Just as Yang Xile had predicted, Xiao Yu was completely unaware of Lin Xiao's sudden return to China. She asked Yang Xile, "Why did my sister suddenly return to China? She didn't say anything when we had dinner. Did something happen?"
Yang Xile felt dizzy. He didn't know what had happened to Lin Xiao that made her so eager to return to China, so he called her to ask if she knew anything.
"I'll hang up now if there's nothing else. I'll talk to you again after I figure out the situation." Yang Xile didn't want to waste any more time with Yu Qingning. His priority was to find the missing Lin Xiao, confirm whether she had returned to China safely, and whether something had happened that made her so eager to return.
Just as he was about to hang up, Xiao Yu suddenly remembered something and called out to him, "Xile, wait a minute, do you think Sister Lin Xiao might have had a fight with her boyfriend, which is why she suddenly went back? We were just talking about her boyfriend when we were having dinner the other day. You said she booked a flight back to China that very night. Did she have a fight with her boyfriend while chatting? Or did she suddenly miss him after hearing us talking about it, so she went back? Anyway, the Christmas holidays are coming up soon."
Yang Xile knew that Lin Xiao wouldn't skip three days of class to go home early just to see her boyfriend. Knowing her personality, she also didn't seem like the type to rush back to China to reconcile after a phone argument. However, Xiao Yu offered a new idea: if something hadn't happened to Lin Xiao's family, it might be that something had happened to Wei Changfeng.
In any case, the first thing to do is to confirm whether Lin Xiao has returned to China.
He first drove to Lin Xiao's new apartment, but no one answered the doorbell after ringing it for a long time. So he found the building manager and told him that his friend lived in room XX and that he hadn't been able to contact him for three days, asking the manager to try opening the door.
The building manager was a middle-aged man, balding, with a beer belly, and as laid-back as many French uncles.
After listening to Yang Xile's explanation, he shrugged indifferently and said, "Dude, there's nothing I can do about it. He's probably out having fun. Or maybe he's at home but just doesn't want to talk to me, doesn't want to open the door, and doesn't want to answer the phone."
Yang Xile told the building manager that perhaps something had happened to the homeowner inside, and that if they went in to rescue him now, it would still be in time, but if they waited any longer, it would be dangerous.
The building manager shrugged and suggested that he call the police for help first, and then they could talk when the police arrived.
Yang Xile suppressed his anger and walked out, but not to the police station. He withdrew two thousand euros from an ATM on the street and went back to find the building manager.
This time, Yang Xile didn't say a word, but directly placed a thick wad of one thousand euros in front of him and asked if he could open the door.
The building manager's eyes lit up, and he hesitated as he looked at the money, saying, "This is against the rules."
Yang Xile didn't waste any words with him and made a move to take the money back, but was stopped by the building manager before he could do so. As he took the money, he muttered, "Of course, this is against the rules, but I'm worried about your friend having an accident at home."
Yang Xile originally planned to gradually increase the amount to two thousand euros if one thousand euros was not enough. He knew that although this amount of money was not a large sum for a building manager, it was still a sum of money that would make him feel bad if he missed it.
He was influenced by his father, who was a businessman, from a young age and knew that using money was the fastest and most convenient way to solve problems.
If you report the incident as the building manager suggested, given the nature of the French police, it would take at least ten or twenty hours, dozens of forms to be filled out, and two or three days before they would open the door for a "stranger" who is neither the homeowner nor a tenant and has no proof of kinship with the homeowner.
Therefore, bribing the building manager is the most efficient method.
The building manager had no trouble unlocking the door, and Lin Xiao didn't modify the smart lock, so the two quickly entered the room.
Everything in the room was normal, clean and tidy. Yang Xile had checked every room, bathroom and kitchen, but there was no trace of Lin Xiao, nor any note left behind; in short, there was nothing unusual.
The building manager shrugged and said to Yang Xile, "Well, sir, I told you before, your friend is probably just on vacation somewhere to relax and doesn't want to answer the phone or contact anyone."
Relieved, Yang Xile thanked the building manager and watched as he locked the door before leaving Lin Xiao's apartment.
Halfway there, she seemed to remember something and called her bodyguard, asking him to come over and install a camera facing the hallway in Lin Xiao's apartment, and also to replace the lock on her room with a high-end smart lock.
Yang Xile was uneasy about the building manager's skillful lock-picking. He'd given the manager a thousand euros and the manager had opened the door so easily; he'd likely do the same for anyone who paid him. Besides, Lin Xiao lived alone; what if the building manager had malicious intentions and could enter her room at any time? That would be too dangerous.
After explaining everything, Yang Xile returned home.
As soon as he got home, he started checking flight tickets back to China while calling his uncle back home.
It was late at night, but Uncle Zhai answered the call quickly.
Hearing that Yang Xile sounded a little anxious, Uncle Zhai quickly asked him what had happened.
Yang Xile said it wasn't him, but a friend of his who had suddenly gone missing, so he wanted to ask Uncle Zhai to help him investigate a few things.
First, has anything happened to Lin Haitao and the Lin Group recently? He just searched online but found no information. Please check with other channels.
He now deeply regrets that he had a very pleasant conversation with Lin Haitao when they met, but he completely forgot to exchange contact information.
He might have thought that because of Lin Xiao, the two would have plenty of opportunities to meet in the future, so he overlooked this point. He never expected that now he couldn't find either the father or the daughter.
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