The moment those words were spoken, the call ended. Gu Wenze stormed out of the conference room, looking ready to kill.
Whispered discussions broke out in the conference room.
"What's wrong with President Gu?"
"No idea. I've never seen him this angry before."
At the mall, Gu Jinman and the two bodyguards waited inside the Chanel store.
She was still bewildered, unsure what had happened, but from the snippets she had overheard during the bodyguard's call, she gathered that Qiao Hua had disappeared.
She couldn't understand it. They had only gone shopping together. How had Qiao Hua vanished?
Just as Gu Jinman was puzzling over it, Gu Wenze appeared outside the store. His polished leather shoes struck the cold marble floor, and an indescribable agitation radiated from him, like a wild beast on the verge of going berserk.
"Gu Wenze!"
Gu Jinman stood, inexplicably nervous, and tightened her grip on her handbag.
Although she had nothing to do with this, she was the one who had brought Qiao Hua out.
Now that Qiao Hua was missing, she bore some responsibility too.
Gu Wenze's cold gaze swept over Gu Jinman and settled on the bodyguard. "What exactly happened?"
The bodyguard recounted everything from beginning to end.
With every sentence, Gu Wenze's expression grew colder, until it was completely icy. His voice was low. "Have you looked for her?"
The bodyguard braced himself. "We've searched inside and outside the mall, but there's no sign of your wife."
Gu Wenze clenched his fists at his sides and said through gritted teeth, "Have someone pull the mall's surveillance footage."
After the bodyguard left, Gu Jinman ventured cautiously, "What's going on? Has Qiao Hua been kidnapped?"
Gu Wenze finally looked directly at her, his eyes carrying a chill. "Didn't I tell you to keep her