The Case of Love

Chapter 69 Mysterious Call
After seeing Zhu Nanfeng off, Li Aifang called her nephew Li Yunfei and asked him to help find someone. Su Xiaohan searched all the places Su Xiaoxin liked to go to, but found nothing.

Late at night, the car was driving fast on the road, and Su Xiaohan's mind was also spinning rapidly. In all fairness, it was impossible for her sister to disappear and lose contact for no reason. Something must have happened.

The lights in the shops along the street went out one by one, and a black sedan stopped in front of the Su family's door in the moonlight.

As soon as she heard the sound of a car, Li Aifang ran out. Seeing her daughter's lost expression, her heart sank.

Su Xiaohan's heart ached. She went forward to hug her mother and said coquettishly, "Mom, don't worry too much. My sister must be fine. I will find Captain Zhou tomorrow morning and ask my colleagues to help me find her."

Li Aifang patted her on the back a few times, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Mom, I'm fine. I was just too nervous."

Su Xiaohan let go of her mother and lowered her head to comfort her: "Mom, don't worry, we will definitely find my sister!"

Li Aifang nodded helplessly. She would never be able to let go of her heart as long as Su Xiaoxin didn't come back.

The mother and daughter almost didn't sleep all night, both expecting Su Xiaoxin to come back, but there was no news until dawn.

"Mom, go back and get some sleep." Su Xiaohan felt distressed when she saw her mother had dark circles under her eyes.

"Okay." Li Aifang nodded weakly.

"Aunt, Xiaohan!" Su Xiaohan was helping her mother upstairs when Li Yunfei ran in excitedly.

He said breathlessly, "I asked my eldest sister's friend, Xiao Ting, and she said they had lunch together at about 12:, and my eldest sister received a phone call and left in a hurry."

The news he brought instantly excited Li Aifang and Su Xiaohan, and all their tiredness disappeared.

"Did my sister tell Sister Xiaoting who the call was from?" Su Xiaohan continued to ask.

"No, Sister Xiaoting only said that my elder sister was very anxious at the time, so she hung up the phone and left without waiting for even a second." Li Yunfei's breathing has gradually stabilized.

Su Xiaohan turned to look at her mother and speculated, "Mom, I suspect my sister's disappearance is related to the person who called. My sister...maybe she is hiding something from us."

"You mean... my elder sister eloped with someone? That's not possible!" Li Yunfei was full of doubts about the words that came out of his mouth.

"Elope! But the person who called is definitely suspicious!" Su Xiaohan was both nervous and anxious. "I'll find a way to find out who called my eldest sister. Mom, go back to your room and rest first. I'll tell you if there's any news."

After staying up all night, Li Aifang was really exhausted, so she agreed to go upstairs.

In the morning, Su Xiaohan called Zhou Yifeng and told him the news of her sister's disappearance. After Zhou Yifeng asked her for details, he told her not to worry and said he would definitely help her find Su Xiaoxin.

Not long after, Su Xiaohan received a reply from Zhou Yifeng. He found out that Su Xiaoxin received a call at about 12: the day before, but the number was a virtual number, so he couldn't tell who called. After that, Su Xiaoxin bought a ticket to F County in the suburbs of Beijing, but there was no record of the return trip, which meant that Su Xiaoxin was still in F County.

After learning the news, Su Xiaohan immediately decided to go to F County to look for clues. Zhou Yifeng said that he would contact the local police station to help find Su Xiaoxin, and told her not to worry and wait for news at home. Su Xiaohan was so anxious that she didn't care about much and got in the car immediately, ready to drive to F County. On the way, she received a strange call. Su Xiaohan had already imagined the scene of her sister being kidnapped and receiving a call from the kidnapper, so she answered the call without thinking too much.

"Xiaohan, it's me." Su Xiaoxin's voice was very low on the other end of the phone.

With just one call, Su Xiaohan knew it was her sister who was calling. She was excited and nervous: "Sister, where are you?"

"Xiao Han, I'm in F County. I was locked up last night and just escaped." Su Xiaoxin responded.

"What? You've been locked up? Who's locking you up?" Su Xiaohan was so anxious that she wanted to get through the phone to find her sister.

"I don't know. I didn't see what that person looked like. A man called me and asked me to meet him, saying that he knew the truth about the fire in the garment factory. I went home to get some things and came to F County. As a result, when I arrived at the place he told me, I was hugged from behind. The man covered my nose, and I knew nothing. When I woke up, I found myself tied to a chair." Su Xiaoxin still has lingering fears when she recalls the scene of waking up from the chair.

"Sister, how did you escape?" Su Xiaohan asked with concern, fearing that her sister would be in danger again.

"It's hard to explain, I'll tell you when I get back." Su Xiaoxin felt like she had survived a disaster. Going out alone to look for clues was the most daring thing she had ever done, but she didn't expect to be deceived like this.

"Sister, who is the man who called you?" Su Xiaohan asked.

"I don't know. He just said he worked in a garment factory but didn't tell me his name," Su Xiaoxin explained.

"Sister, please come back soon. I'll pick you up at the station!" Su Xiaohan was very worried.

Su Xiaoxin agreed and hung up the phone.

Knowing that her sister was fine, Su Xiaohan breathed a sigh of relief and immediately called her mother to report that she was safe. She also told Zhu Nanfeng, Li Yunfei and Zhou Yifeng.

Thinking about the fire in the garment factory, there are many suspicious points. It was the Dragon Boat Festival, and her father Su Junan went to the garment factory under the company as usual to express his condolences and give rice dumplings to the workers. When they first entered the workshop, there was nothing unusual, but as soon as the workers received the rice dumplings, someone discovered the flames, and then almost instantly, the workshop exploded.

Many people escaped from the billowing smoke, but Su Junan and several workers were unable to escape.

She always felt that this was not a simple accident. Everything was too coincidental, as if someone had carefully planned it. The factory had people conducting safety inspections every day, so accidents shouldn't have happened. Even if there was an accident, it couldn't have happened by coincidence at the time when her father went to the workshop to deliver rice dumplings.

Li Aifang once wanted Su Xiaohan to take over the affairs of Junan Company, but Su Xiaohan only wanted to find out the truth about the fire in the garment factory. Moreover, she would graduate soon and would become a police officer in the Beijing Public Security Bureau. Therefore, Li Aifang handed Junan over to her eldest daughter Su Xiaoxin.

Although Su Xiaoxin is a top graduate student from the School of Management of Jingcheng University, when she first took office, many old shareholders doubted her ability and thought that she was a rookie who could not handle the heavy responsibility. But a year later, her achievements speak for themselves. A tiger father has a dog daughter. Although she looks delicate, she is vigorous and resolute at work, with clear thinking and no ambiguity. Gradually, everyone in the company accepted this new helmsman, but it is not ruled out that some people in the company dislike her and are jealous of her.

Su Xiaohan wondered, could the person who tricked her sister into going to F County and then locked her up be someone from Junan Company?

(End of this chapter)