Yan Yan was sitting on the terrace, chatting and drinking tea with Cheng Muying.
Yan Yan's belly is so big that it seems like it could burst at any time. If it were a fatter person, the visual effect would not be so exaggerated.
But she didn't gain much weight during pregnancy.
"...No matter what, you should enjoy the time before giving birth," Cheng Muching said from experience. "When the children come out, no matter what you do, you will be worried about it."
While talking, the housekeeper brought Cheng Shen'er into the terrace.
"Sister Yan," Cheng Shen'er greeted, his eyes falling on Cheng Muying, "This...is Sister Muying, right?"
Cheng Muying was funny: "Isn't there too many Cheng family members? We are obviously sisters, but we don't know each other very well."
There is a big age difference between the two, and the two families don't have much contact, so it's normal for them not to be familiar with each other.
"Tell me, what do you want from me?" Cheng Muching asked.
"Sister Muying, can you help me find someone?" Cheng Shen'er handed Jiang Tian's information to her.
Cheng Muying asked while watching: "Who is he and why are you looking for him?"
"He is a financial officer in the company. He misappropriated public funds some time ago and ran away." Cheng Shen'er answered.
Yan Yan's heart skipped a beat. The company she was talking about was not Si Junfeng's company.
"Why, Si Junfeng has fallen so low that he needs you to help him solve his problem?" Yan Yan's tone was rude. She had always held a disapproving attitude towards Cheng Shen'er and Si Junfeng's affairs.
"He didn't ask me!" Cheng Shen'er immediately retorted, "I wanted to do something for him."
Cheng Muching raised her head, her eyes blazing: "Why, do you have a competitor?"
Since Cheng Muying took charge of the company, she has become more sophisticated and sharp in her words.
Cheng Shen'er's slightly pale complexion said it all.
"I... I'm going to the bathroom, excuse me for a while." Cheng Shen'er avoided Cheng Muying's question.
Cheng Muching looked at Yan Yan with doubtful eyes.
Yan Yan sighed softly, "Qi Xuechun, do you know?"
How could Cheng Muching not know that after joining the police force, she solved several cases in succession.
Not long ago, she was joking with Ji Senzhuo and said that the company would be even more powerful if it could absorb such talents.
"Si Junfeng wants to marry Qi Xuechun, but Shen'er refuses to give up. Instead, she becomes even more determined, which is a headache." Yan Yan rubbed her temples.
I see.
Cheng Muching couldn't help but think of her past self. She understood Cheng Shen'er very well.
When a person is intoxicated in a dream, he cannot wake up until he wakes up from the dream.
Yan Yan lowered her voice: "Do you know Si Junfeng?"
"I understand that he is a rich man who is different from other second-generation people," Cheng Muching nodded. "When he first came back, the elders in the circle said that he would definitely make some noise in City A."
"But I didn't expect," Cheng Muching shook his head, "that he would want to get married right after he came back."
Yan Yan deeply agreed, "Because of this, I think he is a little strange. He and Qi Xuechun haven't known each other for a long time, and he doesn't look like he's in love. Why is he so anxious?"
Look at the other young masters in the circle, there are many who hang out among the flowers and wish they could remain unmarried for the rest of their lives.
"Could it be that it was really love at first sight and it had to be her?" Cheng Muching wondered.
"Not at all!" Cheng Shen'er strode in, angrily denying Cheng Muching's guess.
Yan Yan looked deeply: "Shen'er, what do you know?"
Cheng Shen'er's expression changed and she quickly calmed down, realizing that she had been too impulsive just now.
"I don't know anything, but he definitely doesn't treat Qi Xuechun like that," she looked at Cheng Muying, "Sister Muying, have you found out?"
Cheng Muching nodded, "Now we only find some of his personal information."
"for example?"
"He has an ex-girlfriend named Meihua. He has only a mother but no father. He has a half-brother."
Cheng Shen'er's eyes flickered, mother and brother... This is actually a new piece of information.
"Sister Muying, you must be able to find out the addresses of his mother and brother."
"Shen'er, what do you want to do?" Yan Yan reminded her seriously, "These matters should be left to the police."
Cheng Shen'er sneered in her heart. If she handed it over to the police, it would definitely fall into the hands of Qi Xuechun.
Everything she did was aimed at separating Qi Xuechun and Si Junfeng.
She looked at Cheng Muching without saying anything.
Cheng Muching smiled slightly, "You are my sister, of course I will help you."
She gave Cheng Shen'er the address she investigated, "But I want to remind you, if you can't protect yourself, you won't have the capital to win."
Cheng Muying squeezed her phone tightly, "Thank you, Sister Muying, for reminding me."
She turned and left.
Yan Yan took a breath and said, "Muying, you are still smart. That reminder just hit her home."
"Little girl, it's normal to be competitive," Cheng Muying said, "We can only worry about her secretly."
"I'll call Cheng Yiming right away."
Cheng Muying signaled her not to worry, "Don't bother him with this matter. I'll send someone over to keep an eye on Cheng Shen'er. It'll be no problem."
**
Although this small town is only over 100 kilometers away from City A, compared with the prosperity of City A, the small town looks particularly dilapidated and chaotic.
When Qi Xuechun arrived, it was close to noon.
The busiest street in the town was occupied by various vendors, leaving only one street, but the adults and children walking back and forth from time to time turned this lane into a sidewalk.
Qi Xuechun had no choice but to find a spacious corner to park the car, then get out and walk.
The townspeople on the street cast curious glances at her. For the townspeople, the sight of unfamiliar faces was a novelty in itself.
She looked up and saw that there were houses in the town, one in the east and one in the west. They were all self-built houses, high and low. The roads were all over the place, not to mention the house numbers.
If you want to find Eda's mother's residence, you must ask for directions.
"Aunt, may I ask how to get to Li Xiu's house?" She found an aunt sitting at the door of her house picking up the soles of her shoes.
The aunt lowered her head and fiddled with her needle, seemingly not hearing her words.
"Auntie, how can I get to Li Xiu's house?" she asked again.
The aunt quickly raised her head and glanced at her, "I don't know." After saying that, she lowered her head and continued working.
"Thank you." Qi Xuechun could only move on.
"Hey," the aunt stopped her, "ask me, I can't tell you in vain."
Qi Xuechun couldn't understand the meaning for a while.
"Give me a hundred yuan and I'll tell you." The aunt was also very straightforward.
Only then did Qi Xuechun realize that she had never spent money asking for directions, but now that she was here, she should just do as the Romans do.
"Go straight ahead, turn left at the fork, and then at the fork, there is a two-story building with a red roof, which is Li Xiu's house." The aunt who received the money explained in detail.
Seeing that she spoke in such detail, Qi Xuechun must be acquainted with the Li Xiu family.
Then he continued to ask: "Auntie, is Li Xiu's son at home too?"
The aunt looked at her and said, "One hundred yuan only answers one question."
Qi Xuechun paid obediently, but she changed the question, "Aunt, are you familiar with the situation of Li Xiu's family?" Aunt nodded: "You are fairly familiar."
Qi Xuechun paid again obediently, "Tell me, who are the people in her family?"
"She is with her youngest son. The eldest son works in city A and comes back once a year." The aunt answered.
"Has her eldest son come back recently?"
The aunt shook her head, "I don't know, we live far away."
Qi Xuechun continued to look forward.
However, according to the direction that the aunt pointed, she was facing a three-way intersection, and she didn't see any two-story building with a red roof.
She saw an eldest sister cleaning the yard in a nearby courtyard, so she stepped forward and asked, "Sister, is Li Xiu's house nearby?"
At the same time, she glanced at her wallet to make sure there was still cash in it.
The eldest sister looked at her doubtfully but said nothing.
"Sister, is Li Xiu's house near here?" She stretched out her hand and handed over a red ticket.
The eldest sister became even more confused, "Why did you give me money? Didn't you pass by Li Xiu's house? Why did you ask me to come here?"
Qi Xuechun was stunned, "I walked along and passed many houses..."
The eldest sister frowned: "I just came back from the intersection and saw you talking to Li Xiu."
Qi Xuechun:……
It turns out that asking for directions and asking for money is not the custom here.
It turns out that the aunt who was talking to her was Li Xiu!
Why did Li Xiu deliberately lure her away?
Qi Xuechun quickly returned to Li Xiu's house, but the door to the house was closed tightly, and the aunt just now had disappeared.
"Bang bang bang!" Qi Xuechun knocked on the door, but there was no movement at home for a long time.
"Are you looking for Li Xiu?" A passing neighbor saw her and asked enthusiastically, "Why are you looking for her?"
"I am a colleague of her eldest son. I came to see her." Qi Xuechun replied.
The neighbor smiled and said, "You must be Xiao Jiang's girlfriend. Why did you come home alone?"
Qi Xuechun smiled and said nothing.
Let the neighbors misunderstand, the status of "girlfriend" is easy to deal with.
"It seems like she is really not at home." The neighbor looked around the house. "Go to the town middle school to find her. She may have gone to deliver lunch to her son."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door suddenly opened with a "squeak" sound.
Li Xiu came out to greet the surprised looks of the neighbors and Qi Xuechun, pulled Qi Xuechun up and entered the house.
The two sat face to face at the dinner table and looked at each other.
"Why did you lie?"
"Are you really Eda's girlfriend?"
The two of them asked their questions in unison.
Li Xiu was a little embarrassed and coughed, "There are always some unscrupulous people who come to cause trouble because of Jiangtian, so I pretended to be stupid and tricked you away. But I didn't expect that you would find out."
"Why did you come to Jiangtian?" she asked.
Qi Xuechun thought to herself, does she really not know about Jiangtian's misappropriation of public funds?
"I am Jiang Tian's colleague. He has overdue his annual leave, so I came to take a look."
Li Xiu cursed in a low voice: "He must be fooling around again! He cries about poverty with me every day, but he actually lives better than anyone else!"
"Fooling around?" Qi Xuechun was confused.
Li Xiu immediately shut up, "No, I didn't say anything."
Qi Xuechun stared at her: "Aunt, we are trying our best to find Jiang Tian. If he doesn't come back to the company, the company will consider him voluntarily resigning. Do you want him to lose his job?"
Li Xiu pursed her lips tightly and said, "He likes to play and play with everything. Once he went on a boat to gamble and had no contact with his family for a month."
So Li Xiu guessed: "He must have boarded the boat with someone again this time."