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"……What?!"

Pei Xingzhi slammed his hand on the table and stood up in a near panic. He stood up so suddenly that he tripped over the chair behind him.

"What do you mean by 'disappeared without a trace'? How could Ah Yuan, a living, breathing person, just disappear without a reason?!"

Xie Jiangshan suppressed his emotions and explained to him, "When Zhaozhao went into the alley to catch the cat, Lao Yang was waiting outside the alley making a phone call. After he finished the call, he wanted to go into the alley to help, but... but he couldn't find Zhaozhao anymore."

"..." Pei Xingzhi stared blankly, a huge panic crashing down on his reason, and he could no longer speak properly.

Xie Jiangshan: "Old Yang's call lasted only three minutes, and Zhaozhao disappeared during those three minutes. Your mother and I have already called the police and are on our way to the scene. You should get ready and come over too..."

Pei Xingzhi barely heard what Xie Jiangshan said after that. He only vaguely heard the words "call the police" before rushing out of the office.

"Brother Pei!!" Ye Ci was afraid something had happened to him, so she quickly grabbed her phone and chased after him.

He was in no condition to drive, so Ye Ci caught up with him, grabbed his arm, and dragged him into her car. Then she drove him to the scene.

"Brother Pei, calm down first." Ye Ci looked at the road conditions while reassuring him in a deep voice, "Your sister-in-law is a living person, she won't just disappear for no reason. Besides, Yuncheng is a first-tier city, the public security has always been very good, your sister-in-law should be fine."

Pei Xingzhi remained silent.

He hadn't uttered a single word since boarding the bus. He clenched his teeth, his eyes fixed on the road ahead, the veins on his forehead and neck bulging and trembling with his suppressed breathing.

His eyes were completely red, burning with overwhelming resentment and anger.

Ye Ci only glanced at it, but felt a chill run down her spine.

Oh no, oh no, oh no… He was anxiously thinking to himself. If the person who took Xie Zhaoyuan dared to show up in front of Pei Xingzhi, he had no doubt that Pei Xingzhi would kill that idiot on the spot.

"Brother Pei, try to think positively about everything." He forced a smile, trying to make Pei Xingzhi more optimistic. "Your wife is a lucky person, she'll definitely be alright. Calm down, stay calm."

Pei Xingzhi gritted his teeth: "...This is the calmest I can be."

"..." Ye Ci's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately shut his mouth, not daring to say another word.

Scattered snowflakes were falling outside, and a row of red taillights illuminated the road ahead. Ye Ci impatiently honked the horn, sighing in frustration.

Pei Xingzhi frowned: "How much longer will this traffic jam last?"

Ye Ci glanced at the navigation: "There's been a car accident up ahead. The navigation says we might be stuck in traffic for another half hour."

Pei Xingzhi: "How far are we from here to the scene?"

Ye Ci: "Two kilometers to go."

Pei Xingzhi didn't say anything more, opened the car door and got out, taking out his phone for navigation as he ran forward.

"Holy crap..." Ye Ci rolled down the car window, leaned out, and shouted to Pei Xingzhi, "Brother Pei!"

"..."

His only response was Pei Xingzhi's retreating figure as he ran further and further away.

His car was stuck in the middle of the road. He wanted to catch up but couldn't, and he couldn't find a place to park. So he could only stay in the car and worry anxiously.

Two kilometers is not a long distance, and Pei Xingzhi ran there in just ten minutes.

The alley where Xie Zhaoyuan disappeared was surrounded by police, their red and blue police lights flashing tirelessly in the heavy night.

Pei Xingzhi burst in, radiating a chill, and charged headlong into the alley without a care in the world.

"Do it!"

Xie Mingyi and Xie Jiangshan blocked him at the same time, holding his shoulders to prevent him from going in.

"Zhaozhao isn't inside. The police have searched the entire alley!"

"A-Yuan isn't inside..." Pei Xingzhi asked blankly, his face expressionless. "Then where is A-Yuan? Where did she go, all alone?"

"Lao Xie."

A plainclothes policeman walked out of the alley and stood in front of Xie Jiangshan.

Xie Jiangshan grabbed Pei Xingzhi's hand and dragged him along, saying, "Xingzhi, this is the director of the Yuncheng Public Security Bureau. You should call him Uncle Chen."

"Uncle Chen," Pei Xingzhi greeted Chen Jingxuan, suppressing his emotions.

Chen Jingxuan hummed in agreement: "I know you. You are the former chairman of Pei's Group and the founder of Zhuyuan Technology."

Pei Xingzhi twitched the corner of his mouth and extended his hand to Chen Jingxuan: "Hello, Director Chen, I am Pei Xingzhi."

Chen Jingxuan raised his hand and shook hands with him, saying kindly, "Pei Xingzhi, you are remarkable. I've wanted to meet you for a long time."

Pei Xingzhi: "Director Chen, you flatter me."

Chen Jingxuan: "No need to be so polite, just call me Uncle Chen."

“…Uncle Chen.” Pei Xingzhi raised his bloodshot eyes and looked at him expectantly, “Where is my wife?”

Chen Jingxuan patted him on the shoulder: "Although the surveillance cameras in the alley were destroyed in advance, our people discovered another hidden camera that might have captured the suspect."

"Where is it?" Pei Xingzhi asked anxiously.

Chen Jingxuan: "Come in with me."

Pei Xingzhi broke free from Xie Jiangshan's hand and followed Chen Jingxuan stiffly.

Xie Mingyi and Xie Jiangshan followed.

The narrow alley was brightly lit by flashlights, and the snow on the ground was trampled into puddles of gray-black mud by the police coming and going.

Pei Xingzhi followed Chen Jingxuan into the alley, his eyes warily scanning his surroundings.

"This alley isn't a single, straight path; there's an inconspicuous little fork on the right side of the alley," Chen Jingxuan explained patiently to Pei Xingzhi as he stopped at the fork.

“This fork in the road leads to another alley, and the exit of that alley is on the next street. We collected footprints and tire tracks from the scene and preliminarily determined that Xie Zhaoyuan was taken away from this fork in the road.”

"That person clearly came prepared. He had blocked the surveillance cameras in both alleys beforehand, so the cameras didn't capture how he took Xie Zhaoyuan away quietly."

"...Aren't there any other surveillance cameras?" Pei Xingzhi asked in a hoarse voice.

Chan King-hin: Yes.

Pei Xingzhi's eyes suddenly lit up.

Chen Jingxuan, with his hands behind his back, said: "There is a row of old self-built houses in the alley at the fork in the road. One of the houses has a private surveillance camera installed on the eaves of the second floor. The camera is pointing directly at the alley below."

"Our people have already retrieved the video footage, and if all goes well, we should be able to find the suspect who took Xie Zhaoyuan away."

"How long will it take to retrieve this video?" Pei Xingzhi clenched his fists, trembling with anxiety.

Seeing this, Xie Mingyi quickly stepped forward, put his arm around his shoulder, and barely managed to calm him down.

"Om-"

"Om-"

Chen Jingxuan's phone suddenly vibrated. He picked it up and looked at it, a smile immediately spreading across his face: "It's all set up."