Chapter 1197: Chapter 1197

"It must be ; the more I think about it, the more possible it seems."

Li Xiaoli was very confident in her reasoning.

"So what should we do now?"

Liu Mengting furrowed her brows in frustration.

"Hmph, of course, we’re going to catch them in the act!"

With a cold snort, Li Xiaoli stood up angrily and headed out.

"Hey, it’s already so late; isn’t it a bit inappropriate to do this?"

Liu Mengting hastily reminded her but rushed to the door to change shoes even quicker than Li Xiaoli.

"Meng Meng sister, you really say one thing and mean another!"

Li Xiaoli rolled her eyes at Liu Mengting disdainfully, then the two of them went hand in hand to Shen Yan’s villa.

When the two of them arrived at the door, Shen Yan was already there waiting.

Shen Yan had gotten into the habit of watching the villa across every day, so not seeing Tang Ming today made her feel inexplicably uneasy.

Seeing the two girls walk toward her house, Shen Yan took the initiative to come out to greet them.

"Wow, how did you know we were coming?"

Li Xiaoli looked at Shen Yan standing at the door in surprise.

"I was just about to go out when I saw you guys coming, so I waited."

Shen Yan shrugged with a smile.

Liu Mengting was about to straightforwardly ask questions.

"Ahem, can we come in and sit for a while?"

Li Xiaoli quickly interrupted Liu Mengting.

"Of course, be very welcome."

Shen Yan warmly welcomed the two girls into the villa.

"Xiaoli, why didn’t you let me ask directly?"

Liu Mengting complained to Li Xiaoli while following Shen Yan.

"Meng Meng sister, you’re so naive! If Brother Tang Ming is really up to no good here, and this woman suddenly shows up, isn’t she obviously sending us away?"

Li Xiaoli rolled her eyes at Liu Mengting, saying sneakily, "I want to go inside to see if she’s guilty, and by the way, check if Brother Tang Ming is hiding in the house."

"Oh, oh, oh, you’re still the smart one." Liu Mengting nodded repeatedly.

After entering the house, Shen Yan settled the two girls on the sofa and warmly asked, "Do you want something to drink? I have a lot of beverages here."

"No, no! Why are you home alone today?"

Li Xiaoli looked around in confusion and asked, "Where are those two beauties?"

"You mean Ouyang Xiao and Gao Ya?"

Shen Yan replied with a smile: "They moved out; they were just staying temporarily until they found their own place and naturally left."

Liu Mengting stared wide-eyed at Shen Yan in disbelief, "That woman is Ouyang Xiao?"

"The one with long hair who looks gentle as water, didn’t I introduce her to you before?"

Shen Yan looked at Liu Mengting in confusion.

"Oh wow, it’s exactly as I suspected! I didn’t expect the woman who checked in with Brother Tang Ming to be the same woman we met!"

Li Xiaoli quickly whispered in amazement.

"Damn it, I didn’t pay much attention when I came here to deliver a message, and I didn’t expect that woman to be Ouyang Xiao."

Liu Mengting’s face was a bit sour.

Seeing the two girls whispering in front of her, Shen Yan asked puzzledly.

"It’s nothing. Brother Tang Ming hasn’t been seen all day; is he possibly on a date with Ouyang Xiao and Gao Ya?"

Li Xiaoli looked at Shen Yan curiously.

"A date? Impossible. Ouyang Xiao and Gao Ya are a couple; Tang Ming can’t separate them."

Shen Yan shook her head immediately; even though Ouyang Xiao knew she had been violated by Tang Xin, she hadn’t changed her preference, wouldn’t accept other men, and Gao Ya even less.

"What do you mean by a couple?"

Liu Mengting stared at Shen Yan in astonishment.

"A pair of besties who don’t need men interfering friends."

Shen Yan smiled faintly but left some ambiguity.

"That’s strange. If Brother Tang Ming isn’t on a date with them, how could he disappear for so long?"

Li Xiaoli mumbled in confusion.

"Tang Ming is missing?"

Shen Yan’s face stiffened, and she quickly asked, "You didn’t get it wrong, right?"

"There’s no mistake; Tang Ming is indeed missing. He’s never disappeared so suddenly before, doesn’t answer calls, doesn’t reply to texts."

Liu Mengting shook her head, "The last time he left, he said goodbye to us himself, then suddenly disappeared. It proves he was kidnapped, so I think something might have happened to him this time too."

Shen Yan frowned, wanting to call Ouyang Xiao and Gao Ya to ask about the situation.

But thinking that those two women were full of hostility towards Tang Ming, if they really did something, it’d likely be aimed at Tang Xin, not to harm Tang Ming.

"Should we call the police?"

Li Xiaoli nervously suggested.

"There’s no evidence proving Tang Ming’s disappearance yet, so the police won’t file a case within twenty-four hours."

Shen Yan shook her head, calmly said, "Let’s wait. Maybe he’s just dealing with something and can’t contact you. If there’s no news in twenty hours, we can call the police then."

"Guess that’s all we can do now; I’ll head back first so he won’t find nobody home if he returns."

Liu Mengting stood up to say goodbye, preferring that Tang Ming was fooling around here than compared to such an outcome. At least she could see him alive.

"I’ll come over to stay with you."

Shen Yan thought for a moment, then stood up immediately to accompany the two girls back to the Liu Family villa to wait for news.

In the headquarters of the An Family Pharmaceutical company, Chen Cang stood pale, staring at a once-secret room that had been broken into.

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible; how could Brother Ming be dead? This must be fake."

Chen Cang held back tears and cried out through gritted teeth, "And the bodies of my two masters haven’t been found; they won’t have issues either."

"I don’t believe this is real either, but there’s a telepathic connection with my elder brother. Coming here was instinctual and absolutely correct. As for your two masters, I processed their bodies because they had become sources of Poison. I had to dispose of them."

Tang Ming put on a mournful expression, saying painfully, "Damn bastard, if I find out who’s behind my brother’s death, I’ll tear him to pieces."

"I don’t believe it! How could Brother Ming be dead?"

Chen Cang rushed into the secret room, tears streaming down his face as he looked at a corpse lying in a pool of blood, unrecognizable.

The body outside had already decayed into a bloody mess, entirely unrecognizable.

"This is my brother’s phone; it shouldn’t be wrong, right?"

Tang Ming, wearing gloves, picked up half-corroded phone and handed it to Chen Cang.

The moment he saw the phone, Chen Cang’s entire being nearly crumbled; he was too familiar with Tang Ming’s phone.

"Hey, brother, my condolences."

Tang Ming patted Chen Cang’s shoulder, squinting, "I’m also in pain and grieving, but I have more critical matters to handle, which is finding out who killed my brother. I must avenge him."