On the first day of their ordeal, Chu Fang and Zhong Tingyue had both failed to find anything. However, the good news was that when Chu Fang was skipping stones on the water, he discovered a lot of crabs. They were small and soft, with their pincers raised, threatening him, but in Chu Fang's eyes they were quite cute.
In this way, Chu Fang caught a lot of small crabs.
Night fell and the temperature dropped. Chu Fang and Zhong Tingyue piled the cut branches together and lit them. In a moment, a campfire was formed. The bright red flames dispelled the darkness and warmed the surrounding air.
Little Yellow Hair and Lily lay in front of the campfire, enjoying the warmth of the flames.
Chu Fang placed the iron pot over the campfire, poured in oil, and waited for the oil to heat up. Then he put the small crabs coated in flour into the hot oil, where they sizzled and crackled as they were fried until golden brown. Finally, he reduced the sauce over high heat, and a delicious dish of fried small crabs was ready.
It's crispy and crunchy, and tastes delicious.
"Hmm..." Zhong Tingyue chewed slowly, "It tastes good."
"That's right." Chu Fang rolled his eyes. "You didn't do anything, you just ate what was served to you, of course it tastes good."
He chopped the wood, he caught the crabs, and all Zhong Tingyue did was paint a beautiful scene; he did nothing else.
"I tried, but the fish didn't bite, so there's nothing I can do." Zhong Tingyue shrugged. "By the way, what if we really get stuck here?"
"So be it!" Chu Fang said. "Who told you to wander off like that? If they really don't find us, we'll have to live here for the rest of our lives."
“Hehe…” Upon hearing this, Zhong Tingyue was not worried. Instead, her face lit up with joy. She said, “I don’t care. I’m just a worthless person, but you, Mr. Chu, are a billionaire with countless assets and a bright future. You’re not like me.”
“... ..."
That's really true!
I was young, handsome, rich, and the dream man of countless women. I had a bright future ahead of me, but now I'm stuck here with this woman. It's so heartbreaking to think about.
Thinking of this, he glared at Zhong Tingyue, his voice almost squeezed out from between his teeth: "Zhong Tingyue, you are guilty of heinous crimes!"
After dinner and a quick wash, Chu Fang and Zhong Tingyue sat around the campfire. All around was quiet except for the sound of the fire burning. Zhong Tingyue rested her head on Chu Fang's shoulder and whispered, "Mr. Chu, I'm sorry."
Zhong Tingyue felt guilty for trapping them here because of her mistake. Just as she said, Chu Fang was a billionaire with a carefree life, but he was trapped here, having to chop wood, cook, fish, and catch crabs, while she was like a useless person who couldn't do anything.
"Zhong Tingyue, what are you talking about?" Chu Fang pinched his girlfriend's lips to shut her up, kissed her, and said, "We are one, so why are you saying sorry? Are you insulting me? When you drove to this place, I didn't stop you, which means I agreed to it."
He was very reluctant to talk about these things with Zhong Tingyue, which made their relationship seem particularly distant and strained, as if the responsibility lay entirely with the other person.
"Alright." Zhong Tingyue sensed Chu Fang's emotional fluctuations, raised her head, looked at Chu Fang, and said, "It's your fault that we're stuck here, it has nothing to do with me."
“... ..."
Damn it!
Can you please stop being so shameless?
I took responsibility upon myself, but you, on the other hand, started shirking responsibility.
The flames of the campfire flickered up and down, casting long shadows of the two of them.
... ...
Shanghai is incredibly vibrant under the night sky; it's a city that never sleeps.
At home in Zhonghai Mingyuan.
Chu Yi paced back and forth, his face filled with worry, muttering to himself, "No way, no way, they've really disappeared? There should be no signal, but that's impossible. Even if there's no signal, they would have messaged me when they got to a place with signal. If Chu Lao Er didn't reply, his sister-in-law would, but why haven't either of them replied..."
"Could something have happened? Did they drive off a cliff, or did they go through a long tunnel and travel to another world, or perhaps they became the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl...?"
Zhou Qiong sat on the sofa, dialing the phone again and again, but all she heard was an unanswered call. Her eyebrows furrowed into a knot as she said, "Yiyi, I think we should tell Aunt and Uncle about this."
"Huh?" Chu Yi stopped and said, "Right now, we're just guessing about their disappearance. If we tell my stepmother and the others, they'll be very worried, which could cause even more problems. And what if they're just temporarily missing? If it becomes public knowledge, wouldn't that be bad for them?"
Zhou Qiong thought for a moment and nodded: "That makes sense."
Even if someone goes missing, you have to wait 24 hours before you can report it. In fact, there are no 24 hours left now. It would be irresponsible to inform both families of this speculation and cause panic.
Zhou Qiong asked, "Then what should we do?"
“Hmm… …” Chu Yi stroked his chin, “Wait, wait until there is no news after 24 hours, then we’ll go to Tibet Province and report to the police at the place where they were last seen.”
He paused for a moment, then said, "This is a secret for now. When my stepmother and sister-in-law's families called, our unanimous reply was that they had entered a deserted area and there was no signal for the time being."
Zhou Qiong nodded.
They barely slept throughout the night, and when the 24-hour mark was up, they were visibly panicked and didn't know what to do.
The two were, after all, just students who had just taken the college entrance exam and had never experienced anything like this before.
With immense willpower, Chu Yi suppressed his inner panic and quickly called Yang Meina and He Yi. In Shanghai, they knew the latter two, but had no connection with the others.
At dawn, just as the sky was beginning to lighten, Yang Meina and He Yi rushed to Zhonghai Mingyuan. Chu Yi's eyes were blurry and glistening with tears: "Sister Yang, my brother and sister-in-law have gone missing."
Yang Meina took a deep breath, trying to keep her composure, and then asked what had happened. Zhou Qiong told her the whole truth. When He Yi heard that the two of them had been missing for 24 hours, she felt dizzy and grabbed the sofa for support.
Yang Meina bit her lip, her thoughts in turmoil, but she quickly regained her composure and said, "First, call the local police station immediately to report them missing, tell them the location where they disappeared, and provide any relevant clues so the police can search for them;"
"Second, Chu Yi, go to Chu Fang's Fangzheng Investment Co., Ltd. The vice president there knows you. Go to the company to ask for the money, then issue a missing person notice to the public. The reward should be very high, at least tens of millions, even hundreds of millions is fine. Anyway, Chu Fang has money; as long as we find him, that's enough. Let the public search for him. Third, don't tell their parents yet; let's investigate first. Fourth, book the fastest plane tickets to Tibet Province; we're heading there immediately..."
Yang Meina explained everything, He Yi called the police, Zhou Qiong supplemented the relevant information, and Chu Yi went to Fangzheng Investment Company.
Yang Meina stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the scenery outside, her face full of worry: "What happened to you two? If you're not missing, can you at least send me a message?"
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