But they were husband and wife.
She had nothing to do with Chi Yu! His blatant stares always made her a bit annoyed.
"Alright, go to bed early. Good night!"
After saying that, Jiang Zhirou fled back to the next - door bedroom as if running for her life.
With a "bang!", she slammed the door shut.
Chi Yu looked at the closed bedroom door, his eyes filled with smiles.
He turned around. Just as he closed his bedroom door, the phone on the table rang.
It showed Ji Bai's number on the screen. As soon as he answered the call and before he could say anything, Ji Bai's anxious voice came through first.
"Has A Yu contacted you recently?"
Chi Yu thought of Chen Yu'an's call and gave a hum, "He called me yesterday."
The smile on his face faded and he became serious, "Something happened?"
"I made an appointment with him last week. I was supposed to give him Qing Mian's report today, but I can't get in touch with him no matter what."
Through the phone, Chi Yu could clearly feel how anxious Ji Bai was on the other end, and his own emotions also became tense.
"What about Tan Si? Have you contacted him?"
"I have! I can't get in touch with either of them! I've been to their homes and companies, but I can't find them at all. And when I went to the company today, do you know what I heard?"
"What?" Chi Yu had a faint premonition of something bad in his heart, and his hand holding the phone tightened involuntarily.
"A Yu seems to be transferring assets. Ming An is almost an empty shell now..."
This news hit Chi Yu hard. As people in business, they naturally knew that such behavior had crossed the red line.
Chen Yu'an would go to jail...
He had finally worked his way up to his current position. Doing this was undoubtedly destroying the business empire he had built over the years with his own hands.
Chi Yu couldn't think of any reason for him to do this, unless he was already in a desperate situation...
Suddenly, he thought of something and tentatively said to Ji Bai on the other end of the phone.
"Has anyone seen An Ya during this long period?"
"No!" Ji Bai replied instantly.
"You know A Yu's temper. No one can force him to say something he doesn't want to. Moreover, the conflict between An Ya and him is, after all, just a conflict between a husband and wife. As outsiders, we can't interfere."
Ji Bai kept talking, but Chi Yu on the other end of the phone had already calmed down. A bold idea popped up in his mind.
"Ji Bai."
Chi Yu called out to him.
Ji Bai stopped his previous words and motioned for Chi Yu to continue, "What's up?"
"... I suspect that An Ya is dead."
As soon as the words were out, there was silence on the other end of the phone.
Through the phone, Chi Yu could faintly hear Ji Bai's heavy breathing on the other end.
After a long while, Ji Bai spoke again.
"Chi Yu, if there's no evidence, don't say such things casually..."
"I'll contact you as soon as I find A Yu. I'll hang up first."
Ji Bai quickly hung up the phone, as if avoiding something.
Actually, everyone wasn't stupid. With a personality like An Ya's, she wouldn't stay at home obediently and do nothing. The most likely reason for her to be silent for so long was that she was already gone.
Everyone knew it well, but no one had exposed it. Chi Yu's words were like breaking the barrier in the middle, showing the truth nakedly in front of everyone.
No one could accept it.
...
One day ago.
Chen Yu'an and Tan Si had arrived in Mexico.
In the attic of the single - family garden villa in the city center.
The door of a bedroom was being pounded heavily, and curses came from inside from time to time.
Chen Yu'an was sitting in the garden on the first floor, holding a tablet in his hand. The situation upstairs was being displayed on it in real - time.
Just then, Tan Si walked out of the house and stood beside Chen Yu'an, respectfully saying, "Sir, the effects of their drugs have all worn off. Do you still want to continue injecting them?"
Hearing this, Chen Yu'an shifted his gaze from the tablet and landed on the bustling crowd not far away. "Is there any activity today? It's so lively."
"Back to you, sir. It's the Day of the Dead today." Tan Si explained seriously, "The Day of the Dead is an important festival here. The local people believe that death is not the end of life. The deceased relatives will return on this day and have a 'brief reunion' with their families. People welcome the spirits 'home' to spend time together through carefully prepared ceremonies."
"The spirits..." Chen Yu'an murmured. Then he closed the tablet, stood up from the chair, "Let's go upstairs and take a look."
In the attic.
Wen Yuxuan's last memory was when she was drinking with Shu Yi in the bar. When she woke up, she was here.
She was completely confused.
The strange surroundings and the tied - up limbs made her feel extremely scared. When she saw Xiang Yun opposite her, that fear reached its peak.
She moved her body and kicked the still - sleeping Xiang Yun hard with her foot.
Suddenly woken up by the kick, Xiang Yun was also confused. She looked around. When she realized where she was, the color drained from her face.
Seeing Xiang Yun's suddenly ugly face, Wen Yuxuan couldn't help but get nervous. "Do you know where... where this is?"
Xiang Yun's face was very ugly. Her voice was a bit hoarse. "Mexico. Lawrence's villa."
Wen Yuxuan didn't know who Lawrence was, nor did she care about the villa. She just wanted to go home.
She rammed her body against the bedroom door forcefully and kept scolding. Compared with the hysterical Wen Yuxuan, Xiang Yun was much calmer.
After all, she had lived here for three years and knew she couldn't escape.
Suddenly, the door was opened from the outside. Wen Yuxuan wasn't paying attention, lost her balance, and fell heavily to the ground.
She was still scolding.
When she saw Chen Yu'an's face clearly, she was stunned for a moment. "It's you?"
When she saw it was Chen Yu'an, she quickly became bold again.
As An Ya's best friend, she had always looked down on Chen Yu'an, the illegitimate son who came back halfway to take over the business. In her bones, she thought such a person was low - class and unworthy of people like them.
But since An Ya liked him, she could only agree with a few words.
In her eyes, both Chen Yu'an and Wen Yunxu were low - class. So when she found out that she had slept with Wen Yunxu and that Chen Yu'an was behind it, she almost went crazy and wished she could kill both of them.
She looked up at Chen Yu'an in front of her fiercely and roared, "Untie the ropes on me right now! If my brother and father find out, they won't let you go! I'll make them cut you into pieces!!!"
Hearing this, Chen Yu'an slowly lowered his eyes and looked down at the spoiled 'little princess' in front of him.
Suddenly, he let out a soft laugh.
"Brother? Do you think... how did I bring you here so openly?"