bookcurios Chapter 159: Never Found
Chapter 159: Never Found
After Fu Ruoshi left, Wen Zhixia couldn't calm down for a long time.
She watched the sky outside the window gradually turn white, but she didn't feel sleepy at all.
There was always a lingering feeling of unease in her heart, but she couldn't find the reason.
She took out her cell phone and clicked on Fu Ruoshi's profile picture, wanting to see if he had posted anything recently on his Moments, but she found that his last post was two weeks ago.
There are two kittens, one is licking the other one's fur, with the caption: Cats all have wives, and my wife ignores me.
"puff......"
Wen Zhixia laughed out loud, and then her nose felt a little sore again.
She remembered that Fu Ruoshi had said before that all his Moments were for her to see.
If it were half a year ago, Wen Zhixia would definitely be moved by everything he did and would definitely follow him wholeheartedly.
Now, although she is still worried about him, she doesn't want to go through those sleepless nights and cry all night again.
Some things won't hurt if you don't touch them.
Gradually, the sun rose, and the sunlight penetrated the thin mist, slid into her window, and illuminated her dim heart.
Wen Zhixia stretched and made breakfast for herself.
At the same time, Fu Ruoshi, who had not slept all night, had already started working.
After a simple morning meeting, Liu Zhen came in with breakfast and drinks.
"Mr. Fu, are you feeling better now?" He looked at Fu Ruoshi's pale face and was extremely worried.
Fu Ruoshi's voice was still very hoarse. He nodded without saying anything and quietly drank the porridge in his hand.
Liu Zhen watched helplessly as his boss, who used to be full of energy, became increasingly haggard after his divorce. Through his open collar, he could see his sunken collarbone, which stood out sharply and abruptly.
Every hurdle is difficult, but the love hurdle is the most difficult.
In the second half of the night, Fu Ruoshi left Wen Zhixia's house. At that time, he was mentally and physically injured, and had difficulty walking. When he got in the car, he couldn't even hold the steering wheel tightly, so he had to ask Liu Zhen to pick him up.
After receiving the call, he went to the hospital to check his stomach. Fortunately, he drank enough water when he swallowed the fish hook, and then ate a lot of fruit. He vomited it out quickly through induced vomiting, and his esophagus was not injured.
As Fu Ruoshi's secretary, Liu Zhen has been with him all the way from starting his business to the present. They have experienced many ups and downs and encountered desperate situations, but there has never been a moment like this, where he was so haggard and shocked.
If he wasn't afraid of being fired, he really wanted to go straight to Wen Zhixia and say, "Madam, please have pity on my boss. He would even risk his life for you. Just look at him and he will know he is wrong."
"By the way, Mr. Fu." Thinking of this, Liu Zhen took out his phone, sent him an email, and explained, "You asked us to investigate the list of people who bribed Zhao Industry before. We've almost finished the investigation. Do you want to report it to the Discipline Inspection Commission?"
Fu Ruoshi paused while drinking tea.
Up to now, he has obtained a lot of negative information about the Zhao family and Zhao Xiaoning personally, and any one of them can make the Zhao family suffer.
"Yes!" Fu Ruoshi gritted his teeth. "If Zhao Xiaoning dared to make me swallow the hook, I'd make his whole family go through the sewing machine and that would be the least of my worries."
Liu Zhen nodded. "Okay, Mr. Fu. Also, you're flying back to the United States the day after tomorrow morning. Your itinerary remains unchanged, right?"
Fu Ruoshi has now become accustomed to the work style of running back and forth, and going abroad is just like leaving the province.
"No change. When I'm not around, you guys keep an eye on Wen Zhixia's safety. Report to me immediately if anything happens."
Wen Zhixia recently joined an outdoor group, hoping to go out more often on weekends to relax.
However, today is Saturday, and Fan Xiaolin rarely has to write articles, so she invites her to get a manicure.
Wen Zhixia couldn't bear to refuse her, so she canceled the hike and planned to reschedule.
The manicure is on the top floor of a high-end shopping mall. It is usually done by wealthy ladies and a set costs thousands of yuan.
"Reporter Fan went to Big News, didn't he?" Wen Zhixia watched her pick out crystal and diamond-studded items. "You're making something so expensive, isn't it uncomfortable for you to type?"
Fan Xiaolin picked a peach pink heart and asked, "Which one do you think looks better, this pink or that pink?"
One is macaron pink and the other is cherry blossom pink. The key point is that Fan Xiaolin is a tall girl of 1.8 meters and has always been an elite Hong Kong girl. Why is she suddenly so girly?
"Isn't it too strange for you to use this sun-drying?" Wen Zhixia questioned.
"Miss, the one you picked is too pink," the clerk also suggested conscientiously, "Why don't you try gray-purple or lotus root purple, which are more suitable for a frigid feeling."
Fan Xiaolin immediately shook her head, "I don't want to be frigid, I just want a girly heart, oh don't stop me!"
Seeing her like this, Wen Zhixia asked half-jokingly, "Are you in love?"
"No," Fan Xiaolin hit her, "I'm not in a relationship."
"You met Crush?" Wen Zhixia still didn't believe it and continued to ask, "Who did you like?"
Fan Xiaolin asked tentatively, "Bao, what do you think of men who drive big trucks?"
Driving?
Wen Zhixia imagined that they were basically big and strong, with low quality, and spoke very harshly.
She asked cryptically, "It's hard to say, do you have any photos?"
"Have."
Fan Xiaolin took out his cell phone, flipped through it, and handed it to Wen Zhixia.
"I helped my colleague move house a few days ago," she explained. "The driver was very quiet and very strong. He lifted the TV with one hand. When he smiled, he had little canine teeth. You know, that contrast is so cute?"
Wen Zhixia looked at the photo. It showed the tall and thin silhouette of a man wearing a black baseball cap. Judging from his back, he looked to be in his twenties, with wheat-colored skin and a thin layer of muscle on his arms, evidently the result of years of physical labor.
"I heard there were all kinds of people driving the car, including someone who had just been released from prison." She said with some concern, "Have you guys talked?"
"We haven't discussed it much yet," Fan Xiaolin said. "Shouldn't I review this for you first?"
Wen Zhixia knew that she had a very poor eye for people, and even misjudged Fu Ruoshi.
"Forget it, find someone else to help you," Wen Zhixia said, "I'm not good at judging people."
Not long after, a beautiful woman with big wavy hair wearing a hat and sunglasses came in.
"Hello, Sister Kelly." Several shop assistants bowed to her.
As Xu Hui entered the store, she saw Wen Zhixia sitting on the sofa.
Her heart skipped a beat and she almost sprained her ankle.
However, Wen Zhixia was concentrating on watching Fan Xiaolin doing her manicure and didn't see her at all.
Then she heard Wen Zhixia say, "By the way, baby, I joined an outdoor group. I want to go hiking in Jinjiaolubei next week. Do you want to come?"
Xu's Real Estate is involved in the tourism industry, and Xu Hui knows that Lubei is a place with a notoriously dangerous terrain and it is easy to get lost.
In the past two years, several hikers disappeared there, with no trace of either the dead or the alive. The local authorities blocked the news for fear of causing social panic.
In other words, if someone is killed in that place, they will disappear silently and will never be found again.
Xu Hui seemed to have thought of something, and a malicious smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.