Beta Chapter 76: My Stomach Hurts

Chapter 76: My Stomach Hurts

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Karai

“After all, it’s a matter of life. It’s best if it’s you——” The distress signal from the watch in his pocket suddenly interrupted the voices in the meeting room.

Duan Yizhou’s words abruptly stopped, his mind blank for a moment. He lowered his gaze and took out the watch from his pocket, only to see the screen filled with red exclamation marks of SOS.

He had just received thoughts from Luo Songran, and he had responded with the watch. But now? It couldn’t be a joke. Although Luo Songran had a childish side, he would never joke about something like this. Suddenly, a possibility dawned on him, a chill rushing over him, freezing him in place, muscles stiffening.

Yan Nanchen, sitting opposite him, noticed Duan Yizhou’s strange expression. “What’s wrong? What’s that sound?”

Duan Yizhou’s face turned cold, his eyes under his glasses rippling coldly. “RanRan is in trouble. I need RanRan’s super-memory chip location function now. Is Director Luo in the company?”

The watch didn’t have a locating function. The fastest way to find Luo Songran now was through the super-memory chip’s location.

“RanRan’s in trouble?!” Yan Nanchen stood up abruptly, a pang of fear hitting him. “How do you know?”

“I gave him a touch watch this morning. The watch has a distress signal function, and RanRan is asking for help.” Duan Yizhou suddenly remembered someone and immediately called Jiang Yi on his phone. But no matter how many times he dialed, it wouldn’t connect.

Then he called RanRan again, only to find it was still unreachable. A wave of fear swept over him once again; he regretted leaving Luo Songran alone at home. 

Seeing Duan Yizhou’s expression worsening, Yan Nanchen asked, “Can’t reach RanRan?”

With a stern face, Duan Yizhou realized the seriousness of the situation. “Can’t reach RanRan, can’t reach my assistant Jiang Yi either. I asked him to find RanRan just now. He should be with RanRan by now. Something must have happened.”

Yan Nanchen’s face turned pale instantly. The unknown fear surged from his feet, causing his hands and feet to turn cold. If his mishandling of this matter led to harm for his cousin and the one he loved… Then he wouldn’t have the face to see his family.

Chairman’s office—

“What?! RanRan’s in trouble?!” Dad Luo Panzhi heard the news like a thunderbolt on a clear day. He stared at the two people in front of him, squeezing out a few words from his tight throat, “What’s going on?!”

Yan Nanchen quickly explained the situation to his uncle, and was met with a document being slammed into him. The papers scattered on the ground, falling at their feet, filling the chairman’s office with a sense of oppression.

Duan Yizhou didn’t want to delay on these matters. He adjusted his emotions and said firmly, “RanRan sent a distress signal to me. This can’t be a joke. Something must have happened. Now all we can do is apply to the police to get RanRan’s super-memory chip location system. Director Luo, you’re RanRan’s father. Only you can authorize this now.”

Dad Luo seemed anxious, but he had to remain calm. He immediately picked up his phone and called someone he knew in the bureau.

At that moment, the landline on the desk rang. Seeing Dad making a call, Yan Nanchen picked up the phone. It was his assistant’s anxious voice, asking where he was. He said he was in the chairman’s office. Less than a minute later, there was a knock on the door of the chairman’s office, “Mr. Yan, there’s an urgent call for you.”

“Come in,” Yan Nanchen said, and then his assistant hurried in, handing him his work phone. He frowned, “What’s wrong?”

“A strange person called in, asking about the lost second-stage differentiation special medicine. I said you weren’t here, and he asked me to transfer the call to you and hung up. When I heard that, I immediately came to find you.”

Yan Nanchen took the phone immediately. He glanced at Duan Yizhou and told his assistant, “You can go now.”

“Okay.” The assistant left the chairman’s office.

Once the door was closed, Yan Nanchen quickly opened his phone, scrolled to the latest call, and dialed it on speakerphone. Duan Yizhou stood next to Yan Nanchen, his subtle changes in expression betraying his restless mood. Any news about Luo Songran right now would be like a breath of wind to him.

“I’ve already arranged everything with the police. They’ll send me the authorization soon.”

As Dad Luo Panzhi’s words fell, Yan Nanchen’s phone connected, but instead of a greeting, a painful grunt came through, accompanied by suppressed sobs. The sound made Duan Yizhou’s head buzz, freezing his expression instantly.

Dad and Yan Nanchen’s faces changed abruptly too.

“Mr. Yan, can you recognize whose voice it is? It should be your dear cousin, right? Come on, young master, say hello to your cousin.”

There was panting on the other end of the phone, indicating difficulty in even breathing, very weak. After about a dozen seconds, a response was heard, “… Hurry, save Jiang Yi, the watch is with Jiang Yi… he’s left on Riverside Road, uh—”

Before the sentence could finish, it was cut off, leaving only struggling sobs. Perhaps the environment there was very noisy, with the sound of wind howling, and soon the struggling sound was no longer audible.

It was Luo Songran. He was in distress, having difficulty speaking, definitely injured. A chill spread through Duan Yizhou from the soles of his feet. Just that one sentence was enough to make him lose control. His already gloomy face now seemed shrouded in a layer of gloom, coldness in his eyes, which turned red in an instant.

He had to find Luo Songran quickly. He was pregnant, and apart from family, no one knew about it. If he was injured, it would be very painful.

Yan Nanchen, hearing his cousin’s weak voice, furrowed his brows. Then hearing him mention Jiang Yi, he quickly asked, “Why are you doing this?”

“I’ll just say it directly. I’m not satisfied with how the Galaxy Group handled my beloved’s case. I can’t let my beloved die in vain. Since Mr. Yan hasn’t given me a satisfactory solution so far, I can only take away the person you care about the most. If you don’t want young master to have any accidents, 20 billion. I just want 20 billion.”

Yan Nanchen couldn’t help but laugh at the mention of 20 billion. “You dare ask for that much?”

“What? Isn’t it your young master who said it? He’s not worth 20 billion.”

“…Duan Yizhou.”

Suddenly hearing a faint call from the man speaking, Duan Yizhou grabbed Yan Nanchen’s arm, his eyes indicating ‘agree with him. Forget about the 20 billion, they could ask for anything as long as they let him see Luo Songran first.

Yan Nanchen asked again, “I want to talk to my cousin, otherwise, how can I trust you?”

Then they heard a tearing sound, like tape being ripped off someone’s mouth. Duan Yizhou frowned; he could almost feel the pain himself.

“…My stomach hurts.”

The crying tone made Duan Yizhou’s hand next to him suddenly tighten. He clenched his lips, his eyes completely red. He regretted it. He shouldn’t have left Luo Songran alone at home.

Yan Nanchen’s heart clenched upon hearing his cousin’s words. Suppressing his anxiety, he said, “RanRan, cousin will get you out soon.” Then he asked, “What about the other person?”

“As for the other person, I can’t responsibly tell you whether he’s alive or dead right now, because I injected him with an entire vial of second-stage differentiation serum.”

Yan Nanchen’s face completely lost its color. His deep eyes seemed to frost over. His whole body was filled with a sense of low pressure. He squeezed out the words from between his lips, “…What did you say?”

“Meet at the convenience store entrance of the second village entrance of Wenxi Village at noon tomorrow. I need 50 million in cash out of the 20 billion. The rest can be in checks, but only you, Mr. Yan, can come. Don’t call this number again. It’ll be out of service soon. If you call the police, you’ll find the young master’s body.”

The call ended abruptly.

Duan Yizhou felt like his heart had jumped into his throat, finding it hard to breathe. Now, whenever he thought of Luo Songran’s situation… No, he dared not even imagine how Luo Songran was now. The more he thought, the more fearful he became.

Yan Nanchen, too, was in turmoil. Now, he couldn’t bear to think about how Jiang Yi might be suffering because of him, injected with the second-stage differentiation serum. He couldn’t even imagine what Jiang Yi was like now.

The two alphas were silent for a few seconds, then glanced at each other involuntarily. Their thoughts at this moment were unanimous:

——Rescue separately.

“Yizhou, don’t call the police for now. Try to stabilize the kidnapper’s emotions. We’ll give him whatever he wants, and I have RanRan’s super-memory chip location authorization code. I’ll send it to you.”

Duan Yizhou nodded. “I understand. That’s for sure.”

Dad’s expression at this moment was very solemn. It wasn’t possible not to worry, but being anxious at this moment wouldn’t help. They had to take it step by step. Only by stabilizing the kidnapper’s emotions could they ensure RanRan’s safety. “That’s why I insisted on having RanRan implanted with the super-memory chip. If 1.0 didn’t work, I would fully support your development of 2.0. It’s because I’m worried that one day, something might happen to RanRan when I can’t see him. The Galaxy Group attracts too much attention, and such things are not impossible. I’ll arrange the 20 billion from my side. In addition, helicopter support can be mobilized at any time. We must bring RanRan back.”

“Okay.”

Duan Yizhou and Yan Nanchen quickly left the chairman’s office.

At that moment, Yan Nanchen’s phone vibrated. He looked at it and saw it was a hospital number, so he quickly answered.

“Hello, are you Jiang Yi’s boyfriend, Chu Beiheng?” Perhaps because they were very close, Duan Yizhou standing beside him clearly heard this sentence coming from the phone. He looked at Yan Nanchen in surprise.

But Yan Nanchen, who was at a loss for words, couldn’t care less about his acting skills right now. He replied, “Yes, I am.”

“Well, Jiang Yi was just brought to the hospital on Riverside Road. During the rescue process, the doctor found that he’s undergoing second-stage differentiation, showing signs of soon becoming an omega. But his emotions are very unstable right now, a bit out of control, and the pheromones are seriously disrupted. We need you to come to the hospital immediately.”

Yan Nanchen’s head buzzed. “…What, signs of Jiang Yi undergoing second-stage differentiation?”

“Yes, he’s from the hidden second-stage differentiation group, so the situation is very urgent now. Please come to the hospital immediately.”

After hanging up the phone, Yan Nanchen felt a little dazed and unsteady on his feet.

“You go find Jiang Yi.” Duan Yizhou quickly grabbed Yan Nanchen’s shoulder, his tense expression clearly visible, “I’ll handle things on RanRan’s side. About deceiving Jiang Yi and the unexpected second-stage differentiation incident, I hope you can give Jiang Yi a good explanation.”

Yan Nanchen met Duan Yizhou’s gaze, as if his whole person was seen through. He couldn’t refute, but he also knew it wasn’t time for repentance yet. After a moment, he nodded, “I will. I’ll leave RanRan to you for now. I’ll come back after seeing Jiang Yi.”

Duan Yizhou watched Yan Nanchen’s hurried figure, his gaze deepening even more behind his glasses. He took out his phone and opened the super-memory chip software, entering Luo Songran’s super-memory chip authorization code.

When all the data appeared, Duan Yizhou’s mood plummeted once again.

Chip 2.0 implant: Luo Songran

Gender: Type A beta

Pheromones: Citrus rose

Allergens: Egg proteins

Sinus rhythm: 124 beats/min

Blood pressure: Systolic pressure 102 mmHg/Diastolic pressure 56 mmHg (low diastolic pressure)

Body temperature: 38.6°C

Basic physical condition: Pregnant

Abnormal physical condition: Soft tissue injuries on the back and legs, multiple subcutaneous hematomas

Location: Wenxi Village pier No. 3 container

Duan Yizhou’s face turned ashen. This was bad; Luo Songran had a fever. Who dared to hurt him?

 

 

 

 

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