Chapter 466
Doubting Me?
Chapter 466 Doubting Me?
"But then again, if she was seeking asylum, why didn't she just contact my brother?" Su Miaoyi thought for a moment and said, "Doesn't that make a bit of a misunderstanding? Wouldn't it be safer for her to contact my brother directly?"
Zhuang Yanzheng remained silent, feeling that what she said made sense.
Su Miaoyi said, "Moreover, she chose to become an actress, exposing herself to the public eye. She must have been aware of this, and she knew she would expose herself. We don't know when Qianying arrived, but it's very likely that after Jiang Xutong's drama aired, Qianying and the others knew where she was, so they came to Jinghai."
"Are you luring the snake out of its hole to get revenge?" Zhuang Yanzheng asked.
“It’s possible,” Su Miaoyi said.
“Once we find the person, we’ll know everything,” Zhuang Yanzheng said.
Su Miaoyi was silent for a moment: "What I'm worried about now is that Jiang Xutong has been taken away by Qian Ying. Today is already the sixth day of the lunar new year, and the two of them have probably already left Jinghai."
Zhuang Yanzheng did not speak.
Su Miaoyi didn't say anything more.
After their agent and assistant left, the two quickly sorted out the whole situation within ten minutes.
After a moment of silence, Su Miaoyi said, "The only person who really knows Jiang Xutong's family is probably my brother."
Zhuang Yanzheng nodded.
Su Miaoyi took out her phone and called Shen Yanzhou.
Around 4 a.m., Shen Yanzhou was woken up by a phone call once again.
"What's wrong?" His voice was still groggy. "What happened?"
"Brother, Jiang Xutong is missing."
"Gone?" Shen Yanzhou's voice was momentarily confused, then he became much more alert and asked again, "Jiang Xutong is gone?"
"Yes."
Shen Yanzhou paused for a moment: "Why did you suddenly disappear? Is it related to the case you're currently handling? Are the online reports true? Can you tell me about the case?"
Su Miaoyi and Zhuang Yanzheng exchanged a glance and asked, "Brother, when did you find out that Jiang Xutong was in Jinghai?"
"Doubt me?" Shen Yanzhou asked.
“Just a routine inquiry,” Su Miaoyi said. “You think I’m suspicious of you over the phone?”
"I found out about it together with you," Shen Yanzhou answered honestly. "It was the first time we met in so many years at Weiyang Palace."
"Besides that day, have you seen her in the past few days?" Su Miaoyi asked.
“No,” Shen Yanzhou said. “I’ve been staying at the villa these past few days and haven’t gone to Weiyang Palace. When did she disappear?”
Su Miaoyi said, "According to the surveillance footage, she went out early on the third day of the Lunar New Year and never came back. Has she contacted you?"
“No. Why did she contact me?” Shen Yanzhou asked.
“After she came to China, she stayed at our hotel for almost four months, and now she’s living upstairs from me,” Su Miaoyi said. “I think it’s too much of a coincidence.”
"She stayed at our hotel for four months?" Shen Yanzhou asked in surprise.
Shen Yanzhou was quite surprised that Jiang Xutong was staying at the Shen family's hotel.
This level of surprise exceeded his normal level of surprise.
"Why are you so surprised?" Su Miaoyi asked.
“Why would she stay at our hotel?” Shen Yanzhou said. “Based on my understanding of her, let me put it this way: we’re the only hotel left in the entire Jinghai area. She would rather sleep on the roadside than stay at a hotel with the surname Shen.”
Su Miaoyi was also surprised: "Is that so?"
“Anyway, that’s how the Jiang Xutong I knew before was,” Shen Yanzhou said. “Then why did she stay there for so long?”
"People change, you know," Shen Yanzhou said hesitantly. "Maybe it's because we grow up that we change?"
"How much do you know about her family members?" Zhuang Yanzheng asked. "Who are they?"
Shen Yanzhou took a breath: "You're here too."
“Of course,” Zhuang Yanzheng said immediately. “Answer the questions first, then we can chat when we get home.”
Su Miaoyi looked at Zhuang Yanzheng and couldn't help but roll her eyes.
What kind of talk is this? It's like you two are a family.
"Get lost, you're disgusting." Shen Yanzhou cursed at him, then answered the question, "I heard her family is quite complicated. She has many half-siblings, some with very good relationships and some with very bad relationships."
He thought for a moment and said, "Her mother only has one daughter, but when I was abroad, her mother seemed to be quite the head of the household in her area."
“Her mother is in charge of the household,” Su Miaoyi repeated.
Shen Yanzhou said, "When I was abroad, her mother was in charge of the household. I don't know how to address the other wives and women of Jiang Zhan, since that country doesn't practice polygamy. But Jiang Zhan called everyone his wife. Jiang Xutong's mother had a higher status than the others because she was very smart and could help Jiang Zhan manage many things."
"With Jiang Zhan gone, it's practically Jiang Xutong's mother who's in charge now?" Su Miaoyi said.
“Maybe,” Shen Yanzhou said. “To avoid getting involved with her family, I haven’t inquired about their situation since I returned from abroad. With Jiang Zhan dead, either Jiang Xutong’s mother is in charge, or things have fallen apart and become a mess. Jiang Xutong came to China at this time. The situation in her family is probably not good either. She’s probably here to lay low.”
Su Miaoyi asked, "Brother, who are Jiang Xutong's close brothers and sisters?"
Shen Yanzhou thought for a moment and said, "I only know one Jiang Nankun. Nan as in the south, Kun as in the universe. The two siblings have a very good relationship, and we've even had a meal together."
"Do you remember what he looked like?" Su Miaoyi asked.
"If I saw the person, I should be able to recognize them, but now that I think about it, I don't quite remember," Shen Yanzhou said.
“You remember,” Su Miaoyi said.
“Lele, you know this method doesn’t work for me. If I don’t remember something, I really won’t remember it clearly,” Shen Yanzhou said.
"Then give it a try. Don't you have Lu Zhishen's contact information? Call him or video call him and try to draw a portrait."
"Alright," Shen Yanzhou said.
“Call him now,” Su Miaoyi said. “You should just talk to him directly.”
“I know,” Shen Yanzhou said.
After hanging up the phone, Zhuang Yanzheng asked someone to investigate Jiang Nankun. Su Miaoyi sat on the chair for a while, then glanced at the time and went to the dressing room to change her clothes and re-tied her hair.
Zhuang Yanzheng said, "Go see Fan Ning?"
"Yes." Su Miaoyi walked towards his office. "Don't you have a strip of expired medicine over there? Give it to me."
Zhuang Yanzheng followed her into the office.
Su Miaoyi rummaged through the trash can and found the expired medicine. She opened the capsules and sprinkled some of the powder inside onto herself.
A little brown medicine juice mixed with water got smeared onto my sleeve.
The capsule is a traditional Chinese medicine, and it has a strong herbal smell when you open it.
“You…” Zhuang Yanzheng looked at her.
"Make it more realistic," Su Miaoyi said. "It should look like someone rushed back from taking care of a patient at home, covered in medicine."
Zhuang Yanzheng gave her a thumbs up.
(End of this chapter)