Chapter 1205: Chapter 1173: Dongfang Jing’s Sudden Departure
The Next Day
6:32 AM
When a ray of morning sunlight slipped through the window sill and illuminated Lin Yi’s room, it wasn’t the alarm clock by his bed, which had long been set, that woke him, but:
"Boss Feng, something’s wrong!!!"
Ouyang Hao’s voice was loud as he appeared at Lin Yi’s door like a gust of wind.
The urgent knocking sounded right after:
"Knock, knock, knock~~"
"Boss Feng, get up quickly, something big has happened."
In fact, Lin Yi was already startled awake by Ouyang Hao’s booming voice when he was still outside the villa.
When Ouyang Hao was halfway through knocking, the door suddenly opened.
Lin Yi appeared at the doorway, frowning at Ouyang Hao, and said:
"What’s going on so early in the morning?"
At this moment, Zhang Xinying’s door also opened simultaneously.
Both Zhang Xinying and Shangguan Yue peeked out sleepily, with Shangguan Yue groggily asking:
"What’s going on?"
"Isn’t the new instance supposed to open at night?"
Zhang Xinying cast her gaze towards Lin Yi.
Lin Yi also wore an ’I just got up’ expression.
At this moment, Ouyang Hao, upon seeing Lin Yi, immediately said:
"Miss Jing is in trouble."
Lin Yi was startled:
"What did you say?!"
Ouyang Hao quickly pulled the shocked Lin Yi and started walking out, saying:
"Come with me to check it out quickly."
But soon, Ouyang Hao felt his hand empty.
When Ouyang Hao looked back, he found Lin Yi had vanished.
Seeing this, Ouyang Hao couldn’t help but look bewildered:
"Boss Feng is really becoming more and more supernatural!"
Obviously, Lin Yi had just instantly teleported away.
By this time, Lin Yi was probably already at Dongfang Jing’s doorstep.
As Ouyang Hao voiced this, Zhang Xinying hurriedly asked:
"What happened to Sister Jing?"
Seeing that Lin Yi had rushed over, Ouyang Hao didn’t hurry anymore and explained:
"I found Sister Jing’s door open when I got up to open the gate this morning."
"At first, I wondered why Sister Jing exited the game so suddenly."
"Then I peeked inside and found Sister Jing wasn’t in the room."
"Later, I thought Sister Jing went for breakfast..."
"But Jiaying and Aunt Liu both said they haven’t seen Sister Jing."
At this point, Zhang Xinying and Shangguan Yue had hastily changed their clothes.
Zhang Xinying pulled Shangguan Yue and said to Ouyang Hao:
"Let’s talk on the way."
"Oh, okay."
On the way to another villa, Ouyang Hao continued:
"Later I called Sister Jing’s phone, but it was turned off."
"I even had someone check the location of Sister Jing’s phone chip."
Ouyang Hao took out a phone from his pocket as he spoke, and the two women were shocked:
"Why is Sister Jing’s phone with you?"
Ouyang Hao shrugged and explained:
"I located the phone using the chip location."
Then Ouyang Hao pointed to a green area outside the villa:
"Over there."
The situation became apparent by this point.
Given Dongfang Jing’s personality, she might do something like leaving without a word.
But why was her phone found in the greenery, and why was it turned off?
They couldn’t figure out what Dongfang Jing had to hide from them or why she chose to disappear like this.
Unwilling to think the worst, Zhang Xinying comforted:
"Maybe Sister Jing just hurried out for something."
"Let’s not scare ourselves."
And this is in a law-abiding society like Hua Country, not in a game world.
Although she said this...
The quickening pace betrayed their anxious hearts.
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When Zhang Xinying arrived at Dongfang Jing’s villa door, she saw Lin Yi alone standing by the desk in the room, seemingly holding a letter?
Could it be a letter from Dongfang Jing?
The doorway outside was already crowded with people.
When Ouyang Hao arrived, he asked:
"What’s the situation now?"
Xiao He and Shen Yanhua replied:
"I don’t even know when Boss Feng appeared."
"It looks like that might be a letter left by Sister Jing, Boss Feng has been reading it for a while."
Guo Shaojie came over to Ouyang Hao and asked:
"You were the first to find out Sister Jing was missing, did you notice anything special?"
At this moment, Ouyang Hao took out that phone and said:
"Here."
"Found in the flowerbed nearby."
Everyone was immediately startled.
They recognized it as Dongfang Jing’s phone too.
Guo Shaojie glanced at Ouyang Hao, and Ouyang Hao seemed to understand Guo Shaojie’s thoughts, saying a step earlier:
"I’ve contacted someone,"
"They’ll come over to fix the phone and retrieve the information inside."
"I hope when Sister Jing finds out, she won’t lash out."
But just as he finished speaking, the phone in Ouyang Hao’s hand was snatched by Shangguan Yue, startling Ouyang Hao:
"What are you doing?! Give it back."
Shangguan Yue held the phone guardedly and said:
"This is Sister’s phone, if anyone looks at it, it should be us."
"Tell your friend not to come, I’ll handle this."
"A friend of mine is good at this, I’ll let her take care of it."
Seeing this, Ouyang Hao didn’t insist:
"Alright, alright."
"Doesn’t matter who looks at it."
"I just hope this is all a misunderstanding."
After a while, even the cook and Jiang Jiawen came over.
However, Shen Yanhua quickly stopped them, gestured for silence, and sent them back.
Then Zhang Xinying and the others stood outside the door, watching Lin Yi, who silently stood by the desk facing the window.
After about ten minutes, Lin Yi’s palm suddenly ignited a small flame, instantly incinerating the letter into ashes.
Watching the letter turn to ash, Lin Yi sighed deeply and walked out.
As Lin Yi turned to close the door, Zhang Xinying was pushed forward by the crowd, helplessly asking:
"Was that a letter from Sister Jing?"
"What did the letter say?"
Lin Yi turned to face the expectant faces and, after a moment of contemplation, said:
"She just went home; her family is looking for her."
"She said she won’t be back for a while and told everyone not to worry."
Dongfang Jing’s family?
Upon hearing this result, everyone couldn’t help but look at each other.
This prompted Zhang Xinying’s puzzlement.
If her family was looking for her, why couldn’t she just tell everyone and say goodbye before leaving?
Why did she have to leave quietly?
And how does the phone get explained?
But noticing the expression on Lin Yi’s face, the smart Zhang Xinying seemed to realize something and didn’t pursue the question.
Regarding Dongfang Jing’s sudden departure, everyone felt an emptiness inside.
At this moment, Shangguan Yue suddenly held Dongfang Jing’s phone towards Lin Yi and said:
"Then, Boss Feng, this..."
Lin Yi glanced and directly said:
"Xinying, keep it. Return it to her when she comes back."
Then Lin Yi smiled at everyone and said:
"Alright."
"Don’t look so down early in the morning."
"Let’s go downstairs for breakfast, then get online."
He then said something that invigorated everyone:
"She’ll be online tonight to capture the city with us."
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