Chapter 404: No Sense of Survival
"Don't you dare give up! You better hold on! If you dare to give up, just wait until we meet, and see if I don't give you a good beating!" Nora threatened, her voice trembling.
She steeled herself and hung up the phone, then called the police.
She couldn't continue talking to Sophia and waste the police's time in finding her.
After calling the police, Nora briefly explained Sophia's situation and gave them Sophia's phone number.
Soon, the police called her back.
Nora thought they had news.
But the police said, "Are you sure the number you gave us is correct? We've called many times, but no one is answering."
Nora replied urgently, "It's correct. She called me before I reported it. How could it not go through?"
The police responded, "It's possible she has already lost consciousness, or she is deliberately not answering."
"Now we can only send teams to search the areas she frequents. Please provide us with the places she usually goes, and we'll send people to check right away!"
Nora immediately gave the police Sophia's home address, the address of her art studio, and the areas Sophia usually visited.
After collecting the information, the police quickly arranged for a search.
Nora also immediately drove away from the estate.
As she drove, she kept redialing Sophia's phone number.
This time, she still couldn't get through.
Nora was extremely anxious, pressing the gas pedal hard, wishing she could make the car fly.
"Sophia, where are you? Why aren't you picking up? Why are you giving up on survival?"
Nora gripped the steering wheel tightly, her fingers turning white, and a wave of uncontrollable panic surged in her heart.
Holding her phone, Nora planned to find someone to help search together.
After hesitating for a moment, she called Mortimer.
Mortimer had left the vacation estate some time ago.
He had many things to deal with at home and couldn't stay idle at the estate every day.
The call was quickly connected, and Mortimer greeted her with a smile, "It's rare for you to contact me first. What's up? Has Magnus woken up?"
Nora replied, "I need your help. Something happened to Sophia. I don't know where she is now. I've already called the police, and they said they've sent people to look for her, but I'm still worried."
Mortimer reassured her, "Don't worry, I'll send people to help find her right away."
Nora choked up, "Okay, thank you. You don't need to check her home or the art studio; the police are already there. Please send people to other places to look."
"Her phone is not reachable now, and we can't track her down. We don't know where she has gone."
Suddenly, a light bulb went off in Nora's head, and she remembered something.
When Magnus and Soren were sold to the mountains, their phones couldn't be reached either. Isaac found them by checking the software installed on their phones and then locating those software systems one by one.
They could use the same method to find Sophia now!
Many people's phones always had location services turned on. As long as a certain app was opened, it would automatically capture the current location information, which was easy to check.
If the police followed this procedure, it would take a long time.
But if they used their connections privately, it would be faster.
Nora immediately shared her idea with Mortimer.
She added, "I know which apps are on her phone. Wouldn't it be faster to contact those app companies directly and ask for her location?"
Nora quickly listed several app names.
Mortimer was silent for a moment, then voiced helplessly, "The apps you mentioned are all from the Porter Group's investment company. It might be a bit troublesome for me to check them, and it could take a lot of time."
Nora fell silent.
So, she had to contact Isaac?
She had thought of Isaac before contacting Mortimer.
But because of the children, she didn't want to contact Isaac, so she chose Mortimer.
Unexpectedly, she still had to contact Isaac in the end, wasting precious time.
Nora composed herself, "I'll try contacting Isaac then."
Mortimer comforted her a bit and then hung up.
Nora immediately dialed Isaac's number.
The call was quickly connected.
Isaac's deep, hoarse voice carried a hint of surprise, "Darling? What made you think of contacting me? How are Magnus and Soren?"
He was a bit nervous, worried that something had happened to Magnus and Soren.
Nora replied, "It's not about them. It's about Sophia. I can't reach her now. Can you help me check the location info from her phone apps?"
Isaac responded, "Sure, send me her phone number. If you know which apps she has registered, that would help even more. It will speed up the search."
Nora immediately sent Sophia's phone number to Isaac.
Then she sent the list of apps on Sophia's phone that could provide location information and were frequently used.
After receiving the information, Isaac quickly arranged for an investigation.
Soon, Isaac called her back, sounding regretfully, "Those apps need to be opened to collect her location information."
"The apps you sent me show her last location was at your art studio, about five hours ago. They haven't been accessed since."
Nora's heart sank, and she became even more anxious.
Without Sophia's location, finding her would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
Isaac reassured her, "Don't worry too much. I've sent people to look for her. I'll inform you as soon as there's any news."
Nora responded with an anxious voice and hung up.
There was no other way now; this was all they could do.
In the desolate woods outside the city, Sophia lay in a deep pit.
This pit seemed to be an old animal trap.
She lay at the bottom, looking at the bright moon in the sky, feeling her life slowly slipping away.
Her phone still had some battery, but she had no desire to survive or contact anyone.
She had silenced her phone.
Calls kept coming in, and the phone screen stayed lit up.
She knew it must be Nora who had called the police, and Nora and the police were trying to contact her.
But she couldn't go on living.
Even if she cooperated fully, she wouldn't be able to wait for the police to rescue her.
And she had long lost the will to live.
When her boyfriend of seven years betrayed her, when she realized that the love she had given everything for was a lie from the beginning, when she found out she had been sold and abused by strangers for seven years, and when she discovered she was pregnant and couldn't have an abortion, she had lost the will to live.
But Sophia didn't dare to commit suicide, nor could she.
She was afraid that Nora would be heartbroken, blaming herself for not taking care of Sophia's emotions, leading her to suicide.
She was also afraid that if she committed suicide with the child, Rylan would retaliate against her family and friends.
When Rylan forced her to keep the child, he threatened her with her family and friends.
Sophia didn't dare to gamble.
So, she could only endure the disgust and let the child grow in her belly.
Now, she was finally on the brink of freedom.
She wasn't committing suicide, so Rylan had no reason to retaliate against her family and friends.
A smile tugged at the corners of Sophia's mouth, and the sadness in her eyes seemed to vanish instantly, replaced by a clarity she hadn't felt in ages.
"Thank goodness I had an accident before the baby was born. With his sinful bloodline, he doesn't deserve to be born..."
Sophia thought of Rylan's expectations for this child. Now that the child couldn't be born, she felt a burst of satisfaction.
It's a pity she didn't manage to make him childless before the accident.
She fantasized every day about destroying his reproductive organs, aborting his child, making him childless, and unable to harm others!
But unfortunately, she was just an ordinary person, without power, and even physically weak, unable to do anything.
"Sophia, can you hear me? Sophia, where are you?"
At this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from a distance.
Sophia's breath caught, her heartbeat quickened, and a chill spread through her limbs.
It was Rylan's voice!
How did he find this place?
No!
She couldn't let him find her.
What if the child in her belly wasn't completely dead and was saved?
Sophia held her breath, not daring to make a sound.
She quickly turned off her phone, afraid that the screen's light would reveal her position.
Then, she grabbed the leaves in the pit and covered herself, trying hard to hide.
"Sophia!"
Sophia trembled with fear.
Don't find her.
Please don't find her!
The heavy blood loss caused her vital signs plummet, her consciousness becoming increasingly blurred. Coupled with the tension, she finally couldn't hold on and completely passed out.
Before losing consciousness, she kept praying that Rylan wouldn't find her.
At this moment, Rylan was leading over a hundred people, searching the forest in a grid pattern.
Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted, "There's blood over here!"
Rylan immediately walked over, looking at the blood on the fallen leaves, his eyes fierce, and he commanded sharply, "Follow the blood trail!"
The group had a direction and immediately followed the blood trail.
After following the blood trail for about ten minutes, Rylan stood in front of a nearly two-meter-deep pit.
The edge of the pit showed signs of recent disturbance, indicating someone had slid down not long ago.
Moreover, there was blood at the top of the pit, and the blood trail ended there.
Several subordinates shone flashlights into the pit.
"That's odd. The blood trail ends here, but there's no one in the pit. Did she leave and cover the blood trail?" someone asked in confusion.
Rylan squinted, his eyes dark as he looked into the pit.
He had a keen sense of smell and could smell a strong scent of blood and the smell of decaying leaves from the pit.
The fallen leaves at the bottom also showed signs of disturbance.
Without hesitation, Rylan jumped into the pit.
"Mr. Reed, why did you go down? Let us go down; it might be dangerous down there." The crowd was shocked and wanted to follow him down.
Rylan scolded, "Stay up there and don't move!"
If Sophia was really down there, and they jumped down, they might step on her and cause more harm.
The crowd immediately stayed still.
Rylan used his hands to dig through the leaves at the bottom of the pit.
Soon, he felt a body under the leaves.
Rylan's face changed, and he quickly sped up, clearing the leaves.
Soon, Sophia's body was revealed from under the leaves.
Seeing Sophia's condition, everyone gasped in shock.
A knife was stuck in her swollen belly!
Blood had stained her white dress red, looking horrifying.
Rylan's breath caught for several seconds before he snapped back to reality.
He immediately picked up Sophia.
Several people jumped down to help lift Sophia.
Others at the top lay on the edge of the pit, trying hard to pull Sophia up.
Then Rylan climbed up, holding Sophia, and quickly left the forest.
Before coming, considering that Sophia was pregnant and might go into labor due to the shock, he had brought a doctor with him.
But given her current condition, even with a doctor present, it wouldn't solve the problem.
Sophia needed surgery and professional equipment for resuscitation, so she had to be taken to a hospital.
The car sped down the road.
After more than an hour, they arrived at the hospital.
Sophia was rushed into the operating room, and within a short time, five critical condition notices were issued.
Rylan signed them with a grim face, silently waiting at the operating room door.
The surgery lasted all night.
It wasn't until the next morning that the surgery ended.
The doctor walked out of the operating room.
Rylan asked in a deep voice, "How's the baby?"
The doctor was stunned for a moment, looking at Rylan with changed eyes.
Here was an adult in critical condition, and instead of asking about her, he was focused on the baby?
What a jerk!
But the doctor had seen all kinds of bastards and quickly returned to normal, saying, "The knife pierced the uterus and hit the baby, but it only injured the baby's arm and didn't hit any vital organs."
"The baby is lucky. Despite the dangerous situation, it survived."
Given the mother's severe injuries, the baby's survival and stable condition were a miracle.
The doctor explained, "It might be because the knife wasn't removed. Although the uterus was pierced, the knife blocked the wound, preventing severe loss of amniotic fluid, which saved the baby's life."
"The baby's arm injury isn't severe and won't cause any long-term effects. It will heal with time, though it might leave a scar."
Rylan sighed in relief.
Only then did he start to care about Sophia's condition: "What about the mother? How is she?"
The doctor replied, "The mother's condition is much more critical, and her will to live is very weak. It's hard to say right now; we need to observe her for a few days."
Rylan's heart sank, and he spoke sharply, "No matter the costs or what it takes, you must save her life!"
The doctor shook his head, "It's not about money. She's still in critical condition, and I can't guarantee anything."
"Moreover, the main issue is the patient's lack of will to live."
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