AMRWFA -Chapter 135 Ma Xi Has Gone Missing

“Could it be hiding somewhere you didn’t notice? Did you check the places it usually stays?”

“I did. I even asked Xiao Ai,” Lin Zhihe said. “Xiao Ai said it still saw Ma Xi last night, but this morning it was gone. It was actually about to bring it up too—Ma Xi didn’t show up during feeding time, so it was wondering if we had taken it away.”

As for the chameleon and the turtle… there was no point asking them. They were reptiles and couldn’t talk.

Now Ruan Yaoyao and Ru Anzhi couldn’t sit still any longer. They quickly got up to search for the bird as well.

The entire Xu household was alarmed.

But an hour later, there was still no trace of Ma Xi. Since morning, no one had seen it—not even the surveillance cameras in the Xu residence had captured its presence.

【How is that possible?】

【It couldn’t have just disappeared, right?】

【Wait… when was the last time Xiao Ai said it saw Ma Xi?】

Ruan Yaoyao suddenly thought of something and quickly said to Ru Anzhi, “Have you checked last night’s surveillance? Didn’t someone see it last night? Let’s start from the last time it appeared.”

Then, from the footage, they saw Ma Xi take advantage of a moment when no one was paying attention, remove the chain from its claw, openly open the door, and leave the Xu residence.

【It can talk?!】

Before this, not a single one of them knew Ma Xi could speak.

Ma Xi had always been rather quiet and rarely interacted with people.

Thinking back now, Ruan Yaoyao realized that although Ma Xi didn’t like engaging with others, it seemed to enjoy staying close to Xie Xiuming.

As long as Xie Xiuming was around, Ma Xi was usually nearby.

【So… could it have gone to find Xie Xiuming?】

Meanwhile, elsewhere, Xie Xiuming looked at the black crow that had been following him around and felt a bit speechless.

It wasn’t unusual to see black crows in the city. Occasionally encountering one or two was perfectly normal.

So when he woke up in the morning and saw a crow outside his window, he didn’t think much of it. It wasn’t until after his company’s morning meeting that he began to feel something was off.

Was it just his imagination?

Why did it feel like he had been seeing the same crow the whole time?

A thought suddenly crossed his mind.

“Ma Xi?”

Xie Xiuming called out uncertainly.

The crow immediately flew over, landing directly on his shoulder.

Xie Xiuming: “…You can’t seriously be Ma Xi, right?!”

Worried that Ma Xi might not be able to speak, he added, “If it’s you, caw once. If not, caw twice.”

“It’s me!”

“You can talk?!”

“Mm!”

Xie Xiuming quickly dismissed his secretary and the others, bringing Ma Xi into a private room.

“Then why didn’t you speak before?”

“Didn’t want to.”

Xie Xiuming was speechless.

He had always thought he was a man of few words—but he hadn’t expected someone even quieter than himself.

So much so that none of them had realized Ma Xi could speak.

So… crows could actually learn to talk?

“Who brought you here?”

“I came by myself.”

“You didn’t tell them?”

“No.”

…

After learning that Ma Xi was with Xie Xiuming, Ruan Yaoyao finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately brought people over to retrieve the bird.

Only after arriving did she learn that Xie Xiuming already knew Ma Xi could talk—and that Ma Xi had told him the reason it ran away: it wanted Xie Xiuming to help it find its biological parents.

【Wait, shouldn’t something like this be handled by the authorities?】

【Wouldn’t that be more reliable?】

However, Ma Xi refused. It didn’t seem to trust the authorities that much.

How to put it…

On major matters, at the national level, it was patriotic and trusted the country. But when it came to something personal like finding family… it felt that Xie Xiuming was more reliable.

After some discussion, they figured Xie Xiuming was one of their own anyway. Since Ma Xi would be with him, it should be fine—so they let him keep the bird.

After handling the main matter, Ruan Yaoyao prepared to leave when Xie Xiuming suddenly said, “I heard you’ve recently become infatuated with an actor?”

“Huh?” Ruan Yaoyao turned around, looking confused.

Xie Xiuming frowned slightly, clearly disapproving. “How could you like someone like Yu Yang? If you’re going to like someone, at least pick someone with a cleaner background.”

“Huh?” Ruan Yaoyao hesitated for a moment.

【Does he mean ‘like’ in that sense?】

【Who’s been spreading rumors?】

【If I find out, I’ll tear their face apart!】

【I did like Yu Yang before—but I liked his face! What does that have to do with anything else?】

【Nonsense!】

【Slander!】

Ruan Yaoyao fumed. “You’re way too gossipy! You’re a dignified CEO—shouldn’t you be running your company instead of meddling in other people’s private lives?”

With that, she stormed off.

Xie Xiuming frowned.

Did I misunderstand?

But… if she doesn’t like him, why investigate him so frequently?

Yu Yang doesn’t seem to have done anything illegal that requires monitoring…

【Aaaahhh, I’m so mad!】

【Who exactly is spreading rumors about me?!】

【Doesn’t my reputation matter too?!】

She bumped straight into a man, nearly knocking herself over, but he caught her arm just in time.

“Sorry, I wasn’t paying attention…”

Before she could finish, Ruan Yaoyao looked up—and froze.

【Holy—half a criminal code?!】

Her pupils dilated instantly, almost screaming.

【Lu Yuanqing, male, 42, president of the Lu Group, self-made…】

【This is a real domineering CEO—way more impressive than my second son. A true rags-to-riches figure.】

That alone wouldn’t be surprising, but…

He was the male lead of “White Moonlight at the Heart’s Tip: Forced Marriage and Possession.” He had forcibly taken an 18th-tier actress as his wife—love at first sight, obsession at second.

Didn’t matter whether she was willing or not. As long as he liked her, that was enough.

Ruan Yaoyao stood there in a daze for quite a while. Lu Yuanqing frowned slightly. His secretary quickly stepped forward and politely said that President Lu had matters to attend to, and any issues could be discussed aside.

“No need, just talk to me!” Lin Zhihe stepped forward as well, blocking them.

Secretary: Since when do scammers bring bodyguards?

Ruan Yaoyao snapped back to her senses and quickly stepped aside. Even after he had walked far away, she kept craning her neck to look, making Lin Zhihe wonder—

Could it be they didn’t misunderstand?

Did Aunt Xu actually take a liking to him?

Love at first sight?

Only after they got into the car did Ruan Yaoyao suddenly say, “Remember how I’m extremely accurate at judging people?”

Lin Zhihe immediately reacted. “That man has a problem?”

“Half a criminal code!”

Lin Zhihe was shocked. How many illegal things would someone have to do to amount to half a criminal code?

“The last time I saw that title,” Ruan Yaoyao sighed, “was on my second son.”

Lin Zhihe was full of question marks.

Wait—wasn’t Aunt Xu’s “second son” Xu Chengyan? Had he really done that many illegal things?

She had never heard anything like that…

And he didn’t seem like that kind of person at all.