Chapter 283: Caught Running Away

Linzhou is not as cold as Yuncheng.

Although there was snow everywhere, the thin snowflakes were very fragile. Pei Xingzhi just pressed hard on the snow, and the snowflakes melted in his palm.

He looked up at the dim street lights, and the white mist condensed from his breathing made his eyes squint.

"Brother Pei." Chai Rui beside him raised his hand and patted his shoulder, and said softly: "Don't be too anxious. Since Qin Wushuang is here for someone, my sister-in-law will definitely be fine. Relax, we will definitely find her."

"...Yeah." Pei Xingzhi responded softly, and pulled the corner of his mouth briefly, "I know. I'm not worried that Ayuan will get hurt. I'm just afraid that Qin Wushuang will transfer her to another place."

"Have you searched 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 of the villas are either rich or noble. Even if they don't come to live here often, they will arrange for many people to guard the villas."

"These past two days, I took a few brothers to the mountains to look around, but we couldn't get into any of the villas."

"Thank you for your hard work." Pei Xingzhi smiled at Chai Rui, and with a casual glance, he caught a glimpse of Chai Rui's cigarette box which was almost empty. ”

"Wait a moment." He turned and walked to his car, taking out a brand new, unopened cigarette from the passenger seat.

"Have a smoke on this." He handed the cigarette to Chai Rui.

Chai Rui looked at him, then looked at the light cigarette box in his hand, and immediately smiled embarrassedly.

"Thank you, Brother Pei." He didn't bother to be polite with Pei Xingzhi and directly reached out to take the cigarette, but did not accept it all.

He opened the cigarettes, took out only a few boxes to share with his buddy next to him, kept one box for himself, and returned the rest to Pei Xingzhi.

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

Pei Xingzhi waved his hand and refused to take them: "I don't smoke, I bought these for you. You have done so many things for me, it is only right that you buy cigarettes for me."

Chai Rui smiled: "Brother Pei, that's a bit too polite. You and Ye Ci are close friends, and we are Ye Ci's close friends, so if we round it off, you are also our close friend."

"Although some of us are not doing our jobs properly and our reputations are not very good, we are loyal. Since we are all brothers, there is no need to say such polite words."

"Right?"

"Yes!" Several men behind Chai Rui responded in unison.

"Thank you." Pei Xingzhi said from the bottom of his heart.

"Hi," Chai Rui grabbed a handful of hair, looking nonchalant.

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

Pei Xingzhi shook his head: "No hurry, I still have to wait for a friend."

"Friend?" Chai Rui thought for a moment, "Is it the friend that my sister-in-law hated but then loved?"

"Yes." Pei Xingzhi was amused by his description.

“Pei Xingzhi!!”

As he was speaking, Shen Yanhui's voice rang out from the opposite street.

Pei Xingzhi turned around when he heard the voice and was about to wave her over when he suddenly saw two very familiar figures following her.

Pei Xingzhi raised his glasses, squinted his eyes and looked carefully for a few times, his expression suddenly changed.

"Xie Mingyi...Lin Jiahe!"

How come they are here?

"Pei Xingzhi!" Shen Yan wrapped her down jacket tightly and walked forward while talking to Pei Xingzhi. It seemed that she had no idea that Xie Mingyi and Lin Jiahe were also here.

"Which hotel are you staying in? Should I move my car to another spot? It seems a bit too far away..."

"Shen Yanhui!" Pei Xingzhi raised his voice and said to her speechlessly: "Turn around and look behind you!"

"...Ah?" Shen Yan was stunned for a moment, then looked back blankly.

"……ah!!!"

Looking at the two familiar faces that suddenly appeared, Shen Yanhui was so scared that his whole body trembled.

"Why are you here?"

Xie Mingyi crossed his arms, looked at Pei Xingzhi across the street with a half-smile, and said in a loud enough voice: "Brother-in-law, you are really awesome. How dare you act without your brother's knowledge?"

“……” Pei Xingzhi held his forehead, not knowing how to explain.

Xie Mingyi and Lin Jiahe walked side by side towards Pei Xingzhi: "If I hadn't overheard you making a phone call by accident, I wouldn't have known that you were sneaking to Linzhou."

Lin Jiahe took over his words: "If we hadn't happened to meet Shen Yan's car on the road, we wouldn't have found you so quickly."

Pei Xingzhi: "...Shen Yanhui, so you didn't realize that you were followed all the way?"

Shen Yanhui shook his head in confusion: "I didn't notice it."

“…”

Pei Xingzhi was speechless.

"Let's go." Lin Jiahe passed by Shen Yanhui and pulled her. She followed Lin Jiahe in a daze, crossed the road and came in front of Pei Xingzhi.

Xie Mingyi raised his hand and put his arm around Pei Xingzhi's shoulders, teasing him deliberately: "Brother-in-law, have you booked our room? If not, we'll have to sleep on the street tonight."

"Eh..." Pei Xingzhi sighed and smiled helplessly, "I'll decide now, I'll decide now."

Lin Jiahe: "I want to sleep in the deluxe king-size bed room! I'm so tired after driving for several hours."

"Okay." Pei Xingzhi agreed readily, "Let's all sleep in the king-size bed room."

"Let's go." Xie Mingyi yawned tiredly, "It's getting late, let's go back to the hotel and rest, and then we can get together tomorrow to have a good chat."

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

Lin Jiahe: "See you tomorrow then."

Chai Rui: “Hey!”

The hotel where Pei Xingzhi stayed was just behind them. A few of them went to the front desk to book a room, then took the room card and went upstairs to rest.

Xie Mingyi and Lin Jiahe followed secretly, and had many questions in their minds waiting for Pei Xingzhi to answer.

The two of them went back to their room to wash up briefly, and while there was still time, they went into Pei Xingzhi's room together.

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

“Buzz——”

“Buzz——”

The cell phone was vibrating wildly on the bedside table. Pei Xingzhi leaned over to take a look and his expression suddenly became interesting.

"Who is it?" Xie Mingyi asked.

Pei Xingzhi picked up the phone and smiled meaningfully.

"Lu Yibai."

"Answer it." Lin Jiahe said decisively.

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

"Hello?" He asked with a smile.

"... Pei Xingzhi." Lu Yibai's voice was a little unstable, as if he was extremely panicked.

"Don't beat around the bush. Just state your conditions directly."