Mu Linjing arrived in the city where Zhan Yichen was. Zhan Yichen had been in the hospital for two days, and his condition had begun to improve.
Mu Linjing didn't even have time to find a place to stay before heading directly to the hospital where Zhan Yichen was.
Upon arriving at her destination, Mu Linjing finally managed to explain her identity to the police, which allowed her to go in and see Zhan Yichen.
When she saw Zhan Yichen's condition, tears couldn't help but stream down her face.
"Yichen, how could you do this to yourself?"
Zhan Yichen reached out and wiped away her tears. "Don't worry, I'm fine now, aren't I? I'll be better in a few days."
However, Mu Linjing didn't believe him at all and was even a little angry. "You were too reckless."
"I'm sorry, I've caused a lot of trouble for you and everyone else this time."
Mu Linjing quickly shook her head. "As long as you're okay."
Zhan Yichen took Mu Linjing's hand, and Mu Linjing clearly felt something being slipped into her palm.
Mu Linjing was slightly startled and looked at Zhan Yichen. Zhan Yichen shook his head, signaling her not to make a sound.
The two talked for a while longer, until the police entered the ward and asked her to leave. Only then did she reluctantly depart.
It wasn't until she was outside the hospital's perimeter that Mu Linjing dared to take out the note Zhan Yichen had given her.
She saw a phone number written on it, but there was no explanation as to whose number it was or what their relationship was.
Mu Linjing thought for a moment. She was the only one who had come here now, so she would probably have to investigate this matter herself.
However, she didn't forget to inform Wei Yumeng about the situation here.
"As expected, Yichen asked you to come for a reason." Wei Yumeng nodded. This was the same as what Chai Yanyu had previously thought.
Mu Linjing continued, "Yumeng, I suspect this phone number might be related to someone within the Zhan family. After thinking about it, no matter how I look at it, this couldn't have been done by an outsider. To know internal information about the Zhan Group, the most likely source would be someone from within the Zhan Group."
Wei Yumeng thought for a moment. Although this was just a guess, in the absence of any other clues, they could only try.
"Okay, I understand. I'll ask my elder brother to investigate the employee information of the Zhan Group. If we're lucky, we might actually find the corresponding person."
After hanging up the phone, Wei Yumeng rushed to the Zhan Group.
She knew it was like searching for a needle in a haystack, but no matter what, she had to try.
When Zhan Yang heard her reason for coming, he even gave Wei Yumeng access to the data room.
Wei Yumeng directly entered the phone number that Mu Linjing had given her into the database to see if there was any corresponding personnel.
But in the end, as expected, she couldn't find anyone using that number.
Just as Mu Linjing was about to give up, she was drawn to someone's file.
His name was Huo Ping, and his mobile number was only one digit different from the number Mu Linjing had given her.
Was this a coincidence? Or was this Huo Ping related to this matter? Furthermore, according to the database, he was one of the employees of the overseas branch, belonging to the finance department.
If the number was a coincidence, were all the subsequent details also coincidences?
Wei Yumeng thought for a moment, then recorded this person's information and sent it to Mu Linjing.
According to Mu Linjing's investigation, this Huo Ping was indeed an employee of the overseas branch and had been working at the company just a few days ago. However, he had not been seen for the past two days.
Mu Linjing, under the guise of Zhan Yichen's wife, entered the overseas branch. Perhaps because Zhan Yichen always mentioned her, the employees here were aware of Mu Linjing's existence.
"Do you know anything about that Huo Ping?" Mu Linjing asked a few employees who seemed reliable.
"He's been working here for a long time and has always been dedicated. It's just that a project he proposed earlier has not been approved for a long time."
"Indeed. President Zhan gave him a lot of face. Although he's in the finance department, President Zhan is willing to try any idea that is beneficial to the company, but the project just can't get approved."
This struck a chord with Mu Linjing. She remembered that the reason Zhan Yichen was accused of bribing officials was precisely because a certain project could not be pushed through.
Although she didn't know why Huo Ping was so persistent about this project, if he wanted the project to proceed smoothly.
And by using his position in the finance department, he could bribe that official in Zhan Yichen's name.
Suddenly, Mu Linjing felt that this matter might be easier than they had imagined.
However, whether things were like this or not, they would only know after finding Huo Ping himself.
After receiving the news, Wei Yumeng immediately informed Zhan Yangyi and Chai Yanyu of the investigation results.
However, both of them were not optimistic about this matter.
"If this Huo Ping has been missing from there for several days, that's enough time for him to escape anywhere." Zhan Yangyi frowned. "Even if we find out his whereabouts, we might not be able to find him."
Chai Yanyu also frowned, but he proposed another method. "Since we can't find him, perhaps we can use other methods to draw him out."
Hearing this, Wei Yumeng and Zhan Yangyi both turned to look at him.
"According to the information your sister just mentioned, there's a point that might be our breakthrough. You mentioned that you don't know why Huo Ping is so fixated on the project. Let's think about what would happen if the project were successful."
Zhan Yangyi thought for a moment. "Besides bringing benefits to the company, it would also change Huo Ping's position in the company, and even his salary and benefits would increase."
Chai Yanyu nodded. "This might be the key. His strong desire to improve his status and salary might be related to some personal matter. But his plan failed, forcing him to flee."
However, Wei Yumeng still had many things she couldn't understand. "If this matter is truly just Huo Ping's personal gain, then what about Mo Han? Why did he disappear?"
However, no one could answer this question.
Based on the current analysis, it seemed that all the events were completely unrelated to Zhan Mohan's disappearance.
Wei Yumeng also lowered her head. She knew that finding Zhan Mohan would not be easy.
Regardless of the outcome, they at least had a direction for this matter. Through the investigations of Zhan Group and Chai Group, they quickly found Huo Ping's home in the country.
Moreover, the records indicated that Huo Ping's father was critically ill and seemed to require a lot of medical expenses.
After discussion, Wei Yumeng and Chai Yanyu decided to go there in person. As long as Huo Ping's parents were there, he would eventually return home.