Two hours ago.
Upon receiving Uncle Wu's call and hearing his almost trembling voice, Zhang Youye rushed out of the laboratory as if he had lost his soul and arrived at the place where Shu Yi had disappeared as quickly as possible.
He hurriedly got out of the car and, following Uncle Wu's instructions, walked quickly towards the alleyway not far away.
After a careful search, they did not find the stray dog that Uncle Wu had mentioned. However, looking at the sandwiches and fruit scattered all over the ground, Zhang Youye's face darkened, and he kicked over several large trash cans beside him.
The trash can was kicked over, filth and stench filled the air, and liquids spilled all over the ground, with black water stains meandering along the gullies. The stray dog was still nowhere to be found at the bottom of the can.
With a furrowed brow, Zhang Youye glanced sideways at Uncle Wu: "Did you miss any details?"
"No." Uncle Wu waved his hand and shook his head. "I was just checking the tire pressure by the roadside. It only took a few minutes. When I came here to find the young mistress after I finished checking, all I saw were these things lying on the ground."
After confirming that no details had been overlooked, Zhang Youye quickly called Zhang Huaiyi.
After recounting the events over the phone, he instructed him to quickly find someone to investigate all the city's surveillance footage.
After hanging up with Zhang Huaiyi, Zhang Youye called the relevant departments.
After detailing the disappearance of the second young lady of the Shu family, he ordered them to conduct strict security checks at every checkpoint leading to highways, airports, and train stations, including but not limited to rural roads, village roads, and various main roads.
The point is to find a way to block their path.
After explaining everything, Zhang Youye bent down to pick up the transparent lunchbox that had fallen to the ground, and then put all the food on the ground back into the box. He remained expressionless, turned around, and drove home with Uncle Wu.
Shortly after the two left, perhaps influenced by the smell, a stray cat appeared from deep within the alley.
While searching for edible food among the debris, a dog's bark suddenly rang out from mid-air.
The whimpering and whimpering provoked the stray cat, causing its fur to stand on end and it to adopt a defensive posture.
After looking left and right without seeing the puppy, the stray cat boldly continued searching for food in the same spot.
Little did the kitten, engrossed in its search for food, hide in a corner of the wall behind it, where a small voice recorder was tucked away, its light on in working mode.
The sound coming from the loudspeaker was the whimpering of the puppy that had attracted Shuyi.
As if timed out, after calling a few times, the recorder's light went out.
...
Inside the top-floor office.
Two hours have passed since Shu Yi went missing.
In another thirty minutes, it will be three hours.
Jingnan is too large; the city-wide surveillance is still ongoing, and all security checkpoints are under strict inspection.
pity.
It seems the other party made ample preparations in advance; there has been no news of Shu Yi since her disappearance.
Right now, he has no time to waste here, and it's clear that Shu Chuanran seems to have recovered.
Stubbornly extinguishing his cigarette, Zhang Youye's expression remained grim as he uttered a single, expressionless remark.
"If it's not you, then it can only be the Qin family."
After saying that, Zhang Youye immediately got up and walked out without looking back.
Fearing that this living devil would cause a scene at the Qin family, Secretary Lin and Song Yan squeezed among the bodyguards, each holding one of his arms and offering earnest advice.
"Yono, the investigation hasn't yielded any results yet. Don't make a big fuss. The important thing right now is to find Yiyi. Don't do anything reckless."
"Yes, Young Master Youye, the old man hasn't woken up yet. Even if you want to settle accounts with the Qin family, there's no rush, is there? We still need to find the second young lady first. What if the old man wakes up and finds the second young lady missing, and then faints from worry?"
Pushing away the two people who were grabbing his arms, Zhang Youye frowned impatiently: "I don't care about that."
As he spoke, as if suddenly remembering something, Zhang Youye stopped and looked at Shu Chuanran outside the crowd.
"Do you want to come with me? Your mother's there too, aren't you afraid I'll kill her?"
The unreadable meaning lurking in his gloomy eyes was too intense; he was worried that things would become irreversible, and he was also concerned about whether Shuyi had been kidnapped by the Qin family.
After a moment's thought, Shu Chuanran casually picked up a suit jacket and chose to go to the Qin family with Zhang Youye.
Before leaving in his suit, Shu Chuanran subconsciously glanced at the clean, transparent lunchbox placed in a cabinet on the side.
After gazing at him silently for a few moments, he looked away, turned around, and followed Zhang Youye out of the office building.
...
Forty minutes later.
The Qin family.
He was having tea and chatting with Qin Zhi in the villa garden.
Seeing the butler rushing out of the inner hall, Qin Zhan leisurely sipped his tea and asked slowly, "What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Madam, something terrible has happened!" Holding up the master's phone, the butler gestured for her to answer it first. "This is a call from the eldest master, please answer it quickly!"
Hearing the urgency in the butler's tone, and exchanging a puzzled glance with Qin Zhi, Qin Zhan didn't dare to hesitate.
She quickly took the phone and pressed speakerphone.
"Brother, what's wrong?"
"Shuyi has gone missing, are you aware of that?" Qin Quanwei asked in a deep voice on the other end of the phone.
"What? The second young lady of the Shu family has disappeared? I didn't know that. Who did it?" Qin Zhan asked in shock.
"You don't know? So it wasn't you and Xiaozhi who did it, right?" Qin Quanwei pressed.
"Brother, why would we kidnap Shuyi? All we need to do right now is figure out how to get Chuanran to sign the share transfer agreement, right? Big Sister is with me right now, we were just discussing how to do it!"
Hearing this, Qin Quanwei's heart, which had been pounding with anxiety, could finally settle down.
"It's good that it wasn't you. I also asked your second brother, and he didn't do it either. Let me tell you, the Zhang family boy and Chuanran are on their way home right now, and I'm already on my way back. Don't say anything until I get there. Okay, I'm hanging up."
Perhaps because the news of Shu Yi's disappearance was too shocking, Qin Zhi also became incredulous.
"What do you mean? Shuyi is missing? She was kidnapped? Is it true? Who did it?"
"It should be." Qin Zhan nodded nervously as he put down his teacup. "Didn't you hear from my brother that Youye and Chuanran are already on their way?"
After pausing for a few seconds, probably not wanting to be laughed at by the servants, Qin Zhan put aside her chaotic thoughts, picked up her teacup, and pretended to be calm and composed.
"Who cares? It's not like we did it. Just stay calm during the standoff."
"The old man is still in the hospital, and Renxuan is locked up inside. At this critical moment, who would kidnap Shuyi?" Qin Zhi frowned and analyzed.
Thinking of the photos that her elder brother Qin Quanwei had brought back the night before, Qin Zhan curled her lips in disdain.
"These past few days, Youye and Shuyi have been going in and out of the garden together. It seems they've already moved into the Zhang family's house. I guess someone's jealous."
Envious?
Qin Zhi put down her teacup and remained silent.
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