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"It's getting dark, it looks like it's going to snow again. You guys need to hurry, it'll be harder to repair the car if it snows."

"Okay, I'll send you the license plate number now."

After making the call, Uncle Yang sent the license plate number to the repair team. Then, glancing to the side, he noticed that Xie Zhaoyuan had not yet come out of the alley.

"Xiao Yuan!" He replied to the message while turning to walk towards the alley entrance. "Xiao Yuan, did you catch the cat? Do you need Uncle Yang to help you?"

……

The only answer he received was the whistling wind.

“…Xiao Yuan?” He paused, then suddenly realized something was off.

"Xiao Yuan?" He turned on his phone's flashlight and shone it into the alley. "Xiao Yuan, are you still catching cats?"

……

The alley was completely silent; there wasn't a cat in sight, not even a ghost.

"Xiao Yuan!" Uncle Yang panicked instantly. He ran a few steps into the alley, and after confirming that Xie Zhaoyuan was not there, he quickly ran out to check the car, only to find it empty as well.

"Xiao Yuan!" he shouted at the top of his lungs, but there was no sign of Xie Zhaoyuan in the pitch-black night.

"Little Wish!"

"Xie Zhaoyuan!!"

He circled the car, calling out as he searched, while simultaneously taking out his phone to call Xie Zhaoyuan.

"Beep...beep...beep..."

After three rings, a cold, mechanical female voice suddenly came from the phone's receiver.

"Hello, the user you dialed is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later..."

"What... what's going on?" Uncle Yang stamped his feet anxiously and dialed Xie Zhaoyuan's number again.

"Hello, the number you dialed is currently switched off..."

This time, Xie Zhaoyuan's phone was turned off.

"It's over..." Uncle Yang's face turned pale, and his legs suddenly went weak.

"How could someone disappear in the blink of an eye..." He was so anxious he was about to cry, and quickly called Xie Jiangshan to report the matter.

Upon hearing this, Xie Jiangshan immediately made phone calls with Bai Ruiying to find someone.

Xie Mingyi, Song Yihuan, Shen Yanhui, Pei Lingxuan, Jiang Mian, Duan Jialu, Lin Jiahe...

The elderly couple searched everywhere they could think of, but no one knew where Xie Zhaoyuan had gone.

Xie Zhaoyuan's phone was switched off, and they tried calling for more than half an hour without success.

"Wow...wow..."

"Wow……"

Pei Ye, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly cried out without warning. Xie Jiangshan's heart sank, and he finally mustered up the courage to say those two words.

"Call the police……"

Bai Ruiying picked up Pei Ye, patting and comforting him as she said, "Let's wait for Xingzhi's reply. What if Zhaozhao went to find him?"

"Buzz-"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xie Jiangshan received a WeChat message from Pei Xingzhi.

—Ah Yuan didn't come looking for me. She left Duan Jialu's place a long time ago and should be home by now.

—Dad, why are you suddenly asking me this? Didn't Ayuan reply to your message?

"boom--"

Before he could even read Pei Xingzhi's information carefully, Xie Jiangshan's heart sank.

The man, nearing sixty, looked up in a daze, his aged eyes filled with deep panic: "Xingzhi... Xingzhi can't contact Zhaozhao either..."

"What?!" Bai Ruiying's voice suddenly changed tone, "Even Xingzhi can't contact Zhaozhao?!"

"Call the police..." Xie Jiangshan's hand gripping the phone was visibly trembling. "Call the police now, don't delay!"

"Report, report it now!" Bai Ruiying was a little unsteady on her feet. After handing Pei Ye over to the nanny, she slumped weakly onto the sofa, supporting herself on her knees.

"First, call the police, then slowly talk to Xingzhi about it. Xingzhi gets easily agitated when it comes to Zhaozhao, and I'm worried that he might do something impulsive and foolish in his haste."

Xie Jiangshan nodded: "I know, I'll call Director Chen first..."

Meanwhile, Zhuyuan Technology Studio.

"President Pei, I've sent the revised main storyline to your email." A slightly chubby girl with her hair in a bun stood at the door of Pei Xingzhi's office, sporting large dark circles under her eyes, and said.

Pei Xingzhi looked up at her, a slight smile playing on his lips: "Okay, I'll check it later. You guys can go home now."

"Yay!" the girl cheered as she walked away, immediately going to share the good news of getting off work with her other colleagues.

"Brother Pei." Ye Ci walked in carrying his laptop and said with a grin, "What are you having for dinner at home tonight? Tell me the menu so I can consider whether I want to come over for a meal."

Pei Xingzhi reached out and turned on his phone on the table, but still didn't see Xie Zhaoyuan's message on the screen. He sighed with some disappointment, "Your sister-in-law hasn't replied to my messages. I don't know what to eat for dinner tonight."

Ye Ci smirked and looked at Pei Xingzhi with a sarcastic gaze: "If your sister-in-law doesn't reply to your messages, just call her. Don't you often have long phone conversations with her in the office?"

Pei Xingzhi raised an eyebrow, not angry at Ye Ci's sarcastic remark, but instead looking quite proud: "I usually call her with her permission. She hasn't been replying to my messages lately, and if I call her abruptly, it might disturb her work."

“She already has too many design drafts piled up. The clients started catching up as soon as she finished her postpartum period. If she doesn’t submit the drafts soon, I think they’ll be coming to her house to urge her.”

“...True.” Ye Ci pursed his lips.

Pei Xingzhi: "If you don't get any food later, just come home with me. My dad specially bought you some special bowls and chopsticks, you can go and try them out."

"I've been waiting for you to say that!" Ye Ci snapped his fingers and placed the laptop in front of Pei Xingzhi. "Brother Pei, take a look at this."

Pei Xingzhi adjusted his glasses, about to lean closer to take a look, when he suddenly received a call from Xie Jiangshan.

"Let me take this call first." He grabbed the phone and answered the call.

"Hey, Dad."

"Xingzhi," Xie Jiangshan's voice sounded a little strange, as if he was trying his best to suppress something, "I have something to tell you, but don't be in a hurry after you hear it."

Pei Xingzhi frowned. The heaviness in Xie Jiangshan's tone made him unconsciously straighten his back, and he said in a deep voice, "Please speak."

Xie Jiangshan took a breath: "Xingzhi, Zhaozhao is gone."

"...Huh?" Upon first hearing this, Pei Xingzhi was a little taken aback.

"What does this mean? Where did A-Yuan go?"

"Hmm?" Ye Ci sensed something was wrong and immediately leaned down to press his phone against the wall.

Xie Jiangshan: "After Zhaozhao left Xiao Duan's house, she went straight home by car. Old Yang, who was driving, said that halfway there the car suddenly ran over two nails, and the tires were punctured so he couldn't drive any further. So he told Zhaozhao to sit in the car and wait for Old Li to come and pick her up."

"But Zhao Zhao heard a cat meowing in the alley next door. Fearing that the cat would freeze to death, she got out of the car and went into the alley to look for the cat."

"The alley was narrow and not very long, but Zhao Zhao just disappeared from it for no reason."