Wei summoned one of the maids to look for Jia Li in the bathroom but she wasn't there either. Slightly surprised at her absence, he asked the maid to look for her in the garden at the back of the house.
Tang was getting more and more impatient by the minute, standing in the living area. Finally he had had enough. He wasn't going to let Wei brainwash Jia Li against him. Ignoring Mr. Wang's startled summon to stay there, he went up the stairs, climbing them two at a time.
"Where is she? Don't tell me that you have hidden her," Tang confronted Wei halfway across the staircase.
It took him few seconds to register Wei's dazed expressions. He held a letter in his hand. Tang peered at the letter and his face blanched at the sight of familiar handwriting. Snatching the paper from Wei's nerveless fingers, he started to read it.
My dear friend Wei
