Zheng Yaxin’s birthday banquet was the focus of everyone’s attention.
As the banquet commenced, various media outlets from Xiang Island reported on it. Whether it was tabloid gossip or financial and political news, all used exaggerated terms to praise Zheng Yaxin.
However, after the banquet ended, everyone found it filled with eerie strangeness.
According to explosive inside information, Zheng Yaxin actually owed a debt of up to a hundred billion to the mainland.
When they heard this news, everyone widened their eyes in astonishment, their first reaction being that it was nonsense.
How could the Zheng Clan, one of the top prestigious families on Xiang Island, fall behind on a debt?
But as more information came to light, they could not help but believe it.
People had come all the way from the mainland to Xiang Island to collect the debt, even chasing them to Zheng Yaxin’s birthday banquet.
This news, with the end of the banquet, immediately caused a sensation across Xiang Island.
As one of the top prestigious families on Xiang Island, the Zheng Clan was a formidable presence standing atop Lion Mountain.
In recent years, the Zheng Clan had indeed experienced a slight decline, but it wasn’t because their enterprises were failing, rather, due to the elder’s advanced age, the family members had started having thoughts of splitting up.
Family turmoil was a normal occurrence. Even if a family splits, they still have their own management companies for their industries, it would not lead to the disintegration of their ventures because of a split.
The Zheng Clan’s businesses had long penetrated various industries, including energy, lifestyle, and even relevant industry associations!
In any industry present on Xiang Island, the Zheng Clan had a deep involvement, even extending into various aspects.
Ordinary people might not know much, but if any newcomer investigates, they would find a shocking fact.
Apart from the Zheng Clan, various aspects of life on Xiang Island couldn’t function normally.
Zheng Yaxin’s birthday banquet ended in chaos, and after the turmoil, the Zheng Clan discovered another matter.
Zheng Yaxin had disappeared.
During the chaos, everyone was just looking out for themselves, only knowing that Zheng Yaxin had left, but no one knew who took her.
For 20 consecutive hours, there was no news of Zheng Yaxin, throwing the Zheng household into disarray.
In the spacious and bright family meeting room, an old man suddenly smashed a teacup, his face filled with anger.
"Who was it? Xiang Island is our Zheng Clan’s territory. Who had the audacity to act against us?"
The Zheng Clan had many estates; the one in front of us was used for the family’s daily discussions.
The Zheng Clan had many ventures, and to coordinate communication among them, they naturally needed a place for 24-hour convenient contact.
Family members at various levels would assign staff to rest near this estate.
Even though it was just an estate, a single phone call could influence various aspects, even every corner of Xiang Island.
And now, the most cherished girl of the Zheng Clan, who outshone many males in the family, and was a likely future heir, Zheng Yaxin, had been kidnapped?
Upon hearing this news, the first thought in Zheng Huai’an’s mind was that someone intended to target the Zheng Clan, planning to strike while the elder was ill, to attack the Zheng Clan.
The Zheng Clan previously had no weaknesses, and even if other families wanted to target them, they dared not.
But now it was different.
The elder was ill. Although after consuming the Immortal Elixir, he regained vitality, he still hadn’t fully recovered.
This window period while the elder was healing was the best time to target the Zheng Clan. Missing this opportunity, attacking the Zheng Clan in the future would be unpredictable.
The prominent family thought a lot, but Lin Beichen thought very simply.
But Lin Beichen had no intention to explain and didn’t know what Zheng Huai’an was thinking at this moment. Moreover, even if Lin Beichen knew, he wouldn’t care.
"Chief, I just notified the Security Department to strengthen the defenses and also sent out special squads to investigate the entire harbor. We will definitely find Miss’s whereabouts."
Beside Zheng Huai’an stood a young man.
This man was also a member of the Zheng Clan, considered outstanding among the family’s younger generation, and had been kept by Zheng Huai’an for grooming.
The Security Department was the largest security force on Xiang Island, and its chief was one of the top five departments on Xiang Island.
He commanded nearly fifty thousand security personnel, with various explosive and crisis response teams under his hand.
A single order from him would shake the entire Xiang Island. Without an elite family like the Zheng Clan giving commands, it was impossible to mobilize such a level of personnel.
"Security Department?"
On hearing this, a glint of cold light flashed in Zheng Huai’an’s eyes.
Having the Security Department investigate was indeed the best solution, but Zheng Huai’an was still not satisfied.
"Why haven’t you issued a blockade order to seal off all harbor exits and the airport?
I want to catch this person in one go. Whoever dared to challenge the Zheng Clan, I want to make them pay!"
"Chief, now is different from the past, and it’s a sensitive period while the elder is still recovering. If we cause too much commotion, the authorities will investigate. Without the elder’s backing, we might not withstand it."
The young man gave a bitter smile and couldn’t help but speak up.
There was one more thing he hadn’t said.
No matter how much the family internally liked Zheng Yaxin, to outsiders, she was merely a young member of the clan. Though important, she wasn’t irreplaceable.