Gu Chen couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard Shi Chuqing say that he was already a partner, "When did we become partners?" ”

Shi Chuqing saw that Gu Chen didn't know yet, and explained: "A few days ago, the manager of your company was looking for venture capital outside, and I happened to see it, so I took it. You don't have any questions, right? ”

Gu Chen suddenly realized. After hesitating for a few seconds, Gu Chen had no choice but to say, "Okay, I know, I'll call you back when I understand the situation." ”

"Okay, then I'll wait for you." Shi Chuqing replied happily.

Hanging up the phone, Gu Chen turned to look at Manager Zhao on the side. Manager Zhao looked at Gu Chen with an innocent face, and his eyes seemed to say, "What does this matter to me?" ”

"What the hell is going on?" Gu Chen opened his mouth and asked Manager Zhao.

Manager Zhao saw Gu Chen's serious look and said, "A few days ago, didn't you want to expand the scale of our company, and you didn't want to ask your family for money again?" I went outside to find a venture capitalist, and the venture partnered with Shi Chuqing. Before Shi Chuqing called you just now, I didn't know about your relationship with her. ”

"So that's it? But why did you find her? Gu Chen asked in a puzzled tone.

Manager Zhao looked back, "Actually, I didn't choose her at first, even if she took the initiative to find me, and the conditions she gave me were the most attractive, in general, the requirements were much lower than those of other companies, and the investment was the most." Now it seems that she took on this investment project specifically for you. Manager Zhao said calmly.

When Gu Chen heard Manager Zhao say this, he was helpless, "Then I have to talk to her about cooperation, since it is beneficial to the company, I always have to try." ”

"Then you can go, I'll get out of the car first, and take a taxi back by myself." Manager Zhao looked at Gu Chen and said.

"No, I'll send you back to the company first, and then I'll make a decision." Gu Chen said, stepped on the accelerator and drove in the direction of the company.

Manager Zhao stopped talking, and when he arrived at the company, he greeted Gu Chen and got out of the car directly.

Gu Chen parked the car in front of the company. dialed Shi Chuqing's phone.

"Tell me the time and place, and I'll go now." Gu Chen said.

Shi Chuqing received Gu Chen's call, she was very happy in her heart, and the joy in her tone was difficult to hide.

"At half past eight in the evening, we met at the Tianyang International Hotel on time, and I booked a 305 suite, and I could go there directly. How? Shi Chuqing said without thinking.

"Okay, I see." After hanging up the phone, Gu Chen looked at his watch, which showed that it was 7:40 p.m., Gu Chen thought that it was not far from the agreed time, so he drove the car directly.

When he arrived at Tianyang International Hotel, Gu Chen went straight to the 305 suite under the leadership of the hotel service staff. Entering the house, Gu Chen found that Shi Chuqing had not yet arrived. "It's not like she's in character." Gu Chen thought to himself, "Maybe something is delayed on the road." Thinking like this, Gu Chen casually found a seat and sat down.

More than ten minutes passed, and Gu Chen looked at his watch, which showed that it was 8:25 p.m. There were only a few minutes left before the agreed time, and Shi Chuqing still didn't come. Gu Chen couldn't help but be a little worried, Shi Chuqing was not an unpunctual person, could it be that something happened? Gu Chen couldn't sit still.

Gu Chen stood up and began to wander around the room. After another ten minutes, Gu Chen finally realized that something might have happened. Gu Chen picked up his mobile phone and was about to call Shi Chuqing, but suddenly saw that the screen of the mobile phone lit up, and it was a call from an unfamiliar number.

Gu Chen immediately pressed the answer button and put his ear close to the phone, but suddenly heard a few women's screams inside, Gu Chen was startled by the sound inside, and subconsciously took the phone farther away.

"Gu Chen, Gu Chen......" The voice inside called for Gu Chen, but there was no sound.

Gu Chen listened carefully and found that the owner of the voice was Shi Chuqing. Gu Chen's face suddenly became nervous. Said loudly into the microphone, "Who's over there?" Speak! ”

And the person on the other side seemed to be deliberately playing Gu Chen, not saying a word, in the quiet night, Shi Chuqing's screams were a little harsh.

Gu Chen was even more panicked, and shouted more and more loudly into the microphone, but it seemed that only Shi Chuqing's screams responded to him.

Gu Chen just wanted to say something more, but the other party suddenly hung up the phone, and there was a burst of "beep" sound inside.

Gu Chen stood up, returned to his seat and sat down.

"Shi Chuqing's call to me was about 7:40, and the time I arrived here was about 8:10, and Shi Chuqing's home drive to here was about half an hour, and she should be ready to leave after talking to me on the phone, so the time she arrived here was about 8:10." Gu Chen looked at his watch and continued to analyze, "It's 8:40 now, and she's been missing for half an hour." ”

"So, it's very likely that she had an accident right here, on the way upstairs." Gu Chen thought, he couldn't control the pace under his feet anymore, and directly pushed the door open and ran downstairs.

Gu Chen ran to the front desk in one breath, and the service staff at the front desk saw Gu Chen with a panicked face. With a smile, he asked, "Sir, is there anything you can do?" ”

Gu Chen stopped and tried to calm his mood a little. However, all that seemed to respond to him was Shi Chuqing's screams.

"I want to see your hotel's surveillance!" Gu Chen said straight to the point.

The hotel front desk staff didn't seem to expect anyone to come up, so they directly asked to see the surveillance video. The signature smile stiffened. Then he continued to smile and said to Gu Chen: "I'm sorry sir, our hotel has a rule that you can't show the surveillance video to the guests casually, which also involves the privacy of other guests, sorry." ”

Gu Chen looked at the front desk lady who refused to let go, and continued: "A young lady who agreed with me to meet at your hotel has not come after the appointed time, and just now, I received a strange phone call, and my friend's call for help came from the other side of the phone, and I suspect that she is in your hotel, and she may be in a certain room upstairs now." If something happens, will you be able to bear it? ”

When the front desk staff heard Gu Chen finish speaking in one breath, they didn't dare to ignore his words, and said to him: "Okay sir, please wait a moment." He hurriedly went to the manager's office and briefly recounted the whole incident to the manager, and the manager immediately took Gu Chen to the hotel's monitoring room.