Mu Qian returned home first, and Yueyue rested peacefully in her arms and fell asleep.
Mu Qian placed Yueyue on the bed, quickly walked into the cloakroom, and simply packed a few pieces of clothing for Huo Jinxi.
When he goes there, he doesn't know what the situation will be like there. These external things are not the most important after all.
Mu Qian simply tidied up, then sat on the sofa and became dazed.
After another half an hour, Huo Jinxi, who had returned to the company to briefly explain the work at hand, also rushed home.
Mu Qian came to her senses and walked out of the cloakroom, just in time to see Huo Jinxi walking to the bed, reaching out and touching Yueyue's face.
Mu Qian hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "Did you get the call?"
"No." Huo Jinxi said, "Either the other party hasn't thought of the terms yet, or they are just waiting for me to come over."
After hearing this, Mu Qian couldn't help but stretched out her hand to hold his shoulders, and whispered: "I'll go with you."
"No." Huo Jinxi said, "You stay at home and take good care of Qi Ran and Yueyue."
Mu Qian paused and wanted to say something else, but she didn't persist.
"Then when you go over there, call me anytime." Mu Qian said.
Huo Jinxi responded, looked at the time again, and then said, "It's time for me to go to the airport. You stay at home and don't disturb grandpa."
Mu Qian nodded, and when she saw Huo Jinxi standing up, she couldn't help but reach out and hug him tightly.
"It'll be fine, right?" Mu Qian said in a low voice, not knowing whether she was asking Cheng Manshu or Huo Jinxi.
Huo Jinxi lowered his head, kissed her gently at the corner of her eyes, and said, "I'll be back soon."
"I have no doubt about this." Mu Qian said, "After all, your daughter is still in my hands."
Huo Jinxi kissed her again and then hurried to the airport.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the plane landed in S city in the south on time.
After getting off the plane, Huo Jinxi saw a helpless Lin Shu waiting at the airport, as well as the few bodyguards who were arranged to protect Cheng Manshu.
Probably because they knew that they were in trouble, all of them lowered their heads and looked ashen.
Huo Jinxi just glanced at them, then walked towards Lin Shu and said in a deep voice, "We'll talk about it when we get back."
In the car returning to her residence, Lin Shucai told Huo Jinxi the details of what happened.
"Your mother went out with Mrs. Chen from the neighbor. At around seven o'clock in the morning, the two of them made an appointment to go for morning exercise together. However, they didn't come back until after ten o'clock. I thought there were bodyguards following me, so there was no need to worry.
I was worried, but at about ten o'clock, the bodyguard called me and asked me if your mother was back, and I realized that she was missing..."
Huo Jinxi raised his eyes and looked at the bodyguard sitting in the passenger seat. The bodyguard said quickly: "We followed the madam out, but the madam never liked us following too close. After the morning exercise, she went to the restaurant with Mrs. Chen
After breakfast, we were asked to stay at the door until after ten o'clock. I wanted to go in to check the situation, only to find that my wife was missing..."
"Where's Mrs. Chen?"
"Mrs. Chen has gone home." The bodyguard replied, "She said she had breakfast and was in a hurry, so she left through the back door..."
Huo Jinxi's eyes suddenly darkened when he heard the word "back door".
The bodyguard lowered his head instantly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Huo, it was our fault that we didn't notice that there was a back door."
"Is this your first time going to the restaurant?" Huo Jinxi asked again.
The bodyguard was silent for a moment, then nodded again, "Yes."
The air inside the car suddenly became suffocating.
Huo Jinxi glanced at the bodyguard again and said slowly: "Because Madam never likes you to follow me, but as time goes by, you guys have relaxed yourselves. It is really easy to go out with Madam, right?"
The bodyguard lowered his head and said nothing.
"Now is not the time to talk about this." Lin Shu said, "The most important thing is that your mother is okay... Did you receive any calls? Or did anyone else receive them?"
"No." Huo Jinxi's voice was extremely cold. He paused for a moment before asking Lin Shu again: "Who is that Mrs. Chen?"
"Just an ordinary neighbor..." Lin Shu said, "He moved here half a year after we moved here. He is very warm and kind, and he quickly became familiar with your mother... Do you doubt her? Probably not...
After being together for more than a year, I don’t think there is anything wrong with her.”
Hearing this, Huo Jinxi frowned again and looked at the bodyguard in the front row, "Have you checked the restaurant's surveillance system?"
"I checked..." the bodyguard replied, "but they said that the surveillance system has been broken for a few days and has not had time to be repaired..."
Huo Jinxi's eyes dimmed for a moment, and he looked at Lin Shu and said, "Do you still think there is nothing wrong with Mrs. Chen?"
Lin Shu was suddenly shocked and could not speak anymore.
From this point of view, there are indeed too many coincidences - the restaurant he went to for the first time, the surveillance camera that happened to be broken, and Mrs. Chen who left early... So many coincidences constituted the conditions for Cheng Man to be missing.
It's hard to believe it's a coincidence.
"Is it really related to her?" Lin Shu gritted her teeth suddenly, "I haven't noticed her at all for so long - go back quickly! I must catch her and ask her clearly!"
Huo Jinxi slowly closed his eyes and didn't say another word.
The car quickly drove into the villa community where Cheng Manshu and Lin Shu lived. Before the car stopped, Lin Shu opened the door and got out of the car, and went straight to her neighbor's house.
However, no matter how she rang the doorbell, knocked on the door, or called someone, there was still no response from the house.
Lin Shu's face became increasingly ugly, and she was so angry that she almost wanted to pick up stones from the garden and smash the window. The community security guard arrived and told her: "Mr. Chen and Mrs. Chen left at noon, saying they were going abroad for vacation...
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Hearing this, Lin Shu's face instantly turned pale and she looked at Huo Jinxi, who was standing leaning on the car.
The current situation couldn't be more obvious - there must be something fishy about the neighbor couple.
Huo Jinxi's eyes swept across the closed house, then turned and walked towards the house where Cheng Manshu and Lin Shu lived.
After entering the door, Huo Jinxi sat down on the sofa in the living room and closed his eyes, not sure whether he was thinking or taking a nap.
Lin Shu walked in quickly, grabbed Huo Jinxi's hand and said, "Jin Xi, what should we do now?"
Huo Jinxi sat motionless. After a moment, he slowly uttered one word: "Wait."
Although Cheng Manshu has an eccentric temperament, because she has been recuperating at home for a long time, there are not many opportunities to make enemies with others. Especially after coming to S City, her mental state and mood have improved a lot, and she is living very comfortably, and she will not offend anyone.
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No matter how the other party looks at it, it seems like they are coming for him.
In this case, they must not dare to harm Cheng Manshu's life. After all, they still want to keep her and negotiate terms with him.
But what Huo Jinxi didn't expect was that he had to wait for three days.
Three days passed, and there was still no news from Cheng Manshu, nor did he receive any calls.