Chapter 49: Meng Er's Disappearance (Part 2)

  The vibration of Mei'er's mobile phone broke the silence in the room. She quickly checked her messages.

  Canghai Big Brother: Meng'er is not with me, go back home and ask her. But Meng'er didn't go back, what's going on?

  Mei'er: She went for a morning run and hasn't come back yet.

  Canghai big brother: Send me your phone number!

  They saw Mei'er's hand holding the phone tremble slightly, and then she typed a string of numbers on the keyboard. After that, her phone started vibrating. Her face was tense, but she spoke in a calm tone: "She went for a morning run and didn't come back. We've been to all the places she usually goes to, and we've made an announcement, but she's nowhere to be found! A classmate said they saw her going to the Yiwang Entertainment Center this morning, but Meng'er didn't bring her phone!"

  Then, Mei'er responded with a couple of "uh-huhs" and hung up!

  "What's wrong? What did Canghai Jun say?" Yan'er asked anxiously after seeing her hang up the phone.

  He said he would go directly to Huang's place to find someone and then come back.

  "Why don't we go get something to eat?" Qin Su suggested, looking at the few of them waiting listlessly for news. "Nothing's going to happen, don't worry!"

  They responded, but no one moved. Qin Su saw the situation and opened the door to go out. Ten minutes later, he came back with a big bag of takeout. "Eat something whether you have an appetite or not! Zi Qi, and all of you!"

  They didn't want to disappoint Qin Su's kind intentions, so they moved over. Just as Mei'er was about to start eating, the phone rang. After pressing the hands-free button, Cang Haijun's voice came from the other end.

  "Mei'er, I'm now at the south gate of your school. Come out and we'll go to the school's security office together!" Changhai Jun's voice came from the other end of the line, calm and powerful.

  "Alright!" Mei'er hung up the phone and gave a glance at Zi Qi and Yan'er, then walked out while they quickly followed.

  But someone spoke up timidly: "I still have class, I'll leave first! Sorry, can't go together!"

  They turned around, and Sheng said: "You're welcome!" Then they walked away without looking back.

  The broadcasting station was left with only Zou Bing and Qin Su. Seeing her standing there stiffly for a long time, Qin Su spoke up: "Hey, classmate, didn't you say you had to go to class?"

  "Oh, yeah!" she said, and walked away with a heavy heel.

  Qin Su wiped his forehead with his hand, hoping that he had just seen things. How could such a gentle girl have such an ugly expression on her face?

  Mei'er took Canghai Jun and led them to the police station. As soon as they arrived, Canghai Jun said a few words to the people inside, and then they were allowed in.

  Inside is a monitoring room, where the monitor displays various important intersections and teaching buildings of the school, including the North Gate where Meng Er left. A person in school uniform was seen sitting in front of a computer, opening a file and scrolling to the time when Meng Er went for her morning run today. Indeed, Meng Er was seen leaving from the North Gate, chatting with the campus police at the gate for a few sentences. Meng Er's face looked calm, as if nothing had happened.

  "She's telling the truth, she really is following Meng Er!" Yan Er exclaimed. Because on the screen, Zou Bing was indeed following behind Meng Er, but the location of the bus stop was not within the surveillance range.

  "Who is she?" asked Jing Tianyou, who had been standing silently beside him all along.

  "Meng Er's junior high school classmate, but I think she looks suspicious!" Mei Er replied with a frown.

  "What did you say?" asked Cang Hai Jun.

  "She said Meng'er had something urgent to attend to at the Imperial Palace, and you couldn't find Meng'er at the Imperial Palace. She was the last person to see Meng'er! Then why did she go out? How could it be such a coincidence that she ran into Meng'er?! And just now, when we were about to come looking for you, she said she had class and left early! If she really cared about Meng'er, skipping class would be nothing!" Mei'er analyzed.

  "Which department and class are you in? What courses are you taking?" asked Jing Tianyou.

  "It's performance class! Which class, what course is unclear!" Zi Qi replied, ignoring the intense gaze behind her.

  "Look!" said Yan Er, pointing at the monitor on Zi Qi's right side. "Isn't that person Zou Bing? Where is she going? Didn't she say she was going to class?"

  Canghai Jun exchanged a glance with Qingtian Yu, and Han Ye, who had been silent beside them, suddenly shouted: "The little princess must have been taken away by her..."

  Everyone ignored him and walked past him out of the police station...

  Unaware of his own daze on the ground, a voice suddenly echoed in this empty room, "Hmph! Canghai Meng, you will have today!" Even in the darkness, Meng's eyes opened reflexively.

  "Bingbing, is that you?" Meng'er had just woken up from a daze and her voice wasn't very clear. So she asked tentatively.

  "Icy? Stop calling me that, it's disgusting!" She recognized the voice as Zou Bing's, but it was no longer warm and gentle as before, instead filled with hatred and distortion.

  "Zou Bing, why did you bring me here?" Meng Er didn't bother to be polite with her anymore. To be honest, she hadn't had a very deep impression of this person from the start. At that time, when Zou Bing greeted her enthusiastically, Meng Er's mind hadn't immediately reflected on their relationship. She thought to herself, if she could pretend to be familiar, then she would just pretend to be familiar. But now that everyone had torn off their masks, there was no need to continue pretending anymore.

  "Do you want to know?" She patted Meng Er's face and continued whispering, "Don't worry, I'll tell you one thing at a time!"

  Meng'er heard the sound of a chair being dragged, and then high heels left her in front. A voice came from above her, she guessed that Zou Bing was sitting there.

  "Don't you remember why I transferred schools in junior high? Because of you, all because of you! You're so selfish and only think of yourself. When I finally worked up the courage to write a love letter to our classmate, how did you treat me? You actually made it public. When I was left alone to face the strange looks from my classmates, you just left me standing there."

  Meng'er knew that Zou Bing couldn't see her innocent and confused eyes now, because she couldn't even remember who Zou Bing was. She only knew that at that time, in a key private junior high school, studying was still the top priority, even if there were secret crushes, they could only be hidden. And she said Meng'er had made it public, which belonged to adolescence, and the sensitive girl's heart must have been greatly hurt, no wonder she wanted to transfer schools!

  Meng'er listened to the girl's frantic accusations, looking somewhat innocent. How could she be so selfish and only think of herself? Was it just because she was tied up here that her mentality had become so twisted? Besides, she wasn't even the one who did this thing! But no matter how much she said, no one would believe her!

  Meng'er could only helplessly lower her head, thinking that Zou Bing was going to do what? Meng'er, oh Meng'er, how did you manage to offend such a big shot?

  "Meng's words were interrupted by a man's voice."

  "Ying Er, everything is ready..."

  The voice was somewhat familiar, and Meng'er racked her brains to think. But before she could come up with anything, Zou Bing had already walked out of the room in high heels, accompanied by the heavy footsteps of that man.