Chapter 899: Finding Cai Xiaotang's Whereabouts

In the afternoon—inside the quiet villa, Li Xiao was sitting in the study handling the matters at hand.

Not long after, however, he stopped his hands that were typing on the keyboard and sighed helplessly.

He was unable to concentrate when facing work.

For so many years, this was the first time.

He stared at the computer screen for a few more seconds, then simply stood up and slowly paced to the window.

Directly below the window was the small garden downstairs.

That place had originally gone untended for a long time, until—this villa welcomed its mistress.

Li Xiao could not help but recall the scene of Cai Xiaotang meticulously preparing to confess to him downstairs, the corners of his lips curling up slightly, before a flash of worry quickly crossed his eyes.

He wondered how Xiao Tang was doing now...

Had she rested on time and eaten her lunch obediently?

If he...

Li Xiao's gaze flickered for an instant; he suddenly turned around and picked up the phone placed by the table, his expression somewhat hesitant.

She hadn't answered a single one of his previous calls.

He wondered if she had calmed down yet?

Li Xiao thought to himself, and just as he was about to dial a call, he suddenly heard a knock on the room door.

"Come in."

He put down his phone, and immediately after, he saw Laoqi walk in from outside.

"Shura, this is what you wanted."

Laoqi placed a small USB flash drive on the table.

Inside it was the signal record of Luo Wanwan's external contacts that had been monitored previously.

It was also the "evidence" Li Xiao wanted to show Cai Xiaotang.

"Mm, leave it there."

Li Xiao responded, checked the time, and planned to make another trip to the Mu Family later.

Then, suddenly thinking of something, he added in a low voice: "Do not stop the surveillance on Luo Wanwan. She came to find me today and said she wanted to return to the Dark Gate..."

"..."

"Return?"

Laoqi was also somewhat surprised and muttered: "But I heard Lao Wu and the others talking with Wanwan before, saying she didn't want to go back to her old life anymore and just wanted to live a bit more freely..."

"That is why I did not agree."

Li Xiao's brows were tightly locked; he pondered for a moment and spoke again: "Keep this matter confidential from the others; you alone keep a close eye on her."

"Yes."

Laoqi responded.

No sooner had the words fallen than Li Xiao's phone suddenly rang.

Both of them looked over subconsciously.

Li Xiao glanced at it casually and was somewhat surprised to see the number on the screen.

Jiang Baobao?

Why would she call?

He was somewhat puzzled and answered it casually.

Then, before he could even speak, he heard her ask on the other end of the line: "Li Xiao, has Xiao Tang returned home?"

"Returned home?"

Li Xiao was stunned by her question, then suddenly realized something and asked hurriedly: "Isn't Xiao Tang at the Mu Family? Did she go to find you?"

"Yes."

Jiang Baobao was also completely confused; hearing Li Xiao's counter-question, she said hurriedly.

"Xiao Tang came to see me this morning. I saw that she wasn't in very good spirits, so before she left, I told her to let me know when she got home. Later... I fell asleep. When I woke up and saw there were no messages from her, I called her, but no one answered, and later it went straight to voicemail. I really am worried, so I wanted to call and ask you—isn't she with you?"

"No..."

Li Xiao answered subconsciously, his heart suddenly leaping into his throat.

Then, suddenly thinking of something, he said hurriedly: "She should have returned to the Mu Family. I will call her brother."

As he spoke, Li Xiao hurriedly hung up the phone and called Cai Xiaotang.

After barely a second, a mechanical female voice came through the receiver.

"Sorry, the number you have dialed is switched..."

Li Xiao cut the call directly and turned to call Mu Liusu instead.

As soon as it connected, he asked directly: "Is Xiao Tang with you?"

"Xiao Tang?"

Mu Liusu was also stumped by his question; he paused for two seconds before saying:

"Isn't she meeting up with your people? She didn't return home?"

Li Xiao fell into silence.

His heart also sank to the bottom in an instant.

Xiao Tang hadn't returned...

And she wasn't at the Mu Family...

"Li Xiao, what happened to Xiao Tang?"

Mu Liusu also sensed something from his silence, his tone suddenly dyed with a hint of coldness.

"She..."

Li Xiao's palms were ice-cold; he only managed to say one word before he could not continue, his brain rapidly pondering where Cai Xiaotang might have gone.

Immediately following that, he suddenly thought of something and hurriedly asked, "What is the passcode for that apartment you prepared for her?"

"You don't know?"

Mu Liusu was even more puzzled, but still quickly recited a string of numbers, then pressed further, "What on earth happened? Did you two have a fight?

Did Xiao Tang move out to live alone?"

"I'll tell you in a moment!"

Li Xiao had no time to say more; he put down his phone and rushed straight out the door.

Laoqi had sensed something was wrong from the phone call just now and had remained in place without moving; seeing this, he also hurriedly followed him out.

The two of them rushed to the high-rise in the city center at the fastest speed possible.

Standing at the doorway, Li Xiao's fingertips were trembling slightly as he entered the passcode.

Once the door opened, he rushed into the living room in almost two strides.

But it was empty inside; there was nothing there.

Even the slippers on the floor were placed neatly, looking as if no one had returned.

He froze in place, paused for two seconds, and then suddenly walked toward the bedroom!

What if Xiao Tang was too tired and didn't change into her slippers?

What if she was just asleep and forgot to charge her phone?

Li Xiao thought of countless possibilities in his heart where Cai Xiaotang was safe.

Until he saw the empty bedroom.

No one had returned to this room.

"Shura, I will have people check on the Madam's whereabouts right now."

As Laoqi said this, he hurriedly turned to make a phone call.

Li Xiao's phone rang once again.

It was still Mu Liusu calling.

Li Xiao picked it up.

The next second—"Xiao Tang has been taken away by someone."

Mu Liusu's tone was full of the impending storm.

Li Xiao's heart also sank violently.

Immediately after, he heard Mu Liusu continue.

"I had people check her movements and discovered that the last time she appeared was when she went to the Hospital to see Jiang Baobao, and then she left with a Doctor; the surveillance there had been manually destroyed, and the Hospital has a high volume of people, so...

..."

He did not continue speaking further.

Li Xiao was also silent, having guessed what happened next.

That person who disguised himself as a Doctor did not know what method he used to make Cai Xiaotang leave with him.

It is simply too easy to disguise oneself and take someone away in a Hospital.

Therefore, within a short period of time, they did not have any clues.

It must be Linke's people...

Except for him, no one would go to such great lengths to target a woman who has no power to truss a chicken!

Li Xiao's fists were already clenched tight, the veins on the back of his hands bulging, forcing himself to calm down in the fastest time possible.

On the other end of the phone, Mu Liusu also seemed to be trying his best to control his emotions.

Neither of the two spoke.

After a long while—Mu Liusu's gloomy voice sounded again.

"Li Xiao, how did you promise me before, saying you would protect her well?"