TRIGGER WARNING: For the nasty things that can happen when people with perverted tastes are rich and powerful enough that they can procure what they want, and there are ruthless people willing to help them get it.

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Lin Cheng kept his mobile phone next to his ear the entire time.

Chen Yu, standing on one side, didn’t know what was happening on the other end of the phone, but he could see that Lin Cheng’s face was as cold as ice.

“Brother Cheng, has something happened to Lin Momo?” Chen Yu asked carefully.

Lin Cheng ignored him. He took out another cell phone and made a call.

The call was answered quickly.

“Eldest Young Master.”

“Check the location of my work phone, right now,” Lin Cheng ordered.

Hearing the fierceness and hint of nervousness in Lin Cheng’s tone, the person on the other end of the line didn’t dare delay and quickly found the approximate location of the phone.

The person sent a location screenshot. From the screenshot, it could be roughly seen that the location of the mobile phone was near Zhonglin Street.

Lin Cheng didn’t talk any nonsense. He directly took the car keys and headed out.

Chen Yu looked on in confusion, but when he saw Lin Cheng moving with hurried movements, he could only catch up to him  in a hurry, and the two went out of the apartment together.

Lin Cheng drove out like a man possessed, rushing towards the screenshotted location.

The sudden acceleration scared Chen Yu, and he quickly fastened his seat belt.

At this time, Lin Cheng’s other cell phone rang. It was a call from someone under the Lin family.

Lin Cheng answered the phone.

“Eldest Young Master, we found it. The specific location is No. 198 Zhonglin Street, Moonlight Poetry Club,” the person on the other end of the phone said.

“Got it.” Lin Cheng said a few more words on the phone, giving instructions, and continued to speed up, driving towards the destination.

Chen Yu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked confused.

Moonlight Poetry Club? What is happening? Could it be that Lin Momo was in the Moonlight Poetry Club?

Chen Yu thought to himself but was a little puzzled.

He knew that the Moonlight Poetry Club was one of the most high-end salons in City C. To put it bluntly, it was a place where rich people went to drink tea and coffee for entertainment. The club adopted a tightly-controlled membership system and generally those who had no status or financial strength wouldn’t even be able to get through the front doors.

Chen Yu followed Lin Cheng to the Moonlight Poetry Club.

Lin Cheng parked the car directly at the entrance of the Moonlight Poetry Club.

The receptionist at the door stepped forward to help Lin Cheng park the car with a flattering look on her face, but was frightened by Lin Cheng’s look and instinctively took a few steps back.

At this time, several people from the Lin family also arrived at the scene.

The leader was called Wang Zhou. He had a special job within the Lin family and was responsible for handling matters outside the company affairs.

“Eldest Young Master,” Wang Zhou walked up behind Lin Cheng, also looking nervous.

On the way here, they had roughly found out what had happened.

Wang Zhou’s subordinates were currently investigating what happened to Lin Cheng back then and his possible parent-child relationship with Lin Momo,. Therefore, Wang Zhou knew very well how much Old Master Lin valued Lin Momo.

To think that Lin Momo was actually embroiled in this kind of incident under their watch…

“Where is she? Have you found her?” Lin Cheng asked without any nonsense.

Wang Zhou’s expression tightened, and he replied, “Not yet.”

The incident blew up too fast, and the situation in the ‘Moonlight Poetry Club’ was complicated. It was not easy to find where Lin Momo was inside.

“However, Zhang Xiaoqiang has been found,” Wang Zhou added.

“Where?”

“He’s in the warehouse at the back.”

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At this time, Zhang Xiaoqiang was sitting inside a warehouse behind the ‘Moonlight Poetry Club’. It was a place for club staff to rest temporarily. He was smoking at leisure.

Sitting opposite Zhang Xiaoqiang was a man called Huang Mao.

This person was a subordinate of the fat man from before, but he was not an outright employee of the ‘Moonlight Poetry Club’.

Usually, he was only responsible for some ‘matchmaking’ work, finding ‘supplies’ when needed and promoting ‘business’ for Older Brother Fatso.

After smoking a cigarette, Huang Mao took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Xiaoqiang.

After taking the envelope, Zhang Xiaoqiang squeezed the thickness and his face darkened.

“Why is it so thin?! Didn’t we agree on 12,000 yuan before?!” There could only be 6,000 at most in this envelope.

Huang Mao glanced at Zhang Xiaoqiang calmly and explained, “Six thousand is already a lot. Six thousand is the highest price in the market.” Huang Mao patted Zhang Xiaoqiang’s shoulder and said “Brother, don’t be too small-minded, it won’t be just this time anyway. There will be more opportunities in the future, and it will be inevitable for you to earn more.” 

Hearing this, Zhang Xiaoqiang spat, “Don’t try to fool me, don’t think I don’t know—you’ll earn more for the first time, but it won’t be worth much later.

“And the one I’m sending you has a little star’s face. If you think about it, you have to give me 10,000 no matter what!” Zhang Xiaoqiang said, his body showing unwillingness.

Zhang Xiaoqiang had long made up his mind to use Lin Momo to make some money; he was only waiting for an opportunity.

When Lin Momo was not ‘famous’ before, Zhang Xiaoqiang would not have dared to ask for so much money.

But the show [Living with Dad] suddenly became popular.

Zhang Xiaoqiang was surprised when he saw Lin Momo on TV. When he asked the old woman at home what was going on, she refused to tell him.

But Zhang Xiaoqiang was very sure that the one he saw on TV was Lin Momo.

Because he was afraid that no one would believe him, Zhang Xiaoqiang didn’t dare to tell people directly that it was really Lin Momo on TV. He only said that Lin Momo looked like the child of a celebrity on TV, hoping to sell her at a higher price.

In order to get Lin Momo out of the house, Zhang Xiaoqiang deliberately poured oil in the corridor, hoping that the old woman would fall and go to the hospital.

As a result, there really was an accident—but it wasn’t Liu Cuifang who fell but the old lady next door.

However, in the end, Zhang Xiaoqiang still achieved his ultimate goal.

At this time, seeing Huang Mao’s unwillingness to pay more, Zhang Xiaoqiang became anxious.  He gritted his teeth, made a gesture with his fingers, and said, “Then two thousand, no matter what, you must give me another two thousand!” 

Huang Mao glanced at Zhang Xiaoqiang, took out five red bills from his pocket and handed them to him. “Five hundred, no more.” 

“This….”

Serve as Contrast Team in a ‘Dad with Baby’ Show translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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