The One Who Went Abroad

Note: This story is set in a fictional world and does not depict any real-world region or event.

Blurb

Five years ago, Lu Xiao's younger brother left to work during the summer after the college entrance exams and never came home.

He filed a police report, put up missing-person notices, and followed vague leads all the way to Taibang.

There he found Hu Daling, a businessman with plenty of connections along the border, and asked him to help track down his brother. The fee was steep, but Hu promised he could pay in installments.

The company Lu Xiao works for specializes in finding missing people. To pay off his debt as soon as possible, he has no choice but to take on even more jobs.

Chen Yanqing: "Does it have to be that way?"

Lu Xiao: "What way?"

Chen Yanqing stared at him.

Lu Xiao: "...The honey trap?"

Chen Yanqing: "They call it the 'beauty trap.'"

Reader's guide:

1. Devoted sweetheart x aloof beauty

2. Entirely fictional, with no real-life inspiration

Theme: The search for truth