The next-door neighbor opened the door and looked at them through the gate. She saw Song Zhi standing at the entrance and Zhu knocking on the door. After looking at them carefully for a few seconds and confirming that they were not thugs, she opened her gate. She reached her head out and asked. “Who are you looking for?”
Zhu’s hand froze in mid-air. When he saw the neighbor open the door, he stopped and asked courteously. “We are looking for the family living here, but no one is answering the door.”
The neighbor enquired quizzically. “Who are you? Don’t you know the Huo family has moved?”
Zhu responded back in surprise. “Have they moved already?”
“Uh huh. They moved away last year.” The neighbor nodded before adding. “Stop knocking. No one is living in the unit.”
The moment she finished her sentence, she closed her door.
Zhu was stunned. After snapping out of his shock, he walked over to the neighbor’s door before she could close it. He asked anxiously. “Do you know where they have shifted to? We need to see them urgently.”
“Well, I don’t know that either.”
Zhu felt the neighbor was telling the truth, so he stopped probing and quickly thanked her.
After the neighbor closed her door, Zhu looked at Song Zhi in shock. “This is strange. Since they have already moved last year, why would the investigator report this as their residential address?”
He could not wrap his mind around it.
Song Zhi glanced at the door with a serious look on his face. He asked. “Is there any way we can contact them?”
Song Zhi did not want to personally call Song Ning just yet. He was worried that Song Ning would avoid him even more after he attempted to reach her by phone.
Zhu shook his head. He quickly recalled something and said, “Oh yes. I hear Miss Ning’s children are doing well. One of them is a lawyer and another one of them owns an investment company.”
Song Zhi narrowed his eyes. “A company? Do you know where it is?”
“Let me check.” Zhu lowered his head and checked his email to access the investigator’s report. Before long, he raised his head. “Yes, I have the address.”
Song Zhi turned to enter the lift and pressed the button for the ground floor. “Let’s go to his company and see him.”
“Okay.” Zhu saved a screenshot of the company address.
After leaving the estate, they flagged a cab and headed straight for Huo Yanxi’s company.
The two of them arrived 30 minutes later. The receptionist led them to the top floor of the building.
Huo Yanxi was not at the office yet. Song Zhi had claimed to be Huo Yanxi’s biological uncle. Even though the receptionist was not sure herself, she had to agree that Song Zhi bore some semblance to Huo Yanxi. Since the receptionist was worried Song Zhi might genuinely be related to Huo Yanxi, she brought them straight upstairs.
“Please take a seat. Mr. Huo will be here soon.” The receptionist poured them two glasses of water before quickly leaving the conference room.
Song Zhi looked at the large conference room and felt caught by surprise. “It seems Ning’s eldest boy is doing well.”
From the moment he entered the company and sat down, he had been observing the surroundings. It would take tens of millions to set up a company of this scale.
Zhu held the glass of water as he looked around. He was equally shocked internally. The investigator did not research Song Ning’s sons in detail. Now that he had seen the place for himself, it was clearly a large company. He could not help feeling puzzled about Song Ning living in such a rundown estate. “I suppose this company was set up by several shareholders.”
“Probably.” Song Zhi veered his eyes and did not take the size of the business to heart.
