Lan Xichen was back at his office again after he took Jiang Yanli home. She was a bit shaken, but he assured her that Jin Zixuan would face prison time for assault, while also going to rehab for drug addiction, and hospital, since he was all hysterical and traumatized from his balls being crushed by a little girl. 

Jiang Yanli smiled a bit when she remembered what little Xianxian was doing to the adult man twice her size. The girl was so fierce yet so calm in facing that hostage situation, like she was used to it. She was so ashamed for losing her composure like that and unable to protect the girl, hell, even she could not protect herself. So she made a vow to herself that she would go to therapy, and self defense lessons. She should not be waiting to be rescued all the time, she was not a damsel in distress. She had to live for herself, starting now.
 
Unaware of the resolution in Jiang Yanli's heart, Lan Xichen kissed her and drove back to his office, for his works were still too much. He entered his office to find his assistant, Meng Yao, was sitting on his desk and using his laptop.

"Meng Yao? What are you doing here?" Lan Xichen took off his suit and loosened his tie. "I thought you had a day off today?" 

Meng Yao was flustered. He was very surprised to see Lan Xichen entering the office, he thought that he would have at least another hour before he was back.

"Boss, I thought you were at the funeral today, so I organized your memo and reminders." He quickly closed off the laptop, making Lan Xichen look at him questioningly.

"Well, since you're here, go grab me coffee from the usual place, triple espresso, and one caramel macchiato. Also don't forget to pick up my laundry. Here you can take the suit to the laundry too. While you're at it, go grab some lunch too. I want something light, pasta and salad, garlic bread." Lan Xichen sat at the couch and Meng Yao hurriedly left before he added anything else. 
 
Just when the door was closed, Lan Xichen's phone was ringing. He looked at it and frowned.

"Wangji, what's up?"

"Xichen, are you alone? Is anyone with you right now?" 
Lan Wangji never called Lan Xichen by his name unless it was an urgent matter. Just like now.

"I am alone, but Meng Yao was just here. Why? What's wrong? You sound flustered, Wangji, are you okay?"

"Shit, he just left the office." Lan Wangji talked to Liu Qingge who sat beside him with his laptop. "I'm on my way there, don't touch anything."

Lan Xichen looked at the phone in confusion. His brother was really strange, but he must have his reason, so he just sat down and relaxed.

"Did you find him?" Lan Wangji asked Liu Qingge, while driving like a maniac. "He just left the building. Turn left in front and let me out." 

Lan Wangji pushed Xiao Hei's speed limit then he drifted right in front of the Lan's Tech building. The car had not fully stopped when Liu Qingge went out and ran while carrying his phone which connected to the laptop that tracked Meng Yao. 

"Xiao Hei, park yourself and keep the connection between you and Qingge. Scan the surroundings for face recognition and find Meng Yao." Lan Wangji jumped out of the car and he ran to the direction where Liu Qingge went.

Meng Yao just entered the dry cleaner to drop off the suit, when suddenly a man in a dark cloak grabbed him and shushed at him. Meng Yao knew the man since they did business together, so he grudgingly complied. 

"What are you doing here? I thought we agreed that you're not coming out of the house before nightfall?" Meng Yao hissed at the man. The man took out a hat and a jacket, then he drew some kind of green glowing circle and put it on Meng Yao's back.

"They've caught on to you." He said with his eyes glowing green. 

"Wait, how? I covered every track carefully…" Meng Yao was suddenly nervous. Did he really carefully cover his track? He was just doing some transactions when Lan Xichen suddenly entered the office. Had he logged out? Shit.

"Now you'd better come with me before those boys find you and take their revenge on you." The man cackled and he dragged Meng Yao out of the dry cleaner's place from the back door to a hidden car in the alley. 

Lan Wangji and Liu Qingge entered Lan Xichen's office with grim faces. They were just a minute behind, but suddenly he was gone, poof, like he was never there. Xiao Hei checked all the surrounding CCTV with no avail. It was like he disappeared out of the thin air.

"What happened? Why did you look for Meng Yao?" Lan Xichen was confused when his brother called him and talked like that. "Did he do something?" 

Lan Wangji gestured to Liu Qingge to check his brother's laptop, while he answered his question.

"Brother, did you know that Meng Yao, your assistant, was the older brother of Meng Yiran, the girl who was killed, and Meng Airan, the one who almost killed Mo Xuanyu, Xue Qing, and many more?" Lan Wangji sat in front of his brother while looking at him seriously. "Also, the warehouse that they were taken into? It was bought with your personal account, using the name Lan's Research and Development. Do you have that department here? Because I've checked, and there's nothing even remotely close."

Lan Xichen was dumbfounded. He blinked a few times, not really understanding what was the meaning of all this, when he suddenly realized it.

"Meng Yao had access to my laptop all the time, to take care of my appointments, paying bills, stuff like that. But he only used it when I was at the office here. You can ask Mingjue."

"Yes, we know that Meng Yao only used the laptop only when you're at the office, although you did not take notice of what he was doing, right?" Lan Wangji remembered the phone sex and shook his head to clear his mind. "Since you're… busy with your lady friends?"

It took a minute for Lan Xichen to understand what his brother actually meant, and he blushed. "Well, I-"

"No need to worry, Lan Xichen, I got everything here. Every transaction, every passcode, every property, and I have frozen the accounts too." Liu Qingge smirked. He was happy with his own work of shutting down the network used by Meng Yao and rendered him useless and poor. "By the way, how stupid are you to give your assistants your passwords and access to your account? He bought all of that with your money, Lan Xichen. He embezzled quite a lot of dough from your private accounts. Yeah you heard right, it's not just one that he raided." Liu Qingge turned the laptop around to let the Lan's brothers see. "Also, I got the list of the property the little shit bought, and you're not gonna believe it, Lan Wangji." 

Lan Wangji noticed it right away, and he was surprised.

"What do you want me to do with it?"

"Let it be. We'll take care of it later. Right now, can you track Meng Yao and Meng Airan's whereabouts? There's a big chance they would rendezvous somewhere safe." Lan Wangji was thinking. "And can you find out what's the connection between the Mengs and the Jins, especially Jin Su? It's not a coincidence that Jin Su worked together with Meng Airan when they weren't supposed to know each other at all."
 
"On it."