The two of them arrived at a local restaurant. As soon as they walked in, Ding Ruola smelled a pungent mutton odor.
Ding Ruola didn't like mutton, and Fang Siyan wasn't fond of the smell either. So the two of them decided to leave.
They had just walked a few steps when Fang Siyan was called out by a woman.
The man stopped in his tracks. Ding Ruola, who was beside him, felt it inappropriate to keep walking forward, so she obediently stayed by Fang Siyan's side.
"I didn't expect to see you here."
The woman was dressed in a way that suggested she was here for work.
She wore a gray work - suit, a mask on her face, and had a pair of bright, black eyes. Her delicate features were full of charm, making her seem out of place in this area.
"And this is?"
The woman might have been too excited to meet Fang Siyan that she only then noticed the petite woman beside him.
"My wife. We're here for a trip."
The woman reached out her hand to Ding Ruola. "Hello, I'm Shao Jin."
Ding Ruola could sense that there was no hostility from the woman in front of her. It seemed that she wasn't one of Fang Siyan's admirers, so she greeted the woman amicably.
Shao Jin said that most of the restaurants here focused on "green cuisine", and it would be difficult to find food that suited their taste. She suggested that the two of them could go to their company's temporary work site.
There were several Sichuan cuisine restaurants there.
At the mention of Sichuan cuisine, Ding Ruola couldn't help but swallow her saliva.
"Shall we go?"
"Sure."
Fang Siyan invited Shao Jin into the car. The two girls sat in the back. Ding Ruola was curious about Shao Jin's job.
Shao Jin was amiable and behaved in a generous manner.
She said self - deprecatingly, "We're just here to lay internet cables."
Ding Ruola admired those who were engaged in high - tech jobs. When it came to using a computer, she only knew a few commonly used software.
"We have a cooperation with Siyan. Didn't you know?"
The girl was incredulous. She thought Fang Siyan was only excellent in venture capital, and his biggest business was that pedestrian street in Kyoto. She didn't expect that he had also invested in the mobile communication industry.
"I don't know much about Lao Fang's business."
Ding Ruola stuck out her tongue at Shao Jin. Shao Jin was tight - lipped. She figured that if Fang Siyan hadn't told the girl in front of her, there must be his personal reasons, so she naturally didn't say any more.
After the three of them finished eating, Fang Siyan said that he had some business to discuss with Shao Jin, and it wasn't convenient for Ding Ruola to listen.
She had to find a place to sit.
After a while, Ding Ruola felt bored.
When she was bored, a man named Chu Jiang walked up to her.
"Sister Shao will be busy for a while. I can show you around our exhibition hall."
The exhibition hall was mostly filled with early communication devices. Ding Ruola had no interest in these electrical appliances at all.
The man named Chu Jiang was oblivious. He didn't notice the impatience on Ding Ruola's face at all and kept introducing the functions of these devices.
"Cellular structure, handover, fixed - point coverage..."
Ding Ruola's head ached from listening. When she heard the name Maxwell, she remembered the deep fear of being dominated by high - school physics.
"I need to go to the toilet!"
The girl didn't want to keep wandering around the exhibition areas with Chu Jiang, so she found the most cliché excuse and left him.
She stayed in the toilet for a while and then walked out of the company.
Outside the company was another expanse of desert. Only a few houses could be seen in the distance.
Ding Ruola thought she had nothing to do, so she decided to take a stroll here and wait for Fang Siyan to finish his meeting before going back.
At first, the girl walked while looking back at the footprints she left in the desert, and she could still see Shao Jin's office building.
But after walking for a while, Ding Ruola couldn't see the office building anymore. She started to panic. She took a few steps back and found that the footprints were gone.
"What's going on?"
The sun was about to set. The sky above was emitting a strange red glow. Ding Ruola took out her phone but found that it was out of power.
She managed to turn on the screen with the remaining 3% of the battery, and the phone prompted that it would automatically shut down in 30 seconds.
She remembered charging her phone last night. It must have been that the power bank didn't have much charge.
"What should I do now?"
Ding Ruola couldn't see the way back. There was only a vast expanse of golden sand and a few scattered houses in the distance.
Fang Siyan and Shao Jin were having a great conversation. In their excitement, he even forgot about Ding Ruola.
It was already after 5 p.m. when they finished talking.
"Let's call Ruoruo out for dinner."
Shao Jin liked Ding Ruola very much. She was thinking that if China Mobile had any advertisements, she could ask them to cooperate with Ding Ruola's studio.
But when she asked Chu Jiang where Ding Ruola was, the man said he didn't know.
Both Fang Siyan and Shao Jin looked worried. Chu Jiang realized that he had caused trouble this time, so he immediately said, "I'll lead some people to look for her."
It was already night, and the temperature in the desert would drop. It would be very dangerous for Ding Ruola to be alone outside.
Chu Jiang led some people to search around the company but found nothing.
During this time, Fang Siyan kept calling Ding Ruola.
He couldn't hear Ding Ruola's voice at all, only the system prompts.
"Her phone must be turned off."
Shao Jin explained beside him. She was also very anxious. Ding Ruola had gone missing under her watch.
She felt very guilty. She thought she shouldn't have taken Fang Siyan to discuss business. Then Ding Ruola wouldn't have been bored and gone out for a walk alone.
Fang Siyan was very emotional now. He knew that Ding Ruola also used a China Mobile phone card, and they were now at the northwest branch of China Mobile. They should be able to locate the SIM card.
"We can't do anything if the phone is turned off."
If the phone was on, the company could use the distance between Ding Ruola's phone and the surrounding base stations and use three base stations to determine Ding Ruola's exact location.
The only solution Fang Siyan could think of now was to use drones.
When the phone was turned off and there was no network, they could only rely on manpower.
"When did Ruola leave?"
Chu Jiang carefully recalled the time Ding Ruola left. It should be around 3 p.m.
She had gone out for a walk alone for three hours. According to a person's walking speed, she should be about ten - odd kilometers away.
Fang Siyan learned from the surveillance at the door that Ding Ruola had walked towards the west. He immediately asked Shao Jin to lead some people and drones to search for Ding Ruola in the desert.
The group drove one kilometer and then launched a drone for a scan.
Ding Ruola should have started shivering because she was wearing too little.
The girl knew that after getting lost, she mustn't keep walking, or the people looking for her might just be going in circles with her.
"Lao Fang! When are you coming?"
Ding Ruola was still sighing when she suddenly heard someone speaking behind her.