Sato Hayato's voice was panicked, with a faint, tearful catch in it.
Fang Cheng's heart sank. He asked calmly, "When did it happen? Where did she disappear?"
Hearing Fang Cheng's steady voice, Sato Hayato seemed to find an outlet for his suppressed panic. He burst into tears. "J-just after school this afternoon. She disappeared on the way home..."
"Did you call the police?"
"I did. They're still investigating, but they haven't found her yet..."
"What about your sister's bodyguard?"
Fang Cheng remembered that the Sato family had hired a private bodyguard specifically for Sato Mai. He wasn't especially skilled, but at least he was tall and strong, with professional combat training.
Sato Hayato's voice turned low and frightened. "He's dead. The police found his body in a car by the side of the road."
The face of the man in sunglasses flashed through Fang Cheng's mind. He'd been a professional through and through—even after Fang Cheng beat him up, he hadn't revealed anything about his employer.
"It's all my fault... I didn't go to pick Mai up..."
Sato Hayato began crying again. With a bodyguard protecting his sister, he hadn't thought much about picking her up after school.
He hadn't gone to get her for the past two days, and this had happened today of all days.
Fang Cheng didn't try to comfort him. It wouldn't help right now. Letting him vent his pent-up emotions was better.
Sato Hayato stopped on his own. As if he'd found a lifeline, he cried out to Fang Cheng, "Fang! Please, please help me! Help me find out where my sister went!"
Fang Cheng didn't joke around again. He spoke slowly and seriously. "Sato, I can't help you right now."
It would've been different if Kanzaki Rin were here, but the rich lady had