
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On the way, Lionel anxiously asked, “Did you really destroy all the surveillance cameras?”
“Yeah, we definitely have to destroy it, otherwise we’ll be easily caught, right? But we got lucky today.
You just said that these two women, one is your sister and the other is Jasper from the Reed family,”
one of them said.
“Yeah, she’s one of the triplets from the Reed family,” Lionel said. “I never thought she would come along with my sister.”
“With Jasper from the Reed family in hand, it should be even more certain to obtain the ransom.”
“Sure, how much ransom would be appropriate? Even a few billion would do!”
“Yes, we need a billion, and in US dollars! Anyway, the Reed family has so much money!”
A group of young people were discussing, but Lionel became more and more frightened as he listened.
“What are you talking about? A billion-dollar ransom? Didn’t we agree that you would help me stage a fake kidnapping?”
“What fake kidnapping? How can there be a distinction between real and fake kidnapping?” The other person chuckled.
“How can you do this? I, I’m not doing it anymore!” Lionel shouted.
“You are the mastermind, how can you not do anything? This whole thing was planned by you. You were the one who led them into the private room, released the gas to make them unconscious, and finally, you were the one who took them out and put them in the car. Look, it’s all because of you!” said the other person.
Lionel was dumbfounded as he realized that he had already fallen into the trap set by the other party.
“We’re just here to assist you. Anyway, if you get caught, you’ll be the one with the heaviest charge. So, Mr. Barlow, it’s best for you to cooperate with us now. That way, we can all be safe and sound!” The other person spoke while patting Lionel’s shoulder reassuringly. “Now, you’re on the same boat as us. If you want this matter to end well, you need to cooperate with our actions!”
Lionel is at a loss for words. He only intended to stage a fake kidnapping, but now it has turned into a real one.
Jasper and Veronica went missing at the nightclub, and the driver was the first to notice.
Immediately, the driver nervously reported this matter to
Jason.
Next, the nightclub was surrounded by both the police and members of the Reed family.
Some of the surveillance equipment was damaged, so there is currently a lack of specific information about the disappearance of Veronica and Jasper from the nightclub.
According to the driver who brought them here, Jasper came with Veronica to find her brother.
At the moment, Lionel’s whereabouts are unknown.
After further investigation into Lionel’s recent whereabouts and activities, the police discovered that he has been frequently associating with members of social gangs. Additionally, they found records of Lionel purchasing gas with a special incapacitating function online. Furthermore, there have been reports of Lionel mentioning words related to kidnapping.
Suddenly, someone began to speculate whether Lionel had kidnapped Jasper and Veronica.
When the Barlow family heard this speculation, they were almost fainting and kept denying that their son could never do such a thing.
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However, unfortunately, Lionel is currently missing and all the relevant evidence points towards him.
After learning that her eldest daughter and Veronica had gone missing, Grace didn’t break down in tears or faint, but her trembling fingers betrayed her fear.
“Will Lionel really be the one to do this?” Grace asked her husband. After all, Lionel is just a middle school student, and she has watched him grow up. Although the child is not likable, she doesn’t think he has the courage to plan such a kidnapping event.
“I’m not sure yet, but even if he didn’t do it, he might still be involved,” said Jason.
He naturally knew that a junior high school student, no matter how capable, could not have carried out such a kidnapping case. Or perhaps it was more likely that Lionel was being used as a pawn.
I just don’t know what kind of role Lionel played in this matter.
Grace saw a flash of cruelty in her husband’s eyes and knew that unless Lionel wasn’t truly planning to kidnap someone, he wouldn’t spare even a member of the
Barlow family or a child.
After all, family is his bottom line!
Afterwards, the police investigated various cars that left the nightclub during that time period and finally identified one of them. However, it turned out that the car was stolen.
The real car owner reported the case to the police on this side a week ago.
Next, a strange phone number sent a ransom message demanding that the Reed and Barlow families prepare $1 billion to redeem the hostage.
One billion, the Barlow family naturally cannot come up with it, so they can only rely on the Reed family.
Jason was very straightforward and said that money was not a problem as long as the hostages were safe.
And these individuals are clearly not novices, as they are demanding that one billion US dollars be transferred to foreign accounts, not just one account, but a total of one hundred accounts.
“I want to see if they are safe,” Jason said.
After a moment, the kidnappers sent a video showing Jasper and Veronica bound and blindfolded, but unharmed.
Jasper was scared but remained calm and did not cry. Veronica, on the other hand, was unusually quiet. If it weren’t for her breathing and the fact that she was sitting up, one might think she was dead.
Grace and Jason both wondered if she was too scared to make a sound after seeing the video.
The kidnappers had a TV on in the background, showing a current program to indicate that the two were still alive.
The kidnapping was being kept quiet by the Reed family and the police, so outsiders only thought something had happened at a nightclub and were unaware of the kidnapping.
“Don’t let the kids know about this, especially Mason,” Grace said, concerned about how their second son would react to the news about Veronica.
“We can keep it from them for as long as possible,” Jason replied.
However, when the couple returned to the Reed House, Mason was not there. According to the maid, he had left in a hurry after receiving a phone call in the afternoon.
Both Jason and Grace felt uneasy.
In the afternoon, is it possible? Could it be that coincidental?
At this moment, in a deserted wilderness, Mason was lying motionless in the nearby bushes, with his deep black eyes fixed on the abandoned warehouse not far away.
This afternoon, he received a call from Veronica. However, when he answered the phone, there was no one speaking on the other end and the call was hung up.
He feels uneasy in his heart.
Signal tracking was immediately carried out. Even Veronica herself didn’t know that a miniature signal tracker had been placed in the pendant of the necklace that was once given to her.
This necklace is something she often wears.
I was originally worried that her relationship with Daniel would make it difficult for him to find her, so I did what I did. But I never expected it to come in handy like this.
Because… today she was wearing that necklace.
So he immediately instructed the driver to head towards the location of the signal, because according to the map, it was a place she would never normally go to. He felt both curious and slightly uneasy.
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