Naonnao sat on Chen Yin's huge suitcase and was pushed out of the airport by Chen Yin.
Ye Huanyan was talking to Su Hong at the entrance of the airport. Su Hong's phone rang. She turned and said to Ye Huanyan, "Let's go our separate ways here. I'm going to get a ribbon cut. I'll see you at the hotel tonight."
Ye Huanyan nodded and stuffed Chen Yin and Naonnao into the car that was sent to pick them up. Then, she went out alone and headed straight to the address that Gu Liu gave her.
In the morning, she sent Ling Han a WeChat message to ask him when he was going back to Lan Jiang. Ling Han replied, "I don't know yet."
The signal that Gu Liu gave her came from the address that the message was sent.
"Ling Han has been active in this area for the past two days. Judging from the time that he replied to your WeChat message in the morning, that should be where he lives."
Ye Huanyan stood at the entrance of the alley and looked at the garbage piles on both sides of the alley. She was very suspicious of Gu Liu's speculation that this was where Ling Han lived.
How could anyone live in such a place?
Even dogs wouldn't live here.
She thought so, but since she was already here, she had to take a look.
She walked to the end of the 'garbage' alley. There was a narrow alley that could only fit one person. It was so dark that she couldn't see the end of it. She glanced at the map and confirmed that it was pointing to this place. Then, she carefully walked along the wall.
When she walked to the end, her field of vision widened a little. However, it was only slightly better than the narrow alley and garbage alley from before. This place was probably an area in Shanghai that was waiting to be demolished. All the houses looked like they were on the verge of collapse. If there was an earthquake, even if it was a magnitude two earthquake, it would probably directly collapse.
Even so, there were still many clothes hanging in the two rows of residential buildings. It seemed like there were quite a lot of people living here.
There was an old man sitting at the door of the house closest to Ye Huanyan. He was picking vegetables. When he saw Ye Huanyan, a woman with an extraordinary appearance, he looked at her in confusion. "Miss, who are you looking for?"
Seeing that someone was asking her, Ye Huanyan quickly replied, "Is there a tube-shaped apartment here?"
The location that Gu Liu gave her was a tube-shaped apartment. Other than that tube-shaped apartment, almost all the houses here were signal jammed.
The old man looked at Ye Huanyan warily. "Why are you looking for the apartment, young lady?"
"I'm looking for someone."
"There's a hooligan living in the apartment. It's not safe for you to go alone."
"Hooligan?" Ye Huanyan frowned. She was getting more and more confused. "Sir, can you tell me more about it?"
The old man pointed at the back of the residential building opposite. "It's right behind there. It's an abandoned tube-shaped apartment. We moved out ten years ago. That place leaks when it rains, and the circuit isn't working. We're old and can't live there anymore. It's only that guy who dares to live there by himself because he's young, has good legs, and has the guts to live there alone. I don't know what he's doing every day, but it's quite loud in the middle of the night. Also, that guy's character isn't good."
"What's not good about him?"
"Stealing, of course. That brat is very good at stealing …"
It was still afternoon. When the cold wind blew through the tube-shaped building, Ye Huanyan still felt a little cold. She couldn't help but shrink her neck and feel her way to the entrance of the tube-shaped building by stepping on the gravel.
There was an abandoned switch by the wall. Ye Huanyan felt for it, but she was a little disappointed when she remembered that the old man said that the place had been in disrepair for many years. The circuit was old and couldn't be turned on at all.
She didn't have time to retract her finger and pressed the switch.
Unexpectedly, the lights in the corridor lit up. They lit up all the way to the top floor, as if they were illuminating the road to heaven.
Ye Huanyan frowned. She hesitated and took two steps up the stairs. When she looked up, she saw a figure flash by. Her heart tightened, and she tightened her grip on the handbag in her hand.
The two doors on the second floor were open. Inside, there was some old furniture. It was full of dust. Ye Huanyan only stood at the door for a few seconds before she continued to walk up. She secretly felt for the stun baton in her handbag.
The third floor was no different from the second floor. There was a musty smell.
When she stepped on the stairs to the fourth floor, Ye Huanyan felt that something was wrong. She hesitated for a few seconds and looked down at what she was stepping on.
It was tiles, gray tiles. The color was almost indistinguishable from the cement floor, but under the light, the smooth surface of the tiles would reflect light.
She looked up again and found an oil painting hanging on the wall in the corner.
It was the Mona Lisa.
Walking up to the fourth floor, there was an open door facing the stairs. The door was covered with a white cashmere carpet.
She hesitated for a few seconds. Looking at the white carpet, she couldn't bear to step on it. Finally, she took a deep breath, took off her high heels, and stepped on it.
The room was covered with wooden floors and was decorated like an apartment. There was an attic on the right side of the door. A four-lattice wooden ladder led to the attic. Because there were no partitions, the room was very big and there were many things. At first glance, there was a dazzling array of everything. There were dozens of dolls in the corner, inflatable ducks scattered on the floor, puzzles on the carpet, two pots of cacti on the windowsill, books in the bookcase, and all kinds of figurines in the glass cabinet.
She was more and more curious. Who lived in such a dilapidated apartment and spent the effort to renovate the top floor of a building that could collapse at any time?
The glass cabinet full of One Piece figurines attracted Ye Huanyan's attention.
She walked over barefoot. The moment she reached out, she felt a shadow coming at her from behind. It was imprinted on the glass cabinet. She could vaguely see a delicate face, but it was ferocious.
"Ah …"
After hearing a man's shrill scream, Ye Huanyan turned around abruptly. She saw the man who was about to sneak an attack on her just now fall miserably at her feet.
His back was stepped on by a strong foot.
"How dare you sneak an attack on my Second Miss. You must have a death wish."
Gu Min exerted force on her foot, and the man let out a scream.
"Gu Min?" Ye Huanyan was stunned. "Where did you come from?"
Hearing this, Gu Min loosened the force on her foot and quickly explained, "I followed you here. Young Master asked me to protect you secretly. He really has foresight."
Ye Huanyan was incredulous. "Wait a minute. Why did my brother ask you to protect me? Or secretly? "
"Didn't Young Master go missing? Young Master said that you might be in danger, so he asked me to follow you. "
"You all know about Ling Han's disappearance? When did this happen? "
Ye Huanyan's expression changed. She looked at Gu Min in disbelief.
Gu Min was shocked by her suddenly raised voice. She shrunk her neck and said hesitantly, "Didn't he go missing in Los Angeles on the day he left?"
"What?"
Ye Huanyan's face instantly turned pale.
Until the second before Gu Min spoke, she still had a glimmer of hope, thinking that she was just being paranoid.
She didn't expect that the whole family knew, but she was the only one who was kept in the dark.
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