Zhan Jingting sat in his wheelchair, his cold eyes fixed on her face. "This is the slap you gave Wanwan last time. I'm returning the favor. I don't hit women, but you're not even human!"

Zhan Jingting threw the paper containing the text message record in her face, "You actually dared to use the National Day holiday to force Wanwan to come to you, and then take her to the yacht to kill her!"

Wen Lijing picked up the paper from the ground and looked at it; his hands trembled instantly!

"It wasn't me!" Wen Xue cried as she explained, "I did text her. I wanted to take her to the yacht, drug her, and I even prepared explosives. I really wanted to blow her up, but she didn't come! Look at her reply!"

"Wanwan felt sorry for Eleven, but she still went to keep the appointment. What excuse do you have now?"

"Jingting, I really didn't!" Wen Xue cried and hugged Wen Lijing's leg. "Big brother, please say something for me, I really didn't. I was waiting for Qiao Wanwan at the dock, and when I saw that she wasn't going to come, I was in a bad mood and went shopping. I had no idea when she was going, let alone why this happened!"

Jiang Dong said, "There must be surveillance cameras on the yacht, and the bomb is remotely controlled. You could easily see my wife board the boat through the surveillance cameras and then remotely control the bomb to explode."

"I didn't!" Wen Xue explained until her mouth was dry. "It's true the bomb was remotely controlled, but I didn't even take the remote. How could I kill Qiao Wanwan!"

Wen Lijing looked at Zhan Jingting, "Jingting, I'm not speaking up for Wen Xue, but I don't think she lied."

Zhan Jingting closed his eyes, his deep, hoarse voice calm and suppressed, "Whether she lies or not is not important. Wanwan's life or death is currently unknown, and your Wen family cannot shirk responsibility."

“Jingting, I don’t want anything to happen to Miss Qiao either. The most important thing now is to find her.”

Zhan Jingting opened his eyes. "Lock Wen Xue up."

"Yes." Jiang Dong raised his hand, and two bodyguards immediately dragged Wen Xue away.

"Jingting, no! It really wasn't me! Please don't lock me up, Jingting, ah—"

......

Three days passed, and the search and rescue operation at sea yielded no results.

On the fourth day, a torrential downpour forced the search and rescue operation to halt.

Zhan Jingting sat in his wheelchair, looking at the raging wind and rain outside the floor-to-ceiling window. Despite it being the height of summer, he felt a chill running through his body.

“Brother-in-law…” Cheng Zaozao brought over a tray, her red and swollen eyes filled with tears. “Take care of yourself. My sister will be heartbroken if she sees how much weight you’ve lost these past few days when she comes back.”

"I'm not hungry."

Cheng Zaozao held back her tears, "One year, my sister went up the mountain alone to collect herbs. She was bitten by a poisonous snake. She sucked out the venom herself and found some herbs to apply to her wound."

"The toxins numbed her nerves, and she forced herself to climb down the mountain. Although she was detoxified after returning, she had a persistent high fever, which terrified us all."

“My neighbor’s grandmother was superstitious and asked someone to exorcise evil spirits for her. The person came and looked at her and said that my sister was a blessed person and that evil spirits would not get on her. She said that being bitten by a snake and having a high fever was just a tribulation and that she would get better soon. The next day, my sister’s fever really did break.”

“Brother-in-law, I’m just as worried as you about what happened to my sister, but I believe she’s not dead. She won’t die. She must be somewhere undergoing tribulation right now, and she’ll be back soon.”

Zhan Jingting slowly closed his eyes. "You can leave now. I want to be alone for a while."

Cheng placed the food on the coffee table early and quickly left.

A moment later, there was a knock on the door, and Jiang Dong's voice came from outside, "Master Zhan, I'm coming in."

"Um."

"Master Zhan," Jiang Dong walked in and reported, "The yacht wreckage has been thoroughly inspected inside and out, but there are no other clues. The surveillance cameras were damaged in the explosion and cannot be repaired."

"In other words, we can't see what happened back then."

“Yes.” Jiang Dong’s expression was grave. “The torrential rain will continue for four or five days, making search and rescue impossible. Master Zhan, if Madam really fell into the sea, I’m afraid…”

"No, she won't." Before she could finish speaking, Zhan Jingting interrupted her, "Wanwan is a girl of her word. She promised to grow old with me, and she will never break her promise."

"I understand. I will lead the search to continue." Jiang Dong continued to report, "Also, the surveillance footage at the dock that day was destroyed."

Zhan Jingting frowned. "Destroyed?"

"yes."

The man pondered and said, "The yacht and explosives were all prepared by Wen Xue, and Wanwan was also personally invited by her. She can't shirk responsibility if something happens to Wanwan, so there's absolutely no need to destroy the surveillance footage."

"Yes, I find it strange too."

"Most importantly, Wanwan isn't someone who doesn't learn from her mistakes. She's been burned before, and even for the sake of National Day, she wouldn't go on a date alone. So why did she go this time?"

"Master Zhan, are you saying there's something fishy going on here?"

“If it weren’t for a compelling reason, Wanwan wouldn’t have acted so impulsively.” Zhan Jingting suddenly remembered something. “Show me Wanwan’s call logs again.”

"yes."

Zhan Jingting obtained the record and quickly noticed something amiss: "This text message was received after she chatted with Wen Xue."

"But Master Zhan, this is spam, it's all gibberish."

“There was nothing suspicious about any of Wanwan’s social media accounts except for this text message. After receiving this text message, she hurriedly left home. There must be something wrong here.”

Jiang Dong nodded. "I'll find someone to crack this spam text message right away!"

Jiang Dong opened the door and went out, where he saw Eleven standing outside.

"Young Master, what are you doing here?"

"I'm looking for Daddy." Eleven toddled in with his short legs and demanded, "Where did Sister Wanwan go? Why isn't she home yet? Did you make her angry?"

Zhan Jingting: "......"

"She has some things to do and won't be back for a few days."

"What could be more important than me? I miss her so much, I want to call her!"

"She didn't bring her phone with her, so you can't call her," Zhan Jingting said patiently. "Listen to me, eat well and sleep well, or she'll be unhappy."

"Hmph! It must be because you made Wanwan angry that she ran away from home!" Eleven said angrily. "You're a man, why don't you know how to be more considerate of girls!"

Zhan Jingting: "......"

"I'm not in the mood to discuss this with you right now. Get out."

Eleven was furious. She glared at him and stormed off.

He went back to his room, packed his schoolbag, quietly went downstairs, and ran out the back door when no one was looking.

But when they reached the outer door, they were discovered and carried back inside by the bodyguards.

"Let me go, let me go! I need to find Sister Wanwan!"

"Young Master, please stop making a fuss," Zheng Ma said, choking back tears. "Don't cause trouble at this time, lest you upset your father."

"Don't mention Daddy to me. He's the one who made Wanwan run away. I'm going to find Wanwan and bring her back!"

"Have you made enough of a scene?" A deep, cold voice came from behind him as Zhan Jingting stepped out of the elevator. "If it weren't for you and your 'good mother,' would Wanwan have gotten into trouble? You want to leave, right? Get out of here now!"