After seeing Wen Tianyi off, Zhou You ran into the young woman from yesterday again on his way downstairs.
She was still as belligerent as ever, standing in the hotel lobby and talking to someone on the phone.
"Ji Xuan worked for your company, for God's sake! You sent him abroad on this assignment, and now that something's happened, none of you will lift a finger..."
"Yes, he did stray from the investigation, but weren't you the ones who told him to..."
"What?? You're saying that never happened??? You were the ones who sent him there, and now that something's gone wrong, you're denying it??"
"What do you mean, show you the evidence?? At a time like this, how am I supposed to get you evidence??"
"You've already fired him? He stopped being your employee the moment he strayed from the investigation? You sons of—"
She slammed her phone onto the table. Fortunately, it was a brand famous for being tough and durable, or it would have shattered.
Listening closely to those snatches of conversation, Zhou You roughly pieced together what had happened.
The young woman's boyfriend, the victim named Ji Xuan, had been a reporter for a media company. Some time ago, he had been assigned to this small tropical country to do a food feature. But then his superiors had suddenly told him to cover something else. Ji Xuan hadn't been particularly wary, so off he went.
And then...
He had vanished without a trace. After hearing the news, the young woman had rushed over from home and done everything she could—contacted the embassy, reported it to the police, called his company... all in the hope of rescuing her boyfriend.
Unfortunately.
It had all been futile.
The embassy said it could only do its best to urge the