Qiao Nian looked at the flashing red dot on Country M, frowned, pulled out a chair and sat down, flipped through the list of contacts in his cell phone, and called Jian Jin again.
This time, someone was behind it.
But not answering the phone.
Instead, he hung up her phone directly.
Qiao Nian didn't wait any longer. She called Lu Zhi's assistant, whom Tianchen was familiar with, and then picked up her bag and started packing.
"Hello, Miss Qiao." The assistant picked up the phone quickly. His voice was vague and it was obvious that he was losing his focus and was in a state of confusion.
Qiao Nian was brief and to the point, and asked him directly: "What happened to Lu Zhi?"
*
Downstairs, Qiao Nian came down from the second floor.
Qin Si was talking about returning to Beijing when he looked up and saw a man sitting on the sofa with his legs propped up, looking at his phone. He asked him, "Master Wang, Sister Qiao's birthday is coming soon, right? This year, Sister Qiao will be 20 years old. What are your plans?"
Gu San remembered what Mr. Ye had told him, put down his broom and said to the man, "The old man told you to go back on Miss Qiao's birthday."
"Mr. Ye wants to celebrate Sister Qiao's birthday, right?" Qin Si touched the earrings on his ears and understood.
Gu San guessed that this was what he meant: "The old man didn't say it, but Miss Qiao's 20th birthday must be a big one."
The two of them were talking to each other. The man leaning on the sofa had an outstanding appearance, but he was so lazy that he didn't even lift his eyelids.
He seemed to be replying to someone's message.
"Mr. Wang, who are you messaging?" Qin Si saw that he didn't respond for a long time, so he walked over to take a look: "We talked about Sister Qiao, and you didn't respond..."
As he spoke, he walked behind the man and saw only an eagle symbol, and then the message sent by Ye Wangchuan.
He glanced over and saw only three words: Has it been released
"Did you release it?" Qin Si was stunned for a moment, and asked him blankly: "What did you release?"
Ye Wangchuan put his phone away as soon as he approached, and just in time saw the reply message from the other end out of the corner of his eye.
[We have released the person as you requested and have not touched him.]
When Ye Wangchuan saw the answer he wanted, he slowly put away his phone, raised his eyes and changed the subject casually: "What did you just say to me?"
"It's Sister Qiao's 20th birthday." Qin Si was indeed being led by him. He came to his senses and said, "Sister Qiao's 20th birthday is coming soon. You didn't prepare a gift?"
Ye Wangchuan was about to speak when he suddenly saw a girl coming down the stairs.
The girl was still wearing a hoodie, but today she wore a more low-key white hoodie. She was carrying a black shoulder bag in her hand.
It's a little different from usual.
My bag is bulging today, obviously I put a lot of things in it.
Ye Wangchuan's eyes dimmed, he pursed his lips, and stood up.
Qiao Nian came down from the second floor and saw them. After thinking for a while, she walked over to the man, hesitated and said, "I need to go out for a while."
"Where are you going?" Ye Wangchuan went to get the car keys and said calmly, "I'll take you there."
Qiao Nian always felt that he might have guessed something, so she raised her hand to call him. When her pair of dark and clear eyes met his gaze again, her head ached: "No need... The place I'm going to is not nearby."
"What does that mean?" Qin Si interrupted.
Qiao Nian looked at him, then at Ye Wangchuan, and said hesitantly, "I have to go out for a while. I don't know how many days I will be away. I will be back in two or three days at the shortest. It may take a week, ten days or half a month at the longest."
(End of this chapter)