Chapter 1638: Chapter 1638: Beauty, can I watch Tokyo’s night color with you?
Luo Ziling immediately called Chen Xiaoyi, but heard the message that the phone you are dialing has been turned off.
He sent her a text and a WeChat message, but got no reply either.
After waiting for five minutes, Luo Ziling got up from the bed, started changing clothes, and notified Yang Xiaodong and Wang Zhenjun to go out with him.
“What happened?” Yang Xiaodong asked Luo Ziling softly as they walked towards the elevator. “Going out so late?”
“To find someone,” Yang Xiaodong showed Yang Xiaodong and Wang Zhenjun two pictures that Chen Xiaoyi had posted in her moments earlier, then whispered, “I guess she intentionally let me see this message. To prevent any issues, we better find her first.”
“Let me try her location information.” Wang Zhenjun immediately added, “If she has her phone with her, even if it’s off, we can still find it.”
Luo Ziling nodded.
In the underground parking lot, Yang Xiaodong drove, Wang Zhenjun tinkered with his equipment in the back seat, and Luo Ziling sat in the front passenger seat with a wide view. Luo Ziling feared that if he wasn’t careful, he might miss Chen Xiaoyi’s figure.
No matter what, since Chen Xiaoyi came to Tokyo, he had to find her; otherwise, he would never be at ease.
A lost and broken-hearted girl, alone in an unfamiliar place, the thought alone was terrifying.
Soon, Wang Zhenjun informed them about the phone location information.
“There’s no way to locate this number,” Wang Zhenjun said regretfully. “It might be a case of SIM ejection, or the number’s been canceled, or the phone signal is being blocked.”
“Alright,” Luo Ziling was also a bit disappointed, but he didn’t ask Wang Zhenjun further, just instructed them to search carefully.
Yang Xiaodong and Wang Zhenjun accompanied Luo Ziling, but it wasn’t just the three of them; a few others were following behind.
Wang Zhenjun sent Chen Xiaoyi’s information to them, so they could search together.
Luo Ziling first had Yang Xiaodong drive to the gate of Tokyo University, but they did not see Chen Xiaoyi at the now deserted university gate. They then went to the cafe from Chen Xiaoyi’s photo, but again, there was no trace of her.
At neither of the locations from Chen Xiaoyi’s photos was there any trace of her, and Luo Ziling’s heart sank steadily.
When Chen Xiaoyi posted her moments, she definitely hoped he’d see it and come find her.
But it was half an hour after she posted the message when he saw it. After waiting so long, Chen Xiaoyi must have lost patience and left.
She didn’t post more moments or reply to his messages, leaving him clueless about her next destination.
However, soon came surprising news; Wang Zhenjun said he found traces of Chen Xiaoyi.
It turned out that Wang Zhenjun boldly hacked into the local security monitoring management system, looked at some surveillance camera footage near Tokyo University, and found that Chen Xiaoyi had passed a certain place five minutes earlier.
Upon hearing Wang Zhenjun’s cue, Yang Xiaodong immediately headed in that direction.
Shortly after, Wang Zhenjun once again found signs of Chen Xiaoyi at a surveillance point near the famous Chaochao Canal in the Tokyo city.
After analyzing for a while, Wang Zhenjun concluded that Chen Xiaoyi must be walking along the canal bank direction.
The canal side was inaccessible to vehicles, so Luo Ziling decisively got out where Chen Xiaoyi’s traces were found and went on foot to search.
Yang Xiaodong and the other accompanying personnel also got out of the car, while Wang Zhenjun stayed in the car, continuing to view surveillance footage.
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Chen Xiaoyi herself wasn’t sure why she came to Tokyo.
After Chen Jiahai’s memorial service ended, Chen Xiaoyi, like a walking corpse, fled home under the pretext of a busy workload.
Her family thought she had returned to Europe, but unexpectedly, she ended up buying a ticket to Tokyo.
She arrived in Tokyo earlier than Luo Ziling, wandering aimlessly through Tokyo’s streets like a lost soul over the past few days.
On her first day, it was already evening. After finding a hotel, she went to a nearby bar and drank heavily.
During that time, a few bar regulars tried to chat her up, but she rudely shooed them away using her fluent Japanese.
After drinking to a half-dazed state, she stumbled back to the hotel.
Luckily, the hotel staff was friendly, and a rather handsome male attendant assisted her back to her room.
After taking her to her room, the attendant asked if she needed help, offering to take care of her in the room if needed.
But he was curtly chased out by Chen Xiaoyi.
She understood the attendant’s intention; he simply wanted to sleep with her.
After kicking out the awkward service attendant, Chen Xiaoyi locked the door and fell asleep instantly.
Waking up, she realized she hadn’t even taken off her clothes.
After drinking excessively, she woke up in the middle of the night with a splitting headache. While washing up in the bathroom, she saw in the mirror a haggard figure completely unlike her past self, and couldn’t help but burst into tears. As she cried, she blamed Luo Ziling for ruining her life.
In her sadness, she truly longed for support and even thought about indulging herself.
She even thought about that handsome guy from earlier.
But ultimately, she dismissed the absurd idea, eventually falling asleep out of exhaustion, not even bothering to put on pajamas.
It was nearly noon the next day when she woke up, reflecting on her impulse the night before with some embarrassment.
Fearing she might actually do something foolish, she stayed inside the room the whole day, watching TV.
Unexpectedly, she saw Luo Ziling’s figure on the TV.
A Japanese news report described events that happened during Huaxia’s visit to Japan.
The Japanese program commentator naturally criticized the Huaxia delegation for rudeness, particularly calling Luo Ziling a barbarian.
Seeing Luo Ziling on a Japanese TV show, Chen Xiaoyi felt a surge of excitement, as if injected with adrenaline.
She searched online and found some other reports.
Seeing Luo Ziling’s demeanor when facing the Japanese, her depressed mood lightened considerably, feeling a surge of pride. The man who once shared an intimate past with her had managed to oppress the Japanese so thoroughly, giving her a sense of pride.
She wanted to find Luo Ziling but felt it was inappropriate. After struggling for hours, she posted two photos on her moments.
She originally thought Luo Ziling would quickly see the photos and come to find her, but after waiting a long time, Luo Ziling didn’t show, leaving her heart once again filled with disappointment. After leaving the place of waiting, she slowly walked along the nearby river.
The night wind was cold, causing her to shiver uncontrollably, but she continued walking, ignoring the cold.
Reaching a bend in the river, feeling a bit tired, she sat on the steps, dazedly gazing at the continuously flashing neon city nightscape before her.
Expectations lead to disappointment.
Today she desperately wanted Luo Ziling to come find her, yet he didn’t, filling her heart with grievance and indescribable disappointment. But just as she held her cheek in her palm, lost in the beautiful night scene, a voice speaking Huaxia language came from behind her.
“Hi, beautiful, can I accompany you to watch the Tokyo night?”