Ding Chengxin made seven consecutive phone calls, all of which showed "the other party is not responding." The eighth video call was finally answered.
Li Fei: "Ding Chengxin, what do you want? Why aren't you sleeping this late? Did you guys cause trouble again?"
Without wasting any breath on him, Ding Chengxin flipped the camera directly. "Take a look for yourself. If you can't see clearly on the video, go look at the photos Ma Jiaqi sent you."
After looking at the photos Ma Jiaqi sent him, Li Fei said, "Did you guys forget your keys and climb through the window? Look at what you've done to this window—it needs to be replaced again. How many days have you even lived in this new house, and you've already ruined it like this?"
Ding Chengxin: "Are you still half-asleep? Anyone can tell at a glance this is the work of sasaeng fans. Now we don't even know where Huan is. There's definitely surveillance around this house; arrange for someone to pull the footage."
Li Fei: "Sasaeng fans did this? Are you all okay?"
Standing nearby and looking at the newly taken photos, Ma Jiaqi spoke up: "The sasaeng fans came while we were out, roughly between 8:00 and 12:00. Have someone pull the surveillance footage first, and let's figure out whether Huan left this residential compound."
Li Fei: "Look at what time it is, who am I supposed to send to check? Go to sleep first, and I'll bring people over tomorrow morning."
Ding Chengxin: "Sasaeng fans can wait until tomorrow morning to be investigated. Right now, go have the security guards check the footage from 8:00 to 12:00 to see if Huan ran out of the compound."
Li Fei: "I'll go check tomorrow morning. I'll have the driver pick you up and take you to a nearby hotel to sleep for the night."
Hearing Li Fei say that, Ding Chengxin instantly lost control of his voice and shouted, "What hotel?! Huan hasn't even been found yet, who the hell can sleep?"
With that, Ding Chengxin hung up the video call and looked at Ma Jiaqi.
Seeing Ding Chengxin like this, Ma Jiaqi felt a pang of heartache. He put away his phone, walked over to Ding Chengxin, pulled him into a hug, and said, "It's fine, let's go ask the others if they've found Huan yet."
Just as Ma Jiaqi finished speaking, Zhang Zhenyuan, Song Yaxuan, and He Junlin walked into the room.
Ding Chengxin looked at the three of them. "How is it? Did you find him?"
Zhang Zhenyuan's face was expressionless and his lips were slightly pale. He gave Ding Chengxin a powerless shake of his head.
Song Yaxuan: "We searched everywhere in this house—every corner, the rooftop, we checked it all."
Just then, Liu Yaowen ran up, panting heavily. "Brother Xiang and I went to the security office to check the surveillance. Huan was being chased by three girls and ran out of the compound."
Ma Jiaqi: "Is there a video recording?"
Liu Yaowen: "Brother Xiang is recording it. He told me to run back first and tell you guys."
Song Yaxuan: "Haoxiang is recording video, couldn't you just use your phone to send us a message? The security office is so far away—what if a sasaeng fan was hiding somewhere and cornered you?"
Liu Yaowen: "My phone was out of battery."
Liu Yaowen went to find a power bank to charge his phone.
Ding Chengxin: "Goudan, you and Xiao He go find Haoxiang."
Ma Jiaqi and He Junlin: "Okay."
Zhang Zhenyuan's phone rang three times in a row. He took his phone out of his pocket, unlocked it, and saw that Yan Haoxiang had sent three video recordings in a row. Zhang Zhenyuan just stared at the phone screen, not daring to tap them open.
Seeing this, Ding Chengxin sat down next to Zhang Zhenyuan, took his phone, and tapped to open the video. Song Yaxuan also sat down next to Zhang Zhenyuan and took his hand. The four of them watched the video recordings without a word.
The first recording was only a few seconds long, taken at the entrance of the residential compound with no sound. It only showed Huan running in front, with three girls chasing behind.
The second recording was also just a few seconds long, taken in front of the front door. It showed Huan running out from the doggy door and running to the side of the house.
The third recording was a bit longer and happened to capture the window of Zhang Zhenyuan's room. It showed three girls appearing in the surveillance footage carrying a ladder. After placing the ladder, one girl climbed up while another walked away, and the third stood at the bottom of the ladder holding it steady. After a short while, the girl on the ladder was seen climbing into the room. A few seconds later, she climbed back out, stood facing the room on the ladder for quite a while, and then climbed down. A few seconds later, Huan appeared in the surveillance footage, and then the three girls ran toward where Huan was.
After watching the video, Zhang Zhenyuan's lips turned even paler, and he gripped Song Yaxuan's hand tightly.