Xu Dahai could not get through to Guo Xiangyang, so he dialed Jiang Qixin’s number.
“Boss, has Yangzi contacted you?”
“No. What’s up?”
“I can’t get a hold of him at all.”
“Didn’t you tell me the spaceship was destroyed? Wasn’t he on the spaceship?”
“He’ll be fine,” Xu Dahai said.
“But that’s not what you told me back then.”
“I was dizzy and didn’t know how to explain it to you. I was also scared stiff back then.”
“So you mean Yangzi is okay?”
“The situation we encountered in outer space was far more dangerous than this, and he still led us to escape,” Xu Dahai said.
“I understand. Nobody should talk about this.” Jiang Qixin instructed and hung up.
When Liu Hai was making those moves, he already sensed that Guo Xiangyang would be alright. Xu Dahai’s call further confirmed his guess. However, he couldn’t speak about this situation. It was he who had gone to the boss to report the spaceship’s destruction and the loss of all lives. If he were to say now that Guo Xiangyang was alive, wouldn’t he be asking for trouble? Moreover, with Guo Xiangyang’s whereabouts unknown and no body found, even if he spoke out, people might not believe him. Now, there was only one way: to wait patiently for Guo Xiangyang’s reappearance.
Pi Xiaoqian, unaware of Guo Xiangyang’s predicament, drove directly to the provincial city’s artificial lake villa as arranged.
“Yangzi said he had an urgent mission and left directly. He asked me to come back and tell you all.” Pi Xiaoqian said upon seeing Li Minxi.
“We agreed you wouldn’t take any more missions. Why doesn’t he ever listen? Does he still care about this family or not?” Li Minxi cursed angrily.
“Yangzi is also in a special situation. We originally agreed to rest for a day at home before going to the Myanmar store. I didn’t expect him to take on an urgent mission.”
“Can’t you try to stop him?”
“I heard General Jiang’s voice on the phone. You know, General Jiang’s assignments are all top-secret missions. Forget trying to stop him, he didn’t even tell me any details. He just gave the instructions and left.”
“Then why did you come here?” Li Minxi asked, huffing.
“He asked you, your mother, and your aunt and uncle to move to the King’s Villa together. He said that when your parents arrive, they should go directly to the King’s Villa, and try to avoid meeting people here, so as not to make your parents think too much.”
“If he’s afraid, why does he do those illicit things? Did he say anything else?”
“He didn’t say anything else.”
“There are still more than ten days until our little girl’s full moon. We’ll go then. I’m used to living here anyway.”
“Okay, I’ve delivered Yangzi’s message anyway. If you need any help later, just call me directly. If there are no special circumstances, I’ll be staying at Manager Wu’s shop.”
“Didn’t you say you were going to the Myanmar store to purchase raw stones? Yesterday, I heard Xiao Yun say that the warehouse is full of raw stones again?”
“That’s impossible, right? Yangzi clearly told me he was going to the Myanmar store. Who brought them then?”
“You’re asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? It’s not like they fell from the sky,” Li Minxi said, rolling her eyes.
“Why don’t you go check the western warehouse?”
“Is Xiao Yun in the west?”
“I’m not quite sure. Can’t you call her?”
“I’ll ask about the situation later. If there are enough raw stones, we should try to sell them at the original price. We can still get a good dividend at the end of the year.”
“Yangzi still doesn’t know when he’ll be back. You should pace yourself. If these are all sold, there won’t be any more to buy.”
“Okay, as Yangzi said, we’ll try to increase the selling price as much as possible.” Pi Xiaoqian said and was about to go west.
“You’d better contact Xiao Yun in advance,” Li Minxi said. “There are quite a few new people in the west now. They might not recognize you, so there could be misunderstandings.”
“There are new people again?”
“Quite a few, all brought in by Lü Liang. I heard that four of them are personal guards of higher-ranking officials.”
“Then I’d better call Xiao Yun. It wouldn’t be good to cause any misunderstandings.” Pi Xiaoqian said as he went downstairs, dialing Xiao Yun’s number.
However, a voice on the phone indicated that the call could not be connected for the time being.