Chapter 1254: Chapter 1254

"Alright, I’ll look into it right away."

Chu Batian quickly nodded and got up to leave.

Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli sat uneasily on the sofa, thinking about Wu Xiaoyu’s current predicament, they both felt a sense of sympathy, mainly because they had never seen Tang Ming so furious before.

"Hey! If one day you were captured and tortured, waiting for me to rescue you, but no one who knew your situation told me, how would you feel?"

Tang Ming sighed, casting a complex glance at Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli: "Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. Think about that carefully."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Ming got up and walked out.

Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli sat dazed on the sofa, lost in thought.

In the past, when they encountered danger, they always waited for Tang Ming to rescue them. If Tang Ming hadn’t known their situation back then, they might have died, but now they’re still alive and well because Tang Ming arrived in time.

"We were really wrong."

Liu Mengting’s face turned pale: "If something happens to Wu Xiaoyu this time, he might never forgive us."

"But we were doing it for his good!"

Li Xiaoli said sulkily, pouting, "Hey, if it was indeed because of us that Wu Xiaoyu missed the best time for rescue, I wouldn’t be at peace for the rest of my life."

After leaving the villa, Tang Ming immediately dialed Wu Dao’s number.

"Hey, Tang Xin, where on earth are you? My Xiaoyu was taken because of you, and you’re hiding like a coward, are you even a man?"

As soon as the call connected, Wu Dao started cursing.

"Wu Dao, how dare you have the nerve to curse me?"

Tang Ming grew even angrier hearing this, "Wu Xiaoyu is the eldest daughter of the Wu Family, one of the nine major families in the Imperial City, and yet she gets kidnapped on your turf? What is the Wu Family even doing?"

Wu Dao was suddenly at a loss for words; no one expected that someone would dare to make a move on Wu Xiaoyu in the Imperial City, and the Wu Family had no preparation at all.

"What do you mean, ’I’? How are you a father, watching your daughter being forced out of your home and now failing to protect her? And you have the nerve to blame me?"

Tang Ming gave Wu Dao no chance to speak, shouting: "If I didn’t trust the Wu Family’s abilities, I wouldn’t have let Wu Xiaoyu return to the Imperial City. It would have been safer to have her by my side, you really are an incompetent family—no wonder you’re always being overshadowed by the Ming Group."

After a tirade, Tang Ming hung up the phone fiercely.

The original plan was to partner with the Wu Family to quickly rescue Wu Xiaoyu, but seeing Wu Dao , he had no interest in cooperating.

If he’d known the Wu Family was so useless, he shouldn’t have let Wu Xiaoyu return to the Imperial City to seek refuge.

Earlier, because his own cultivation was crippled and he couldn’t even protect himself, he let her return to the Imperial City out of concern for her safety around him, but in hindsight... it would have been better to keep her by his side.

Having failed to form a united front with the Wu Family, Tang Ming resorted to wandering the streets, making it convenient for those with ulterior motives to know he was back.

Tang Ming flaunted himself ostentatiously for several hours, yet no one came to attack him.

Because he was so conspicuous, many of the people lurking in the shadows were afraid to make a move, fearing a trap.

Just as Tang Ming grew irritable, his phone rang.

"Group Leader, our people found the guy who released the video and photos, it’s a reporter."

Chu Batian reported swiftly.

"Great, where is he?"

Tang Ming asked through gritted teeth.

"364 Xiaocheng Street."

Chu Batian quickly responded.

"Wait there, I’ll be right over."

Hanging up the phone, Tang Ming immediately hailed a taxi to the location.

In a dimly lit, cramped room filled with various computers and electronic devices, a young man in a suit was curled up on the ground, bruised and shivering.

Tie Nan, along with a few Dark Group members, surrounded the man.

"Move aside, move aside."

After an unknown amount of time, Tang Ming rushed into the room, scanned his surroundings, and finally fixed his gaze on the young man: "It’s you."

Tang Ming had seen this young man before but didn’t know his name; he only knew that during the mass poisoning incident at Jun Tianhao’s hotel, this man had stirred trouble among the reporters and was eventually kicked by him.

Zhen Xiang initially had no idea why these men in black were troubling him, but the moment he saw Tang Ming, he immediately understood.

"I was just doing a job for someone, it has nothing to do with me."

Before Tang Ming could speak, Zhen Xiang quickly shouted: "Back then, it was Mo Family’s Mo Hongsheng’s secretary who gave me money to smear Jun Tianhao Group. I was just responsible for spreading some rumors online. I know I was wrong, please spare me."

"It was Xiaowen who sent you to cause trouble at the hotel?"

Tang Ming was slightly surprised, intending to ask about the video, but ended up dragging Mo Hongsheng into it.

"Yes, yes, yes, it was Sister Wen who paid me to do it. You can confront her about it."

Zhen Xiang nodded repeatedly.

"Confront her, my ass. This time I’m looking for you, not for the hotel’s matters."

Tang Ming cursed angrily, he hadn’t cared much about the hotel incident; otherwise, he would’ve found this Zhen Xiang a long time ago.

Besides, Tang Ming could understand Xiaowen’s intentions, wanting to undermine Jun Tianhao Hotel to boost Mo Family’s hotel’s growth; it was just normal business practices without ill intentions.

"Then why are you looking for me?"

Zhen Xiang became bewildered.

"Let me ask you, who instructed you to post this video?"

Tang Ming opened his phone and looked at Zhen Xiang coldly.

"This... I don’t know that person; he gave me the video and photos to publish online."

Zhen Xiang quickly responded, suddenly shouting: "Oh, right, he gave me a number saying that if someone found me, I should have them call it."

"Give me the number."

Tang Ming demanded promptly, knowing there would be some clue left behind since making such a big fuss and yet not being able to contact them would be ridiculous.

Zhen Xiang hurriedly found a slip of paper and handed it to Tang Ming.

"Group Leader, how should we handle this guy?"

Tie Nan uncertainly looked at Tang Ming.

"Hand him over to the police."

Tang Ming instructed without turning back and immediately dialed the number on the slip.

Once the call connected, someone quickly answered: "Impressive, Group Leader Tang, you found the clue I left for you so quickly. I thought you would only find it after that woman died."

Tang Ming narrowed his eyes, recognizing the voice very well; it was the same baby-like voice he had heard before in the secret laboratory.

Nangong Tianyue became curious. Apparently, it was the first time having a direct interaction with Tang Xin using this identity, so how could she be recognized?