Chapter 33 Missing

Si Zuochen let him pull him along, but still couldn't help but lecture him from the perspective of an older brother.

"Be careful, bad people might take advantage of your compassion."

Si Youlin raised an eyebrow slightly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

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The villa was some distance from the city center, so Jiang Ran went to the garage to drive her car first. When she saw the familiar sports car, she remembered that she had driven it to an internet cafe and hadn't driven it back.

She remembered that, in order to warn those two brats, she didn't send anyone to drive it back.

"How did this car get back?" Jiang Ran asked, puzzled.

"The young master had someone drive it back."

"Si Zuochen?" Jiang Ran asked in a deep voice.

“Yes,” the butler replied.

Jiang Ran suddenly scoffed coldly. This guy is quite clever.

Her parking the car there was symbolic; the people from the internet cafe who dared to collude in the crime should pay the price.

It's a secluded alley. If a sports car suddenly appears, what will the people around think?

She was planning to wait two more days before reporting the loss, but he was quite good at handling things and had someone drive it back.

Do you have the key?

"Here." The butler handed it to Jiang Ran.

Jiang Ran got into the car and rolled down the window, saying slowly, "You can go first."

Then he stepped on the gas and sped away.

As soon as they left the villa area, Jiang Ran began to calculate their location using hand gestures.

But the result was the same as before: a blank, no clue, and all they could sense about their location was a cloud of black mist.

Jiang Ran frowned involuntarily. The feng shui energy flow and terrain are the most basic elements, how could she not see them?

There's only one possibility: someone is deliberately blocking her way!

Thinking of this, her expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

Who could it be? Who has such ability?

If there really is someone like her who is a practitioner of metaphysics, then the deliberate disappearance of Si Zuochen and Si Youlin this time was intentional.

Is it targeting her? Or is there another purpose?

Jiang Ran felt that her thoughts were extremely chaotic, and she couldn't calm down to think about it carefully because it concerned her two children.

Just then, a car came from the opposite direction and cut her off.

"Are you crazy?!" Jiang Ran slammed on the brakes.

Gu Nan got out of the car and gestured for her to roll down the window.

Jiang Ran's expression was displeased, and she said coldly, "Is Assistant Gu out of his way? Is he sick?"

Gu Nan's expression was equally grim as she questioned, "Where are A-Chen and the others? I heard from the housekeeper that they haven't returned yet. Has something happened?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ran understood why he had taken such a risky action; it turned out he knew the inside story.

Jiang Ran didn't hide anything and nodded: "I'm not sure, I'm just about to go find them."

"I'll go with you." With that, he opened the passenger door and got in.

Jiang Ran looked at the car blocking the middle of the road and asked, "Where's your car? Won't leaving it here block the road?"

"Someone will be back to handle this in a bit," Gu Nan said coldly.

Then he took out his phone and called Grandpa Si, explaining that Si Zuochen and Si Youlin had not returned home for a long time and he suspected they were missing.

"What?" Old Master Si asked anxiously, "What happened?"

"I'm not sure yet, but don't worry, I've already sent people to look for it. It's probably delayed by something."

Grandpa Si paced back and forth on the other end of the phone, his voice tinged with panic: "Find him! Use all your connections to find him!"

"OK."

After Gu Nan hung up the phone, Jiang Ran glanced at him sideways and said coldly.

"Calling the old man so soon will only make him more anxious. It's not even confirmed that something has happened yet. At times like this, we should keep it from him."

"Keep it a secret?" Gu Nan scoffed. "That's their grandfather. Do you think it's appropriate to keep it a secret?"

"You always need to be mentally prepared in advance."

Jiang Ran listened, pursed her lips, and stopped responding.

People with different values ​​cannot work together; it's pointless to talk if you're not on the same wavelength.

Gu Nan glanced at Jiang Ran and saw that her brows were furrowed and her face showed worry.

Worry?

Gu Nan was somewhat surprised that this woman would worry about losing her child.

That's ridiculous.

He was more convinced she was looking for trouble than that she was looking for someone.

Thinking of this, Gu Nan decided to split up with her: "Let's each look for our own way. How long are you going to keep looking like this? Just take me to the police station."

"Are you going to report this to the police?" Jiang Ran asked, puzzled.

"Check the surveillance footage." Gu Nan didn't hide anything and directly stated her plan.

As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Ran made an emergency U-turn, and Gu Nan quickly steadied her.

A case can only be filed after 24 hours since a child goes missing, but Gu Nan used her special privileges to get the police to dispatch immediately.

The two went to the monitoring room to check the surveillance footage, and their last appearance was at the entrance of the alley.

Jiang Ran looked at the surveillance footage and felt that something was missing.

"Go back a little."

The staff listened to the segment that she had noticed playing on a loop.

Jiang Ran looked at it several times, her brows furrowed the whole time. Gu Nan, watching from the side, asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

“That’s not right!” Jiang Ran shook her head and said, “How could it just disappear into thin air after coming out of the alley? The way back to the villa involves crossing a traffic light, so it should have appeared under that surveillance camera.”

"But he wasn't seen on any of the surveillance cameras near the alley."

Thinking of this, Jiang Ran tilted her head slightly and fell into deep thought.

Then, a thought suddenly struck him, and he abruptly walked outside. Gu Nan quickly followed behind, asking, "Where are you going!"

Jiang Ran turned to look at him: "Don't follow me anymore."

Upon hearing this, Gu Nan was taken aback: "What do you mean I'm following you? Aren't we looking for people together?"

Jiang Ran shook her head as she listened: "You'd better go home right now. Something's going to happen at home. Believe it or not, it's up to you."

Hearing Jiang Ran's words, Gu Nan's expression turned displeased: "Who are you cursing?"

No one would think this is a compliment.

Jiang Ran ignored his words and drove away, leaving Gu Nan alone on the spot.

Seeing this, Gu Nan quickly returned to the police station, "requisitioned" a car, and prepared to follow her.

Just as I got on the bus, my phone suddenly rang.

Upon seeing that the contact name was a family member, Gu Nan suddenly felt a bad premonition.

"dad."

"Anan, the theater just called and said your mother accidentally fell. You should come back soon."

Upon hearing this, Gu Nan was shocked and blurted out, "You actually guessed correctly?"

"What?" Mr. Gu asked, puzzled, not having heard clearly.

"It's alright, it's alright, I'll be right back."

After hanging up the phone, Gu Nan was lost in thought, recalling what Jiang Ran had just said.

So she was just giving herself advice? But how could she have known something bad would happen to his family?

Did she just say it offhand and it just happened to come true, or did she actually foresee it?

Thinking of this, Gu Nan quickly shook her head to clear her mind.

He slammed on the gas pedal, and the car sped away, its wheels screeching as they rubbed against the road.