Chapter 1 The Work Day Begins

After breakfast, Jiang Cheng naturally started his workday.

According to the previous arrangement, today he was to visit a client, a woman still charming, who had specifically requested him to come to her home.

He couldn't refuse such kindness, and Jiang Cheng believed this was his original intention as a guardian angel.

"Going out?" Standing in front of the shelf where the medical records were stored, Lin Wan'er tilted her head to look at Jiang Cheng, holding a specially marked dark blue notebook in her hand.

"Yeah," Jiang Cheng responded. "Ms. Ma, you've met her."

"Didn't she get married again last month?" Lin Wan'er asked casually.

"I think...maybe."

"Don't go, come with me later." Lin Wan'er said, closing the notebook and putting it back.

Jiang Cheng turned his gaze back, looking at the woman with the slender figure. "That's not good, I already made an appointment." Even though he said that, Jiang Cheng still asked, "Is there something wrong on your end?"

"A big client, haven't contacted him in a long time, heard from others that something happened at his home." Lin Wan'er said regretfully, "I really miss him, I'm going to pay him a visit."

After hearing Lin Wan'er's words, Jiang Cheng vaguely had a bad feeling. "What's the client's name?"

Lin Wan'er raised her beautiful eyebrows. "Nan Huai Li."

The name sounded very familiar. Jiang Cheng frowned slightly, searching his mind, but strangely, he was sure he knew this person, but couldn't find a picture of him.

"He also has a daughter." Lin Wan'er said slowly, "Named Nan Jin."

Nan Jin...

Now it clicked!

Jiang Cheng immediately remembered the shy girl. He had gotten his bar commission from her last time, and now that money was in Fatty's pocket.

This girl seemed very outstanding in the eyes of outsiders, but only Jiang Cheng knew the bitterness she bore behind her excellence.

It was all forced upon her by her mother.

It was actually Nan Jin's father...

Not clear what emotions he was feeling, but after thinking about it, Jiang Cheng agreed to accompany Lin Wan'er to the Nan family to see what had happened.

After getting into the passenger seat of the sports car, Lin Wan'er suddenly winked at Jiang Cheng and smiled, "Actually, I could go alone."

"Just drive."

The Nan family could definitely be considered wealthy in Rong City. Their residence was located in Starlight Bay, which had the highest opening price in Rong City.

It was a villa district, where every inch of land was precious.

The security guard verified Lin Wan'er's identity with the residents before letting them in. Soon, the car stopped at a spacious mansion.

A man dressed like a butler came out, indicating that the master of the house was already waiting for them.

Seeing the butler's strange face, Jiang Cheng's eyes paused. He realized that this matter might not be so simple.

After walking along a Japanese-style path paved with pebbles, they entered the villa. The living room was well-lit, with huge floor-to-ceiling windows all around.

A woman was sitting on a luxurious leather sofa.

The woman was well-maintained, but her expression was extremely haggard, and she wasn't wearing makeup. Hearing the butler's reminder, she seemed to realize that someone had arrived.

"Madam Nan," Lin Wan'er nodded.

Seeing Lin Wan'er, whom she had met a few times before, Madam Nan's eyes lit up. "Miss Lin, please, please sit down."

The woman's attitude now was very different from before, so something must have happened to their family.

Not long after they sat down, Madam Nan's eyes turned red. "Miss Lin, I really have no other choice. Everyone says you have wide connections. Please, you must help me."

"Mr. Nan is also our friend. If we can help, I'd be happy to," Lin Wan'er accepted naturally.

"Please explain the situation first."

"Okay, okay." Madam Nan nodded gratefully. She pursed her lips, seemingly afraid of the situation she was about to describe. She raised her head, her eyes strange, and said, "Huai Li, he...he's missing."

Hearing the word "missing," the ominous premonition in Jiang Cheng's heart finally came true.

But what made him even more puzzled was that Lin Wan'er's expression was calm, without any surprise.

It seemed...she had already learned about this from other sources. The so-called visit was just a front, she knew all along that Nan Huai Li was missing.

"Kidnapped?" Lin Wan'er asked.

"We thought so at first, but after so long, we haven't received a call from the kidnappers."

"And Huai Li, he...he didn't disappear outside, he disappeared in his own office." Speaking of this, Madam Nan's expression became even stranger.

It seemed that even now, she hadn't figured out what had happened.

She wasn't even sure if her husband was still alive.

"Don't be nervous." Jiang Cheng comforted her in as calm a tone as possible. "Tell us slowly, and be specific."

Picking up the water glass from the marble table, Madam Nan took a sip, and her agitated emotions calmed down a little. "It was three nights ago, around...around 8 o'clock. Huai Li sent a message saying he wouldn't be coming home that night. He recently landed a new project, and the work schedule was very busy."

"I knew he was probably going to work all night again, so I told him to take care of his health and rest when he was done. He's not a young man anymore."

"Huai Li is always like that when he works, I'm used to it, but I didn't expect..." Seeming to recall something, Madam Nan's tears instantly flowed out.

"But I didn't expect that the next morning around 10 o'clock, his secretary called me and said that Huai Li was gone, they couldn't find him anywhere."

"But his phone, the newly negotiated project contract, and his coat, everything was in the office, only the person was gone."

Madam Nan's emotions immediately became agitated, her voice hoarse. "How is that possible? Huai Li is so busy with work, he always has his phone with him, afraid of missing a call. How could he...how could he leave without a word?"

"What time did you discover he was missing?" Lin Wan'er asked, "The exact time."

"9 o'clock, Huai Li had to hold a morning meeting for the heads of various departments in the company at 9 o'clock." As soon as she said that, Madam Nan denied it herself, "No, not 9 o'clock, earlier than 9 o'clock. The secretary would go to find him earlier, it should be...should be a little after 8 o'clock."

"What time was your husband last seen?" Jiang Cheng asked in a low voice.

"A little after 11 at night, the coffee machine in his office was broken, and it hadn't been fixed. A little after 11, he left the office, went to the coffee machine outside to get a cup of coffee, and then went back."

"Went back, meaning went back to the office?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Who saw him?"

"Not a person." Madam Nan explained, "It was the surveillance camera in the hallway. We found out later when we checked the surveillance footage."