Chapter 169
When the two arrived at the residential complex, Shen Shuyu suggested sneaking a look at the cake shop first. After confirming that Wen Yue was still working in the shop, the two went upstairs.
Wen Jiafei took out the key and opened the door to Shen Xili’s home. Upon entering, both couldn’t help frowning because Shen Xili’s home was a mess, obviously showing signs of having been searched.
Shen Shuyu said, “What exactly is the thing they want? When Zhong came before, he even planted listening bugs.”
Wen Jiafei looked at Shen Shuyu. He seemed unaware of Wen Jiafei’s true identity. After thinking about it, he decided not to say much. “Let’s search first. Once we find it, we’ll know what it is.”
That was the only way.
Shen Shuyu focused his mind. The two watched the short video again. Actually, it was quite recognizable; the flowing light on it didn’t look ordinary.
Shen Shuyu turned the bedroom upside down but couldn’t find where the specific item was. He took a deep breath and walked out of the bedroom door. Wen Jiafei shook his head too; he had no luck either.
Shen Shuyu asked, “Could it be that it’s not in the house?”
Zhong had searched, and Zhong’s partners had searched too. They had turned this house upside down. Logically speaking, they should have found it one of those times.
Shen Shuyu pulled out the conversation again and read it carefully. The other party said he would know where this thing was.
But the key was, he had never even seen it.
“Might as well have kidnapped me and then let you two exchange the item,” Shen Shuyu muttered, but Wen Jiafei heard him. He glanced at Shen Shuyu. “Don’t talk nonsense.”
Being caught by that group of people meant death or crippling injury. Alphas couldn’t deal with them, let alone an Omega like Shen Shuyu.
He was smart and strong, but if an Alpha wanted to do something to him, just releasing a bit of pheromones could make him lose his reason.
Shen Shuyu made a zipping motion over his mouth. “Sorry, sorry, I was just saying casually.”
Wen Jiafei said, “Let’s talk business.”
Shen Shuyu said, “Now we’ve searched Shen Xili’s home, but the item isn’t here. Where else could he hide it?”
Shen Xili definitely didn’t keep the item on his person. After all, when he was captured, the first thing they would do is take away his belongings.
“Check his terminal,” Wen Jiafei suggested. “Maybe there are some clues.”
Shen Shuyu then remembered that Shen Xili’s terminal was still on him. He nodded. “Okay.”
He took out Shen Xili’s terminal, but got stuck as soon as he took it out—the terminal required a password.
When purchasing a terminal, the owner’s information is input. In the owner’s hands, it can be opened at will without password control, but if others want to open the terminal, they must enter a password.
The two sat on the sofa staring at the password input field in silence. Shen Shuyu asked, “You two are both Alphas. Use your Alpha thinking to guess what password he would set?”
Terminal passwords could be strange and varied. For example, Shen Shuyu’s terminal password was clicking on an inconspicuous small stone in a picture.
Wen Jiafei glanced at him. “Your birthday?”
Shen Shuyu let out an “Ah.” “Why set my birthday for no reason?”
Although Shen Shuyu said he didn’t understand, his fingers honestly input the year, month, and day. Unexpectedly, it really opened.
Wen Jiafei was slightly stunned for a moment. Shen Shuyu suddenly remembered that he and Shen Xili shared the same birthday, so this password wasn’t strange.
Shen Shuyu didn’t notice Wen Jiafei’s momentary daze, just happily saying, “Opened, it opened!”
Wen Jiafei composed himself. “Mn.”
Shen Shuyu deftly clicked open Shen Xili’s messaging app. He didn’t chat with many people on the terminal, and he didn’t seem to like talking to others on it either. Except for Shen Shuyu, every chat he clicked open had only a few sentences, completely devoid of any value.
Shen Shuyu sighed. “Why is it so difficult?”
Wen Jiafei said, “Let me see.”
Shen Shuyu handed the terminal to him. He didn’t stay idle either, starting to examine the coffee table again, touching here and there to see if there were any suspicious places.
Wen Jiafei also studied Shen Xili’s terminal. Whether intentional or unintentional, Shen Xili’s terminal was pitifully clean.
Shen Shuyu sighed. “I really don’t know what to do this time.”
He had actually secretly asked the System in the room just now, but the System couldn’t sense Shen Xili’s direction for the time being either, as if someone had deliberately erased the traces.
However, the System promised him it would find a breakthrough point to look for Shen Xili as soon as possible and tell him immediately if there was news.
Wen Jiafei comforted, “Don’t be sad. Maybe the situation isn’t that bad.”
Shen Shuyu nodded. “You’re right, we will definitely find him.”
If something really happened to Shen Xili, he dared not imagine how broken Father Shen and Mother Shen would be. Their biological son whom they had finally found back met with an accident before they could even hear him call them Mom and Dad.
Shen Shuyu frowned tightly. Father Shen, Mother Shen, and Shen Yisi treated him so well. Even if it weren’t for Shen Xili, he would do his best to find him.
Wen Jiafei found a piece of paper from somewhere. He quickly wrote two sentences on the paper.
[Might be at the bar.]
[There are wiretaps.]
Wen Jiafei had accidentally heard a “click” just now, so he quickly reacted to the sentence in the text message—they would be watching every move.
He believed they definitely didn’t have that much capability outside, but installing a wiretap in Shen Xili’s home was a piece of cake because they didn’t care if it would be discovered.
Wen Jiafei quickly wrote another sentence: [Go out first.]
Shen Shuyu nodded in agreement.
He took a deep breath. “Wen Jiafei, why don’t you go back to school first? Class is about to start.”
“But the item hasn’t been found.” Wen Jiafei put the note in his pocket.
“I’ll go back to school to look again too.” Shen Shuyu stood up. “Let’s go.”
Wen Jiafei stood up too. Shen Shuyu said, “Hope he’s okay.”
The two walked out while talking. Closing the door, they went downstairs in silence. Only after walking out of the residential complex did Wen Jiafei say, “Let’s still search separately. I’ll go to the bar, you go to the school.”
Shen Shuyu had no objections. He said, “Then be careful.”
Wen Jiafei hummed. Thinking of something, he took out Shen Xili’s house key from his pocket. “You’d better keep this key.”
Shen Shuyu agreed. Just as he reached out to take the key, he suddenly remembered something and instinctively grabbed Wen Jiafei’s hand too.
Wen Jiafei was stunned. “What?”
Shen Shuyu said, “I suddenly remembered something.”
Wen Jiafei didn’t understand, but Shen Shuyu said, “Get in the car.”
After speaking, he realized that grabbing Wen Jiafei’s fingers was a bit crossing the line. He coughed lightly and pretended to be calm as he took back his hand and Shen Xili’s house key.
He raised his hand to hail a car. After it stopped, he got in first, but Wen Jiafei didn’t follow. He looked at Wen Jiafei through the car window. Seeing him looking across the street, Shen Shuyu turned to look too, only seeing a man with a camera hanging around his neck leaning against a tree reading a book.
Running to the roadside to read a book in the middle of winter, truly having leisurely elegance.
While he was muttering, Wen Jiafei had already gotten into the car. Shen Shuyu reported his home address. Wen Jiafei was puzzled. “Why go to your house?”
“You’ll know when you get there,” Shen Shuyu said. “By the way, what were you looking at just now?”
Wen Jiafei shook his head. “Nothing.”
Shen Shuyu said, “But that person leaning against the tree reading just now really isn’t afraid of the cold. It’s below zero today, right?”
Although Shen Shuyu wasn’t resistant to cold, others seemed quite resistant.
Wen Jiafei responded indifferently, without much reaction.
On the contrary, the driver in the front row heard it and replied, “Ah, that guy has been leaning there reading for several days. I see him every time I pass by.”
“Maybe literary youths are just like that.” Shen Shuyu could understand. After all, everyone is different; maybe they just like this feeling sometimes.
“Who knows,” the driver replied.
Silence fell inside the car again. Until they reached the destination, Wen Jiafei didn’t say a word.
Shen Shuyu looked at him several times. He kept looking out the window, seemingly deep in thought.
Shen Shuyu hesitated to speak several times, but finally asked the moment they entered the house, “Wen Jiafei, did you encounter something?”
Wen Jiafei looked at him. “Why ask that?”
Shen Shuyu closed the door. “Just feel like you’ve been off all day today.”
And he could feel that Wen Jiafei seemed a bit depressed and unhappy.
Shen Shuyu felt that as Wen Jiafei’s good friend, he should guide him properly.
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