Xiao Yu, who was far away in Italy, received a call from Jiang Ye. As soon as he answered it, he heard Jiang Ye call out, "Nephew-in-law." He thought it was a wrong number, so he replied, "You've got the wrong number," and then hung up.
Jiang Ye stared blankly at the phone that had been hung up. After a brief moment of daze, he pressed the dial button again.
This time, it rang for a long time before the other side answered.
As soon as the call was connected, he heard Xiao Yu's impatient voice, "You've got the wrong number."
Afraid that Xiao Yu would hang up, Jiang Ye quickly said, "I'm Jiang Ye. Don't hang up."
"I'm busy," Xiao Yu said coldly.
Jiang Ye was already used to Xiao Yu's freezing tone, so he didn't mind at all. He continued enthusiastically, "I've got some big news for you. Your niece, no, my niece just came to my place."
"What does it matter to me that your niece went to your place?" Xiao Yu's fingers were busily flipping through the cooperation materials with Italian clients on his laptop, and his tone when talking to Jiang Ye was rather nonchalant.
"Of course it matters. Guess who my niece is?" Jiang Ye immediately said mysteriously.
"Other than that one, who else could your niece be? Are you really that idle? Isn't anyone forcing you to go on blind dates?" Xiao Yu's fingers neatly flipped through the materials. "If you're really that bored, you can go find Shen Moshu."
Look, Xiao Yu was so impatient. It was a pity that they had grown up together through thick and thin. Now when talking to him, he had such an attitude.
Jiang Ye clicked his tongue a few times, but was afraid that Xiao Yu would just hang up on him. "Ye Yanxi just left my place."
Xiao Yu's gaze on the laptop dimmed, and his tone carried a hint of danger. "You said... who left your place?"
"Ye Yanxi!" Jiang Ye immediately beamed with joy. "I just found out today. You don't know how shocked I was when I heard this news. It turns out that He Man isn't my niece. Ye Yanxi is. But I'm very satisfied with this result."
Xiao Yu didn't have the time to listen to Jiang Ye's feelings. He frowned and asked, "What exactly happened?"
Then, Jiang Ye briefly told Xiao Yu what had just happened.
After finishing, Jiang Ye still couldn't contain his excitement. "You don't know, when my mom said that Ye Yanxi was my sister's daughter, I was completely stunned. I once joked with you that if Ye Yanxi was my niece, you'd have to call me uncle. Who would have thought it would actually come true? Happiness came so suddenly..."
"Where did Xiaoxi go after leaving your place?" Xiao Yu impatiently interrupted Jiang Ye's long speech. If he let him ramble on, it would never end.
"She left without saying a word. How would I know where she went? Maybe she went back," Jiang Ye didn't think much about this question. He asked with a grin, "Now that you're with my niece, do you have to call me..."
Before Jiang Ye could finish the word "uncle", Xiao Yu simply hung up the phone. The beeping sound came from the receiver.
Jiang Ye's high spirits were instantly doused like a bucket of cold water had been poured on him. He felt extremely unwilling.
However, he still dialed the number again stubbornly.
The opportunity was rare. He had to make Xiao Yu call him uncle no matter what.
When he didn't know the truth today, he wasn't happy when he heard Yan Zhen say that he was Ye Yanxi's uncle. Now he felt like he was dreaming. It was a bit hard to believe. Ye Yanxi was his real niece. Naturally, Xiao Yu had to call him uncle. Moreover, he was Xiao Yu's elder.
Just thinking that if the two of them got married in the future, Xiao Yu would have to lower his head and call him uncle. The thought of it made him feel elated.
Imagining the beautiful future in his mind and thinking about Xiao Yu's reaction after answering the phone later, he couldn't help but laugh out loud. But after waiting for a long time, a mechanical female voice came from the receiver. "Sorry, the user you dialed is on the phone."
On the phone?
Jiang Ye stubbornly dialed again, but the result was still the same. Was Xiao Yu rejecting his call?
When Jiang Ye called for the seventh time, the phone wasn't on the phone anymore, but it was turned off.
Now Jiang Ye was furious. He actually turned off the phone on him! It was too much. Xiao Yu was simply a sneaky villain.
At the moment, Jiang Ye could only stare blankly at the phone. He wished he could go to Italy right now and appear in front of Xiao Yu, making him call him uncle first.
After the excitement passed, Jiang Ye only then realized that there were still a lot of things in Jiang Ming Group that needed him to handle. Just thinking about it gave him a headache.
Jiang Ming Group was founded by Yan Zhen. At that time, she and Jiang Huaiming even appeared on TV for publicity. But now Yan Zhen was getting old, and Jiang Huaiming only had Jiang Ye as his son. Jiang Pinzhen got married into the He family early on and completely ignored other things.
Naturally, Jiang Ming Group fell on Jiang Ye alone.
Although Jiang Huaiming wanted his son to join the army wholeheartedly, Yan Zhen didn't agree. She stubbornly made Jiang Ye join Jiang Ming Group.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ye had no choice but to give up dejectedly. He wouldn't go to Rome.
After hanging up Jiang Ye's phone, Xiao Yu kept calling Ye Yanxi, but she never answered. So Xiao Yu was very worried.
Based on his understanding of Ye Yanxi, she definitely couldn't accept this fact right now. Moreover, even Ye Junze, the closest person who had raised her, had been lying to her. She would surely find it even harder to accept. In a state of complete chaos in her mind, she would definitely run around aimlessly. He didn't know where she had gone.
The people from the Black Hawk Gang had also been itching to make a move.
Because he knew the movements of the Black Hawk Gang, Xiao Yu had sent people to protect Ye Yanxi around the clock. He had been a bit worried when he left, and now he was even more anxious. He just hoped that things wouldn't develop in the worst - case scenario.
Moreover, with Ye Yanxi's skills and alertness, it would be very easy for her to shake off the bodyguards he had sent. As long as Ye Yanxi wanted to, no one could find her trace, and this would also give the Black Hawk Gang an opportunity.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yu immediately called his subordinates in the country, asking them to keep an eye on the movements of the Black Hawk Gang at all times.
Then he received another call. It was from the two bodyguards he had sent to protect Ye Yanxi. As he had expected, they had lost track of her, and they were now looking for her.
But the two bodyguards were wandering around like headless chickens because just a minute ago, Ye Yanxi had turned off her phone, so they couldn't even lock in her location.
When Xiao Yu heard this news, his face darkened even more. He wished he could return to the country right now to look for Ye Yanxi himself.
Then he made a few more calls, asking all the people who could be mobilized to look for Ye Yanxi, and they had to do it secretly so that the people from the Black Hawk Gang wouldn't notice.
After making the calls, Xiao Yu thought for a while. Just to be on the safe side, he called Jiang Ye.
Jiang Ye was feeling sullen at the moment. He wished he could tear Xiao Yu into pieces. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yu called again. So he snorted proudly and was about to hang up.
Then he thought that Xiao Yu still hadn't called him uncle, and he was still a bit unwilling. So Jiang Ye slowly answered the phone.
"I'm very busy now. If you have something to say, say it quickly. I still have to go to the company to handle things," Jiang Ye imitated Xiao Yu's tone and replied impatiently.
"You're just a decoration in that company. Anyway, you just go there to play every time. Even if you don't go there for ten days or half a month, the company won't go bankrupt immediately!"
"..." This was simply blatant disrespect for him. It was a personal attack. When had he ever gone to the company just to play? Well, even if there were a few times, he had also worked very seriously, okay? He couldn't be considered a decoration. Most of the time, Yan Zhen would offer suggestions behind his back, and he was the executor. "Yu, don't look down on people when you say this. I'm also the backbone of the company now. What do you mean I'm just a decoration?"
Once Jiang Ye started complaining, he wouldn't stop. Seeing that Jiang Ye was still indignantly continuing to complain, Xiao Yu immediately interrupted him.
"Whether you're really busy or not, listen. I have something to ask you. Put aside what you're doing for now."
"You still need to ask me for help? Am I still asleep and dreaming?" Jiang Ye couldn't help but raise his voice.
Xiao Yu directly cut off Jiang Ye's words. "You said Xiaoxi left from your place. You should be very familiar with the area around the Jiang family, right?"
"Of course. If I'm not familiar with this area around my home, then who would be?"
"She's now lost her trace, and her phone is turned off. Go look around your place right away. Don't miss a single detail."
"What? Lost her trace? Phone turned off?" Jiang Ye couldn't help but roar. "What on earth is going on? Did you make my niece unhappy again? Let me tell you, now her business is my business. I don't care what you've done..."
Xiao Yu immediately interrupted him. His voice was cold. "It's not what I've done, but what your Jiang family has done. If anything happens to Xiaoxi, your Jiang family will never be able to recognize her again."
"What exactly happened?" Jiang Ye was completely confused. It seemed that Xiao Yu wasn't joking.
"Xiaoxi has been without parents since she was a child. At least Ye Junze adopted her so that she wouldn't be alone. But now, even her closest adoptive father has been lying to her. Sixteen years ago, Ye Junze helped her parents abandon her. What do you think will happen to her now that she knows the truth?"
Jiang Ye stared blankly and said, "Wouldn't she be devastated?"
"So, go find her right now. You must find her before it gets dark."
After saying that, Xiao Yu hung up the phone. Looking at the black - screen phone, Jiang Ye finally felt a sense of panic.
If something really happened to Ye Yanxi, not only Xiao Yu, but also the people in his family wouldn't be at peace.
Ye Yanxi, where on earth have you run off to?