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"Looking for Shen Yanhui?" Pei Xingzhi glanced at her, his expression somewhat surprised. "Now?"

"Yes." Xie Zhaoyuan's reaction was calm, but her brows were furrowed. "Now, I'm going to find her right now."

There's definitely something fishy about Shen Yanhui's disappearance. Xie Zhaoyuan has been thinking about it more and more these past two days and feels that she must find Shen Yanhui now and ask her for clarification.

“…Okay.” Although he disagreed with Xie Zhaoyuan’s approach, Pei Xingzhi did not stop him.

He could tell that Xie Zhaoyuan was very worried about Shen Yanhui. If he didn't take Xie Zhaoyuan with him now, Xie Zhaoyuan would remain restless. He didn't want to see Xie Zhaoyuan like that.

"Where does Shen Yanhui live now? Is she still at the Shen family home?" While the red light was still a few dozen seconds away, Pei Xingzhi quickly brought up the navigation.

Xie Zhaoyuan thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "She doesn't live at the Shen family's house now; she lives in the house she bought herself."

He then gave Pei Xingzhi the detailed address.

Pei Xingzhi entered the address into the navigation system, and after passing the intersection, he immediately turned right and took Xie Zhaoyuan to find Shen Yanhui.

Shen Yan's house is in the city center, and Pei Xingzhi drove to the entrance of the community in just ten minutes.

This is a high-end residential area with strict access control. Although Xie Zhaoyuan gave them Shen Yan's apartment number and phone number, the security guards refused to let them in.

Without access cards and unable to contact Shen Yanhui, they were blocked by security guards outside the residential area.

"Why don't we go back first and come back after we contact Shen Yan?" Pei Xingzhi suggested.

"No," Xie Zhaoyuan refused. "I must see Shen Yanhui today."

Pei Xingzhi adjusted his glasses, looking troubled: "But the security guards won't let us in."

"If he won't let us in, then we'll find our own way in!" Xie Zhaoyuan was determined to see Shen Yanhui, and she stubbornly refused to give up even though the security guards kept blocking her.

Pei Xingzhi felt sorry for her persistence, so he cupped her face and said to her, "Okay, I'll think of a way."

Since they couldn't get in through the main gate of the residential area, they decided to try another way in.

Pei Xingzhi drove away and circled the entire neighborhood several times, eventually figuring out a way to get in.

To make things easier for the residents, the underground parking lot of this residential complex was built together with the newly opened shopping mall next door. Pei Xingzhi drove the car into the mall's underground parking garage, then got out and walked with Xie Zhaoyuan into the complex's underground parking lot, and then they brazenly slipped inside.

"This is it." Xie Zhaoyuan stood at the door of Shen Yanhui's house, looked up and checked the house number several times. After confirming that it was correct, she raised her hand and began to knock on the door.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"

"Shen Yan Hui, it's me, Xie Zhao Yuan! I've come back to find you!"

"..."

The room was completely silent; there wasn't a sound.

Xie Zhaoyuan continued knocking and calling out, "Shen Yanhui, it's me! I finally escaped from Qin Wushuang's clutches, don't you want to see me?"

"..."

There was no sound from inside the door.

Pei Xingzhi: "It seems she's not home."

“Impossible!” Xie Zhaoyuan frowned, completely disagreeing with Pei Xingzhi’s conjecture. “Shen Yanhui must be at home! She has no other friends in Yuncheng, and nowhere else to go. She can only be hiding at home.”

"Hmm?" Pei Xingzhi found this a bit strange. "She's a native of Yuncheng, how come she doesn't have any other friends or places to go?"

"Ah Yuan, are you getting stuck on something?"

"I didn't!" Xie Zhaoyuan denied vehemently, yet she couldn't explain her stubbornness. She couldn't very well tell Pei Xingzhi that Shen Yanhui was an outsider transmigrator controlled by a system, could she?

Pei Xingzhi was the least likely to believe in these things.

"...Anyway, I'm sure Shen Yanhui is hiding at home." She bit her lip and raised her hand to continue banging on the door.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The door rattled loudly as she pounded on it. Fortunately, Shen Yan's apartment was a one-apartment-per-floor building, so the noise she made didn't disturb anyone else.

"Shen Yanhui, I know you're home. Stop hiding and open the door right now!"

"What happened to you? Even if you can't tell anyone else, you should at least tell me! I'm the only person in this world who can understand you! Why are you keeping it from me too?"

"Shen Yanhui, did you hear what I said? Do you still consider me a friend?"

"Shen Yanhui!! Open the door!!"

There was no response from outside the door, so it seemed that Shen Yan Hui was really not home.

Xie Zhaoyuan's patience was exhausted by repeated silences. She knocked on the door a few times, and when Shen Yanhui still didn't open it, she simply kicked the door a few times.

"Shen Yanhui, what on earth are you up to? It's one thing for you to disappear with other people, but why are you doing it with me too? Am I no longer your friend? Don't you need my forgiveness?"

"I was kidnapped for more than half a month, and now that I've finally escaped, you won't even see me once. What are you trying to do? Do you want to cut off all love and be a lonely person for the rest of your life?"

"..." Inside the door, it was as quiet as ever.

"Ah Yuan!" Pei Xingzhi reached out and grabbed Xie Zhaoyuan's shoulder, forcing her to look at him. "Calm down, don't rush, let's find Shen Yanhui slowly, okay?"

"...No." Xie Zhaoyuan brushed his hand away, her eyes already red-rimmed. "I must find Shen Yanhui, I must find her!"

"Why?" Pei Xingzhi truly couldn't understand. He reached out and wiped away the tears welling up in Xie Zhaoyuan's eyes, his gaze now filled with suspicion: "A-Yuan, why are you suddenly in such a hurry to find Shen Yanhui? Do you know what happened to Shen Yanhui?"

"..." Xie Zhaoyuan's eyes darted away, and she did not answer.

She took a deep breath to calm herself down, regained her patience, and gently knocked on the door a few times. In a pleading tone, she said to Shen Yanhui inside, "Shen Yanhui, please open the door and see me. You can tell me whatever has happened."

"..."

Her only response was deathly silence.

Unwilling to give up, she said again, "Did that bastard mess with you again? You can't earn any favor points, so he's making things difficult for you again, right?"

"Don't be afraid, call it out here, and I'll beat it to death!"

"..."

She had shouted everything she could, but Shen Yan Hui just wouldn't pay any attention to her.

Her tense arrogance instantly dissipated, and her eyes became somewhat dazed.

"Ah Yuan!" Pei Xingzhi hugged her, his heart aching so much he could barely breathe. "Can you really calm down? Even if Shen Yan Hui is really hiding at home, if she's determined not to see you, you can smash the door to pieces today and still not get a response from her."

"Be good, let's calm down first and then think of other ways, okay?"

Xie Zhaoyuan shook her head: "...Pei Xingzhi, we may not have any other options."