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Linzhou is not as cold as Yuncheng.

Although snow was everywhere, the thin, delicate snowflakes were very fragile. Pei Xingzhi simply pressed down on the snow, and the snowflakes melted in his palm.

He looked up at the dim streetlights, the white mist condensing from his breath making his eyes squint in fits and starts.

“Brother Pei.” Chai Rui patted his shoulder and comforted him gently, “Don’t worry too much. Since Qin Wushuang came for the person, your sister-in-law will definitely be fine. Don’t worry, we will definitely find her.”

“…Hmm.” Pei Xingzhi responded softly, a brief twitch of his lips. “I know. I’m not worried about A-Yuan getting hurt; I’m just afraid Qin Wushuang will move her somewhere else.”

"Have you searched all of Wuling Mountain? Have you found any suspicious villas?"

“Not yet.” Chai Rui frowned and took out a pack of cigarettes from the pocket of his down jacket. “All the villas on Wuling Mountain are privately owned. The owners are either very rich or very powerful. Even if they don’t come here often, they will arrange for many people to guard the villa.”

"These past two days, I took a few brothers to the mountains and tried to sneak into a single village."

"Thank you for your hard work." Pei Xingzhi smiled at Chai Rui, his gaze casually glancing at Chai Rui's nearly empty cigarette pack.

"Wait a minute." He turned around and walked to his car, taking a brand new, unopened pack of cigarettes from the passenger seat.

"Have this one." He handed the cigarette to Chai Rui.

Chai Rui glanced at him, then at the light cigarette pack in his hand, and immediately smiled sheepishly.

"Thank you, Brother Pei." He didn't stand on ceremony with Pei Xingzhi and directly reached out to take the pack of cigarettes, but he didn't accept it all.

He opened the cigarette packs, took a few and gave them to his buddies, kept one for himself, and returned the rest to Pei Xingzhi.

"Brother Pei, we can't afford to smoke that much."

Pei Xingzhi waved his hand and refused to accept the cigarettes: "I don't smoke. These are for you. You've done so much for me, so it's only right that you buy me cigarettes."

Chai Rui laughed: "Brother Pei, you're being too polite. You and Ye Ci are best buddies, and we're Ye Ci's best buddies, so by the way, you're our best buddy too."

“We may be a bit of a layabout and not have a good reputation, but we are truly loyal to each other. Since we are all brothers, there’s no need for such formalities.”

"Right?"

“Yes!” the men behind Chai Rui responded in unison.

"Thank you all," Pei Xingzhi said sincerely.

“Hey,” Chai Rui said, scratching his hair, looking completely unconcerned.

"Brother Pei, it's getting late. You should go back to the hotel and rest. We've already booked a room for you."

Pei Xingzhi shook his head: "No rush, I'm waiting for a friend."

"Friend?" Chai Rui thought for a moment. "Is it that friend of yours, the one you went from hating to loving?"

“Yes.” Pei Xingzhi was amused by his description.

"Pei Xingzhi!!"

Just then, Shen Yanhui's voice rang out from the opposite street.

Pei Xingzhi turned around upon hearing the sound, and was about to beckon her over when he suddenly noticed two extremely familiar figures following behind her.

Pei Xingzhi adjusted his glasses, squinted and looked at it carefully for a few moments, then his expression suddenly changed.

"Xie Mingyi... Lin Jiahe!"

Why did they come?

"Pei Xingzhi!" Shen Yanhui wrapped her down jacket tighter around herself and walked forward while talking to Pei Xingzhi. She seemed completely unaware that Xie Mingyi and Lin Jiahe had also arrived.

"Which hotel are you staying at? Should I move the car? It seems a bit too far to park here..."

"Shen Yanhui!" Pei Xingzhi raised his voice, somewhat speechless, and said to her, "Turn around and look behind you!"

“…Huh?” Shen Yan was stunned for a moment, then turned around blankly.

"……ah!!!"

Upon seeing the two familiar faces that suddenly appeared, Shen Yanhui was so startled that she trembled.

"Why are you here?"

Xie Mingyi crossed his arms, looking at Pei Xingzhi across the street with a half-smile, and said in a loud enough voice, "Brother-in-law, you're really something, daring to act on your own behind your brother's back?"

"..." Pei Xingzhi held his forehead, unsure how to explain.

Xie Mingyi and Lin Jiahe walked side by side toward Pei Xingzhi: "If I hadn't overheard you on the phone, I wouldn't have known you were sneaking off to Linzhou."

Lin Jiahe continued, "If we hadn't happened to run into Shen Yanhui's car on the road, we wouldn't have found you so quickly."

Pei Xingzhi: "...Shen Yanhui, so you didn't even realize you'd been followed the whole way?"

Shen Yan shook her head, looking confused: "I didn't notice."

"..."

Pei Xingzhi remained silent.

"Let's go." Lin Jiahe walked past Shen Yanhui and casually tugged at her arm. Shen Yanhui followed Lin Jiahe blankly, crossed the road, and came to Pei Xingzhi.

Xie Mingyi put his arm around Pei Xingzhi's shoulder and teased him, "Brother-in-law, have you booked our room yet? If not, we'll be sleeping on the street tonight."

“Sigh…” Pei Xingzhi sighed, his smile helpless. “I’ll decide now, I’ll decide now.”

Lin Jiahe: "I want to sleep in a deluxe king room! I've been driving for several hours, I'm exhausted."

“Okay,” Pei Xingzhi readily agreed, “We’ll all sleep in the double room.”

"Let's go." Xie Mingyi yawned wearily. "It's getting late, everyone should go back to the hotel and rest. We can get together again tomorrow to have a proper chat."

Chai Rui: "Okay! But our hotel is on the other side, so we won't be going with you."

Lin Jiahe: See you tomorrow.

Chai Rui: "Hey!"

Pei Xingzhi's hotel was right behind them. After booking a room at the front desk, the group took their room keys and went upstairs to rest.

Xie Mingyi and Lin Jiahe had secretly followed them, still having many questions waiting for Pei Xingzhi to answer.

The two went back to their room and quickly washed up. Taking advantage of the time they still had, they went into Pei Xingzhi's room together.

Pei Xingzhi knew what they wanted to ask, so he had already prepared his answer. But unexpectedly, before he could even open his mouth, Lu Yibai suddenly called him.

"Om-"

"Om-"

The phone was vibrating incessantly on the bedside table. Pei Xingzhi peeked over and glanced at it, his expression immediately becoming interesting.

"Who is it?" Xie Mingyi asked.

Pei Xingzhi picked up his phone and smiled enigmatically.

"Lu Yibai".

"I'll take it," Lin Jiahe said decisively.

Pei Xingzhi obediently pressed the answer button and also turned on the speakerphone.

"Hello?" he asked with a smile.

“…Pei Xingzhi.” Lu Yibai’s voice was unsteady, as if he was extremely panicked.

"Let's not beat around the bush, just state your terms."