Chapter 231: Xie Zhaoyuan is missing
"It's dark out now. I think it's going to snow again. Hurry up. It will be inconvenient to repair the car if it snows."
"Well, I'll send the license plate number now."
After Uncle Yang finished the call, he sent the license plate number to the people in the repair team. Then he turned his head and found that Xie Zhaoyuan had not come out of the alley yet.
"Xiaoyuan!" He replied as he turned and walked towards the alley entrance, "Xiaoyuan, did you catch the cat? Do you need Uncle Yang to help you?"
…
The only answer he got was the whistling of the wind.
"...Xiaoyuan?" He was stunned and suddenly felt something was wrong.
"Xiaoyuan?" He turned on the flashlight on his phone and shone it into the alley. "Xiaoyuan, are you still catching cats?"
…
The alley was silent. Not even a ghost could be seen, let alone a cat.
"Xiaoyuan!" Uncle Yang panicked instantly. He ran a few steps into the alley, and after making sure that Xie Zhaoyuan was not there, he quickly ran out to check the car, but it was also empty.
"Xiaoyuan!" He shouted at the top of his voice for Xie Zhaoyuan, but there was no sign of Xie Zhaoyuan in the dark night.
"A small wish!"
"Thank you Zhaoyuan!!"
He walked around the car, shouting and searching, and at the same time took out his cell phone to call Xie Zhaoyuan.
“Beep…beep…beep…”
After three rings, a cold, mechanical female voice suddenly came from the receiver.
"Hello, the user you dialed is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later..."
"What's going on?" Uncle Yang stamped his feet anxiously and called Xie Zhaoyuan again.
"Hello, the number you dialed is turned off, the phone..."
This time, Xie Zhaoyuan’s phone was turned off.
"It's over..." Uncle Yang's face turned pale and his legs instantly became weak.
"Where did this person disappear in the blink of an eye..." He was so anxious that he was about to cry, and quickly called Xie Jiangshan to report the matter.
When Xie Jiangshan heard this, he and Bai Ruiying immediately called someone.
Xie Mingyi, Song Yihan, Shen Yanhui, Pei Lingxuan, Jiang Mian, Duan Jialu, Lin Jiahe...
The old couple looked for everyone they could, but no one knew where Xie Zhaoyuan was.
Xie Zhaoyuan's cell phone was turned off, and they couldn't get through after calling for more than half an hour.
“Wow…wow…”
"Wow……"
Pei Ye, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly burst into tears without any warning. Xie Jiangshan's heart sank, and he finally mustered up the courage to say those two words.
"Call the police……"
Bai Ruiying picked Pei Ye up and patted him on the shoulder while saying, "Let's wait for Xingzhi to reply. What if Zhaozhao went to look for him?"
“Buzz——”
As soon as she finished speaking, Xie Jiangshan received a WeChat message from Pei Xingzhi.
——Ayuan didn’t come to see me. She left Duan Jialu a long time ago and should have returned home now.
——Dad, why are you asking me this suddenly? Didn’t Ayuan reply to your message?
"boom--"
Before he had time to take a closer look at Pei Xingzhi's message, Xie Jiangshan's heart collapsed.
The man who was almost sixty years old raised his head in a daze, his old eyes filled with deep panic: "Xingzhi, Xingzhi can't contact Zhaozhao either..."
"What?!" Bai Ruiying's voice suddenly changed, "Even Xingzhi can't contact Zhaozhao?!"
"Call the police..." Xie Jiangshan's hand holding the phone was shaking visibly, "Call the police now, don't delay!"
"Report it, report it now!" Bai Ruiying could hardly stand. After handing Pei Ye to the confinement nanny, she collapsed weakly on the sofa, supporting herself with her knees.
"Call the police first, and then slowly talk to Xingzhi about this. Xingzhi gets angry easily when he encounters Zhaozhao's problems. I'm worried that he will do something impulsive and stupid in his haste."
Xie Jiangshan nodded: "I know, I'll call Director Chen first..."
At the same time, Zhuyuan Technology Studio.
"Mr. Pei, I have sent the newly revised main storyline to your email." The chubby girl with a bun stood at the door of Pei Xingzhi's office, saying with a pair of big dark circles under her eyes.
Pei Xingzhi looked up at her with a slight smile on his face: "I see, I'll take a look later. You guys go home first."
"Great!" The girl cheered and walked away, immediately going to share the good news after get off work with other colleagues.
"Brother Pei." Ye Ci walked in holding a computer and said with a smile, "What are you having for dinner at home? Tell me the menu so I can consider whether to go over for dinner."
Pei Xingzhi reached out and turned on the phone on the table. He still didn't see Xie Zhaoyuan's message on the screen. He sighed with some disappointment: "Your sister-in-law hasn't replied to my message. I don't know what to eat in the evening."
Ye Ci tilted his mouth and looked at Pei Xingzhi with a sinister look: "If your sister-in-law doesn't reply to your message, just call her. Don't you often chat on the phone with her in the office?"
Pei Xingzhi raised his eyebrows. He was not angry at being teased by Ye Ci. Instead, he looked very proud: "I usually call her with her consent. She hasn't replied to my messages yet. If I call her rashly, I might disturb her work."
"She already has too many design drafts piled up. As soon as she came out of confinement, the clients started to catch up with her. If she doesn't hand in the drafts, I think they will come to her house to urge her to do so."
"...That's right." Ye Ci curled his lips.
Pei Xingzhi: "If you can't find anything to eat later, just come home with me. My dad bought you a special set of bowls and chopsticks, you can go over and try it."
"I've been waiting for you to say this!" Ye Ci snapped his fingers and put the laptop in front of Pei Xingzhi, "Brother Pei, take a look at this."
Pei Xingzhi raised his glasses and was about to take a closer look when he suddenly received a call from Xie Jiangshan.
"Let me take a call first." He grabbed the phone and answered the call.
"Hello, Dad."
"Xingzhi." Xie Jiangshan's voice sounded a little strange, as if he was trying hard to suppress something. "I'm going to tell you something. Don't be anxious after you finish listening."
Pei Xingzhi frowned. The heaviness in Xie Jiangshan's tone made him straighten his back unconsciously. He said in a deep voice: "You go ahead."
Xie Jiangshan took a breath and said, "Xingzhi, Zhaozhao is gone."
"...Ah?" Pei Xingzhi was a little slow to react when he first heard this.
"What do you mean? Why did Ayuan disappear?"
"Huh?" Ye Ci heard something wrong and immediately leaned down next to the phone.
Xie Jiangshan: "After Zhaozhao left Xiaoduan's house, he drove straight home. Lao Yang, who was driving, said that the car suddenly ran over two nails halfway through the journey, and the tires were punctured and couldn't go forward, so he asked Zhaozhao to sit in the car and wait for Lao Li to pick him up."
"But Zhao Zhao heard a cat meowing in the alley nearby. She was afraid the cat had frozen to death, so she got out of the car and walked into the alley to look for the cat."
"The alley was very narrow and not very long, but Zhao Zhao simply disappeared from the alley for no apparent reason."
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