The leader of the cultivation alliance has a crush on me.

"Chu Tiancheng, what are your plans to do with Qin Huan?"

Hearing what she said, Chu Tiancheng wasn't flustered or guilty: "What do you want to do?"

Song Ke shook her head: "You can't ask me about this; you have to ask you."

"Were you really angry with me about Zhou Chu a while ago?" Song Ke asked with a curious look.

When Song Ke asked about this, Chu Tiancheng's expression froze for a moment, then he chuckled and said, "No, what does Zhou Chu's matter have to do with you? Besides, you called me back then, but I ignored you."

"It's good that he suffered a loss this time. Let's see if he dares to be so arrogant and domineering outside. Otherwise, if he really causes some big trouble in the name of the Chu family one day, I would like to crush him with my own hands."

Song Ke clicked her tongue and said with a knowing look, "You're very shrewd. Don't think I don't know that you seem impatient with Zhou Chu, but you're actually still indulging him."

Chu Tiancheng had little to refute about this.

"By the way, how about we have dinner together tonight?"

Song Ke shook her head: "No, I have to go home for dinner today. It was already too much of me not to go home yesterday, my parents will nag me."

"Okay then, I'll take you home after get off work."

Song Ke smiled and readily agreed: "Okay, once my parents see you, all their problems will disappear."

Jiang Lin was also unable to contact He Wen's assistant, which made Song Ke feel that something was wrong when she got home.

Before going to bed that night, Song Ke took the initiative to call He Yunming. The phone was not answered immediately, but rang for a long time. Listening to the sound of the phone, Song Ke felt inexplicably annoyed.

Nothing will happen, right?

Okay, go ahead and accept it.

Just as the call was about to automatically disconnect, it was finally answered.

Song Ke listened to the tired voice on the phone.

"Hey."

Hearing He Yunming's polite tone, Song Ke felt it was reasonable and roughly guessed that he probably still didn't have news of He Wen.

She tentatively asked, "Any news about He Wen?"

After saying that, she remembered that she had hung up on him earlier that day and apologized somewhat embarrassedly: "When I saw your message today, I immediately asked Jiang Lin to check it out as well."

"He told me with certainty that He Wen was picked up by her assistant yesterday."

He Yunming spoke calmly, "Song Ke."

Song Ke responded, "What?"

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone before He Yunming's somewhat emotional voice could be heard: "Don't worry, I won't just shift the blame onto others because He Wen is missing."

“I will investigate this matter thoroughly. I have also checked with He Wen’s assistant, and he has also disappeared.”

"Now it seems that this was at least a premeditated act. Could you tell me if anyone special appeared at the banquet that day? I'd like to see if I can find any clues."

Song Ke had no problem with that: "Okay, I'll send you a list later."

He Yunming said, "Thank you very much."

Song Ke: "Of course." After saying that, Song Ke thought for a moment and said, "By the way, I asked you not because I was afraid you would blame me, but because I didn't want anything to really happen to He Wen."

Upon hearing this, He Yunming gave a soft, bitter laugh: "Okay, I understand."

Song Ke added, "I'll also help look for it, and I'll let you know as soon as I have any news."

"Don't worry too much. If you need any help, just let me know."

He Yunming replied, "Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Song Ke asked Jiang Lin for the personnel list and sent it to He Yunming.

Jiang Lin said worriedly, "We still don't know what exactly happened, but given He Wen's reputation, even if we try to keep it a secret, it will probably be exposed in less than two days."

Song Ke listened with a worried expression: "Then should I ask my older brother to hold back the press release?"

Jiang Lin sighed: "I'm afraid it will backfire. Now we can't even say for sure whether she's disappeared and had an accident or been kidnapped."

"Kidnapped?"

Song Ke was stunned for a moment. She thought of the kidnapping plot in the original story, but the kidnapped one was Gu Qing. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but wonder if He Yunming had some enemy, and in the current story, he and Gu Qing had only reunited and were not together or married, so someone else chose He Wen, his sister.

The more Song Ke thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

But whether in the original storyline or now, she had never heard of He Yunming having any enemies.

It's really a headache to think about.

But just two days later, Chu Tiancheng told them something.

"You're saying Qin Huan disappeared from the hospital?"

"You went to see her again?"

Song Ke looked at Chu Tiancheng and asked a question that sounded somewhat sour.

Chu Tiancheng chuckled: "What are you thinking? Assistant Fang took the person to the hospital and then left it there. It was the hospital that called him and said the person was missing."

Song Ke looked at him with a puzzled expression: "What do you mean by 'disappeared'?"

"If she's gone, it means she didn't complete the discharge procedures and just left."

“Assistant Fang asked me for the surveillance footage. She left very strangely, and she left after receiving a phone call.”

Song Ke looked at him, scrutinizing him, and asked, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

"She's gone, so why do you seem so bothered by her leaving?"

Song Ke always felt that Chu Tiancheng's attitude towards Qin Huan was a bit strange.

Chu Tiancheng seemed to understand Song Ke's thoughts, and he sighed and said, "It's not because of Qin Huan."

"Do you remember when I ran into Qin Huan during my hospital check-up after my car accident?"

Song Ke thought for a moment, and realized that she had run into him before, along with the tall, thin man who was with Qin Huan.

Song Ke felt that the tall, thin man looked somewhat familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him before.

Because the original plot involved Qin Huan being the one kidnapped, she never actually saw what the kidnappers looked like.

"Is something wrong?" Song Ke asked.

Chu Tiancheng looked at Song Ke, struggling to find the right words. After all, he couldn't very well tell Song Ke that he was reborn, or Song Ke would see him as a monster.

Ultimately, he was somewhat insecure. He felt that Song Ke liked him because she admired his strength and perfection; it was a kind of worship and respect.

He couldn't show his flaws and imperfections to Song Ke, because she would feel that what he liked was different from what she imagined.

After all, he had never been very nice to Song Ke. He didn't think that Song Ke's persistent pursuit was because she truly loved him. He just thought it was because everyone told her that Chu Tiancheng was the perfect choice to spend her life with her.

He restrained himself. Song Ke couldn't remember many things from her childhood, but he remembered that he used to love going to the Song family home and playing with Song Ke.

But after being startled by Song Ke one time, Song Ke said with some disdain, "What, you're afraid of this?"

Everyone has things they fear, including themselves.

Song Ke said that the person she would marry in the future was the most powerful person in Yuncheng, so he became the most powerful person.

He didn't actually dislike Song Ke's persistence; he just didn't want Song Ke to discover his weaknesses.

These are things he only understood after returning to life, because once Song Ke stopped bothering him, he couldn't accept and was powerless to stop her from taking back the affection she had given him.

Just like this time, as long as Song Ke is willing to beckon to him again, he will gladly go.

He couldn't bear the slightest risk of not being liked by Song Ke.

“I’ve found some issues with the man next to Qin Huan.”