Chapter 2664: Meimei Is Missing (3)
"Young master, we’ve found it. Miss Meimei’s phone was left on the auction seat. According to the surveillance footage, this is where she disappeared, meaning... she entered the grove."
Yao hurried back to Dan Tingye’s side, handed over Meimei’s forgotten phone to him, and reported respectfully.
Looking at Dan Tingye’s anxious face, there was a slight surprise in his eyes.
He had never seen such a panicked expression on the young master’s face...
"What did you say? She went into the grove?"
Dan Tingye was taken aback, then his face darkened as he turned and walked toward the grove.
"Young master, this grove is not an ordinary one. I’ve already contacted the estate’s caretaker; someone will be here soon. For safety’s sake, it’s better to wait a bit..."
Before Yao could finish his sentence, Dan Tingye’s figure had already vanished from sight.
Leaving him alone, anxiously waiting for help.
Following such a reckless master is really worrying!
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The pitch-black grove was eerily silent, only occasionally broken by the sound of cicadas.
Dan Tingye stood at the entrance, using his phone as a light, observing the footprints that someone had walked through, raising his eyebrows—she really had entered the grove.
This is the estate’s protective forest, where the position of every tree was meticulously measured before being planted. Inside, it’s like an ancient Eight Trigrams Array; without someone familiar with the terrain, once you go in, it’s hard to come out.
What on earth was she doing going in there alone?
At the thought of her possibly not finding an exit and hiding somewhere crying, his heart felt like it was being pricked by needles, almost causing him to panic and lose his senses.
Clenching his hands into fists, he forced himself to calm down.
The current Meimei is no longer the timid and cowardly child. Even if she got lost, she’d bravely wait for him to come find her; he couldn’t panic.
He needed to first figure out how to determine her location in the shortest time possible.
Dan Tingye strode towards the direction of the footprints into the grove, following them to where they disappeared.
This area was covered in grass, and it was nighttime, with insufficient light, making it hard to see where someone might have walked.
Dan Tingye raised his head to look around, but didn’t see her figure anywhere, his brow furrowed tightly.
He brought his fingers to his lips and blew a whistle.
As soon as the whistle fell, a disturbance was heard in the otherwise quiet grove.
Before long, a patch of snowy white swiftly moved to his side in the darkness.
"Awoo——"
Da Bai bounded gracefully to his feet, stretched its wolf body, then, unable to stay still for even three seconds, it excitedly circled around Dan Tingye, continuously nipping at his trousers, seemingly expressing joy at seeing its master.
"Meimei is missing. Help me find her first." Dan Tingye bent down to pat Da Bai’s wolf head, putting Meimei’s phone up to Da Bai’s nose to sniff.
"Do you know where she is?"
"Awoo!"
Da Bai shook its wolf head, turned its snowy white body, and ran towards the depths of the grove.
Dan Tingye’s eyes darkened, quickly following its lead.
After running for a while, faint footsteps could be heard not far away.
Before he could speak, the person ahead seemed to sense something, uncertainly calling out with a slight tremble in their voice, "Tingye, is that you?"