"Marrying that woman, Zhan Yichen, you must be dreaming,"
If these words were spoken at another time, or by someone else, Zhan Yichen would not have been so sensitive. But coming from Wen Yulan, he felt something was amiss.
Grabbing Wen Yulan's arm, he asked anxiously, "What do you mean? Why do you say that?"
Wen Yulan coldly sneered and brushed his arm away. "What do I mean? Heh, I'll tell you, you'll never see her again, because she's already dead."
"You're lying, it's impossible!"
This time, not only Zhan Yichen was anxious, but Wei Yumeng was also trembling. Mu Linjing had been missing for a long time, and they hadn't found any clues. Hearing Wen Yulan say this, they naturally felt she knew something.
Moreover, she had always had a problem with Lin Jing. If she could arrange a staged death, she might be capable of other things.
But Wen Yulan refused to say anything this time. No matter how Zhan Yichen asked her, she remained silent, as if her purpose in speaking was only to make them worry.
The scene became chaotic for a moment. Old Master Zhan slammed the table in anger, ordering everyone to be quiet.
"Cen Yuan, take her away now. I never want to see her again!"
"Haha..."
Wen Yulan burst into mad laughter, as if she had won something. In her eyes, as long as Zhan Yichen could never marry Mu Linjing, she had won.
Because of her nonsensical prejudice, she wanted to torment an innocent person like this. Under the guise of acting for her son's good, she was only doing things that made herself happy. They say mother's love is selfless, but Zhan Yichen felt he could not bear such mother's love.
He watched as the servants dragged Wen Yulan away and she got into the car heading for the western suburbs, without any intention of stopping her.
Perhaps, this was her best ending.
After Wen Yulan was sent away, the house became quiet. Seeing Wei Yumeng sitting there, looking lost, Zhan Mohan knew she was worried that what Wen Yulan said was true.
He embraced her and gently comforted her, "Don't worry too much for now. I'll go bring Shi Yi back right away. Since she was involved in this matter, she should be one of the people who knows about it."
After hearing this analysis, Wei Yumeng's expression improved slightly. She urged him, "Then hurry up and go."
She was now very worried that Wen Yulan had really done something to Lin Jing, otherwise, after so long, they wouldn't have had any clues.
Feng Shiyi had indeed helped Wen Yulan in this matter, but she had no intention of sharing hardship with Wen Yulan. She arranged for Wen Yulan to stay in a small hotel, while she herself stayed in a star-rated hotel.
Therefore, Zhan Mohan was able to easily find her check-in information and went directly to the hotel.
Strangely, when he arrived at the hotel front desk and inquired, the receptionist informed him that Feng Shiyi had already checked out.
"When did she check out?"
The receptionist checked the time. "About ten minutes ago."
Zhan Mohan pondered. He had found Feng Shiyi's check-in information and it had only taken him about half an hour to drive to the hotel. Yet, Feng Shiyi had checked out ten minutes ago, indicating that she knew he would come looking for her and was aware of his movements.
This also made him feel uneasy. Feng Shiyi had never been this sharp before.
"Mr. Zhan, perhaps Miss Feng has been keeping track of our movements all along. She's in the shadows, and we are in the open. If she doesn't want us to know she's back, she naturally won't want to be found by us."
Fang Xun's words hit the nail on the head with Zhan Mohan's worries. When he sent Feng Shiyi abroad, he hadn't arranged for anyone to help her there, wanting her to learn to live by her own abilities.
However, the drawback of this was also obvious: if anything happened to her, they would have no way of knowing about it in China.
Indeed, she had returned to the country secretly and even helped Wen Yulan stage a fake death. If Zhan Yichen hadn't discovered it by following Wen Yulan, they wouldn't have known Feng Shiyi had returned.
In the final analysis, this was his responsibility for his poor arrangements. If Mu Linjing was harmed because of this, how would he face Wei Yumeng and Zhan Yichen in the future?
"Search all the hotels and see where she has any check-in records."
Since she was back, she had to have a place to stay. This time, Zhan Mohan was determined to find her.
But what surprised them happened again. They searched all the hotel check-in records but could not find Feng Shiyi's name among them.
"If Miss Feng knew someone was looking for her, it's not impossible that she used someone else's identity to check in. But if that's the case, then we're helpless."
Fang Xun was speaking the truth. Besides worrying about these things, Zhan Mohan's greatest feeling was the change in Feng Shiyi over this short period.
However, Fang Xun and Feng Shiyi were acquaintances. How could he not know Feng Shiyi's capabilities? So he felt that something was strange about this matter.
Seeing his hesitation, Zhan Mohan gestured for him to speak his mind.
"I feel that all these things, whether it's the staged death on the ship, or checking out in advance knowing we were coming, neither of them seems like something Miss Feng could have done with her own brain and courage."
What kind of capability did Feng Shiyi have? Although people change when they enter a new environment, this was also Zhan Mohan's original intention in sending Feng Shiyi abroad.
But this kind of change was too fast and too significant.
Zhan Mohan had understood his meaning. "Are you saying there's someone helping her behind the scenes?"
Fang Xun nodded. He always felt that if no one helped her, Feng Shiyi wouldn't have been able to accomplish these things herself.
Zhan Mohan immediately ordered someone to investigate what Feng Shiyi had been doing during the months she was abroad. Even if no one was watching her there, at least the school he sent her to had a responsibility to inform him of these things.
However, the result he received was that Feng Shiyi dropped out of school less than two weeks after arriving there. Moreover, during the two weeks she was at school, she often skipped classes and didn't return home at night. As for what she did after dropping out and whom she associated with, it was outside the school's scope of supervision, and they naturally couldn't provide any information.
Zhan Mohan hung up the phone with a livid expression. It was clear that Feng Shiyi had completely slipped out of his control now, and anything was possible.
Perhaps, Mu Linjing was truly in grave danger.
Zhan Mohan somewhat understood Mu Linjing's previous demands. Her silent return now was clearly not a good sign.
"Increase personnel to ensure the safety of Yu Meng and the child."