"Who is she, do you know?" Lu Wanwan asked, noticing his somewhat somber expression, "She probably didn’t leave entirely voluntarily."
Ji Shaoyang looked up, his tone becoming severe, "What happened? Could someone have actually forced her to leave?"
"Although she wasn’t physically forced, it seemed almost the same," Lu Wanwan ordered a drink, resting her chin on her fingers, "She looked particularly surprised when she saw that person, and I thought she was scared, but she said he was her brother."
"She mentioned to me that she has a brother."
"But her brother is a foreigner," Lu Wanwan emphasized, "Qiaoqiao doesn’t look foreigner at all. I just remembered, they also don’t look much alike, could there be a problem?"
Her waist was suddenly encircled by an arm, and from above came Gu Annan’s indifferent voice, "What foreigner?"
"Qiaoqiao’s brother, do you think she looks like she could be a foreigner? She doesn’t even look mixed. But I think her brother has Asian ancestry, maybe it’s just that the Caucasian genes are more dominant."
Gu Annan listened and raised his eyebrows, "Explain in more detail."
But Ji Shaoyang breathed a sigh of relief, waving his hand, "It’s fine, it must be correct then. She told me her brother indeed is a foreigner, and she grew up abroad. Besides, he’s not her biological brother, so it’s normal that they don’t look alike."
"Did she also tell you that she ran away from home?"
Ji Shaoyang nodded, picking up his drink again, his handsome face tinged with regret, nodding, "She ran away and said her brother might find her at any time and take her back."
Hearing this, Lu Wanwan, who had been somewhat anxious, felt a bit relieved, "I see; I worried over nothing thinking he was an imposter. It seems her family is quite well-off, ran away but could be taken back, must be a strict household. It’s just unclear whether being taken back means going back to her country, or if she’ll stay in Manchester for now."
"I don’t know," Ji Shaoyang thought for a moment and finished the drink in his glass.
Lu Wanwan felt slightly disappointed, "Brother Shaoyang, why don’t you try to find her? With the Ji Family’s influence, making friends with her should be no problem."
Ji Shaoyang took out his phone, "I’ll try calling her."
Leaning on Gu Annan, Lu Wanwan too waited to see what Wen Qiao’s situation was.
"It’s switched off." He put his phone back down, "I’ll have someone look into it tomorrow."
"Let’s go," Gu Annan looked at her, "Do you want to stay any longer?"
She put down her drink glass and got off the barstool, "Let’s go."
Before leaving, she spoke to Ji Shaoyang again, "Brother Shaoyang, let me know if you hear anything about her, after all, I saw her being taken away."
Ji Shaoyang nodded, "No problem."
She walked out of the hotel with Gu Annan; by then, the sky was completely dark.
The Imperial Palace Hotel was in the suburbs, not much pollution, and the weather was clear, allowing many stars to be seen.
Not many people left the event so early, and when she and Gu Annan came out, aside from the surrounding waitstaff, it was just the two of them.
"Qiaoqiao’s brother has such a unique vibe, he would definitely become a global sensation if he were a male model. It’s just that he is too cold, hardly speaks at all." She held Gu Annan’s hand as they walked towards the parking area.
That kind of coldness was totally different from Gu Annan’s aloofness; it was more a disregard for others, as if bothering him could end poorly for anyone involved.
Seeing his silence, Lu Wanwan tilted her head, "Husband, why are you not talking?"
Gu Annan turned his head towards her, his deep eyes looking over, "Don’t you like the silent type, think it’s unique?"