CHAPTER 435: CHAPTER 145: VENGEANCE MUST BE REPAID

Chapter 145 [Retribution for Grudges] (7400)

For Lu Sisi, this incident was truly explosive!

Spending the night at her boyfriend’s place, and then waking up in the morning to find him gone!

Such a big boyfriend, gone!

The key point is, Chen Yan’s coat, shoes, and everything were still at home.

The only things that disappeared with Chen Yan were the loungewear he was wearing and a pair of slippers.

In this situation... just think about it! Let your imagination run wild!

Like some classic mystery story or something.

At first, she hoped that maybe Chen Yan just went out for a stroll, a morning walk in the neighborhood? Or perhaps to buy some breakfast?

Although this assumption wasn’t very reasonable either—Chen Yan wouldn’t go out in his indoor slippers.

She called, but couldn’t get through.

To be precise, it wasn’t that no one was answering, but...

Out of service area!

Isn’t that strange!

After waiting at home for more than an hour, Lu Sisi didn’t dare to wait any longer. She went out and walked around the neighborhood, circling the nearby area a few times.

She called dozens more times to no avail.

Lu Sisi was almost driven mad with anxiety.

But fortunately, Lu Sisi knew one thing: Chen Yan was not an ordinary person, he was a cultivator!

So, maybe he went to do something related to cultivation?

Finding a place to seclude himself for practice? Or perhaps... like in the novels, when reaching a certain point, his realm needed to be elevated.

My boyfriend went out to overcome a tribulation?

But...

There wasn’t any thunderstorm outside.

Even if there was something urgent enough to leave, at least wake me up and let me know.

·

Then, Lu Sisi realized that with her ability, she couldn’t find Chen Yan.

So... call the police!

Many citizens in Dragon Country have this straightforward belief, that if there are difficulties, find the police.

Lu Sisi called the police, and they asked about the missing person’s situation, if there were any recent unusual events.

Lu Sisi just said that a very close elder of Chen Yan had passed away recently.

The police said: Maybe he went out to ease his mind.

The problem is, who goes out in loungewear and slippers to ease their mind?

The police said that although it isn’t reasonable, they had dealt with similar situations before, where people in grief did things against the norm.

Of course, the police also inquired about other details, such as recent obsessions with the internet, any online frauds, especially any recruitment news from Southeast Asian countries...

Lu Sisi firmly denied it.

The Chen Yan she knew, how could he be tricked into some remote area to be someone’s laborer?

Impossible!

The police finally told Lu Sisi: Then it shouldn’t be a big deal. An adult, a male, should have gone out to ease their mind due to the elder’s passing—wasn’t he still carrying his phone?

They also checked train and flight records, no entries, so he should still be local.

Even if tricked abroad, there should be exit records.

So, just wait for now.

·

Lu Sisi directly took a few days off, didn’t go anywhere, just stayed at Chen Yan’s place!

Stubbornly waiting!

Every day not eating or drinking properly, every night unable to sleep.

Stubbornly waiting!

Until the seventh day, Lu Sisi was sitting in the living room, clutching her phone, repeatedly checking all kinds of missing person reports locally, looking at some news briefs from the police in local news, such as people found wandering somewhere, asking any informed person to help identify...

Then she heard a "thud" from the basement practice room!

At that moment, Lu Sisi’s hair almost stood on end. She rushed into the basement in one breath, pushed open the door, and saw Chen Yan, who had been missing for seven days, lying on the ground.

He was wearing... animal skins?

And covered in mud?

Holding a sharpened wooden stick in his hand?

·

Chen Yan leaned against the bed, looking at Lu Sisi’s face.

He could feel his girlfriend was angry.

Although Lu Sisi was such a gentle girl, anyone who experienced an ordeal like this would naturally harbor some frustration after seven days of fear and anxiety.

A thought like, you went somewhere, at least tell me, right?!—is the least of what she’s feeling.

Chen Yan thought about it and decided to be honest with his girlfriend.

"Uh, Sisi, can you bring over the things I brought back?"

"Uh?" Lu Sisi was taken aback.

Then the girl got up and turned to walk into the bathroom, soon coming out holding a pile of things.

A piece of animal skin coat taken off Chen Yan, and a sharpened stick.

"You’re not gonna tell me you spent the past few days in some deserted mountain area playing a wild man, are you?" Lu Sisi looked at Chen Yan discontentedly.

Chen Yan shook his head, smiling wryly, "I was taken as a slave, eating very little, yet had to do a lot of work—really miserable!"

Lu Sisi widened her eyes at Chen Yan, "You..."

She whispered, "Are you joking with me? In this era, domestically, are there still people catching others as slaves? Even if there are, they must be in very remote places... We’re in an economically developed area."

"Not in this world!" Chen Yan suddenly cut off Lu Sisi’s doubts with one sentence.

"Huh?" Lu Sisi was stunned.

"Not in this world." Chen Yan shook his head, "Take a look at this fur coat, and this stick."

Lu Sisi wasn’t originally a fool—the girl was actually quite smart, and her IQ was more than enough.

Otherwise, despite continuous illnesses and calamities, she managed to stagger through schooling and ultimately got into university; such intelligence couldn’t be low!

Moreover, suffering a string of misfortunes before the age of eighteen, always living on the edge, has forged her into a careful and cautious person.