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It was twelve thirty-five at night when He Jichen and Chen Bai reached Beijing Airport.
As soon as the plane landed, He Jichen turned on his phone and immediately called Ji Yi.
When the call went through, he got the same message: "Sorry, the person you are trying to reach has turned off their phone."
He wanted to confirm that Ji Yi didn't leave Beijing, so he asked Chen Bai to check any flights or high-speed train tickets under Ji Yi's name the next afternoon.
In the years when they weren't in contact, he would stalk her every time he went to Beijing to secretly see her. He silently watched her for so many years, so he understood some of her habits.
After He Jichen confirmed that Ji Yi's phone was still switched off, he got in the car and immediately ordered Chen Bai to drive to her favorite bar in Houhai, the one she liked to go to when something was on her mind.
She wasn't at the bar.
