The sky began to dim!
A fiery red Ferrari drove into the upscale residential area and then parked in a public parking spot a hundred meters away from the villa.
Han Feifei got out of the car stealthily. Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she crept into the villa.
No one was in the villa living room. She tiptoed, preparing to go upstairs.
“Where did you go today?” a voice suddenly rang out.
Han Feifei stopped in her tracks, turned around, and looked somewhat awkwardly at the middle-aged beauty interrogating her from a short distance. She dryly called out, “Auntie!”
The middle-aged beauty, addressed as Auntie, rolled her eyes at her and said helplessly, “Feifei, don’t forget, you’re a public figure now. Don’t just run around outside all day! If you’re recognized by someone, your reputation will be…”
Han Feifei pouted, no longer in a hurry to go upstairs. She returned to the living room and sat on the sofa as if sulking.
“But I’m a person too! I’m like a caged songbird all day, with no freedom at all!”
“What more freedom do you want? Who in China doesn’t know you now? If you go out without wearing sunglasses and disguising yourself, do you think you can even leave this neighborhood?”
Auntie sighed and looked at her, “You’re a popular star now. Every move you make is watched by people. I’m not letting you go out for your own good!”
“And don’t forget your mission!”
“I know!” Han Feifei mumbled reluctantly.
She loved singing and dancing on stage. When she first became famous overnight, she indeed enjoyed the feeling of being in the spotlight.
But as her fame grew, she gradually lost her freedom. After all, as a popular singer, especially the hottest female star in China today, her words and actions were scrutinized by countless people.
So she began to dislike this feeling, and recently she had sneaked out many times.
Suddenly remembering something, Han Feifei revealed a smile, “Did Auntie just say that no one in China doesn’t know me?”
Auntie nodded matter-of-factly, “Your current popularity is such that, except for children and the elderly who don’t follow entertainment, you are indeed known to everyone!”
Han Feifei stood up excitedly and smiled, “You’re wrong. Today I met an interesting person who actually didn’t recognize me.”
Not only did that person not recognize me, but they also mistook me for a thief. Han Feifei found this incredibly amusing!
As Auntie had said, her fame was immense now. Even those who didn’t listen to her songs should have heard her name. Yet, that person seemed genuinely unaware of her.
Auntie didn’t pay much attention and then said, “Right, Young Master Yuwen came today!”
Han Feifei’s previously happy expression immediately soured. She frowned, “Why is he here again? Auntie, I really have no interest in Yuwen Hao!”
“Yuwen Hao is, after all, the young master of the Yuwen family and the boss of Huayu Company. We have a contract with him and are essentially living under his influence. Even if you don’t like him, you can’t offend him!” Auntie said.
“Then let’s just terminate the contract. There are over a dozen record companies in China. Even if we don’t cooperate with him, many companies will be eager to collaborate with us!” Han Feifei said.
Auntie shook her head and analyzed, “While that may be true, if we terminate the contract, we’ll have to pay a significant amount in breach of contract fees. More importantly, Huayu Company surpasses other companies in both strength and backing. Maintaining cooperation with Huayu Company is the most sensible choice!”
Han Feifei said helplessly, “Alright then, let’s not terminate it for now. It’s just that this person keeps pestering me, which is quite annoying!”
She hated it most when these scoundrels tried to curry favor with her. Especially since Yuwen Hao had a bad reputation, and it was often heard that he had scandals with female celebrities under his company.
Auntie comforted her a few words, telling her to consider the bigger picture, and then said, “Oh, right, the day after tomorrow there’s a dance party you’re specifically invited to. I’ve already accepted it for you!”
Han Feifei pouted. She was completely uninterested in these dances and events, but she still had to listen to her aunt, her agent, on these matters.
…
In the evening, Ye Cangtian and Tang Xinwan were by the lake near the hotel, enjoying the breeze.
She had been out running errands all day, but mostly met with closed doors. Even when she managed to visit someone, Tang Xinwan couldn’t find any clues about her parents.
The Tang family used to have extensive connections in Kyoto. The old man had befriended many old acquaintances, but perhaps as the saying goes, ‘people leave and the tea cools down.’ Those so-called old acquaintances had gradually drifted away.
Tang Xinwan was in a bad mood. After dinner, she didn’t stay at the hotel and instead came out with Ye Cangtian to clear her head.
“You shouldn’t be too anxious, after all, it’s been several years. If it were that easy to find clues, the old man wouldn’t have returned empty-handed back then!” Ye Cangtian comforted her.
When the old man was searching for the whereabouts of his son and daughter-in-law, he had also investigated in Kyoto. He had clearly found some things, but encountered resistance in the process, and even later was poisoned.
In fact, Ye Cangtian was quite curious about this matter, and it was his future father-in-law and mother-in-law who had disappeared. So, if there were any clues, he wouldn’t stand by and do nothing.
However, he was unfamiliar with Kyoto and didn’t know where to start his investigation, so he could only let Tang Xinwan try her luck with the Tang family’s old acquaintances.
Tang Xinwan blew in the wind and nodded slightly. She also knew that it was difficult to find out about her parents’ affairs from several years ago.
She said softly, “Let’s go, we should head back first!”
She hadn’t paid attention to company matters since coming out these past two days, so she had to return to the hotel to remotely handle them on her computer.
When the two reached the hotel entrance, Ye Cangtian patted the cigarette pack in his pocket and asked her to go back to the room first, saying he would buy a pack of cigarettes nearby before returning.
After all, this five-star hotel was too high-end; there wasn’t even a place to sell cigarettes.
So Ye Cangtian had to go to a convenience store a few hundred meters away to buy cigarettes.
A few minutes later, he returned after buying the cigarettes. As he walked along the path by the lake, he had just opened the cigarette pack when he suddenly looked up.
Several figures were rapidly approaching him from ahead.
“Hmm?”
Ye Cangtian, with a cigarette in his mouth yet to be lit, couldn’t help but frown slightly. The several figures moving at high speed were not ordinary people!
However, he was quite sure that these people were not targeting him, because the first two seemed to be fleeing for their lives, while the latter figures were in pursuit.
He hadn’t expected Kyoto to be such a place where dragons hid and tigers crouched!
To encounter several skilled experts on his second day here, Ye Cangtian was slightly surprised.
“Get out of the way, don’t block the road!”
The two figures rushing from ahead, upon seeing Ye Cangtian standing in the middle of the road, one of them couldn’t help but shout angrily.
The other person directly extended a hand and swung a palm at him.
This palm strike was delivered with full force. If an ordinary person had been blocking the way, they would have been either killed or seriously injured by this palm strike.
Ye Cangtian was immediately enraged. He retaliated with a punch.
That person had not expected this passerby to dare fight back, but he didn’t think much of it. A ferocious look appeared on his face, and he did not retract his palm strike.
“Bang!”
At this moment, the man’s expression changed slightly, and then he was sent flying backward, crashing into the guardrail by the lake, immediately spitting out a mouthful of blood.