Chapter 310: No Such Person

At that moment, Yin Ruxue asked, “He didn’t backstab you guys, did he?”

“No way. I trust him,” Jiang Fan insisted resolutely.

“Then could he have run into some trouble? Maybe he’s thinking of doing something drastic?”

“I doubt it. Qiang’s a pretty level-headed guy. He’s not the type to do something stupid!”

Just then, Old Niu’s phone rang again.

Yin Ruxue handed the phone back to Jiang Fan.

“Fan, any luck? Did you get a hold of him?” Old Niu asked anxiously.

Jiang Fan replied helplessly, “No, his phone’s off!”

“So what do we do now?”

“Wait for me at the shop. I’m on my way over right now!” Jiang Fan said hurriedly.

“Okay, hurry up! Damn, I’m freaking out over here!”

Hanging up the phone, Jiang Fan looked at Yin Ruxue.

“I have to go. About what happened with Mengmeng today, I need to apologize again. But I hope you believe me. I really do see Mengmeng as my own child.”

“Alright, let’s not talk about Mengmeng right now. Keep the keys. I’ll go with you.”

“Huh?”

“What’re you ‘huh’-ing about? I have to go to my company anyway, and do you really think it’s easy to hail a cab around here?”

“O… Okay!”

Yin Ruxue quickly got into the passenger seat. Jiang Fan didn’t have time to think twice and immediately started the car.

Soon, the car pulled up in front of Old Niu’s shop. From a distance, they could see him pacing anxiously.

“Get in, Old Niu!”

Wasting no time, Jiang Fan waved him over.

Old Niu gawked at Jiang Fan’s Maybach, then glanced at Yin Ruxue and froze on the spot.

“Alright, you’re practically drooling. I told you to get in the damn car!”

That snapped Old Niu out of it, and he quickly got in the car.

“Damn, Fan. When it comes to landing sugar mommies, you and Qiang are something else, one outdoing the other.”

“Cut it out. Is this really the time for jokes? And you’ve still got the energy to mess with me? Hurry up and tell me what’s going on.”

The moment Wu Qiang was mentioned, Old Niu’s expression turned grim.

“Everything was fine before. Just yesterday morning, we were talking about signing the contract. But then, in the afternoon, Qiang suddenly sent me a message saying he needed to ask Tingting’s opinion and asked if we could sign today instead. I didn’t think much of it at the time. This morning, his line was busy every time I called, and then his phone was just turned off completely. And after that… I got this text from him!”

Old Niu handed his phone to Jiang Fan. Jiang Fan took a quick look—the two text messages were nearly identical.

“Son of a bitch!” Jiang Fan cursed under his breath. “Where could he have gone? Old Niu, have you ever been to Qiang’s house?”

“No…” Old Niu shook his head, but then his eyes lit up. “Wait! A while back, he asked me to have someone deliver takeout to him. I’ve got the address right here! It’s not far from here!”

As he spoke, Old Niu started searching his chat history with Wu Qiang.

“Dongfeng Wenya District, Building 2, Apartment 1313.”

“Let’s go!”

Without another word, Jiang Fan headed straight for Dongfeng Wenya District. He used to be a delivery driver, so he knew the area like the back of his hand.

“Fan, what are we going to do if Wu Qiang really took off? That’s half a million, for crying out loud! That’s my life’s savings, plus a loan I had to take out just to scrape it all together.”

“Old Niu, stop thinking the worst. Wu Qiang isn’t that kind of guy. If he really did run, I’ll cover the money for you.”

Hearing Jiang Fan say that, Old Niu didn’t say anything more.

Soon, the car pulled up to Dongfeng Wenya District.

As they were about to head inside, a security guard at the gate stopped them.

“Hey, what do you think you’re doing?”

“Sir, we’re here to see someone!”

“Who are you looking for? Did the resident notify property management?” the guard asked coldly.

“Sir, we weren’t announced…”

“If you weren’t announced, then what are you trying to barge in here for?”

At that moment, Yin Ruxue stepped forward.

“Sir, here’s the thing. I just moved in, and these two are from the moving company I hired.”

After hearing what Yin Ruxue said, the guard sized her up, then glanced at the Maybach parked by the gate. His attitude immediately softened.

“Miss, may I ask for your building and apartment number?”

“Building 2, Apartment 1313!”

The guard heard her and picked up a ledger on his desk to check.

“Isn’t Apartment 1313 in Building 2 vacant?”

“Vacant? No way,” Old Niu said, surprised.

The guard then asked Yin Ruxue, “What’s the owner’s name?”

“It’s in my husband’s name. Wu Qiang.”

“Wu Qiang?” The guard pulled out his phone to search. “There’s no resident named Wu Qiang here!”

“What about Huang Tingting?” Old Niu asked.

“So who’s the resident, you or her?” the guard snapped impatiently.

Still, he typed Huang Tingting’s name into his phone.

“Nope, not her either.”

“No way…” Old Niu and Jiang Fan were both stunned.

“Ma’am, maybe you should try communicating with the property management office. I just watch the gate, so please don’t make things difficult for me.”

“Alright.” Yin Ruxue nodded, signaling for Jiang Fan and Old Niu to leave.

“Old Niu, are you damn sure you didn’t remember wrong?” Jiang Fan asked.

“No way!” Old Niu said with conviction. “The chat history is right here. The delivery guy was Xiangzi, from your station. When Xiangzi got back, he told me Qiang must’ve stepped in dog shit—that he’d landed a sugar mommy and was looking all dapper. He even told me how luxuriously the apartment was decorated!”

Hearing that, Jiang Fan quickly pulled out his phone and made a call.

The call connected almost immediately.

“Xiangzi, gotta ask you something.”

“Spit it out, man! It’s the evening rush!”

“I’m asking you, that time you delivered takeout to Wu Qiang—was it at Dongfeng Wenya District?”

“Yup. Building 2, Apartment 1313, right next to 1314.”

Then, Xiangzi suddenly added, “What, you looking for Wu Qiang? I think I just saw him when I was heading out!”

“Where’d you see him?” Jiang Fan asked urgently.

“Right downstairs from our old dorm building. He was dragging a suitcase. I was wondering what he was doing back here. Don’t tell me he misses the delivery life?”

“Alright, I got it. Thanks, Xiangzi!”

Jiang Fan hung up and looked at Old Niu and Yin Ruxue.

The three of them quickly got back in the car and headed straight for their old dorm building.

A few minutes later, the car pulled to a stop.

“You guys wait here. I’ll go up and take a look first.”

“I’m going with you!” Old Niu said at once.

Yin Ruxue, however, sat silently in the passenger seat without a word.

Jiang Fan and Old Niu quickly entered the dorm building.

Normally, after both Jiang Fan and Wu Qiang had moved out, the room should have been rented to someone else. However, perhaps because the original lease term wasn’t up, the room didn’t seem to have been rented out.

When Jiang Fan and Old Niu reached the door, it swung open with a push.

The moment they stepped inside, Jiang Fan spotted Wu Qiang’s suitcase on the bed. The room was a complete mess, as if it had been rummaged through.