2 days later. Inside an airplane.

"Are you really sure about this?" Alina asked her friend once again. Yan Xiaoran's decision to leave the country was too abrupt and confused her.

Just the other day, Yan Xiaoran suddenly texted her to take her somewhere else and that alerted Alina who thought that something bad happened to her friend and Alexander. But who knew that not only was she safe and sound, Yan Xiaoran was also alone. Her face looked urgent and before Alina could ask her what was going on, Yan Xiaoran already pulled her back to her car.

Yan Xiaoran bit her lips before nodding her head, "…yes."

They're now sitting inside the airplane that will fly for over twelve hours to London where their destination was. Even if she said there were little hesitations inside her heart to Alina, she doubted her body would follow its will.

She leaned her head back and closed her eyes. She wanted to sleep the pain and longing away.

"Passengers, please turn off your electronic devices as we are about to take off." The flight attendant announced. The passengers who were using their phones were also quick to press the power off button and relaxed in their seats as they waited for the plane to take off.

Finally, the airplane moved slightly as it prepares to fly. And within a few minutes, the wheels left the ground and was already in the air.

On the other side, a few males in black came rushing to the airport. Their aura was intimidating that even the airport's security couldn't stop them even if they wanted to.

Sitting with crossed legs in one of the benches in the airport, Alexander's face was devoid of any emotion. He looked extremely handsome but there was something about him that made people hesitated to look at him.

"Sir!" A guard came running to his side before stopping in front of him.

Alexander raised his eyes to look at him and calmly said, "Did you find her?"

Swallowing hard, the guard replied with a shake of his head, "No, sir. There was no passenger under the name Yan Xiaoran was listed."

Of course, Alina already took precautions and didn't use their real names and boarded the plane under the name of someone else through her skill as a hacker.

The bodyguard saw Alexander's face hardening as his eyes steeled and glinted murderously. No one knew what was going on in his head but one thing was clear, the person that his boss was looking for needed to hide well, or else when their boss finds her, there will be no mercy.

Pushing the hair that fell in front of his eyes and combing it back, Alexander felt like going insane. There were two black bags under his eyes from the lack of sleep these past two days.

Where are you, Xiaoran… Alexander thought to himself.

When he found out that Yan Xiaoran vanished from the restaurant where they ate their lunch together, he was quick to look for her everywhere. However, who knew that even the CCTV footages were deleted and it hasn't been 5 minutes since Yan Xiaoran left to go to the restroom.

The more time passes by, the more he became worried when a waiter suddenly came to his side and gave him a tissue paper that has words written in it. It was the letter that she wrote to him before leaving the restaurant.

Yan Xiaoran first apologized for inconveniencing him and taking advantage of his kindness and affection. She blamed her selfishness and not Alexander before she told him not to look for her.

As if he was struck with lightning, Alexander bolted up from his chair and left immediately to look for her, only to find that she was already gone.

And it seems that she already planned everything out since the call he got that interrupted them was just a prank to lure him. The lunch also became her last meal with him. The thought that it was the last meal with her angered him and thus, he continued to look for her.

His search continued for a few hours until he called Long Jie to connect with the country's top hackers to locate her.

However, to their surprise, it seems that someone was helping Yan Xiaoran and there was nothing that could trace her or give them a hint where she was hiding. Even the little things that could lead them to her were masterfully erased.

He was even willing to give 10 million dollars as a reward to whoever could give him the exact location where Yan Xiaoran was but even after a night of looking, there was no news and the reward was remained untouched.

It was only until this morning when the video where Yan Xiaoran had a collision with Zhao Liuyin was deleted from every site and every copied of it was deleted that some of the top hackers found their location. It was a small cottage that cost no more than 10 grand.

And when Alexander got to that cottage, there was no soul that could be found inside and everything was clean. Luckily, one of the people who lived around and saw Yan Xiaoran somehow went to him and told him that someone of the same description as Yan Xiaoran was seen going out of the cottage with a woman and a suitcase in hand.

Alexander didn't have to guess out who that other woman was but a suitcase? He remembered that Yan Xiaoran didn't have anything with her when she disappeared and it would be impossible for her to carry one if she planned to stay in the country.

Thus, his senses instantly told him that she was planning to leave the country.

"Call the others and ask them if they found her," Alexander commanded the guard to call the others who were now looking for Yan Xiaoran in every airport in the city.

When finished, the bodyguard had a troubled look on his face as he relayed to Alexander that they also didn't find her in one of the passengers in every airport in the city.

After listening to the bodyguard, Alexander stood up and walked outside of the airport. He was extremely calm and didn't look one bit angry but inside his heart, thousands of emotions were roaring and battling against each other.

He could only hope that Yan Xiaoran hides very well and not let him catch her.