Chapter 6: Tracking Failure

  "What company is it, and where is it? If we find his company, won't we be able to find him?" As long as we find Zhou Wen, we can ask him for the hand chain and then catch him and send him to the police station, so that we can avenge Linna.

  "It's called the Benjamin Company, it seems to be a multinational company, their business is very extensive, including electronics, stocks, internet, antique trading, real estate and so on, in short, it's a large multinational conglomerate." Wu Shirong said as we walked into the dormitory.

  At this time, Li Lin rushed over like a madman.

  "You son of a bitch, you dare to take my computer! I was wondering why it went missing from the dormitory. It cost over 6,000 yuan, do you know that? I'm going to report this to the police right now!" Li Lin grabbed Wu Shih-Rong's collar, fuming with anger.

  "Lili, calm down, we just went to check the information and brought it back!" I was speechless too, after all, we took someone else's things, and I didn't dare to speak with my head hung low.

  "You guys use it, just tell me in advance, I thought it was lost. We are all from the same dormitory, this time it's like this. If there is a next time, I will tell the department head, you little thieves!" Li Lin actually returned to the dormitory ahead of schedule, every time he would go to the cafeteria to eat first, but this time he didn't know why he came back to the dormitory first.

  "Lin Ge, I was wrong, I won't dare to do it again, please calm down, thank you for your computer!" Wu Shi Rong smiled and hurried over to apologize.

  "Alright, alright, country bumpkin! No money to buy things and yet you're moving other people's stuff. I'm too lazy to bother with you all, just go do what you need to do!" After saying that, Li Lin climbed onto the bed, covered her head with the quilt.

  Looking at that damned Li Lin, Wu Shirong and I were speechless, after all, we had bitten off more than we could chew. We also wanted to do a good deed, but who would have thought that we would provoke this ill-tempered guy? Now I don't have the money to buy a laptop, if I had the money, who would care!

  At this time the phone rang...... He picked up his mobile phone, it was Zhao Yuer's call.

  "Hey! Nie Yu, you promised to treat me to dinner, I've been waiting for a whole day, what's going on? Are you trying to back out?" Zhao Yuer said with a slightly playful tone.

  "Beautiful girl, is that you? I thought it was someone else. Who said I wanted to regret it? Now please tell me, where are you now?" I was overjoyed, and this beautiful girl didn't know what had happened either. Was she going to repay my lifesaving kindness with her body?

  "I'm right at the school gate, waiting for you! Come quickly!" She hung up the phone after saying that.

  Before long, Zhao Yuer and I arrived at the opposite side of the school gate on the road, where there were some very small restaurants.

  "Beautiful girl, what do you want to eat? I can't afford expensive places, is it okay here? Let me treat you to liangfen." I glanced at the street vendor selling liangfen and smiled awkwardly.

  "Liáng fěn? I've never had that before. There's a coffee shop over there, how about you treat me to a cup of coffee? It won't be expensive." As she spoke, Zhao Yuner actually took my hand. Her hand was cool and smooth to the touch.

  This is a very small but clean shop, with only five or six tables. Two of the tables were occupied by couples, and it was very quiet. Before long, my coffee was ready.

  "Beautiful girl, is your father a big boss?" The opposite Zhao Yu'er was even more beautiful under the dim yellow light, her long hair poured in front of her protruding chest, and her big eyes stared at my eyes, revealing white teeth.

  "Are you here to be friends with me or my dad? You just asked my dad, if you want to see him later there will be opportunities, now is not the time!" Zhao Yu'er thought I was a fool, only thinking about some messy things.

  "No, I want to ask for your help, help me find someone!" I quickly took out a notebook with detailed information about Zhou Wen.

  Zhao Yuner took it and examined it carefully.

  "This person, I don't know him either, what are you looking for him?" Zhao Yuer stared at me blankly.

  "Oh, he's our dormitory Wu Shi Rong's older cousin, but he stole his mom's bracelet and hasn't returned home yet. Since it's a family member, we didn't report to the police, thinking that whoever wants to find him will ask clearly later. We found his information in school, but none of us know how to find him, so please trouble your dad to ask... I can't tell Zhao Yun Er about the female ghost thing, she just recovered from the shock at my second uncle's mountain hut and if she gets shocked again, it'll be over."

  "Oh, in that case, I'll just go home and ask my dad, this company should be listed in the city's business directory, I'll find it when I get back and tell you." Zhao Yuer took a sip of her coffee, smiled at me, and stuffed the note into her bag.

  "Thanks a lot, beauty. This matter is very important and must be done as soon as possible, please. I made a fist at Zhao Yuner, which made her laugh out loud..."

  After finishing coffee, I went with Zhao Yuer to another place. When I returned to the dormitory, I felt very tired. Just as I was about to go to bed and sleep, the phone rang again.

  "Hey, I've found the location of that company. Remember it well, and I'll take you there tomorrow!" I wrote down the address and handed it to Wu Shi Rong.

  "Really? You found it that quickly?" I couldn't believe her speed.

  "Alright, I'm taking a taxi home. I looked at my dad's business directory and found it in no time. Tomorrow I'll take you there to check it out, if nothing happens I'll hang up, my mom is waiting for me to eat!" Zhao Yu'er hung up the phone.

  "Nie Yu, are we going tomorrow? I had a photo of Zhou Wen back then, but it was just an ID photo, and now who knows what he looks like!" Wu Shi Rong stared at me, pulling out his phone with a saved photo of Zhou Wen.

  "It's only been two years, things shouldn't have changed that much, it's not like it's been ten or twenty years. Let's go to bed early today and leave early tomorrow since it's the weekend!" Finally feeling a sense of relief, finally making progress, I must avenge Lina, can't let her continue being a wandering ghost with resentment."

  The next day, in the afternoon, I and Zhao Yun'er, Wu Shi Rong took a taxi to the entrance of Benjamin Company. On the pillar at the entrance of Benjamin Company, there were several large characters that read "Benjamin Group Haicheng Branch". In front of the door, luxury cars were parked one after another, and several security guards stood wearing neat suits, sunglasses, and hands behind their backs.

  "Zhao Yuer, are you sure it's here?" I'm still worried, not that I don't trust Zhao Yuer, but facing such a big scene is a bit embarrassing.

  "It's okay, after a while we'll just pretend to be a couple and sneak in. Look at all these people coming and going, I think it should be fine!" Following Zhao Yu'er's finger, there were indeed many people at the entrance of Benyamin Company, all going inside as if attending some sort of meeting.

  I and Zhao Yun'er hastily got off the bus, Wu Shi Rong was waiting for us on the road.

  "Hello sir, hello madam, are you here for the corporate exhibition?" The security guard at the entrance immediately walked over.

  "Yes, we are Mr. Zhou Wen's friends and have come specifically to see him today." Zhao Yuner replied calmly.

  "Oh? You're Manager Zhou's friends, please come in, come on!" The security guard led the way, Zhao Yuner stood up straight with her bag and sunglasses, looking like a boss lady, while I wore worn-out sports pants and a white shirt, attracting many people's attention.

  The security guard took us to a large room on the second floor and left. The hall was hundreds of square meters in size, and surprisingly, there was a huge fountain in the middle of it. Behind the fountain were rows of display cabinets. Inside the display cabinets were all sorts of electronic products, mobile phones, antiques, etc., categorized and with thousands of different types on display.

  I pretended to look at the exhibits with Zhao Yuer, but carefully watched the staff introducing the exhibits. However, there was no one named Zhou Wen. After searching around, we couldn't find anyone and directly held hands entering the office area.

  "Zhou Wen must be in the office area. I've checked his information and he's an employee here." I whispered to Zhao Yuer.

  "It's okay, we'll search room by room. With so many people at the exhibition, their company employees must be either at the exhibition or in the office!" Zhao Yuer and I quietly walked along the corridor of the third floor office area, with offices lined up one after another, and there were quite a few people inside. Just then, my phone rang."

  "Hey, I saw Zhou Wen, his car just left the parking lot, you guys come out quickly!" Wu Shi Rong's voice was very urgent.

  "Are you sure it's him? Did you see his face?" I had some doubts about Wu Shi Rong's severe nearsightedness.

  "That's right! If I'm wrong, you can kill me!" Wu Shi Rong said firmly.

  "Alright, wait for us, we'll be right down!" I and Zhao Yuer hurriedly ran out of the exhibition hall, walked to the entrance of Benyamin Company, saw Wu Shirong hailing a taxi from afar, and followed him.

  "Hurry up and get in, both of you! Follow that car in front!" Wu Shirong nervously instructed the driver to follow the car in front. I was secretly delighted, this Wu Shirong is really something, every time he plays a crucial role, if we catch him this time, let's see how he explains himself.

  The taxi driver skillfully followed the black car in front, which seemed to be a new unlicensed vehicle. After driving for about 10 minutes, the Guangzhou Honda directly entered a small district, and we also hurriedly followed in. Seeing a man getting out of that car, we quickly got off and ran over. But when we arrived at the scene, all of us were stunned.

  "Huh, what are you guys following me for? Nie Yu. Zhao Yun'er, are you Wu Shi Rong? How did the three of you end up at my house!" This person wasn't Zhou Wen, but rather our department head Professor Liu. The three of us were shocked and stunned, not knowing how to answer his question, until Zhao Yun'er cleverly came up with a response.

  "Professor Liu, we just came to see you because the exam is at the end of the month and we don't think we can pass for sure, so we wanted to ask you about the scope of the questions..." Zhao Yuer said, looking down with a red face.

  "You guys, ah! You're killing me! Normally you don't study hard, and now that the exam is near, you come to find me. If you want to find me, go to my office at school, what are you doing coming to my home? Last year, a few boys even bought clothes and gifts for my wife, you students are simply crazy! Ah, nowadays' students!" Professor Liu said, shaking his head.

  The three of us were speechless, and we weren't here for him in the first place. But this obvious tailing was something anyone could see through, and such a lie had almost become a complete strategy. I secretly admired Zhao Yu'er's cleverness.

  "Remember, the test at the end of the month is an important test for your new life. If you don't pass, there will be no credits, understand? And I won't leak any information about the exam to you, hurry up and leave, don't let others see, this is all the school's teachers, if they see me, I'll be in trouble, thinking that I'm taking bribes from students here!" Looks like he's really angry.

  "Professor Liu, we didn't bring anything, we just came to see you!" Zhao Yuner explained hastily.

  "Listen up, all of you! If the three of you don't score in the top ten of the class, I'll make sure you retake the course at the end of the semester, got it? And if you manage to get into the top five, I'll recommend that the department let you attend the experimental class!" Professor Liu said, and then stormed off.

  We walked out of the compound gate...

  "Hey! Four-eyed ghost, didn't you see Zhou Wen? How old is Professor Liu and how old is Zhou Wen, can't you tell?" Zhao Yun'er looked at Wu Shi Rong with a bad attitude.

  Wu Shi Rong hung his head and hunched over, looked at us and then took out his phone to show us. Zhao Yu Er and I looked over, and the photo on it was indeed Zhou Wen!