Tanlie's people saw the appearance of the person who took away the imperial message that day.

Even if Huo Yige's whereabouts were mysterious, it would not be difficult to match his identity to his face. But even if they knew that Chao Ci was taken away by the head of the Huo family, the subsequent clues... they would not be able to start.

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The area that was blocked that day was not a major road to begin with, but when I checked the monitoring section afterwards, it was also deliberately destroyed.

Tan Lie had no evidence in hand, so he could only search bit by bit with extremely limited clues.

After all, City B was not Tan Lie's home base. After two or three days, he was so anxious that he was so anxious, but every time he found out some clues, he found nothing in the end.

Tan Lie's desk was littered with countless pieces of information collected over the past few days. He looked at the true and false news, his dark green eyes filled with bloodshot eyes.

He hasn't slept for two days.

He suddenly stood up from his desk and strode out the door.

He can no longer waste time on these smoke bombs released by Huo Yige.

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Zhao Yi didn't go to school these days and stayed in the company.

Similar to Tan Lie's family, the Zhao family also handed over their next branch to Zhao Yi for him to practice. Whether he lives or dies depends on his own ability.

His mental state was also not very good. Ever since he broke up with Chao Ci at the airport on bad terms that day, he had been unable to sleep for several days and could only rely on work to numb himself all day long.

"Mr. Zhao, Mr. Tan from Shuhua is looking for you." His secretary walked into the office and said to him.

Shuhua is a blue-blood brand under the Tan Lie family. Tan Lie came to country Z just to gain a certain market share in country Z for Shuhua.

Didn’t Tan Lie resign to country D with his court?

This was Zhao Yi's first reaction when he heard this sentence.

He didn't want to see Tan Lie now. He was extremely disgusted when he heard the name, and he didn't even want to think about his speech.

But after a moment of silence, he nodded and said to the secretary: "Let him come up."

Tan Lie seemed to be very anxious. Within a few minutes, Zhao Yi's office was hurriedly pushed away.

Zhao Yi thought that his appearance these days was scary enough, but when he saw Tan Lie's appearance, he realized that he was far behind compared to Tan Lie.

His face was horribly pale at this time. His eyes were purple and black, his eyes were bloodshot, his clothes were messy, and his stubble had even grown a lot.

Although Zhao Yi is not familiar with Tan Lie, he also knows that people like them who claim to be Nordic aristocrats have always been very hairy. When he met Tan Lie next to Chao Ci, this guy had hairy hair to the soles of his shoes.

Meticulous, this is indeed the first time he has seen him look like this.

For no reason, he felt a little nervous and panicked.

"Are you looking for me?" Zhao Yi put down the information in his hand and looked up at Tan Lie.

"Chao Ci is missing."

Tan Lie said directly without talking nonsense to Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi looked stunned, as if he didn't understand: "What do you mean?"

Tan Lie walked up to Zhao Yi in two or two steps and repeated again: "He was taken away by Huo Yige, I can't find him!"

"Huo Yige?" Zhao Yi read the name and curled his lips, "That old guy from the Huo family? What does he have to do with Chao Ci?"

"Is it the same as you, who is also a debt of love to him outside? He left you behind and ran away with Huo Yige?"

His tone became more playful.

Zhao Yi wanted to say something else, but he suddenly punched in front of him.

Zhao Yi subconsciously stretched out his hand to block it, and his expression changed from playful to unfriendly: "Mr. Tan, you have to talk, what's the point of taking action here?"

Even though he said this, he showed no mercy on his hands. He kept exerting force on his finger bones. He squeezed Tan Lie's wrist so much that you could even hear the slight sound of the bones.

With his free hand, he unbuttoned the two buttons on his shirt and loosened his tie: "If you really want to do it, I can help you."

Zhao Yi was worried when he heard that Chao Ci was missing.

But he didn't understand the situation, and he didn't understand how dangerous Chao Ci's current situation and Huo Yige's attitude were. He subconsciously thought that the trouble was caused by Tan Lie and Huo Yige's jealousy.

Although he and Chao Ci broke up on bad terms last time, Chao Ci was different from others. He just didn't want to show off in front of Tan Lie at this time, not that he wasn't worried.

But Tan Lie didn't want to talk about this with Zhao Yi at all. He looked at Zhao Yi and suddenly said: "Do you know why Chao Ci went to country D with me?"

Was it not because of Tan Lie that Chao Ci and Tan Lie went to Country D? Chao Ci's attitude that day clearly explained everything.

He subconsciously thought this, but when he looked at Tan Lie's expression at this time, he hesitated inexplicably.

"Why?" he couldn't help but ask.

"He is sick." Tan Lie said, his brows filled with depression and heaviness, "Severe depression, serious self-destructive tendencies, country D has a higher level of treatment in this regard."

Just twenty or thirty words, but Zhao Yi froze up.

Tan Lie ignored Zhao Yi's reaction at this time. He continued expressionlessly: "Do you know why Chao Ci disappeared for two months without telling you? Because two months ago, he lived before you and him. committed suicide in his apartment."

When he said this, his originally calm expression with cruelty became tinged with tremors, as if the pool full of blood that day and the lifeless young man appeared in front of him again.

He became excited and even looked ferocious: "Do you know how he committed suicide? He filled the tank with warm water and bit the veins on his hands with his teeth. If I had been a few minutes later, there would have been no more trouble in the world. There will be someone like Chao Ci!"

Zhao Yi was extremely shocked. Just the few words Tan Lie said were enough to make his heart feel paralyzed with pain.

"...Why?" He subconsciously repeated the question.

Why?

Why did Chao Ci commit suicide? He obviously looked cheerful.

They have been inseparable for more than ten years. Zhao Yi is the silent one, but Chao Ci is like the little sun from beginning to end.

He rarely saw Chao Ci unhappy, and almost never saw him vulnerable. It seemed that he didn't care about anything and could handle everything.

What else was he dissatisfied with, and why did he commit suicide?

Zhao Yi felt an unreasonable anger in his heart, because Chao Ci didn't love himself, but more importantly, he was filled with heartache and panic.

"Because he loves you, has loved you for seven whole years." Tan Lie looked down at Zhao Yi, who was sitting in front of him with a stunned and painful expression.

"He likes you, but you don't like men. So he watches other girls chasing you, and he even tries to set things up for you. He watches you lose your mind for that girl, and goes to Europe with you for dozens of days, looking for her everywhere. Your sweetheart. He drank with you all night, and you were relieved, but he never came out."

Chao Ci only said these words to Tan Lie.

In that eternal silent secret love, Chao Ci can tell it to the screen and to Tan Lie, who has no interaction with her.

"You think you have the closest relationship with him and have been inseparable for more than ten years, but in fact you have never really understood him. You just settle for what he gives and turn a blind eye to his pain."

Tan Lie has hidden these words in his heart for a long time.

After so many years, can Zhao Yi really not see anything?

Not necessarily. Even if he couldn't tell it before, after Chao Ci confessed to him, he couldn't continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb, right?

But he still didn't understand Chao Ci at all. He could only see the smiling side of Chao Ci, but never the struggle behind him.

Tan Lie knew that he was expressing his anger, because no matter how good a friend was, he had no obligation to dig out and bear the pain of the other party, but this could not reduce his dislike for Zhao Yi.

Tan Lie's words did not anger Zhao Yi. He lowered his head, and his heart twitched in pain for a moment.

Yes, even if he didn't know it before, when Chao Ci confessed to him, he should have understood that seven years was such a long and heavy time.

It goes through many, many things.

Chao Ci fell in love with him before he met Nan Xiaojin.

He was passionately in love with Nan Xiaojin, broke up with Nan Xiaojin, and was devastated by Nan Xiaojin... Chao Ci loved him.

When he went to Europe with Chao Ci, he searched everywhere for any news related to Nan Xiaojin, and even went to every possible home with Chao Ci to visit and inquire... How should Chao Ci feel at that time?

As a person with vested interests, some things will never be considered unless mentioned specifically.

"Where is he in Huo Yige?"

Zhao Yi stood up and asked softly.

There is no time for guilt and heartache, the most important thing now is to get Chao Ci back.

"Yes. But we only know that he was taken away by Huo Yige. There is no clue where exactly he is." Tan Lie said.

This is also the reason why he came to find Zhao Yi.

Originally, he agreed to these words and would not tell Zhao Yi.

It's just that the safety of Chao Ci is now at the top of the list, and these can't be taken into consideration. Tan Lie's power is beyond the reach of Country D. Although Zhao Yi has not yet wielded as much power as Huo Yige, he can use the Zhao family's power as long as he is willing.

With the power, coupled with Tan Lie's own, the possibility of finding Chao Ci is greatly increased.

"We don't have much time left. I suspect that Chao Ci's last suicide was also related to Huo Yige." Tan Lie said.

"What do you mean?" Zhao Yi actually felt that his throat was terribly dry and hoarse at this moment.

Tan Lie lowered his eyes, with suppressed anger and distress in his eyes: "That day, I rescued Chao Ci. In addition to the veins on his hands, there were... traces of sexual abuse on his body."

Zhao Yi's eyes suddenly turned scarlet.

"You mean..." He gritted his teeth and spat out a few words, his tone sounding like blood.

Tan Lie nodded.
Chapter completed!