"The number you have dialed is switched off!"
Xu Weiwei frowned as she put down her phone. What was that guy up to? He'd actually turned off his phone!
Although she'd been inexplicably angry these past few days, she felt a sense of emptiness after not seeing him for a few days. So, she couldn't help but call him to find out.
As a result, after finally getting through, his phone was off!
She walked directly out of her office and said to her subordinates, "Xiao Liu, I'm going out for a bit. Just call me if anything comes up!"
"Yes, Deputy Director!"
Xu Weiwei was now the de facto deputy director. The criminal investigation team already had someone else in charge, so she didn't need to personally lead many minor cases, making her job much easier.
...
An hour later!
Xu Weiwei arrived at Haitian Pharmaceuticals, knowing that guy was still working there as a security guard.
There were only two people in the security room: Li Dazhuang and another young security guard.
"Li Dazhuang, where's Ye Cangtian? Have him come out, I need to see him!" Xu Weiwei asked directly as she reached the security room door.
"Big Brother isn't here!" Li Dazhuang replied.
"Not here? Where did he go?" Xu Weiwei was taken aback.
"I... I don't know!"
Li Dazhuang scratched the back of his head. He only knew that Ye Cangtian had instructed him to watch the company gate properly before he left; he didn't know anything else.
Xu Weiwei couldn't help but frown.
"Sister Weiwei, why are you here?"
Just then, Li Ya, carrying a stack of documents, was preparing to go to the factory. She was now one of the chairman's assistants and had become much more proficient at her job after getting familiar with the company.
She walked over and asked, "Sister Weiwei, are you looking for Brother Ye? But Brother Ye and the Chairman have already left. They might not be back for a week!"
Xu Weiwei froze. "Where did they go? Why will it take a week?"
Li Ya smiled and said, "To Kyoto!"
Kyoto? What were they going there for? Xu Weiwei's mood became complicated.
Just then!
Shouts of surprise came from a distance, "Look, a motorcade!"
The three of them couldn't help but turn their heads to look outside. They saw a long motorcade approaching in the distance, led by a black Rolls-Royce Phantom, followed by over a dozen Maybachs, and with four Harley-Davidson motorcycles leading the way.
It was clearly the grand display of a VIP's arrival.
Instantly, it attracted countless passersby to stop and watch, as such a grand procession was a first for Yangzhou City!
However, this long luxury motorcade was heading towards Haitian Pharmaceuticals.
Xu Weiwei couldn't help but look at Li Ya. Were they coming to Haitian Pharmaceuticals? Could this be a collaborator of Haitian Pharmaceuticals?
Even the richest man in China wouldn't have such a grand entourage, right?
Soon, the motorcade stopped about twenty meters away from the Haitian Pharmaceuticals security room.
Car doors opened one by one, and then bodyguards quickly alighted, setting up a perimeter.
Among them, eight people directly approached the Rolls-Royce Phantom!
Even more astonishingly, these bodyguards were all young women, dressed in purple combat attire. Based on their figures, they were no less than international supermodels!
Moreover, these female bodyguards were clearly professionally trained. Their current readiness suggested that a very important person was indeed inside the car.
The door of the Rolls-Royce Phantom opened, and a woman stepped out!
She wore a veil on her head, so her face couldn't be seen, but her flawless figure hinted that she must be a beauty.
The woman glanced at the Haitian Pharmaceuticals office building and then slowly walked towards Xu Weiwei and Li Jing.
Xu Weiwei couldn't help but frown. Her expression was a little strange; these people were foreigners! And judging by their attire, they should be Saudis.
"Hello!"
Surprisingly, the Saudi woman spoke in Chinese, "I'm here to find Ye Cangtian. Is he here?"
Her Chinese wasn't fluent, but it didn't sound awkward at all, and her voice was very pleasant.
Xu Weiwei was truly shocked now!
This Saudi woman clearly had an extraordinary status, as such a grand motorcade and so many bodyguards were not something an ordinary rich person could manage.
Yet, she was here looking for Ye Cangtian!
"He... he's not here!" Xu Weiwei shook her head.
"Then, where is he now?"
"He just left for Kyoto today. He'll be back in about a week!"
"I understand. Thank you very much!" The Saudi woman nodded and turned to leave.
Only after the woman returned to the Rolls-Royce Phantom and the motorcade slowly departed did Xu Weiwei slowly come back to her senses.
She couldn't help but mutter suspiciously, "Who is this woman, and what is her relationship with Ye Cangtian?"
When she looked directly at the woman earlier, Xu Weiwei could clearly feel a sense of pressure, a feeling that usually arose when facing someone of higher status.
Therefore, she was curious about the Saudi woman's identity, and at the same time, even more curious about her relationship with Ye Cangtian!
...
Kyoto International Airport!
Ye Cangtian and Tang Xinwan had just disembarked. He had no idea that shortly after his departure, someone would come looking for him.
He also didn't know that his presence in Kyoto was no longer a secret!
At this moment, he and Tang Xinwan were carrying their luggage, hailing a taxi to the city center.
Half an hour later, they arrived at a five-star hotel!
"We'll have to stay in Kyoto for at least a week, so let's save some money. We'll just get one room later!" Ye Cangtian said as he got out of the car with their luggage.
Tang Xinwan glanced at him, naturally understanding his little ulterior motive.
However, she nodded thoughtfully and then walked to the front desk. She said to the receptionist, "Hello, we'd like to book a business suite!"
After checking in, the two of them went to their hotel room.
The entire business suite was essentially a deluxe apartment, with a living room and a bedroom, and the space was by no means cramped.
"You can sleep on the sofa tonight!" Tang Xinwan said.
Ye Cangtian shrugged, indifferent. Sleeping on the sofa was better than sleeping on the floor, wasn't it?
Tang Xinwan thought for a moment and then said, "After we take a shower and change, we'll go out for dinner, then come back and get a good rest. I have to visit some of my grandfather's old friends tomorrow."
Upon arriving in Kyoto, her primary goal was to investigate clues about her parents' disappearance; market research for the company was secondary.
Ye Cangtian knew he couldn't dissuade her, so he smiled and nodded, "It seems you're quite familiar with Kyoto!"
Tang Xinwan explained, "Of course. Although our family moved to Yangzhou many years ago, the Tang family was once one of the prominent families in Kyoto, and my grandfather had many friends here! Moreover, I even attended university in Kyoto back then."
The Tang family had been a prominent family in Kyoto decades ago, and having attended university there, Tang Xinwan was naturally somewhat familiar with Kyoto.