From Runaway Bride to Global Queen
Chapter 220: Yan Xiyu Goes Missing

Chapter 220: Chapter 220: Yan Xiyu Goes Missing

Yan Xiyu had been missing for three days, and Lu Yanchuan had tried to contact him in various ways over those days, but it was as if the man had evaporated from the face of the earth, leaving no trace to be found.

Lu Yanchuan suspected that Yan Xiyu had encountered some danger and notified all of LQ’s members remaining in Capital City to trace Yan Xiyu’s last known whereabouts, but the information they gathered was disappointing.

Yan Xiyu had indeed disappeared. Three days earlier, Yan Xiyu had left his residence late at night, driven alone to East Mountain, and had not been seen since.

"Why did he go to East Mountain? Didn’t he contact anyone before he left?"

Although Yan Xiyu’s mobile phone could also be tracked for this information, his mobile was protected by a firewall he had designed himself, which was linked to his computer’s firewall. Even for Lu Yanchuan, breaking through it would be a considerable effort.

The group of subordinates all shook their heads. If Yan Xiyu had told them where he was heading, they wouldn’t be aimlessly turning in circles like headless flies!

With no clues, no concrete information, and even failing to find Yan Xiyu’s whereabouts through hacking into the Heavenly Eye surveillance system, they were at a loss.

Misfortunes never come singly!

Accompanying the news of Yan Xiyu’s disappearance was another piece of bad news. LQ’s branch in Western Europe had been attacked, suffering heavy losses and forcing them to temporarily abandon the Western European market entirely.

"Could it be that President Yan was captured by Dirk Group’s people? And that’s why our branch in Western Europe was attacked?"

The person who voiced this speculation was quickly silenced by the others.

If anyone in LQ would never betray them, the only conceivable person was Yan Xiyu. LQ was not solely Lu Yanchuan’s empire but also the fruit of Yan Xiyu’s labor.

For him to betray his own company, how could that be possible!

Lu Yanchuan, too frustrated to bother with these brainless subordinates, went straight to Yan Xiyu’s house and found Yan Xiyu’s computer.

Lu Yanchuan didn’t know the computer’s startup password. After several failed attempts, he had no choice but to employ the most basic method and try to break through the firewall protecting Yan Xiyu’s computer.

Yanchuan’s mood had been poor for the past few days, and it was evident that something serious had happened. He had been staying in his study, looking at his computer, his demeanor growing ever more austere and stern.

Sensing the situation, Qiao Yi wisely did not pry and took over the new project Yanchuan had assigned to her, immersing herself into busy work.

On the fifth day of Yan Xiyu’s disappearance, Lu Yanchuan finally breached his computer and saw two photos and a document about plastic surgery on the screen as soon as he turned it on.

"An Wei is actually Leng Shanshan after plastic surgery?"

"Leng Shanshan? Who is that?"

Qiao Yi walked in with a glass of freshly squeezed juice and overheard Lu Yanchuan mentioning this unfamiliar woman’s name.

"Leng Shanshan was the lover of a friend of mine. However, his family forbade their relationship. When my friend planned to run away with her, Leng Shanshan accidentally fell off a cliff."

Against all odds, Leng Shanshan had returned alive from such a near-death experience, prompting Lu Yanchuan to exclaim at her extraordinary fate.

"Ah? Then, if Leng Shanshan was the lover of your friend, why did she get plastic surgery to become An Wei and join Dirk Group?"

Qiao Yi, not aware of LQ’s existence, assumed that Leng Shanshan had gone down the wrong path, mingling with foreign criminals. She looked at Leng Shanshan’s photo on the computer desktop with heartfelt distress, as if she was looking at some misguided young woman.

Lu Yanchuan ruefully ruffled Qiao Yi’s hair and then shut down the computer.

About the matters regarding LQ, Lu Yanchuan was still hesitating about how to talk to Qiao Yi.

Initially, his relationship with Qiao Yi was due to a business marriage, so he had not planned to disclose LQ to her.

Over time, Qiao Yi had unknowingly occupied his entire heart, and Lu Yanchuan had to admit he had indeed fallen. By then, he had already been planning how to confide in her about being the Handsome Imperial Doctor.

However, recent events had been exceptionally taxing, and with Dirk Group’s growing unrest, Lu Yanchuan was utterly vexed and had forgotten the matter.

Now reminded again, Lu Yanchuan looked at Qiao Yi pouting and holding her head, pulling her closer to him and began to speak.

"Yiyi, actually I..."

"Beep beep beep—"

Lu Yanchuan’s phone rang, interrupting his unspoken confession.

"Boss, we found him! We’ve located President Yan!"

They said they had found Yan Xiyu’s whereabouts, but in reality, Yan Xiyu had contacted LQ members on his own to inform them that he was fine and they needn’t continue searching for him.

After hearing this, Lu Yanchuan fell silent for quite some time.

"Send me the original message he sent... Never mind, bring over the device that received the message."

Qiao Yi listened quietly by his side, inferring a rough truth from their fragmented words.

It appeared that a friend of Lu Yanchuan had gone missing, and this friend’s lover was An Wei. Now, Lu Yanchuan’s subordinate had said that this friend had messaged to tell them that he was alright.

But looking at Lu Yanchuan’s expression, it was clear that things were not that simple.

Not long after Lu Yanchuan hung up, the door of the old house was knocked upon, and a man in his thirties appeared.

The man respectfully handed over a mobile phone. Lu Yanchuan switched it on, found the message from Yan Xiyu, read it several times, then suddenly connected the phone to the computer.

"Boss, what’s this...?"

The man was curious; hadn’t President Yan said he was okay? Why did the boss seem not at all happy and even looked more upset?

Lu Yanchuan completely ignored the man’s question, focusing solely on the computer.

His fingers flew across the keyboard, nearly leaving afterimages, and stopped only after about fifteen minutes, as he stared at the progress bar on the screen without a word.

As expected, Yan Xiyu had been caught by An Wei, and it was the foolish naivety of this lad that had led him straight into the trap!

Seeing Lu Yanchuan’s face change expressions, both Qiao Yi and the man who delivered the mobile phone were perplexed.

What exactly had happened? Why did Lu Yanchuan seem to fluctuate between tension and relief?

"You can go back now."

Lu Yanchuan returned the mobile phone to the man and sent him away. Qiao Yi, unable to resist her curiosity, stood behind Lu Yanchuan and peered at the computer screen.

"What on earth is going on? How is your friend doing?"

The computer screen was filled with codes that Qiao Yi didn’t understand. After staring for a long time, Lu Yanchuan eventually had to explain to her.

"An Wei is indeed the lover of my friend. He went with An Wei willingly, and now she has him locked up."

"Willingly? Yet he’s locked up? Surely An Wei won’t hurt him?"