Chapter 431: secret door
Chapter 431 Secret Door
Xia Ling's heart skipped a beat and she hurriedly walked out: "Call me."
On the phone, it was Chu Chen's voice: "Miss Ye, do you know where the boss is now? I have something very important to find him, but I can't contact him. I've searched the office and all possible places. No one was there. I asked many people but they didn’t know where the boss was. ”
Xia Ling frowned. In fact, she didn't know where he was. She hadn't seen him since he turned around and left the bedroom last night. Worried that something might happen to him, Xia Ling said to Chu Chen, "Don't hang up the phone."
Hurrying to another phone, he dialed Pei Ziheng's mobile phone - there was an exclusive number between them, and he said that it would be open for her at all times.
The bell rang, it was "Perfectdream", the song Xia Ling composed for him back then.
However, after ringing for a long time, no one answered. Xia Ling panicked. Such a situation had never happened before. Although she hated him in her heart, after spending more than ten years together day and night, when something happened to him, she couldn't control herself from worrying about him. What happened to Pei Ziheng? Did something happen?
He quickly called Zhou’s mother and asked her if she knew where Pei Ziheng had gone.
But Zhou’s mother didn’t know either. She also said that she had searched the house and found no one.
For a moment, Xia Ling was confused and rushed to Chu Chen's phone: "I can't find him!"
"Don't worry," Chu Chen said calmly, "Think about where else he will go?"
"I don't know..." Xia Ling said confused and a little panicked, eagerly recalling the places he usually likes to go to. "There is a Bamboo Forest Villa on the outskirts of the city, a Funing Club in the north of the city, Moonlight Beach, Hongde Club, etc. No. Dojo..." She reported many place names one after another.
Unexpectedly, Chu Chen said that she had searched them all, and even found Pei Ziheng in a few places she didn't know about.
This person seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.
Xia Ling became even more panicked and asked Chu Chen in confusion, "What should I do?"
“The boss’s mobile phone should have GPS tracking, but I don’t have permission, and I can’t do this without the boss’s permission. I wonder if you can track it here?”
"How can I track it? I don't even have a mobile phone! He didn't tell me the password!" She was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. "How about calling the police? The police will definitely find a way to find him!"
"Don't." Chu Chen stopped her, "You don't know how much of a shock this incident will cause. It will cause an uproar in the entire entertainment industry, no, the entire business world."
“So what? I just want him to be safe!”
"Miss Ye, the emperor is the lifeblood of the boss! It took him so many years to finally control everything. There are still many people in the Pei family lurking and watching! We must not give our opponents an opportunity just because we lose contact for a while. Ye Miss, the top priority is to find the boss as soon as possible!"
Xia Ling no longer insists on going to the police. Chu Chen was right. The emperor was Pei Ziheng's lifeblood and had been the focus of his life's efforts. Even if he had to choose between her and the emperor, he would probably choose the emperor without hesitation. How could Xia Ling go to the police to expose the disappearance and cause trouble for him under such circumstances?
“Okay, let’s not call the police for now.” She said, “Think about what else you can do.”
“If it really doesn’t work, we can only use GPS positioning,” Chu Chen said. “If we wait another day, if we still can’t contact you, I’ll have someone crack the password.”
Xia Ling was angry: "Why do you have to wait another day?"
Chu Chen smiled bitterly: "You know, I don't have the authority. If it weren't for a major and extremely critical incident, and I cracked his password without authorization... Miss Ye, the boss would be furious." "I don't care, you go now!" Xia Ling yelled at him, "I'll take care of anything! Go quickly!"
He hesitated: "But..."
"Are you afraid that I won't be able to bear it?" She said quickly as her rationality came back to her mind a little, "You saw how good he was to me, no less than Xia Ling back then. Are you surprised? Back then he and Xia Ling I know what happened to Ling, and I know you know it too. Do you think Pei Ziheng would blame you if Xia Ling were here to ask you to crack the code?"
“Yes, I understand.” Chu Chen said.
She took a breath and hung up the phone. His back slid down against the wall and he sat limply on the ground. Pei Ziheng, where have you been? Why don't you answer the phone?
She was very anxious and asked Zhou's mother to bring another phone. She kept calling his number, but it still rang and no one answered. She repeated it mechanically and kept typing...
The whole night passed and dawn came.
Chu Chen’s call came in: “Ms. Ye, the password has been cracked, and the GPS shows that the boss’s mobile phone is at home.”
“Impossible, I’m at home right now. I’ve been on the phone all night and haven’t heard the phone ring.” Xia Ling’s voice was hoarse after staying up all night.
Chu Chen said: "The positioning is correct. Please look for it again."
She stood up unsteadily, walking unsteadily, and searched from room to room, but still found nothing.
Pei Ziheng, where are you?
Chu Chen’s call came in again: “Have you searched every room? Think about it again, is there anything you missed?”
How could there be any omissions? ! This is a house that she designed and supervised. Why... wait, she remembered that when she went to the study room before, she found that the position of a bookcase was wrong. It was not as she originally designed it.
I didn’t have time to say anything to Chu Chen, so I put down the phone and ran towards the study like the wind.
In the study room, the bookcase was indeed in the wrong position. It was bulky behind the high-backed chair. Xia Ling pushed it hard. The bookcase was very heavy and could not be pushed. She glanced back and forth around the area, and suddenly she saw a small raised decorative sculpture. Somehow, her hand pressed on the sculpture.
The bookcase slowly moved away, revealing a secret door.
She didn’t understand why Pei Ziheng added a secret door in this place? The security measures in his study are very complete, and all confidential documents about the emperor will never be stolen. Doesn't he trust her plan? Or is there something more important to protect?
She was puzzled and pushed open the secret door.
Behind the secret door is a deep, narrow, spiraling downward staircase. The air is dry and clean, exuding the faint fragrance of withered petals. There are a few lights on the walls on both sides of the stairs. The light is a quiet and soft warm yellow, just like the old world that has passed away in memories.
Xia Ling held on to the wall and protected her lower abdomen with her other hand, carefully going down. She didn't know what would be at the end, she just hoped that no matter what it was, there would be Pei Ziheng waiting for her there. Once, she wanted to escape from him so much, but when he disappeared, it turned out that she was so worried.
Finally, it’s the end.
(End of this chapter)