Because I Cannot Hurt You

No matter how much Zhiyuan searched, he didn't find any trace of Xinyi. The signals were all jammed which made it unable to call her too. He quickly went back to the party room where everyone was present except Qin Fuhua and Huang Rong.

"Zhiyuan!"

Ah Cy and Liang quickly rushed to his side. Ah Cy anxiously asked, "Zhiyuan, where is Xinyi?"

"I cannot find her."

"What?"

Yan Jian widened his eyes. "What do you mean?"

"I saw her turn in the corridor but after that, I didn't see her anywhere. Did she come back here again?"

Ah Cy shook her head. "No. She didn't…"

Liang said, "Maybe she went back home?"

"No. I went outside to check, but the driver said that Xinyi didn't come to him to drive her back."

The more time passed, the more he was afraid for Xinyi. "Ah Cy! Can you please check the washroom?"

She quickly nodded and left. But to his disappointment, she said, "No, Zhiyuan. I didn't find Xinyi there either."

Zhiyuan shut his eyes and took a deep breath. He then opened his eyes again and said, "I will check the security footage."

Zhiyuan, Ah Cy, Liang along with Caihong rushed to the security room where Zhiyuan ordered the chief security officer to play tonight's footage. "I want to see Xinyi right now!"

The officer gulped and wiped his sweat. "Apologies, Sir. But…"

"But what!?" He roared. "Don't waste my time!"

He jolted. "The tapes aren't working anymore! For the last few hours, we have been facing problems with signals and the network. Everything is jammed. There is no footage for the last two hours."

Zhiyuan blankly stared at him. "What!?"

Liang gritted his teeth. "Are you nuts? What kind of security is this? How are we supposed to find Xinyi then? This is such a huge hotel. If she is in trouble, we cannot waste our time checking every floor!"

Ah Cy pressed her brows trying to think of a solution. Caihong thought for a moment and quickly said, "Wait. I will call Xiaosi! He could definitely do something here with the tapes."

"But how will you? The signals are jammed."

Caihong checked her phone too and found that it was true indeed.

"This... there should be some way."

Zhiyuan was struck with a thought and he froze.

He slowly asked, "Where is Xiaosi? When I came back to the party room, I didn't see him."

"Xiaosi said that he was going to the washroom."

"When?"

"It has been twenty minutes now."

"And he isn't back yet?" He sharply asked back.

Caihong stared at him. "What are you implying here, Zhiyuan?"

Zhiyuan's gaze darkened. "That we are unable to find Xinyi here, and Xiaosi is nowhere to be found either."

She looked at him wide-eyed. "You mean to say that Xiaosi is behind her disappearance? Are you crazy!?"

Fury bubbled inside her as he accused Xiaosi. She didn't know why, but she couldn't stand it somehow. His nostrils flared. "You don't even have any evidence!"

"His disappearance is the biggest evidence! What the fuck will he do in the washroom for twenty minutes!"

"You are overthinking, Zhiyuan!"

"No, I am thinking in the right direction because this...this just reminds of…" he gritted his teeth, "of our graduation party night!"

Caihong froze.

"The circumstances were the same! You had disappeared and then suddenly Xiaosi left the party too. This time, I suddenly cannot find Xinyi anywhere. Xiaosi isn't here either, and he is the only one capable of jamming the signals here! He messed up with the security footage too so that we cannot trace Xinyi. He is the CEO of S3, remember?"

She clenched her jaw listening to all the accusations. The sequence of events made sense, but she refused to believe him. But then there was the graduation party seven years ago.

Everything was so similar...

"It's not just the events. Today's date. Even that is the same as when our graduation party was held."

Caihong froze and her expression turned paler.

Ah Cy and Liang exchanged shocked glances. They hadn't realized this before.

Zhiyuan banged his fist on the table. "And don't forget that he hates me! He came back to take revenge and that is why he is doing this. He had already planned all this! I swear...if he hurts even a single strand of her hair, I will kill him that instant," his cold voice was filled with alarm and bloodthirst. His black orbs glinted with murderous intent in them.

"Xiaosi had ruined everything seven years back once already! This time, I won't let him win again."

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Han villa.

Han Huizhong put the kids to sleep on his bed. After excitedly looking at all the pictures and having all the fun made them drowsy. He had no choice but to grudgingly let them sleep on his bed.

"Brats…" he mumbled under his breath.

His phone lit up with an incoming call. He saw an unknown number and frowned.

"Hello."

"Good evening, Grandpa Han," a lazy voice came from the other end.

Han Huizhong narrowed his eyes. "Why did you call me?"

"Tsk. Tsk. Not even a hi or a hello. Straight to the point as always."

"Don't waste my time Xiaosi. Cut the crap."

A sigh came from the other end. "So hasty, Grandpa Han. I called you to ask one question."

Han Huizhong sneered. "Why do you think I will bother to answer?"

There was a beat of silence.

Xiaosi's serious and quiet voice rang on the line. "If it's about Xinyi, then I guess you will definitely answer me."

His eyes flew open and he instantly straightened up. He was about to lash out at him, but he saw the sleeping kids and hastily stepped out of the room.

"What the fuck are you spouting!?"

"Ohhhh~~ Now Grandpa Han is finally taking me seriously."

Han Huizhong snapped out. "Zhu Xiaosi! Don't test my patience! What is it about Xinyi!?"

"Sure I will come to that. But before that, do you remember what date it is today?"

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