Nie Yixiao pondered for a few seconds, "Aunt Xia, don’t panic, stay at home with Uncle Chu and wait for my message. Jiayi will be fine."

Yixiao has always been dependable. Upon hearing his reassurance, Xia Tingxuan felt somewhat relieved without reason.

After hanging up the phone, Nie Yixiao changed his clothes, stepped out the door, and drove rapidly to the Desheng Villa Area.

In the early hours, Huo Mansion was as quiet as a castle, completely silent.

Nie Yixiao parked his car, strode up to the iron gate, and rang the doorbell.

The shrill doorbell almost woke up the entire villa.

Inside, the lights lit up.

The servant hurried over and, seeing it was Nie Yixiao through the iron gate, expressed in surprise, "Mr. Nie, what brings you here at this hour... "

"Open the gate." The man’s voice was sullen.

"Is there something you need, Mr. Nie?"

"I said open the gate and call your young master downstairs." His eyes had taken on a rare harshness.

The servant, intimidated by his gaze, opened the gate.

Before the servant could even speak, Nie Yixiao pushed past several people and quickly walked toward the interior of the villa.

Upon entering the house, Nie Yixiao looked up and saw the familiar figure of a man at the second-floor stairway.

Huo Zhenyang, draped in a bathrobe, either hadn’t slept well, or had been woken up by the noise, darkly looked down as he descended, "What are you doing here in the middle of the night, it’s not your shift today, is it?"

Without saying a word, Nie Yixiao stepped forward and grabbed his collar: "Jiayi has not returned home yet. Where is she?"

This action surprised the servants.

Huo Zhenyang immediately understood his purpose.

That young lady is probably still busy with work at the production crew on the island.

Yet this had driven Nie Yixiao to such urgency.

He grabbed Nie Yixiao’s hand, forcibly shook him off, and lazily sat back down on the sofa, scornfully saying, "She’s missing, why come to me? Could I have kidnapped her?"

Nie Yixiao didn’t bother to argue with him, dashed upstairs, and began searching every room; Jiayi was nowhere to be found, so he ran back downstairs.

"Well, did you find her?" Huo Zhenyang mocked.

"Where have you taken Jiayi?" Even if Jiayi wasn’t in Desheng, Nie Yixiao knew her absence definitely had something to do with Huo Zhenyang.

The tension and interrogation from the man before him made the coldness accumulate on Huo Zhenyang’s face, bit by bit, solidifying into a deep chill:

"What makes you think you have the right to burst into my house in the middle of the night and interrogate me about her whereabouts?"

Is this behavior meant to showcase affection?

Is it to convey to himself that his relationship with that woman is very close?

Barely missing her for a few hours and already worried to this extent, did Nie Yixiao really consider himself as that woman’s prospective husband?

Nie Yixiao didn’t want to argue with him at this moment, word by word, "Tell me where she is. I know you met her tonight, and afterward, she never returned home. Her mom has been calling all night without being able to reach her. We are all very worried."

There’s not much signal on the island where they’re filming, and when that woman starts working, she easily gets absorbed and forgets herself; it’s normal not to be able to reach her by phone.

After a brief frown, Huo Zhenyang reverted to his scornful expression, his eyes growing colder as he looked at Nie Yixiao, not without sarcasm: "If you’re worried, then go find her yourself."

After he spoke, he gathered up his robe and turned around, his whole demeanor chill as he headed upstairs, barking, "Show the guest out!"

Upon hearing this, Nie Yixiao became even more certain that he knew where Jiayi was, and by the looks of it, it also seemed unclear whether he was messing with Jiayi.

His expression changed.

Since the divorce, Jiayi had always ignored Huo Zhenyang, her attitude cold.

This man, accustomed to having his way, wanting to punish a disobedient woman, wasn’t surprising!

Thinking that Jiayi had been taken by Huo Zhenyang to God knows where in the dead of night, Nie Yixiao felt anxious, blocked the approaching servant who was showing him out, and took a few steps forward: "It’s so late, isn’t Young Master Huo afraid something might happen to her? She gets easily scared, and she’s afraid of the dark, don’t frighten her! Where exactly is Jiayi? Tell me! So Uncle Xia Chu and Aunt Xia won’t worry!"

Huo Zhenyang paused, a cold smile curling his lips.

That little woman is timid?

He hadn’t noticed.

When it came to him, she was quite bold, almost defiant.

Seeing the tension rising between them, Auntie Li glanced at the young master, went over to smooth things over, quietly tugged at Nie Yixiao, and whispered, "Mr. Nie, don’t worry, also tell your parents-in-law to rest easy. Miss Jiayi is fine, just that the young master had sent her to the film crew to revise costumes, the shooting location is on an island, so the mobile signal isn’t great, that’s probably why she hasn’t been in touch. Otherwise, you can call the film crew to ask."

Nie Yixiao breathed a sigh of relief, immediately took out his phone following Auntie Li’s suggestion, and dialed the number of the film crew.

As soon as the call connected, he immediately asked, "Is Chu Jiayi there?"

After about ten seconds, not sure what he heard, his expression shifted slightly: "She hasn’t returned!"

Huo Zhenyang’s eyes flickered, his originally composed eyes revealing a trace of unease.

Not sure what was said on the other end, Nie Yixiao’s voice grew more anxious: "She really hasn’t come home, please could you check in the crew, see if she’s still on the island... really gone?"

Auntie Li’s heart skipped a beat, Miss Jiayi wasn’t at the film crew, and she hadn’t come home either, could something have happened?

Nie Yixiao had hung up the phone, without another word, he headed out of the villa, Auntie Li anxious, quickly stopped him: "Mr. Nie, what exactly did they say on the crew’s side?"

He stopped, turned back, and gave Huo Zhenyang a cold glance: "The crew said she had been there, but she was nowhere to be seen more than two hours ago, probably she already left, but she still hasn’t returned home. I’m going to the island now to look for her, if not, I’ll search along the way."

Auntie Li’s heart was nearly leaping out of her throat: "This late at night, the crew location is so remote, far from the city, nothing would have happened on the way back, right?"

Quickly walking towards the young master: "Young Master, have the bodyguards go with Mr. Nie to look for her! With more people, they can find the young madam faster."

Nie Yixiao was also in no position to call the soldiers under his command; if Huo Zhenyang would help, of course they could find Jiayi faster. He swallowed his anger, waiting for Huo Zhenyang to give the bodyguards an order.

Huo Zhenyang calmed his mind, trying his best to restrain the anxiety that had just ignited in his eyes, indifferently said: "Aren’t you old lovers, the most empathetic? I trust you, you’ll certainly find her."

That little woman has always been protected too well by him, spoiling her nature to be unruly; even confronting him wasn’t a big deal, thinking every time he would let it slide.

It’s time she learned a hard lesson.

Only then would she know who she can truly rely on.

Speaking, he controlled his voice to manage the jealousy, glanced at the wall clock, deliberately provoking Nie Yixiao: "Hurry up, try to find her before dawn."