He spoke to Jia Rengui, explaining.
"Apologies, Mr. Jia, she's just one of my sisters, but her reactions are a bit slow. She rarely engages in normal conversations."
Jia Rengui, suppressing his annoyance, nodded vaguely.
At this point, he no longer cared about such trivial matters.
He only wanted to know where Jia Mengmeng had gone. If Jia Mengmeng was lost, or if something had happened to her, then…
Fear flickered in his eyes.
No.
Absolutely not.
Anything could happen.
But this one thing could not.
If this happened, he would be in immense trouble!
He gritted his teeth tightly and said, "No matter what methods you use, go all out and find my young lady."
As he said this, he added with a heavy heart,
"Bring her back alive, or her body!"
However.
Just as he uttered these words, Xi'er seemed to suddenly understand. She turned her head back, looking innocent and confused.
"What are you talking about? If you mean that young lady? Isn't she right here?"
What?
Everyone else froze.
Especially Jia Rengui. He suppressed his anger and looked at Duan Chen. "Mr. Bai should properly discipline his sister and not cause trouble at a time like this."
Duan Chen frowned.
"Xi'er, why would you say that?"
Of course, he believed Xi'er.
Xi'er gently extended her hand and pointed at the cake on the counter, her eyes filled with innocence and a hint of cruelty.
"That young lady, isn't she right here?"
Wang Fugui followed Xi'er's gaze.
Everyone saw a two-tiered cake.
This cake wasn't very large; it was a smaller, introductory cake, the one meant for actual eating.
There were also five or six layers of cake, but those were mostly for decoration, and not particularly tasty. The real cake to eat was the two-tiered one.
"What nonsense are you spouting!"
Jia Rengui was thoroughly impatient.
Xi'er paid no mind to anyone's words. She walked forward in quick strides, holding a knife, and slowly pushed aside the cream.
She stood before the cream cake, humming a cheerful little tune.
As she scraped away the cream from the cake, her eyes sparkled as she looked at what was revealed inside.
The others were drawn by Xi'er's actions and looked down with her.
Then they saw, within the supposedly pink cake, a black object protruding.
Strands of it, coated in cream.
It was human hair.
Jia Rengui almost couldn't catch his breath.
He tightly clutched his chest. "What is this? What is this?!"
Xi'er had already put down the spatula. A mysterious smile played on her lips, a smile that was unfathomable.
"I thought everyone knew? Isn't this a surprise?"
"Could it be…"
Her tone held an eerie power. As if wary of being overheard, Xi'er lowered her voice.
"Isn't this our joint birthday party to eat Miss Jia, who has turned eighteen?"
With that sentence.
Most of the people present suddenly felt a chilling cold, like being in an ice house in winter.
They looked at Xi'er in disbelief. But Xi'er maintained her posture, her fair, tender little hand still near her mouth.
She genuinely meant it!
Everyone realized this at that moment.
And then, in unison, they stepped back a few paces.
After they had all retreated, they noticed that most of the people around them had also stepped back out of fear, just like themselves.
Duan Chen reached out and pulled Xi'er behind him. He deliberately used his body to shield her and then said to Jia Rengui,
"Mr. Jia, the situation is quite clear here. It appears Miss Jia was murdered and hidden inside the cake… but Miss Jia's…"
Duan Chen hesitated, unsure how to continue.
However, Jia Rengui, clutching his chest, seemed to understand something. Gasping for air, he ran to the refrigerator and yanked open the freezer door.
Inside the freezer, wrapped in plastic wrap, was meat.
The entire scene fell silent.
Looking at what should have been pixelated, no one spoke.
Wang Fugui fainted on the spot.
Wang Chenyang wasn't much better; he was so scared he wet himself.
Everyone's faces were contorted in horror.
The master chef was even more terrified.
Because this happened here, he couldn't possibly escape responsibility. He frantically waved his hands.
"This has nothing to do with me! This cake was delivered by someone else. After it was delivered, it was placed on the counter."
"Do you know who delivered the cake?"
Duan Chen asked.
The current situation clearly involved some supernatural events.
In other words, bizarre occurrences.
He didn't have much hope that the master chef could provide any useful information.
Yet, the master chef actually did.
"I do! I saw! It was a very beautiful woman. I've seen her before. She's Young Master Wang's ex-girlfriend!"
He couldn't afford to worry about family secrets now. To save his own life, he confessed everything clearly.
A group of people turned their gazes to Wang Chenyang.
Wang Chenyang immediately waved his hands in panic, shaking his head frantically.
"It wasn't me, really not me! What ex-girlfriend do I have!"
That was also true.
Duan Chen then looked at Wang Fugui, who had fainted on the ground.
Jia Rengui forcefully suppressed his anger, fetched a basin of water from nearby, and splashed it directly onto Wang Fugui's face.
Wang Fugui slowly came to.
He looked around in a panic, his voice filled with dread.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
"What happened?"
"You dare ask what happened!"
Jia Rengui was furious. He grabbed Wang Fugui by the neck.
But just as he was about to speak, he suddenly remembered the irrelevant people around him. So he consciously suppressed his anger, put on a pained expression, and said to Duan Chen and the others,
"Everyone, please leave first… We have more important matters to handle here… We won't be able to entertain you further."
Duan Chen, with good judgment, didn't linger.
He greeted them and nodded.
"Since that's the case, we'll be leaving. However, this kind of incident might require reporting to the police."
Jia Rengui, suppressing his temper, responded vaguely.
"I understand, Mr. Bai. I apologize for the inconvenience. Please wait in the guest room. I will inform you of the outcome after we have dealt with matters here."