The Ice King's Little Trouble Maker

Chapter 366 - 336 Someone Disappears

As for the Imperial Power Club, Gu Yanjing has been investigating it closely for a while now.The cleaner it appears, the more suspicious Gu Yanjing becomes. Especially since the information about the Imperial Power Club was told to him by Gu Yicheng.

During this time, he has not let go of the Imperial Power Club at all.

Pressing hard.

"Do you have evidence?" Lin Huai Shu asked.

"Just a guess," Gu Yanjing said faintly.

"If it’s really them, taking action now would imply there’s something wrong with Yan Zhiyao," Lin Huai Shu said.

"Shouldn’t we wait a little longer?" Gu Yanjing said.

The Gu Family has taken someone back, there should be news soon.

Everyone stayed quiet for a moment. After a while, Qiao Lech glanced at them and whispered, "Is the Imperial Power Club the one in Jin City?"

The few of them all looked at Qiao Lech.

With eyes focused on her, Qiao Lech leaned back into her chair.

Qiao Yuxian said, "Yes. Do you have some news?"

"It’s probably not really news," Qiao Lech said in a quieter voice, lowering her gaze, "In my senior year, I heard someone disappeared at the Imperial Power Club."

"Someone disappeared?" Lin Huai Shu asked, "What happened?"

"We had a group at that time," Qiao Lech said, "One day, someone suddenly said in the group that his sister went to the Imperial Power Club for an interview, and then there was no news."

"And then?" Lin Huai Shu hurriedly pressed on as soon as Qiao Lech finished, afraid her words would fall to the ground, "Didn’t they report it to the police?"

Qiao Yuxian glanced at him.

But Lin Huai Shu didn’t notice, he was always watching Qiao Lech.

Qiao Lech continued, "The guy wanted to report it to the police, but his parents didn’t allow it, saying that his sister had already contacted them. But he couldn’t reach his sister’s phone, couldn’t contact her at all, it was as though she had vanished."

"And later?" Lin Huai Shu asked again.

He asked too urgently, causing Chu Zhengran and Qin Xia to turn their heads and glance at him.

Qiao Lech said, "When I heard about this matter again, it was about two months later. That guy said his sister had returned home, but her eyes had been gouged out."

The few of them suddenly showed shocked expressions.

Qin Xia said, "Her eyes were gouged out?"

Qiao Lech nodded.

"Is that true?" Yuan Wei also asked.

Qiao Lech said, "At first I didn’t believe it either. I thought he was just joking around, but on the night he mentioned the eye gouging, our group suddenly disappeared."

"Disappeared?" Lin Huai Shu said, "Was it dissolved?"

"I was the group admin." Qiao Lech said in a soft voice.

Lin Huai Shu hesitated for a moment, then said, "Oh, oh, oh. Only the admin can dissolve the group."

"Did someone say something that got the group shut down?" Qin Xia asked.

Qiao Lech shook her head, "I didn’t receive any system notification."

"What about the other people in the group?" Qiao Yuxian asked.

"The group was created by me and shared on a forum thread. Everyone who joined was a stranger, I only communicated with them in the group and never added anyone individually. There were more than fifty people in total," Qiao Lech said, "When the group suddenly disappeared, I got scared and never used that account again, never mentioned that incident again."

"What was the group for?" Lin Huai Shu was curious.

Qiao Lech looked at him, thinking about the group she named ’Senior Year Confessions Group’, and then said, "Maybe I was overthinking. Probably that guy was just bored and making things up. After all, what kind of parents would do nothing if their own daughter disappeared and claim everything is fine."

Lin Huai Shu noticed she didn’t answer his question, and was suddenly dazed.

All he could think was.

She ignored me!

She ignored me!!

She ignored me!!!

And while the others listened to Qiao Lech’s words, there was another moment of silence.

"What if the parents wanted to exchange their daughter for money?" Gu Yanjing suddenly said.

There wasn’t much reaction from others, but Qiao Lech suddenly widened her eyes, "Their own daughter, no, it can’t be."

Nobody spoke.

Qiao Lech looked at them and said nothing as well.

Although Chen Hui was strict with her, she also protected her well.

Maintaining a sense of innocence in her heart.

The world she knew was quite different from the world they knew.

"So, what’s the group for?" Lin Huai Shu asked again.

He didn’t necessarily need to know what the group was for; he just wanted Qiao Lech to pay him some attention.

Qiao Lech glanced at him, then lowered her head, playing with the straw in her cup, and said, "Just a boring group I created."

"I see." Lin Huai Shu felt content being acknowledged, not caring whether his question had been answered or not, he was just happy to be acknowledged.

Gu Yanjing glanced at his silly expression.

Qin Xia yawned and said, "Shall we leave? I need to catch up on some sleep, I have to go to the set tonight."

"Let’s go," Qiao Yuxian said.

The few of them parted ways at Jingxian Building.

Gu Yanjing and Qiao Yuxian went back to Gu Mansion.

Qiao Weizhou drove Yuan Wei to school.

Chu Zhengran drove Qin Xia home.

The two of them didn’t talk on the way because Qin Xia fell asleep as soon as she got in the car.

She slept all the way home. As soon as the car stopped, she woke up.

Looking down at the jacket over her, she handed it back to Chu Zhengran.

Chu Zhengran took the jacket and looked at her struggling-to-stay-awake eyes and said, "So sleepy."

"Try not sleeping for a whole night," Qin Xia blurted out.

Chu Zhengran said, "I slept later than you."

Qin Xia froze for a moment, her eyes suddenly wide open. After a two-second pause, she said, "Oh, I was with you last night."

Chu Zhengran: "......"

"Drink less in the future," Chu Zhengran said.

"Was I drunk?" Qin Xia looked at him and said, "How do you shirk responsibility like that, the alcohol itself would be compelled to jump off a building from feeling wronged."

"You didn’t used to be like this..."

"And you didn’t used to push me so hard like you did last night," Qin Xia interrupted.

Chu Zhengran suddenly couldn’t find the words to say.

His gentle expression showed a hint of guilt.

He had lost control last night and gone rough.

Qin Xia looked at him, feeling like discussing this with him here seemed silly, she unfastened her seatbelt and said, "Thanks. I’m leaving."

She said as she got out of the car.

Chu Zhengran wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn’t, watching her walk into the villa. He stayed for a while before driving home.

Qin Xia returned to the villa and went straight to the bathroom for a shower.

After showering, she wrapped herself in a towel for skincare and saw the marks on her body in the mirror.

Tried covering them with concealer, but they came out again after the shower.

Now sobered up, her memories slowly returned.

She thought about the things Chu Zhengran said to her.

Chu Zhengran had a great relationship with his mother, she knew this from his study days in M Continent.

So when his mother approached her, disagreeing with them being together, Qin Xia backed off.

She didn’t believe Chu Zhengran would take a stand against his mother for her sake.

Nor did she want Chu Zhengran to be caught between her and his mother.

Qin Xia touched the marks on her collarbone.

Her distracted expression suddenly turned frustrated.

She raised her hand and ruffled her hair chaotically, then sighed out loud.

Then... she went to find her phone and booked a flight to M Continent.

All the talk about going to the set tonight was just an excuse.

The most important thing now was to leave the Capital City, leave this dreadful place, forget about this person quickly! Make this person disappear from her mind!

Start a new life.