He looked at his daughter, not to discuss or persuade her, but with a tone that did not allow for argument.

"You can't do this on your own. You've enjoyed such a comfortable life at home."

"The Yu family is now at a critical juncture of life and death. You have the responsibility and obligation to contribute to the Yu family."

"Dad, how come our family has reached a critical moment of life and death? You are an army..."

"What is a military commander without real power in Beijing?"

Yu Changqing clenched his fist and said, "From today on, you are not allowed to go anywhere and just stay at home to get married. We have already prepared your dowry."

"Yes, yes, Manli, take a quick look. Everything in this room is prepared for you."

While saying this, Zhang Yaqin went back to her room and took out a passbook.

"The betrothal gifts from the Ling family are all in here. Your father and I have given you two thousand yuan separately. Take these."

"Take it away, I don't want it!"

Yu Manli was infuriated by her parents' behavior, which was like forcing a cow to drink water even though it didn't want to.

"I've already said that I don't want to get married, why do you have to force me?"

“Pah—”

Yu Changqing slapped him.

"Dad, you hit me! I hate you, I won't talk to you anymore."

As soon as she said this, Yu Manli ran upstairs crying.

"Old Yu, if you have something to say, just say it nicely. Why did you hit her?"

Zhang Yaqin originally wanted to chase after him and try to persuade him.

Jie was stopped by Yu Changqing's scolding, "Stop right there!"

How could he not understand his own daughter's temper?

"She's angry now, she won't listen to anything you say."

"Call the eldest sister and ask her sisters to come back tomorrow."

"They are of the same age and their words are more important than ours."

Zhang Yaqin thought about it and nodded in agreement, "Okay, I'll go get it now."

That night, the couple tossed and turned all night long, and didn't fall asleep until after three in the morning.

But when he woke up, Yu Manli was gone!

This kind of thing was not easy to publicize, and as the wedding date was approaching, the couple had no choice but to go out in two directions early in the morning to look for someone.

I have been searching for this morning for the whole day.

By the time Yu Changqing came back from outside, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.

Zhang Yaqin was still sitting in the living room in a daze. When she saw him come back, she hurried over.

"How is it, is there any news?"

Yu Changqing shook his head. "I asked the boy. He said that he hadn't seen Manli since he left the train station yesterday."

"How is this possible!?"

Zhang Yaqin blurted out, "Manli didn't go to find him, so where else could she go?"

The reason why Zhang Yaqin was so panicked was that they had withheld her daughter's letter of introduction and her testimony last night.

Without these two things, she couldn't stay in a guesthouse even if she had money, let alone travel to other places.

"Have you asked all the relatives?" Yu Changqing also felt that this was too strange.

Zhang Yaqin nodded. "I have asked all of Manli's close friends, and none of them knew that Manli had returned to Beijing."

After thinking for a while, she asked: "Old Yu, do you think that boy will cheat us?"

"Probably not." Yu Changqing is very good at judging people.

When the boy surnamed Mo saw him, he was so scared that he couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

Moreover, the other party also knew the seriousness of this matter, so he dared not hide it.

"Then... maybe something happened to Manli?"

At this time, Zhang Yaqin couldn't care less.

"No, we can't just sit there and wait. I'm going to report it to the police—"