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Chapter 103: Chapter 103: Let Qiaoqiao be the hostage to exchange for Jiaojiao!

“Be good, don’t cry, Mum will definitely find a way to let you live at home again, Mr. Si can’t possibly genuinely like Sang Qiao; he might just want to take revenge for the broken engagement back then.”

Mrs. Sang saw how miserably Jiaojiao was crying and couldn’t help but reach out to hold her in her arms to comfort her.

Meanwhile, she silently cursed the heavens for making her give birth to that evil spawn, Sang Qiao!

“I trust Mum; now, only Mum loves me in this family.” Sang Jiao said ingratiatingly, with a hint of disgust flashing in her eyes as she clung to Mrs. Sang.

Mrs. Sang stank to high heaven and was of little value in this family, having barely any say and being foolish.

If Mr. Si wanted to take revenge on someone, there was no need for such a complex scheme as feigning romantic entanglement; he could simply get rid of her directly.

However, these thoughts could only be muttered internally; who knew whether Mrs. Sang might start valuing Sang Qiao again because of her dalliance with Mr. Si.

As for the idea that Mrs. Sang would invite the four brothers to come on her birthday, she didn’t believe it for a second!

Counting on Mrs. Sang was even less reliable than counting on herself.

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In a blink, it was Sang Jiao’s birthday.

On this day, Mrs. Sang obstinately decided to host a grand banquet at the Sang Mansion. Mr. Sang Senior couldn’t possibly attend, and President Sang was also slightly displeased with the arrangement.

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Especially when he saw none of his four sons came, he was fuming.

“All said not to make a big fuss for Jiaojiao this year, look what you’re causing! Are you trying to make a laughingstock of our family’s disunity?”

“They will definitely come; the third one is already on his way,” Mrs. Sang was chastised and not too happy, but she didn’t dare to shout back at him.

Sang Qingran was indeed on his way over, and he was slightly surprised to hear that the other three weren’t coming. However, he reassured Jiaojiao throughout the journey.

After hanging up the phone, Sang Jiao then made another call, “Is everyone ready? Don’t forget to call Brother Sang later.”

“Got it.”

There was a lot of gossip at Sang Mansion, where people were coming to celebrate the birthday. Of course, they had also received invitations from Su Mansion, so everyone was observant about the foster daughter’s banquet, with not many bringing gifts.

The Sang family’s current status had nothing to do with President Sang; it was all thanks to the four sons and Old Sang.

Since these people didn’t come, perhaps they were no longer doting on the foster daughter.

In contrast, Su Mansion was very quiet, yet decorated in a dreamy way.

Sang Qiao hadn’t planned on being so flashy, but couldn’t resist the enthusiasm of the elders and chose to remain silent.

Grandma Su’s smile never left her face, but remembering Mrs. Sang’s several phone calls, she felt uneasy, “Are you three really not going to Sang Jiao’s banquet?”

They could have prepared the venue much earlier, but Grandma Su had deliberately postponed it until today, hoping to show Sang Qiao that the grandsons no longer cared about the foster daughter, not even attending her birthday party.

She still had the intention of persuading them to reconcile, which was why she created the opportunity.

“Of course, I didn’t even send a gift,” Sang Siyang replied the quickest.

He had invested the least brotherly affection in Sang Jiao and didn’t particularly care. When he had recognized Sang Jiao as his sister, he was young, had little say, and was passive; he recognized her because his brothers did, following suit without really thinking for himself.

The other two didn’t dare to say this. Not attending the party was already enough to upset Jiaojiao; naturally, they had prepared gifts.

While they felt guilty, their phone ringers went off simultaneously, incoming calls from President Sang, Mrs. Sang, and Sang Jiao’s numbers.

“I’ll take it.” Sang Shen took his phone and answered the call, turning on the speakerphone.

He wanted to make it clear to them not to call anymore, as they would not be coming to the scene.

But before he could speak, Mrs. Sang’s petrified voice suddenly came through, “Shen’er, you all need to come back fast, Jiaojiao has been kidnapped by one of the same group of kidnappers from back then!”

At the same time, an all-too-familiar male voice came through on the phone, “The Sang Emperor surely hasn’t forgotten me, have you? You caused me to go to prison, my wife left, and my child was taken away; now, I want you and your sister to pay with your lives!”

“Second brother, please don’t come here, I’m fine, you take care of Qiaoqiao’s birthday!”

“Smack! Shut up, woman, you’re quite righteous,” a loud slap ringing out amidst the clamor.

“Shen’er, please come back quickly, bring Sang Qiao with you too, or else they will kill Jiaojiao,” Mrs. Sang’s crying voice came through again.

“What? How could they be out?” Sang Shen slammed the balloons down and stood up abruptly.

“I don’t know, they now have control over the whole scene, everyone is crouching with their heads in their hands, afraid to move, you need to come quickly.”

Mrs. Sang’s fear did not seem feigned; they all knew their mother’s timidity too well and that she would show her guilt when lying.

“Wait for me, I’ll be right there,” Sang Shen said before hanging up the call.

“It couldn’t be her own drama, could it? Anytime things could go wrong and it just had to be today.” Su Nuanying couldn’t help but want to laugh, even though she had heard the kidnapper’s voice.

But! It! She just thought it was too much of a coincidence.

Sang Shen remembered how when he was taken by the kidnappers back then, Jiaojiao had blocked a knife for him.

He couldn’t just do nothing about it.

“It’s impossible, Jiaojiao wouldn’t joke about her own life just for the sake of a banquet. I’ll go check it out and come back once it’s resolved.”

“I’m going too, since they were bold enough to attack you back then, an extra person could mean extra help,” Sang Nanfeng also stood up, ready to follow.

Even if they now felt guilty towards Sang Qiao, they couldn’t ignore Jiaojiao’s life.

Seeing the two of them getting ready, Su Nuanying subconsciously looked over at Sister Qiao, but she was just leaning against the couch, playing a matching game, not bothering to care where the two planned to go.

She shouldn’t have thought Sister Qiao would be disappointed.

Su Nuanying subconsciously looked towards the last person who hadn’t spoken, “Brother Sang, what about you?”

“I’m going too, mother and father are still in there,” Sang Siyang couldn’t just do nothing, with such a serious situation unfolding, how could he remain calm and continue setting up here? He would have to wait and set up once he returned.

Grandma Su couldn’t find words of dissuasion either, after all, human lives were at stake.

As the three members of the Sang Family were about to leave, Sang Nanfeng walked to the front, calmly making a police report.

At that moment, another call came in, still to Sang Shen’s number.

“Shen’er, give the phone to Sang Qiao, you must bring her as well, the kidnapper has a grudge against her and said if they don’t see her at the scene, they will kill the hostage, and my Jiaojiao is still in their hands.”

Mrs. Sang’s voice was loud, and the living room was quiet again, so naturally, her words also reached their ears.

Sang Shen frowned and subconsciously looked at Sang Qiao.

“Forget it, if Qiaoqiao goes, it will just be another person getting hurt. The kidnappers already have Jiaojiao and won’t let her go easily,” Sang Siyang spoke out, trying to persuade him.

Afraid his second brother would actually take Qiaoqiao to such a dangerous place.

“They agreed to exchange Qiaoqiao for Jiaojiao, just bring Sang Qiao, and that will do! Qiaoqiao, I know you’re listening, it’s mom begging you now, Jiaojiao can’t …,” Mrs. Sang cried miserably, her voice lowering to a plea.