Chapter 92: Lingshan Rainy Night "Dinglingling~Dingling...

"Ding-ling-ling~ Ding-ling-ling..."

The doorbell rang for about five minutes but no one answered. Gu Xingjue put down his hand that was knocking on the door, opened his phone and checked the time: 21:14.

Gu Xingjue sighed. Chen Song had to work overtime again today.

He shook the rain off his clothes and his bag, then sat down on the floor with his back against the door. He held the bag in his arms, listened to the sound of rain outside the corridor window, and quietly closed his eyes to rest.

Gu Xingjue drove three hours from Hangzhou today just to bring Chen Song some braised beef. This beef was a gift from Boss Jiang, who was discussing a partnership today. He said it was made by his mother and tasted delicious.

Gu Xingjue tasted a piece and found that the taste was much more amazing than he had imagined. It contained an indescribable taste that was unique to "home".

This kind of taste often reflects the chef's longing and love for his family, and exudes a strong sense of homely warmth.

Gu Xingjue had eaten many delicacies from land and sea but rarely tasted this flavor.

The first time he tasted this flavor was when Chen Song cooked for him. In that cramped rental apartment, even the dining table was made of old, rotten wood, and the plates were made of the cheapest stainless steel. Yet, even in such shabby conditions, he ate his first meal that brought a sense of happiness.

The smell is addictive.

Ever since he and Chen Song separated, it was hard to find that kind of flavor again. Even the food cooked in a high-end restaurant couldn't compare to Chen Song's; it always lacked that "homey" feeling.

He really didn't expect that the braised beef sent by Boss Jiang would have the taste of "home" in his mind.

The moment Gu Xingjue was sitting in the office chewing the braised beef, he suddenly understood why Chen Song wanted to work in a restaurant.

The restaurant was suffocatingly fumed, and cooking was hot and tiring. Gu Xingjue had repeatedly urged him to quit and find a lighter part-time job. Chen Song always smiled and said he'd been doing it for so long he was used to it.

Gu Xingjue knew at least a little that Chen Song was a medical student, but he couldn't understand why a medical student would have to work part-time in the kitchen. A doctor's hands should be used to wield scalpels and save lives, so why would he be using a spoon?

He knows now.

Because Chen Song, like him, had no home and could not taste this flavor, he chose to search for it, and Chen Song chose to learn how to make it himself.

Chen Song must have been eager to taste the flavor of home, so Gu Xingjue drove in the heavy rain to bring the braised beef, wanting to eat it with Chen Song.

Last time, after the two of them finished eating the cake, Chen Song still told him not to come. He couldn't guarantee that Chen Song would be angry again when he saw him, but as long as he begged again, Chen Song would definitely let him in to eat braised beef with him.

Gu Xingjue thought that he would see Chen Song again later and have a meal with him. He raised the corners of his mouth happily and fell into deep sleep as he listened to the sound of rain outside.

I was just about to fall asleep when my cell phone rang and woke me up.

Gu Xingde's head suddenly jumped a few times for no apparent reason, and he picked up the phone.

"Hello! Is that Gu Xingjue?" Lu Yuan's voice was anxious.

"Well, what's wrong?" Gu Xingjue straightened up, feeling a strange sense of unease. "Did something happen to Chen Song?"

"Chen Song is missing, and I don't know where he is now. Today is my mother's birthday, and coincidentally, Chen Song's hospital is organizing a team-building trip to Lingshan Temple to pray. Chen Song drove there by himself, and told me at 5 pm that he was on his way back. Now it's past 9 pm and he still hasn't returned. At first I thought it was raining heavily and he was driving slowly, so he hadn't arrived yet. I called him several times but no one answered. I also called his hospital and asked them to ask the group of people who went up the mountain whether Chen Song had returned to the temple, but they said he hadn't."

Gu Xingjue immediately stood up and pressed the elevator button: "Where is Lingshan Temple? Is it in Wenzhou?"

"Yes, it's in the westernmost part of Vancouver, two hours' drive from the city center. The temple is on the top of the mountain. The road to Lingshan is very winding. It has only become famous in recent years. There are not even street lights at night. Gu Xingjue, do you have the means to find him?" Lu Yuan asked anxiously.

Gu Xingjue pressed the elevator button impatiently. The number displayed on it slowly rose and then stopped. He turned around and ran down directly, jumping down four or five steps at a time. When he passed the corner, the rain outside the window drifted in and hit him.

Lu Yuan heard the loud noise coming from Gu Xingjue's side, and his heart tightened: "Could something have happened to him..."

"No!" Gu Xingjue said coldly, "Impossible, there won't be any accidents. Maybe the car broke down. His car has some problems. The last time he went to his father's grave, it broke down. Don't think about it, I will find him."

"Okay, okay, that must be it." Lu Yuan tried to relax his tone, but Keke was still feeling uneasy. "You will bring him back, right, Gu Xingjue?"

"Yes."

His frantic running had left his breathing extremely unstable, but his voice was sonorous and powerful, carrying a sense of conviction that was overwhelming. It was as if even if Chen Song was at the end of the abyss, he would still run forward without looking back and bring someone back.

The rain poured down quickly and relentlessly, soaking Gu Xingjue's body the moment he rushed out of the building. After hanging up with Lu Yuan, the rain soaked the screen, making it unresponsive. His hands were shaking slightly as he wiped the water off the screen before tapping it again. He wiped it again, and the rain poured down again. As he ran, his phone slipped and fell to the ground.

Gu Xingjue turned around and ran to pick it up. He rubbed the phone against his clothes a few times, causing cracks in the tempered glass. Fortunately, the phone was fine. He continued to wipe off the rain patiently and calmly, and finally found the number and dialed it.

The phone rang several times before it was connected: "Hello, Master."

"Find someone to help me find the location of this mobile phone number, immediately." Gu Xingjue opened the car door, got in, started the car, and stepped on the accelerator to drive out.

"yes."

The sedan sped past. Although it couldn't match the speed of a sports car, Gu Xingjue's years of racing skills had enabled the car to drive towards Lingshan at top speed. Even the heaviest rain couldn't stop him.

Gu Xingjue gripped the steering wheel tightly as he drove, with only one thought in his mind, that is, when he was halfway there or halfway up the mountain, he would see Chen Song's car which had stopped because of a missed shot.

More than ten minutes later, Gu Xingjue called again and said in a deep voice, "Hasn't it been found yet?"

"I'm sorry, Master, the signal on this number is very weak. It's probably in a mountainous or remote area. We're still investigating."

"Lingshan, near Lingshan. Lingshan in Wen City, Jiang Province." Gu Xingjue said.

"Okay, we'll speed up the investigation here and send you the specific location later."

Gu Xingjue hung up the phone. Raindrops flowed from his hair, slid across his forehead, and rolled into his eyes. He wiped his face, feeling a little cold. He felt that the raindrops seemed to be his cold sweat.

After a while, Chen Song's location was sent over. Seeing that Chen Song was still in Lingshan and had not moved, Gu Xingjue breathed a sigh of relief and tried to call Chen Song, but was hung up directly.

Gu Xingjue paused, then remembered that his phone number was still in Chen Song's dark room. So he tried to make a video call to Chen Song on WeChat, but the phone rang for a long time until he hung up, and no one answered. Gu Xingjue's initial relief was suddenly intensified.

Why didn't you answer the phone? Did something happen?

Gu Xingjue's brow furrowed, his heart beating anxiously and painfully. He glanced up and noticed the mountain wall. He gripped the steering wheel tightly, swerving sharply around the corner and continuing to push through the rain and fog.

He quickly shook this ominous thought out of his head and curled the corners of his lips stiffly.

How could something go wrong? Chen Song never replied to his WeChat messages, let alone answered the phone. Chen Song must have turned off his phone and cursed him in his heart.

After an hour's drive, Gu Xingjue finally arrived at the foot of Lingshan Mountain and entered the mountain road. The road was rugged and winding, the rain was pouring down, and the fog was thick, but Gu Xingjue continued to drive at a high speed in an orderly manner, like a flash of lightning on a rainy night.

He had many crazy nights, racing his car up the mountain, and even experienced even bigger thunderstorms than this, so this wasn't a problem for him. He was even somewhat grateful for his crazy first half of life, which gave him the ability to control the car and get to Chen Song quickly.

Gu Xingjue watched the destination get closer and closer, his heart beating faster and faster, and at the same time, the feeling of unease slowly dissipated. Because the navigation had indeed taken him to a mountain road, Chen Song's location was not far ahead, which meant that Chen Song had stopped halfway because of the car's loss of sight.

The reason why I couldn’t get through to Lu Yuan’s call might be that the cell phone signal was bad, and the reason why I couldn’t get through to his call might also be the same.

Gu Xingjue quickened his pace.

"The destination is on your right. This navigation is over."

Gu Xingjue frowned. There was a bend ahead, and a cliff on the right. Where did it come from?

Gu Xingjue's eyes suddenly tightened. The high beam shone on the edge of the cliff, and a gap was torn in the iron bars. The broken iron bars on both sides twisted into a strange shape, like a bent devil's claw, reaching into the abyss of the cliff.

Gu Xingjue's heart stopped and his mind went blank.

What does this mean? What does this mean?

Gu Xingjue stared at the gap like a petrified statue, without blinking.

In the darkness created by the two narrow lanes of car lights, heavy rain poured down. The gap was hidden behind the heavy rain, as if it was tearing at the heart of Gu Xing's determination, and the pouring rain kept rushing into his heart.

Gu Xingjue's body reacted before his brain. He opened the car door and walked out with a slow movement. One step, two steps, and he started running.

The rain hit him with a heavy force, blurring his vision. His blank eyes looked into the pitch-black abyss.

The sudden ringing of his cell phone amidst the rain woke him up.

Gu Xingjue shuddered, moved his fingers, took out the phone from his pocket and answered it.

"What's the situation?" Lu Yuan asked, "Have you found the person?"

Gu Xingjue opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

"Hello? Gu Xingjue? It's raining so hard over there, have you gone to look for him?"

Gu Xingjue wiped his face and swallowed the rain. "Wait a minute. I misplaced my location. Wait. Me. Uh. Him..."

"Huh? What are you talking about? Is something wrong?"

"It's okay, it's okay." Gu Xingjue wiped the rain off his face and took a deep breath. "My location was wrong. He hasn't been found yet. I'll ask someone else. Don't worry. Don't worry."

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long time.

Only the dull sound of rain continued to ring in Gu Xingjue's ears.

After a while, Lu Yuan finally chuckled softly, "Well, don't worry. Don't worry. I'll hang up first. Call me if you have any news."

"good."

After Lu Yuan hung up the phone, Gu Xingjue wiped the rain off his phone. The touch screen became even less sensitive. He wiped away the rain over and over again, but it never came back. Finally, he made another call.

The other party immediately picked up: "Master."

"Positioning. Is it accurate?" Gu Xingjue's heart, which had nowhere to rest, began beating again, almost jumping out of his body.

"That's right, sir. I've checked it over and over again, and it's right there."

Gu Xingjue's lips trembled, and after a long time, he uttered a hoarse utterance: "Okay..."

Gu Xingjue took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. He hung up the phone and looked through his contacts. The rain kept blurring the screen of his phone. He kept wiping away the rain and quickly found the person.

The phone rang several times until no one answered. His hands were shaking violently, as if an invisible hand had grabbed him tightly and then thrown him off the edge of a cliff, preventing him from falling. Gu Xingjue cursed softly and dialed again.

This time, the person on the other end picked up the phone quickly.

"Hey, why did you think of calling me today? Don't you want to talk to us single guys?"

"Vancouver, Lingshan, mobilize the nearby search and rescue teams. I need lots and lots of people. I'll text you the exact location. Hurry, immediately, right now!"

Xie Yanchen heard that Gu Xingjue's tone was not right, so he put away his smile and asked seriously, "What are you looking for?"

“…”

Gu Xingjue was in a daze for a moment, and the rain caused the tears from the corners of his eyes to fall.

"Chen Song——"