Chapter Seventy-Nine: Searching

  After Xiao Yu and the others sat down, the car started slowly and headed towards Beijing. From the ancient city to Beijing, it's only a two-hour drive, so the car wasn't going too fast, running at around 100 km/h on the highway.

  Everyone in the car hadn't eaten, Song Hu Shan took out some fast food from a bag under his seat. Zhou Ruo Ying and Song Hua Ling didn't have an appetite to eat, nor could they swallow it down. Xiao Ye was already hungry due to expending energy drawing talismans, so he didn't stand on ceremony, picked up a piece of bread and started eating.

  The carriage slowly entered the capital, and Xiao Yu sat in the car without feeling any bumps or discomfort, and couldn't help but look at the driver in front of him with a hint of surprise.

  As if understanding Xiao Yu's thoughts, Song Hu Shan and Wan Hong Guang both showed a respectful expression in their eyes. That respect was not brought by status or power, but a kind of heartfelt admiration and reverence. They said slowly: "Zhi Guo joined the army at the age of 18 and entered the Tzangchou Automobile Regiment, running on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway for three years!"

  Xiao Yu had never been to Sichuan and Tibet, but there were many reports about the Sichuan-Tibet Highway online. The highway was known as the "Death Road" and "One-Line Sky", and every year, a number of soldiers lost their lives on its cliffs. So when Xiao Yu heard that the driver in front had been driving on this notorious road for three years, he couldn't help but look at him with a sense of respect. They were truly unsung heroes.

  The driver, Zhiguo, seemed to feel respected by the few powerful men, his hands tightly grasping the steering wheel, his eyes slightly red as he stared at the road ahead, driving with precision, as if they were not talking about him. Only the constantly moving Adam's apple revealed the turmoil in its owner's heart.

  Those who have not run the Sichuan-Tibet line do not know the hardships inside, online reports are less than one tenth. On this highway known as the "Road of Death", Wang Zhiguo has seen and experienced countless goodbyes over the past three years. A few days ago, a brother and comrade who slept in the same dormitory upper and lower bunks went out on a mission and never came back, not even leaving behind a corpse, only sending back several sets of military uniforms he used to wear and a letter written before going out on the mission to his hometown.

  The atmosphere in the car was solemn and slightly oppressive, but no one broke it, and in this atmosphere, everyone's soul seemed to be sublimated.

  The car drove into a high-end community in a stable and comfortable manner, where Wan Hongguang's home in Beijing was located, and this was also their first stop on this trip.

  Wan Hongguang's house is a compound structure residence, with five rooms and three halls, covering an area of over 200 square meters. In the land-scarce city of Beijing, this would be worth tens of millions, not something to be taken lightly.

  Xiao Yu entered the room, looked at all this, frowned and didn't continue to walk in. As a secretary of a prefecture-level city, Wan Hongguang's salary for working 100 years wouldn't be enough to buy half of this house! If Wan Hongguang was really a corrupt official, Xiao Yu would still save Wan Jiaoyi because she wasn't corrupt, but the relationship between Xiao and Wan family had already been broken.

  "Xiao Lao Di, come in quickly..." Feeling that Xiao Ye was standing still at the door, Wan Hong Guang turned his head and shouted.

  But seeing Xiao Ye frowning and standing at the door without entering, he was taken aback: "Xiao brother, what's wrong with you? Come in quickly!"

  Just as Zhou Ruoying, Song Hualing and Song Huishan, who were about to help Wan Jia into the bedroom to rest, heard Wan Hongguang's voice, they all looked towards the door. They saw Xiao Ye standing at the door without entering, frowning and expressionless, staring at Wan Hongguang's home. They were all stunned, what was going on? It was fine just now!

  "Xiao Yu, what's wrong? What happened?" Zhou Ruo Ying and Song Hua Ling helped Wan Jia Yi sit down on the sofa, while Zhou Ruo Ying looked at Xiao Yu with a puzzled expression, asking him as he stood by the door.

  Xiao Yu slowly walked into the house, he didn't want to make the same mistake as before with Lao Zhong, so he kept looking at Wan Hongguang and forced a stiff smile on his face: "Secretary Wan, this house isn't small! It must have cost less money!"

  "Haha, more than 200 square meters, at current market prices, it's just over 10 million!" Wan Hongguang saw Xiao Ye enter the house and thought he had noticed something wrong with the room earlier. It turned out that he was looking at the house, so he smiled and said casually.

  "Haha, I didn't know being a civil servant could be so lucrative. Maybe I'll change my career path too!" Xiao Yu sneered and said after seeing Wan Hongguang mention over 10 million yuan with such ease.

  This made Wan Hong Guang and the others feel that Xiao Yu's tone was off, especially Song Hu Shan and Zhou Ruo Ying. They had seen Xiao Yu being indifferent to over a billion before, so why would he say something like this now?

  After a slight pause, Wan Hongguang understood what was going on. After all, no official is not good at figuring out people, and figuring out people is also a basic skill that officials must have. So he said: "How much money can be earned as a civil servant!! This house was still invested by Hualing in the Tiger Mountain Company!"

  Wan Hongguang also didn't explicitly state the meaning of Xiao Yu's words, to avoid making both of them feel awkward. He only gave a sidelong answer and took the opportunity to clearly introduce his own house situation.

  "Oh..." Xiao Yu stared at Wan Hong Guang, seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, nodded and his expression gradually eased up.

  Xiao Yu didn't say a word, but instead opened his Yin Yang Life and Death Eyes, slowly walking upstairs and searching every room, without finding anything.

  Xiao Ye came down from the second floor and circled around the first floor, not even sparing the kitchen balcony, but there was hardly any yin energy to be seen anywhere, let alone a person's soul.

  "Xiao Lao Di, how is it?" Seeing Xiao Ye turning the house upside down and returning to the living room, Song Hu Shan asked anxiously.

  "There's nothing!" Xiao Yu slowly shook his head and said.

  "The rest of the places have been searched at night, and now she may not be hiding anywhere!" Xiao Ye said after thinking for a moment.

  "Alright, let's take a break then! We still have to go out tonight." Wan Hongguang said with a disappointed and disheartened face to Xiao Ye and Song Hushan after hearing that they didn't find anything.

  "Uh-huh," Xiao Yu nodded and continued, "Tonight, Big Brother Song and Big Brother Wan don't have to go looking anymore. Let's get a few more girls to help us search together!"

  Men belong to yang, born with abundant energy and blood, especially the excellent is the vital soul. This vital soul is very sensitive, for things with strong yang energy or abundant energy and blood, as soon as it senses them, it will flee far away.

  Xiao Yu paused for a moment before continuing: "Go find some of Jia Yi's usual clothes, we'll need them tonight!"

  It is said that Xiao Yu wants to use Wan Jia Yi's clothes, Song Hua Ling and Zhou Ruo Ying, then supported Wan Jia Ling to walk towards the room, not long after Song Hua Ling hugged two stacks of Wan Jia Yi's clothes and came down from the building.

  In the evening, a knock at the door came, 'It should be the female soldiers who came to find themselves' Song Hualing thought and got up to open the door.

  The door opened and three people stood outside, tall and slender. Seeing that the one who opened the door was Song Hualing, they saluted with a "crack" sound: "Chief, good!"

  Song Hualing stepped aside and let them enter the house.

  "Xiao Lao Di, they've all arrived. Is there anything else you'd like to say?" Wan Hong Guang said after the three entered the room.

  "When the time comes, each of you will take one of Jia Yi's clothes and go to the place where she would most likely go or want to go. Then, listen to my instructions." Xiao Yu looked at several women and said seriously.

  "Yes, Commander!" The three female soldiers suddenly stood up again and saluted.

  The sky had completely darkened, and Xiao Yu took Wan Jia-yi's clothes one by one to give to the three female soldiers, Zhou Ruo-ying and Song Hua-ling.

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  "When you arrive at the place, take Jia-yi's clothes and shout loudly for her to come back! Before leaving, Xiao Yu instructed them carefully on what to do when they arrived at Jia-yi's favorite spot."

  Xiao Yu and several women quickly went out, their figures were all over the playground, cinema, park and other places, but in the end, they still didn't find any trace of Wan Jia-yi's soul.

  "Sister Song, where else could Jia Yi have gone?" After searching until after 11pm, still with no results, Xiao Yu shook his head and asked.

  "No, I've been to all the places in my memory!" Song Hua Ling thought carefully for half a day and still couldn't think of any other places she hadn't been to.