Nan Yan raised her hand and gently massaged her forehead. "Could it be that other saints from the Divine Temple rescued him?"
"It's unlikely," Qin Lu reasoned. "Qin Zhixiu came to China this time with the intention of controlling you to manipulate me. The information An Muyao gave him made him believe that you were already under his control. He came in a hurry, and apart from the eight bodyguards who accompanied him, he didn't notify anyone else."
"Qin Zhixiu isn't that loyal to the temple. He wants to gain control of the Qin family for his own benefit and won't merge it into the temple. So, he would only keep this from the other saints and the temple's leader."
"I suspect he left a backup plan before."
Qin Lu leaned more towards the idea that someone who held a grudge against Qin Zhixiu had taken advantage of the situation to kidnap him, intending to use him as leverage and establish cooperation between the two sides to deal with Qin Lu.