The Investors

Chapter 26: Who Performs?

Still holding back his annoyance, Gao Mei Gui replied. "Right, Director Hao, I was still on the slopes of Mount Mangdang, as you suggested back then, but not with Cia Yonggan. I'm afraid something happened to him. Can you help me find him, Director Hao?"

"Did he say something before he disappeared, Miss Gao?" hao Zhao's voice still sounded panicked.

"He said he would buy potato seeds at Shangwa and asked me to wait for him here, but he hasn't come home yet. If it was just Shangwa it shouldn't have been this long. Director Hao, I'm worried." said Gao Mei Gui.

"You don't worry too much, Miss Gao. He is my man, I won't let anything disturb him" Hao Zhao said. Then he asked, "Miss Gao, what vehicle did he use to go to Shangwa?"

"Oh yeah, he's driving my car, Director Hao," Gao Mei replied quickly.

"Then you send me a picture of your car and the license plate number for me now, let me trace it" Hao Zhao said.

"Okay Director Hao, now I send it, too" replied Gao Mei Gui again.

"Alright, until here first, Miss Gao. If there's any progress, I'll let you know later," Hao Zhao immediately ended the call.

As soon as the call was interrupted, Hao Zhao pensively pensively. Shangwa is a village located in the northern part of Nanping. The area is directly adjacent to the hills that can not be passed by public transportation. Around the area there are only agricultural land and local plantations. With a sense, it was a dead end area.

According to Hao Zhao's thought, there were only two possible existences of Cia Yonggan at the moment. First, the young man was still in Shangwa, no matter what. Second, he moved south, which was to this Nanping City. If this second possibility is true, it will make it easier for him to track down Gao Mei Gui's car.

Right now a picture message from Gao Mei Gui just went into the Wechat Hao Zhao app. It was a picture of Gao Mei Gui's car, complete with his license plate. He immediately forwarded the picture message to a number in his contact.

As soon as the message was read by the recipient, Hao Zhao immediately called the person.

"Hello Chief Huang," Hao Zhao greeted the person across.

Huang Po Yang was contacted by Hao Zhao who was the Head of the Nanping City Traffic Management Office, who knew all the business of going back and forth the traffic flow in the city.

"Hello Director Hao, how are you?" Huang Po slightly made small talk, because it was unusual for this Hao Zhao to contact him.

"Head Huang, I need your help to track down the whereabouts of a car," Hao Zhao immediately made his point.

"Well, do you want me to monitor the license plate of the car you just sent over the highway CCTV?" Huang Po was able to immediately guess Hao Zhao's intent.

"Yes, I want to know, whether yesterday or today the car once passed in Nanping City," Hao Zhao said again.

"Well, you wait for some time, I'll call you back later," Huang Po said.

"Then I close first, Chief Huang," Hao Zhao concluded.

Hao Zhao was pensive again. He had known Cia Yonggan for these four and a half years, yet only once had he ever spoken face to face with the young man, that was when Cia Yonggan came in a seedy outfit on the day Assistant Jia Xiu gave the mandate to pay attention to Cia Yonggan's needs.

After his first meeting with Cia Yonggan back then, he never had a conversation with the young man again. Who is he, what is his background, Hao Zhao himself is not too dizzy. He was simply carrying out what Assistant Jia Xiu had ordered, in order to guarantee Cia Yonggan's work, including facilitating his affairs at the university where he attended and taking care of his residence. All that he had done all this time from behind the scenes, unbeknownst to Cia Yonggan.

Cia Yonggan received special attention from a trusted aide of Lord Shu in Beijing, of course there is a cause for his musababnya. Even Assistant Jia Xiu had come to Nanping back then only to find Cia Yonggan and send him to the King Palace Hotel.

Now that Cia Yonggan's lover had told the young man to just vanish, it certainly made him become upset, how would he face Jia Xiu's Assistant in the future?

He knew very well all this time from his reflection, the association of Cia Yonggan only ranged between campus, work, then home and once a month he would definitely take the time to go home. Only once did the young man get out of the house to go for a walk. He had a good impression of this Cia Yonggan.

So it could not be felt if Cia Yonggan intended to escape from the daughter of the late number one of Hei Laohu Association. He began to suspect, lest this have anything to do with the people of Hei Laohu Society. Didn't Ou Julong just ask Cia Yonggan whereabouts? Was that Ou Julong playing a show, as if he wanted to inquire about the whereabouts of Cia Yonggan, but had dropped an evil hand on him?

Thinking of this, Hao Zhao became furious.

Soon he called Ou Julong.

Ou Julong who was still in the back garden of Cia Yonggan's house with Gao Mei Gui was a little surprised when he found Hao Zhao contacting him back. The director of the King Palace Hotel had deliberately toyed with him in front of Gao Mei Gui just now, putting it to shame!

"Hello, what are you calling me, Director Hao? Do you want to immediately discuss the continuation of cooperation between us? Isn't this too soon?" he wanted to throw an angry tone, but was still being held back.

"Ou Julong, what are you saying? I should've asked you a question. Where is Cia Yonggan? Don't you try to make a show with me!" there was the sound of Hao Zhao growling furiously.

What the hell is this Hao Zhao, come-come straight mad at him. Ou Julong became an emotion, didn't he just say he didn't know Cia Yonggan?

"Director Hao, you don't put too much pressure on me like this! Obviously you're the one who's on a show and wants to scapegoat me!" Ou Julong was also stirred up emotions at this moment.

Hao Zhao was silent for a moment. He did not expect an Ou Julong to dare to speak out like this to him. So this time he decided to take the decision unilaterally, deciding the cooperation between his side and the Hei Laohu Association.

"Ou Julong, you're starting to sound brash! Look, if you or your gang is found to be involved in Cia Yonggan's disappearance, I will..."

"Uncle Ou, Director Hao, calm down first, do not indulge emotions like this. Can't you talk well?" Gao Mei Gui suddenly interrupted the conversation of the two middle-aged men.

The two men became silent. The moment was taken advantage of by Gao Mei Gui seizing Ou Julong's mobile phone and talking to Hao Zhao.

"Director Hao, this is Gao Mei Gui. Uncle Ou is currently with me on the slopes of Mangdang Mountain," Gao Mei Gui forgot that earlier he had not explained his current situation to Hao Zhao.

"Hmm?" Hao Zhao could only murmur.

He was surprised, why Ou Julong could catch up with Gao Mei Gui there? Is that person worthy of her trust?

"I asked Uncle Ou to come here. Other than him, there was no one I could trust, besides Cia Yonggan was also no stranger to Uncle Ou," Gao Mei Gui said.

Hao Zhao started to melt. He himself had heard from Cia Yonggan that the young man had never felt threatened by Ou Julong. In addition, he had watched with his own eyes, on the day of Gao Li Li Liang's funeral at that time, indeed this Ou Julong looked familiar with Cia Yonggan.

"Miss Gao, are you sure she can be trusted? Given that the underground organization is currently in chaos, I cannot trust anyone," Hao Zhao still sounded sanctioned.

"Trust me, Director Hao, Uncle Ou has nothing to do with this," Gao Mei Gui tried reassuringly.

"Hm.. All right, then I'm the one who's been mistaken. You please convey my apology to Ou Julong, Miss Gao," Hao Zhao said regretfully.

Hao Zhao regretted his actions, but he did not apologize directly to Ou Julong. He certainly wants to keep his wife as a director.

"It's okay, Director Hao. Its alright. Hehe.." Ou Julong responded with a forced smile.

Hao Zhao was a little embarrassed, then he wanted to hurriedly turn off this call. "Alright, until here first, Miss Gao. I'll let you know as soon as there's progress."

"Tip.. Foeto.. That's it.."

The call was immediately interrupted.

Hao Zhao went back to daydreaming. He felt he made a mistake this time. At first he was the one who played against Ou Julong, but instead accused Ou Julong of acting on him. If he knew that from the beginning Ou Julong was with Gao Mei Gui, he wouldn't have played.

Really embarrassing yourself.