I imdiately turned on my computer to search, but there were no reports of any car accidents in the city.
Unwilling to give up, I imdiately called the traffic station. "Miss, could you tell about the car accidents from the past two days...?"
"Please wait a mont," the receptionist said politely. "Miss, there have been over a hundred accidents in the city these past two days, but they were all minor fender-benders, with no casualties."
I hung up the phone, staring blankly.
Seeing my stunned expression, Xu Xiaoya said carefully, "Don’t worry, Xixi, I think Young Master Wan definitely isn’t in any serious trouble."
I asked in return, "Why?"
"If he really was in any danger, wouldn’t his mother tell you? Even if you can’t get in touch with him, couldn’t his mother get in touch with him either? Impossible."
This was a wake-up call.
There’d been no word from Liu Daqing either. That must an Wan Donglin wasn’t in any life-threatening danger, at least, right?
"But," I voiced my worry, "what if his mother doesn’t know either? He’s been with all this ti."
"Why don’t you ask her?" Xu Xiaoya suggested.
I replied dejectedly, "I can’t get in touch with anyone from his family at all."
Xu Xiaoya was at a loss for words.
Sohow, she felt uneasy. Young Master Wan vanishing so suddenly... what did it an? Was he deliberately avoiding Xixi? She had never witnessed their interactions firsthand. But she thought, With Young Master Wan’s capabilities and his powerful family, if he didn’t disappear because of danger, then what else could it an? A man deliberately avoiding a woman for no reason... what did that imply? However, she didn’t dare voice this speculation. Telling Xixi sothing like that now would be a devastating blow. She thought, Even speculating about danger would at least offer Xixi so psychological comfort, rather than the alternative.
"Xixi, don’t overthink it," Xu Xiaoya said, trying to console . "Let’s wait a couple more days; maybe you’ll be able to contact him tomorrow."
I heard these empty words of comfort. In my heart, I knew: This is just self-deception. Wan Donglin was determined not to contact anymore.
「Sure enough, three consecutive days passed with no word from Wan Donglin.」
I searched every place we had ever been together. I even went to the old mansion where Liu Daqing had once invited for a al.
Only two old n were guarding the gate of the mansion.
They still rembered . When they heard I was looking for Young Master Wan, one of them smiled. "Young Master Wan? We haven’t seen him since he brought you here that ti."
"..."
"Oh, right," the old man added. "The day after that visit, the Madam left and hasn’t been back since."
Unwilling to give up, I asked, "Do you know the Madam’s address in Switzerland?"
"How would we know? We’ve never been to Switzerland. Besides, the Madam often travels around Europe; she doesn’t just stay in Switzerland."
I was dumbfounded.
I bombarded his ssaging app until it felt like it would crash, filled his SMS inbox to capacity, and called him so many tis my phone practically died. After several days of such futile efforts, I completely gave up.
Wan Donglin had truly vanished into thin air.
Along with him, the negative news about the Wan Family also vanished. When I searched again, I discovered that so particularly explosive articles had been deleted and were nowhere to be found.
I thought, Wan Donglin definitely isn’t dead. If sothing had really happened to him, the negative news would have exploded even more, not been suppressed. He was just hiding.
But where was he now?
Alone, or with so beautiful woman by his side?
I realized I had absolutely no idea how to find him.
I didn’t even know his reasons for doing this. Was he forced into it? Or was there so hidden truth I didn’t know? Besides, considering his personality and capabilities, he didn’t seem like the type to deliberately play vanishing acts just to make people worry.
Only now did I realize how pitifully little I actually knew about Wan Donglin.
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