Chapter 1040

Song Rongyu took the initiative to suggest going to Japan, and Old Master Song felt a little comforted in his heart.

He even thought to himself, "Rongyu and Wanting are not biological siblings, but for Rongyu to be so concerned about Wanting is indeed very rare..."

Thinking of this, he sighed softly and said, "Rongyu, you go arrange the plane; I will go with you!"

Song Rongyu hurriedly said, "Grandfather, don't come along. You are old, and you are unfamiliar with the place over there. If something were to happen to you, it would be even more troublesome. Besides, my father is still abroad, and Jin Ling cannot be left without someone in charge. You should stay at home, and I will definitely find a way to bring Wanting back!"

Old Master Song hesitated slightly, knowing in his heart that his going would indeed be of little use.

Moreover, if both he and Song Rongyu went to Japan, the Song Group would be left without a leader.

After all, it was a large family with hundreds of billions in assets; even during the holidays, the various daily affairs to be handled were very cumbersome. If there really wasn't someone in charge left here to keep watch, in case something happened, it could very likely cause huge losses.

Thus, Old Master Song nodded slightly and said, "That's fine! Then I will stay at home. You select some capable people as soon as possible and hurry to set off early!"

Song Rongyu immediately said, "Don't worry, Grandfather! I will arrange it right now!"

Immediately after, Song Rongyu called to summon several assistants and a dozen bodyguards, and also arranged the plane at the airport, taking off directly for Japan an hour later.

Old Master Song also called Ye Chen back and said to him, "Master Ye, Wanting and the people around her cannot be reached. I am afraid they have met with some accident, so I have already arranged for Rongyu to set off immediately and rush to Tokyo!"

Ye Chen asked on the other end of the phone, "Are there no clues at all?"

Old Master Song sighed, "Yes, there are no clues at all. I had people ask the hotel, and the hotel only said they left by car more than an hour ago, but where they went, no one knows."

Ye Chen asked again, "Didn't Wanting tell you what she was going out to do?"

"No..." Old Master Song said with great heartache, "Wanting returned to the hotel from Nippon Steel in the evening and told me about the progress of the negotiations, and even said she might continue to communicate with them tomorrow, but I am completely unaware of where she went tonight, and she never mentioned a word of it."

It must be said that Song Rongyu's scheme was indeed extremely brilliant.

As early as when Song Wanting's negotiations with Nippon Steel's Hashimoto Kinzen were constantly hitting snags, he had been constantly encouraging Song Wanting, pumping her up, and making Song Wanting more eager for success.

Moreover, in the afternoon, he deliberately said a so-called blessing that "you might receive a surprise early tomorrow morning," which gave Song Wanting a psychological hint in a subtle way.

So much so that after Song Wanting received the call from Hashimoto Kinzen that they could sign the contract, she naturally thought of giving her family a surprise, so when she left the hotel, she didn't tell anyone other than her companions about her itinerary.

This played right into Song Rongyu's hands.

At this moment, Ye Chen was very worried.

Hearing that Song Rongyu was going to Japan, he didn't think much of it, and of course, he had no suspicion of Song Rongyu.

He just felt that since Song Wanting's whereabouts in Tokyo were unknown, the best thing he should do now was to find someone in Tokyo to help, quickly check for clues from the hotel where Song Wanting stayed, and see where Song Wanting went after leaving the hotel.

Thus, he hung up Old Master Song's phone first and then called Ito Nanako.

At this time, Ito Nanako had just returned to Tokyo from Kyoto.

A few days ago, she had temporarily accompanied her father to Kyoto for a short stay to let him change his mood and relax, but because of the many family affairs, she returned to Tokyo after staying for three days.

Receiving Ye Chen's call, Ito Nanako was still a little surprised, after all, the time in Tokyo was one hour ahead of the country; it was past 10:30 PM in the country, and it was already 11:30 PM in Tokyo.

Therefore, Ito Nanako asked excitedly and surprisedly, "Ye Chen-kun, why are you calling Nanako at this time?"

Ye Chen's voice asked somewhat urgently, "Nanako, are you in Tokyo right now?"

"Yes." Ito Nanako said, "My father and I just returned this afternoon. Ye Chen-kun, I hear your voice sounds a bit anxious; is something wrong?"

Ye Chen said, "A good friend of mine has suddenly gone missing in Tokyo. In the last voice message she sent me, it seems she encountered an accident, but I can no longer reach her at all, so I would like to ask you for a favor: arrange for people to investigate where she went tonight."

Upon hearing this, Ito Nanako hurriedly said, "No problem, Ye Chen-kun! You tell me the general information, and I will arrange for people to conduct a comprehensive investigation right now! The Ito family's influence in Tokyo is still unrivaled; as long as she truly went missing in Tokyo, I will definitely be able to find her whereabouts!"

"Okay!" Ye Chen hurriedly told Ito Nanako some of Song Wanting's personal information, as well as the information about the hotel she stayed at and the time she left the hotel, and instructed, "Nanako, please trouble yourself to arrange for people to pull the surveillance footage, and see which car she got into, and where the car she took went!"

"Okay, Ye Chen-kun!" Ito Nanako also attached great importance to it and blurted out, "Then I will arrange it right now!"

Ever since the Matsumoto family was collectively taken offline and the Takahashi family was severely damaged, the Ito family's influence in Tokyo naturally increased significantly.

Many subordinate forces and organizations that previously followed the Takahashi family and the Matsumoto family were now taking the initiative to show favor to the Ito family, and Ito Nanako had also gradually incorporated some of them, allowing the Ito family's external forces to be greatly expanded.

Among them were the various biker gangs previously controlled by the Takahashi family.

Just like the underlings Hong Wu had in the underground world.

They might not be able to be on the table, but they were all groups breeding in the dark corners of the city, so like rats in the sewer, they had an extremely strong sense of smell and extremely fast mobility.

Once told to find someone, they all moved immediately.

Because the last place Song Wanting appeared was a hotel in the city center, the surveillance equipment was very complete, so the Ito family's external forces immediately locked onto the commercial vehicle Song Wanting took when she left through the hotel's surveillance footage.

Thus, everyone began to follow the movement trajectory of this car bit by bit through the surveillance system. Because the Ito family offered a reward of hundreds of millions of yen, they were all going all out to pursue clues, and every group hoped to be the first to find Song Wanting's whereabouts.

At this very moment, in a valley in Nishitama District, in the western suburbs of Tokyo.

Song Wanting was carefully making her way alone through the dense forest at the bottom of the valley.

This valley was hundreds of meters deep, not only with dense forests and vegetation but also with towering mountains on both sides, so there was no signal on her phone at all.

At this moment, Song Wanting had only one thought in her heart: survive and walk out of the mountains, and once there was a signal on her phone, she would immediately ask Ye Chen for help.

While struggling to move through the dense forest, she thought to herself, "Today's incident must be someone deliberately trying to murder me. If they know I'm still alive, then I definitely won't be able to leave Japan alive!"

At the same time, there was another realization in her subconscious: "Right now, apart from Master Ye, no one can save me!"