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"Chen Zhu, are you here to pick up Mr. Shang?"
Wen Zhi was not surprised when she saw Chen Jinhuai walking towards her. Although Shang Hexing said that day that it was his private trip to Jingci Temple, it was impossible for his assistant and secretary not to know about his itinerary!
"Miss Wen, I'm sorry to disturb you." Chen Jinhuai was a little panting when he walked in a hurry, and his face was very anxious: "I did come to pick up Mr. Shang, but I can't even contact Mr. Shang now." β
Wen Zhi asked, "Isn't there anyone answering his mobile phone?" β
Chen Jinhuai nodded: "Yes, I have called many times, but Mr. Shang's phone has been unreachable." β
That is, lost contact.
Wen Zhi told Chen Jinhuai very calmly: "Mr. Shang lives in a squatter, and the squatter is the closest place to the back mountain in the temple, and the signal is often poor, I have a deep understanding, and it is normal to not be able to contact him for a while, don't worry, so let's take you to the squatter to find him." β
"Then I'll bother Miss Wen." Chen Jinhuai is very grateful.
Wen Ori turned around: "Come with me." β
Chen Jinhuai immediately followed.
In fact, after returning from the back mountain, Wen Weaving did not see Shang Hexing again. The reason why he was identified as a squatter was also because she had not seen him out of the temple this afternoon.
It was only when I arrived at the dormitory that I realized that he was not there.
The room where he lived was as neat and empty as he had seen when Wen Ori peeped in the morning.
"Miss Wen, I don't mean to question it, I just want to confirm with you, does Mr. Shang really live here?"
Behind him, Chen Jinhuai's inquiry came.
Wen Ori was obviously a little confused: "He lives here, because I ...... with him"
Chen Jinhuai asked, "What is it?" β
Wen Zhi pointed to her room: "It's the door, but I'll live in first, it was originally where Meng Fan lived." β
Chen Jinhuai said that he understood, but then he became worried: "Mr. Shang is not in the dormitory, so where will he go?" β
Wen Zhi naturally didn't know where Shang Hexing went, so he had to say: "Let's look for it first, Jingci Temple is very large, and there are several monks who have attained Taoism, maybe Mr. Shang is going to ask for benefits from the monks." β
Chen Jinhuai made a difficulty.
Wen Zhi saw it and asked in a low voice, "Is there no extra manpower?" β
Chen Jinhuai told Wen Zhi honestly: "This trip to the city is Mr. Shang's private itinerary, not a public assignment, only me and Secretary Xu accompany him in a low-key manner." β
Wen Zhi asked, "What about Secretary Xu?" β
"Secretary Xu is in the car outside the temple."
Wen Zhi said: "Chen Zhu, you call Secretary Xu in first, and look for him together, I am familiar with the temple, I will go to the guest hall to ask first." β
Chen Jinhuai bowed: "I'm tired of Miss Wen." β
"It's fine."
When Chen Jinhuai turned around and left, Wen Zhi immediately went back to the house to get his mobile phone.
She called Shang Hexing, and the situation was the same as what Chen Jinhuai said, and the other party could not be reached for the time being.
Wen Ori dialed it a few more times, but it still couldn't be connected.
She looked anxious, dialed a few times to no avail, and had to hurry to the side of the guest hall.
She asked all the monks she had seen, but no one had seen Shang Hexing this afternoon.
At the end of the question, Wen Zhi's delicate eyebrows were covered with a layer of haze that could not be dispersed. She couldn't understand why Shang Hexing suddenly lost contact, but suddenly, a terrible thought came to her mind.
He is in a high position, and some people are staring at his right and wrong, and some people are staring at his life.
Could it be that his private itinerary was exposed?
Once this idea comes to mind, it's hard not to think deeper.
Outside the hospital.
Kong Ci carried a broom to sweep the floor, and when he looked up and saw Wen Zhi coming down the steps with an anxious expression, he came over with a broom and asked her, "Are you looking for the donor opposite you?" β
When Wen Zhi heard Kong Ci's words, he instantly came back to his senses, and his eyes were full of hope: "Have you seen him?" β
She asked about a dozen monks back and forth, none of them had seen Shang Hexing in the afternoon, and now Kong Ci took the initiative to ask her, and Wen Zhi thought he had seen it!
Howeverβ
Kong Ci shook his head and said, "I haven't seen that benefactor this afternoon. β
Wen Zhi was stunned: "Then where will he go......"
Kong Ci said, "I saw him in the morning. β
Wen Zhi pursed the corners of her lips, but she didn't react, because she had also seen Shang Hexing in the morning.
But Kong Ci said, "In the morning, the benefactor asked me about your whereabouts, and I told him that he went to the back mountain to look for you, and then I saw you come back, but he did not come back. β
Wen Zhi was stunned: "...... He didn't come back from the back mountain? β
Kong Ci put down the broom, pestle it with one hand, and then looked up at the sky: "It's so late, I think, he should have returned, but I didn't see him come back with my own eyes, maybe he is ...... now." Huh? Where are you going? β
Before Kong Ci's words were finished, Wen Ori had already walked away, leaving only a trace of afterimage.
Kong Ci also found that the direction in which Wen Weaving went was the back mountain.
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The twilight was falling, and everything was gray under the vision.
Wen Zhi was stopped by a monk on the way to Houshan: "Donor, it's late now, it's not appropriate to go to Houshan." β
Wen Zhi looked anxious: "I'm going to find someone, I have a friend, he went to the back mountain and didn't come back." β
The monk first calmed Wen Ori's anxious emotions, and then asked, "When did the benefactor's friend go up the mountain?" β
Wen Ori recalled the time: "...... Around eleven o'clock in the morning. β
When the monk heard that it was morning, he said to Wen Weaving, "Since it is morning, your friend must have left the back mountain and gone home." β
"But I couldn't reach him, and his friends couldn't reach him." Wen Ori looked anxiously in the direction of the back mountain.
The monk still prevented Wen Zhi from going up the back mountain: "Donor, it is very dangerous for you to go to the back mountain alone, so let's do it, the little monk will go and inform the abbot of this matter first, so that the abbot can decide." β
Only the abbot has the right to send someone to search for such a big thing.
But Wen Ori couldn't wait for a moment now.
At this time, Chen Jinhuai came with Secretary Xu.
Secretary Xu wore a pair of black-framed glasses and a suit and leather shoes, looking quite stylish, and Chen Zhu walked next to him, but looked like his subordinate.
After Secretary Xu came over, he glanced at Wen Zhi and didn't say anything. Chen Jinhuai, who was on the side, saw her anxious expression, and immediately spoke out to comfort her: "Miss Wen, don't worry, Mr. Shang will be fine." β
Wen Weaving breathed: "He went to the back mountain in the morning, if he didn't come back now, then he ...... now"
Chen Jinhuai naturally thought of this, and his face was calm: "Miss Lao Wen is waiting for support here, and Secretary Xu and I will go first to the back mountain." β
Wen Ori immediately said, "I'll go too!" β
Chen Jinhuai shook his head, and his tone was solemn: "No, Miss Wen, now that Mr. Shang is not here, we have to ensure your safety." β
Wen Zhi pursed her lips and didn't say anything more.
When Chen Jinhuai turned around to communicate with the monks, Wen Zhi's figure quietly disappeared into the night.
Secretary Xu's eyes were sharp, and he found that Wen Zhi was gone, but he didn't stop him or make a sound. When Chen Jinhuai turned around and didn't see Wen Zhi after negotiating, and asked him why he didn't look at anyone, Secretary Xu didn't say anything, just looked strange.
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(End of chapter)