She didn’t notice Mr. Bai’s eyes dim slightly upon hearing "Chengdu" and then he softly muttered with so desolation, "Chengdu... my daughter is also in Chengdu..."
With a light sigh, Mr. Bai stood up and went into the kitchen to get so snacks for the girl.
Su Xiaong tried to calm herself down.
"Hello?"
"Hello?"
"Sob... Mom..."
The emotions she had just managed to settle down collapsed again with the familiar voice of her mother.
She didn’t want them to worry and intended to calmly concoct a reason, but the little girl who had been pampered since childhood couldn’t stay strong after being confined for almost 24 hours...
"Xiao ng..."
"Girl, what’s wrong with you? Who bullied you?"
"... Dad, Dad..."
"Girl, speak clearly, don’t cry."
"I want to go ho, I want to go ho today, Dad, help book a plane ticket, I want to co back tonight, I miss you... sob..."
On the other end, Su’s mother’s expression stiffened as she coldly asked, "Where is Yin Shixiu?"
The Yin Family by now had been turned upside down by Yin Shixiu.
He ant what he said, that until Su Xiaong was found, no one would have peace.
His actions were indeed defiant, but after Zhou ngqin’s harsh words in the morning, she stayed in her room and didn’t co out again.
As for the old man, although so antiques were broken, he didn’t argue with Yin Shixiu, just let him search to his heart’s content.
The two elders’ thoughts were rather straightforward.
Since Su Xiaong wasn’t taken away by them in the first place, the more fiercely Yin Shixiu fought now, later, when he realized he had wrongly blad them...
At that point, they could make so demands on him, with much more leverage.
As ti ticked by, it was nearing four o’clock...
Yin Shixiu’s heart sank further, slowly realizing that perhaps... it indeed wasn’t his parents who took Xiao ng away.
Yin ng had been calling all her classmates the entire day.
Shan Minglang was nervously gripping his phone, waiting for any news from Shan Mingxu...
The phone vibrated—
He quickly swiped to answer:
She’s missing.
Those four words were like bombs thrown at Shan Minglang.
Next ca another ssage:
We ssed up, tell our uncle the truth, send people to search the mountain, don’t delay.
"Thud"...
Shan Minglang stood there, completely at a loss.
What does brother want him to do? To stand in front of their uncle who now seed possessed by King Yan and tell him...
That Su Xiaong was taken by them and now she’s lost in the mountains?
Standing behind Yin Shixiu, Shan Minglang’s hands and feet began to tremble unconsciously...
If they were only aware of the situation’s severity by noon, then after spending the afternoon here, Shan Minglang fully realized...
Severe? No, it’s the end of the world, for him and his brother.
"Little, Little... Little..."
Shan Minglang stamred behind Yin Shixiu for a long ti, when Yin Shixiu was about to turn around, his phone suddenly rang...
Glancing at the caller ID, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly answered in a serious tone—
"Mom—"
"How did I talk to you during the New Year? Yin Shixiu!"
Su’s mother’s icy voice ca through the phone.
Yin Shixiu imdiately responded, "Xiao ng, she—"
"I entrusted her to you! Not for her to end up crying so hard she can’t breathe, calling in helpless sadness saying she wants to co ho imdiately!"
Yin Shixiu’s heart suddenly tightened.
Crying to the point of being breathless... covering up sorrow...
Little girl...
"Where is she... now?"
"You’re asking ? I let her go to Beijing with you, and now you’re asking , soone still in Chengdu, where she is?"
"Mom, it’s not what you think, I also don’t know—"
"Enough."
Su’s mother cut him off, took a deep breath, and then calmly said, "Don’t bother looking for her anymore, and from now on, don’t et with Xiao ng. Pack up her things and mail them to Chengdu for ."
Yin Shixiu froze.
"If you don’t send them, then we don’t want them either. I will personally pick up Xiao ng. No need for the esteed Fourth Young Master of the Yin Family to trouble himself, I will have the lawyer handle the divorce procedures."
"Mom, please don’t—"
"Don’t call mom, I’m afraid it will shorten my life—click!"
The call was cut off, and Yin Shixiu looked at his phone, veins throbbing on his forehead!
What on earth is going on?!
Standing behind Yin Shixiu, Shan Minglang...
He felt like he was standing at the edge of a cliff, sneaking a peek below where a raging fire awaited, with countless sharp swords thrust in...
As if ready to stab him full of holes and then burn him to ashes.
To speak, or not to speak...
If he spoke, it felt like "suicide," if not... it felt like he would be "murdered" later.
"Uncle, is it... Xiaong’s mom?"
Yin ng, standing nearby, saw that Yin Shixiu’s eyes were filled with bloodshot veins after finishing his call and hurriedly asked.
Yin Shixiu took a deep breath, nodded, and then looked at Yin ng, "The classmates you’ve contacted, any news?"
Yin ng pressed her lips tightly and shook her head.
Yin Shixiu took another deep breath, "Looks like we still have to call the police... ng ng, you go inform them, I’ll go back to the community to get the surveillance footage and send it to the police station, maybe they can find more detailed clues."
"Okay!"
Yin ng said and picked up her phone, ready to call the police—
"Sister..."
Shan Minglang’s voice sounded, he called softly, and his voice was trembling.
"What is it?"
Yin ng casually asked, but upon seeing Shan Minglang’s pale face, sweat like soybeans pouring from his forehead...
Her heart skipped a beat, sensing sothing was wrong.
Shan Minglang swallowed, "Don’t... don’t call the police."
Yin Shixiu had already started walking but stopped upon hearing Shan Minglang’s words.
"Why not call the police?"
Yin ng sensed her brother... probably caused big trouble.
"That, that aunt... Aunt was, was taken away by and brother..."
"Boom!"
Coincidentally, Yin Shaohui and Zhou ngqin tid it right.
Thinking Yin Shixiu should have caused enough trouble, they ca out of the room together, just standing at the staircase heard their grandson’s words...
"Minglang, you’re not joking, right?"
Yin ng’s heart skipped a beat, seriously confirming.
Shan Minglang hurriedly explained, "Aunt ca ho the first day and angered grandpa and grandma! Brother and I went to her school, her senior told us aunt is a shaless little slut! Brother and I couldn’t get over it, so we wanted to teach her a lesson, we just wanted to—"
"Where is she?"
Yin Shixiu interrupted Shan Minglang coldly.
Shan Minglang was so scared his back went cold, his body shrunk, stamring, "In the warehouse of the resort villa on Jiuling Mountain."
Yin Shixiu felt his heart stop, his cold gaze swept over Shan Minglang but didn’t linger much, he took a deep breath and asked lightly, "Did Ming Xu co back at noon to pick her up?"
"Uncle..."
Sweat slid down Xia Lingming’s forehead, honestly, "When brother went, she was already... gone."
"Brother was going to let her out on the mountain, but when he got there, the door lock was broken, she should have... run away herself... So..."
Yin Shixiu’s fist clenched, knuckles cracking, "You two really are sothing!"
Saying this, Yin Shixiu left the house, got in the car, and sped off.
On this side, Shan Minglang looked at Yin ng in despair, "Sister, what, what do we do?"
"Did you and Ming Xu lose your minds? Went to the school to inquire about her? Your elder sister has been living in the sa dorm with her for more than a year! You didn’t ask ?"
"... Ah?"
Shan Minglang looked dumbfounded.
"Don’t you know she’s pregnant? With that big belly, are you blind? If anything happens to Xiaong, you’d better prepare yourselves!"
"... I, I thought brother went early to let her out, but... brother thought I went, then..."
"We’ll talk after we get in the car."
Grandpa quickly descended the stairs, Zhou ngqin glanced at Shan Minglang, speaking coldly.
"... Oh."
Shan Minglang hurriedly followed the elder two, Yin ng made a call to have the driver bring the car to the entrance of Zheng Garden.
On the way, Shan Minglang explained the whole story in detail, not daring to embellish a word.
Yin Shaohui and Zhou ngqin listened and their faces turned ashen.
Their hearts might explode from the anger caused by these grandchildren sooner or later.
Zhou ngqin, at her age, having birthed four children, naturally knew how dangerous it was to lock a pregnant woman in a damp warehouse on a mountain without food or water for nearly twenty-four hours in such weather.
Even if dissatisfied with the daughter-in-law, the life in her belly was undeniably Yin family blood.
And that displeasing daughter-in-law, no matter how bad, was soone else’s precious child...
If anything happened, it would be heartbreaking.
Yin ng told them, Xiaong had already called her parents, she seed fine, just uncertain where she was, unsure if she was hurt...
Yin Shaohui gently patted his wife’s hand, comforting her not to worry too much.
Shan Minglang blinked his big eyes, his handso face looked lifeless.
... Finished.
Su Xiaong was starving but after drinking two big bowls of porridge and eating a large piece of cake, Mr. Bai stopped her from eating more.
"Go take a hot bath in the guest room on the third floor, change clothes, there are so fairly clean clothes in the room, take them and wear them, then have a good sleep, it’s getting late now, tomorrow morning, Grandpa will take you down the mountain."
"Grandpa... won’t this bother you too much?"
Mr. Bai nodded, then smiled, "Ever since I was fishing there, and you, this dirty girl appeared, it’s already a disturbance."
Su Xiaong felt awkward.
"Alright, you’re pregnant, go rest quickly, if you don’t sleep, won’t the little babies want to sleep?"
"... Okay."
Su Xiaong’s eyes were actually barely open, so she didn’t refuse again, better to be a bit thick-skinned!
She went upstairs.
Entered what was called the guest room, it was very clean as if soone was always cleaning it.
The room was still filled with a familiar faint scent of plum blossom.
Su Xiaong sniffed twice, felt very comfortable, her mom sotis lit this scented incense at ho as well.
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