After taking several photos with Zhu Yu and getting a few autographed photos, Zhu Yu was called away by the other ladies.
Shen Linyue broke away from the crowd and looked again at the spot outside the floor-to-ceiling window opposite. The boy was no longer there; it seemed as if the moment before had been a hallucination.
Just as Shen Linyue frowned, another familiar voice sounded from behind her.
"Lin, what a coincidence."
Shen Linyue looked in the direction of the sound and saw Jiang Zhixing, dressed in a white suit. He also had a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, which made him look more like a refined scoundrel and more mature and composed than when he was in school.
As expected of the male lead, he already has the aura of a future big boss at just eighteen years old.
"Squad Leader Jiang, what a coincidence," Shen Linyue said with a smile.
Jiang Zhixing nodded, glanced at the seat behind her, raised an eyebrow and asked, "He Xiao didn't come?"
“Well, he has other things to do this afternoon,” Shen Linyue pointed to a secluded corner. “Shall we talk?”
She tried to wear a gentle yet polite smile.
In order to recover her health as soon as possible, she actually took two days off, but she did not expect that the first classmate she would see would be Jiang Zhixing.
It just so happens that she also had something she wanted to ask.
Jiang Zhixing withdrew his gaze from the spot Shen Linyue had pointed to, took a sip of his drink, his eyes behind his glasses were unfathomable, and after a few seconds he slowly nodded.
The two walked to the corner one after the other, and Shen Linyue sat down at the small table where people could rest, still holding a plate of small cakes in her hand.
Jiang Zhixing paused for a moment, then hesitated before sitting down and asking, "What do you want to say?"
"The class monitor seems quite anxious," Shen Linyue looked up at him, a faint smile in her eyes. "Did you come alone today? Or did you come with your mother?"
Jiang Zhixing stared at her intently, then lowered his eyes and said calmly, "This doesn't seem to concern you."
Shen Linyue raised an eyebrow, not dwelling on the issue too much.
"It's been so long, Squad Leader Jiang must have found something by now, right?" She smiled, her eyes clear and without malice.
Jiang Zhixing stared at her for a long time, then his tightly pursed lips moved slightly: "What do you want to know?"
Shen Linyue's smile deepened. She put a mouthful of cream into her mouth, and the sweetness exploded in her mouth. She squinted her eyes in enjoyment, like a satisfied cat.
Then, remembering the boy sitting opposite her, she turned her gaze towards him.
"I believe our upright class monitor wouldn't go back on his word about what we discussed last time, right?" Shen Linyue asked with a smile.
Jiang Zhixing: "..." You might be disappointed, but I've never acted with integrity. :)
But thinking about the many things he had recently discovered, Jiang Zhixing slowly clenched his fist with the hand resting on his lap.
In fact, he had a premonition long ago, but he chose to blind himself and ignore it. Now that everything is out in the open, he feels a sense of relief.
“I can show you part of it, but not more. That involves my family’s privacy.” Jiang Zhixing coldly glanced at her.
Shen Linyue shrugged and smiled brightly: "You know I'm not interested in other people's privacy. I just want some information about Jiang..."
She didn't mention Jiang Jinyu's name directly, but Jiang Zhixing, who had been staring at her, understood.
The boy frowned and looked at her, asking, "Why do you care about him?"
Shen Linyue's eyelashes trembled slightly as she glanced at him unexpectedly: "It seems that Squad Leader Jiang hasn't found out the more important information yet? But it's okay, with your abilities, you should be able to do it soon."
She only touched on the point briefly, without elaborating further.
Jiang Zhixing pursed his lips tightly because of her unfinished words, and his emotions sank.
...
When He Liyu finished his conversation with Wen Zhiyuan and was about to return to find Shen Linyue, he received a call from Assistant Ji.
“Boss, Chen Jiayao has woken up. As you predicted, someone panicked. If it weren’t for our people keeping watch beforehand, Chen Jiayao might have really been doomed this time,” Assistant Ji said, his voice trembling with excitement. But then, realizing that the person in front of him was his superior, he calmed himself down and continued his report: “We caught that person red-handed and have already taken him to the police station.”
"By the way, Chen Jiayao knows that you saved him, and he's been insisting on seeing you. Do you think I should arrange a meeting?"
He Liyu's expression didn't change much when he heard all this; he felt that everything was under control.
"Okay, just schedule a video call tomorrow," he paused and instructed, "Keep people watching him closely, and let me know if anything seems amiss."
"Okay! I'll arrange everything."
Putting away his phone, He Liyu pinched the bridge of his nose, making his already deep and dark eyes even more unfathomable.
...
It was Qi Yu who came out after He Xiao.
When he arrived at the agreed hotel, he was taken aback to find out that there was an auction next door. He hadn't expected that the place he had arranged to meet with Qi Yu was the same place where Lao He and Ms. Shen had come from.
However, he did not linger downstairs.
Just as she was about to enter the private room she had arranged with Qi Yu, Qi Yu called her.
"Have you arrived?" were Qi Yu's first words.
He Xiao glanced at his phone, frowned slightly, and after confirming it was Qi Yu, asked, "He's at the door. What's wrong?"
"Sorry, something came up. Why don't you come find me? I've sent a car to pick you up. We'll be there soon, just wait at the door." Qi Yu's tone was a little urgent, as if something really had happened.
He Xiao: "..."
"Are you out of your mind? I've already arrived and you're telling me to change places?" He Xiao almost couldn't help but swear, but even with his thick skin, he realized something was wrong with Qi Yu. "What? Did you finally find out that your online girlfriend is a guy, and you're in a bad mood and looking for trouble to numb yourself?"
Qi Yu: "...Hmm, how did you know? Never mind, just hurry up and come over."
Then hang up the phone.
He Xiao listened to the busy tone on his phone, his brows furrowed so deeply they could trap a fly. If what happened earlier was a test, now it was 100% certain that Qi Yu was in trouble.
Perhaps they were kidnapped, or perhaps they were threatened.
He Xiao stared coldly at the phone with its screen off, not understanding what was going on with Qi Yu, but guessing that he might already be waiting for his car at the door.
His mind raced, but he decided to call his bodyguards to confirm their location before finally feeling relieved and going downstairs.
Given his past experience, he might not have gotten into an unfamiliar car, but if Qi Yu really had been kidnapped and threatened, then he couldn't just stand by and do nothing.
We must not alert the other party; what if they kill the hostage?
In that instant, many details of his past interactions with Qi Yu flashed through his mind, and he clenched his fists tightly to suppress the impulse in his heart.
...
Jiang Zhixing was just getting some fresh air on the second-floor balcony when he unexpectedly caught a glimpse of He Xiao getting into a black sedan.
He had happened to see this car before; he had seen people get out of it and talk to Jiang Jinyu at the villa entrance. He had taken a look from a distance and was certain that it was the same car.
Thinking of the strange behavior of the He family and the messy affair between Jiang Jinyu and his mother, Jiang Zhixing hesitated, put down the cup in his hand, and turned to go downstairs.
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