Chapter 1050 Missing

Villa Eikenhorst in The Hague, Netherlands, was once the royal palace of the Netherlands, but it has now become Xiao Peng's private residence. However, Xiao Peng doesn't live here now. Fabian is lazily lying on the sofa playing with his phone.

In fact, William really didn't feel bad about giving the house to Xiao Peng.

People say European royal families are broke, but after meeting them, I realize those who say that are fools. Take the Dutch royal family, for example. They might not seem wealthy, but they own properties all over Europe! They have their own vacation homes everywhere! As for taxes and other things, they're all paid for by the government, so they live a comfortable life!

Just like last year, a villa in Stočana, Italy was robbed. Although the thief was not caught, it caused a sensation: it turned out that the villa belonged to the Dutch royal family.

Isn't it said that the Dutch royal family is poor? So someone investigated and discovered that the Dutch royal family's assets aren't just on paper...

To others, this house is where the Dutch royal family once lived, but to William: it is just an old house that he has lived in for a long time.

At this moment, the door was pushed open and Pascal walked in. Seeing Fabian lying on the sofa, he was furious: "Fabian, are you just lying here? Xiao has been missing for three months! Aren't you worried?"

Fabian sat up from the sofa after hearing this. "Worried? I'm more worried than you! But what can I do? He's been in the South Atlantic Anomaly all day, doing who knows what! The satellite phone signal is sporadic. He won't tell us his location either. Is there anything we can do even if we're worried?"

After hearing this, Pascal sat on the other side of the sofa and said angrily, "What's going on, Xiao? Why has he become so willful now? He used to call me for the first six months, but in the past three months, he hasn't called me at all!"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Fabian said, "Come in!"

It was Bellucci who came in. She came over with two glasses of fresh juice and placed them on the table: "Pascal, this is your favorite grape juice."

Pascal took the grape juice and said, "Belucci, aren't you worried about Xiao?"

Bellucci sighed and said, "Pascal, I should be the one who is most worried about Mr. Xiao. He took my daughter and I away from Italy to start a new life. If Mr. Xiao is gone, I don't know how I will live. But I am different from you. I don't think anything will happen to Mr. Xiao."

"Hmm?" Pascal and Fabian tilted their heads and looked at Bellucci: "Bellucci, tell me what you think."

Bellucci said, "Pascal, Fabian, logically you two should know Mr. Xiao better than I do. Don't you think Mr. Xiao is amazing? The more you get to know him, the more incredible he becomes. Aside from that time in the Caribbean, he's basically never been in danger. You should remember the dinner we held in this very room when we first came to the Netherlands. Mr. Xiao said at the time that he would never die in the sea. You laughed at him for that, but I believe he was telling the truth. No matter how bizarre the South Atlantic Anomaly is, it's still an ocean, isn't it? Mr. Xiao won't be in any danger! And..."

Having said that, Bellucci did not continue speaking, but looked thoughtful.

"Bellucci, just say what you want to say!" Fabian said.

After hearing this, Bellucci continued, "Don't you think Mr. Xiao had anticipated this?"

Fabian was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Bellucci said, "It's been nine months and twelve days since Mr. Xiao left the Netherlands for the South Atlantic Anomaly. We've been in contact by phone for the first six months. During that time, he's been directing operations remotely, including the 'Calypso' finding three shipwrecks, the 'Luna' going to the Caribbean to perform work it hadn't done previously, and the establishment of ten new salvage sites for the German Tri-State Salvage Alliance. His friend's salvage company is also conducting salvage work in the Mediterranean. Don't you feel like he anticipated being missing for a while, and that's why he's doing this?"

Fabian and Pascal looked at each other and had to say that what Bellucci said made sense.

Bellucci said, "Besides, the South Atlantic Anomaly has a very poor signal. It's not surprising that his satellite phone has no signal."

After hearing what Bellucci said, Fabian said bluntly, "Even if his satellite signal is bad, there's always a satellite passing by every day, so maintaining basic communication is no problem. Weren't we in contact two years ago? How did we suddenly lose contact?"

This stumped Bellucci, who smiled awkwardly, "I don't know. Maybe his phone battery is out?"

She remained silent after she finished speaking, because she herself felt that this statement was not very reliable: "Well, I don't have much experience, and what I said is just my own guess. Please don't mind if there is anything wrong with what I said."

"Bellucci, don't overthink it!" Pascal said, "You're right. We have to trust Xiao Peng. He wouldn't die at sea. Something must have happened to him, so he hasn't contacted us. He's been acting a bit strange since we were in the Caribbean. He had a clear fortune to claim, but instead of going, he insisted on going to the South Atlantic Anomaly. He must be doing something there that he doesn't want us to know about. So it's no surprise that we've lost contact."

Fabian stood up and said, "Humph, I'm definitely going to be mad at him when he comes back this time! He's really gone too far this time!"

Pascal watched Fabian stand up and asked in confusion, "Where are you going?"

Fabian said angrily, "Xiao can just disappear without caring about anything, but I can't stop working! I'm going to Sweden. The auction of porcelain and Middle Eastern silver salvaged from the Portuguese shipwreck 'Calypso' is about to begin. Okay, it's your turn to look after the house here. Khedira has been trying to use technology to find Xiao's whereabouts, but to no avail... Forget it! Damn Xiao!"

Pascal waved his hand and said, "Actually, after listening to Bellucci's words, I have a clear idea in my mind. Xiao is unlikely to be in trouble. He must be doing something important. Think about it, he is so rich, but he is not idle. What does that mean? Isn't it because he is confident that nothing will happen to him?"

Fabian, however, looked disgusted. "It's also possible that he's just courting death! I've even contacted Chen from China! He hasn't even contacted his grandfather in the past few months! That's what worries me!"

Pascal took a deep breath: "No matter what, nothing will happen to him."

This was the only way he could comfort himself.

Where is Xiao Peng?

He was indeed fine, but if he knew the content of the conversation between Pascal and the others, he would definitely cry and say: Please, come and save me!