Chapter 9 Chapter VII

Two days later, Yuan Bin called again. "How? Did you find them?" Mead asked. "Yu Hui found him. He lives in City C not far from us. I also asked for the exact address. It only takes more than four hours to get there by car. Moreover, I also asked for his mobile phone number." "Did you fight?" "Called, but I don't know if he changed his phone number. I called several times and no one answered. I think we have to go to his house to find him in person, and hope he hasn't moved." "What about Li Yuan?" "Li Yuan is a little strange. I called my former classmates and teachers, but no one has contacted him, and I don't know where he is now."

Meide thought for a while and said, "Then let's go to Yu Hui first, maybe he knows Li Yuan's whereabouts?" "Okay, when are we leaving?" "It's okay now, anyway, I'm free and fine." "Okay, I'm going to apply for annual leave right now, and we'll go to City C in a while." "When you're done, go straight to North Gate Station. We'll meet there in two hours, shall we?" "Okay, goodbye." Yuan Bin hung up the phone. Two hours later, Meide met Yuan Bin at the station on time.The two boarded the car going to City C.

Sitting in the spacious and comfortable air-conditioned car, Meide and Yuan Bin looked at the scenery along the way through the car window—this is a relatively unfamiliar road, and both of them seldom go to City C. It was already seven o'clock in the evening when the car arrived at the destination.After getting off the bus, Meide and Yuan Bin came to a Western-style fast food restaurant near the station.After sitting down, Med looked at his watch and said to the waiter: "We can only stay here for 25 minutes. Two bottles of sparkling wine, steak steak, broth and baked potatoes."

The waiter hurried away. Meide and Yuan Bin were silent and clinked wine glasses.While eating, Yuan Bin took out a piece of paper from his pocket: "Yu Hui's family lives in Yingyuan District, Jiangyang Road. I wonder if it's far from here?" Med shrugged: "Let's talk after dinner." Walking out of the hotel, Yuan Bin raised his hand to hail a taxi, and asked, "How long does it take to get to Yingyuan Community on Jiangyang Road?" "About twenty minutes." The driver replied. Yuan Bin turned his head and glanced at Meide, and the two got into the taxi.

When it was close to eight o'clock, Meide and Meide stood in front of the third building in Yingyuan Community. Yuan Bin looked at the paper again and said, "Yu Hui lives on the fourth floor, let's go up." When we got to Room 802, Yuan Bin rang the doorbell. Ten seconds later, the door slowly opened 45 degrees, and a young lady stood at the door looking at Meide and Yuan Bin with some doubts. "Who are you looking for?" she asked. "Is this Yu Hui's home?" Yuan Bin asked. She nodded and said, "Yes, I am his wife Zheng Jie, and you are..."

"We are Yu Hui's old classmates. My name is Yuan Bin, and his name is Meide. Yu Hui will recognize us when he sees us." Yuan Bin said with a smile. "Oh, please come in and sit down." Zheng Jie opened the door with a smile and welcomed the guests into the room. Zheng Jie made two cups of tea for them, put them on the tea table, and then sat on the sofa opposite them. Under the bright light of the living room, Meide began to look at the young woman in front of her: Zheng Jie was slender, with calm eyes, and she was wearing a high-end light gray light silk dress, revealing the lines of her body.A white square scarf was casually tied around her neck, showing her elegant taste.Meide marvels secretly that Yu Hui can find such a beautiful wife.

"What a coincidence." Zheng Jie said in a regretful tone, "Yu Hui is not at home right now. Is there anything you can do with him?" "No, nothing important." Yuan Bin said, "It's just that the old classmates haven't seen each other for a long time and want to get together." "Where did Sunset go?" asked Mead. "He left home yesterday afternoon, saying he was going to the factory to deal with some matters, but he didn't come back at night. I didn't care too much, because it is common for him to stay in the factory and work overtime all night—you see, now They haven't come back yet."

"In the factory?" Mead asked, "What factory?" "He opened a small factory that produces medical equipment. The workers in the factory sometimes make mistakes, and as the factory manager, he always handles them himself." Meide looked at his watch: "He hasn't been home for more than 20 hours, why don't you call him?" Speaking of this, Zheng Jie frowned: "Speaking of it, it's really strange. I called him twice, but he didn't answer. At first, I thought, maybe he was too busy to answer the phone... But, it’s impossible that you haven’t had time to return my call until now, right?”

"By the way, I also called him several times, but he didn't answer. I thought I made a mistake!" Yuan Bin said. Hearing what Yuan Bin said, Zheng Jie became a little anxious: "What's the matter with him! Why doesn't anyone answer the phone?" "Has he used to be like this when he's busy?" Mead asked. "No, he never does. No matter how busy he is, if he can't answer the phone at the time, he will call back later." "That's a bit strange." Meade said, he turned his head and exchanged glances with Yuan Bin. "Is that factory far from your home?" Yuan Bin asked.

"It's not far, and it only takes ten minutes to walk there." "How about," Meade said, "let's go to the factory together?" Zheng Jie nodded as if she had found a savior: "I think so too." Med stood up: "Let's go now!" More than ten minutes later, the three came to this small factory built on the outskirts of the city.At this time, it was already pitch black, and the factory looked empty. Zheng Jie walked to the guard room and knocked on the window. An old man who was watching TV turned his head and saw Zheng Jie and walked over immediately.

"Old He, where's the factory manager? Is he in there?" Zheng Jie asked. "Ah, the factory manager...he came yesterday afternoon, but he didn't come today." "What? He didn't come today?" Zheng Jie panicked, "You mean, he left here yesterday?" "Well... I didn't see him leave with my own eyes." Lao He said with some embarrassment, "But I don't think he will stay here alone overnight, right?" "Didn't he sometimes stay in the office overnight?" "That was when the factory worked overtime, but there was no overtime yesterday." Zheng Jie froze on the spot, showing an incredulous expression: "Then he...where did he go..." Meide and Yuan Bin looked at each other and frowned.Meide stepped forward and said to Zheng Jie: "Anyway, we are all here, let's go to his office and have a look, maybe he is inside?" Zheng Jie bit her lip and nodded mechanically. The factory manager's office was at the corner of the second floor, and the three of them arrived at the door quickly.Seeing that the door was closed tightly and it was pitch black again, Zheng Jie shook her head: "He's not inside." Yuan Bin stepped forward and knocked on the door without giving up, but there was no response. "Can you believe it? He's never done this before—never disappeared for a day or two without telling me about his whereabouts!" Zheng Jie said anxiously. "Try calling his cell phone again." Yuan Bin reminded. Zheng Jie quickly took out her mobile phone from her purse and dialed Yu Hui's number. Suddenly, a soft mobile phone rang from nearby them, and several people were startled at the same time. "This is... Yu Hui's cell phone ringtone!" Zheng Jie yelled, then turned around immediately. She was stunned - the flickering ring came from the factory manager's office. "Yu Hui! He's inside? But why doesn't he open the door?" Zheng Jie said excitedly. For a moment, a thought flashed through Med's mind.He was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head and shouted at Yuan Bin: "An accident happened to Yu Hui!" Yuan Bin seemed to be taken aback, standing there at a loss. "Quick, knock the door open!" Meide rushed to the door and shouted at Yuan Bin. Yuan Bin was stunned for a second, then quickly rushed to the door.The two of them slammed into the wooden door together with all their strength. After several violent impacts, the door was finally knocked open with a loud bang.Meide and Yuan Bin couldn't hold back their strength, and they fell down in the room together. Med got up from the ground in embarrassment, and the moment he raised his head, the scene in front of him almost broke his heart—— On the beams of the room, hung the corpse of a man, his eyes turned white, his tongue sticking out of his mouth—he had been dead for a long time. Yuan Bin yelled "Ah!", scared out of his wits. Zheng Jie rushed in from outside the house, and when she saw Yu Hui's hanging corpse, she almost passed out before she could scream. Meide hurriedly helped her up, and shouted at Yuan Bin, who was stupefied, "Call the police quickly...and call the ambulance!"